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RSGB SSB Club Championship Contest
On the WADARC Mailing List, Graham G4FNL writes:
All
I entered the recent SSB club championship contest last Thursday. I know that Ben M3UOW has also put in an entry, and I'm pretty sure that John G8FMJ will have also entered a log. I certainly worked both of them, plus Chris G3NDJ. So, thanks to all of you for the QSO's [I apologise if I have missed anyone out].
Conditions were pretty good for this sort of intra-UK type of event. I don't know what serial number John or Chris reached, but Ben ended up with 16 QSO's and I had 130. Unfortunately, I picked a terrible frequency at the start - I think it was the 80m RTTY frequency - and so I had a slow start - but after I had QSY'd, I managed to pick up the pace a bit.
Conditions do change quite rapidly, and this is typical for this time of year on 80m. The last 40 minutes or so were pretty dreadful - as the skip dramatically lengthened. This seemed to favour the more northerly stations. Towards the end, I worked Clive GM3POI, who gave me serial number 200 (whilst I was only on 128!). So, I don't think that the Worthing Club members will be collecting any trophy hardware for this event, but it was a good exercise. I certainly get quite a buzz when the QSO rate goes up quite high (for a few short periods, I was working 5 per minute - or 300 per hour).
If you haven't had a go, then why not give it a try next month? The dates are 7th CW; 16th SSB; 24th - Data. All you need is an 80m set up (a simple dipole at 20ft is fine) and 100W (or you can enter the QRP section). Anyone who would like to know more, or is perhaps a little hesitant and unsure what is involved or how to get started - then please either give me a call, send me an e-mail, or see me at the Club. It would be really good if we could get a few more people to take part, or if nothing else, if you could the few of us that do take part (it would make a tremendous difference to our score if we had another 20 or so QSO's in our logs from the local stations). It really is a good way of training and improving your own operating. In fact, when we take part in SSB Field Day in September, you could put those improved skills to use!
73 Graham G4FNL
Further, Graham writes:
You'll recall that a few of us entered the RSGB CC contest on the 20th March. Well, the DRAFT results are out, and, as its stands, the following results apply for WADARC:
M3UOW 18th (out of 27 in the QRP section)
G3NDJ 113th (out of 175)
G8FMJ/P 22nd (out of 175)
G4FNL 18th (out of 175)The finalised results should be published in the next few days. Hopefully, the results won't change. So, congratulations to all that entered. Hopefully, we'll see a few more WADARC members next time?
73 Graham G4FNL
John G8FMJ added:
Like Graham G4FNL i took part in the recent phone contest, the first half hour was amazing with a super qso rate, then the band conditions changed dramatically and could only work long skip, F, EA, OE, D, and loads of GMs but naff all else, only managed 124, yes you did beat me Graham, would be interested to know if having a choice of antennae was any advantage under those conditions ??. Still enjoyed it and wish there were more club members on, great effort by young Ben M3UOW if he can do it why cant some more ????.
73/G8FMJ
Club Championship - 12th March CW Results
Again, Graham G4FNL writes:
All
Just to let you know that the draft results for the above contest are out. I was the only entrant obo WaDARC, and I came 4th (out of 125). I'm still aiming higher.....
Also, if you interested, the results for the 1st RSGB 160m contest are published (I was the adjudicator). See results at http://www.vhfcc.org/hfcc/results/2008/18m1st2008.shtml
73 Graham G4FNL
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Updated - 31/03/2008