[UK-CONTEST] 70MHz trophy contest

[cris at gm4fam.plus.com]

I agree with Ray CXM.

Have done a wee survey of stations worked via Es for the last 3 years
during May, June, July and August.

While appreciating that July and Aug this year have not ended yet the
following figures showing number of stations worked from here - and this
overwhelmingly supports a June 4m event.
May - 21
June - 96
July - 30 (say 40 incl 2010)
Aug -  10 (say 15 incl 2010)

Week one -   20 were worked >  7 June inc
Week two -   21             > 14 June inc
Week three - 28             > 21 June inc
Week four -  27             > 28 June inc
(none worked on 29 or 30 June in 2008,9 nor 10!)

FWIW - very unscientific and totally concentrating on propgn to IO77.

73 Cris
GM4FAM



> Early May to mid/late June would therefore be the optimum in general and
> the end of May to around the beginning of June a typical peak.
> I don't have EU Es details for 4m but with those reaching 2m one would
> conclude 4m would be absolutely bristling and observing records going back
> to 2001, this has been the case for 2m openings. Some years there has been
> none at all in July.
>
> The band is producing some Es this afternoon but as expected for mid July,
> not particularly widespread. Certainly better than the previous August
> date though.
>
> 73 Ray GM4CXM
>
>
> --- On Sun, 18/7/10, Pete Lindsay <psl at plcg.org> wrote:
>
>> This contest has been moved in both
>> time and date in attempt to
>> increase the likelyhood of Es during the event.
>>
>>
>> Pete, G4CLA.
>
>
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