[UK-CONTEST] SSB FD - G3SJJ/P

[Ian & Steph Fugler (G4IIY)]

Hmm, I received this email three times; twice directly (to me and cc me) and 
once though the Reflector.  And you complain about superfluous contest 
exchanges!!







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
To: "Ian & Steph Fugler (G4IIY)" <ian.g4iiy at zen.co.uk>
Cc: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>; "Ian & Steph Fugler 
(G4IIY)" <zen90387 at zen.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] SSB FD - G3SJJ/P


> Tnx fer QSO drom. Yes, we will be having Lunch On The Way most days plus 
> lots of red medecine!
>
> Chris G3SJJ
>
>
>
> On 05/09/2011 18:37, Ian & Steph Fugler (G4IIY) wrote:
>> 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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