[UK-CONTEST] WPX-view from west coast

[Dave Sergeant]

Glad it was not just me who found conditions rubbish...

At G3YMC I did a fairly half hearted QRP entry this year and at 525 
QSOs well down on previous years. Great sporadic E on 15m and 10m but 
20m was uninspiring with only a handful of USA stations worked (or even 
heard..). A few Ws on 40m. I found 80m noisy in the evenings and came 
on too late for the dawn peaks but nevertheless worked more USA there 
than anywhere else. Weird indeed...

73 Dave G3YMC

On 1 Jun 2010 at 6:41, G3RAU at aol.com wrote:

> Here is a W7 point of view regarding poor condx in
>  the WPX at the weekend:-
> ........................................................................
> It was a surprise to hear you because, as you know, the 20 Meter band
> conditions were very poor here.  The very large European stations such
> as S50K were only 339 and getting the numbers straight
>  was a challenge from here on the west coast. 
>  Even the JA stations I worked were the very large 
> contest stations and I worked them long path.
>   I did not hear a single one calling CQ and that 
> is the first time over the years that I can remember 
> that happening on 20 Meters. 
> ........................................................................
> . Interesting eh?
> 
> 73 Derek G3RAU


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