One word to sum this one up: WOW!

 BAND   QSO DUP  PFX  POINTS   AVG
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  160    90   0   10     183  2.03
   80   350   1  122    1151  3.29
   40  1282  16  277    4758  3.71
   20  1944  51  445    3771  1.94
   15  1084  15  142    1578  1.46
   10   940  20  145    1102  1.17
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TOTAL  5690 103 1141   12543  2.20
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TOTAL SCORE : 14 311 563

Comments

This is our first outing in M/2, and we will definitely be entering the category again in future events!

Conditions were awesome on the higher bands which resulted in very unexpected QSO numbers on 15m and 10m. Started seeing spots coming through on 10m as early as 05Z. Worked a handful of North Americans on 10, which was good; VO1MP was the first DX QSO on that band.

20m did not stop — NA (incl. W6/W7) still coming through at ~03Z and rates were good; indeed, on the first night, there were hardly any spots for 80m due to the fact the higher bands were in such good shape. Some JAs made it into the log on 20m but no real sign of them until the second day. Some VK/ZL worked long path as well as working a couple of KH6s and AL1G.

40m figures look quite impressive particularly considering we still have the MonstIR fixed on NA awaiting a new replacement ProSisTel rotator. That said, the 180° reversal and bi-directional modes really helped and enables us to RX/TX better on the back etc.

Multi-two was decided on just before the start of the contest and we couldn’t have hoped for better conditions at this stage of the cycle; we all had loads of fun and we are quite pleased with the score. We hope to do more M/2 in upcoming contests — we will see!

Thanks to all for the QSOs and spots and CU in IOTA.