[UK-CONTEST] SSB FD - G3SJJ/P

[Ian & Steph Fugler (G4IIY)]

Well done, Chris.  I was glad to work you and few other Gs on 40m.  Inter-G 
propagation was, however, very variable.

I assume that you will be uploading your log to LOTW later in the week?  I 
know what an enthusiastic QSLer you are.

Ian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 9:10 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] SSB FD - G3SJJ/P


> Very enjoyable but hard work with just the two of us, G3ZQH and myself, to 
> assemble and disassemble the station ourselves. We managed 3 hours sleep
> each overnight and had a cooked breakfast on Sunday morning so no 
> complaints.
>
> After analysis of last year's results when we came third in the Restricted 
> section with 620 and 97 mults, we set a target of 800 Qs and 120 mults.The
> final tally was just 3 Qs short of target but a super total of 130 mults 
> for 418,600 points. That is better than 2nd place score last year but we
> suspect we will still only be third or even worse! 15m produced some good 
> Asiatic mults but our Q total was down on last year. 20m was OK but teh 
> lack
> of a beam and amp was very noticeable on not being able to attract good 
> runs of US stations.
>
> Only one negative comment really. Something I have noticed particularly in 
> this event over the years. Many mainland Eu stations make QSOs longer than
> they need to. Almost a reverse of the silly speeding up stuff on CW!
>
> Eu - CQ
> Me - G3SJJ/P
> Eu - G3SJJ/P 59 216
> Me - 59 314
> Eu - Thank you 73 good afternoon, have a nice day, my name is Suzy, how 
> may I help you etc.
> *** pause for me to say something** !!!
> I've tuned off to find another QSO by then but I am supposed to hang 
> around and say 73 etc
> Eu - after more pause - CQ
>
> All the equipment worked to plan. We used Dave's FT1kMP which has 1.8KHz 
> filters in both IFs plus a 2kHz filter out of my MP for the sub receiver. 
> We
> had hoped to use a new design state of the art SR2O unit but the 
> electronics box was dlievered until Saturday morning. Even though all the 
> software
> was installed on both laptops we couldn't risk spending last minute time 
> on setup so we used the 15 year old SO2R unit originally designed for our
> GU8D operations. Sub rx operator was able to grab the mic by hitting his 
> footswitch but had to press the 2nd vfo tx button first. The new unit gets
> round  that. We spent a lot of time on s&p using the system but ran when 
> activity peaked.
>
> The basic antenna was an Extended Double Zepp for 20m with an 84 foot span 
> suspended between two 50ft scaffold tube masts. We also had jumpers to
> make  an EDZ for 15m and also to add end sections for 80m. Since Q rate 
> isn't high it was a quick job to lower the antenna and make or break the 
> jumpers.
>
>
>  Bnd     Qs      Pts  DXC
>  3.5     221    1039   21
>    7     211     879   27
>   14     276    1043   43
>   21      80     220   34
>   28       9      3     5
> Total    797   3220   130
> Score: 418,600
>
> Off to Provence tmw for a well earned rest!!  Chris G3SJJ
>
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