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RSGB Contest Results International Low Power Contest 2023   
v4.158 by G4CLA

What a contrast in the UK weather compared to last year!  With almost record-breaking temperatures in 2022, for many UK&CD entrants this year there were high winds with intermittent rain.  Quite the opposite in southern Europe which was experiencing exceptionally high temperatures with devastating forest fires in some areas.  However, with the SFI still 170+ band propagation did not disappoint, 40m was good for contacts around the UK&CD and into Europe throughout the day and 20m was available for short skip QSOs from the start.  There were just a few contacts on 80m between UK&CD and non-UK stations so not a band useful to those located outside the UK.  DX was rare with only three QSOs, all with stations in the USA on 20m.

The number of logs received from UK&CD portables has been fairly static over the last few years, but there was a steady increase in both UK&CD fixed stations and non-UK fixed/portable stations, overall up by 45% compared to last year and 60% up on 2021, a very welcome trend.  There were also a further 105 stations in the logs running 10W or less, quite a few making a significant number of contacts.  For the second year running entrants could specify assisted or unassisted and it was noted that a higher percentage opted this year for assisted even though the trophies are only awarded to unassisted entries.

The frequency recommendations introduced two years ago continue to work well for this contest, helping to distance the low power stations away from the annual EA (domestic-only) contest running at the same time.  However entrants are again reminded that the overall frequency limits must be adhered to, in particular the upper limit of 14060kHz which ensures compliance with the IARU Region 1 band plan, a few contacts were disallowed where the logged frequency was above 14060kHz.

Congratulations to all the Trophy and Certificate winners and another vote of thanks to Colin G4CWH for again publicising the event in advance by contacting individuals in the QRP community and posting to appropriate reflectors.  Andy G4PIQ again challenged us with a 10mW entry, this year achieving a most creditable place in the table!

John G4CZB






This contest is part of the following contest series HF Championship 




1 / 10
G4CWH/P
I was slow off the grid and found myself at the back after the first turn, but i kept slogging and seemed to recover. Nice conditions over EU and entries seemed....
2 / 10
G3L
Condx not so good found bands very noisey. 80M pretty useless until the end of test then signals very weak. did enjoy the contest as always the second half was ....
3 / 10
UW7CN
4 / 10
DF0SX
OP DF5EN. Reactivated my old Yaesu FT-301S from 1978. The missing CAT interface was replaced by paper& pencil. Thanks for the great contest.
5 / 10
DL3CQ
A lot of fun again this year. But also when not working at 28C in the attic, the X1M needs permanent cooling from underneath by separate fan, even if just on RX....
6 / 10
G7WHI/P
7 / 10
DK3AX
8 / 10
G4ARI/P
Portable QTH - Willow Farm Near Markfield (NGR SK464090) Weather was sunshine but with very heavy showers and rain static so entirely different from last year!
9 / 10
ON5IA
10 / 10
G2HX/P
Start Slide Show


International Low Power Contest 16/07/23
Retrieving...
UK 10W Fixed
Pos   
Callsign
Assistance
80m Qs
80m Points
40m Qs
40m Points
20m Qs
20m Points
QSOs
UBNs
Score
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
G4A (G4TSH)
ASSISTED
35
370
101
995
40
400
176
1,765
10
 
 
 
 
 2
G3TBK
UNASSISTED
29
290
101
1,030
42
365
172
1,685
9
 
 
 
 
 3
M5DX (G4FAL)
UNASSISTED
22
235
73
750
38
360
133
1,345
10
 
 
 
 
4
G3SWC
UNASSISTED
16
185
74
735
23
240
113
1,160
10
 
 
 
 
 5
M1X (G0CKP)
ASSISTED
21
235
57
615
12
115
90
965
10
 
 
 
 
6
GI0RQK
UNASSISTED
0
0
64
680
28
235
92
915
10
 
 
 
 
7
M2D (G4NVR)
ASSISTED
8
85
66
700
12
115
86
900
9
 
 
 
 
8
GM4JYB
UNASSISTED
1
10
55
555
25
235
81
800
9
 
 
 
 
9
2E0OBO
ASSISTED
0
0
69
680
8
85
77
765
10
 
 
 
 
10
MX5C (G4EUW)
ASSISTED
0
-10
61
615
4
30
65
635
10
 
 
 
 
11
M3X (M0IHT)
UNASSISTED
0
0
59
600
2
25
61
625
10
 
 
 
 
12
GW4J (GW0ETF)
UNASSISTED
5
60
36
380
11
105
52
545
10
 
 
 
 
12
GM3A (MM0JOM)
UNASSISTED
0
0
37
360
21
185
58
545
10
 
 
 
 
14
G4SDX
UNASSISTED
7
80
34
360
9
85
50
525
10
 
 
 
 
15
G4DJX
UNASSISTED
1
10
25
260
0
0
26
270
10
 
 
 
 
16
G3ZGC
ASSISTED
0
0
24
260
0
0
24
260
10
 
 
 
 
17
G4SMB
UNASSISTED
0
0
22
210
4
40
26
250
10
 
 
 
 
18
MM2T (GM0LIR)
ASSISTED
0
0
22
220
0
0
22
220
5
 
 
 
 
19
G4ZZL
ASSISTED
0
0
19
145
5
50
24
195
10
 
 
 
 
20
GW4OKT
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
21
160
21
160
10
 
 
 
 
21
G0ATR
ASSISTED
0
0
18
140
0
0
18
140
10
 
 
 
 
22
G3XYF
UNASSISTED
0
0
8
90
0
0
8
90
9
 
 
 
 
23
GM3ZRT
ASSISTED
0
0
6
75
0
0
6
75
10
 
 
 
 
24
G2NF
ASSISTED
1
10
6
65
2
-5
9
70
10
 
 
 
 
 
Retrieving...
UK 10W Portable
Pos   
Callsign
Assistance
80m Qs
80m Points
40m Qs
40m Points
20m Qs
20m Points
QSOs
UBNs
Score
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
GM3BSQ/P (GM3WIJ)
UNASSISTED
0
0
70
710
33
290
103
1,000
10
 
 
 
 
 2
G7WHI/P
ASSISTED
21
230
61
595
13
115
95
940
9
 
 
 
 
3
G2HX/P
ASSISTED
18
195
58
575
13
120
89
890
10
 
 
 
 
4
G0TMT/P
ASSISTED
0
0
85
775
9
70
94
845
9
 
 
 
 
5
GI4ERW/P
UNASSISTED
0
0
9
90
0
0
9
90
10
 
 
 
 
5
G7NJX/P
UNASSISTED
0
0
8
80
1
10
9
90
10
 
 
 
 
 
Retrieving...
Non UK 10W Fixed/Portable
Pos   
Callsign
Assistance
80m Qs
80m Points
40m Qs
40m Points
20m Qs
20m Points
QSOs
UBNs
Score
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
DF0SX (DF5EN)
ASSISTED
0
0
66
665
22
215
88
880
10
 
 
 
 
 2
DL9EE
UNASSISTED
0
0
52
530
27
280
79
810
10
 
 
 
 
 3
PA2PCH
UNASSISTED
0
0
38
410
16
160
54
570
10
 
 
 
 
4
DK3YD
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
31
330
32
340
10
 
 
 
 
5
EI7GY
UNASSISTED
0
0
25
260
1
10
26
270
10
 
 
 
 
6
SD1A (SM1TDE)
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
25
260
25
260
10
 
 
 
 
7
OK1TN
ASSISTED
0
0
19
170
8
55
27
225
10
 
 
 
 
8
OH5MQ
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
22
205
22
205
10
 
 
 
 
9
DL1YCF
UNASSISTED
0
0
19
200
0
0
19
200
10
 
 
 
 
10
PA7HPH
UNASSISTED
0
0
19
165
3
10
22
175
10
 
 
 
 
11
S5/M0MPM
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
15
155
15
155
10
 
 
 
 
12
YU9YAU
ASSISTED
0
0
0
0
15
150
15
150
10
 
 
 
 
13
SE0B (SA0BXV)
UNASSISTED
0
0
4
40
11
105
15
145
10
 
 
 
 
13
DH0JAE/P
UNASSISTED
0
0
10
85
7
60
17
145
10
 
 
 
 
15
HB9EP (HB9FBL)
ASSISTED
0
0
5
45
6
75
11
120
10
 
 
 
 
15
PC6R
ASSISTED
0
0
14
120
0
0
14
120
10
 
 
 
 
17
PA3DRL
UNASSISTED
0
0
10
110
0
0
10
110
10
 
 
 
 
18
DL2ZA
UNASSISTED
1
5
8
45
5
50
14
100
10
 
 
 
 
19
OV2T
ASSISTED
0
0
10
95
0
-10
10
85
10
 
 
 
 
20
ON9TT
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
4
40
4
40
10
 
 
 
 
20
DK3AX
UNASSISTED
0
0
5
40
0
0
5
40
10
 
 
 
 
22
DC1YY
UNASSISTED
0
0
6
20
0
0
6
20
10
 
 
 
 
 
Retrieving...
Non UK 5W Fixed/Portable
Pos   
Callsign
Assistance
80m Qs
80m Points
40m Qs
40m Points
20m Qs
20m Points
QSOs
UBNs
Score
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
LY9A
UNASSISTED
0
0
18
190
101
1,045
119
1,235
5
 
 
 
 
 2
DM7AA
ASSISTED
0
0
46
480
52
560
98
1,040
5
 
 
 
 
 3
DL3CQ
UNASSISTED
0
0
59
590
17
175
76
765
3.5
 
 
 
 
4
S51Z
ASSISTED
0
0
1
10
65
680
66
690
5
 
 
 
 
5
DL6KVA
ASSISTED
0
0
18
140
47
470
65
610
5
 
 
 
 
6
DF2RQ
UNASSISTED
0
0
31
300
31
295
62
595
5
 
 
 
 
7
LY5G
UNASSISTED
0
0
5
45
53
540
58
585
5
 
 
 
 
8
PA0RDT
UNASSISTED
4
15
41
355
11
120
56
490
5
 
 
 
 
9
DF7XR
UNASSISTED
0
0
24
250
15
145
39
395
5
 
 
 
 
9
PA3ADU
UNASSISTED
0
0
38
350
4
45
42
395
5
 
 
 
 
11
F6JOE
UNASSISTED
0
0
37
385
0
0
37
385
5
 
 
 
 
12
SO3O
ASSISTED
0
0
8
70
32
300
40
370
1
 
 
 
 
13
DF6RI
UNASSISTED
0
0
7
80
25
260
32
340
5
 
 
 
 
14
DL2LQC
UNASSISTED
0
0
9
90
16
155
25
245
5
 
 
 
 
15
HA2ZB
ASSISTED
0
0
0
0
20
230
20
230
5
 
 
 
 
15
OE3OPW
UNASSISTED
0
0
3
20
20
210
23
230
5
 
 
 
 
17
LB2WD
UNASSISTED
0
0
5
40
19
170
24
210
5
 
 
 
 
18
SM/DJ4DX/P
UNASSISTED
0
0
1
10
21
190
22
200
5
 
 
 
 
19
DJ1OJ
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
19
195
19
195
5
 
 
 
 
19
OM4AA
UNASSISTED
0
0
2
20
17
175
19
195
5
 
 
 
 
21
ON7CC
UNASSISTED
2
25
15
140
0
0
17
165
5
 
 
 
 
22
IU4BNS
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
15
155
15
155
4
 
 
 
 
23
DM6EE
ASSISTED
0
0
11
110
4
40
15
150
5
 
 
 
 
24
DL4ME
ASSISTED
0
0
13
130
0
0
13
130
5
 
 
 
 
25
UW7CN
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
4
40
4
40
1
 
 
 
 
25
PA3BUD
UNASSISTED
0
0
3
30
2
10
5
40
5
 
 
 
 
25
ON5IA
UNASSISTED
0
0
10
40
0
0
10
40
5
 
 
 
 
28
DH9NAD/P
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
0
-20
0
0
5
 
 
 
 
 
Retrieving...
UK 5W Fixed
Pos   
Callsign
Assistance
80m Qs
80m Points
40m Qs
40m Points
20m Qs
20m Points
QSOs
UBNs
Score
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
G4FNL
UNASSISTED
22
240
86
875
35
325
143
1,440
5
 
 
 
 
 2
G4PVM
UNASSISTED
17
195
90
895
32
255
139
1,345
5
 
 
 
 
3
G3RWF
UNASSISTED
23
240
77
795
17
160
117
1,195
5
 
 
 
 
 4
G3LDI
ASSISTED
17
195
58
615
18
190
93
1,000
5
 
 
 
 
5
M5S (G4IRN)
UNASSISTED
19
210
53
555
19
185
91
950
5
 
 
 
 
6
G3VYI
UNASSISTED
11
125
53
520
21
210
85
855
5
 
 
 
 
7
G3YLA
UNASSISTED
5
60
62
645
2
20
69
725
5
 
 
 
 
8
G3L (G3LHJ)
UNASSISTED
6
60
52
505
15
140
73
705
5
 
 
 
 
9
G4LPP
ASSISTED
11
115
57
575
0
0
68
690
5
 
 
 
 
10
G3N (G3OTK)
UNASSISTED
0
0
47
515
13
125
60
640
5
 
 
 
 
11
G0MTN
ASSISTED
6
70
43
420
11
110
60
600
5
 
 
 
 
12
GI4SJQ
ASSISTED
0
0
34
335
23
225
57
560
5
 
 
 
 
13
G3NKS
UNASSISTED
4
35
42
430
2
20
48
485
5
 
 
 
 
14
G4PIQ
ASSISTED
9
105
17
195
5
55
31
355
0.01
 
 
 
 
15
G3VIP
ASSISTED
5
70
13
165
11
95
29
330
5
 
 
 
 
16
G0W (G0VDZ)
ASSISTED
5
60
21
240
2
20
28
320
5
 
 
 
 
17
G3ZBU
UNASSISTED
1
10
19
210
6
60
26
280
5
 
 
 
 
18
G5C (G4OGB)
UNASSISTED
0
0
25
265
1
10
26
275
3
 
 
 
 
19
G3YHF
UNASSISTED
3
20
13
150
9
90
25
260
5
 
 
 
 
20
G4WAC (G3YHF)
UNASSISTED
2
20
17
190
5
40
24
250
5
 
 
 
 
21
GM3YEH
UNASSISTED
0
0
0
0
25
215
25
215
5
 
 
 
 
22
G0TDB
ASSISTED
0
0
0
0
19
160
19
160
5
 
 
 
 
23
G6GLP
UNASSISTED
0
0
9
100
0
0
9
100
5
 
 
 
 
24
GM0HUU
UNASSISTED
0
0
6
65
1
10
7
75
1
 
 
 
 
25
G8VPE
ASSISTED
2
20
0
0
1
0
3
20
0.5
 
 
 
 
 
Retrieving...
UK 5W Portable
Pos   
Callsign
Assistance
80m Qs
80m Points
40m Qs
40m Points
20m Qs
20m Points
QSOs
UBNs
Score
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Soapbox
show
Pos Cert
 1
G4ARI/P
UNASSISTED
26
280
99
1,015
13
130
138
1,425
5
 
 
 
 
 2
G4CWH/P
UNASSISTED
17
175
77
780
49
450
143
1,405
5
 
 
 
 
3
G4CZB/P
UNASSISTED
27
290
74
755
32
315
133
1,360
5
 
 
 
 
4
G0FQI/P
UNASSISTED
0
0
2
-15
3
0
5
0
5
 
 
 
 
 
Link to All QSOs File here
Many thanks for check logs received from  DG0KS,  DL8UKW,  DL8WJM,  F5VBU,  G3TQF,  G3WPH,  G4HPY,  G4WGE,  GU4YBW,  GX0SAC,  LY4L,  PA3ARM and SC6O