[Corkradioclub] Marconi Day

[Dave Moore]

Hi All,
Just got confirmation that next years IMD will be on April 21st.
Book your time off now!
We will be hosting the IRTS AGM on one of the April weekends before or
after IMD depending on negotiations with hotels.
Easter is on April 1st next year.
Again, put it in the diary!

73
Dave

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:58 PM, Timothy McKnight <ei2ka.tim at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Gents,
>
> I thought you might like to know how we got on with last weekend's Marconi
> Day activation of the club's Ei5IMD special event call sign.
>
> After setting up the station at Marconi House, the actual building where
> Marconi first operated when he came to Crookhaven in 1901, the hex beam
> plus dipoles for 40m and 80m were erected in the front garden.  Band
> conditions on 20m were great on Friday night but that didn't help much as
> Ei5IMD is for activation only on the Saturday.  The wee hours were pretty
> quiet but 20m opened again during the morning daylight for big pileups and,
> in mid-afternoon into the late evening, 40m was hopping with big pileups
> but noisy.  When that band closed we went to 80m and had some good runs
> until the day was over.
>
> Not counting a nice run Friday night on 20m using Ei1C, the team logged 812
> QSOs using Ei5IMD.  There were over 2000 QRZ.com lookups so many more
> probably wanted to work us but couldn't.  This is not the highest score we
> have achieved (according to my records, that was 1699 QSOs in 2011), but
> considering that this time we had only one station (two in 2011) and five
> operators (11 in 2011) this was an excellent showing, especially
> considering current band conditions.
>
> Marconi House was an excellent venue in terms of comfort and proximity to
> the village, even if it's a little tight for antennas.  I certainly enjoyed
> myself and think the others did too.  Thanks to Dave, Jim, Denis and Sean
> for their contribution.  I would certainly vote for going there again next
> year.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tim
>
> --
> from Tim McKnight, Ei2KA
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