Conditions seemed to be down today compared with recent days, although there was still some DX to be worked I think there were lots around tyring out their set-ups for the CQWW CW this weekend, anyway 3 nice ones today all 3 were new Band slots for me, first out was ST2AR from the Sudan on 15m CW, he was one of the very few signals on the band with a real 599 signal, next up was purely by chance just changed band to 20m right on top of ET3SID Sid in Ethiopia calling CQ, I think not many were initially going back to him as he wasnt giving his call phonetically and I think a few didnt understand his accent, I got it first time and he came back to me first call, although it took a couple of times to get my call across due to the QRM whilst I was exchanging reports with Sid it was spotted on the cluster and you can guess what it was like after that, so I count myself lucky today for that one, last in the log was 6Y9LM who was a big signal on 20m CW, so al lin all considering condx were not great, not a bad haul, will try and get some new ones over the weekend during the CQWW but im not around much so will have little time to spend on the radio this weekend
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