[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 6m CW Contest 2012

[Andy Hewitt]

Peter,
Welcome to the magic band! I won't be on myself in the contest today. I used
up all my toady points last weekend in the 6m Trophy contest. If I can slide
away I might give away a few points but it's not looking good.

The band is like HF every year during the sporadic E season May to August
roughly and as we are approaching what is supposed to be a sunspot maximum
we "should" get some F2 but no sign of any yet.

I hope to see you at the convention.
73
Andy G3SVD


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Hobbs
Sent: 23 June 2012 19:46
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB 6m CW Contest 2012

Never once tuned to 6m since it was introduced whenever ago, but the K3 
supports it and so does my BiggIR, so why not?

There were loads of EAs and Scandinavians at amazing strength, along 
with backscatter Gs, when I checked out the band this morning - sounded 
just like a proper HF band!  A pity there's not even a certificate on 
offer to the winner though - not everyone who might give 6m a try 
necessarily has interest or capability in 4 or 2m.  Anyway, looking 
forward to my first 6m outing!

73, Peter G3LET

Chairman, RSGB Contest Committee wrote:

>The RSGB Contest Committee invites you to participate in the 
>inaugural 50MHz CW contest.
>
>This takes place on Sunday 24th June from 0900-1200 UTC (10 
>a.m. - 1 p.m. BST), and it should appeal both to 6m 
>enthusiasts and also to HF CW operators who have 6m 
>facilities.  Conditions recently have been good, with 
>Sporadic-E openings and some fine DX.  You can get on the 
>air with a simple antenna such as a dipole, or perhaps press 
>an HF antenna into service through an ATU.
>
>The rules are at:
>www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2012&contest=cw50MHz
>
>Other useful information -- band plan:
>www.rsgb.org/committees/spectrumforum/docs/rsgb_band_plan_2012.htm
>
>List of European beacons:
>www.uksmg.org/content/beaconeurope.htm
>
>There are now three RSGB VHF CW contests, for 4m, 6m and 
>2m,  with an award for the best overall performance.  We 
>hope you will take part on Sunday.
>
>73,
>
>Ed Taylor, GW3SQX
>Chairman, RSGB Contest Committee
>
>
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