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

[MM0BQI]

Surely the magic of radio is that there is no way of knowing what conditions 
will be like, sunspots or no sunspots?  Try working from the north of 
Scotland when auora is in full swing, chances are are you will hear even 
less than you did today!  Last weekend during CQWW I had some good contacts 
on 15m and even managed some on 10m!!.  Today I had one QSO in three hours 
of 'listening' (Anyone know if there is an SWL section???)
Please don't blame the RSGB for lack of sunspots (lack of QSL cards maybe 
but not QSOs!!)
I set up my portable station with fishing rod vertical and 50w down by the 
seaside and listened and listened, it was almost as bad as 2m on a good day. 
Luckily enough it was wall to wall sunshine and the natural beauty of 
Scotland on an autumn day made it all worthwhile.
On the other hand yesterdays EU Sprint was a blast.  Lots of stations to 
work and a fantastic format.  Hopefully more of us will get on for the RSGB 
organised sprint events on 80m.
73
Jim,  MM0BQI



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Roskilly" <g3zrj.morsekey at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:17 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 21 28 MHz what a waste of a day


> 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
>
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