[UK-CONTEST] 21 28 MHz what a waste of a day

[Dave Sergeant]

On 5 Oct 2008 at 20:17, Tony Roskilly wrote:

> Hi All,
> Why on Earth the RSGB continues with this farce at this time of the
> Solar Cycle I can't understand,  mogodon via radio.   With a barefoot
> rig and a doublet this year's contest was a total waste of time.   
> Please can't RSGB organise a contest which takes into account the
> current and likely conditions over the next few years and allows those
> of us without large linears and beams to actually work stations rather
> than as I did have Radio 4 in one side of my headphones and the the 21
> MHz band in the other,  I quite like the Archers but didn't expect to be
> listening to it as the only copyable signal.     This is certainly no
> way to encourage new ops to participate in contesting. 73 
>  Tony G3ZRJ FOC 1774 FISTS 7727
> 

You have to remember of course that when this year's contest calendar 
was written last autumn we should have by now been well on the upward 
slope of the sunspots - rather than the current prolonged second 
minimum. Apart from a few short looks I didn't waste much time myself 
as I knew it would have been a washout - 2 QSOs here, with 9A3VM and 
HA6PX so expect sporadic E was involved if nothing else. If there were 
a QRP section I might even have won it....

73 Dave G3YMC

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