[UK-CONTEST] NFD - MM0FVC/P (Restricted)

[colin.r.smith at baesystems.com]

                        2003 NATIONAL FIELD DAY
 
Call used: MM0FVC/P                 Location: 40km ESE Edinburgh 
 
Category: Restricted                Mode: CW         Power: 100W
 
Callsign of Operator(s):  MM0CCC, MM0ANT, GM0CLN, GM0FZM, GM4ZRR               
                                          
 
Hours of Operation: 24:00
 
 
 band      QSOs     points
 -------------------------
 160        103        772
  80        127        465
  40        217        740
  20        127        424
  15         70        258
  10         37        256
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 TOTAL      681       2915

Equipment:  FT1000MP & 264ft/66ft Doublet @ 11m agl 

Club or Team Name: Forth Valley Contest Group 

Comments:
 
OUR FIRST EVER HF CONTEST AS A GROUP AND OUR FIRST EVER NFD!
ADD TO THAT A NEW ANTENNA AND A NEW ATU AND YOU GET AN IDEA 
OF THE LEARNING CURVE WE WENT THROUGH FOR NFD 2003!  
 
DESPITE ALL THAT WE HAD GREAT FUN AND ENJOYED THE EVENT
EVEN THOUGH OUR SCORE COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY BETTER.
FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS WE STRUGGLED WITH THE SGC ATU 
WE HAD AS IT KEPT TRYING TO RE-TUNE DURING OUR QSO'S.
(A FIX FOR THIS HAS NOW BEEN FOUND!!)
THIS MEANT THAT THE RADIO KEPT DEFAULTING TO 25W O/P INTO
A HIGH SWR.   HARDLY AN IDEAL SCENARIO.   FORTUNATELY WE HAD
TAKEN A SPARE ATU AND BALUN WHICH WERE EVENTUALLY DEPLOYED
AND WHICH WORKED FLAWLESSLY FROM THEN ONWARDS.

CONDITIONS SEEMED TO BE BEST ON SATURDAY.  SUNDAY WAS A BIT
OF A STRUGGLE WITH MOST BANDS QUITE DIFFICULT.  HOWEVER, AT
LEAST 10M OPENED A BIT ON SUNDAY TO ALLOW US A FEW DOUBLE 
POINT QSOS ON THE BAND.
 
OH, AND DID I MENTION WE WERE NOT M0FVC/P, GM0FVC/P OR OM0FVC/P!
NEVER HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH A CALLSIGN FOR AGES - MUST TRADE
IT IN FOR A NEW ONE!


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