[UK-CONTEST] GW3NJW CQWW CW SOAB HP

[Chris Swallow]

French Homework !!!*?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Burbanks" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
To: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>; 
<uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] GW3NJW CQWW CW SOAB HP


> Similar prob here Clive. Went to bed at 2100 Friday to try and build up 
> some
> sleep reserve that I hadn't managed in the week and slept till 0300. Went
> tired at 0600 so had a further 2.5 hours, operated from 0830 to 2330 when 
> I
> decided to take a rest. Slept right through until 0730 !!! Don't even do
> that on a normal night. I guess three days of manual labour working on 
> house
> improvements didn't help! On Sunday had a major problem with an 
> intermittent
> on receive. Sounded as though the antenna was becoming dissed. Had to give
> up at 1600. Well that's my excuses for a paltry 1400 Qs.
>
> What I really suspect is that it is no use starting to do 48 hour contests
> in your late 50s. I needed to get into these things 20 years ago but was
> never really that interested, so lifestyle dictates that Friday evening is
> for relaxing not starting a contest at midnight.
>
> I'll post some observations later but for now I'm off to do my French
> homework.  Chris G3SJJ
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Clive Whelan
> Sent: 29 November 2004 13:23
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] GW3NJW CQWW CW SOAB HP
>
>
> At around midnight Sat. I felt OK ( even after having to repair the 
> inverted
> L on Friday morning), and decided to try for the full 48 ( meal breaks
> aside), but at about 01:30 I hit the wall, and just had to sleep. When I
> woke up it was 08:30! That's unheard of me, and I never use an alarm 
> clock,
> so dunno what happened, Anno Domini perhaps.
>
> Band Q Z C
>
> 160 103 7 37
>
> 80 462 12 53
>
> 40 670 24 87
>
> 20 802 21 74
>
> 15 212 21 62
>
> 10 35 11 24
>
> TOTAL 2286 96 337
>
>
>
> 1,665,751 pts
>
>
> Cdx c*** from the off, even on LF, better on Sunday. I expected 10 and 15 
> to
> be off colour but 40m, what's going on? The propagation numbers look
> reasonable; it's a funny old game!
>
> TS870x2, Alpha 78 and SB220, WL10.5.
>
> Antennas, crummy wires and verticals, all at 30ft or less a.g.l.
>
>
> SO2R of limited benefit without decent antennas imo, but hey, you gotta 
> try;
> remember the dinosaurs?
>
>
> Highlight, working D4B on 160m. Lowlight, missing the whole of the second
> night, which wrecked my score.
>
>
>
> GW0GEI wrote;
>
> < Was that anything to do with all the drugs you guys took in the 60s ?
> :-))))>
>
> Sex and drugs and rock and roll eh? Yeah right, I got the rock and roll, 
> who
> got the other two?
>
>
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
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