[UK-CONTEST] GB7HQ

[Steve Jones]

Hi Adrian
Don't remember working you on top band on phone or cw so must have been one
of the other stations on 160.  Anglesey was on from the start on ssb and
then swapped for a spell on cw later in the pm before back on ssb until
gm3poi and g3svl got going and I switched to mult hunting.

I kicked myself for not giving you a ring before the contest to see if you
were available to operate - next year maybe.

Thanks for working us - it was a blast! 

73

Steve GW0GEI  

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Rees
Sent: 14 July 2008 12:31
To: Chris Tran GM3WOJ; uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] GB7HQ

Hi all
 
Well I worked GB7HQ on 160 , 80 and 40 SSB, but couldn't hear GB7HQ on 20,15
and 10.  To be fair, I didn't spend a lot time in the shack (not more than
10 minutes) due to other commitments. The fact that I powered the shack up,
tuned up a the aerial, found and worked GB7HQ on 80 and 40 very quickly is
an indication to the strength of the signal, so thats not a bad thing.  
 
Certainly the 80m signal was crashing in at my QTH on Saturday afternoon and
I worked them first call. I then re-tuned (not a mean feat either !) and
worked them on 40m. The 40m station had a few other UK callers at the time,
and I think the op was struggling to hear them, conditions at the time I
guess, as very shortly after  the Europeans became very loud on the band,
and swamped out the UK stations. 
 
At that time the top band signal from Anglessey was not audible and I later
went back to the shack, turned on, tuned up and worked them on top band. 
 
To "lay on a show" like this, which is a multi site, multi mode, team event
is a complex, technically difficult and I am sure demanding exercise, which
is quite an achievement. If you then consider it in the context that it is a
hobby, then it becomes even more remarkable.
 
73
 
Adrian MW1LCR
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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