[UK-CONTEST] Re IOTA

[Mike Pemberton]

HI,

you don't need much all band capability to do well and have a good time on IOTA.

I just have a fairly short "longwire" about 30m long at 8m and a loop of about 30m circumference at 6m and 100W.

I got a certificate last year for being 2nd in my section. I had lots of fun and though the DX I worked was minimal, the EU island mults soon stack up across 5 bands and 2 modes. Not such a good result this year but I still enjoyed myself and had lots of QSOs mainly on CW.

With my set-up I can only 'run' for short periods before getting squashed and rarely get called by island stations so I have to S & P efficiently to pick up the mults. It is all a matter of setting your achievable goal and striving to make it. I failed this year by about 50 QSOs but there is always next year.

I like Paul's idea on scoring and would support it. It was nice to work him on phone this year, for the first time ever!!

73

Mike G4DDL