I joined the contest late this month so missed the first hour but made some good contacts. Mostly worked south of my location on search and pounce, I tried for half an hour on one frequency calling CQ but no takers unfortunately.
In June 2025 BARC were given permission to operate from Beacon Hill Country Park, this gave us an excellent opportunity to stretch out portable muscles and operate from one of the highest points around Loughborough.
Having finally settled on the AL section, (Given my IC-706 could only output 10W) I'm getting into the stride of contesting now, generally I've been search and pounce but for the October contest I'm going to try to find a clear frequency and stick on that one.