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Tue 18 July 2023

  • SFI = 180 A = 24 K = 3
  • Membership of Bug Users Group confirmed : #318
  • Period 1 1015z
  • 40m
    • Heard end of a QSO of GM4OAS - Gordon - Mallaig - so I tail-ended and had nice catch-up chat - BVc - RCh
  • Period 2 2015z
  • 20m - thought I'd try 20m for a change…
    • CQ - called by LZ2UG - Angel - Tirnovo - BVp - RSt - + Age = 79
    • Called by RU9UX - Geo, Belovo (Siberia) - BVp - RSt - + Age = 73
    • Called by 4O6DN (Montenegro) - Don, Podgorica - SKh - RSt
    • Called by SP3DGV - Genek - Przeclaw - BVp/SKh - RSt
    • Called by IZ1NQY - Enzo - Camburzano - BVp - RSt + Born 1942/ham 1977
    • Called by HB9DAX/qrp - Fred - BVp - lost him when I tried to QRP to match his 5W…. QSB?
    • A strange sort of evening - all the people calling me were on the slow side which is fine, but it tends to make me switch to a straight key in case my slowest bug speed (~18wpm) is either to fast or too buggy for someone who's only sending at 16-18wpm themselves.
  • 30m CQ…. no replies…..
  • Just before leaving shack heard CQ DE PH2CV on 30m…
    • Worked PH2CV - Okko - Rotterdam - BVp - RSt
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