Poor WX and only fair radio conditions. QSB an issue at times and no Es! Contest is a little too long, very quiet in last hour yet still managed the odd QSO and even mults right up to last minute!

My first time on 4m, band seemed quite flat but nice to make a start on an interesting band.

Chucked an old Jaybeam folded dipole up on a scaffold pole tied to garden fence. Despite that I felt signals were down on previous years- even with my lash up!

Very wet, very windy. Got on site at 8.0am misty 15ft, got very wet. Dry taking down off site 6.15pm. Great fun thanks all. Deep qsb no es. One hour less please. All worked well down on fm qso this year or time was wrong f1 race.

Usual 4M tropo only.

Conditions average to poor. Apologies to stations lost in general local noise which now varies depending on direction between S4 & S7 (-120 ~ -110 dBm, RX with I/P terminated S1). Could do with more CW. I don't like later start/finish times or July date. This contest isn't just about working SpE (What SpE?)

Good conditions to the north. Some very wide signals on the band.

Totally flat conditions. Activity seemed very low. Weather atrocious! Abandoned the attempt at 1245 UTC and went home, due to rain and ever-strengthening gale-force winds.

Up and down, not many local stations. The /P guys all need medals to have braved WX!

Activity extremely low. This led to me losing the will to carry on after 2 hours. This contest is too long in duration! Tnx all for QSOs.

Very poor conditions

Wet & very windy. Antenna rotator went off track, & with the deep QSB, noisy band & strong wind, it was very hard work, but still good fun. Regarding the duration of this contest, I feel that six hours is right. There are trophies at stake, and some "endurance" element should be included, compared to the usual Sunday morning "Two hours after a nice comfortable breakfast" events. Portable stations might feel that a longer event justifies all the hard work that goes into their preparation, especially for those that travel to far flung places. SIV & TCU deserve a special mention from the CC. Many thanks - next year, we'll put in a competitive entry !

Qrp meant very low score. room for improvement ! Condx seemed grim by the way

No Es. Deep QSB. Good to try out new amp.

High Local QRN to N made things difficult, also long slow QSB. Heard

on FM but little else! Not sure how to do this - wud like to enter SF and add score to A1 Groups Championship points

Wet and Windy. considerable splatter on the band.

Very poor conditions, but we were lucky it was dry for antenna erection and take down. Contest length spot on BUT needs to start an hour or two earlier. Thanks to the contest committee.

Last two hours waste of time. No Sporadic E. Wet & Windy

Windy conditions. Last hour was like watching paint dry!

Only last two hours - think some had given up by then

Average conditions, no Es. Heavy rain showers during set up and just before end of contest.

Wet and windy, gusting 40 mph, deep QSB

Poor Conditions, Activity poor but hardly surprising with weather forecast! We had torrential rain & brief T&L storm. Thanks to all those portable who braved the weather to make a better event for us all. No Es here either!

Very high winds and persistent rain made mast raising and operation difficult. Condx & activity poor. No Es.

Dire conditions to start, improved slightly later.

First time I have got into double figures for a QSO count! Some Tropo about but openings too short to profit from.

Missed a few due to QSB & poor conditions. No GI/EI heard (they watching the golf!). Had local thunder & lightning for a short spell.

HARD going. Lots of QRM/QRN. Had to stop for 1.5 hours thanks to lightening storm. No GIs either!

Very wet & windy not allowing the antennas to be lifted - tower very well guyed. G0VTL & G1GSN made visit to site circa 03:00 to add more guys!! Wind abated slightly on Sunday but decision taken not to risk raising tower! Conditions poor - no Es

WX not as bad as forecast. Some leading stations are unbelievably deaf on this band. No Es this year and tropo only average. Real struggle for mults - No GI heard and many GM mults have no activity.

Wet+,so I don't regret not being /P.

Tough going with long periods of no new stations heard. ON5VW heard on but no contact made.

Checklog - Poor wx conditions, a few short spells during the test.

Solid heavy rain for the duration, flat band but as usual very good fun.

Dull and wet.

Horrendous rain, Horrendous static that lasted for 15 minutes at a time. Started 1 20 late as I brought the elements for a different 4m antenna. ON5VW Again QRN from powerstation from time to time. Conditions under normal overhere. GB3BAA/B just above noise level, normally 549. Thanks for fun & points ! References Visible links 1. mailto:G4BVY@vhfcc.org?subject=144MHz%20Trophy%202007