From: NAME: Andy Burns
FUNC: Research and Development
TEL: 0324 493981 <BURNS,AL@A1@GRRD04>
To: "cq-contest@tgv.com"@rcwi01@mrgate@grrd04,
NAME: Chris Eccles GM7IJO <ECCLES,C@A1@GRRD04>
>From the Far Side......
GM0ECO zone 27
Single Op SSB only
Band Q's Mults (Zones/HQ)
160 7 7 (2/5)
80 115 23 (13/10)
40 229 32 (22/10)
20 905 41 (30/11)
15 369 30 (18/12)
10 18 12 (6/6)
Totals 1643 145 (91/54)
Score = 751,825
Highlights -
* Only 10% of Q's were from US (contrast the normal 70% plus in a good
contest)
* Good short skip into Mainland Europe with 100+/hour rates for 3 point
contacts.
* 10m very poor but sporadic E helped pick up a few mults.
* 15m Ok to Europe, 1 contact with W !!! Very little DX to far east
* 20m Good to US for a while but died to early on the saturday night.
* 40m/80m, low qrm levels for a change but not enough US on the bands.
* Worst part was local time 4-5am (the hour after sunrise) - 20m hadn't
opened. 80m had died. Called CQ on 40m for the hour and had very few
takers other than one ZL and one VK. Nice to hear them loud and in the
clear for once.
* Lots of HQ stations active. Got very confused with IU2A and IS0*** both
giving out ARI as their reports!!!! Never heard W1AW at all.
* The SU called me.
* Worked one W6 in the whole contest.
Antenna's
TH7 @60' plus low dipoles for 10/15/20m
2el phased delta loops for 40m + sloper
Loop for 80m
Inverted L (low) for 160m (Efficiency extremely low due to the grazing
Haggis in the next field being resonant on this band)
Short Beverages for N/S/E/W.
Contest finished at 1.00pm local time. Fell asleep during the Formula 1
British Grand Prix an hour later but managed to catch Nigel Mansell
retaining first place in the Indy Car series.
Andy
GM0ECO
burns_al@grrd04.bp.com
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