[UK-CONTEST] Low power contest-GW3NJW

[Rob - G4LMW]

Clive

I wasn't able (permitted) to go /p this year (unless I promised not to come 
back).

Ran 3W from my Orion and worked 72 from the comfort of the shack in the 
hours that I had available. Glad I didn't make a full-blown /p effort as 
conditions were shocking. Had periods of half an hour with no stations 
HEARD, never mind worked!

Incidentally, didn't hear a GW all day....

73, Rob
G4LMW
http://www.G4LMW.co.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 7:48 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Low power contest-GW3NJW


> Am I getting mixed up or didn't there used to be separate low power and
> low power FD events, or was that in the penultimate century?
>
> Anyway, ca ne faire rien. It may be 50 years ( might only be 49, but hey
> who's counting!) since I first ventured out on the FD event under the
> auspices of Joe/GW3GHC - sadly SK these last 25 or more years- at at an
> idyllically named place called Pensylvania ( sic) which probably
> pre-dates the similarly named location in the USA by several hundred
> years, located in the county of Monmouthshire and overlooking the
> Bristol channel.
>
> That being the case I thought I'd crank the power level to minimum on
> the IC756PROIII. This gives a maximum of 1 watt output, but I wanted to
> see how it went against the QRO 3 and 10 watt stations!  Sadly, domestic
> exigencies precluded  other than  a  brief spell  of operation in the
> pre-lunch session  ( what a civilised contest with a scheduled lunch
> break!). The total QSO count was therefore only 5 on 3.5Mhz and 23 on
> 7Mhz. I was pleased that the 1 watt reached a couple of 3 watt DL
> stations on 7Mhz and ditto EI on 3.5Mhz with virtually no difficulty in
> being copied. I even managed to get a few replies to CQs on 7Mhz, tho'
> it was all S&P on 3.5Mhz. The antenna was  a plain Butternut in both
> cases which is a complete waste of time for high angle on 3.5Mhz, so the
> results were quite pleasing.
>
> I have to say that this was all really refreshing, and makes me wonder
> if perhaps we have lost sight of what Amateur Radio is all about. QRP
> rules OK?
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
>
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