[Waverley ARS] 160 Contest Wrap

[Brad Crowe]

Laurie, thanks for organising the excellent day and night spent at 
the club doing the Trans-Tasman contest.  Great fun was had by all.

During my hour "shift" I got a bit carried away at one time and added 
a contact with Bob VK2SOB....I think we aren't allowed to claim 
contacts with other club members....although I don't think it will 
matter as I think I got lowest points during my hour which means my 
scores were not used?

Well done to all the antenna builders, caterers, operators, observers etc.

I look forward to the next contest and certainly the next 160m one.

Cheers, Brad VK2CEC.





At 08:21 PM 8/07/2007, you wrote:
>What a success!
>
>We may not be in the winners circle but club members can be proud of 
>the team effort in last night's Trans Tasman Contest (160M phone section).
>
>Six operators (VK2CEC, VK2FNRD, VK2FLTJ, VK2FDGW, VK2JAH, VK2TUI) 
>racked up a total of 148 contacts for a total of 854 contest points.
>
>It may not be any indication due to propagation variables, but last 
>year's winner made 153 contacts for a score of 1147. The equal third 
>place station then made 154 contacts for a total 800 points.
>
>Considering this was the first contest for some of our operators, 
>and the first contest run as a club station in recent memory, it was 
>a fantastic effort!
>
>The stats show we averaged about 26 QSOs per hour with contacts from 
>VK1,2,3,4,5 & 7 and ZL 1,2,3 & 4.
>
>Not only has it honed our operating skills, it has also raised our 
>antenna "expertise" with our full wave long wire loop proving almost 
>too good to be true! Sure there were some louder stations on air 
>(were they really only running 100 watts?), but all agree our 
>operation went better than expected, even though we missed out on 
>any elusive VK6s.
>
>The contest team is now eagerly looking forward to the next one!
>
>Thanks to all club members for their support during the night and 
>Prezzo Eddie for his encouragement.
>
>And thanks also to those who provided food for the troops; 
>especially Daniel and his mum for the hearty gourmet soup!
>
>73
>Laurie VK2JAH
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