BAND   QSO  S/P DUP  POINTS  AVG
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  160    63   29   1     189 3.00
   80   692   47   8    2076 3.00
   40  1181   57  36    3543 3.00
   20  1497   59  57    4491 3.00
   15   205   36   4     615 3.00
   10     0    0   0       0 0.00
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TOTAL  3638  228 106   10914 3.00
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     TOTAL SCORE : 2 488 392

This was the G6PZ team’s first effort in the multi-two category and we had an enjoyable contest.

Some issues with the Titanex vertical resulted in nobody being able to hear us on the first night which rendered the band virtually useless. We fixed the issue during the daytime on Saturday but unfortunately, it would seem that conditions on the second night were not as good and thus we never “caught up”. It transpired that the issue was simply the tuner, but at least we now have a working 160m antenna.

Sadly, 15m never really generated any serious runs but conditions on the second day were better and we able to at least get a couple of hundred QSOs in the log with some much needed additional mults. Judging from DX spots, it would seem that some stations further east in Europe had some similar conditions on the first day, but this wasn’t the case for us.

As this was our first effort in M/2, we didn’t know what to expect by way of end result, but having perused the 2008 results and realising that the winning European M/2 score was ~2.0 meg, we made that our ‘realistic’ target. We were pleased to have exceeded that target around mid- to late-afternoon on the Sunday and thusly made 2.5 mil our next target — had we had another 30 minutes or so, we feel we would have achieved that too; we are therefore quite pleased with the outcome although it appears scores this year are overall higher.

For sure this was an entertaining contest and we are ever improving the station gearing towards more M/2 contest efforts. Our 80m 4-square is under construction and, all being well, will be operational for the autumn contest season.

Thanks to everyone who called and see you in WPX CW at the end of the month.