[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 6m CW Contest 2012

Sun Jun 24 11:50:29 PDT 2012

Thank goodness, conditions improved, somewhat. From the moment I sent my
original message, sporadic E appeared, umm, sporadically from place to place
throughout the contest. It was a bit of a lottery as to who worked what and
I know there were some stations who were not favoured with propagation at
all during the three hours.

Six meters is a band I can take or leave, and I have almost never used my
amplifier but today I decided to run 400w. I was cautious that I might
become an "alligator". Maybe I was, but there were some stations who still
could not hear me.

DX included (it's all relative) ZB, CN, EA, 9H and I.

54 qso's is a little adrift from my self inflicted target, but enough to
make it interesting right up to the end. VHFCC, keep this one in the
calendar !

The 6m contest was followed by a 4m Cumulative in the afternoon. I don't
know why these two needed to be on the same day, when next weekend looks
clear of VHF contests. There was Es on the 4m test as well, with contacts
for me into EA, EA6, and I, plus tropo to ON, PA and LX. The LX was a real
struggle, and given their 10w ERP limit, I fail to understand was my 150w
was so weak on his side, I had no difficulty with his signal. There was
sporadic to EA8 too, but not from here.

Regards

John G4ZTR

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From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Lemay
Sent: 24 June 2012 07:51
To: 'uK Contest Reflector'
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB 6m CW Contest 2012

Well, conditions on 6 this morning look rubbish, with no suggestion of
sporadic E so far. Let's hope this does not put people off; lots of qsos can
be made on tropo, as long as there is someone at the other end !

CU

John G4ZTR

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From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sergeant
Sent: 24 June 2012 06:46
To: uK Contest Reflector
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB 6m CW Contest 2012

With the sunspot count now down to 13 (1 group of 3 micro spots) and a
flux of 84 you won't be getting any of that F2 today...

I am always puzzled that whereas 6m appears to have been wide open
during this year's sporadic E season, 10m has been totally devoid of
anything and been largely white noise. Maybe one of these years I
should try and get on the 'magic band'.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 24 Jun 2012 at 6:34, Andy Hewitt wrote:

> 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.
>

http://www.davesergeant.com

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