[UK-CONTEST] 21/28 MHZ - C4Z

[Peter Hobbs]

OK, fair cop Dave - I'd set my watch at 06.30 assuming the hands were 
properly centred!  Doh!

73, Peter G3LET

Dave Sergeant wrote:

>I didn't participate in this event as I was out most of the morning, so 
>only had a few QSOs. Activity didn't seem very high to me and apart 
>from a small number of W and UA stations there seemed little support 
>outside the UK. After all, 150-200 QSOs is not much for a 12 hour 
>event!
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>Peter, I heard you right at the end of the contest calling CQ and then 
>being challenged that the contest had finished. Correct, it had. Your 
>five second countdown ended precisely at 1901z!
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>73 Dave G3YMC
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>On 2 Oct 2011 at 21:39, Peter Hobbs wrote:
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>>Well done - an excellent effort Brian!  10 did sound pretty good between
>>5B4 and UK but from a UK viewpoint it still has a good way to go, with
>>less than half the QSOs and mults compared to 15 here.
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>>I hope a lesson has been learned in publicising the demise of this event
>>- the TRC people clearly saw the upcoming vacant slot and pounced!
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>>Luckily the two aren't entirely incompatible - many QSOs were treated to
>>dual exchanges, often both ways and always with good humour.  Later on,
>>CQP helped things along for the UK stations, although in most cases you
>>had to go looking.  I didn't stray above the CW bandslot, but perhaps
>>others can comment on any impact from the Oceania SSB contest.
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>>73, Peter G3LET
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