1st 50MHz Contest 2010

Many entrants commented on conditions being flat or poor, and this was reflected in contact numbers and dx distances. The south west seems to have had the best propagation although G2KF struggled to provide his usual signal from that corner, having to operate from home rather than the local hilltop. A few overseas calls appear in the logs but most of them made only one or two contacts, which seems slightly odd given that there was well over 100 UK stations active.

Just as odd, verging on spooky, is that the top three error free logs all had 41 QSOs.

Congratulations to Bristol CG GW6YB/P and G0EHV/P who topped section O, G3ZVW and G4DEZ in section SF, and also M6XBF as the leading low power/single aerial entry.

Thanks to M0PKZ for a checklog.

Steve G8GSQ

Section O
Pos	Group	Callsign	Locator	QTH/Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment
1	Bristol Contest Group	GW6YB/P	IO81	NP	83	14,098	69	972,762	ON6AB	520	400	5el DK7ZB	(TX) IC756 ProII + G3WZT SSPA (RX) IC756 ProII
2		G0EHV/P	IO84	DL	41	9,739	57	555,123	G4RRA	466	100	5 Element Yagi	TS-2000
3	Bolton Wireless Club	G1ONE/P	IO83	BL	47	7,064	54	381,456	G4RRA	328	50	4ele	(TX) IC7000 (RX) ic7000
4	Govt Comm ARC	G8CQA/P	IO81	GL	52	6,284	52	326,768	G0EHV/P	325	100	4 Ele	FT-847
5		GW4EVX/P	IO83	CH	41	5,968	51	304,368	GM3ZBE	334	100	4 Ele Yagi	FT-857D
6	SARC	G2AS/P	IO93	ST	44	5,962	51	304,062	GI6ATZ	298	100	3 ele Yagi	Icom IC706
7		G8JAY/P	IO91	GL	39	5,008	44	220,352	GM4JR	363	100	3el	FT-857
8	Flight Refuelling ARS	G4RFR	IO90	BH	36	5,047	36	181,692	M0AEP	332	100	6ele Yagi	IC 746
9		M0COP/P	IO82	SY	33	4,056	37	150,072	G0EHV/P	260	50	Dipole	(TX) FT817 + AMP (RX) FT817
10		G8CUL/P	JO01	CO	14	3,324	21	69,804	G4RRA	361	50	4 element	IC706 Mk2G
11		G0OIW/P	IO91	SL	13	1,503	23	34,569	G4RRA	238	5	dipole	FT817
Section SF
Pos	Group	Callsign	Locator	QTH/Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment
1		G3ZVW	IO80	EX	82	17,954	78	1,400,412	GM4WJA	756	400	5-ele	FT-450
2		G4DEZ	JO03	PE	75	15,664	75	1,174,800	GM4WJA	522	400	7e	(TX) IC7400 +GS35b (RX) IC7400
3		M0WLF	IO81	BS	70	13,357	70	934,990	DK1MAX	1,056	400	7 ELE	746
4		G4ZTR	JO01	CO	50	9,278	58	538,124	DL2DR	466	100	5 ele	Elecraft K3
5	South Notts ARC	G3MOT	IO92	NG	44	6,994	54	377,676	GM4AFF	434	100	Log Periodic	FT-847
6		GW8ASD	IO83	LL	41	7,040	49	344,960	GM3ZBE	353	400	5ele	(TX) IC-756ProIII, Acom1000 (RX) IC-756ProIII
7		G8LZE	IO91	HA	49	5,444	49	266,756	G0EHV/P	372	100	5 element	TS2000
8	RAF Waddington ARC	G0RAF	IO93	LN	30	4,290	37	158,730	G4RRA	357	100	5 ELE	FT-920
9		G6UBM	JO01	TN	27	3,892	35	136,220	G0EHV/P	431	100	4 el sandpiper	ft847
10		GM4JR	IO85	DG	16	4,024	29	116,696	G3ZVW	479	100	6 ele yagi	(TX) FT920 (RX) As TX
11		G8ONK	IO83	FY	17	2,587	29	75,023	G4RRA	335	80	4 ele Yagi	FT897
12		2E0DBI	IO92	PE	16	3,009	24	72,216	G4RRA	322	50	5EL Tonna	IC-706
13		G3RLE	IO83	OL	19	2,324	28	65,072	G3ZVW	320	100	Omni	(TX) FT 920 (RX) FT920
14		M6XBF	JO01	SS	14	2,600	25	65,000	G0EHV/P	399	10	3 ele yagi	Yaesu FT847
15		G4DDL	IO91	RG	19	2,041	24	48,984	G1ONE/P	276	100	full wave wire in loft.	Flex 3000
16		G3VKW	IO90	RH	13	2,194	18	39,492	G2KF	325	200	2 element Quad	IC 7800
17		G0VOK	IO83	CW	12	1,498	20	29,960	G4RRA	293	100	Moxon Rectangle	Icom IC-7000
18		G4BEE	IO83	PR	10	1,452	19	27,588	G3ZVW	326	50	3 ele Yagi	Icom IC 7400
19		G2KF	IO70	PL	15	1,406	14	19,684	G3VKW	325	200	4element Yagi	(TX) ic7400 (RX) ic7400 tvtr +amp
20		GW3ATZ	IO83	CH	9	862	17	14,654	G4DEZ	206	90	3 ele yagi	FT-857
21	MKARS	G1MZD	IO92	MK	7	731	13	9,503	G3ZVW	208	5	Delta Loop	FT817
22		M0DZB	JO02	PE	5	901	10	9,010	GW6YB/P	279	10	3 ele Yagi	MFJ 9406
23	Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society	2E0VPX	IO91	LU	7	569	13	7,397	G3ZVW	205	40	G5RV and a Delta Loop	Yaesu FT897
24	RAF Waddington ARC	G0EUN	IO93	LN	4	325	10	3,250	GW6YB/P	228	50	Colinear	(TX) FT 847 (RX) FT847