[UK-CONTEST] SSB Club Championships

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Wed May 5 15:15:29 PDT 2010


Sorry, was it 80m SSB CC last night?
I was on 2m UKAC, they don't normally clash - have I missed something?
73 de M0XDF
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On 5 May 2010, at 22:32, Thomas Cannon wrote:

> I was very disappointed with my final score last night in the SSB Club Championships. After seeing such big scores in the QRP section in the last few months, I thought I stood a good chance with the set up I have.
> 
> I wasted allot of time trying to call CQ with no reply, then went S/P with not much luck. Only 32 contacts.
> 
> The rig was an FT897 and 10W into a Full size G5RV at about 30 feet,  also use a Heil Pro Plus head set. The antenna fires North / South so I thought I would get out quite well. 
> 
> Thanks for all the comments on the Antenna, next time I will try a dedicated dipole for 80M and see if that helps. 



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