[UK-CONTEST] EA6/G3SZU in the 6m test

[Ray James]

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--- On Sun, 24/6/12, John Muzyka <g4rcg at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: John Muzyka <g4rcg at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] EA6/G3SZU in the 6m test
> To: "uk-contest at contesting.com" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Cc: "g3szu at btinternet.com" <g3szu at btinternet.com>
> Date: Sunday, 24 June, 2012, 16:26
> Hi All
> I dont know how many worked Keith EA6/G3SZU on his hols
> today in the 6m contest? I managed him and after entering my
> log on the Robot it gives you the option of looking at the
> contacts on a map, well Keith's Locator he gave put him
> somewhere near Sardinia I knew I got it right as he was so
> strong, so I emailed him to check what he had given. He is
> quite upset that he found out the square he was giving was
> in fact incorrect (he got it from his Blackberry) I have
> suggested that he contacts the contest committee to explain
> why he was sending it wrong so that all the stations that he
> worked would not be penalised.
> He is really very sorry for his mistake and hope the CC will
> not penalise every one for his mistake
>  
> Besides that my attempt at my 1st 6m contest was a right
> disaster, I have been playing around with N1MM  for the
> past few days and I thought I had got it working great for
> this test, not so, Murphy was at me from the start.
> I started up N1MM  ten min's before the start to find that
> it would not key the rig, winkey refused to work, (yes it
> was switched on in N1MM) in a fit and panic tried every
> thing I could think of, it had been working before I got rig
> control working on it. Anyway to cut a long story short I
> ended up at 10.20 switching to SDV (Thanks Paul EI5DI) and
> keying manually for the whole test. I am going to have a
> play around tonight and see what was wrong.
>  
> I thought it was extremly slow going with only a few EU
> stations worked.
> John G4RCG
> 42 Qso's (best being EA6/G3SZU)
> 12037 points accoring to SDV
> TS590
> 400w
> 6 Ele @ 75'
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