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

[Rob Harrison]

Hi,

Sorry for the late response, broadband problems curtailed PC activity. 
Hopefully all sorted now I've fixed the radiator!

Nice to work M0GVG/p on Tuesday, thanks Roger. One of only two QSO's with 
IO83 Tony GW8ASD the other. There was some nice tropo' to the east, but not 
enough to boost the distance score , 3 PA, 1 DL & 1 F. After that it's lots 
of S&P to find mult's, then calling to get points, working from SE round 
through to North..

It's very apparent that a lot of the stations in the NW do not point south 
or SE until late on the contest, as I called and called that way from  about 
2030, but only got a few takers, then a burst of activity from 2121 until 
the end. Most of my contacts to the north and NW were very scratchy, GI4SNA 
was very weak every time I looked, and only managed up to the "3" line, 
just. So only 9 mults this month, average is 10.

As for "shooting ducks" most of my ducks have flown away due to M5, only 4 
worked in JO01.

At present 12th this month in AR if you take out the portables, but I think 
this highlights the problems of M5, and M6 may alter this a bit. 2E0BMO 
running 40w to a vertical has 14 mults and is one above me in the claimed 
scores.

He has 66% of my basic points but 5 extra mult's due to location. If M6 were 
in use I'd have exactly the same mult's 9 UK + 5EU. Then I'd be way above 
him, so that's not the way to go. Somewhere in between lies the 
answer........................ M5.5 anyone??

>From claimed scores:-

      AR 2E0BMO IO83 42 4,739 113 14 66,346 G7RAU 334 40 Vertical Avg. 
condx. here. Fewer stns heard in the Sth than at weekend. Activity seemed 
lower than usual. Hidden

      AR G8HGN JO01 44 7,173 163 9 64,557 DH6JL 463 100 6 ele LFA Average 
with some tropo' to the east.Tnx to all. robharrison at g8hgn.freeserve.co.uk



We can all do wonders with statistics, there are a lot of logs out there 
that could be analysed, to come up with a better system.

Mildly grumpy of Billericay, well it is Thursday :0)

73 Bob G8HGN









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Thawley" <roger.thawley at sky.com>
To: "'UK Contest Reflector'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:41 AM
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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