[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW 160M CW

[Peter Hobbs]

I concur exactly Mike.  I was up by 16% in QSOs but suspect I shall end 
up with a lower score when I get around to entering it into SD.  No 
VE6/7, or the NW states to be heard.  Some of the easy mults 
(TK/HB0/OH0/KV4) were either not there this year or hiding themselves 
well.  And I couldn't raise ZC4LI, who was doing a  lot of S&P and was a 
watery signal even when running.  I really needed the half-finished loop 
- there were layers of W6s at the peak on Sunday morning that were just 
too marginal on the transmitting wire - felt really bad about that!

Incidentally, this was a good opportunity to compare our signals on the 
East and West coasts using reverse beacon - we each won some!

73, Peter G3LET

Mike Chamberlain wrote:

>I used G3P in the CQWW 160 at the weekend, and received many G3P? responses
>when I was S&P.  I don't believe the question was 'have I received G3P
>correctly' but 'where is the rest of the call'.  North Americans seemed more
>surprised than Europeans.  As Peter said there wasn't an issue when running.
>For me the biggest win with the short call was not feeling guilty dropping
>it in quickly as the calling from the masses ended in a pile-up - this was
>very productive. The down side was on a number of occasions when tired and
>using a keyer I was part way through sending the W of G3WPH before realizing
>what was happening. 
>Presumably there were other gains as I had 6% more QSOs this year than last
>even though I missed a few hours of prime time. On the other hand
>multipliers were down, states/provinces from 47 to 40 and countries from 75
>to 73.  I was surprised when I analysed the results because during the
>contest I thought North America was going well. The analysis shows that
>whilst I had more N.A. QSOs this year, and conditions were great to the
>South West States, the North West and most Canada didn't open up.  What did
>anybody else find? 
>73, Mike /G3WPH
>
>-- G3LET wrote in response to G3YYD --
>David
>
>It may be the specific call.  I was warned by Tree N6TR (in connection 
>with the SP Challenge) that I might find my standard call more effective 
>than M5O, but this was not borne out over the weekend, when I made a 
>couple of hundred more QSOs than the previous year.  The main advantage 
>I think was in running, when people have more chance of getting the call 
>right and from a marketing viewpoint, you can get your call aired more 
>times per minute!  Only once or twice in S&P did I have a query, but I 
>usually gave the call twice when calling.  So, overall I'm happy with 
>mine, but interesting to hear your experience!
>
>I did do a double take when called by a couple of the G3 + 1 short 
>calls, so we both avoid that issue!
>
>73, Peter G3LET
>
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