[UK-CONTEST] G5W IOTA CONTEST

[Jim Martin - MM0BQI]

>Don,G3BJ wrote  "I think the guys in the UK on a "unique" multiplier have a
distinct
advantage when it comes to volume of Qs"

Not sure I agree with this at all! If people can't hear you they can't work
you!
We managed 600Qs with 100w and an HF6V vertical.  We spent hours calling and
could not be heard and always had a problem keeping the frequency clear.
The guys with the stack of Alphas have it much easier and maintained some
sort of run when we were working nil. It is amazing just how much of a
difference running high power at these levels makes (never knew 6dB(?) could
have such an effect!).
We felt we could have made the same number of Qs from home, (150 miles
south, in Edinburgh) with a lot less effort and expense.

After operating for four years as a unique on EU92 in the contest my
conclusion is that it offers no advantage. You are limited equipment wise to
what the small boat can carry and the location is always a compromise.
Having said that I go for the fun of it all but maybe next year the Russian
RTTY contest may be more fun to participate in on the same weekend!
The scoring issue should be re-visited. IOTA contest is supposed to be about
contacting island stations.  We have to make the island stations more
accessible and desirable to work. Small portable stations cannot compete for
Qs and spectrum space with a high power landlocked contest station working
non island stations at 100 per hour.

Maybe it is time to make a definite decision that IOTA will be about working
Island stations, not running EU at 100 an hour but seeking out and working
Island stations. It may lose some of the numbers we have now.  It may also
encourage those folk who are so often praised but I feel let down by the
rules .. the island activators!

My proposal would be to have non island Qs at 1 point (if at all) and island
Qs at 15.
Remove the mult value of working your own IOTA.  As the only station on EU92
we have immediately lost a possible TEN mults over more populated islands.
Another good reason for not going to he time and expense of being unique.
Hopefully this year the adjudicators will check closely the own IOTA mults
claimed by multi-op stations.
Why not level the paying field even more and have a 100w power limit (save
all the sore backs lugging the amps about) to a single antenna (like field
day) ?

73 Jim, MM0BQI
MM0Q - multi-op from the Summer Isles, EU92

PS. highest run rates 12.00 65Qs,  15.00 85Qs, 21.00 60Qs,  08.00 55Qs, the
rest, painfully slow!

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Don Beattie
Sent: 03 August 2004 12:39
To: Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] G5W IOTA CONTEST


An interesting contest.

Conditions went belly-up later on, but the runs earlier were good.

I think the guys in the UK on a "unique" multiplier have a distinct
advantage when it comes to volume of Qs - it got fairly slow towards the end
on boring old EU005.

Some extreme "rubber-clocking" at the end of the contest by some. QSOs
taking place 5 minutes after the contest ended !

Usual stuff here - 2 x FT1000MP + linears
10 ele force 12 (40-10) at 80ft
A3S at 60ft
90ft vertical (160/80)
Dipoles for LF
K9AY

 Band   CW QSOs    CW pts   CW muls     SSB QSOs   SSB pts  SSB muls
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      80       134            870            38             201
1203        39
      40       215           1305            50             343
1893        54
      20       363           1773            50             513
2847        76
      15        28              324            21               85
771          40
      10         5                 63              5                 81
339         8
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     TOTAL     745       4335       164            1223               7053
217

  4,338,828 points

73,

Don, G3BJ

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