[UK-CONTEST] propagation SSB CC

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Sorry for those of you with superior antenna and far greater  
experience than me. But makes me feel better about my 22 by S&P, with  
non resonant end fed wire, not particularly high and lack of  
experience. I thought it was just me - now I can blame the wrong kind  
of snow :)
73 de M0XDF
-- 
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers.
-Jewish proverb

On 3 Feb 2009, at 10:57, Stewart Rolfe wrote:

> Interesting comments Malcolm. I had a thoroughly miserable time last  
> night and was quite clearly not getting out from here. To confuse  
> things GW0GEI over on the island of Anglesey about 15 miles away did  
> pretty well and scored about 120 I think mainly running; OK he has a  
> superior antenna for 80 but didn't think mine was *that* inferior  
> with our respective scores for AFS cw being 245/234 last month.  
> Could the snow have been doing something subtle..?? - nearby snow  
> covered power lines etc? - swr seemed pretty normal.
>
> The first half was mush/eu qrm and I struggled to hear most uk  
> stations. Strangely it improved significantly later on and the Gs  
> came right up and the noise/eu qrm dropped - but I still had  
> problems raising anyone. A measly 34 here from 100 watts to a 102  
> foot doublet. Should have watched the telly....
>
> Frustrated of Bangor,