CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW Call: M4K Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOSB/40LP QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 45 Summary: Band QSOs Pts ----------------- 80: 40: 20: 2072 3089 15: 10: ----------------- Total: 2072 3089 Zones = 30, Countries = 110. Total Score = 432,460 Comments: Dipole at 20m, 2 ele Vert. I havn't really been all that active in the weeks running up to this, wasn't even sure I would be there at all untill the Thursday when I discovered the weekend would be completly free. Chuffed to break the 2k qso barrier from home, first time ever in any contest. Actually made 2256 qsos but with a stack of dupes. That way exceeds anything done from here before. Only 350 NA and 1 JA ! A lot of qsos for little points, averaging only 1.4 per qso. Certainly feeling the lack of umph. Very windy through Saturday morning. I made a decision to lower the ants and get a few hours sleep during the afternoon it was that bad. Amazing LP opening to JA 0900 Sunday morning, none of which could hear me. Had an AU drop over about 2000 Sunday. By 2100 any callers signals were a stream of nonsense and completly unreadable. Started to recover by 2200. Missed a load of heard stuff and also doubles like LU/13, CE/12, XE/6, JT/23, UA0/19! Lost the will to chase mults after the first night, packet pileups were shocking. For dx the station was completly out classed anyway. Shortskip signals were incredible, there were a bottomless pit of callers from those areas. EY8MM called me to ask to move to 80 near the end but I couldn't. I see from 3830 he was sb80. I sure hope he includes all the other band qsos becasue this was my only Tajikistan mult. Thanks everyone who called. Tim-M0BEW.
Wednesday 3 December 2003
CQWW CW 2003 M4K(M0BEW) SO40LP
CQWW CW 2003 M4K(M0BEW) SO40LP
Tuesday 21 October 2003
WORKED ALL GERMANY 2003 M0BEW SOLPMIX
WORKED ALL GERMANY 2003 M0BEW SOLPMIX
Contest : Worked All Germany
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : MIXED
Category : Single operator
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : ALL BANDS
Class : Low
Exchange : DX
Operating time : 01h 33m
BAND CW SSB M POINTS AVG
--------------------------
80 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 55 7 0 168 2.71
20 0 0 0 0 0.00
15 6 0 0 0 0.00
10 0 0 0 0 0.00
--------------------------
TOTAL 61 7 0 168 2.47
==========================
FINAL SCORE:
Operators : M0BEW
Soapbox :
Software not support the contest. Unknown mults.
Tim M0BEW.
Contest : Worked All Germany
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : MIXED
Category : Single operator
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : ALL BANDS
Class : Low
Exchange : DX
Operating time : 01h 33m
BAND CW SSB M POINTS AVG
--------------------------
80 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 55 7 0 168 2.71
20 0 0 0 0 0.00
15 6 0 0 0 0.00
10 0 0 0 0 0.00
--------------------------
TOTAL 61 7 0 168 2.47
==========================
FINAL SCORE:
Operators : M0BEW
Soapbox :
Software not support the contest. Unknown mults.
Tim M0BEW.
Monday 20 October 2003
PA QP 2003 M0BEW SO DX
PA QP 2003 M0BEW SO DX
Callsign Used : M0BEW Operator : M0BEW Category : SO DX Default Exchange : # G Name : Address : City/State/Zip : Country : ENGLAND Team/Club : BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults __________________________________________________ 20CW 34 34 51 23 20SSB 0 0 0 0 15CW 0 0 0 0 15SSB 0 0 0 0 10CW 0 0 0 0 __________________________________________________ Totals 34 34 51 23 Final Score = 1173.0 points.
Tim M0BEW.
Monday 13 October 2003
EU SPRINT 2003 CW M0BEW SOABLP
EU SPRINT 2003 CW M0BEW SOABLP
Contest : EU Sprint Contest
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : CW
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class : Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator : IO82XL
Operating time : 3h18
BAND QSO DUP POINTS AVG
------------------------------
80 0 0 0 0.00
40 88 1 87 0.99
20 32 0 32 1.00
------------------------------
TOTAL 120 1 119 0.99
==============================
TOTAL SCORE : 119
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : M0BEW
Tim M0BEW.
Contest : EU Sprint Contest
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : CW
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class : Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator : IO82XL
Operating time : 3h18
BAND QSO DUP POINTS AVG
------------------------------
80 0 0 0 0.00
40 88 1 87 0.99
20 32 0 32 1.00
------------------------------
TOTAL 120 1 119 0.99
==============================
TOTAL SCORE : 119
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : M0BEW
Tim M0BEW.
Monday 6 October 2003
TARA PSK RUMBLE 2003 M0BEW
TARA PSK RUMBLE 2003 M0BEW
Score - 10 qsos.
Comments:
PSK is ... s l o w
Tim M0BEW.
Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW
Writelog.
Score - 10 qsos.
Comments:
PSK is ... s l o w
Tim M0BEW.
Tuesday 30 September 2003
CQWW RTTY 2003 M4K(M0BEW) SO40LP
CQWW RTTY 2003 M4K(M0BEW) SO40LP
CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY Call: M4K Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOSB/40 QTH: England Summary: Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones ----------------------------------------- 80: 40: 828 1614 36 73 23 20: 15: 10: ----------------------------------------- Total: 828 1614 36 73 23 Total Score = 213,048 About 50 dupes. Missed some real no brainer mults, too many to mention. I expected to eventually turn them up or they would call me but it never happened. Thanks. Tim-M0BEW
WORKED ALL EUROPE CW 2003 M0BEW SOABLP
WORKED ALL EUROPE CW 2003 M0BEW SOABLP
CALL: M0BEW
CAT: SOABLP
QSOs QTCs Multipliers
80m: 0 0 0
40m: 0 0 0
20m: 42 0 38
15m: 20 0 24
10m: 4 0 8
Total: 66 + 0 * 70 = 4620
Station Description:
Antenna(s):
Operators: M0BEW
Remarks:
Tim M0BEW.
CALL: M0BEW
CAT: SOABLP
QSOs QTCs Multipliers
80m: 0 0 0
40m: 0 0 0
20m: 42 0 38
15m: 20 0 24
10m: 4 0 8
Total: 66 + 0 * 70 = 4620
Station Description:
Antenna(s):
Operators: M0BEW
Remarks:
Tim M0BEW.
Sunday 31 August 2003
YO DX CONTEST CW 2003 M0BEW SOLP
YO DX CONTEST CW 2003 M0BEW SOLP
Contest : YO DX
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : CW
Category : Single operator
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : ALL BANDS
Class : Low
Exchange : DX
Operating time :
BAND CW SSB C D POINTS AVG
------------------------------
80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 40 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 178 0 0 0 0 0.00
15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
------------------------------
TOTAL 218 0 0 0 0 0.00
==============================
FINAL SCORE:
Operators : M0BEW
Soapbox :
Tim M0BEW.
Contest : YO DX
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : CW
Category : Single operator
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : ALL BANDS
Class : Low
Exchange : DX
Operating time :
BAND CW SSB C D POINTS AVG
------------------------------
80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 40 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 178 0 0 0 0 0.00
15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
------------------------------
TOTAL 218 0 0 0 0 0.00
==============================
FINAL SCORE:
Operators : M0BEW
Soapbox :
Tim M0BEW.
Thursday 31 July 2003
IARU CONTEST 2003 GB5HQ
IARU CONTEST 2003 GB5HQ
G0IVZ Callington SX27 Cornwall 160m - SSB and CW
G3LZQ Brough SE82 Yorkshire 80m - CW and 10m - CW
G3TXF Woolacombe SS44 Devon 15m - CW
G4BJM Milton Keynes SP83 80m - SSB
G4BUO Penshurst TQ54 Kent GB5HQ Control Station
G4BWP Bury St Edmunds TL67 Suffolk 40m - CW
G4MRS Martlesham TM24 Suffolk 20m - SSB
GM3WOJ Invergordon NH77 Ross-shire 20m - CW
GW5NF Croespenmane ST19 Gwent 10m - SSB
G6YB Shirehampton ST57 Bristol 40m - SSB
G4AXX Melbourn TL34 Cambs 15m - SSB
Tim M0BEW.
Call: GB5HQ
Operator(s):
Station:
Class: Headquarters HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
160: 385 154 14 26
80: 837 992 22 40
40: 1577 1669 36 51
20: 1686 2120 49 64
15: 1201 843 39 52
10: 714 706 23 32
-------------------------------------
Total: 6400 6484 183 265 Total Score = 15,705,914
Comments:
GB5HQ Operators (35) in 2003 :
G0IVZ G0MTN G3AB G3LZQ G3SJJ G3SXW G3TKF G3TXF G3WVG G3XSV
G4AXX G4BAH G4BJM G4BUO G4BWP G4BYG G4EAG G4FKA G4FRE G4JVG
G4KIU G4KNO G4OBK G4PIQ G4TSH G4VXE G5LP GM0GAV GM3WOJ GW5NF
M0AWI M0BEW M0CMK M0MAT M3TAY
G0IVZ Callington SX27 Cornwall 160m - SSB and CW
G3LZQ Brough SE82 Yorkshire 80m - CW and 10m - CW
G3TXF Woolacombe SS44 Devon 15m - CW
G4BJM Milton Keynes SP83 80m - SSB
G4BUO Penshurst TQ54 Kent GB5HQ Control Station
G4BWP Bury St Edmunds TL67 Suffolk 40m - CW
G4MRS Martlesham TM24 Suffolk 20m - SSB
GM3WOJ Invergordon NH77 Ross-shire 20m - CW
GW5NF Croespenmane ST19 Gwent 10m - SSB
G6YB Shirehampton ST57 Bristol 40m - SSB
G4AXX Melbourn TL34 Cambs 15m - SSB
Tim M0BEW.
Tuesday 8 July 2003
WORKED ALL EUROPE RTTY 2003 M0BEW SO20LP
WORKED ALL EUROPE RTTY 2003 M0BEW SO20LP
Contest : Worked All Europe DX-Contest
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : RTTY
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : Single band (SB) 20 m
Class : Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator : IO82XL
Operating time : 2h24
BAND QSO DUP MLTS QTC POINTS AVG
-----------------------------------------
80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 102 2 29 0 101 0.99
15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
-----------------------------------------
TOTAL 102 2 58 0 101 0.99
=========================================
TOTAL SCORE : 5 858
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : M0BEW
Soapbox :
Tim M0BEW.
Contest : Worked All Europe DX-Contest
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : RTTY
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : Single band (SB) 20 m
Class : Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator : IO82XL
Operating time : 2h24
BAND QSO DUP MLTS QTC POINTS AVG
-----------------------------------------
80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 102 2 29 0 101 0.99
15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
-----------------------------------------
TOTAL 102 2 58 0 101 0.99
=========================================
TOTAL SCORE : 5 858
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : M0BEW
Soapbox :
Tim M0BEW.
Monday 30 June 2003
ANARTS RTTY CONTEST 2003 M0BEW SO20LP
ANARTS RTTY CONTEST 2003 M0BEW SO20LP
Contest : ANARTS RTTY CONTEST
Callsign : M0BEW
Mode : RTTY
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Class : Low Power (LP)
QSOs Pts DX Areas
80m: 0 0 0 0
40m: 0 0 0 0
20m: 267 2449 45 14
15m: 0 0 0 0
10m: 0 0 0 0
Total: 267 2449
Continents: 5
Total multipliers: 59
VK bonus points: 100
Score: 722555
Station Description:
Antenna(s):
Operators: M0BEW
Remarks:
20m Summary
Countries
4X 5B 9A BV CT CX DL DU EA ER
ES EU F G GU HA HB HK HL I
IS LA LU LY LZ OE OH OK OM OZ
PA PY S5 SM SP SV TA UA UA9 UN
UR YL YO YU YV ZC4
Call Areas
K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K7 K8 K9
VK2
VE1 VE2 VE3
JA6
Tim M0BEW.
Thursday 26 June 2003
RSGB NATIONAL FIELD DAY 2003 GD0EMG/P
RSGB NATIONAL FIELD DAY 2003 GD0EMG/P
Contest : RSGB NFD
Callsign : GD0EMG
Mode : CW
Overlay : ---
QSO Total = 1513.
Score = 5505.
Operators: G4MJS, G4XUM, G0HSS, M0BEW and G1GEY
Comments:
Tim M0BEW.
Contest : RSGB NFD
Callsign : GD0EMG
Mode : CW
Overlay : ---
QSO Total = 1513.
Score = 5505.
Operators: G4MJS, G4XUM, G0HSS, M0BEW and G1GEY
Comments:
Tim M0BEW.
Monday 9 June 2003
DL-DX RTTY CONTEST 2003 M0BEW
DL-DX RTTY CONTEST 2003 M0BEW
Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOABLP QTH: Operating Time (hrs): Summary: Band QSOs Pts Mults ------------------------- 80: 0 0 0 40: 0 0 0 20: 102 15: 0 0 0 10: 0 0 0 ------------------------- Total: 102 Total Score = Club: Comments:
Tim M0BEW.
Monday 26 May 2003
CQ WPX CW 2003 M4K(M0BEW) SO20LP
CQ WPX CW 2003 M4K(M0BEW) SO20LP
CQWW WPX Contest, CW Call: M4K Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOSB20 LP QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 35 Summary: Band QSOs ------------ 160: 80: 40: 20: 1801 15: 10: ------------ Total: 1801 Prefixes = 672 Total Score = 1,862,784 Comments: Good contest. This one is not at a good time for me. My birthday is on the 23rd so I seem to spend half of the contest drunk and the other half hungover. Station performed as I've grown to expect. Solid and competive towards the east/south east and all round on shorter hops, and a complete dummy load towards the west. Only 339 qsos with NA and 35 with JA. Laughable really. After using a decent station for wpx phone and the cqww's I can confidently estimate I'm about 5-600 q's (and the mults that come with them) down from dx areas. As I have no other choice, I can almost keep up the pace ratewise making EU qsos, theres certainly enough activity, but in the end the the impact the 3 point difference has on the score is too much. But with the present setup I have now I can neither hear them or they hear me. The joys of suburban contesting. Heard M0C and GS2MP many times while tuning, they always seemed to be running heavily people I couldn't even detect, I had to try and put that in the back of my mind and carry on what I was doing, but it's never nice to hear. I'm sure they'll have impressive scores. gl. Got called by quite a few semi-rare calls which is always nice. Also ZS6DX, who I gather from reading 3830 was qrp and only made a handfull of qsos on 20m. Nice to think I was one of the few he got in the log. Managed to run across GJ2A when he had no pileup, would have never made it if he had. Condx in my view were average, I'd say the second day was certainly better then the first. We had a storm pass over with a tremendous amount of static rain during Saturday evening, I checked out and took an hour break while it passed through. Seemed to expereience a slight glitch Sunday morning, signals here became very attenuated during 0700-1000. Once again, niggles on trying to hold run freq's against people who were way out outside my filter. Seems unfair when I'm struggling to work the few DX stations I can hear calling me near my noise floor when I'm getting qrm from someone with an overly wide signal who would clearly be getting nothing back from me. Quite a few times I'd have say s7 of qrm (not always clicks, but actually being able to hear their tone) and I'd tune away to check their signal and they would be quite a distance way, and at zero beat be almost the same signal. It's quite easy to put it down to overload during peak times when they are 40 over 9, but during the times when EU start to drop away and the signals start dropping below s9 you can hear the problems are still there. Great activity all round which allowed to me keep putting calls in the log, pity condx didn't pick up that little bit more so I could make it into a few extra layers of NA but I supose this is the reality now the cycle is declining. We're getting to the times when that extra 10db makes all the difference. Tnx everyone who called. Tim-M0BEW
Tuesday 13 May 2003
CQ-M INTERNATIONAL DX 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
CQ-M INTERNATIONAL DX 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
CQ-M DX Contest Call: M0BEW Class: SOSB20 Operating Time (hrs): 9 Summary: Band QSOs Pts Mults ------------------------- 80: 0 0 0 40: 0 0 0 20: 453 979 64 15: 0 0 0 10: 0 0 0 ------------------------- Total: 453 979 64 Final Score: 64 x 979 = 62,656 Comments: Did a bit of this one as well. Condx did appear to begin to improve by Sunday evening, but still far from normal. Although predictions so they won't, I hope things settle down in time for WPX weekend. Tnx everyone who called. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 12 May 2003
VOLTA RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
VOLTA RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
ALLESSANDRO VOLTA RTTY DX Contest Call: M0BEW Class: SOSB20 Operating Time (hrs): 11 Summary: Band QSOs Pts Mults ------------------------- 80: 0 0 0 40: 0 0 0 20: 286 1779 58 15: 0 0 0 10: 0 0 0 ------------------------- Total: 286 1779 58 Total Score = 28,478,232 Comments: Insane high scoring system. Condx were awfull. Nearly nothing was breaking through from NA or JA. EU signals were heavily attenuated and incredible qsb with callers going from over s9 to the noise floor in the time it took to send the exchange. Score may drop a little as I couldn't cfm a serial from a possible JA mult. I rx'ed a number but I can't say 100% that what I rx'ed was correct. I may drop them from the log. Shame really. Tnx everyone who called. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 5 May 2003
ARI International DX 2003 M0BEW SOABLP
ARI International DX 2003 M0BEW SOABLP
A.R.I. International DX Contest Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOAB QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 23 Summary: Band QSOs Pts Mults ------------------------- 160: 0 0 0 80: 78 220 35 40: 345 1032 84 20: 744 2822 129 15: 121 284 35 10: 0 0 0 ------------------------- Total: 1288 4358 283 Total Score = 1,233,314 Comments: Used antennas for 80/40/20.
Nice call from KH2/JK1FNN on 20m RTTY at teatime, and suprise call from ZK1CG on SBB Sunday morning. A great little contest, good activity.
Thanks all that called. Tim-M0BEW.
Sunday 27 April 2003
SP DX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOABLP
SP DX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOABLP
SPDX RTTY Contest Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOABLP QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 16 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 80: 40: 190 56 20: 301 60 15: 20 13 10: ------------------- Total: 511 129 Total Score = 1,536,648 Comments: Bands seemed ok. Had a problem come early Sunday morning, about 0600 on 15m. I had just started to pick up a run, last qso was being called by ZC4DW then shortly after the antenna appeared to go short circuit. I went outside, cranked it over and pulled everythin to the ground to take a look to see if it was anything obvious, I couldn't see anything. I called it a day right there and went back to bed. :-( Missed the important last 6-7 daylight hours, grrr Please can I have my beams back, all this faffing around with bits of wire is driving me nuts. I'd like to think that I'm as enthusiastic as the next man when it comes to this aspect of the hobby, but being antenna challenged is really starting to wear thin now... Thanks all that called. Tim-M0BEW.
Tuesday 8 April 2003
EA RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
EA RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
EA RTTY Contest Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOSB20 QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 10 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 80: 40: 20: 351 93 15: 10: ------------------- Total: 351 93 Total Score = 41,199 Comments: Band still appeared lousy. Thanks all that called. Tim-M0BEW.
Saturday 5 April 2003
CQ WPX SSB 2003 MD4K MULTI TWO
CQ WPX SSB 2003 MD4K MULTI TWO
Contest : CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign : MD4K
Mode : PHONE
Category : Multi Two (M2)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator :
Operating time : 48h00
BAND QSO DUP PFX POINTS AVG
-----------------------------------
160 475 8 122 1014 2.13
80 737 9 204 1861 2.53
40 912 12 107 2218 2.43
20 1814 18 388 3476 1.92
15 853 12 231 1546 1.81
10 13 0 5 33 2.54
-----------------------------------
TOTAL 4804 59 1057 10148 2.11
===================================
TOTAL SCORE : 10 726 436
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : G4XUM G0HSS G3NKC G4MJS M0BEW
Soapbox :
Tim M0BEW.
Contest : CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign : MD4K
Mode : PHONE
Category : Multi Two (M2)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator :
Operating time : 48h00
BAND QSO DUP PFX POINTS AVG
-----------------------------------
160 475 8 122 1014 2.13
80 737 9 204 1861 2.53
40 912 12 107 2218 2.43
20 1814 18 388 3476 1.92
15 853 12 231 1546 1.81
10 13 0 5 33 2.54
-----------------------------------
TOTAL 4804 59 1057 10148 2.11
===================================
TOTAL SCORE : 10 726 436
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : G4XUM G0HSS G3NKC G4MJS M0BEW
Soapbox :
Tim M0BEW.
Tuesday 18 March 2003
BARTG Spring RTTY 2003 M0BEW SO20
BARTG Spring RTTY 2003 M0BEW SO20
BARTG Spring RTTY Contest Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SO20 QTH: England Operating Time (hrs): 6 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------------ 80: 40: 20: 244 71 15: 10: ------------------------ Total: 244 71 Total Score = 91,210 Comments: Did RDXC so not much time for this. After the really naff conditions in the Sunday morning, things were still not 100% by the afternoon. Some nice DX around though. Might seriously try this one sometime, although RDXC is a killer contest. Bad clash of dates, sorry guys... Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 17 March 2003
RUSSIAN DX 2003 M0BEW MIX SO20
RUSSIAN DX 2003 M0BEW MIX SO20
Russian DX Contest Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SO20MIX QTH: England Operating Time (hrs): 14 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 0 0 80: 0 0 40: 0 0 20: 1086 130 15: 0 0 10: 0 0 ------------------- Total: 1086 130 Total Score = 877,630 Comments: Good start on Saturday, band finally went out at about 20:00. Finished on the first day with 891 q's Ended up with a total on Sunday of 1086. That pretty much sums up how bad Sunday's conditions were here.
Had a run in with a UA9, who came up a few 100hz away at about 40 over 9 deciding he wanted to take the freq. After I while when I hadn't moved he came zero beat with me, 10 mins later he moved away a little and a 2nd station came on telling me to qsy, after this he started cq'ing using the same call and zero beat with me while the original was still a few hundred down. Funny thing was, the second station started used the same cq sound file as the original but if anyone answered him the op had a completely different voice. This went on for a while but the original UA was still too close to me and clearly having difficulty making qsos through my cq's needing 9-10 shots at serials. Eventually the original UA came back zero beat and started rag chewing with the second UA in Russian. After chatting in Russian for a further 5 mins the original UA moved and left the second station cq'ing. The second station was no where near as strong and the rate recovered and worked through him easily, when he realised this he simply resorted to jammed anyone who answered me. I'm just glad I had the whole thing recorded, quite frankly you can't make up stories worse than this. Incredibly bad behaviour. On the whole a very disapointing end to a promising start. Great contest though. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 24 February 2003
UBA DX CW 2003 M0BEW SO20
UBA DX CW 2003 M0BEW SO20
UBA DX Contest, CW Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SO20 QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 13 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 80: 0 0 40: 0 0 20: 561 26 15: 0 0 10: 0 0 ------------------- Total: 561 26 Total Score = 24,284 Comments. Band seemed good at all distances. Although still a little light on ON's, worked 22. Missed all UK mults except M. First few hours were good and as always turned into a real slog towards the end. Some of the ON's were great, most were a whisper here and they stuck with me to the end to complete the qso. Thanks everyone who called, Tim-M0BEW.
Tuesday 18 February 2003
ARRL DX CW 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
ARRL DX CW 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
ARRL DX Contest, CW Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 80: 40: 20: 583 44 15: 10: ------------------- Total: 583 44 Total Score = 76,956 Call: M0BEW Operating Time (hrs): 10hrs Comments: Another 'part time effort' to add to the pile. I wouldn't mind a serious pop at this contest some time, but not from home. Did about 10 hours on Sunday, started at 1200 when I got up and finished at 2200ish. Made a few q's on 15 but didn't have the contest log running. I spent a lot of time on Saturday listening round and following some of the UK op's while I relaxed in the shack. I heard a lot POI on 20m during the day, and a lot of M5X on 15, when I was listening around. I think they may have been SB's also. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 10 February 2003
CQ WPX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
CQ WPX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20
CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest Call: M4K Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SOSB20 QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 29 Summary: Band QSOs Pts ----------------- 80: 40: 20: 792 1602 15: 10: ----------------- Total: 792 1602 Prefixes = 375 Total Score = 600,750 Comments: Good contest. A little bit annoyed with myself making bad choices with my time off. I took a large chunk off Saturday night when really I should have took it Sunday. I'm not quite used to 'having' to take breaks, I would have happily worked through if I could. Thanks everyone who called. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 27 January 2003
UBA DX SSB 2003 M0BEW SO20LP
UBA DX SSB M0BEW SO20LP
UBA DX Contest, SSB Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SO20 QTH: ENGLAND Operating Time (hrs): 10 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 80: 0 0 40: 0 0 20: 408 23 15: 0 0 10: 0 0 ------------------- Total: 408 23 Total Score = 16,882 Comments. The high K index really messed things up. The openenings around EU were very selective. Hardly any short hop propagation to ON from here. Only got called by 1 ON the others had to found and even then they were very weak and quite tough to complete a qso with. Only worked/heard 4 all contest, as 50+ of the available mults come from Belgium the chances of scoring were almost impossible this weekend. Called it a day at around 19:00, came back 08:00 next morning and carried on. Made quater of my qso total in the first hour. Highlights were being called by SU1ER and ST2NH. Although for this contest they counted as minimum points and no mult! Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 20 January 2003
RSGB AFS SSB 2003 M0BEW
RSGB AFS SSB 2003 M0BEW
Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW
1 x 1000MP & GS35 - 400/100w Dipole @ 55ft c/w temp reflector Writelog. Score - 269 qsos - 251 claimed. Club: Lichfield ARS. hourly rates - 1st - 80 2nd - 82 3rd - 50 4th - 39
Great scores again I see.
Managed a few hours at high power. Got a knock about 16:00 and had to drop to a couple of hundred to keep them happy. I left the DVK calling while I was talking at the front door, so if you called I'm sorry. Same setup as last week except I tried a reflector this time, very simple affiar at about shoulder hieght. Did it make any difference? Who knows, didn't feel like it. My first hour was still appauling. Seems like my signal still wasn't loud enough to be heard at the start. I was working folks over on the other vfo with serials 25-35 higher just under an hour into the contest, while I was cq'ing to fresh air on my run freq 25k below them. Really wierd stuff. Quite a few dupes, but thats how it goes. I work and log em all. Thanks everyone that called. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 13 January 2003
RSGB AFS CW 2003 M0BEW
RSGB AFS CW 2003 M0BEW
Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW
1 x 1000MP - 100w Dipole @ 55ft with ends out @ 30ft. Writelog. 220 q's with 11 dupes - 209 valid. 1st hour - 71 2nd hour - 70 3rd hour - 35 4th hour - 35 Good contest, lots of activity, band was rammed and a joy to hear. Heard some superb scores during the contest, and some great scores posted so far. Don't know what happened here, I can't explain it. Could not get anyone to hear me it appears. Must try harder in the signal department. Ran for 3 hours 30mins, S&Ped for 30mins. Looking back through the log only 30% ! of the qsos came from cq'ing. The rest were made through the 2nd vfo and during the S&P. If I appeared to not quite inside your filter when I called I'm sorry :) Made 1 dupe myself, BWP I think it was. The others from callers. Thanks to all who called, I made a few neat audio clips which should make it up on the my website in a week or two when all is finished. See you all in SBB with a stronger signal I hope. I'll perhaps try a reflector underneath. Any comments/experiences from doing this are welcome. Tim-M0BEW.
Monday 6 January 2003
ARRL RTTY ROUND UP 2003 M0BEW SOLP
ARRL RTTY ROUND UP 2003 M0BEW SOLP
Call: M0BEW Operator(s): M0BEW Station: M0BEW Class: SO LP QTH: BIRMINGHAM Operating Time (hrs): 12 Summary: Band QSOs ------------ 80: 0 40: 0 20: 401 15: 119 10: 3 ------------ Total: 523 State/Prov = 43 Countries = 54 Total Score = 50,496 Comments. First contest of 2003, and first chance I've had to try Writelog for any length of time on a new WinXP machine. The latest MMTTY version seemed 200% better rx-wise, I can only think of a few signals I had to let go because of flutter or low signal. Dunno what he's changed but it works. Thanks everyone who called and said Hi. Tim-M0BEW.
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