[UK-CONTEST] December 432MHz UKAC

[Rob Harrison]

Ray,
What a shame, you'd be only the 3rd GM from here in 24 years operation from 
this location on 432. GM4LBV IO86 in 08/1999 & MM0CPS/p IO84 in 07/2008. I'm 
on the other side of the hill to Paul, G3YDY, and I know he works you 
regularly, as we have our own little battle each month. He usually wins BTW, 
and he's in restricted. Maybe next year if propogation favours, at least I'm 
making the trip, really need a masthead on this band.

Condx poor all round, Weak and watery signals from stations I usually work 
ok. Not much from EU. However high pressure is moving in, so maybe a tropo' 
opening pre-Christmas again.

Apologies to GW4EVX who I didn't hear at all, and I called that way in the 
last hour, netting GW8ASD.

73

Bob G8HGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray James" <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "UK Contesting" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:51 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] December 432MHz UKAC


>
> Came on to give some points/mult away and at the same time evaluate a 
> newly installed masthead LNA for 70cm.
>
> Spent the first half hour trawling the band for anyone beaming to Scotland 
> and this produced contacts with G3YDY in Chelmsford, G4CLA in Lutterworth,
> M0AFJ in Milton Keynes, G3SPJ in South London, M0GHZ in Chippenham and 
> G8OHM in Birmingham.
>
> 12 of my 16 contacts came in the first hour so it doesn't take a genius to 
> realise the last hour and a half was like pulling teeth.
> G3SPJ was still audible at the end so conditions were still available for 
> some long range contacts if folk had beamed my way.
> G3XDY in Ipswich was a nice catch near the end of the contest.
> No OZ's would take the bate via KST to try a schedule and one attempt into 
> PA produced nothing either way.
> G8HGN was the only gotaway, turned his beam just as I called.
> IO83 produced 6 contacts, mainly from CQ calls on both SSB and CW, but the 
> north eastern and midlands activity was almost non-existent.
>
> The new LNA certainly helped, far better than using the in-built pre-amp 
> in my SSPA to winkle out some of the weaker signals.
>
> 73 Ray GM4CXM IO75tw, 10K NW Glasgow.
> 120w 2x23el @ 70'.
>
>
>
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