M1CRO/P :: May 2010 432MHz - 248GHz Contest

May is a fickle month. The First weekend (and Bank Holiday) more so.
What began as a pleasant stroll in the countryside, selecting an alternative patch of Naze, away fom the paths, ended in battling a Sunday morning roaring gale with horizontal rain, persistng down!
It is surprising how long it takes to get 3 towers disassembled and packed away under those conditions.
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M1CRO/P [1 May 2010]

Photo: 3 at the seaside for May 2010
The plan, as evident from the photo, was an assult on the two Trophy contests incorporated in the weekend activities. 2 x 4x21 on 70cms and the Mark3 3cm rig would give us a fair chance. As it turned out the conditions on 70cm at our location were as fickle as the weather. Deep QSB interspersed with startling periods of enhancement. There were times when we worked nothing for periods of 10-15 minutes. Then a 59 report from 43-square. Strange.
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M1CRO/P [1 May 2010]

Photo: 3(cms) at the seaside for May 2010
At the 3cm station things were not so perplexing. As ever there was the hustle and bustle of lining up skeds using both 'KST and up-shift from 70cm contacts along with avoiding long explainations for our lack of other 'higher bands'.
But 3cms worked well with 'ZTR on the key while 'APZ handled the QSO marshalling. All attempted were completed and it looks like a competiitive entry.
We'll have additional bands running in October. Promise!

CU in the next one.

CCG 09 May 2010

What's Next

2010 Contest Season

RSGB 144MHz Trophy Contest/IARU

Callsign: G0VHF/P
Date: 20100904-05
Time: 14:00Z - 14:00Z
Loc: JO01PU
Rig: 2x17 + 1x16 + 2x12. 400W

RSGB 2nd 70MHz Contest

Callsign: G0VHF/P
Date: 20100912
Time: 09:00Z - 12:00Z
Loc: TBA
Rig: TBA

RSGB/IARU October UHF

Callsign: M1CRO/P
Date: 20101002-03
Time: 14:00Z - 14:00Z
Loc: JO01PU
Rig: 70cm, 23cm, 13cm, 9cm, 6cm, 3cm, 12mm

RSGB 1.3GHz & 2.3GHz Trophy Contests

Callsign: M1CRO/P
Date: 20101002
Time: 14:00Z - 22:00Z
Loc: JO01PU
Rig: 23cm, 13cm

RSGB Second 50MHz Contest

Date: 20101017
Time: 09:00Z - 12:00Z

RSGB 144MHz CW Contest / Marconi Memorial CW Contest

Date: 20101106-07
Time: 14:00Z - 14:00Z

RSGB 144MHz AFS

Date: 20101205
Time: 09:00Z - 17:00Z
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