[UK-CONTEST] 144MHz UKAC last night

[Robert Chipperfield]

Well, we certainly had fun at G3PYE/P!

As you say, conditions seemed generally good, with some stunning signals 
into DF-land giving us a few ~500km QSOs very easily, which is certainly 
worthwhile even without the associated mults. There were also a very 
pleasing number of GMs and GIs in the log, so thanks all!

I certainly heard some big serials being given, so hopefully others 
enjoyed it as well. It's a good sign that we were still finding plenty 
to work in the last 10 minutes of the contest, so obviously there were a 
lot more points to be had if we'd been a bit faster :-).

Cheers,
Rob, M0VFC (@ G3PYE/P)

On 05/01/2011 09:30, g6nhu at me.com wrote:
> I wonder how people found the first 144MHz UKAC last night under the new multiplier rules?
>
> We had a much better evening than we expected, conditions seemed up a bit and activity seemed high although it was quite a shock to be told that we were someone's first QSO into JO01 square almost an hour in.
>
> We normally get an S4 noise level when beaming between 300 and 330 degrees which was absent last night and so that helped.
>
> The claimed scores so far are showing a much closer gap between them than there has been in the past.
>
> I know it's early with only one contest gone but has last night changed or reinforced opinions on the M5 multiplier rule change?
>
> 73
> Keith, G6NHU
> Martello Tower Group, G0PKT
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