[UK-CONTEST] UK Team progress in WRTC

[Fred Handscombe]

Team UK was R37M

73 Fred A65BD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
Cc: "UK-Contest" <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UK Team progress in WRTC


>
> Be nice now to know the callsigns now. My only possible clue to the UK
> boys was someone who finished our QSO with FB, but that might be wishful
> thinking! Can't even remember the R3 call now, they are so anonymous. I
> certainly know it wasn't one of those sending 599 at 300 wpm!
>
> Who got the short straw with the call ending in Q!!
>
> Incredibly one of them told me "QSO b4" which was garbage. Can you
> imagine one of that calibre of op. refusing dupes in run mode?
>
> otoh The copying ability was pretty good at 33wpm. I found  almost
> nobody gave me the GW3<silence> routine I often get from ops who just
> can't copy in their head at the speed they're sending . OK one or two
> messed up one letter or so, but that was on 15m where they were <S5 so
> at 33wpm the rapid cognition was excellent. I suppose we'd expect that
> of course but it was nice.
>
> Do you think they're on the caviar and vodka by now?
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
>
>
> On 11/07/2010 09:59, Chris G3SJJ wrote:
>>    Seems to have been doing that from 2100. Would be nice to think their 
>> score has been rounded down and might actually be higher!
>>
>> SJJ
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/07/2010 10:46, Roger G3SXW wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, they have been around 200 QSOs behind the chasing pack throughout 
>>> the
>>> contest. Mults must be excellent. Also, it's odd that their score always
>>> ends in 3-4 zeroes and their QSO number is to the nearest ten. Not sure
>>> what's happening there.
>>>
>>> http://www.wrtc2010.ru/online/online_results.php
>>>
>>> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris G3SJJ"<g3sjj at btinternet.com>
>>> Cc: "UK-Contest"<UK-Contest at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 10:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UK Team progress in WRTC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>    Been following it yday and this mng. Great stuff. Currently 8th. 
>>>> Looks as
>>>> though they could be up on mults as Q total would put them about 14th.
>>>>
>>>> Go Dave and Andy!
>>>>
>>>> Chris G3SJJ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/07/2010 08:24, John G3LZQ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At 0700Z Andy&    Dave now up to 7th best ever
>>>>> UK effort great news..
>>>>>
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