[UK-CONTEST] G3NKC/P HF NFD report

[G3SJJ]

Well done to the Lichfield team, Dave and thanks for your prompt report. 
I was beginning to think we were going to see the same silliness that 
appears in some events where top teams won't declare their score in case 
the competition alters theirs!! Good mature thinking, Dave.

Just goes to show what you can achieve when SJJ isn't there to get in 
the way! Still wading through loads of home improvement projects here. 
Would be nice to think I could be clear for IOTA but not so sure at the 
moment. Sure am learning a lot about brickwork, plastering, door 
hanging, fireplaces.All  a prelude to actually re-decorating, but of no 
use to contesting!

Just one observation. Judging from the comments so far regarding team 
make-up, plus knowledge of other teams, it looks as though 3 ops is just 
about right, which is why I didn't really think my absence would cause a 
problem, but thanks for the recognition that I might have been able to 
make a positive contribution! Not sure why you would feel it extra 
tiring unless your age is showing!!

Chris G3SJJ


Dave Sharred wrote:
> Just had our log scored; so here goes:
>
> 		Q's 		Points
> TopBand 	150 		1072
> Eighty 		215 		737
> Fourty 		306 		981
> Twenty 	395 		1200
> Fifteen 	211 		659
> Ten 		255 		1506
>
> Total 		1532 		6155
>
>
> Conditions on HF really helped this time; good 10m; but also, 15 often seems
> to be the forgotten band !
> 160m - Perception is that EU must have been suffering from a lot of QRN. We
> had some, but many EU could not copy so well - I remember a HB9 in
> particular struggling with us, and complaining of QRN.  Scores well down on
> our target, but good enough compared to the posted scores.
>
> Strange calls - too many to mention ; mainly from Germany !  So we
> eventually got used to DR2006 somethings;    and had to contend with
> DA0HAMCAMP !
> The strangest to me was towards the end - was called by DL36RA. I reckoned
> it must have been DL3BRA; but he corrected the call to DL36RA; a couple of
> times afterwards !  I have been advised by good contacts in DL that there
> are no DL36 calls;  and in fact someone was penalised last year as a UBN for
> DL36RA; so I will go with my instincts on this one !
>
> If anyone is interested in sending their logs to the DARC event - they
> changed the rules this year, and did without the 10 minute rule at last.
> Means you won't get penalised for fast QSY !
>
> Antennae - C31XR & dipoles for 40/80/160m.  We put the C31XR  this year at
> 60 feet; normally it is below the wires, since we figured we wanted more
> high angle. We seemed to perform better on HF with a higher beam !
>
> Ops :  G3NKC, G0MTN, G3VHB  Very tiring with 3, but I know we weren't the
> smallest team !
>
> Many thanks also to G3NLY, G4CJC, GW3NAS, GW3KDB,  who as well as being
> great company, helped with putting the station together / dismantling; and
> keeping us fed and watered.
>
> (I understand G4CJC won the Friday night beer drinking contest on top of a
> Curry contest by a mile - he should have a special award for that !)
>
> 73
>
>
> Dave Sharred
> G3NKC
>
>
>
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