70cm: Very poor conditions.

70cm: Dramatic weather conditions at 2600' ASL. First time I have been in a cloud that was rushing past at 60 mph! Couldn't see further than a few feet and driving rain. Problems with the mast head preamp so really struggled. Weather broke on Sunday gale force winds subsided and the sun came out! Was then able to take down the mast and fix the preamp. That made a big difference, QSO's doubled after on hour or so. Thanks to everyone who beamed out way . All in all a fun weekend :-) 23cm: Faulty mast head preamp but good front end in transverter helped . Worked all we heard.

70cm: Glad I was not in a tent Ant elevation +-10 degrees due to wind bending mast Some good distances at times.

70cm: Very low Activity from UK and lots of nice DLs in the log for a nice change.

23cm: Fixed dish feed Sunday morning qrv for 4-5 hrs,still issue with preamp. 13cm: Only QRV for a few hours of trophy.

23cm: Major problems with 3cm system resulted in no operation for the first 3.5 hours, and then without full system, had intended to have second antenna system. 13cm: Problems with antenna system and a short circuit on a multi-pole connector for the 23cm system used up valuable time at the start of the event. Not easy to fix in the wind and rain.

70cm: Poor. 23cm: Poor.

70cm: Flat conditions, low UK activity 23cm: Poor tropo and aircraft reflections few and far between on long paths. 13cm: Aircraft reflections few and far between, leading to some DX gotaways such as DF0YY. 9cm: Where were all the stations on 9cm? 6cm: Poor weather and conditions, some RS on Sunday, but activity low. 10cm: Some RS on Sunday, otherwise poor tropo conditions.

70cm: Poor. Low UK activity.

Equipment worked, bands were useable, but the the awful wx put off many of the UK stations.

70cm: Band used to try to locate & lift contacts to 23 & 13Cms. 23cm: Dire - very windy. We started to get reports from Eu of being heard & couldn't hear anything this end. Decided problem was with wind so paused, removed top 8 antennas and raised tower again - Great signals from there on - amazed at what we were able to work. Even a little DX. 13cm: Also Dire - stopped near beginning of contest to ADD more guys to tower in an attempt to hold it steady - wind was taking, lifting and trying to bend the trailer mount. Absolutely awful conditions. Nice to work a handful of German stations under these conditions Thanks ALL.

70cm: Oh dear, poor condx, UK activity and weather.

70cm: Beko HLV550 decided to send smoke signals just before contest started, Henry 3CX800 amp fetched, but delayed start, then a bolt sheared on antenna system causing it to rotate with wind direction, further off air time, not help by the wind and rain.

70cm: Weather on Saturday appalling - very heavy rain all day driven by gale force winds. Radio conditions and activity abysmal throughout contest. 23cm: Appalling wx, appalling conditions, appalling activity. Lost PA due to condensation in EHT supply.

70cm: WX!! Reduced array to only 4 ants, 5 guys on tower. Activity on the lower bands appeared reduced, radio condx seemed appalling but Top-10 all over 500k! Tent blew open in rest period & soaked PA EHT kit. Game Over! 23cm: Exit one Preamp around 18:00.