[UK-CONTEST] GI0RTN - Irish 80 metres counties contest

Tue Jan 2 13:30:08 EST 2007

Hi All,
Just back off to university for the January exams but thought I'd comment on
the Irish contest.
Operated on and off over the whole period with lots of EI/GI heard between
55-51 with heavy QSB but lacked the conditions (for that time period) to
allow my G5RV and 100w to really be able to work a lot. As usual good old CW
pulled through towards the end to permit a total of 9 qsos in 7 counties,
not a great score but good to dust off my morse after a 3month break.
73 and HNY to all
Jonathan M(M)5FUN

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Today's Topics:

   1. GI0RTN - Irish 80 metres counties contest (Gerard Lynch)
   2. Irish 80 metres counties contest (Dave Lawley)
   3. Re: GI0RTN - Irish 80 metres counties contest (Dave Sergeant)
   4. Re: GI0RTN - Irish 80 metres counties contest (Gerard Lynch)
   5. SSB Field day results released (afh at blueyonder.co.uk)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 21:54:23 -0000
From: "Gerard Lynch" <gerrylynch at freenetname.co.uk>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] GI0RTN - Irish 80 metres counties contest
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GI0RTN (@GI3PDN)

Setup: FT1000MP, 100W (yes, I backed the power output off you suspicious
lot), dipole at 22 metres. Fandabidozie QTH.

QSOs 105 (incl. 1 dupe), 27 Counties, total score 9045

SSB: IR 67 DX 20

CW: IR 10 DX 7

Dupes 1

Missing mults: Tyrone (uh?), Sligo (even bigger uh?), Monaghan
(disappointing - didn't hear EI2GVB about), Carlow (no great surprise) and
Longford (would have been amazed to work one). DX means GB plus IOM. No
continental QSOs.

Hangover factor - only about 3/10. Probably the most understated New Year's
Day hangover since I passed the legal drinking age. No sore head, no sore
stomach, just a little bit thirsty and tired.  Endless supply of cups of tea
and sandwiches from Ray and Margaret sorted that.

I worked four stations in Leitrim. I didn't even know that many people
*lived* in Leitrim.

Thanks to GI3PDN for the great hospitality and from getting up early on New
Year's Day and making a 25 mile round trip through the wind pick me up from
GI0PCU's New Year's Eve party.

Humble apologies to G4BUO for calling him Chris *AGAIN*. My New Year's
resolution is to be more forbearing of people who call me Lee.

Hourly rates - 49/33/22. You soon run out of people to work in this contest.
CW activity thin but a lifesaver in the last hour. I am too much of
contester for this contest - it get's up my nose when I get beaten out when
S&Ping a mult and then spend three minutes listening to Billy and Peadar Og
exchanging news of their extended families. Also the only contest where
people routinely give you their name, and some even give you their WAI
square. Maybe I needed to relax and get into the spirit of the contest more?
Probably needed more drink the night before to do that. Don't think it would
do me any good anyway. GI3PDN: "I can see you get a real adrenaline rush
from all this." Oh, yeah!

The band went very quiet and mushy around 1400 for half an hour, then ever
louder G stations towards the end of the test as the skip lengthened. Some
monster signals from GI and North Leinster all afternoon.

I didn't hear any other triple digit serials so my fingers are crossed.
EI2JD was only one QSO behind me when I worked him at 1328 but think he will
be in the SSB only category. Was 15 ahead of EI4BZ at 1411 and 9 ahead of
EI2CA at 1424. Thanks to M5FUN, G3YMC and G4BUO from calling in from deep
South East England for the best 'DX'. All the support from across the water
is greatly appreciated.

All in all, a very pleasant New Year's afternoon of contesting.

Athbliana shona duit/73

Gerry G(I)0RTN
Vanity Page at http://www.gerrylynch.co.uk
"In days of old, when ops were bold, and sidebands not invented,
The word would pass, by pounding brass, and all were well contented."

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:19:57 +0000
From: Dave Lawley <g4buo at compuserve.com>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Irish 80 metres counties contest
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It's a long long way from Clare to here...

Signals were pretty weak until the last 30 minutes. It also didn't help
that I didn't have a dipole available, my inverted L is resonant at the
CW end of 80m so I was running an SWR of over 6:1 when calling the SSB
stations.

Ended with 23 QSOs and 16 counties.

Dave G4BUO

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:40:27 -0000
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GI0RTN - Irish 80 metres counties contest
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On 1 Jan 2007 at 21:54, Gerard Lynch wrote:

> Thanks to M5FUN, G3YMC and G4BUO from calling in from deep
> South East England for the best 'DX'

Well having listened around 1400 I had already decided this contest
was going to be a waste of time for us in the 'deep south'. All I
heard then were G4FKA and G3ULT/P (Tom G3VQR in disguise) calling CQ
with no takers. Seems you missed both of them? Quick chat to cheer up
Tom then back to the HF bands... Listened again around 1445 and
worked EI5DS and you in quick succession.

Not a bad New Year's Day here (I am well past going for drunken
sprees on New Year's Eve...) with 25 DXCC worked without really
trying....

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com

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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:41:03 -0000
From: "Gerard Lynch" <gerrylynch at freenetname.co.uk>
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From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>

> Well having listened around 1400 I had already decided this contest
> was going to be a waste of time for us in the 'deep south'. All I
> heard then were G4FKA and G3ULT/P (Tom G3VQR in disguise)

Worked 'em both but G4FKA isn't anything like as far from here (and ever
present in the CW band - thanks for the support Geoff) and I wasn't sure
where G3ULT/P was.

Actually, I'd only really count G4BUO (575km according to DX Atlas) and
M5FUN (592km) as deep South East.  You were at 511km (further than I would
have thought off the top of my head and definitely worth an honourable
mention given QRP!) and G4FKA only at 428km from the South Antrim
countryside and a lot closer than that to, say, Wexford.

73

Gerry GI0RTN
Vanity Page at http://www.gerrylynch.co.uk
"In days of old, when ops were bold, and sidebands not invented,
The word would pass, by pounding brass, and all were well contented."

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:43:48 -0000 (GMT)
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Subject: [UK-CONTEST] SSB Field day results released
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FYI, the SSB Field Day results have just been put onto the HFCC web site.
See < http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/results/results.shtml >.

HNY to all

Alan G3XSV

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