As predicted this month I worked a bucket full of US stations starting on the third.
As a bonus, I also worked Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and a DXpedition from the west bank of Palestine.
Mexico was loud in the middle of the month, usually difficult to work from here in Southern England, I was given a -5 signal report on FT8.
On the 12th my computer suffered a ransomware attack but it also included a wipe out of my e-mail so I have been unable to reply to any demands. I had to employ a professional tech to sort it out but there is still a lock out. On the 15th I was able to get the logging program up and running again. Over the rest of the month I have been able to get some more programs up and running.
On the DX front I managed to work 28 states of the USA, however although I could hear Hawaii I could not get a 2 way contact.
As I was writing this piece I suffered a problem with the station. Try as I might I could not find the fault, however I did get it fixed in the end. It was the SWR meter selector switch in the linear amp'.
As I have been a little under the weather I am unable to write as much as usual, so until next month, good DX.
Chris, G4ZCS
