[UK-CONTEST] GB5HQ

[Dave Sergeant]

On 10 Jul 2005 at 13:20, Richard Newstead wrote:

> Managed 10 band/mode slots with ease. Never heard a whisper of 10m ssb
> or  15m ssb stations despite many attempts. Where were they located?

As a CW entrant I managed GB5HQ on 5 CW slots. Heard them only 
briefly and very weak on 10m CW, it really does depend where you are 
in the country for that band, worked on backscatter on 15m. They were 
surprising strong on 20m at Sunday dawn compared with the weak and 
watery signals on Saturday, were both at the same QTH?

QRP entry as usual, and only 341 QSOs, well down on last year. I 
thought conditions were very average and uninspiring, and static on 
80 and 160 meant I had very few QSOs there. In fact the bulk of my 
QSOs were on 20m, even 40m was disappointing. I also though support 
in general for this contest seemed down this year.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com