[UK-CONTEST] Club champs CW - G3NKC score

[Dave Sharred]

A flying start, but a tough 40 mins in the latter half !!

1st 30 - 48 QSO's
2nd 30 - 32
3rd 30 - 30


I could break QSO's  down by 15 minute segments, to better illustrate the
activity. When I worked SJJ, he was quite weak, so the 30 -50 mile range was
poor by then

Some strange 5khz wide noise appeared periodically at the bottom 5KHz of the
band segment periodically; quite strong. Not sure what it was.

I too had the M4... that Clive commented on; and fixed it 3rd time. Same
guy, eh !  I think he was hand sending too fast !  I will always slow down
on the exchange for slower people - even vary the CQ speed after the first
flurry of activity!

I still suspect some stations are abnormally strong - not adhering to the
power eh??!! We can all use an amp and claim to be running 100W !!!  Which
way is it going to go, chaps ??

Another tactic. I suspect some old hands are trying to slow anyone down who
does S&P  by querying them; I suspect unnecessarily. I got to cynically
think that , if you are doing SO2V; the idea is to prolong the exchange, so
that you stand a better chance of losing your run !!!   It happened quite a
few times to me this time.

I ran the computer CW throughout.   I did AFS with Keyer CW throughout;
which sometimes gives better flexibility (nice to greet a known acquaintance
by name, for instance).

I have to ditch my old P133 PC; in favour of my new laptop; the final move
to XP  and new software.  I am not sure of SJJ's aversion to Wronglog, which
we have used at MD4K with success. But I could understand the attraction of
N1MM!  I have been looking at  Win-test; which will interface nicely with my
MicroHam USBII device.  I may yet get on the digi modes soon....

Cheers all

Dave
G3NKC

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Clive GM3POI
Sent: 24 February 2006 11:46
To: G3SJJ
Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] less than efficient exchanges


G3SJJ said "I am still puzzled though by the M S. I asked for a repeat so
many times
that the guy eventually gave up in disgust. If I could have identified a
number, maybe I could have got the rest. Just a thought, was it M5?  M S
I.  Dunno."

I had a similar one with a station dropping in a call M4*** I got him to
repeat this several times and in the end I said "your call is M4*** " to
which he came back and said no it's M0*** after having sent at least four
times M4***. Perhaps he was just confused of Nottingham !
73 Clive GM3POI


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