[UK-CONTEST] 6M AC Tuesday 23rd October

[Roger Thawley]

Fairenough. I guess I knew where I was operating from, so it didn't cross my
mind to comment!

We drag ourselves up to the top of the nearest vehicle accessible high spot,
to the east of Macclesfield forest in Cheshire - IO83XG.
Said spot gives us a good view down into the Cheshire/Manchester basin -
working 'locals' at up to 50km is like shooting fish in a barrel! Coverage
in most other directions is good, though the summits of Shining Tor and Axe
Edge Moor attenuate things between east and south east, which means that
contacts with the continent only occur if there's a bit of a lift.

Roger, G0BSU

-----Original Message-----
From: andyphewitt [mailto:andyphewitt at btopenworld.com] 
Sent: 24 October 2012 11:15
To: Roger at G0BSU.net; 'UK Contest Reflector'
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] 6M AC Tuesday 23rd October

Roger,
It was interesting to read your report but I would have liked to know where
you were operating from.
73
Andy G3SVD


-----Original Message-----
From: UK-Contest [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Roger Thawley
Sent: 24 October 2012 10:42
To: 'UK Contest Reflector'
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 6M AC Tuesday 23rd October

Well, what an evening! Everything just seemed to work for team M0GVG/P last
night. Somehow we arrived on site with plenty of time to spare. It wasn't
raining and the temperature was mild, though it was a little breezy and we
were well into the cloud layer (someone commented that it was like being
inside a paper bag). Station set up went well and by the time we all sat in
the car, ready to kick off, we even had 8 minutes to spare...a short period
of looking at each other wondering how that happened followed.
>From the outset there was a continuous queue of two to three stations and a
Q rate of over one per minute was maintained for the first hour and a
quarter.
Conditions favoured the south to a noticeable degree, with only GM4JR being
worked in GM, regardless of some fairly long periods spent calling in that
direction.
It was pleasing to see a good turn out from JO02 and number of other
unfamiliar stations added to the overall result, including a second station
in IO64. Both IO80 and IO90 were worked, which is an uncommon pairing.
Nothing heard from IO70/71 nor IN89, JO00, JO03 or IO95.

I have to say that yesterday evening's event was probably the most enjoyable
6M AC to date.

Roger, G0BSU


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