[UK-CONTEST] G5XV/P - NFD

[G4LMW]

Somehow managed to truncate our summary:

        Band    QSOs    Pts
         1.8     116     772
         3.5     140     461
           7     301     902
          14     218     663
          21      99     308
          28      38     252
       Total     912    3358


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:47 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] G5XV/P - NFD


>
> The Newbury & DARS entered the newly re-vamped Restricted section this 
> year.
>
> We started at 10am, when construction of the dipoles commenced. We had a 
> 160/80m trapped dipole, a 40m dipole (also used for 15m), and dipoles for 
> 10m and 20m. All were held on one support at 15m. The area used was 
> limited (last minute venue change due to the crop in the intended field 
> having not been harvested) so we were not able to get the ends of the LF 
> dipole very high.
>
> We were well under the 120m wire allowance in the end.
>
> Ed, GW3SQX turned up to inspect in the 30 minute window while I went home 
> to get a power lead for the K3. Pity.
>
> The Club's K3 seemed to be completely deaf, so we might have a front-end 
> problem to look at. Switched to my personal K3 for the duration.
>
> The weather held up for the most part during set-up and we were just about 
> ready at the start.
>
> The second QSO was a JA on 15m, so things were looking good. 10m was 
> disappointing with only sporadic-E openings on Sunday morning.
>
> Quite a few members turned up for a BBQ (mostly dry) on the Saturday 
> evening.
>
> Topband was fairly fruitful in the night but the static crashes were 
> terrible made worse by the noise of the torrential rain on the tent. Will 
> probably have a high error rate on this band!
>
> N1MM performed flawlessly throughout and for the first time, there were no 
> keys present at a NADARS NFD station (G3ZGC not happy!).
>
> Operators: G4LMW, M0TDW, G3ZGC, G3RVM and G3XVR
>
> My thanks to the many other NADARS members who attended and helped out.
>
> 932 QSOs in total, but there were a massive amount of dupes this year. Did 
> anyone else experience the same?
>
> We all had fun and generally agreed that we liked the new changes to the 
> section.
>
> Summary:
>        Band    QSOs    Pts
>         1.8     116     772
>         3.5     140     461
>           7     301     902
>          14     218     663
>          21      99     308
>
> Regards
> Rob, G4LMW
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