[UK-CONTEST] Stew Perry contest - G3YMC QRP

[Dave Sergeant]

On 19 Dec 2004 at 10:37, Don Beattie wrote:

> Quite a difference between this year and last year's event. 
> 
> Firstly I don't think conditions were all that good last night, and
> secondly, I suspect that running the event just before Christmas
> caused a number of folks not to take part (it normally runs the first
> w/end after Xmas).

As a QRP entrant in this event in the past three years (for which 
those who worked me get four times your points!) I obviously cannot 
compete with the likes of Don... I tend to take these top band 
contests not too seriously as I know my signal on the band is many dB 
below a needle bending one!

36 QSOs and 79 points (before QRP/low power multipliers are added). 
No DX here though, best DX a mere 1922km (7S2E). By the way, SD 
calculates the distances and scores as you go along, and produces a 
cabrillo file with the proper fields in the right place.

Activity certainly seemed to be down this year. The date had to be 
moved as next Saturday is Christmas Day and the following one New 
Year's eve - I guess they will have to do the same next year with 
Christmas Day on the Sunday. This of course clashed with the 9A 
contest which caused some confusion with some of its participants 
unwilling to give us QSOs. There seemed very few G stations taking 
part seriously.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com