[UK-CONTEST] 144MHz Trophy - lack of UK activity

[Clive GM3POI]

Yes I remember what it is like sitting in Kent. Beam East for 
most of the contest then swing the antenna up the centre of the 
UK and clean the rest up.
	Now being,just about as far North as you can get  leaves 
me with a virtually impossible task on 2m. I would need such a 
large set up that the stations in Northern England that were 
beaming South could hear me off the back of there antennas. 
Plus I would need to be loud enough to be heard by those 
further South that may be beaming North.	
	So that's going to add up to a rather big station for a 
limited return in terms of activity, I'm afraid the good days of  2m  
would seem to have gone, but I still may try it again. But would it 
be worth it.?  I am worried that there is not enough suitable fixed 
stations in G capable of  doing the same to make it worth it. ie 
800km any day.
 73 Clive GM3POI

On 8 Sep 2011 at 21:28, Stewart GM4AFF wrote:

> David,
> 
> "Always"...?! I really don't get that.
> 
> GM4ZUK/P was QRV - hope you didn't log GM3ZUK! GM4ZUK/P had three
> more
> antennas than me and was 1300ft higher. Also, I worked my last
> station at
> 1913 (PC5T) although I continued tuning and calling until 2000 (yes,
> 47
> minutes without a QSO!), so our paths probably didn't cross. And
> that's the
> problem.
> There are many factors involved in two stations making a QSO, and I
> try to
> maximise those factors within my limits. Up here we could get away
> with an
> antenna that rotates through 40 degrees or less. Those 40 degrees
> would need
> to be in a certain general direction, and yes, it's south. When I
> lived in
> Dorset many of the DX stations I worked in contests were around a
> bearing of
> 100 degrees. I know what it's like - the most productive area will
> get your
> attention.  In fact two antenna systems (and two amps and two radios
> as
> well) are better than one down there. But in spite of sweeping the
> horizon
> and the band you will still return after a sweep, to calling CQ
> beaming in
> the most productive direction. Meanwhile the stations up north are
> still
> there (unheard), and have now come out of the QSB, or returned from
> working
> someone else on another frequency, or staggered back from the fridge
> (mine
> is within 10 ft) with another beer, etc. ;-)
> 
> 73
> Stewart
> GM4AFF
> 
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> G3YYD
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> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 144MHz Trophy - lack of UK activity
> 
> Stewart
> 
> You always have a moan about not being heard down south.
> 
> The first QSO in my log was GM3ZUK at 595Km as invariably I start
> out
> beaming up the "spine" of the UK. Never heard you even though I
> swept the
> band many times while beaming your way. You are slightly closer than
> ZUK at
> 574Km. From memory he was a very good signal.  I also worked EU
> stations at
> 600+Km with best being 732KM.
> 
>  From my QTH, conditions were neither good nor bad just normal
> troposcatter
> range. Seems to me you were just not on the band when I was on from
> 1930 to
> 2040.
> 
> 73 David G3YYD
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