[UK-CONTEST] 21/28Mhz, the future?

[Chris Burbanks]

I agree Alan. I recall moving you and George to 10m but no QSO, then later
you were both strong.

If the band is open it makes thing very interesting. Just a pity we caught
the null, since the contest 10m has been really good. I worked VK6RO at s9
on Monday and EM1HO at same strength. T9X peaked s7 yesterday and the Eu
pile was very loud. At present (0807z) I am listening to the VR2MX pile-up,
he is very weak but UAs are strong and I also heard an HL and a UN. Pity it
didn't happen on Sunday!

I think on reflection, I would like to see as combined event run for a while
and then if it still didn't work scrap it.

Chris G3SJJ



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[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Alan Jubb -
5B4AHJ
Sent: 21 October 2004 06:27
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 21/28Mhz, the future?


Hi to all

As someone who has entered this (the 21/28 CW) contest for the last 2 years,
I would like to put some views from the DX end of the contest.

a) Agreed this is not the most exciting of contests, but nevertheless I
still enjoy it and would be very sorry to see it decline further and see it
eventually go. From my perspective, there seemed to be more UK activity this
year than last year. I don't know about the DX end.

b) The clash with WAG is a real problem at the DX end. Invariably calling CQ
RSGB TEST or even CQ G results in numerous calls from DLs, which is a real
pain. Also the DLs tend to be much stronger than the Gs, so I have to listen
for weak Gs under a wall of S9 DLS. This makes it tough going. This was a
bigger problem last year than this year.

c) 10m is the band that makes this an interesting contest at the DX end. To
those who say that 10m is a waste of time, I would totally disagree. This
year 35.6% of my QSOs were on 10m. Finding the 10m openings is what can give
a DX station the edge over another DX station and makes the contest
interesting. I think I would be unlikely to enter a 15m only contest. I
don't think that Gs listen enough on 10m. Early afternoon last Sunday there
was a great opening to most parts of the UK including GM (no GD/GI heard)
when signals were S9++, but I still spent quite a bit of time calling CQ
without any answer.

d) I would be happy to have a joint phone/cw contest.

e) To those who say condx were bad this year, they were hugely better than
last year. I made 50% more QSOs this year compared to last year. However
there's nothing we can do about condx!

SO, if the contest is to be re-vamped I would say:

a) Avoid the clash with WAG. The first weekend in October sounds fine.
b) Retain 10m to make the contest more appealing to DX stations.
c) I would support merging the phone and cw contests


Alan Jubb 5B4AHJ - P3J
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