[UK-CONTEST] 432MHz AFS Sunday 7th February

[Eddie G0EHV]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Lemay" <john at carltonhouse.eclipse.co.uk>
To: "'Rob Harrison'" <robharrison at g8hgn.freeserve.co.uk>; "'Colin Wilson'" 
<colin at sheffield-live.co.uk>; "'UK Contesting'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 432MHz AFS Sunday 7th February


> Hi Bob and all
>
> I also find the maps from other entrants very interesting. Ray put a link 
> to
> his map of the 432 AFS on a recent email and it was a bit of an eye 
> opener:-
>
> When I beam north I seem to run out of steam at the 83 - 93 line of 
> squares,
> but also manage an occasional well sited GM. I had assumed that GM's would
> be getting qso's in 84 - 94 etc, but Ray's map is also blank there.
>
> It's lovely hilly country up there, but of course there are lots of 
> valleys
> too .............
>
> Regards
>
> John G4ZTR
>

Hello John,

Well you don't seem to be out of steam when we work (G0EHV/P) in IO94!

The reason you seem to hit a wall is the very poor activity levels in NE 
England.
There are only a handful of stations regularly on any of the vhf/uhf serious 
end of the bands.

On a personal note I don't now operate from home due to aerial restrictions, 
all is done /p.
Last year I managed to get out on only 24 sessions mostly on Tuesday UKAC 
events but also on events which ran on Sundays.

I'd love a bit more activity up here, sometimes I can't even get a single 
QSO for a multiplier in my adjacent squares!

Regards,
Eddie
G0EHV