[UK-CONTEST] Sprint - G4FNL raw score
g4fka at aol.com
g4fka at aol.com
Thu Aug 14 17:21:26 EDT 2008
Well that was an education. I'd never even listened to a sprint before let
alone taken part. So when some of the locals said they were going to have a
bash I had visions of all the 40 wpm gurus (all of course called Ed) hard at it
for 90 minutes. That had no appeal at all. So I thought I'd just tune around
and listen to get a feel for the speed and the rhythm of it in between
machine loads of of washing. So I listened on and off for the first 40 minutes or
so and thought it didn't sound so bad after all.
In the end I could resist no longer so I read the rules for the first time
at 1940, set up Writelog, called my first station at 1947 and worked 33. Not
bad for my very first sprint and only the last 43 minutes of it to boot.
I didn't even put the antenna out so it was all done as the thing lay around
the garden.
It was fun and I wish I'd done the whole 90 minutes. I've got the horrible
feeling these could become quite addictive!
Geoff G4FKA
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