[UK-CONTEST] UKDX and HADX

[Steve Rawlings]

Jim MM0BQI wrote:
 > Heard some
 > nasty deliberate QRM on 40m with one station pirating the call GW4ALG
 > following RTTY stations up and down the band sending CQ on their
 > frequency.
Jim: interesting about the pirate - and thanks for the direct email 
earlier today.  (Although your direct email didn't contain as much 
information as that provided here.)

For the record, I was certainly active on 40m today - both this morning 
and this afternoon, but I was definitely in the straight key part of the 
CW section (according to my logbook, at about 7.034 MHz) trying to 
improve my left-handed keying -- because my right hand is getting 
steadily worse.  And my left hand doesn't seem to be working quite right 
either!

I do recall being QRMed by a data station (wideband stuff with a centre 
frequency within a few hundred Hz of my CQ frequency) - but I wasn't 
going to let it QRM me off the band.  Perhaps the station you heard 
wasn't a pirate at all - just an old guy standing his ground in the face 
of a mugger.


Regards to all,
Steve GW4ALG



Jim Martin - MM0BQI wrote:

> Enjoyed a wee play in the UKDX  and HADX contests this morning.  LF
> band conditions seemed very flat here with no NA heard.  Highlight
> was again being called by two JAs on 40m about 0830.  Heard some
> nasty deliberate QRM on 40m with one station pirating the call GW4ALG
> following RTTY stations up and down the band sending CQ on their
> frequency. Most of the targeted stations were from EU but a few G
> stations also received the benefit of this persons attention. Having
> had our short contest call pirated I know it is not a nice feeling.
> 
> UKDX summary Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty   SEC 3.5      16     32   10
> 2 7      65    132   24    3 14      83    185   26    1 21       1
> 2    1    0 Total     165    351   61    6
> 
> HADX 20 Qs on 40m
> 
> Used the AL80B amp this morning with about 10w in to give 150w out.
> The amp runs cold but the MkV fan starts up very quickly and the heat
> sink gets hot. Effectively when running  10 watts out the fan stays
> on constantly.  Can someone tell me if this is normal for the MkV?
> The SWR is 1:1, tuner is not selected and the rig is not in class-A.
> The idea behind using the amp was to avoid stress to the rig but the
> fan constantly running concerns me.  It may not be stressing the rig
> but it is certainly stressing me! All in all,  good fun. 73 Jim,
> MM0BQI
> 
> 
> 
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