Radio Society of Great Britain. Official HF. Contest Results.
Results. Low Power Field Day 2005.
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Low Power Contest, 2005. Hot weather during low power field day is getting to
be a regular occurrence, so much so, there are a few
portable stations who are now combining the contest
with their club outing/BBQ. If the activity dries up
–then ‘have another burger’ is the
call. Congratulations to Colin GI0RQK who wins section A (10W fixed) and wins the 1930 Committee Cup, G3XYC operated G4FOX/P and wins the Section B class (10W /P) and the Houston-Fergus Trophy. In the 3W sections (Section D) Tim G4ARI/P wins the Southgate Trophy and Graham G3VIP wins Section C (3W fixed). A few stations, especially the portable ones are using this event to encourage CW contest operation within their club and while this is a serious event using QRP, its also a good opportunity to ‘get involved’ with contests. Most log errors could have been prevented by physically checking the log before pressing that magic <enter> key. A common error was the 2W5 sent as a power rating, in a number of logs it came out as 2W missing the 5 off. One of the main areas of concern was with the scoring ,70% of the logs received were scored incorrectly, some were out as much as 50% !!. It would be a help to see the points per QSO in another column, this would enable errors and to be noticed instantly. I would like to mention that G4ARN/P (op,G3PDH&
M0DFF),EI7GY, and DL1LAW had error free logs. So if you are planning a Club outing next year and you want to encourage new CW operators give Low Power field day an airing. Thank you to the following stations for check logs.
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Soapbox.
G4FOX/P WX and band condx very good –
didn’t seem to be as many portable stations this year
– Very enjoyable Sunday.
G4EDG/P Severe QSB at times on 80m. Superb WX all went together
OK – No problems. Good format. Typed logs up after the
Contest.
GM3JKS/P Three more contacts than last year!! Shorter feeder?
Band blanked out 1500 Could do with more participants –
promote better.
G4ARI/P Brilliant WX, but very hot in car. Tried NVIS ground
wires this year – not sure if they made any difference.
G4AYM/P Rig TS430 132ft centre fed in inverted V at 11m.
G4HRC/P FT817 with full size G5RV
G5BK/P At least the fade out never appeared this year. Any
contest that takes an hour out for a civilised lunch is tops.
OP G4ENA
GU0IDA/P Enjoyed the contest but found it hard work being
so far South.
G3VIP FT301 ant 40m long wire –Homebrew logger –Lots
of /P stations on. Deep QSB on 40m.
G2CP/P Hard Drive failure during preparation. Trouble with
serial connection on Lap top –Problem with noise from
inverter. Check log.
G3KKQ Condx poor. Could shorten afternoon session. Ant 50m
wire loop bent 160m doublet.
G4AON 100 ft doublet in inverted V with apex at 31ft. Logged
live with SD.
DJ6BQ TS870s ant R7000
G4BLI/P 80m this year was appalling. Went on 40m as soon as
possible.
G4DDX Had intended to go /P but events changed – would
have burnt to a cinder. Poor condx with some exceptions. Very
enjoyable.
G8IB/P Band Cndx made for a challenging contest, heavy QSB
–strange skip into EU. Lots of fun, beautiful day. OP
G4FON
G4OGB Hard going in the afternoon –almost fell asleep
at the helm.
G4DBW Hard work typing up the paper log to produce cabrillo
log after test. Good fun lots of activity.
G3WKS/P My first HF CW contest and I really enjoyed it. Thanks
to all those who responded to requests of QRS. Thanks to G8SRL
for battery.
G4ARN/P First time club has entered this test. Part of our
annual club family outing and BBQ at the seaside. Ops’
G3PDH, M0DFF
GM0ELP Tough going now I know what MM3’s feel like.
RFI in keyer, used SD. Excellent fun.
DL2XL/P I had lots of fun – SU agn. Dipole for 40 +80m
G3YMC Due to commitments started late in aft. Good contest,
80m hard work. Sigs weak, heavy absorption and QSB –
used a bit of ESP.
DD1IM Short term operating but better than 2004. Due to noise
some stations were too weak to log. Met some friends vy nice
hpe CUAGN.
OO6NW/P Doublet 2x 12 metres.
PA5V/P TS930 30m long wire between 2 trees. SPG-650 generator.
DL3ZM/P FT817 Dipole 6 metres high.
GW4LZP Long periods when I couldn’t work anyone. Nevertheless
I had a lot of fun.
PA1W Rig = K2 adjusted to 3W, ant folded dipole. I like this
kind of contest., hope to be /P next year.
OO5JD TS120v ant 2X 19m Dipole Ant tuner AT402.
G4CZB Token entry – had to go out just after 10am.
G3LHJ Just having fun giving the boys some points.
DK5RY DTR7 2W5, ant 27m up 6 m.
DL1LAW Log handwritten during contest, post contest computed.
Very fine contest again.
G3KZR IC735 with outboard PA. Inverted L
DL2BQD A bit of QRM fighting with gardener – gardener
won! Fun anyway CU next year.
RW3AI Icom 7800 Ant inverted V.
DH3FAW/P K1 3W GP ant.
RU2FM 80/40m poor condx for working many QRP stations during
the day time. May be need 20m for nice contest.
DL2NBY Sloper 18m long.
2E0KOP Hard work, poor conditions. Good learning contest for
me.