IOTA Contest
Call: GM5TO
Operator(s): G3PHO G4LKD G0EAK M6XAK M0YDB M5DWI 2E0KSH G8EQD
Station: G5TO
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Isle of Arran EU-123
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80: 86 24 68 17
40: 177 21 165 24
20: 0 0 486 41
15: 0 0 110 12
10: 18 3 39 5
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Total: 281 48 868 99 Total Score = 1,259,055
Club: SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT WIRELESS SOCIETY
Comments:
A joint expedition of members from the Sheffield & District Wireless
Society, the Worksop Amateur Radio Society and the 93 Contest group, this was
our second attempt at IOTA from this location and saw an improved contacts
score but a reduced multiplier total. This was perhaps due to the poor
conditions and/or the lack of cluster assistance or perhaps we spent too much
time running a frequency! Well over 94% of our contacts were with Eu stations
but we managed at least one Q with every continent except Antarctica. The best
band was 20m but we were pleasantly surprised to make QSOs on 10m this year!
We had eight operators, myself with a lot of HF contest experience while all
the others were well-seasoned VHF contesters ... not used to the QRM and pile
ups :-) Most of the operating was on SSB with CW being left to the only CW op
in the team (me again!) who chose to do the long, overnight "red eye"
shift from 0000 to 0500utc on the key. However this paid off with hundreds of Qs
and valuable multipliers in the log that we would not otherwise have had.
We were blessed with excellent WX for the 4 day expedition. An added pleasure
was a visit from Ed, G3SQX, who was running his own EU-123 IOTA contest
station, GM7O, just north of Brodick, some 14 miles north of us (we were
located at Seal Shore campsite at Kildonan on the southern coast of Arran). Ed
came down to see us erecting the Spiderpole verticlas and then joined us at the
Lamlash Bay Hotel on Sunday evening for our customary celebration dinner. Great
to see you Ed!
The trip would not have been the success it was without the invaluable on site
support from our four good ladies, Judy, Jane, Pat and Sue (M6XAK) who kept us
fed and watered for the four day period we were on Arran. We are lucky to have
such supportive wives or partners.
We all enjoyed it so much that we have already booked the campsite for next
year's contest!
Antennas: 40m quarter wave groundplane with 2 elevated radials, 20/15/10m
vertical closed spaced (3") fan dipole, inverted V fan dipole for 80 to
10m. The verticals were located within a few feet of high tide mark at the
excellent Seal Shore campsite on the southern tip of Arran.
Radio Equipment: FT5000MP. 200w output. We were impressed with how the
verticals performed.
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