I never got my act together for the 4m Trophy contest and I haven't got an antenna at home. So ....... time to erect a temporary antenna.
This is the G0KSC 6m/4m 4+4 element design carefully modelled and tweaked to work with 9.5mm tube elements rather than the original 12.5mm elements. Seen here on a 20 foot scaffold pole surrounded by houses and trees. GB3ANG was audible throughout the weekend.
The contest started with a band with Sporadic-E into eastern Europe. In the first hour 8 QSOs were made into HA, OK, S5 and 9A. Tropo conditions were average and certainly favoured those in the North. Forty one contacts were made in the first 4 hours and then the antenna was removed to make way for the BBQ !!
Tropo conditions were the best I have heard on 4m in 30 years. I didn't know there were so many OZ and PA stations QRV. It was good to work both GJ and GU too.
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Allan
GM4ZUK/P