Call: MD2C
Operator(s):  
Station: MD2C

Added: 21/Feb/2011
Contest: ARRL DX CONTEST, CW
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: Isle of Man
Operating time: 27

Summary: 
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:  149    35
   80:  323    44
   40:  232    37
   20:  785    56
   15:  633    53
   10:   15    10
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Total: 2137   235  
Total Score = 1,506,585
Club: 

Soapbox: 

Always a fun contest; this one was
no exception!

Going into the contest,
the main 40m antenna was still broken
and waiting for parts in the post from
the US, so the 160/80M vertical was
pressed into service, but with high
SWR.  The result was half the 40M QSOs
of last year, and fewer mults...but
the other bands took up the slack and
this year's totals were higher than
last year's, so a good result. 
Station weaknesses and opportunities
for improving skills were noted along
the way, in the hopes of doing better
next year!

40M seemed bizarre on
Sunday AM GMT: lots of CQers but very
few callers. 
Having no callers when
trying to "run," I took a look up and
down the band - it was full of CQers,
both DX and W/VE, but very few taking
callers.  It seemed like a street
market with stalls on the sides of the
road, all the vendors calling out
their wares, and very few
customers....very odd.  40 was much
busier and more fruitful on Sunday
evening.

It was good to hear 10M open
a bit to NA from here, but the promise
of only two days before, when it was
REALLY open to NA, was not fulfilled,
and only the Big Guns were heard and
worked from here, although I heard
EA8s and other stations to the south
of me doing great, but not a peep of
the stations they were
working.

Thanks to all for the QSOs,
particularly those on multiple bands
(even some 6-banders), and to the
organizers for another fun
weekend.

73 Bob   MD0CCE