I spent about 5 hours in the Stew Perry contest - I was pleased with what I could work. We had to go out to dinner with friends on the Saturday night so I missed the JA opening which seems to have been one of the best for years.
The 4m Cumulatives got of to roaring start this morning - I only worked 9 stations as I had to get out do some stuff, but there seemed to be a lot of activity and some high serials. Managed to work G4RFR for best DX and a few other good ones, but G3TCU lost me in the noise.
Having lost the top of the 80m vertical in the gale in December I decided to tie an 80m dipole to the top of the decapitated tower and slope it to the south. I've never tried a sloper in AFS before. Seems like it was worthwhile, as I just achieved my highest ever score. Also, I tried a new tactic, starting with S & P from the top down, rather than the bottom up, which is always like trying to platt fog ...especially from GM at 1400 in the afternoon.
My AFS score are here for interest:
1999 - 212
2000 - 214
2001 - 212
2002 - 210
2003 - 193
2004 - 180
2005 - 220
2006 - 214
2007 - 211
2008 - 235
2009 - 261