The QSO summary table is split into two columns to show the top ten non-EU (3 pts) countries and the top ten EU (1pt) countries.

The 605 W's represent 29% of the total QSOs (2,060).

Several periods of Sp-E conditions contributed to the high number of DLs and other close-in Europeans worked.

Friday : Erected a 3-el 20m yagi on a crank-up at 80ft at Devon QTH.

Saturday : started off at 02z. Surprised to hear some short-skip to Europe at this time as well as the usual assortment of weak South Americans. Stayed working on 20m throughout much of Saturday up to 23z, by which time 20m was all but washed out. But also took several lengthy rest breaks during the day, particularly when the wall-to-wall noise on 20m (with all those splattery signals -- mine probably included!) became just too much to bear in the headphones.

Presumably the new world of DVK (of which I am now an avid devotee!) and the associated sound-cards are as much to blame for the splattery QRM as the more traditional flat-topping of severely over-driven linears? 1,260 QSOs were made on the first day.

Sunday : After about four hours sleep, Sunday started at 05z, by which time 20m was already quite lively. Stuck at it through to about 22z, but again with several significant breaks during the day in order to give my head an occasional rest! Propagation was patchy. JAs were all but unworkable on the Saturday, whereas a dozen or so appeared in the log on Sunday. It was quite the opposite with the West Coast. A good handful of W6/W7 were worked on the Saturday, admittedly with mostly quite weak and fluttery signals but hardly any W6/W7 were worked on the Sunday. Luckily just one KL7 and one KH6 made it into the log to save the day for Zones 01 and 31. Also called by four BY stations as well as by a handful of YBs.

Missing Zones were 19 (none of several UA0's worked was sufficently far East), 23 (JU1F hrd but not wkd), 29 (never did hear a VK6), 36, 37 (both in Africa - which way is that?) and 39 (looked for VQ9X, but never found). Only an additional 800 QSOs were made on the second day bringing the total to 2,060.

Monday : up early to take down antenna and pack up station.

Station : FT-1k MP MkV, Acom 2000 amp, 3el-yagi at 80ft, Win-Test (just magic!). A microHAM was used for the DVK. Ian G3WVG saved the day. Without Ian's help I would have never been able to set up the DVK etc. But once set, it worked fine.