Hi all,
Some thoughts about this CQWW SSB 2010 in which I participated as usually only for chasing new band slots, new ones and/or new zones.
I've been quite active, even in the night time, but not that much in the day time: Propagation on 10m has been terrible, and I had not much interest in 20m and 15m.
Here is a list of what I did:
Zone 19 on 40m, my last one, tnx RT0C !!!!!!
Saturday, 2 hours before sunset, RT0C was readable here through the BIG QRM. I called, in vain. Too hard. At around 18:00z, he came back, better signals, but contesters needed multipliers and I couldn't get through....
Sunday, RT0C spotted, still 2 hours before sunset. I was working a few JA's, the skip looked better than the day before. He turned his antenna to EU and his signal came up from S4 to real S9, that was my chance. Few callers, but big guns, and I fighted 30min to get through.
YES, I worked my very last zone on 40m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PJ2T: QSO's on 80/40/20 and 15m as an ALL Time New One. Nil on 10m.
AH0BT, 40m. Roughly the same as RT0C, with the same QRM. 1.5 hour of call Saturday, in vain. I went through at the 2nd call Sunday ! New one on 40m ! Nil on 80m.
V48M, 40m, quite easy yestderday. Nil on 80m.
A73A : QSO's on 80 and 40m, new one on 80. Last band for A7 !
VP9/AA4V : QSO's on 80/40/20/15m, new one on 80m, nil on 10m.
(I wrkd VP9/N4SF on the 28th of Oct as a new on 12m)
FP/KV1J : QSO on 15m, new one there.
S79K: QSO on 80/40/20/15/10m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New one on both 80 and 10m, great ears, great signals. Today, log on line is updated and all of the QSO's are there, COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a summary
- 1 new zone only, but my very LAST one on 40m !!!!!!!!!!!! I have the 40 zones there now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 1 All Time New One with PJ2T
- New ones on 80m : A73A, VP9/AA4V, S79K, PJ2T : +4 !
- New ones on 40m : AH0BT, V48M, PJ2T : +3 !
- New one on 15m : FP/KV1J : + 1 !
- New one on 10m : S79K : +1 !
With a better propagation on 10m, it would have been funnier. But I can not complain. RT0C and z19 really made this contest GREAT !
Ronan, F8AFC
