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| Coax and antennas delivered by tractor across a very muddy field. | Ian G3WVG operating MW5B on 80m in CQWW CW in 2022. |
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| MW5B : Simple 80m quarter-wave vertical in a muddy field | A FTdx101 was the radio at MW5B. |
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| Some 525 QSOs with MW5B were made on or around 3513kHz. | Just eight Zones missed on 80m : 01, 12, 23, 27, 31, 34, 36 and 38. |
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| Operating as MW5B on 80m in the CQWW CW Contest : There were two major off-periods : 09z-13z on Sat and 09z-16z on Sun. |
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| Countries Worked on 80m |
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| Continental Breakdown : Europe 67.4%, North America 28.6%, Asia 1.8%, South America 0.8%, Africa 0.7% and Oceania 0.6%. |
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| MW5B 80m Single-Band (A) score: 2,132Q, 32Z, 111C = 501,358 pts | Winds peaked 48mph/78kph in a gale just before the Contest. |
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| Wooly neighbours in the field next to MW5B. | Antennas transported in a sheep trailer. | A mess of blue-wire radials for the vertical |
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| K9AY set up 200m away from the shack. | K9AY control box with chocolate biscuits. | Ian G3WVG dressed for the appalling WX. |
| DXCC | QSOs | DXCC | QSOs | |
| W | 563 | 9A | 19 | |
| DL | 291 | LY | 19 | |
| SP | 104 | LZ | 19 | |
| I | 95 | LA | 18 | |
| UA | 83 | EU | 16 | |
| G | 76 | UA9 | 15 | |
| F | 72 | GM | 14 | |
| OK | 72 | OE | 14 | |
| PA | 69 | ON | 14 | |
| EA | 64 | OZ | 14 | |
| HA | 48 | YL | 13 | |
| VE | 48 | EI | 9 | |
| SM | 47 | ES | 8 | |
| YO | 41 | E7 | 8 | |
| OH | 35 | SV | 7 | |
| S5 | 34 | GI | 6 | |
| UR | 28 | IT9 | 6 | |
| OM | 26 | VK | 6 | |
| HB | 25 | ZL | 6 | |
| YU | 24 | PY | 6 |
The table shows the Top-40 DXCC countries worked with countries outside Europe being highlighted. With some 611 W/VEs worked in relatively mediocre 80m conditions, this South Wales location works well for North America.