[UK-CONTEST] 10/15m test

[Darren GØTSM]

Well, 115 QSOs inc 2 dupes..

Best DX was:

10CW=EA8,
10SSB=LU,
15CW=V5,4S,VQ9,VP8 (tnx Mike),
15SSB=C5,LU,YB


I've just been out into the garden and my 15m quad loop is all 
tangled up in the trees, a sort of folded dipole now. It must have 
been windy as the 9M GRP pole has broken in two places.

Didnt hear any VE/W's, Carribean or VKs. The only other AFs I heard 
were a couple of ZS's nattering with their G mates.

The SO2R worked a treat and allowed me to find mults on one band 
while CQing on the other.

Getting the DLs to QSY was interesting, the DLs who were 9+ on 15M 
were hardly readable on 10M and vice versa, don't you love Es!!..

I had a nice natter with Noz C5DXC on 15ssb, he was a solid S9 with 
his 100W+40m dipole, I got him to come on 10M but I didn't hear a
thing.

Not long until CQWW, there's the two OC contests, a JARTS and the WAG 
to keep us busy...

73 Darren G0TSM






At 16:44 01/10/2006, you wrote:
>Well I did only manage the hour I promised myself (20 QSOs, including VQ9
>and VP8), but I was reluctant to leave at 1600 because stuff was coming and
>going all the time, with good E's on 10 to near europe for a change and a
>hint of a W4/5 opening a bit later on.  I felt that perseverance would have
>probably been rewarded over the whole period.  At least people weren't
>otherwise engaged this year and some of the central europeans were giving
>out quite fancy numbers.  Like John, just CW - no idea what was on further
>up the bands.
>Peter G3LET
>
>I am bored to tears after thrashing it out on CW only on the 10/15 test, wkd
>a measily 76 stations in 6 hours and I am packing it in at 15.00z
>   Cant blame the contest when its just condx being so bad
>   John G4RCG
>
>
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