[UK-CONTEST] Weekday contests

[Darrell G0HVQ]

Fantastic - a GW at last in 2m Activity, must put my beam that way next time 
(tongue in cheek, but only slightly, think I've had 2 or 3 contacts with GW 
in 2.5 years of doing 2m Act, and I'm virtually on the G/GW border).

But Ed makes some good points, these contests are well supported and at a 
more sociable time (when the kids are in bed) than the weekend contests, so 
some of us get less hassle from the XYL. And it was relatively quiet last 
night, only 50 QSOs for me compared to 70 in Sept, despite condx being up 
(GM and F much louder than usual).

73
Darrell



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed -- GW3SQX" <g3sqx at EdTaylor.org>
To: "UK Contest reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:03 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Weekday contests


>
> The series of evening contests run by the Contest Committee seem to be
> getting more and more popular.  They take place on various days during the
> week on 80m, 6m, 4m, 2m, and 70 cms.  Whether they will encourage people 
> to
> join the big boys in "real" weekend contests is debatable, although 
> there's
> some evidence that they are having an effect.  But it's worth having a 
> look,
> to see what's on and who you can work (some continentals are also joining 
> in
> the fun, by the way).
>
> I tried 2m yesterday evening, with an small Yagi that had last been used 
> in
> anger about 20 years ago -- I got it 15 feet up on a rickety pole fixed so
> it beamed east from here in South Wales.  There was plenty of activity
> during the two and a half hours, and I heard serial numbers of over 100 --  
> a
> surprising rate for VHF!  I didn't do quite so well, having also to fit in
> eating, drinking and some phone calls.  The 6m event a couple of weeks ago
> was also busy, although reports on 70cm suggest this band is not so
> popular -- I suspect that casual entrants who use the 2m and 6m facility
> available on some HF rigs do not have the same capability on 70cm.
>
> Anyway, if you are an HF operator looking for something to do in between 
> the
> evening 80m club contests, you could do worse than join in the VHF/UHF
> evenings.  Or vice-versa, of course!  I find some of the operators on VHF 
> to
> be a bit ponderous, so maybe one or two HF operators with a little-used 
> VHF
> or UHF beam could show them how it's done.  But never forget to say "73"
> after each QSO, just to be polite!
>
> 73,
>
> Ed, GW3SQX
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> UK-Contest mailing list
> UK-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest