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    Radio Society of Great Britain. Official HF. Contest Results.

    Results - 80m Club Championships 2009

    Individual Sessions - 11th Feb Data

    Notes from the adjudicator:
    1. PSK QSOs must be indicated by the identifier 'PS'. This is the only value which the log entry Robot will accept.
    2. Please make sure to distinguish correctly between datamodes, marking all RTTY QSOs 'RY' and PSK QSOs 'PS'.

    Low Section.
    Pos Callsign RY PS
    Score
    Club
    1 GM4FAM 36 28 1000 GM DX Group
    2 G3TKF 34 21 805 Bristol CG
    3 G4CLA 21 24 783 Bristol CG
    4 G4FKA 27 22 777 Bristol CG
    5 GW4BVE 46 16 768 Tall Trees CG
    6 G3RWL 25 22 761 Hadley Wood CG
    7 G3ORY 44 15 727 De Montfort University ARS
    8 GM3POI 94 0 724 Orkney ARC
    9 G3SNU 40 16 722 Torbay ARS
    10 G3SEM 11 24 706 Norfolk ARC
    11 G0ADH 27 19 700 Harwell ARS
    12 G3VDB 9 24 690 Macclesfield WS
    13 G0ORH 46 11 639 Newbury & District ARS
    14 G3LDI 33 14 617 Norfolk ARC
    15 G0TZZ 15 19 607 Norfolk ARC
    16 G3VQO 13 19 592 Horsham ARC
    17 2E0IMW 17 17 571 Norfolk ARC
    18 GW4BLE 29 13 560 Three As CG
    19 M0RYB 22 15 558 Norfolk ARC
    20 G3LHJ 72 0 554 Torbay ARS
    21 GM0FGI 72 0 554 GM DX Group
    22 G3ZBU 45 8 554 Horsham ARC
    23 GM3SEK 71 0 547 Wigtownshire ARC
    24 G4RCG 67 0 516 Strictly CG
    25 G7SOZ 22 13 507 Norfolk ARC
    26 G4ZFE 62 1 504 De Montfort University ARS
    27 G3NPF 63 0 486 Horsham ARC
    28 G6AY 58 1 473 Three As CG
    29 G3SWC 41 6 472 Horsham ARC
    30 G3XVR 60 0 463 Newbury & District ARS
    31 GM0ELP 59 0 455 Lanarkshire CG
    32 G1VDP 58 0 447 Strumble Head DX & CG
    33 G3KNU 41 5 446 Scunthorpe Steel ARC
    34 G0DWV 27 9 442 Norfolk ARC
    35 G4WUG 27 9 442 Norfolk ARC
    36 GM3YEH 16 12 434 Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC
    37 M0TDW 31 7 420 Newbury & District ARS
    38 M0GJH 51 0 393 Horsham ARC
    39 G7SKR 24 8 392 Warrington ARC
    40 G3RHH 50 0 385 Christchurch ARS
    41 M0PTR 42 2 376 Flight Refuelling ARS
    42 G0IIQ 7 12 365 Grimsby ARS
    43 G4FAL 47 0 362 Sheffield ARC
    44 M0VBY 47 0 362 Worthing & DARC
    45 G4TQF 12 10 352 Tall Trees CG
    46 G6FOP 28 5 345 Newbury & District ARS
    47 G3SVD 38 2 345 Newbury & District ARS
    48 G3RSD 11 10 345 Grimsby ARS
    49 G3PHO 24 6 341 Sheffield ARC
    50 MW0CVT 0 13 337 Blackwood & DARS
    51 G0VGS 43 0 332 Sands CG
    52 G3YAJ 43 0 332 Colchester RA
    53 M0COP 36 2 329 Wythall RC
    54 M0TFX 5 11 324 Norfolk ARC
    55 G0RPM 34 2 314 Hadley Wood CG
    56 G4FQI 34 1 288 De Montfort University ARS
    57 M0CNP 26 3 279 Bittern DX Group
    58 G7VRK 36 0 277 Bittern DX Group
    59 M0WTG 29 2 276 Bittern DX Group
    60 M0PUD 29 1 250 Norfolk ARC
    61 G0HDV 32 0 247 Scunthorpe Steel ARC
    62 G3TXF 32 0 247 Three As CG
    63 G3YEC 32 0 247 Chelmsford ARS
    64 M0KTM 1 9 241 Newbury & District ARS
    65 G3KAF 11 6 241 Tall Trees CG
    66 G3RXQ 31 0 239 Shefford & DARS
    67 G0AJJ 7 7 235 Bittern DX Group
    68 GW0ETF 20 3 233 Dragon ARC
    69 G4EBK 30 0 232 Grimsby ARS
    70 G4FSU 16 4 228 Bristol CG
    71 G6UBM 1 8 215 West Kent ARS
    72 M0BXR 7 6 210 Warrington ARC
    73 M0AEU 20 2 207 Hog's Back ARC
    74 G2YL 20 1 181 Brimham CG
    75 G3UJE 23 0 178 Tall Trees CG
    76 G0OKF 19 1 173 Scunthorpe Steel ARC
    77 M1ADX 12 3 171 Norfolk ARC
    78 M0CES 20 0 155 RAF Waddington ARC
    79 G4LWB 18 0 139 Melton Mowbray ARS
    80 2E0WKZ 17 0 131 Brimham CG
    81 G0RPG 17 0 131 Warrington ARC
    82 G1RVP 17 0 131 Norfolk ARC
    83 G0SIQ 16 0 124 Bittern DX Group
    84 G1JCC 16 0 124 Shefford & DARS
    85 M0DCD 14 0 108 Brimham CG
    86 G0IBN 13 0 101 Chelmsford ARS
    87 G0LGJ/M 12 0 93 Norfolk ARC
    88 M0AEJ 12 0 93 Wythall RC
    89 M0RHS 12 0 93 Christchurch ARS
    90 M0DIW 10 0 78 RAF Waddington ARC
    91 G8OBP 0 2 53 De Montfort University ARS
    92 G3HRH 5 0 40 De Montfort University ARS
    93 M0LCC 4 0 32 Lymington Community Assn 
    94 2E0TQR 1 0 8 Torbay ARS

     

    G4FKA  
    First of the new-style data legs for me.  Wasn’t quite sure what to make of it.

    G4FQI  
    Who switched the band off halfway through?

    G4LWB  
    QRM! Some strong signals. Some EU activity.

    G4RCG   
    Good fun.  Started slow but then went into a nice steady pace.  All signals were strong – just kept getting clobbered by adjacent stations.

    G4WUG    Conditions better this time – a bit slow on PSK though.

    G7SKR   
    A bit late starting.  Conditions not bad until around 9pm but only worked 5 in last 30 mins.  A few more people on PSK this time.

    G7SOZ   
    Good fun chasing other NARC members up and down the band!

    GM0ELP   
    All good fun and plenty of activity.  Thanks to all who worked me.

    GM3SEK   
    Apologies for config trouble at start, then later in the contest I kicked the keyboard lead out of its socket!

    GW0ETF   
    Conditions seemed OK, but computer issues here!!

    GW4BLE   
    What a shambles!  I missed the first data evening this year (just ahead of which I had thought everything was running fine software-wise) but this time, at the very last minute, everything fell apart and I ended up with Writelog (for RTTY) and a combination of DX4WIN plus pen and paper for PSK contacts.  It can only get better for next month – I hope!

    GW4BVE   
    Conditions much better than January event.  Much less noise.  UK propagation went in the last 20 minutes or so.  My 2nd data contest and I’m trying hard to improve my operating techniques. Please be patient!

    M0AAA   
    My best score so far in the data.  Hard work with the FT817 and 5 watts, but great fun!

    M0AEU   
    Need more practice!

    M0CES    OK1DIG was a very loud signal.

    M0CNP   
    Got in a muddle several times with skip changing so hope I’ve allocated the right serial numbers to the right callsigns!

    M0DCD   
    Better than last time mixed modes, and enjoyed it more.  Even had cooling fan running for first time on FT950.

    M0KTM   
    Band died at 2100.

    M0LCC   
    First ever data contest.

    M0NKS   
    Lots of noise at the lower part of PSK band almost seemed deliberate at first.  Upper part of the rest of the band was unusable from this location.

    M0VBY   
    Great fun – as always!

    M0WTG   
    Much better contest.  Happy with that!

    M3VKL   
    Fun as always.

    M6JOE   
    First data contest entered.

    OK1DIG   
    Very nice contest.  I was impressed by the high level of activity of UK stations on RTTY. I hope my checklog helps.  73 and thanks for a nice RTTY evening.

    PA0MIR   
    Nice to have not forgotten this time.  Sadly enough I had to put the PS for mode [in the log] by hand so lucky I did not switch modes too often, HI.  Anyway, hoped to be back again next month but I see it is again our monthly club meeting so sorry, not home early enough I fear.
    QRP Section.
    Pos Callsign RY PS
    Score
    Club
    1 G3RVM 37 11 1000 Newbury & District ARS
    2 G3ZGC 36 7 865 Newbury & District ARS
    3 G3SHF 9 23 842 Stockport RS
    4 G4ABX 33 7 810 De Montfort University ARS
    5 G4ARI 13 18 768 De Montfort University ARS
    6 M0DDT 9 19 725 Newbury & District ARS
    7 G3YHV 29 5 678 Bristol CG
    8 G3VCA 37 0 677 RAF Waddington ARC
    9 G4LMW 18 10 624 Newbury & District ARS
    10 M3VKL 23 6 598 Brimham CG
    11 G0JLF 26 3 564 Bristol CG
    12 M0NKS 15 9 540 Newbury & District ARS
    13 G4WBV 21 4 502 Bristol CG
    14 G0KYA 11 10 496 Norfolk ARC
    15 G4WGE 27 0 494 Surrey RCC
    16 M0MDF 23 0 421 RAF Waddington ARC
    17 G0GFQ 10 8 419 Bittern DX Group
    18 G6UJC 13 5 386 Newbury & District ARS
    19 G3TLH 21 0 385 Bracknell ARC
    20 G0DAY 20 0 366 Lichfield ARS
    20 G3SET 20 0 366 RAF Waddington ARC
    20 M3TBK 20 0 366 Grimsby ARS
    23 G3VIP 15 3 364 Grimsby ARS
    24 G4OGB 17 1 341 Scunthorpe Steel ARC
    25 2E0ZWW 18 0 330 West Kent ARS
    25 M6JOE 18 0 330 Newquay & DARS
    27 M0AAA 16 1 323 Reading & DARC
    28 M3UZL 13 1 268 Brimham CG
    29 M1EBV 6 5 258 Bristol CG
    30 G3RIR 0 5 148 De Montfort University ARS
    31 G0GDU 8 0 147 Grimsby ARS
    31 G0VDZ 8 0 147 Three As CG
    33 G0TPH 3 0 56 De Montfort University ARS
    34 G4TSH 1 0 19 Three As CG


    Checklogs:
     G1XKZ, LA6BNA, OK1DIG, PA0MIR

    Note from the adjudicator:
    Some operators will notice that their callsigns are missing from the list or that they have lost a substantial proportion of their claimed score.  This is because they did not specify the Mode (ie PS or RY) for each contact.  Without this information adjudication is not possible.

    SOAPBOX:

    2E0RFS   
    Seemed like some were getting good results.  I did not seem to be getting out

    2E0TQR   
    My first attempt at RTTY/Contest and things did not go right – will do better next time.

    2E0ZWW   
    Just giving a few points away.

    G8NRP   
    Problems with antenna.

    G0DAY   
    Not sure what to expect, but for just 10W and a much bent doublet I think I did well.

    G0DWV   
    Getting the PC and software to work was interesting, but to have it play up and stop woring when changing modes was a pain!  At least band condx were better than last week.

    G0GDU   
    Long skip good for DX but not much use for inter-G working.  Only G stations I managed to work were at least 20dB over 9!

    G0GFQ   
    Big signals but they couldn’t hear me!!

    G0IBN   
    First RTTY – done on rig only – no computer control yet.

    G0JLF   
    Better than last time!

    G0KYA   
    Hard work. Long skip and program problems – oh dear!

    G0LGJ/M   
    Operated from car park with vertical mobile antenna.  Cold and wet!

    G0RPM   
    Great fun in my first CC digimode contest.  RTTY was great – PSK31 disappointing.

    G0SIQ   
    It was a quiet night.

    G0TZZ   
    Not sure about PSK for a contest mode.  Drying paint springs to mind, especially when it is so busy with European stations having QSOs.  Also, why send me your locator, name, address and the time you have your breakfast in a contest?  Pse keep it to the contest info only.  I nearly fell asleep with one QSO, it took so long! PS – CU all next week.

    G1VDP   
    Got the regular keyer with 30 mins to go and lost my Q rate.  I then moved frequency and someone decided to start up 10 mins after I got on there slightly (about 10Hz) up drowning any callers that were below S9.  He was having the same problem as me but insisted it was me who started up after him.  Bad operating practice!

    G2YL   
    Poor conditions again in North Yorkshire.

    G3HRH   
    Technical problems after 6 QSOs.  Distorted tones which were not apparent until reported.  Apologies to anyone who was inconvenienced.

    G3KAF   
    Problems with log & lap-top freezing!

    G3LDI   
    Propagation better, but still poor for this area.

    G3LHJ   
    Very enjoyable hour & half on RTTY.  Condx good, lots of activity but still lots of holes to run.  CU in the next one.

    G3PHO   
    Once again lousy propagation all night.  Heard few strong Gs and they faded out after 2100z. It was disturbing to see OK1DIG work many well-known UK calls that I could not even detect!  Roll on March!

    G3RXQ   
    First data contest – must try harder ..

    G3SNU   
    A struggle using PSK and RTTY in such a short contest.  I think the new rules a good idea, though.

    G3SVD   
    Another difficult datamode contest.  It seems that, especially on PSK but also to some extent on RTTY, my TX and RX frequencies were slightly different.

    G3SWC   
    First time on PSK mode but little activity.

    G3TKF   
    I think I ended up at some point on the same frequency as Nigel G3TXF – just had the impression we were working the same stations for 20mins or so!

    G3TLH   
    Conditions a bit better than January.  Sent RTTY on my paddle key using K3 CW-to-Data translation with FSK RTTY and no computer, except for logging.  This is now my preferred way of operating data modes.  Not too different from my usual CW operation.

    G3TXF   
    This time stuck to RTTY only, but obviously a balanced PSK-RTTY approach is needed to do well in this contest.

    G3UJE   
    Disastrous lead-in to contest with audio problems resulted in my missing the first 30 minutes.  Problems then with PSK.  Roll on SSB/CW tests.

    G3VCA   
    More contacts this time but I must get PSK31 working.  The band in a better shape than the last data contest.

    G3VDB   
    Left the switch from PSK to RTTY too late to balance the scores as inter-G propagation deteriorated.

    G3VIP   
    What a bind on PSK – sooner it’s dropped the better!

    G3VQO   
    Decided to start with 45 minutes of PSK – steady but not busy.  Overran my time slightly due to a sudden increase in callers.  Moved to RTTY about 2100.  A few quick QSOs then what I suspect was an unattended data station came up between my tones.  I moved away but somebody then turned off the propagation.  It then became hard going with just EU and a couple of GMs on what sounded like an otherwise empty band.

    G3YEC   
    Extremely peculiar conditions.  One minute quite readable signals – within seconds station gone!

    G3YHV   
    Good conditions this evening – tried QRP for the first time.

    G3ZBU   
    Very busy.  Good conditions, I thought, but very cold.

    G3ZGC   
    This is the first time I have tried PSK.  Interesting!  Some stations would not decode!  Anyway, conditions good at the start but poor at the end.

    G4ABX   
    Band conditions were poor after the first 45 minutes for inter G working.  PSK was a struggle for QRP.

    G4EBK   
    Another poor result from Eastern England.  Intended to use PSK as well but it decided not to play ball.  Maybe next time, with any luck.

    G4FAL   
    First outing on RTTY.  It’s a bit of a busman’s holiday – using computer control only, HI.  Conditions dropped off in the last half hour.