From: "Graham Phillips" <g3xtz@rgcomms.demon.co.uk>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: LF: Re: G2BBC/P
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 18:11:03 +0100
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At least you did not have static problems with the aerial ... it was not up
long enough between QSB's to collect any !!!

Very interesting though, let me know when you are planning another trip, and
I will try and come along with a longer bit of dowell,

73 de

Graham B. Phillips - G3XTZ.
g3xtz@rgcomms.demon.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave <dave@picks.force9.co.uk>
To: LF Group <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Date: 02 May 1999 17:06
Subject: LF: G2BBC/P


>Dear all.
>
>Myself and John G4GVC have just finished a portable session operating as
>G2BBC/P (my club callsign). QTH was Market Bosworth in West Leicestershire.
>We have to apologise for the massive QSB that everyone we worked commented
>on.
>The reason was the wind, or lack of it! Sometimes the kite would soar up to
>near-vertical (the 599 bits) then the wind would drop and it would slowly
>fall back allowing the wire to dangle on the ground and completely de-tune
>the system. To prevent the wire touching the ground too much I spent much
of
>the time running around with a piece of dowell to hold the drooping wire
off
>the grass...  Occasionally the kite would dive off to one side and the wire
>would get tangled around some small trees, I then had to shout to John to
>stop sending whilst I disentangled it and run back with my little stick
>supporting the wire whilst the kite took it back up!  LX1PD managed to time
>his CQ calls exactly wrong so that the kite was flying well during his
calls
>and fell out of the sky when he was listening...  better luck next time.
>The static got too bad to hear much and the picnic-ers became to numerous
to
>continue by 13:45 so when the kite came down for the umpteenth time we gave
>up.
>We worked four countries, nine stations in all.
>We'll be back!
>
>Dave G3YXM.
>
>
>