[UK-CONTEST] Best Radio & 2m Trophy activity.

[Jiri Culak]

Haven't noticed the 40QSOs bit... 
I was running G0KPW station this year and was dreadfully disappointed
with UK activity. I am not big fan of banning skeds over WWConv or KST
as it helps small stations to work further distance and from my point of
view it destroys even now poor UK VHF/UHF activity. Marconi Memorial is
another story with even less G's on band. You do not need to have super
station to work DX and last Marconni's contest proved it when QSOs over
1000km were common with single 9el and 50W!
Some may say VHF Contesting is much more difficult than HF, I am not
sure about that, but it's certainly more hard work.

It is fact that most of DL,ON,PA,OK stations beam more east than west
but so far they are not to be blamed for that as we really don't seem to
be active enough. May be time for change?

Jiri M0ITY/OK2IT



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-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ken Eastty
Sent: 09 September 2008 23:09
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Best Radio & 2m Trophy activity.


>
> On 2m, I have been fortunate to run it alongside an old Icom IC 251E
with
> Mutek front end in several 'lifts' - it doesn't have all the bells and
> whistles, but is significantly more sensitive than the 7400.

I compared that IC 251 against an IC 706 Mk 1 on a number of occasions
and
couldn't tell the difference albeit from a rather noise location.


>
> you only had to listen to 2m yesterday during the biggest contest
> of the year. I've got a reasonable station and struggled to make more
than
> 40 QSOs in 6 hours.

That's considerably better than I did, having made the mistake of
starting
on Saturday afternoon rather than waiting for the 6hr. session on Sunday
I
only managed 26 QSO's over 3 sessions, that included 4 GM's with the
best DX
(GM4ZUK @ 562 km just beating the QSO with GM4AFF by 14 km). Only 1 PA,
2
ON's & 1 French portable managed to get signals over the Cotswolds.
G0KPW's
comment 'only 103 G's' just about sums up UK activity on 2m these days
even
taking into account the WX & conditions, not a single GW and apart from
G1KHX no one on from the West Country either. It seems that unless you
are
in JO01 entering this contest is a waste of time.
In the 4m Trophy I had 55 QSO's with the only non G's being 2 9A's. 9
GW's,
5 GM's and several stations in Cornwall were also active.


73...

Ken

G3LVP




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