[UK-CONTEST] EuSprint CW

[Stewart Rolfe]

Rob,

The first time I tried a EuSprint cw I gave up in frustration after 10 minutes, just couldn't my head round the whole thing. In a 'normal' contest you at least have an opportunity to listen to a couple of exchanges from the same (high speed?) station to work things out; in a sprint he/she's gone after one exchange during which you've got to get the number and name before someone else may be calling you.

I persevered and now think they're great fun but usually suffer from insufficient numbers to get that nice 'flow' and rhythm going. So don't despair Rob and meantime hope to work you in the RSGB sprints, though unfortunately I'll be missing for next week's...

73,

Stewart, GW0ETF

--- On Sun, 9/10/11, G4LMW <g4lmw at btconnect.com> wrote:

> From: G4LMW <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] EuSprint CW
> To: "Stewart Rolfe" <gw0etf at btinternet.com>, "UK-Contest" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, 9 October, 2011, 14:36
> Hi Stewart
> 
> Mine was a token participation worked around domestic
> commitments. Only 30 QSOs
> 
> To be honest, I think the general higher speed of CW was
> enough to put many RSGB Sprinters off (it nearly pushed me
> away!)
> 
> Thanks for the QSO.
> 
> Regards
> Rob, G4LMW
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart Rolfe" <gw0etf at btinternet.com>
> To: "UK-Contest" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 12:23 PM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] EuSprint CW
> 
> 
> > Not done a Eu Sprint since last spring and thought
> numbers of participants were lower. The RSGB convention this
> weekend obviously reduced UK participation; thanks to G0MTN,
> G4ERW and G4LMW for keeping me company.
> > 
> > K3/Acom 1000 and a low 30m long doublet. Antenna ok on
> 20m and 40m but a cloud warmer on 80m which is not too bad
> for UK but struggles into eu and beyond. The incessant rain
> put me off putting up an inv-L for a maximum of 2 hours
> action on 80m but it would certainly have made a
> difference.
> > 
> > Spread of unique calls....DL(10), UA etc(10), I(7),
> LY(6), PA(4), G etc(4), S5*(3), SP(2), OK(2) and one from
> each of 9A, EA, EU, JA, LA, W, OM, SV and UT. Where were all
> the RSGB 80m sprinters??
> > 
> > Stewart, GW0ETF
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