[UK-CONTEST] EU SPRINT SSB - GW4BLE

[Lee Volante]

Hi,

I guess it should work both ways.....

Tonno's told me before he works shedloads of M3's, G1's, 2M0's etc. on 20m 
who are casual op's in the contest.  Unfortunately we don't seem to have as 
many casual ES / LY / YL / UA3 stations to work in return.

If the casual G ops would come down to 40m and 80m later on, then it would 
make a difference to us in the UK, but it seems that most don't.  But the 
good news was I felt there were as many serious UK guys on yesterday as 
there have even been, which did make the final moments on 80m easier than 
normal.

Fil / Pedro CT1ILT made 166 QSOs on 20m from the south side of Europe, but 
really struggled on 80m.  So, where's the best place to do this contest from 
now ?   The old time record was made at ZD8 (just on 20m), but that's been 
broken by Tonno now.  For 20m, on the edge of Europe seems best, but only 
where there is a lot of activity on the other, and as you move down to 40 
and 80, you must still be close enough to be able to work the bulk of the 
central Europeans easily.

UK stations have been placed #1 / #2 / #3 in the past too if I remember 
correctly so we're not out of the running - was that down to activity or 
fortunate short skip say on 20m ?   To complete the experiment, would 
someone like to fund the building of a 4 stack of tribanders just like 
Tonno's and we'll see how it works from over here :-)

My comment from yesterday:  I never beat GM3POI, GW4BLE or M0BBB in a 
pile-up. Never mind - well done guys. 183 QSO here - not bad, but always 
room for improvement.  Dipole support fell down twice during the contest. 
There's an adage that your antennas are not high enough if they don't fall 
down.  Mine are falling down, but it's a bit sad it's at less than 30 feet 
hi.

73,

Lee G0MTN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <G3OAY at aol.com>
To: <GW4BLE at btconnect.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] EU SPRINT SSB - GW4BLE


> In a message dated 09/04/2005 20:26:51 GMT Daylight Time,
> GW4BLE at btconnect.com writes:
>
> Hi both
>
> Spoke with Tonno ES5TV after the contest - he made 315 Qs (!), over 180 of
> them on 20 metres...
>
> Consulted my Tr distance calculator, for ES. He is some 1140 miles to the
> east, and presumably he can work the EU stations far more easily on 20M 
> than we
> can. Bit like eating an orange from the inside out?!
>
> Need to move to Estonia Steve!
>
> 73 Neil
> G3OAY
>
>
>
>
>
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