Active as 2E1HNK/P from a new location - Sudeley Hill (IO91AW), using 10W from the FT-857d to the Diamond X200 for the FMAC section and a borrowed 8 element yagi for UKAC. Generally a good evening however it seemed to be harder work than it should have been, given that I was using a much better antenna than normal.

Sudeley Hill is a good location, possibly not quite as good as Cutsdean Hill RF-wise but there is more space to set up antennas and to actually get the car off the road. Got some interesting looks form passers-by and one stopped to chat, who happened to be a G8 from Cheltenham who was out on his bike!

I didn't get on the air with enough time to make an impact on FMAC (currently in last place) but was reasonably busy for the whole of the UKAC.

The beam was mounted on 2 sections of mast, giving a height of 3m. The mast was braced against the side of the car putting the antenna about 1.2m above the car, which probably isn't high enough. Plan for next time is to use 3 or 4 sections of mast putting the antenna at 4.5m or 6m AGL, however the two sections that I used this time refused to come apart again. As it happens I can just about fit the two sections in the car fitted together, however that won't work if more sections get stuck!

FMAC

Section: 10W

Total QSOs: 5

Total Points: 281

Normalised Points: ???

ODX: MW6BWA/P (IO82JC - 88km)

Position: 13 (of 13) overall, 4 (of 4) in 10W section (based on claimed scores)

UKAC

Section: AL

Total QSOs: 37

Total Points: 9,921 (3,921 + 6,000 bonus)

Normalised Points: 571

ODX: EI2SDR/P (IO62XW - 299km)

Position: 31 (of 70) in AL section

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