[UK-CONTEST] propagation SSB CC

[Don Beattie]

Yes, I too was puzzled, Malcolm. I was running my dipole at about 55 ft, and
found it really hard going here in Shropshire. I was kept pretty busy, but
with a lousy channel - I know there were callers I could not copy - and yet
by the end of the contest I was some 40 QSOs below the leaders. I think most
of these were in the South-East, so wonder if a relatively high density of
"local" stations helps in this contest ? It was noticeable that the Eu
stations (DJ and beyond) were very strong, but (for me) few in number. So
yes, skip was long, I think, and high-angle absorption was high.

Ended up with 132, but a real struggle to emulate the leaders.

73

Don, G3BJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "g3pdh" <g3pdh at btopenworld.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:50 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] propagation SSB CC


> Does anyone have an explanation of last nights 80m CC conditions. From
> this
> area (Norwich) the band was just mushy noise with a few signals, mainly
> continental and a few G's. More noticeably the few G's heard could hardly
> hear me, as if one way paths existed, and despite this some were still
> exchanging relatively high numbers. It would be interesting to see some
> analysis of this phenomena as to whether it was propagation, antennae etc.
> All stations in our group did poorly despite running decent rigs and full
> size dipoles. Such conditions hardly seem to reflect text book theory.
>
> Malcolm G3PDH
>
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