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RSGB Contest Results 2nd 1.8MHz Contest 2013   
v4.144 by G4CLA

This year the general consensus was that conditions were poor and activity was slightly down on the previous year.  DX conditions were particularly poor with very few North American stations logged.  One reason for this seems to be the general build-up of local noise on 160m making DX stations hard to work.  Several contestants noted the DX that got away and ones they couldn’t hear.  Like last year quite a few UK stations with good QSO totals did not send in a log.  

Congratulations go to GM3POI who wins the Victor Desmond Trophy being well out in the lead of the UK Section.  Placement for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th was very tight with only 10 points separating all three places.  G3LDI narrowly took second place with G4FNL third and G3U fourth.  

GM4ZUK takes the Maitland Trophy which is awarded to the Scottish entrant with the highest aggregate number of points in the February and November 160m events.

Participation in the Non-UK Section was significantly down probably reflecting the poor conditions and changes in some coinciding overseas contests.  EI5DI came out on top by a good margin, with 8S0DX in 2nd and DL2OM in third place.  

The standard of logging was extremely high.  Some overseas stations noted that they would like to see more UK participation, but some of this may have been due to conditions.

RSGB Adjudicator

Alan, G3XSV




This contest is part of the following contest series HF Championship 





2nd 1.8MHz Contest 16/11/13
Retrieving...
Section UK
Pos   
Callsign
QSOs
UBNs
Bonus
Total
Power
Ant
Equipment
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
GM3POI
185
425
795
400
Vertical + 8 Rx antennas @ 51ft
K3+ Amp
 
 
 2
G3LDI
158
370
686
400
Inv V dipole @ 100ft
FT2000
 
 
 3
G4FNL
155
365
675
400
265ft Dipole / Inverted L + Beverages @ 55ft
FT1000MP + TL922 Amp
 
 
4
G3U
153
360
666
400
dipole @ 95'
K3 + Acom
 
 
 5
GM4ZUK
150
365
665
400
Dipole @ 18m
Elecraft K3 + KPA500
 
 
6
MW0EDX
147
365
659
400
INVERTED L @ 60 FT
IC-7800+ SPE 2KFA
 
 
7
G4FAL
150
355
655
400
Inverted V @ 70 feet
FTDX5000
 
 
8
G3P
147
360
654
400
40m Sloper @ 60 ft
FT2k + QCPM1K
 
 
9
M5O
141
365
647
400
250 ft sloping wire @ 155 - 6 ft
K3 + P3 400w
 
 
10
G4TSH
143
350
636
400
Top loaded vertical @ 60ft
FT5k
 
 
11
G3VMW
140
340
620
200
160m Doublet @ 45ft
Yaesu FTdx5000D
 
 
12
GW0GEI
139
330
608
400
Inverted V dipole @ 10m
ft1000d
 
 
13
G3SJJ
136
335
607
400
Dipole @ 55ft
K3
 
 
14
G4RCG
122
335
579
400
Dipole @ 60'
Kenwood TS990S
 
 
15
G3SWC
120
310
550
400
Inverted L @ 10m
IC7600
 
 
16
G6MC
118
310
546
400
Dipole @ 20m
Elecraft K3
 
 
17
GM3YEH
113
310
536
400
Dipole @ 10m
IC-751A + Expert 1K-FA
 
 
18
G3VYI
108
310
526
400
Marconi up 30 feet @ 30feet
FT1000 + Hmbrew Linear
 
 
19
G3XTT
106
305
517
400
Inv-L @ 60ft
FT-5000D, Expert linear
 
 
20
G3PDH
110
295
515
400
Dipole @ 35ft
ic756pro3 + PW1 amp
 
 
21
G4EBK
103
290
496
100
Inv Vee Dipole 10mtr ctr 7mtr av height cloud warmer. @ 10m
Yaesu FT2000
 
 
22
G0LZL
92
280
464
150
wire @ 38'
ic775
 
 
22
G3ZVW
97
270
464
200
Dipole @ 11m
IC-7800
 
 
24
G3ORY
89
255
433
300
Trap dipole @ 55 feet
Ten Tec Orion
 
 
25
G3PHO
88
255
431
200
204ft doublet @ 30ft
FTDX5000MP
 
 
26
G4DRS
83
250
416
100
Inv L @ 40ft
FTdx5000
 
 
27
G4CZB
82
250
414
50
220ft inv vee doublet @ 30ft
K2
 
 
28
G3RSD
83
245
411
60
TOP LOADED VERTICAL @ 30ft
TS570D
 
 
29
G3RLE
72
230
374
100
160ft Inv L @ 13m
FT 2000
 
 
29
G3XYF
67
240
374
300
Dipole @ 10m
TS 450 +Linear Amp
 
 
31
G3PND
71
210
352
100
Dipole @ 9m
FT1000MP
 
 
32
G3LIK
68
215
351
100
Verticle @ 15 ft
YAESU FT1000MP
 
 
33
G3RFH
65
220
350
100
homebrew helical vertical @ 15ft
kenwood ts870 100watts
 
 
34
M0NQN
56
205
317
95
102ft bent Doublet @ 9M
Yaesu FT-950
 
 
35
G3GLL
56
175
287
100
Marconi T @ 30ft
K3/100
 
 
36
G3ZRJ
49
170
268
100
INV VEE DOUBLET STRAPPED FEEDERS @ 30 feet
IC-746
 
 
37
GM3WOJ
46
155
247
400
Dipole @ 80'
K3
 
 
38
G4RYV
37
155
229
100
Inverted Vee Doublet @ 7 Mtrs
Icom IC706 Mk1
 
 
39
G4DDX
36
150
222
100
Windom @ 22ft
ic7600
 
 
40
M0VKY
40
120
200
300
inv L @ 17mtr's
ft5k
 
 
41
GM4UBJ
32
135
199
100
inv L @ 7m
ic7600
 
 
42
G3UFY
29
130
188
400
Modified Inverted L (TX) + ARRL-design Loop (RX) @ 37 ft
FT1000MP + Ranger 811H
 
 
43
G4FJK
30
120
180
200
Half-wave dipole @ 5m
FT2000D
 
 
44
M0MPM
28
120
176
100
inverted L @ 9M
FT757GX
 
 
45
M0SAR
27
115
169
60
75' wire via Smartuner @ 9m
Icom IC-7700
 
 
46
G3ZBU
24
110
158
20
dipole at 40ft @ 40ft
FT-ONE
 
 
47
G3NKS
20
95
135
100
80ft wire, well bent @ 3m
IC756 pro2
 
 
47
G6GLP
20
95
135
100
inv L @ 40 feet
FT 950
 
 
49
G3GMM
16
80
112
100
Inverted L @ Not given
TS520S
 
 
50
G3VQO
12
60
84
100
random end-fed @ 2m
FT-920
 
 
51
G8AFN
11
55
77
25
20ft helical wound vertical with centre loading @ 20 ft
IC7000
 
 
52
G3TXF
6
30
42
400
Dipole @ 20ft
IC-7800
 
 
 
Retrieving...
Section Non-UK
Pos   
Callsign
QSOs
UBNs
Bonus
Total
Power
Ant
Equipment
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
EI5DI
148
245
541
400
Inverted V. Vertical. Beverage @ 60 ft
K3 + amp
 
 
 2
8S0DX
102
230
434
700
Vertical in Baltic Sea @ 20 m
TS870
 
 
 3
DL2OM
93
185
371
750
Dipole @ 15 m
IC-746 + PA
 
 
4
DK1CO
72
155
299
300
DIPOL @ 10 meter
TS2000
 
 
5
DK8NT
57
160
274
100
6 m helical vertical @ 6 m
FT-857D
 
 
6
PA0MIR
54
145
253
100
2 x 20 m @ 15m
ts450s
 
 
7
OU2V
49
150
248
100
Reduced Inv.-L @ 10m agl
Icom 728
 
 
8
DL7DZ
47
150
244
100
w3dzz 80-160m @ 13m
ic 756 pro
 
 
9
EI7GY
37
140
214
200
Wire Loop @ 7 metres
IC-756
 
 
10
TF4M
42
125
209
1,000
Arctic King @ 24m
Elecraft K3, Harris RF110A
 
 
11
PA0O
37
130
204
100
inverted-L @ 26m
K3
 
 
12
DL6MTA
38
125
201
100
Not given @ Not given
Not given
 
 
13
R7AW
31
125
187
1,000
GP @ 14m
ft920
 
 
14
EI2KA
31
115
177
100
Carolina Windom CW-160 @ 25ft
IC-7600
 
 
15
OM4J
28
115
171
300
ex-14 @ 11m
ic746
 
 
16
OK1JOC
26
110
162
100
inv. L @ 12m
FT950
 
 
17
OZ7EA
30
100
160
600
Mosley @ 12m
FT2000
 
 
18
PA2W
26
95
147
100
zig-zag wire @ 5 meters agl
Kenwood TS-870
 
 
19
DL5SWB
24
85
133
100
vertical 6 m @ 8 m
IC-7410
 
 
20
YO8WW
19
80
118
100
INV V @ 21M
FT 1000MP
 
 
21
DL9MFY
16
80
112
100
TX ant vert, RX ant beverage @ forty meters
IC781
 
 
22
LX1NO
16
70
102
100
gp
ic775
 
 
23
DL2AXM
14
70
98
100
magnetic @ indoor
TR
 
 
24
RA4HBS
17
50
84
300
GP @ 20m
FT-1000
 
 
25
DL3EAZ
11
40
62
100
Dipole @ 15 m
FT857D
 
 
26
OH/UA1AUW
8
20
36
100
LONG WIRE @ 3m
FT-857D
 
 
27
RA6XB
5
25
35
100
Delta Loope @ 29M
TS-850Sat
 
 
28
EW8OW
6
10
22
100
vertical 16,5 M @ 30m
FT-897
 
 
29
YO8BGE
4
10
18
100
Inverted L @ 12m
FT-897D
 
 
30
LY2J
5
0
10
500
inv.L @ 15m
ft990
 
 
31
S59T
2
5
9
1,500
SLOPER @ 30 m
FT-1000MP MarkV
 
 
 
Many thanks for check logs received from  DL5CL,  F5IYJ,  PA0LOU,  PA200NL and R1AUR