[UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC

Thu Feb 4 10:55:09 PST 2010

Good evening all from deepest Devon

A good contest for me with apparently enhanced conditions for about an hour mainly towards my normal points scoring area of IO83,although I found things a bit enhanced towards the London area as well.
Activity from GW was pretty grim with only 1 GW worked,and I only managed to find 2 GMs this session thanks Ray and Dick!

Activity from England was most certainly up and Ive noticed the club element bringing more stations on the band to have a go for the various club entries,the problem is lots of them run verticals and low power which can be quite a challenge for my reciever.
I managed 3 stations in IO70 rather than the normal 1 so thats a welcome trend,but it must be said if you are on the fringes of activity with an average station it must be hard work.

Im having an antenna change around for the next session,those multipliers that appear and then vanish to go and do something more interesting need somehow to be worked,two more multipliers would have made all the difference on this session for me,and so Im formulating a cunning plan in readiness for March

Thanks for all the points

Paul G4RRA

> From: robharrison at g8hgn.freeserve.co.uk
> To: colin at sheffield-live.co.uk; M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk; g3yyd at btinternet.com
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:08:03 +0000
> CC: 
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for submitting  posts to the general theme of UKAC.
> 
> Looking in my all time log, I've not worked either Colin or David before 
> which seems strange given your set ups and locations. Hopefully we can make 
> a contact in the coming sessions.
> 
> I'm just north of Basildon, Essex and run an FT-847 barefoot to 2x15 at 13m, 
> ASL is 60m. No masthead pre-amp. I know Sheffield, my daughter studied at 
> Sheffield Hallam, nice surrounding area. Hills, well I've one to the NW of 
> here up to 100m and it's a pain, but from W round to NNE is fine. I also run 
> the same rig on 432 with 2x21.
> 
> As you would expect Wrotham is 59+40, GB3SSS/MCB and ANG are audible at 
> times via AS, GB3NGI heard probably 3 times in 20 odd years from here. As a 
> comparison, I can hear HB9HB nearly all the time, although weak, and the 2 
> French beacons down in Brittany.  I think most of what we call tropo' is 
> actually AS, as the QSB rates are very variable not like true tropo'. It 
> would be interesting to have a contest when all the aircraft were grounded 
> and see how far we got.
> 
> No mention of where the new Locator for GB3VHF will be on the website, 
> presumably in the same JO01DH.
> 
> 73
> 
> Bob G8HGN
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin Wilson" <colin at sheffield-live.co.uk>
> To: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk>; "David G3YYD" 
> <g3yyd at btinternet.com>
> Cc: <uk-Contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I listened around for beacons  before the start time on Tuesday and heard
> > the following very clear at 1930z
> >
> > GB3VHF 529 QSB
> > GB3ANG 519 QSB
> > GB3NGI 529 QSB
> > SSS and MCB could not be heard
> >
> > My QTH is Dronfield just south of Sheffield in Derbyshire I was running a
> > 13el yagi at 35ft and I am 680FT ASL.
> >
> > There was a lot of English activity during the contest but I believe there
> > were a few GM's although I only managed a couple, I did not hear anything 
> > of
> > the French stations or any PA's.
> > GI, G and GM was the best I could muster with my 50watts but my best DX 
> > was
> > Glasgow. It was fun and thats what matters!
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Colin G3VCQ/J38CW
> > www.sheffield-live.co.uk
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk>
> > To: "David G3YYD" <g3yyd at btinternet.com>
> > Cc: <uk-Contest at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC
> >
> >
> >> So what am I listening to right now? Sure sounds like GB3VFH?
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> 73 de M0XDF
> >>
> >> On 4 Feb 2010, at 14:29, David G3YYD wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ray GM4CXM wrote:
> >>> GB3VHF is usually audible all the time but Tuesday evening was one of
> >>> those rare occasions it wasn't heard the couple of times I checked.
> >>>
> >>> You will not be able to hear GB3VHF as the site was vacated in December
> >>> -due to excessive mast rent. They are looking for another site.
> >>>
> >>> David G3YYD
> >>>
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> > 73
> >
> > Colin G3VCQ/J38CW
> > www.sheffield-live.co.uk
> >
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