[UK-CONTEST] 80m CC LZ/G3LET

[Peter Hobbs]

Hi

Thanks to the dozen or so who pulled me in last night, after 2 evenings experimentation with wire configurations.  Lack of ground was the main problem, resolved finally by running another 66 ft of wire around the bedroom, putting the K1 slap in the middle of a dipole!  As the first time I'd listened out on 80m from Southern EU, the strength of the JA's really took me by surprise - one even came back with LZ?

Activity and signals seemed generally good - a few stood out, but those that heard me were not always the strongest.  Called over 100 altogether (including many of the QRPers, with good readable signals) but noise level during the event itself must have been pretty horrific - it was much easier to catch a few guys just before the start.  A few hardly seemed to be listening at all, with very short gaps between CQs.  Sometimes you missed other EU callers apart from me.  I suspect in some cases that auto-CQ mode was in use - a quite inexcusable practice!

Loc was KN13XR in Oryahovo, a ferry port to Romania across the Danube.

73, Peter G3LET