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When I got to the shack, it was clear that the shack was also affected by the powercut, so I sat and read until 1655 UTC, when the electricity came back on. Conditions were not just bad for WX but also on the radio too. 20m, where I had planned to operate, became very slow as darkness fell to the East. I returned the next morning at around 0900 and, although the winds had abated a little, 20m was not much better until the final hour of the contest, when my rate peaked at the rather dismal total of around 50 QSOs/hour (although I was only S&P). Final score: 39114 points from 100 QSOs, thanks to a high proportion of oblast multipliers. Let's hope I have better luck next weekend for WPX.
Results: After checking, my 100 QSOs had become just 84, leaving me with 23,220 points. I came second out of three English entrants in the SOSB-14 category; in Europe I came 68th of 91 SOSB-14 entrants; globally this was 86th of 128 entrants in the category. The SOSB-14 winner was DJ1CW with 902,000 points; G4EBK was the highest placed English call with 137,256 points. Among all the 20 English participants in all categories, I came 11th, however, so not too bad considering the cirumstances.
