Addendum: In the multi-op 2 category, EI7M placed 3rd in the World and 2nd in Europe after our Estonian friends ES9C. PJ4K (Bonaire) took the 1st place honours. We also set a new Irish record.
For the first time since the pandemic hit, over the weekend of 30th – 31st October EI7M got together to put in a multi-2 effort in the CQWW SSB contest. It was fantastic to get the team back together again. I was a little rusty at the start but quickly got back into the stride of it. I did three 8 hour shifts over the weekend, starting with the kick-off from 00z to 08z on the Saturday, 16z to 00z on the Saturday and then 08z to 16z on the Sunday.
Conditions seemed pretty OK on the whole but there was a solar flare overnight on the Saturday into Sunday, that made conditions difficult for the crew on that shift. The weather also turned both very cold and very windy on Saturday evening but that’s Ireland in November. We’re aiming for #1 in Europe and we put in an effort that appears to have us in with a shout at this stage. Let’s see what happens.
The crew for this contest were Ralf EI2KU, Neil EI3JE (station manager), Dan EI3JZ, Mark EI3KD, Dave EI4BZ, Cormac EI4HQ, Pete G4CLA, Denis EI5GSB, Rafal EI6LA, John EI7IG, John EI8IR (station owner) and Roger EI8KN.