[UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Feb SSB

[Alex G3ZBE]

Hi Stuart,
I hope you mean "big guns" in the sense of skill rather than power?
Alex

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-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Cooper, Stewart
Sent: 08 February 2005 08:53
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Feb SSB


I think, for the very reasons discussed, that it is ideal to hold this
contest in January/February. I'd rather everyone was challenged and had
to work for their QSOs! I called many stations many times, and still
never worked them. For info, I found the dipole was about 4 S points
better than the vertical on all UK signals. I started late and finished
early, so only about 15 Q's. It sounded to me like the ones doing well
early on were not necessarily the 'big guns', but perhaps the ones who
had low noise levels. With my low noise level here I can hear just about
everything, so it's doubly frustrating when I don't get heard!

Stewart
GM4AFF


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of G3SJJ
Sent: 07 February 2005 23:21
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Feb SSB


I agree with Dave.

Firstly I think SSB AFS and 80m CC should have the same sub-band 3600 to
3775, with SSTV sector being disallowed. This would remove the constant
battle and prove that we rather than them are human!

Secondly I think 80m on Jan and Feb evenings is far from ideal for
intra-UK
events. The LF cumulatives used to have 160m in the evening and 80/40 in
the
afternoon/morning, this worked well. If evenings are to be kept, it
should
start in March with sessions closer together.

Chris G3SJJ



-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dave Sharred
Sent: 07 February 2005 22:26
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Feb SSB


And very difficult conditions from here - only 51 QSO's.

Band was full of strange noises and very strong continentals

Had to S&P most of the contest - CQing was ridiculous.

Took time out to move a few people out of the disallowed 50KHz - quite a
few
people still operate here.

Personally, I think this rule is a bit silly - in AFS , anything goes;
in
these short 1.5 hour blasts, we can't use it; and we still have the SSTV
people protecting their frequency allocation like crazy - one station
took
to recording G3ORY's exchanges and QRMming him by playing them back !!

If there's a section of the band worth disallowing, surely it is this 20
KHz - at least for the sake of harmony between modes????  Hate to give
in ,
BTW, but we hear it in every 80m SSB contest....

Dave
G3NKC


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