[UK-CONTEST] AFS YESTERDAY

[stewart rolfe]

Yes I found this happening around 1.5 - 2 hours in when a good run I'd been enjoying started to slow. It then picked up in spurts when several 'regulars' sporting big numbers dropped by; I put it down to some of these 'heavies' noticing a fall in run rate and hitting the second receiver, or probably radio, in SO2R.

Some of this looks quite noticeable when the cabrillo file is loaded into the SH5 analysis software (tr4w.qrz.ru/other_programs.php); look for the dips in the 'Time for 10 QSOs' chart.

Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF (234 Qs)

 


--- On Mon, 12/1/09, QUENTIN COLLIER <q.g.collier at btinternet.com> wrote:

> From: QUENTIN COLLIER <q.g.collier at btinternet.com>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] AFS YESTERDAY
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Monday, 12 January, 2009, 10:45 AM
> Operating G4ALE from the QTH of the late Harry G3SBV in AFS
> yesterday, I noticed an effect that I have observed before.
> This was the fact that, after the initial flurry at the
> start, QSOs seemed to come in waves......one could go for
> significant periods (in one case up to 5 minutes) with no
> takers, and then it would "fire up" again,
> followed later by the same cycle of events. I wonder if
> anybody else noticed this, and if so whether there are any
> views on whether this is simply fluctuations in conditions,
> or whether it reflects some kind of "swarm
> behaviour" in stations doing S&P?
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quin G3WRR
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