RSGB AFS Data Contest 2026

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 one's 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 held to 2^nd place as Camb-Hams A team leap-frogged them and topped the podium in 1^st place. Last year's winners Gloucester AR&ES were pushed back into 3^rd place.

In the General Clubs section we find a repeat of last year's result with Three A's CG in 1^st place, The De Montfort University ARS A team in 2^nd place and in 3^rd place came Echelford ARS A team having moved from Local to General for this year. This means the AFS Club Data Challenge Trophy is awarded this year to Cambs-Hams A team.

Turning to the individual tables we see a repeat of last year's result with wins for G4PIQ In the 1000W section, G4ENZ in the 100W section, and G3SWC in the 10W QRP section. We also had 25 Non-UK entrants and topping the list there is OK1DOL. 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 11^th 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

	1000W	100W	10W	Totals
Time	Qs	Qs	Qs	Qs
13:00	815	1,793	114	2,903
13:30	885	1,810	114	3,085
14:00	788	1,566	65	2,673
14:30	800	1,772	96	2,917
15:00	792	1,935	116	3,123
15:30	914	1,896	107	3,185
16:00	837	1,910	145	3,128
16:30	929	1,915	130	3,161
Totals	6,760	14,597	887	24,175
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RSGB AFS 80m-40m Contests Datamodes 2026
Local Club Scores
Pos	Club	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Total	Pos Cert
1	Camb-Hams 'A'	M4A	298	G4IVV	270	M3E	260	M7Z	230	1,058
2	Norfolk ARC 'A'	M0NKR	262	G3G	260	G3PDH	239	G3LDI	209	970
3	Gloucester AR&ES	G4ENZ	364	M4N	304	M0XAC	197	M8JLZ	98	963
4	Spalding & DARS 'A'	M7W	256	G7C	225	G4DSP	200	G3RXP	199	880
5	Bristol CG 'A'	G4BVY	286	GW5P	231	G7NJX	170	G3TKF	151	838
6	Norfolk ARC 'B'	G8OO	195	G4OZG	192	G4AFF	190	G4LPP	185	762
7	Newbury & DARS 'A'	G3KLH	219	G3RVM	204	M0DDT	173	G3ZGC	108	704
7	Camb-Hams 'B'	G3PYE	228	M1GEO	173	G8CRB	158	M0IDA	145	704
9	Brimham CG	G4RCG	240	G7SLP	190	G4RCD	185	M0CTP	83	698
10	Cray Valley RS 'A'	G4FNL	275	M0WDT	159	G7TWC	127	G4BUO	115	676
11	Tall Trees CG 'A'	G6A	177	G5V	150	M9M	141	M1DDD	127	595
12	Sheffield & DWS	G4N	232	G5TO	185	G8EQD	96	M5DWI	79	592
13	Spalding & DARS 'B'	G3VIP	175	G4EBK	139	G4LPD	125	G0SDM	107	546
14	Chesham & DARS	G4CZB	193	G3CHR	175	G7LII	108	M0K	69	545
15	West Kent ARS	M1X	265	G4JED	110	G4CTY	103			478
16	Reading & DARC 'A'	M0DHO	205	G6AWF	101	M0MPM	85	G4RGK	65	456
17	Blackwood & DARS	GW0ARK	175	MW0CVT	121	2W0JJV	117			413
18	Norfolk ARC 'C'	2E0CEY	126	M0KKM	115	G8VPE	71	G4DYC	49	361
19	Christchurch ARS	G0MUD	184	M0KZC	148					332
20	Tall Trees CG 'B'	G3TDH	116	GW5L	109	G3RKF	73			298
21	Horsham ARC	G3SWC	159	G3ZBU	102					261
22	Bracknell ARC	M5N	159	M4C	82					241
23	Newbury & DARS 'B'	G6EES	103	G3WYW	66	G6ZVL	47			216
24	Hereford ARS	M2X	148	M8L	56					204
25	Camb-Hams 'C'	M0ZPU	105	M0KZT	64	M8VGU	32			201
26	Colchester RA	M8M	200							200
27	Malvern Hills RAC	G4IDF	188							188
28	Scunthorpe Steel ARC	G5C	173							173
29	Braintree & DARS	M5D	146	G4LBJ	17					163
30	Grampian Hilltoppers Radio Group	GM5G	150							150
31	Northern Fells CG	G4FZN	141							141
32	Leicester RS	G5UM	132							132
33	Swindon & DARC	G1P	128							128
34	Bristol CG 'B'	G4NKT	103							103
35	Cray Valley RS 'B'	M0MDR	101							101
36	Stockport RS	M1PTR	92							92
37	South Kesteven ARS	G4GNK	60							60
38	Reading & DARC 'B'	G0LHZ	35							35
39	Stevenage & DARS	M0KNM	31							31

RSGB AFS 80m-40m Contests Datamodes 2026
General Club Scores
Pos	Club	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Call	Score	Total	Pos Cert
1	Three As CG 'A'	G4PIQ	373	MW4R	244	G3P	243	GW9J	189	1,049
2	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	G4ARI	249	M2A	244	G4ZFE	233	G4DZL	194	920
3	Echelford ARS 'A'	G0W	177	G7D	176	G4TSH	154	M0SAR	139	646
4	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	G8FCQ	179	G4SJX	167	G4GVC	115	G0ATR	20	481
5	RSGB Contest Club	G8X	216	G6P	190	G8OLA	73			479
6	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	G4EFT	145	G4CTP	109	G3SJX	99	G3VYI	85	438
7	Harwell ARS	M5M	249	G8CUL	133					382
8	GMDX	MM2N	202	MM1E	110	GM4M	67			379
9	Three As CG 'B'	G2NF	158	GM3X	137					295
10	Verulam ARC	G3V	92	G4IYT	86	M2E	41	G4DJX	17	236
11	Radio Officers Association	G2F	163							163
12	Echelford ARS 'B'	G0JOS	91	G7OXK	55					146
13	Caithness ARS	GM4JYB	132							132
14	Appledore & DARC	G0FGI	111							111
15	RAFARS	G0RAF	90							90
16	Addiscombe ARC 'B'	G4WGE	70							70
17	Salop ARS	M5LMG	65							65

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	94	61	123	96	373	Three As CG 'A'	600
2	M4A	84	46	109	65	298	Camb-Hams 'A'	900
3	G4FNL	67	40	92	78	275	Cray Valley RS 'A'	500
4	M0NKR	97	29	81	55	262	Norfolk ARC 'A'	1,000
5	M3E (G4CWH)	86	21	100	60	260	Camb-Hams 'A'	1,000
6	M7W (G3TBK)	89	31	103	36	256	Spalding & DARS 'A'	550
7	G4ARI	88	36	69	58	249	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	400
8	M2A (G3ORY)	88	24	90	43	244	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	400
8	MW4R (GW4XUM)	62	51	90	48	244	Three As CG 'A'	1,000
10	G3P (G3WPH)	66	28	98	54	243	Three As CG 'A'	300
11	G4RCG	76	23	96	48	240	Brimham CG	400
12	M7Z (G4BWP)	68	39	86	39	230	Camb-Hams 'A'	800
13	G3PYE	55	44	82	49	228	Camb-Hams 'B'	500
14	G7C (M0CHK)	51	34	77	64	225	Spalding & DARS 'A'	1,000
15	G8X (G4FJK)	102	0	114	0	216	RSGB Contest Club	1,000
16	MM2N (MM0GPZ)	62	28	79	38	202	GMDX	700
17	G4DSP (M0JRU)	46	57	47	56	200	Spalding & DARS 'A'	500
18	G3RXP	75	13	79	37	199	Spalding & DARS 'A'	400
19	M0XAC	53	29	57	58	197	Gloucester AR&ES	180
20	G7SLP	76	16	59	39	190	Brimham CG	400
20	G4AFF	69	39	62	22	190	Norfolk ARC 'B'	750
22	GW9J (GW0GEI)	43	37	65	52	189	Three As CG 'A'	900
23	G4LPP	72	9	56	50	185	Norfolk ARC 'B'	1,000
24	G2NF	94	12	56	0	158	Three As CG 'B'	600
25	GM5G	66	4	56	32	150	Grampian Hilltoppers Radio Group	500
26	M2X (G4ASR)	0	9	92	49	148	Hereford ARS	500
27	G4FZN	50	0	94	0	141	Northern Fells CG	250
28	GM3X (GM3POI)	57	7	69	11	137	Three As CG 'B'	1,000
29	G4LPD	27	20	45	41	125	Spalding & DARS 'B'	300
30	G4BUO	61	0	58	0	115	Cray Valley RS 'A'	400
31	G4CTY	23	31	25	24	103	West Kent ARS	400
32	G3SJX	67	0	32	0	99	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	500
33	M0CTP	75	0	10	0	83	Brimham CG	400

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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	76	78	113	99	364	Gloucester AR&ES	100
2	M4N (G4IZZ)	87	64	72	81	304	Gloucester AR&ES	100
3	G4BVY	71	57	89	69	286	Bristol CG 'A'	100
4	G4IVV	65	78	27	101	270	Camb-Hams 'A'	100
5	M1X (G0CKP)	85	38	90	52	265	West Kent ARS	100
6	G3G (G3XLG)	73	67	51	72	260	Norfolk ARC 'A'	100
7	M5M (G4BRK)	70	49	82	48	249	Harwell ARS	90
8	G3PDH	81	30	76	52	239	Norfolk ARC 'A'	100
9	G4ZFE	78	31	80	47	233	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	100
10	G4N (G4ZVB)	49	32	96	59	232	Sheffield & DWS	100
11	GW5P (GW0EGH)	89	28	58	56	231	Bristol CG 'A'	100
12	G3KLH	85	9	88	38	219	Newbury & DARS 'A'	100
13	G3LDI	86	37	64	23	209	Norfolk ARC 'A'	100
14	M0DHO	67	35	38	65	205	Reading & DARC 'A'	100
15	G3RVM	61	35	75	35	204	Newbury & DARS 'A'	100
16	M8M (G0JJG)	66	31	74	31	200	Colchester RA	100
17	G8OO	78	10	106	4	195	Norfolk ARC 'B'	100
18	G4DZL	45	21	81	49	194	De Montfort University ARS 'A'	50
19	G4CZB	54	46	58	35	193	Chesham & DARS	100
20	G4OZG	45	14	75	59	192	Norfolk ARC 'B'	100
21	G6P (G4FAL)	52	21	64	59	190	RSGB Contest Club	100
22	G4IDF	21	62	82	23	188	Malvern Hills RAC	100
23	G4RCD	53	36	58	38	185	Brimham CG	100
23	G5TO (G3PHO)	71	47	7	61	185	Sheffield & DWS	100
25	G0MUD	71	17	63	33	184	Christchurch ARS	100
26	G8FCQ	70	13	80	19	179	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	100
27	G6A (G3VDB)	54	15	61	47	177	Tall Trees CG 'A'	100
27	G0W (G0VDZ)	47	52	49	30	177	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
29	G7D (G3XTZ)	66	41	55	16	176	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
30	G3VIP	46	41	44	45	175	Spalding & DARS 'B'	40
30	G3CHR	18	42	58	59	175	Chesham & DARS	100
30	GW0ARK	53	22	76	28	175	Blackwood & DARS	100
33	M1GEO	45	34	48	48	173	Camb-Hams 'B'	100
33	M0DDT	42	21	67	46	173	Newbury & DARS 'A'	100
33	G5C (G4OGB)	65	27	43	44	173	Scunthorpe Steel ARC	50
36	G7NJX	24	49	53	46	170	Bristol CG 'A'	100
37	G4SJX	40	13	78	38	167	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	100
38	G2F (M0URL)	44	41	34	47	163	Radio Officers Association	100
39	M0WDT	28	28	65	41	159	Cray Valley RS 'A'	100
39	M5N (G0GJV)	52	34	40	39	159	Bracknell ARC	100
41	G8CRB	48	30	43	39	158	Camb-Hams 'B'	100
42	G4TSH	51	34	38	31	154	Echelford ARS 'A'	80
43	G3TKF	60	0	69	28	151	Bristol CG 'A'	100
44	G5V (G3KAF)	33	16	80	26	150	Tall Trees CG 'A'	100
45	M0KZC	39	24	45	40	148	Christchurch ARS	100
46	M0IDA	42	44	31	30	145	Camb-Hams 'B'	100
46	G4EFT	28	25	61	37	145	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	50
48	M9M (G4BEE)	5	39	20	77	141	Tall Trees CG 'A'	70
49	M0SAR	30	8	58	43	139	Echelford ARS 'A'	100
49	G4EBK	0	71	0	70	139	Spalding & DARS 'B'	75
51	G8CUL	0	41	14	78	133	Harwell ARS	100
52	G4DBW	0	0	62	70	132		100
52	GM4JYB	29	31	31	44	132	Caithness ARS	100
54	G1P (M0IEP)	39	7	49	34	128	Swindon & DARC	100
55	G7TWC	18	44	44	23	127	Cray Valley RS 'A'	100
55	M1DDD	12	21	61	36	127	Tall Trees CG 'A'	100
57	2E0CEY	27	24	66	11	126	Norfolk ARC 'C'	100
58	MW0CVT	48	12	53	11	121	Blackwood & DARS	30
59	2W0JJV	30	11	35	44	117	Blackwood & DARS	70
60	G4GVC	48	0	67	0	115	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	50
60	M0KKM	43	0	59	16	115	Norfolk ARC 'C'	50
62	G0FGI	14	0	99	0	111	Appledore & DARC	99
63	G4JED	45	0	53	14	110	West Kent ARS	100
63	MM1E (MM0GOR)	11	11	49	44	110	GMDX	100
65	GW5L (GW4ZAR)	50	20	29	10	109	Tall Trees CG 'B'	100
65	G4CTP	38	20	35	21	109	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	80
67	G3ZGC	11	17	57	24	108	Newbury & DARS 'A'	100
67	G7LII	24	10	32	43	108	Chesham & DARS	100
69	G0SDM	34	24	30	20	107	Spalding & DARS 'B'	100
70	M0ZPU	0	39	0	68	105	Camb-Hams 'C'	100
71	G4NKT	14	27	39	30	103	Bristol CG 'B'	100
72	G3ZBU	8	19	53	23	102	Horsham ARC	50
73	G6AWF	47	0	55	0	101	Reading & DARC 'A'	80
73	M0MDR	0	0	67	37	101	Cray Valley RS 'B'	100
75	M8JLZ	0	3	64	33	98	Gloucester AR&ES	90
76	G8EQD	0	39	21	36	96	Sheffield & DWS	50
77	M1PTR	41	0	53	0	92	Stockport RS	100
77	G3V (G4KZD)	38	55	0	0	92	Verulam ARC	600
79	G0JOS	39	0	53	0	91	Echelford ARS 'B'	90
80	G0RAF (G4HIV)	52	1	22	16	90	RAFARS	90
81	G4IYT	1	16	16	54	86	Verulam ARC	100
82	G3VYI	0	40	0	46	85	Addiscombe ARC 'A'	100
82	M0MPM	24	26	18	20	85	Reading & DARC 'A'	100
84	M5DWI	0	0	31	48	79	Sheffield & DWS	90
85	G8OLA	19	21	25	9	73	RSGB Contest Club	100
85	G3RKF	5	23	17	36	73	Tall Trees CG 'B'	90
87	G8VPE	71	0	0	0	71	Norfolk ARC 'C'	50
88	G4WGE	0	0	71	0	70	Addiscombe ARC 'B'	100
89	M0K (G8FMC)	13	14	27	15	69	Chesham & DARS	100
90	G3WYW	39	0	27	0	66	Newbury & DARS 'B'	100
91	M5LMG	0	0	66	0	65	Salop ARS	100
91	G4RGK	23	0	44	0	65	Reading & DARC 'A'	100
93	M0KZT	19	13	20	13	64	Camb-Hams 'C'	80
94	G4GNK	15	23	3	20	60	South Kesteven ARS	60
95	G7OXK	43	0	14	0	55	Echelford ARS 'B'	100
96	G4DYC	14	0	35	0	49	Norfolk ARC 'C'	90
97	G6ZVL	14	0	35	0	47	Newbury & DARS 'B'	100
98	GU0UVH	20	0	16	6	42		50
99	M2E (G0RPM)	0	0	28	13	41	Verulam ARC	100
100	G0LHZ	17	0	20	0	35	Reading & DARC 'B'	100
101	M8VGU	0	0	34	0	32	Camb-Hams 'C'	100
102	M0KNM	0	0	0	32	31	Stevenage & DARS	70
103	G0ATR	0	6	9	5	20	De Montfort University ARS 'B'	20
104	G4LBJ	19	0	0	0	17	Braintree & DARS	100

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RSGB AFS Data Contest 2026

So to the results

This contest is part of the following contest series HF Championship AFS Super League 2025-26

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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	OK1DOL	70	0	118	0	185		200
2	PD2PKM	0	0	63	74	134		100
3	PD2GSP	0	0	80	57	132		85
4	PA2JCB	10	14	45	44	111		50
5	PI4APD	34	0	75	0	107		100
6	OE5TXF (G3TXF)	63	0	44	0	105		100
7	PE1PIX	13	23	30	37	102		100
8	PA3DBS	21	0	50	35	101		100
9	DL4ME	23	32	25	20	100		10
10	PC2F	0	0	46	51	97		10
11	PE2K	0	0	44	59	96		5
12	PA2VS	0	0	39	36	75		50
13	DF5BX	38	0	31	0	68		120
14	PE1LZZ	3	1	41	22	66		80
15	PH3T	12	0	56	0	64		100
16	LA2XNA	0	0	57	0	56		100
17	F5TLF	22	0	29	0	50		600
18	PA2A	36	0	13	0	47		100
19	EI8KN	0	14	0	32	45		100
20	HG1G	0	0	14	28	41		70
21	DL1GWW	0	8	0	20	27		25
22	SC6O (SM6OEF)	0	0	24	0	24		100
23	DM6WAN	0	0	20	0	20		100
24	PA7BM	0	0	11	7	18		100
25	PA0FVH	0	0	17	0	15		100