The Contest
□ About the contest
This contest took place from 00:00 UTC on 5 March 2011 until 23:59 on 6 March 2011.
I entered this contest as M0BLF in the SOAB HP category.
QTH: G6UW, Cambridge, England
IOTA: EU-005, Great Britain
Equipment
□ The Rigs and Antennas used in the entry
I operated using a FT-1000MP, with 400 W. Antennas: Stepp-IR.
Adjudicated score
□ The summary of points I made during the contest
Contest : ARRL International DX Contest
Callsign : M0BLF
Mode : PHONE
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator : JO02AF
Operating time : 7h11
BAND QSO S/P DUP POINTS AVG
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160 0 0 0 0 0.00
80 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 91 31 0 273 3.00
15 110 39 0 330 3.00
10 1 1 0 3 3.00
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TOTAL 202 71 0 606 3.00
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TOTAL SCORE : 43 026
Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators : M0BLF
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For the first time ever, I had a perfect log. Absolutely zero points lost during the adjudication process. Wow.
The final result was 43,026 points, including 202 QSOs and 71 multipliers. This meant that I was 10th place (of 26) in England in the Single-Operator category, and 181st (of 709 entrants) in Europe in that category.
Write-up
□ My comments about the contest
This was just a quick play in the contest for a few hours on the Saturday, S & P operating only.
Conditions were disappointing on 10m, where only 1 contact was made despite the recent increase in solar activity. It was good to see 15m in good shape, however, which had the additional benefit of keeping 20m relatively orderly.
Multipliers worked
The US States / Canadian provinces contacted are those in blue below:
20m
15m
10m
Only Prince Edward Island (PEI) was worked on 10m.
Previous Entry
□ My last entry in this contest
I last took part in ARRL DX SSB in 2006, when I operated as M0BLF/P.