[UK-CONTEST] Eu Sprint SSB

[Steve GW4BLE]

Non-appearance reasons for me similar to others, also lack of proper  7/14 MHz antennas (down for maintenance) didn't help.


Steve
GW4BLE

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On 4 Oct 2011, at 09:16, Steve White <g3zvw at talktalk.net> wrote:

> I took part in this one (for my first time) on Saturday. Considering the 
> fact that this is an international contest, what surprised me was the low 
> level of activity - across the board. Everyone was concentrated in 10-20kHz 
> around the 'pilot' frequencies. Incidentally, two of these frequencies seem 
> highly inappropriate - 7050kHz is right at the bottom edge of fone activity, 
> so everyone goes HF of it, and using 3730kHz (and just above) is calculated 
> to upset SSTVers.
> 
> So far as participation from the UK is concerned, there only seemed to be 
> two GMs, two GWs and two other stations from G taking part. I don't think 
> the competing Oceania DX SSB Contest would affect this one very much, so I 
> would be interested in others' thoughts as to why so few participate.
> 
> QSOs (low power category):
> 20m: 29
> 40m: 34
> 80m: 24
> 
> Steve, G3ZVW 
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