2E0WAW
Inefficient antenna and a struggle with 50 watts!
2E0YOR
Very congested but great fun for my first contest
F8VON
Many strong signals and lots of QRM!
G0AAA
400w to dipole at 60ft
G0AJJ
Good level of activity. Tnx to all for the points.
G0ALE
Don't much care for the SSB event - QRM appalling! But
things picked up when I finally got a run frequency 35 minutes
before the end!
G0BWC/A
Many stations did not recognise /A in my callsign
G0CTO
90w from Flex5000 into doublet
G0DHZ
First entry in AFS for many years.
G0DVJ
Good activity... some nice long skip in the last 90 mins.
Some deliberate tuning QRM but not a big problem to notch out.
G0DWV
Great contest, really enjoyable....
G0EYO
Good conditions
G0EYR
SD worked well
G0FPU
Had a great time. Good conditions
G0FYX
Good condx. Nice and busy.
G0GDU
FT1000+LIN with 350W into W3DZZ @ 29ft agl; logging with
NIMM. S&P for 1st hour - mostly running thereafter - last hour
slow with long skip
G0GRI
Hard going
G0ICJ
plenty of activity hampered by local noise level @ S9
G0MTN
No good running freq found = disappointment.
G0OKF
Conditions pretty good for my site.
G0RDH
A good contest with better operating conditions than the RSGB CC contest on Wednesday night. It was good to
hear so many GM station operating. I missed them on the RSGB CC SSB contest on Wednesday
G0RXA
I'd set out with the target of achieving 100 QSO's and
improving on my last year's score and manage to succeed. My station is not a powerful
one so I am pleased that was able to achieve my goal using the search & pounce technique alone.
There were some big stations out there
but it was good to hear some of the smaller stations come through later on.
G0VJG
Great fun and good team effort station set up from scratch. Shame there were a few idiots on band
making chicken sounds ?? but managed to carry on
G1MIE
Hated every minute of it using a vertical is rubbish in
this contest! I say it every year but definitely my last AFS SSB!
G2AA
Great fun good conditions some very strong stations, Nice to get my Linear going.
How about limiting the power limit to 100 watts ?
Considering there are many more participants than bandwidth.
G3IZD
Very high activity as ever, with 100W and bad antenna --
impossible to hold a run frequency so reduced to S&P
but one or two runs up and down -- a few new stations to
work
G3JJZ
RIG - ic756 pro III, ANTENNAS - 85' lw.
Strange condx: G's started strong then all faded down and back up again
later. Need to sharpen my elbows for next year - I may get and hold a run freq then!!
G3LDI
Glad that's over! DQRMers out in force from DL and also the SSTV
G3LHJ
The loudest & Widest wins - what a struggle with a
small station - I guess we say that every year
G3LIK
Some good conditions at the start but a lot of
stations spreading too much. Very slow in the last hour.
Did my logging by paper and pen due to interference to the PC
G3LLK
A very late start due to commitments.
G3MZV
Superb conditions but 100 Watts just isn't competitive.
G3NKS
Could only spare an hour.
G3NPF
Usual AFS QRM. I do not enjoy this contest at all.
G3OLB
You have to be a sadist to take part in this! TS850 +
FL2100Z + dipole at 60'
G3SJJ
The only thing I changed for this contest was my psychological
approach and that I chose a good frequency for once!
G3SNU
Some massive signals out there - could not hold a call freq
for very long.
G3TBK
Antenna snapped at T-Piece just before Contest- had to lower
tower to repair. Back up just in time - but not at usual height because of high
winds. Thought I had a "good" frequency at start but at
1400 someone opened up just above with very wide signal. Deliberate to clear a
freq? Later his signal was clean. Very noisy throughout both QRM & QRN. Propagation was
constantly changing. Most GMs were weak but some very strong Italians near the
end.
G3TLI
Some very big signals and band very busy. Good conditions
G3UFY
RIG - FT1000MP + Ranger 811H amp. ANTENNAS - Dipole up 35ft.
Band noise S8 - S9 so S & P only today. No point in running if you can't hear your callers!
G3VIP
RIG IC7000 40W - 40M LW - Homebrew logger. Some wide signals big struggle with 40 watts.
G3VMY
Reading and District ARC B team
G3VPW
As always so difficult to find a run frequency between the
big signals. Never-the-less was quite good fun and pleased with my totals can't
believe there were 350 or so stations active as evident from some high scores
heard !
G3VYE
Usual heavy QRM but good fun - enjoyed it.
G3VYI
Good condx to GM later Some deliberate EU QRM shame on them.
Most ops very patient !!
G3XSV
HA stations were sending BD as their exchange.
G3XYF
Many old hands using "Roger" instead of
"Over"
G3YLA
Flex 3000 N1MM W5GI antenna
G3ZBU
Very good condx. I enjoyed it this time ;-)
G3ZGC
Rig IC7700 200w to 132 ft wire wrapped into 55 ft long
garden. Was doing ok until the PC stopped dupe checking so I gave
up.
G4ASR
Power outage wiped out last 1.5 hours!
G4BSC
Icom 756 pro iii. 80m zepp
G4BUO
Temporary location at the Scout hall used for CVRS training
courses. Got a dipole up at 58ft and the first half of the contest
went well. but then it tailed off adjacent channel QRM really hit the rate
and I ended way down the pack. Need to find a different QTH for next year!
G4CUS
Band crowded as usual. slower than previous years!
G4DDX
What a difference the time makes. I worked 54 qso's SP
in the first 1/2 hr. I managed a few runs but could not
hold the frequency for long. Got very hectic at the end
G4DYC
Used SD post-contest
G4EBK
S&P for the first 2.5hrs then found a spot for running well crawling actually. Hi.
Very difficult to hold a spot with 100w got squashed many times with the higher power stations
getting way too close making it difficult to hear replies.
G4FKA
Mayhem!
G4HSO
Many here at Verulam ARC believe that AFS SSB has become too
successful for its own good. Perhaps it is time to move to a 'sprint' style to free up
some opportunities for run vs S&P without having to hold a frequency well before and
throughout the contest?
I for one got bored after an hour of S&P and went QRT.
Notwithstanding many thanks to the committee.
G4IUF
Really enjoyed this years good condx lots on.
G4KNO
Shame not to break through 200 Q's. Need to get the antenna
higher! 100W to inverted vee windom centre at 30ft.
G4LRP
Only on for the last two hours.. Great Fun!!! Very big signals about.
G4LWB
Enjoyable contest maybe a dipole antenna next time
G4PIQ
Only had 1 hour available rather than the 5 necessary to put
in a decent score but had fun and rather regretted my time was limited.
Did one quick sweep of the band but not in fully aggressive mode and then
took a 5 min break and called CQ for 33 mins. So 55 mins operating time. Maybe
I'll be back in anger next year - but not with the K2 - it's not
good enough on SSB! K2/100 + PA. 400W. Dipole @ 70ft.
G4RCD
Trio TS-930S at 100 Watts Output. Dipole fed with open-wire feeder at 40 feet max.
This contest was great fun but it is always tough with 100 watts in AFS.
G4RLS
Some very good conditions though I was unable to take
advantage of them because of thirty over nine qrm
from local Plasma and PLT racket. Good turnout for a Saturday afternoon!
G4SJX
A great contest especially as I found the source of my S9 noise just 10 Minutes before the start.
Was a home goal as proved to be a cctv camera psu!
G4YTV
Quart into pint pot or words to that effect come to mind. A very noisy afternoon but enjoyable none the
less.
G6GVI
40W from IC735 into end-fed wire strung around garden.
Testing custom Excel spreadsheet to generate Cabrillo.
G6NHU
Very difficult with just a long wire but I enjoyed it.
G7DDN
Just s&p as had other things to do this afternoon. As
one Scottish station put it, "Nowhere to run nowhere to hide"(!)
G7HNG
Faulty Clock!!!
G7TWC
Personal best. Loved this year. Flex3000.
G7VRK
SHAME THE CONTEST CLASHED WITH THE UK DX RTTY. Late start, started S&P.
Worked the strong stations then it was very hard work trying to find weaker
stations. Managed a run for last hour which helped the
score. Please try and not have 2 uk contests together.
G8AFN
First attempt at AFS great enjoyment. SD worked well throughout which is better than me
G8ALR
Lot of big signals this year. Continentals came in at the end. Good manners prevailed! Nice...
SD was the usual pain to use but was good for checking for Duplicate contacts...
G8ATO
wall to wall QSO's
G8DTF
5W Only
G8ZRE
I was entering Hungary contest but had to wait until 1400
RSGB start time as rules for both contests state start serial at 001.
Please would RSGBCC consider allowing start
of serial anywhere as all that is required is that receiving station records
correct detail. It should not matter what is sent as long as a serial number is not used twice.
GI4AAM
Great contest. Worked HADX as well.
GM0ELP
Elecraft K3 80m doublet @10m. Very short skip at start with GMs only
Was QRT for approx 45mins due to antenna problems. No dx this year. Thanks to all who worked me.
GM3YEH
IC75A 90W dipole at 25 feet.
GM4OBD
Very tough going from here with 100 W.
GM4ZUK
Band full - very difficult to find clear QRG. Better score than last year though.
GW0GEI
New qth and ic7400 100w to low dipole this year - so four
hours of S and P practice for me on ssb as any running was unproductive.
GW7BZR
I think I'll start texting. Could do better than 100
watts!!!
M0CNP
Very engaging contest and fascinating to listen to the skip distance changing throughout.
Thanks everyone for the points
M0CZR
Noisy band. Gud contest
M0DHO
Usual battle with QRM making weaker stations difficult to copy.
Excellent filtering in K3 and voice keyer made this more enjoyable contest.
M0GHZ
Not accustomed to HF contests! Very noisy and busy.
M0JEK
This was my first RSGB AFS contest. It was great fun and I
enjoyed it. I did have a sore throat so it was a bit of a struggle, and I
hadn't had sorted out my voice keyer so there was no respite or a chance to RUN
instead of just S&P. I will be back for more though, I am sure.
M0MCV
Enjoyable contest.
Good inter-G followed by some good contacts into Europe. Pleased with 150
Qs in the first hour and to break the 300 barrier.
M0MMI
Very enjoyable contest on a very crowded band.
M0NNH
Great contest was active for an hour or so !!!! Lots of QRM
M0SAR
1st 50 QSOs were easy - the next 50 difficult!
M0XDF
Much good fun - some QSB propagation got longer later and
good to work GW & GM. Working local got harder of course.
M0XDX
Could only do 2 hours,very busy but fun.
M0ZIF
50 mins and bad swine flu
MW0RZC
Started 30 mins late, unable to get shack door open -- very noisy band, much qsb and qrn
MM0GPZ
Inv L 400w. Conditions only really improved for me in the
last 45 minutes. Every QSO was a struggle. Will be back next year
hoping for better :-)