[UK-CONTEST] ROPOCO1 G4PIQ/P Report

[Andy Cook, G4PIQ]

FT901DM, 100W & 25m end-fed wire at 5m sloping down to 2m.

55 good QSOs for 550 points - 1 more than the last time I did the contest
with 400W, 2 radios and real antennas.....

A bit of fun from the mega home station. Spent a long time re-building the
station for optimum performance on Saturday - took at least 5 minutes to
string out a counterpoise for 80m which reduced my noise floor by 10dB and
hopefully improved the Tx signal a bit by reducing ground (previously
building wiring!) losses.

Did the contest with manual keying and SO1R on my old FT901 - how quaint!

Actually quite good fun and surprised to see how effective you can be in
this contest with a tiny station. One or two stations heard about calling
folks who I didn't work, and a couple of stations who CQed in my face, but
called me later.

Andy