[UK-CONTEST] RAEM Contest... nice exchange!

[John Muzyka]

I had an hour plus on 40m and wkd 50 UA stations S&P and like Nigel found it quite good once
you got  into the swing of the exchange, but I must say I cant for the life in me understand why some 
of the UA stations insist on going so fast that you have to ask them for a repeat, and with this being
an unusual exchange, and using cut numbers did not help either. The worst for me was RK3K who was
sending at a ridiculous rate asked for a repeat and he just sent it the same anyway got it the 2nd time, but 
I cant see that kind of operating encouraging people to join in.
Good fun though and enjoyed it, cant see the XYL letting me do a full session next year!
Cheers
John G4RCG

 



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From: Nigel G3TXF <nigel at G3TXF.com>
To: UK Contest Reflector <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, 27 December, 2009 12:39:44
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] RAEM Contest... nice exchange!

Encouraged by the postings on here about setting up for
RAEM, I did the first three hours of the RAEM Contest this
morning (02z-05z), but didn't hear or work a single G. Loads
of UA9s on 80m. Interestingly I was one of the very few
stations I heard that had a Latitude ending in a W (West).
Nearly everyone else taking part had a Latitude ending in O
(Ost=East). Really enjoyable having a CW Contest where you
have to stay alert and copy the exchange. Although once you
got into the swing of it, copying the LONG/LAT exchanges was
pretty straightforward, as they all fall into a nice
pattern.

73 - Nigel G3TXF 52N 00W


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