RSGB AFS Data Contest 2025

The HF data contesting season begins with perhaps the biggest event in the calendar, the Affiliated Societies Contest. It is an opportunity to put to good use the skills learned during the rest of the year through the 80m Club Contest and 80m Autumn Series contests. The formats for those contest were designed to help hone ones station ready for this, the big event. The soap box comments reveal the usual frustrations, moans of lack of preparation and the odd humorous comments as well (much appreciated as an adjudicator).

I said this last year and it must be repeated once more.

As is usual in such a competitive contest, entrants get a little frustrated as well as excited and forget that data modes especially if AFSK is used requires careful attention to the audio quality being fed to the transceiver. The SDR recording highlights a number of stations with signal that were clearly overdriven and difficult to decode. Entrants forget that the use of a speech compressor is actually detrimental to their performance just as much as failing to pay attention to the ALC section of the rig's meter. Failures such as these not only harm the entrant's entry but also those around them. Our bands are small and crowded enough without someone taking up rather more than necessary.

As always it is gratifying that so many of our neighbours participate in the contest adding spice to the otherwise home based affair. Lovely to see so many Non-UK logs submitted.

So to the results

Starting with the Local Clubs section with 40 club teams being represented this year, Norfolk ARC's A team were beaten back to 2nd place as Gloucester AR&ES A team topped the podium in 1st place, just three points separated them. Cambs-Hams were pushed down one place into 3rd place.

In the General Clubs section we find a repeat of last year's result with Three A's CG in 1st place, The De Montfort University ARS A team in 2nd place and Addiscombe ARC's A team in 3rd place. This means the AFS Club Data Challenge Trophy is awarded once again to Three A's CG.

Turning to the individual tables we see wins for G4PIQ In the 1000W section, G4ENZ in the 100W section, and G3SWC in the 10W QRP section. We also had 27 Non-UK entrants and topping the list there is PC4H. G4PIQ once again lifts the AFS Data Challenge Trophy for the highest placed entrant.

That concluded the report for this contest and may I extend my congratulations to all our winners. The next HF Data contest is on the 12th February when the 80m CC season gets underway. The perfect opportunity to work out those wrinkles that AFS threw at you.

73 Simone Wilson

80m Data Adjudicator

Results updated.

A query lodged has resulted in a change to the individual positions table, Prior to this update M2A and M7W were joint third. The change has resulted in M7W beating M2A by one point.

This contest is part of the following contest series HF Championship AFS Superleague 24/25

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	1000W	100W	10W	Totals
Time	Qs	Qs	Qs	Qs
13:00	666	1,721	81	2,737
13:30	584	1,735	78	2,729
14:00	654	1,624	70	2,679
14:30	598	1,636	69	2,685
15:00	637	1,776	57	2,803
15:30	727	2,075	70	3,200
16:00	673	2,108	83	3,104
16:30	635	2,041	78	2,963
Totals	5,174	14,716	586	22,900
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RSGB AFS 80m-40m Contests Datamodes 2025
Local Club Scores
Pos	Club	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Total	Pos Cert
1	Gloucester AR&ES 'A'	G4ENZ	357	M4N	267	M0XAC	187	M0HWT	102	913
2	Norfolk ARC 'A'	G3LDI	243	M0NKR	233	G3PDH	227	G3WRJ	207	910
3	Camb-Hams 'A'	M4A	245	G3PYE	243	M3E	226	M1GEO	179	893
4	Spalding & DARS 'A'	M7W	266	G3RXP	192	G1SCT	167	G3VIP	167	792
5	Bristol CG 'A'	G4BVY	273	GW5P	202	G4NKT	149	G3TKF	132	756
6	Norfolk ARC 'B'	G4LPP	188	G5E	188	G4OZG	179	G3YLA	176	731
7	Echelford ARS 'A'	G0W	212	G7D	185	G8FZV	144	M0SAR	137	678
8	Christchurch ARS	G3KLH	197	G0MUD	193	M0KZC	136			526
9	Sheffield & DWS 'A'	G3PHO	205	M5DWI	104	G8EQD	100	G7NNZ	97	506
10	Chesham & DARS	G4CZB	229	G3ZNU	154	M0K	87			470
11	West Kent ARS	M1X	260	G4JED	86	G4CTY	81			427
12	Spalding & DARS 'B'	G4LPD	161	G4EBK	148	G0SDM	114			423
12	Cray Valley RS	M0WDT	160	M0MDR	134	G7TWC	129			423
14	Norfolk ARC 'C'	G6WQN	154	M0KKM	134	G4DYC	61	2E0YAO	52	401
15	Colchester RA	G3MXH	213	M8M	92	G4ZZL	66			371
16	Brimham CG	G4RCD	189	G4RCG	181					370
17	Newbury & DARS	G6EES	166	G3ZGC	121	M0DDT	68			355
18	Braintree & DARS	G1GNQ	149	M5D	107	G8DJO	95			351
19	Reading & DARC	M0NPK	197	G6AWF	60	G0LHZ	54	M0MPM	36	347
20	Camb-Hams 'B'	G8CRB	160	M0BLF	83	M0KZT	67			310
21	Tall Trees CG	M9M	130	M1DDD/P	114	G3VDB	64			308
22	St Tybie ARS	GW4XMR	114	GW7W	113	GW0RAD	43			270
23	Echelford ARS 'B'	G0JOS	107	G0JSP	81	M1GWZ	66			254
24	Blackwood & DARS	MW0CVT	119	GW0ARK	118					237
25	Torbay ARS	G3L	125	M0TQR	90					215
26	Weston-super-Mare RS	G4CXQ	211							211
27	Scunthorpe Steel ARC	G5C	206							206
28	Horsham ARC	G3SWC	176							176
29	Malvern Hills RAC	G4IDF	140							140
30	Norfolk Coast ARS	G4P	137							137
31	Bracknell ARC	M5N	117							117
32	Telford & DARS	M1D	114							114
33	Gloucester AR&ES 'B'	2E0JLZ	78	G4CMY	35					113
34	Norfolk ARC 'D'	G8OO	46	M1AFQ	40	G0TZZ	14			100
35	Grampian Hilltoppers Radio Group	2M0SQL	72							72
36	Sheffield & DWS 'B'	M0RPK	50	M7PAT	19					69
37	Hornsea ARC	G3XYF	60							60
38	Bristol CG 'B'	G3YHV	49							49
39	Swindon & DARC	G4OED	16							16
40	Stockport RS	M0TYY	7							7

RSGB AFS 80m-40m Contests Datamodes 2025
General Club Scores
Pos	Club	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Total	Pos Cert
1	Three As CG 'A'	G4PIQ	376	MW4R	268	G4A	231	G5Q	218	1,093
2	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	M2A	265	G4ARI	230	G4ZFE	228	G4DZL	198	921
3	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	G7RAU	159	G3SJX	143	G3VYI	121	G4CTP	77	500
4	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	G8FCQ	196	G4ABX	192	G4SJX	106			494
5	Three As CG 'B'	G3P	216	GW9J	167	GM3X	102			485
6	GMDX 'A'	MM2N	211	GM4FDM	103	GM4M	79	MM1E	74	467
7	Radio Officers Association	M3V	232	G7X	132	G2F	93			457
8	Harwell ARS	G4BRK	199	G8CUL	106	G0GLG	61	G2U	58	424
9	RSGB Contest Club	GI4SJQ	117	GW4W	89	M0BPQ	85	G8X	80	371
10	Verulam ARC	M2E	256							256
11	Caithness ARS	GM4JYB	157	GM0TKB	62					219
12	Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC	GM4OSS	93	GM3STM	52	GM3YEH	48			193
13	CDXC SE	G4DBW	190							190
14	RAFARS	G4HIV	129							129
15	Addiscombe ARC 'B'	G4EFT	74							74
16	GMDX 'B'	GM0AZC	19							19

1000W
Pos	Callsign	80 RTTY Qs	80 PSK Qs	40 RTTY Qs	40 PSK Qs	Score	Group	Power	Ant show	Equipment show	Operators show	Soapbox show	Pos Cert
1	G4PIQ	101	69	126	83	376	Three As CG 'A'	800
2	MW4R (GW4XUM)	70	40	96	69	268	Three As CG 'A'	1,000
3	M7W (G3TBK)	88	49	91	41	266	Spalding & DARS 'A'	450
4	M2A (G3ORY)	88	28	99	52	265	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	1,000
5	M2E (G0RPM)	62	49	70	78	256	Verulam ARC	400
6	M4A	66	41	91	52	245	Camb-Hams 'A'	600
7	G3PYE	68	30	81	69	243	Camb-Hams 'A'	400
8	G4ARI	73	36	65	56	230	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	500
9	M3E (G4CWH)	78	48	75	31	226	Camb-Hams 'A'	1,000
10	G5Q (G3SVL)	60	21	86	53	218	Three As CG 'A'	1,000
11	G3P (G3WPH)	53	33	76	64	216	Three As CG 'B'	100
12	MM2N (MM0GPZ)	54	41	77	45	211	GMDX 'A'	1,000
13	M0NPK	84	0	118	0	197	Reading & DARC	500
14	G4ABX	47	42	57	52	192	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	200
15	G5E (G4AFF)	45	33	64	48	188	Norfolk ARC 'B'	800
15	G4LPP	47	21	84	38	188	Norfolk ARC 'B'	800
17	M0XAC	44	41	62	46	187	Gloucester AR&ES 'A'	130
18	G4RCG	88	47	23	26	181	Brimham CG	400
19	GW9J (GW0GEI)	26	6	103	36	167	Three As CG 'B'	1,000
20	G4LPD	50	40	42	35	161	Spalding & DARS 'B'	400
21	M0MDR	49	8	74	7	134	Cray Valley RS	1,000
22	GM4FDM	0	0	104	0	103	GMDX 'A'	500
23	GM3X (GM3POI)	70	5	25	6	102	Three As CG 'B'	1,000
24	G8X (G4FJK)	6	0	74	0	80	RSGB Contest Club	200
25	MM1E (MM0GOR)	48	0	29	0	74	GMDX 'A'	500
26	M0DDT	58	0	24	0	68	Newbury & DARS	300
27	GM0AZC	20	0	0	0	19	GMDX 'B'	300

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100W
Pos	Callsign	80 RTTY Qs	80 PSK Qs	40 RTTY Qs	40 PSK Qs	Score	Group	Power	Ant show	Equipment show	Operators show	Soapbox show	Pos Cert
1	G4ENZ	85	81	97	94	357	Gloucester AR&ES 'A'	100
2	G4BVY	68	58	87	61	273	Bristol CG 'A'	100
3	M4N (G4IZZ)	85	49	65	69	267	Gloucester AR&ES 'A'	100
4	M1X (G0CKP)	89	36	86	50	260	West Kent ARS	100
5	G3LDI	92	60	59	34	243	Norfolk ARC 'A'	90
6	M0NKR	96	1	74	65	233	Norfolk ARC 'A'	100
7	M3V (G0ORY)	70	38	77	50	232	Radio Officers Association	100
8	G4A (G4TSH)	63	43	74	54	231	Three As CG 'A'	100
9	G4CZB	66	53	66	44	229	Chesham & DARS	100
10	G4ZFE	61	47	62	60	228	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	100
11	G3PDH	70	38	85	40	227	Norfolk ARC 'A'	100
12	G3MXH	42	40	99	36	213	Colchester RA	100
13	G0W (G0VDZ)	49	42	65	56	212	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
14	G4CXQ	56	36	42	80	211	Weston-super-Mare RS	100
15	G3WRJ	50	44	71	45	207	Norfolk ARC 'A'	80
16	G5C (G4OGB)	50	43	60	56	206	Scunthorpe Steel ARC	50
17	G3PHO	41	50	62	53	205	Sheffield & DWS 'A'	100
18	GW5P (GW0EGH)	81	32	58	36	202	Bristol CG 'A'	100
19	G4BRK	63	30	58	49	199	Harwell ARS	100
20	G4DZL	45	34	51	70	198	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	50
21	G3KLH	67	36	78	18	197	Christchurch ARS	100
22	G8FCQ	47	35	91	28	196	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	100
23	G0MUD	45	34	70	47	193	Christchurch ARS	100
24	G3RXP	74	11	72	39	192	Spalding & DARS 'A'	100
25	G4DBW	55	32	63	44	190	CDXC SE	100
26	G4RCD	47	42	46	54	189	Brimham CG	100
27	G7D (G3XTZ)	46	46	43	51	185	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
28	G4OZG	56	33	25	67	179	Norfolk ARC 'B'	100
28	M1GEO	77	15	47	43	179	Camb-Hams 'A'	100
30	G3YLA	36	46	27	70	176	Norfolk ARC 'B'	90
31	G1SCT	53	32	39	45	167	Spalding & DARS 'A'	90
31	G3VIP	47	23	44	56	167	Spalding & DARS 'A'	45
33	G6EES	43	17	60	46	166	Newbury & DARS	100
34	G8CRB	40	48	30	43	160	Camb-Hams 'B'	100
34	M0WDT	36	34	34	62	160	Cray Valley RS	100
36	G7RAU	41	32	51	39	159	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	80
37	GM4JYB	26	35	53	45	157	Caithness ARS	100
38	G3ZNU	55	32	31	38	154	Chesham & DARS	100
38	G6WQN	54	30	46	26	154	Norfolk ARC 'C'	90
40	G4NKT	46	33	45	26	149	Bristol CG 'A'	100
40	G1GNQ	53	16	68	18	149	Braintree & DARS	100
42	G4EBK	42	33	57	17	148	Spalding & DARS 'B'	70
43	G8FZV	59	0	86	0	144	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
44	G3SJX	50	34	46	16	143	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	100
45	G4IDF	31	40	48	22	140	Malvern Hills RAC	100
46	M0SAR	80	0	58	0	137	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
46	G4P (G3YPP)	75	0	64	0	137	Norfolk Coast ARS	75
48	M0KZC	36	37	23	40	136	Christchurch ARS	100
49	M0KKM	16	23	47	48	134	Norfolk ARC 'C'	100
50	G7X (G0MCV)	39	19	29	47	132	Radio Officers Association	50
50	G3TKF	71	0	15	50	132	Bristol CG 'A'	100
52	M9M (G4BEE)	9	51	14	57	130	Tall Trees CG	80
53	G4HIV	16	14	71	29	129	RAFARS	95
53	G7TWC	52	18	46	16	129	Cray Valley RS	100
55	G3L (G3LHJ)	17	29	27	55	125	Torbay ARS	70
56	G3VYI	57	0	42	24	121	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	100
56	G3ZGC	28	26	40	29	121	Newbury & DARS	100
58	MW0CVT	15	30	24	53	119	Blackwood & DARS	30
59	GW0ARK	69	8	41	0	118	Blackwood & DARS	100
60	M5N (G0GJV)	26	38	17	38	117	Bracknell ARC	35
60	GI4SJQ	46	0	72	0	117	RSGB Contest Club	90
62	M1DDD/P	6	0	55	54	114	Tall Trees CG	100
62	GW4XMR	20	27	22	47	114	St Tybie ARS	100
62	G0SDM	22	31	42	25	114	Spalding & DARS 'B'	100
65	GW7W (GW4BVJ)	63	0	50	1	113	St Tybie ARS	100
66	G0JOS	60	0	50	0	107	Echelford ARS 'B'	100
67	G4SJX	0	0	65	41	106	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	100
67	G8CUL	0	33	10	63	106	Harwell ARS	100
69	M5DWI	33	30	22	20	104	Sheffield & DWS 'A'	90
70	M0HWT	0	63	0	43	102	Gloucester AR&ES 'A'	50
71	G8EQD	0	46	5	49	100	Sheffield & DWS 'A'	50
72	G7NNZ	0	4	38	57	97	Sheffield & DWS 'A'	40
73	G8DJO	27	31	18	22	95	Braintree & DARS	80
74	G2F (M0URL)	0	38	23	33	93	Radio Officers Association	100
74	GM4OSS	15	16	30	36	93	Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC	70
76	M8M (G0JJG)	23	23	24	23	92	Colchester RA	100
77	M0TQR	1	16	54	19	90	Torbay ARS	70
78	GW4W (GW4EVX)	52	0	39	0	89	RSGB Contest Club	100
79	M0K (G8FMC)	27	16	21	23	87	Chesham & DARS	100
80	G4JED	39	0	45	3	86	West Kent ARS	100
81	M0BPQ	67	0	19	0	85	RSGB Contest Club	100
82	M0BLF	0	0	54	30	83	Camb-Hams 'B'	100
83	G0JSP	50	0	32	0	81	Echelford ARS 'B'	100
83	G4CTY	31	29	12	11	81	West Kent ARS	100
85	2E0JLZ	21	1	38	22	78	Gloucester AR&ES 'B'	40
86	G4CTP	29	28	7	14	77	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	50
87	G4EFT	0	37	0	40	74	Addiscombe ARC 'B'	50
88	2M0SQL	5	4	49	14	72	Grampian Hilltoppers Radio Group	100
89	M0KZT	0	1	22	44	67	Camb-Hams 'B'	68
90	M1GWZ	27	0	39	0	66	Echelford ARS 'B'	100
90	G4ZZL	0	23	0	43	66	Colchester RA	40
92	G3VDB	48	0	14	4	64	Tall Trees CG	100
93	GM0TKB	22	0	30	10	62	Caithness ARS	100
94	G0GLG	16	17	6	23	61	Harwell ARS	100
94	G4DYC	21	0	43	0	61	Norfolk ARC 'C'	90
96	G3XYF	14	12	17	17	60	Hornsea ARC	90
96	G6AWF	0	0	62	0	60	Reading & DARC	80
98	G2U (G0UGO)	22	0	36	0	58	Harwell ARS	50
99	G0LHZ	37	0	18	0	54	Reading & DARC	100
100	2E0YAO	24	0	28	0	52	Norfolk ARC 'C'	85
100	GM3STM	9	7	26	13	52	Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC	75
102	G3YHV	26	23	0	0	49	Bristol CG 'B'	100
103	GM3YEH	4	15	8	22	48	Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC	40
104	G8OO	11	0	27	11	46	Norfolk ARC 'D'	100
105	GW0RAD	6	0	32	5	43	St Tybie ARS	100
106	M1AFQ	1	16	1	24	40	Norfolk ARC 'D'	100
107	GU0UVH	0	0	37	0	37		50
108	M0MPM	6	0	14	16	36	Reading & DARC	100
109	G4CMY	0	20	2	16	35	Gloucester AR&ES 'B'	30
110	M0TYY	0	0	0	7	7	Stockport RS	100

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RSGB AFS Data Contest 2025

So to the results

This contest is part of the following contest series HF Championship AFS Superleague 24/25

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Non-UK
Pos	Callsign	80 RTTY Qs	80 PSK Qs	40 RTTY Qs	40 PSK Qs	Score	Group	Power	Ant show	Equipment show	Operators show	Soapbox show	Pos Cert
1	PA3DUU	49	31	63	30	170		85
2	PD2PKM	0	0	103	58	157		100
3	PC4H	41	0	86	22	148		100
4	DK2FG	40	0	102	0	140		100
5	PD2GSP	0	0	80	56	133		85
6	OE5TXF (G3TXF)	27	0	97	0	124		200
7	DL5BCF	39	22	38	27	120		100
8	ON2AD	20	4	51	41	113		50
9	PE1FTV	35	23	20	31	107		100
9	PA3I	0	0	64	46	107		100
11	PA5WT	49	0	50	0	99		100
12	PA2A	0	0	99	0	98		100
13	PE2K	0	0	60	35	90		10
14	F5TLF	0	0	75	0	72		600
15	DF4ZL	0	0	46	16	60		100
16	SQ5N	10	6	14	27	55		100
17	DF7C (DF7CB)	3	0	49	7	54		100
18	ON9KVE	11	21	9	12	52		100
19	PA2VS	0	0	22	28	50		50
20	PE1PIX	0	0	25	24	49		80
21	PH3T	0	0	46	0	45		100
22	DM3CH	23	0	18	0	41		50
23	DC7MA	0	0	6	33	39		50
24	IZ2ZQP	2	0	37	0	38		400
25	HB9DOS	0	0	38	0	35		100
26	IK2OVT	8	0	32	0	34		90
27	PA4GDR	0	0	18	12	30		70
28	SM5S (SM5SIC)	17	0	11	0	27		100
29	F6AUS	0	8	0	17	25		40
30	PE4I	0	0	11	11	22		20
31	DL2SWW	0	0	15	0	15		300
32	DF5BX	4	0	4	0	8		80
33	YO6CFB	0	0	9	0	7		100