[UK-CONTEST] GM4AFF 80m CC

[g3ory at lineone.net]

Stewart,

Sorry I did not hear you last night!  Especially during the first 2/3 of
the contest when I was working some desperately weak stations who were all
very patient as I tried to copy their calls and serials.

It is often said that the English Midlands is the place to be if you hope
to win a UK contest involving NVIS propagation and that may well be true.
 The other side of the coin is that the levels of IMD and reciprocal mixing
present are phenomenal.  I had the pre-amp out and 18db of attenuation and
still could easily hear the 'floor' of IMD etc.  These tactics helped enormously
and without them my score would have been dismal.

In the 'grass the other side is greener' mode, an RF quiet QTH seems an
unattainable dream to someone down here.

73

Bob

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:45:52 -0000
>From: "Cooper, Stewart" <coopers at odl.co.uk>
>To: <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
>Cc: 
>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] GM4AFF 80m CC
>
>
>
>Boy, that was ridiculous! Really gave it a go, but after an hour decided
>that I'd better things to do. I called everyone I heard (and that was lots)
>three times and then moved on. Trawled from 3.7 up and then the lower bit.
>G3ORY (and many others) never heard me yet, in spite of going back and
calling
>for about 5 minutes! I recall that this happened last year, and meant that
>I found it difficult to muster the enthusiasm for the subsequent events.
>However, CW and data are more productive, so maybe see you next week!
>
>23 Q's I think, with one dupe (my fault). FT1000MP + inverted V dipole
at
>35ft or so
>
>Stewart
>GM4AFF
>
>PS. Can I request that emails to the reflector include callsigns of the
senders
>- thanks.
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