[UK-CONTEST] 3rd Jan 80m CC [CW]

[Danny Higgins]

Hi Ian.

I too was expecting long skip as usual for the January leg of the contest,
especially after working VK3IO at the bottom end of the band before the
contest.  I didn't notice a dip in inter-G propagation here in NE Hampshire
and at one point the run rate was at 150/hr.  I ran for 90% of the contest
and was called by 17 DXCC countries.  Total was 125 using an IC761, 100W to
an 80m dipole up at 35 feet (half of it buried in tree branches).  Looking
forward to the next data and CW legs, but not SSB - too many stations in too
small a space.

73, Danny G3XVR

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ian Pritchard
Sent: 05 January 2011 18:03
To: UK contest list
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 3rd Jan 80m CC [CW]

Hello All

Interesting conditions throughout the 80m CC.  I had expected the band to be
pretty poor for inter UK QSOs throughout the contest but for me (in Surrey )
it improved dramatically in the last 45 mins or so.   Today I did a search
on the "reverse beacon network comparison tool"  comparing signal strengths
of various  high scoring stations (posted on logs received) as received
throughout the 90 minutes at various reception points around Europe. 
Fascinating stuff.  It would be very interesting to see what antennas
everyone was using.   Most of the stations had comparable patterns of signal
strengths but  there were some anomalous results. with a very small number
of stations exhibiting as much as a 10db advantage over others. 

Check it out at    http://www.reversebeacon.net/analysis/

73 Ian G3WVG




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