MC0SHL EU-124 Ramsey Island. 6,000 QSO's were made by Strumble Head DX & Contest Group.

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Oliver telephoned me this evening to tell me the exciting news that the results for the CQWW-SSB 2008 Contest are out and that we have 5 first place in the Assisted Category on each band and a 2nd place. So well done to all operators and well done to the team for a great effort. Here are the results.












Call sign   Band       Points       Qs      Zones    DXCC's   Positon Operated by

GW1VDP     28 MHz              846         45         3            15       1st Wales     G1VDP Chris
GW4OH       21 MHz        119,196       412       29           100       1st Wales   MW0JZE Anthony
MC0SHL        7 MHz        133,680       885       24            96        1st Wales    M0URX  Tim
MW0X          7 MHz        111,201       823       22            79        2nd Wales    M0OXO Charles
MW0JRX     3.5 MHz        145,420      1001       19            91       1st Wales   MW0JRX Oliver
MW9W       1.8 MHz          34,488       448       12            60       1st Wales   OM0AAO Viliam

Welsh records achieved for 21 MHz, 7 MHz, 3.5 MHz and 1.8 MHz in CQWW-SSB Assisted Category. 

An interesting statistic from the CQ records "Jeff N5TJ is arguably the top phone operator in the world at the moment, working over 10000 stations in 48 hours as a single-operator!" Jeff did that as VP2E Anguilla in 2004.
That is an incredible 208 Qs per hour! How do you do that? Answers on a postcard!

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The Ramsey Island MC0SHL / MW9W QSL is currently in the design stage and will be printed shortly. Here is a sneak preview!

The QSL cards will shortly be going to print. Remember to send your direct QSL to M0URX but NO Bureau cards thanks! If you need a QSL Via the Bureau please email Tim M0URX using our Contact Us page and I will send you the Bureau card.

The QSL card features the RSPB who own the Island and the QSL also reflect the Flora & Fauna on Ramsey Island. Not forgetting of course the G3TXQ Broadband Hexagonal Beam made by MW0JZE Anthony that performed so well for us despite no sunspots! You can also see the buildings that we occupied during the activity.

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GM all from the Team Strumble. Kicked off well last night and everything going ok. We had no progress at all with the 20M station so we carried on as discussed with the 5 Station Single Band idea. As we lost one Band (20M) we had an operator spare. In view of that we decided that Tim M0URX and Charles M0OXO would both do a 24hr entry as MC0SHL & MW0X respectivly. As well as the spare Operator, Rob MW0RLJ was in standby mode, ready for any issues with antennas we may encounter and also Jane, who was fabulous at providing the necessary Tea, Coffee and hot food.

The Antennas are doing OK but high winds this morning (30MPH) are forecast to get significantly worse this afternoon and to reach Severe 9, not good news when you are fully exposed to the elements as we are here

Dont forget to check out the video stream which is now live from the Shack here at the Station. It can be accessed via the link on our homepage, just follow the instructions remembering the the username and password are both MW9W.

More from us later, please keep in touch, your support and comments are always welcome, see you again soon, bye for now!

Charles M0OXO

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Strumble Head DX & Contest Group are ready to kick of the 2008 CQWW Phone Contest. We have had a change of plan tonight due to a failure of the 20m antenna and have decided to run 5 Single Band entries on 10m 15m 40m 80m and 160m using the following call signs:

MW9W
MW0JRX
GW1VDP
GW4OH
MC0SHL 24hr
MW0X    24hr

We also now have live webcam streaming from our operating site, access can be gained via our website throughout  the contest. Good luck everyone, see you in the contest.
73 de Team Strumble

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All the team arrived safe last night and we managed to erect the 1/4wave veritcal with radials ground mounted. We got on the air and made just over 300 contacts on SSB, and then managed to set up a RTTY station where Chris G1VDP made 30 + contacts this evening just as we set up the first station for the contest.

During the day we have erected the antennas for 160M, 80M and got the beams made up but laid on the ground ready to go on the masts. We have been hindered by high winds and driving rain. Due to the severe weather we have decided to drop down the 2 poles for the top band antenna, which is a band we wanted to try out, this is because none of us had ever really used the band to good effect.

The 80M antenna is another 1/4 wave vertical with radials, again ground mounted, which has been built by our antenna guru Ant MW0JZE. This will give us the option of having some fun on this band tonight.

Due to the severe weather we have decided to get all the radios and computers set up in the shack, this is just to keep warm and out of the wind and rain. Oliver MW0JRX, our computer guru, has networked all the computers so we can utilise the chat feature and see where each station are operating during the contest to allow us to pass on the multipliers.

It is now time for us to relax and enjoy a glass of wine or 2, and maybe a cold beer before we retire to bed.

Tim
M0URX

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Today Oliver designed a new logo for the Strumble Head DX & Contest Group! Well done Oliver great inspiration!

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Over the past few years a group of friends have got together to form the Strumble Head DX & Contest Group! DXing and Contesting and generally just having a great time on the bands when we meet up every few months.
So that we can share our experiences with you we have set up this website, please feel freee to browse the site and we all look forward to working you on the bands! 73 de Tim M0URX

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