[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW 160m

[Andy swiffin]

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>>>> "Cooper, Stewart" <coopers at odl.co.uk> 01/03/2004 08:51:11 >>>
>Had a bit of a play in the CQ WW 160 last night and was astounded that
even
>at 2330 on Sunday I was a multiplier for some not-so-far-away
stations. GM
>must be getting rare!! Lots of QRM and lots of very deaf stations
around.
> 

I completely forgot about this one until late sunday afternoon - 
Someone poke me with a stick next time there's going to be a 160m
contest  - I just had time for 2 or 3 hours on sunday evening - what a
blast!!

I couldn't believe how many people were saying 'thanks for the
multiplier', its nice to be wanted.  I only went on expecting to make a
handful of qsos and ended up with 80+.  D4B and CN2R were nice and gave
me hope for something more distant but nothing better heard.  (I'm still
new at 160 so anything is exciting :-)

Like Stewart though I couldn't believe how deaf some people were, what
were they using, a crystal set??  SY8A was 9+ and each time I called him
he was just cqing when I went to receive.  I started to think some
people had left the auto voice sender on and gone away...   

Cheers
Andy
gm8oeg