[UK-CONTEST] AFS SSB G4BUO

[Dave Lawley]

289 QSOs including one dup.

Yes, the band was very crowded, but it looks like this year the
top scores won't exceed 320. My best total was in 1996 when
I made 346 Qs, and G4PIQ several times exceeded the 400
mark so actually there has been a drop in activity.

The SSTVers have been a major nuisance for several years.
One Saturday afternoon when I'm in the shack I'm going to 
monitor 3730-3740 and see just how much SSTV goes on.
I strongly suspect that most of what we had to put up with 
wasn't real SSTV activity, just a few policemen trying to
defend 'their' allocation which is no more than a recommendation
in the Region 1 bandplan.

Antenna was an inverted vee, centre up about 55ft and ends
at about 30ft, running roughly NW-SE. I'm happy to admit 
to using a reflector, about 140ft long, 6ft high and offset to the 
south of the dipole to try to shove my signals up country. I 
strongly suspect that its effect is mainly psychological. 
Interestingly though, I seem to be called by GMs early on 
in the event, despite the fact that I'm one of the most southerly 
stations.

Dave G4BUO