[UK-CONTEST] FW: 80M SSB CC

[Ian G3WVG]

Well spotted Roger!!  kak condx at G3WVG aka G0AAA 

73 Ian G3WVG

-----Original Message-----
From: G3SXW [mailto:g3sxw at btinternet.com] 
Sent: 06 February 2007 21:32
To: G3WVG
Subject: Fw: [UK-CONTEST] 80M SSB CC

Ian,
Or is that kak?
HaHa.
Dyslexia rules KO.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian G3WVG" <g3wvg at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80M SSB CC


> For once Scotland was obviously the place to be!
>
> It was tough going near London. The band seemed packed full of Russian
> speakers and similsr "long" skip stations.  I ended up with 89 QSOs nearly
> all of which were a struggle.  It wasn't simply that the UK callers were
> weak, they were also buried under a lot of loud background splatter from 
> EU.
> My antenna is pretty high and while it helped me get out well, it also 
> meant
> I heard the QRM from EU even better.  I guess a separate low directional 
> RX
> antenna would be an idea for next year,   Everyone I called came back with
> the exception of the reasonably loud GX3 stn. I called on several 
> occasions,
> but the operator kept CQing and although adding  " this frequency is in 
> use"
> never replied to me.
>
> Interesting  conditions, even stations that I had assumed were ground wave
> to me were weak.   It would have been fine on CW but a real headache maker
> on SSB, nevertheless a fun way to spend 90 mins.
>
> 73 Ian G3WVG kak G0AAA.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alex GM3ZBE
> Sent: 06 February 2007 17:26
> To: 'Ian White GM3SEK'; uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GM4AFF 80m CC SSB #1
>
> The farther north you were in GM the better for this leg of the contest.
> I think I was just in the "hot" zone, worked 116.  Made a change being 
> heard
> down in G.  Just wait until after the clock change, then it will be dire.
>
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ian White GM3SEK
> Sent: 06 February 2007 16:41
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GM4AFF 80m CC SSB #1
>
> Stewart wrote:
>>
>>Worked 42 stations in the first 45 minutes before I pulled the plug. In
>>contrast to previous years, I was heard by most of the stations I
>>called. I only tried calling one GM (who was weak) and he never heard
>>me. Certainly sounded like hard work down south.
>
> Definitely not in the scoring zone from here.
>
> I pushed on for another half-hour, but walked away at 60. The last straw
> was failing with a GD... dammit, we can *see* GD from here!
>
> Interesting that GM4PMK's magnetometer on the Isle of Mull threw a minor
> wobbly right at the time of the contest. Not a huge aurora-type event,
> but definitely something happened.
>
>
> -- 
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
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