 WPX
SSB - March 2000 |
GX6YB - Multi-op Single
- 1st in the UK
- 2nd in Europe
- 6th in the World
This was the contest group's first attempt at a 48
hour contest for 4 years. We decided to try a new site right on the edge of a 400ft
hill. What a site it turned out to be ! Conditions were good that weekend, but
the signal reports showed that this site near Bath was outstanding.
| Band |
QSO |
QSO Pts |
Mult (prefixes) |
Points |
| 160 |
36 |
72 |
18 |
|
| 80 |
217 |
516 |
137 |
|
| 40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 20 |
1230 |
3041 |
308 |
|
| 15 |
1357 |
3135 |
245 |
|
| 10 |
2296 |
6054 |
436 |
|
| Totals |
5136 |
12818 |
1144 |
14,663,792
|
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 Contest July 2000
Competition keeps getting tougher in this one !
Despite 2802 QSOs and 8,610,840 points we came 4th
this year (3rd expedition station). For the second time we were based in the Isle of
Wight.
WW DX -
Oct 2000
Despite the worst storms in 13 years we managed a
creditable 4609 QSOs (48hrs) and
6,206,673 points. |
 SSB Field Day - Sept 2000 |
G6YB/P - September
2000
- 1st in Open Section
Once again the excellent
takeoff from our site was our greatest asset. We are quite sure 20m was closed at some
time during the night for most other stations, but we were able to work into North America
all night. To quote one W7: "What are you guys using ? You're 10dB over S9 and we can
only hear one other G who's running around S3." It's amazing what a bit of height and
sloping ground can do.
So the problem became, how much time to spend on the LF bands ?
Having got fed up of the noise on LF in previous years Neil, M0AXF, built some beverages
to use on 80m and 40m. Unfortunately conditions on LF didn't seem great - only a few North
Americans worked on 80m, and of course Carlos, TI4CF, was his normal booming signal.
An aurora before the contest made things a bit shaky on the HF
bands at first. Luckily things started to improve as the contest went on. 10m opened well
enough around 9am sunday morning to be able to spend a little time there, but the rest of
the time it was a case of spotting the occassional mult on the band. |
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Alan, Neil and Vic picking up the SSB FD
Trophy for 1999 at the 2000 HF Convention |
| News from 1999 |
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