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    Radio Society of Great Britain. Official HF Contest Results

    Results, RSGB 21/28 MHz  Contest 2010

    RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest 2010
    UK Open Section
    Pos Callsign Single/
    Mult
    Category 21 SSB Q/M 21 CW Q/M   28 SSB Q/M 28 CW Q/M Total Score
    1GM3POISMIXED306/58172/510/00/0156306
    2MW0ZZKSSSB467/800/05/50/0120360
    3GM3WOJSMIXED168/50177/510/03/3108576
    4G4FALSMIXED159/48161/471/11/193702
    5M0TTGMMIXED91/36191/515/32/279764
    6G3SJJMMIXED99/40133/400/00/055680
    7G3TBKSCW0/0251/720/00/054216
    8G3SEMSSSB221/530/00/00/035139
    9G3SVDSMIXED153/463/31/10/023550
    10G3PHOSMIXED37/2291/320/00/021840
    11G6TWMSSB146/460/00/00/020148
    12G0ORHSCW0/0161/390/02/220049
    13G4RCGSCW0/0147/420/01/119092
    14G3WPHSCW0/0135/390/02/216851
    15G4AMTSCW0/0124/380/00/015276
    16G3JRMSMIXED32/1764/220/00/011232
    17GM4SIDSCW0/0115/320/00/011040
    18G4IUFSMIXED31/1367/230/00/010584
    19G3LHJSCW0/097/350/00/010185
    20G3MGWSSSB75/370/00/00/08325
    21GW4BLESSSB108/240/00/00/07776
    22G3GLLSCW0/084/270/00/06804
    23G3KNUSCW0/081/250/00/06075
    23G0HVQSMIXED21/553/170/01/16075
    25MW0CRISSSB63/250/00/00/04725
    26G3KZRSMIXED14/453/170/00/04221
    27M0CNPSMIXED28/1618/120/00/03864
    28G4BJMSCW0/049/200/00/02940
    29G3RVMSMIXED1/144/140/01/12208
    30G3ZGCSCW0/040/130/00/01560
    31G4DJXSCW0/030/120/01/11209
    32G4LMWMCW0/027/90/00/0729
    33G3LRSMSSB30/80/00/00/0720
    34G3TXFSCW0/016/90/00/0432
    35G0RPMSMIXED6/38/60/00/0378
    UK Restricted Section
    Pos Callsign Single/
    Mult
    Category 21 SSB Q/M 21 CW Q/M 28 SSB Q/M 28 CW Q/M Total Score
    1G3VYISCW0/0104/330/01/110710
    2G4ARISMIXED25/1266/250/00/010101
    3GI4DOHSMIXED8/881/210/00/07743
    4G4EBKSCW0/079/210/00/04977
    5G3RFHSCW0/074/210/00/04662
    6G4FSUSCW0/071/210/00/04473
    7MU0GSYSSSB59/220/00/00/03894
    8G0IBNSCW0/059/200/00/03540
    9G3RSDSCW0/052/180/00/02808
    10G3MPBSCW0/054/160/01/12805
    11GW0GEISMIXED10/730/130/00/02400
    12G0VAXSMIXED16/532/110/00/02304
    13M0AAASCW0/040/190/00/02280
    14MU0FALSCW0/042/180/00/02268
    15G4POFSMIXED19/720/100/00/01989
    16G8JXVSMIXED24/1011/80/00/01890
    17G4WGESMIXED9/526/100/00/01575
    18G4ZVBSSSB29/140/00/00/01218
    19GW4EVXSSSB25/150/00/00/01125
    20G3JJZSCW0/029/110/01/11060
    21G3ZSESSSB28/120/00/00/01008
    22G3RLESCW0/033/100/00/0990
    23G0GDUSCW0/026/90/00/0702
    24G0FYXMMIXED4/414/70/00/0594
    25G3WRRSMIXED1/116/100/00/0561
    26MW0LAOSSSB22/80/00/00/0528
    27G4KNOSSSB22/70/00/00/0462
    28G4DDXSCW0/014/80/00/0336
    29G7DDNSSSB9/50/00/00/0135
    30M0KISSCW0/05/50/00/075
    31G4LZZSSSB5/40/00/00/060
    32G6UBMSSSB2/20/00/00/012
    UK QRP Section
    Pos Callsign Single/
    Mult
    Category 21 SSB Q/M 21 CW Q/M 28 SSB Q/M 28 CW Q/M Total Score
    1M5ARCSSSB56/220/00/00/03696
    2G4GIRSCW0/030/130/00/01170
    3G4IWOSSSB6/513/80/00/0741
    4G4FDCSCW0/025/90/00/0675
    5M6ZSESCW0/019/80/00/0456
    6GM4UBJSCW0/06/50/00/090
    Overseas Open Section
    Pos Callsign Single/
    Mult
    Category 21 SSB Q/M 21 CW Q/M 28 SSB Q/M 28 CW Q/M Total Score
    1EO3QSMIXED109/6793/590/01/177343
    2UA3VVBSMIXED67/5587/630/00/054516
    3RZ3AXXSMIXED81/5366/470/00/044100
    4LZ2JRSMIXED70/5445/340/00/030360
    5RU3SDSSSB128/780/00/00/029952
    6K3ZOSMIXED47/3655/440/00/024480
    7RL2ASMIXED55/4151/340/00/023850
    8ZC4LISCW0/0107/690/00/022149
    9RK9JWVMMIXED40/2948/330/00/020088
    10RU3VVSMIXED50/4336/290/00/018576
    11RO3DXSMIXED44/3436/290/00/018360
    12R0AASMIXED38/3439/320/00/015246
    13N4BPSCW0/074/560/00/012432
    14RA3FDSCW0/067/510/00/010251
    15UA9JDPSSSB61/440/00/00/08052
    16LZ2UZSMIXED10/942/330/00/06552
    17UA9FGJSCW0/052/400/00/06240
    18RM3TOSCW0/053/380/00/06042
    19VU2PTTSMIXED7/725/220/011/94902
    20CT7ACGSMIXED13/1327/240/00/04440
    21YB3XMSCW0/038/320/00/03648
    22RA3NSCW0/038/310/00/03534
    23N4BAASCW0/038/300/00/03420
    24UA3VFSSSSB39/290/00/00/03393
    25YO4ATWSMIXED5/529/280/00/03366
    26W9OA/9SCW0/036/300/00/03240
    27RA9JGSCW0/035/290/00/03045
    28UA1AQASSSB17/150/00/00/02871
    29K0RCSMIXED11/1120/160/00/02511
    30UN7LZSSSB22/180/06/50/01932
    31UW7LLSSSB28/220/00/00/01848
    32UU7JNSCW0/026/220/00/01716
    33RT4WSMIXED1/123/210/00/01584
    34HK1RSMIXED12/1012/110/00/01512
    35RY9CMCW0/024/200/00/01440
    36R9CBSMIXED5/516/160/00/01323
    37JE7YSSSMIXED7/714/130/00/01260
    38RA9APSCW0/022/190/00/01254
    39RW1CXSSSB19/190/00/00/01083
    40VE3CXSCW0/021/170/00/01071
    41PY1SXSSSB18/180/00/00/0972
    42JE4JPQSMIXED5/514/120/00/0969
    43ZS6KUSSSB16/160/00/00/0768
    44UA0BASCW0/017/130/00/0663
    45YO4GNJSSSB13/130/00/00/0507
    46LZ3ZZSSSB14/110/00/00/0462
    47R9QQSCW0/013/110/00/0429
    48JH1DGQSMIXED4/47/70/00/0363
    49JA0BJYSCW0/010/100/00/0300
    50JI1ALPSMIXED1/18/80/00/0243
    51RD9CXSCW0/04/40/00/048
    52LZ2ZGSCW0/03/30/00/027
    53SE5EMCW0/03/20/00/018
    54BV1EKSSSB2/20/00/00/012
    54SM5CSSSCW0/02/20/00/012
    56EW2EGSCW0/00/00/00/00
    Overseas Restricted Section
    Pos Callsign Single/
    Mult
    Category 21 SSB Q/M 21 CW Q/M 28 SSB Q/M 28 CW Q/M Total Score
    1YO3CZWSSSB109/720/00/00/023544
    2RW3AISMIXED35/3253/410/00/019272
    3LZ2PSSMIXED29/2852/410/00/016767
    49A3VMSCW0/085/570/00/014535
    5RA3BQSCW0/076/520/00/011856
    6LZ2FMSCW0/063/450/00/08508
    7UA3QAMSCW0/058/430/00/07482
    8RA3VESMIXED15/1536/310/00/07038
    9UR8QRSSSB50/390/00/00/05850
    10UR5ZTHSMIXED12/1233/260/00/05130
    11UR1LSCW0/043/350/00/04515
    12RA3DGHSSSB37/330/00/00/03663
    13EA7TLSMIXED7/729/240/00/03348
    14UT3EKSCW0/033/290/00/02871
    15UU1JESCW0/032/280/00/02688
    15VE3KAOSMIXED8/824/200/00/02688
    17RW9OXSMIXED13/1317/150/00/02520
    18U3DISCW0/030/250/00/02250
    19KB3LIXSMIXED11/1017/140/00/02016
    20RW0AJSCW0/026/210/00/01638
    21UD8ASCW0/024/200/00/01440
    22UA4PISCW0/024/190/00/01368
    23RA4AAOSSSB21/180/00/00/01134
    24RX3AGQSCW0/020/180/00/01080
    25W1ENDSCW0/018/150/00/0810
    26N2WNSMIXED4/411/110/00/0675
    27RN3DKESCW0/010/90/00/0270
    28JF1KWGSCW0/09/90/00/0243
    29BD4CDSSSB8/80/00/00/0192
    30BA1SNSMIXED1/16/60/00/0147
    30LZ1DMSSSB7/70/00/00/0147
    32R9FRSSSB8/70/00/00/0168
    33JF3NKASCW0/06/60/00/0108
    33VA2WDQSCW0/06/60/00/0108
    33W0NFSSSSB6/60/00/00/0108
    36UA2FLSCW0/04/40/00/048
    37JP1HUJSCW0/01/10/00/03
    38IK7FMQSCW0/00/00/00/00
    Overseas QRP Section
    Pos Callsign Single/
    Mult
    Category 21 SSB Q/M 21 CW Q/M 28 SSB Q/M 28 CW Q/M Total Score
    1LZ2RSSMIXED68/5149/380/00/031239
    2RU7ASMIXED16/1579/570/00/020520
    3LZ1MGSCW0/041/350/00/04305
    4E21AOYSCW0/038/300/00/03420
    5LZ7HSCW0/024/220/00/01584
    6RA6MSSCW0/025/210/00/01575
    7RV3DBKSCW0/020/190/00/01140
    8YR5TSCW0/018/160/00/0864
    9YO4AACSMIXED2/210/100/00/0432
    10JR1NKNSCW0/05/50/00/075

    SOAPBOX (OVERSEAS):

    BA1SN
    Rig: FT-1000 Ant: Inv V DP @ 4mh

    CT7ACG
    No openings on 10m to North from Portugal. Opening on 15m seemed to favour east/west and all UK signals were weak. Made for a difficult contest for me from down here. It will pick up over the next few years I expect. Thanks to all who did manage to work me! 73 Colin CT7ACG

    EA7TL
    100w. Inv vee apex at 8m agl.
    Poor condx on 15m, no condx at all on 10m

    IK7FMQ
    Yaesu ft 950 100w - ant. G.P. 21/28 mhz
    no propagation on 10 meter. Sri. Tnx all gb station. Gabriele

    JF1KWG
    Radio: TS830 50W
    Antenna: Dipole

    JI1ALP
    IC-756PRO 100W HB9CV 18mh
    FB Condx on 15m about 60min in Japan.

    JP1HUJ
    Yaesu FT-101ZSD DP up 8meters

    JR1NKN
    I enjoyed the contest very much.
    TS-680V(10W) and a vertical antenna were used.

    K0RC
    I was working the California QSO Party when EU opened up off the back of my beam. I turned it around, opened up a new contest log in N1MM Logger, and worked UK stations on SSB and CW for a few hours. Then the band closed down and that was the end of it! It was a tantalizing peak into better conditions in the future.

    LZ1MG
    TS120V (5W) + 3-ele Yagi

    N2WN
    This was hard to ignore. Signals from the UK were outstanding on 15, most everyone worked off the side of my beam (which was pointed towards California). Nothing heard on a quick spin on 10.
    Go 15M!!

    N4BP
    2010 rsgb 21/28


    PY1SX
    Yaesu FT 1000 D - 200 watts
    Mosley TA 33

    R0AA
    Tnx!

    R9FR
    90w, ic-756pro3,antenna - delta loop

    RA3VE
    RIG(s) TS-440S ANTENNA(s) G.P.

    RA9AP
    IC-746PRO 100w Ant: 5el.QUAD

    RD9CX
    Druzhba-M + PA 100 watt
    Delta-10m GP-15m Delta-20m
    InvVee-40m LW-77m

    RN3DKE
    TX Yaesu FT-897D 100 watts
    ANT Yaesu ATAS-120 up 42 ft

    RV3DBK
    TX: 5 Watts ant: magnetic loop (indoor)

    RW3AI
    Icom 7800 pwr 100 watts Ant ECO Vertical

    RW9OX
    Kenwood TS-480SAT G5RV up 10 mtr.

    RX3AGQ
    FT-1000MP antenna MA5V UP 9 m.

    SM5CSS
    Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA antenna

    U3DI
    Rig ICOM-746 100w Ant delta

    UA1AQA
    ICOM 756 Pro III SteppIR 3 element

    UA3OQ
    73!

    UA3QAM
    Trcvr Kenwood TS-850S dipole to
    21Mhzdipole to 28Mhz up about 12
    mtr.

    UA3VVB
    I didn't expect conditions to be very good although 21MHz

    UA4PI
    FT840 + Ground Plane

    UR5ZTH
    Radio: kenwood ts-570 d 100 w
    antenna: dipole

    UU1JE
    Icom-735 100w ant gp tnx 73!

    VU2PTT
    An unplanned entry when I was checking out the station. QSO 16 with G0PQO
    was deleted from my log as the QSO was not completed. 10m sounded good!
    400 Watts from IC-746PRO + SB-200 Amp + Force12 C3/S @ 60' high N1MMLogger.

    W1END
    TS830S (100w) Butternut HF6V vertical.

    YB3XM
    2 ele yagi homebrew up 40ft 3 Band 28-21-14Mhz

    YL3DX
    IC-756PROIII 100W ant vertical R7000+.

    YO4GNJ
    Rig: icom ic 730; ant: long wi

    YR5T
    Ft-897 - 10w
    hm spiderbeam 14/21/28
    dipole 35/7

    ZC4LI
    Thanks to all concerned in running the contest.

    ZS6KU
    TS50S with TH3 tribander 100w



    21/28 MHz Contest October 2010

    There is a saying that impending execution concentrates a man's mind so the planned deletion of this event from the contest calendar may have contributed to the substantial increase in entries in all sections.  In particular, both the UK and Overseas Open sections saw an almost three fold increase and overall the total number of logs received were double those of 2009.

    Another factor may have been the continued improvements in band conditions, on 21MHz scores were up again this year and with the first hour overlapping with the phone leg of the Oceania contest, those using SSB were able to pick up some valuable multipliers.  On the down side 28 MHz contacts were again few and far between, but there were openings to Asia/Australasia, South America and Eastern Europe.

    The leading station in the UK Open section was a mixed-mode entry from Clive Penna GM3POI and in second place was a phone entry from Stephen Redmond MW0ZZK.  Stephen therefore takes the Whitworth trophy for the highest placed single operator using SSB only.  Stephen is also awarded the Powditch Trophy for the highest single operator score on 28 MHz, regardless of mode.  Stephen picked up VK and UN in the early morning then in the last half hour an opening to South America yielded PY, LU and CE for a winning score of 75 points.

    The UK Open section completed a clean sweep of the Trophies this year with David Cree G3TBK retaining the T E Wilson G6VQ Trophy for the highest CW-only score for a single operator.  In the UK Restricted section Mike Franklin G3VYI leads the field with an all CW entry; Tim Raven G4ARI was not far behind in second place with his mixed-mode score and leading the SSB-only field was Lionel Roithmeir MU0GSY.

    The overseas sections were better represented from Asia this year, reflecting some limited openings to that region although not sufficient to produce any scores to seriously challenge Europe, but thanks to all those sending in entries.  North American stations also feature in large numbers in the logs received and there were some creditable scores entered from that continent where again propagation to the UK was limited.  Topping the Open section with mixed-mode was EO3Q operated by Ruslan Chernyavskye UR3QCW, the leading SSB entry was from Vasily Bardin RU3SD and Steve Hodgson ZC4LI repeated last year’s success in being the highest placed CW-only station.  The lead station in the Overseas Restricted section was that of Mitrut Marius YO3CZW using SSB with the highest mixed-mode station of Valery Bobrov RW3AI being in second place.  The final certificate in this section is awarded to Matija Vierda 9A3VM as the leading CW-only entrant.

    Last year the 10W Low Power sections were not well supported with just one entry from the UK and seven from overseas.  However, this year there was more competition with CW being the most popular mode.  This enabled certificates to be awarded to Ian Frith G4GIR and Malen Gospodinov Georgiev LZ1MG.  One other certificate goes to Rumen Stefanov LZ2RS as the leading mixed-mode station from overseas.

    On the whole the standard of logs received was very good with only a few participants losing any significant points.  Unfortunately one overseas station did not record any of the district codes sent by UK stations so could not be assigned any score, and again points and multipliers were lost by the receiving station for not logging the correct RS(T) sent.

    Many participants will already know there has been a last minute reprieve for this contest and with band conditions definitely now on an upward slope there should be the potential for even higher scoring rates on 21MHz and maybe even a decent run on 28MHz in 2011.

    Thanks to 2E0TQR, DL2AMD, G3LZQ, PA0LOU, R2SA, RA3FH, RV1AE, UA3OQ and YL3DX for their useful checklogs.

    John Cockrill G4CZB

     

    SOAPBOX (UK):

    G0FYX
    Worked nearly all I could hear. Nothing on 10m.
    SD used for post-contest logging

    G0GDU
    FT1000 100W INTO W3DZZ @ 28FT - N1MM Logger
    Best conditions found before lunch - HV power line noise increased with rain and then could only hear S8-9 signals
    Called CQ several times on 10m but was like trying to raise the dead

    G0HVQ
    Disappointed that the contest is going just after solar minimum it was always hard for the smaller stations to make QSOs in the quiet years. My first entry for a while good to see condx picking up although 10m still quiet - did hear a couple of VK8s at the end of their Oceania contest. 15m was the bread-and-butter
    for most QSOs and nice to have a leisurely contest for a change - enjoyable event to just pop in and out of the shack every few hours.

    G0ORH
    K3 100w 3l steppir. Condx were excellent even ja and vu on 10m cw.
    Keep the contest going.

    G0VAX
    Kenwood TS-870S. Antenna Multiband Dipole AT 4Mtrs AGL Power Output 100w.1 Hour break starting 11:20GMT.Bands fading 15:40GMT ended contest.

    G3GLL
    SD worked fine.
    Conditions not good - nothing on ten at all.

    G3JJZ
    RIG - IC756 PRO III 100 Watts
    ANTENNAS - 85' LW
    Worked almost all I could hear including some non-contesters.
    I found condx poor during the limited times I could get on.
    Please keep this contest!! - Condx must improve one day!

    G3JRM
    15 metres in reasonable condition but ten metres was
    pretty much dead here though still an ejoyable few

    G3KZR
    grateful to russians for their activity and surprising
    openings east and west. Only a part time entry.

    G3LHJ
    Condx fair pity it did not last till the end it went dead at 16:30Z Pleased to make the last one but the memories will linger of the good times
    73 de Derrick.

    G3LRS
    lively at the begining but quieter by midday still enjoyable

    G3MGW
    conditions very poor which by magic got even worse
    to finish with no conditions at all! worst for 40 years
    SD used very simple and straightforward
    Great shame that the RSGB are discontinuing this event
    What other UK event is there to replace this?

    G3PHO
    First and last 21/28 Contest for me! Spent the previous 24 hours in the Oceania DX Contest which overlapped this one by one hour.
    Hardly any sleep from 0700 Saturday to midnight Sunday! Not good at my 73 years :-) This contest proved that (a) my QTH is abysmal (very difficult the the West) and (b) that my antennas even worse. Tribanders don't work at 4 feet above the roof
    of the house. I must do a G4FAL and buy a contest QTH! 28MHz poor (only 2 QSOs) but 21MHz very good to Far East at the start with many JAs VU E21 etc. Nice to see a classic greyline opening in early evening down to ZS 9J2 etc followed by Caribbean until the band closed with me at 1830z. I owe my XYL big time for feeding me in the shack for almost 36 hours!

    G3RFH
    Not too bad in morning but after lunch very quiet
    and hard work. Nothing heard on 10metres despite
    making lots of CQ calls. Guess the sunspots have not
    been awakened yet.
    Sorry to see this contest being dropped - hopefully it may be re-instated at a later date

    G3SEM
    Elecraft K3 400w Linear 3 elem steppIR at 55ft.
    Tough going. Not helped by neighbours breakthrough on TV and phone, so had to QRT well before end.
    It would be a pity for the contest to stop ....just because its hard shouldn't be the reason to kill it.
    May thanks to the invigilators all your hard work is much appreciated

    G3SJJ
    Nice condx on 15m. Nil on 10m but it wasn't until half way through that I realised that I was on the dummy load on that band. Doh!! K3 Acom 1000 A4S. N1MM worked flawlessly as ever. With potential better
    conditions and increased UK support it may be worth re-considering not scrapping this event.

    G3SVD
    Disappointing condx on 10m and not all that good on 15m I was hoping for better taking into account the recent incease in solar activity. I will be sorry to see this contest end as I used to articipate as a SWL
    in the late 50s early 60s. I hope it is replaced with a new contest having an attraction to newer amateurs and that will be less influenced by solar activity ie will still be worthwhile entering during solar minimums.

    G3TBK
    Much more activity this year- PLEASE DON'T KILL THIS EVENT Several stations sent "TRC" some USA sent state! All logged as RX Good opening to S. America in last few hours.

    G3TXF
    Let's think of something better than "UK Districts" (which no-one 'collects' for any award) for RSGB Contests ... WAB Areas or larger Grid Squares maybe?

    G3VYI
    1 QSO on 10 ! VP8!
    Some DX always enjoyed this contest.
    Slow going but condx not great. Good to work W's but little else outside russia! Will miss it next year!

    G3WRR
    Not a serious entry (fairly obviously) but thought I would come on for a few QSOs in the last ever 21/28 MHz.Conditions seemed indifferent - zippo (except one G) heard on 10m.
    Tentec Orion 1 to 50ft sloping longwire.

    G3ZGC
    Rig IC7700 set to 200w to dipole up about 18 ft.
    Very windy at the start and antenna was nearly breaking. However managed 43 QSOs. Nothing heard on 10m other than G stations. Highlight was being called by a JA.

    G4AMT
    CW only entry - no 28MHz QSOs.
    Good fun - but pity not more support.
    K3 to single wire loops at 40ft.

    G4ARI
    What a pity this is the last
    I have thoroughly enjoyed this contest as I have done in previous years. A sad loss to the RSGB calendar

    G4DDX
    I found conditions very poor and had limited time.
    Sending in log to make up numbers.

    G4DJX
    Limited time to operate

    G4EBK
    100 watts 40 mtr inv vee dipole at 30 Ft ctr.

    G4FAL
    10m was very active at 8pm on Saturday so it was disappointing that the band dried up early on Sunday. I did hear VU2PTT calling at one point but by the time I had finished a QSO on 15m and moved to 10m he
    had vanished. So just one JA6 and a UA9 on 10m. The one-hour overlap with Oceania DX yielded some splendid SSB contacts on 15m. At 8:20 UTC the power went off so I ran on a petrol generator from 8:30 until
    10:45. The noise level dropped noticeably as all the neighbours computers etc. went off! Europe was a bit disappointing - the skip was probably too long for most of the day. It was good to work all continents and many stations were happy to move to the other mode to help my country and their UK district multipliers. Finishing with California QSO party Qs was interesting - some expressed surprise at my serial numbers not knowing that they were not just for California!
    So it's farewell to the 21/28 contest. I for one will miss it.

    G4FSU
    The last one! True to form for the last few years, 28 dead. Some interesting DX around on 21 but s..l..o..w...

    G4IUF
    A lot better than last year
    Enjoyed using SD. QSO 15 & 75 would not give serial.

    G4IWO
    Hw8 vertical ground mounted

    G4KNO
    Ground-mounted 1/4-wave verticals plus low sunspots equals boring on these bands. Difficult to improve on this situation at this QTH.

    G4LZZ
    ICOM IC746 + half-wave dipole in the loft.

    G4RCG
    Thought conditions were going to be really good starting off with JA's but alas it was not so, very slow going as its been for the past few years.

    G4ZVB
    Yaesu FTdx401 15M dipole up 12m 100W
    Conditions better than previous years - able to work
    both Asia and West Coast at the same time. Sadly no
    local Europeans heard for those all important
    multipliers. Shame this contest will be no more.

    G6TW
    10m no openings

    G7DDN
    Just giving a few points away today.

    G8JXV
    Very enjoyable with the opportunity to having the DX
    call you! I hope that the contest can be retained in
    some form. Nothing heard on 10m - maybe next year will be better!

    GI4DOH
    K3 G3TPW CobWebb up 35ft

    GM3POI
    not a good idea to remove this Contest. Instead let any
    one work anyone for one point and UK be worth 10 points with post codes the mults.

    GM3WOJ
    Good fun but condx non-existent on 10m. 15m reasonably good. Thanks everyone for the QSOs.

    GM4UBJ
    15m open 10m dead I wish I had more time !

    GW0GEI
    A casual entry in the last 21/28 contest. 100w into temp 80m dipole at new qth in west Wales. Ft1000mp mk5 field plus microkeyer. Mainly stuck to 15m cw but had the odd contact on ssb, with several gottaways due to the low power / alligators. Heard gm3woj and several gw and g stations on 15m cw plus one gw on 10m cw.Started late, stopped several times, and gave up around 1830 after finally working usa for a new mult. Still enjoy this contest so shame it is finishing.

    GW4BLE
    Just a dabble for an hour or two Sunday afternoon....enjoyed this contest immensely back in the 70s/80s. This was going to be a check-log for
    'old times sake' but an email log entry is just as easy (unlike 30 years ago!) Have a feeling the cabrillo claimed score might be calculated wrongly though...

    GW4EVX
    Just giving points away.
    Hope the contest is not deleted from the calendar!

    M0AAA
    I have put zero points next to the EA6AZ contact. I was
    not sure if he was working me. I hope this contest starts up again when we get further up the sun spot cycle. Some very good DX about this year. The USA stations never let us down.

    M0CNP
    Very hard going and still 10m was yet again
    silent. Good fun though. Thanks for points

    M0KIS
    Yaesu Ft857D HB trap/fan dipole

    M0TTG
    Enjoyable contest with significantly more activity than in the past few years. We here all think it would be a great shame to drop this contest especially as future conditions should be improving. Perhaps consideration could be given to amending the scoring system to increase points for working G's / include 20m and to allow points for inter-UK working. Please reconsider dropping this contest!
    Tall Trees Contest Group:G3KAF/G3UJE/G3VDB/G3VOU/M0VAA/G8APB.

    M5ARC
    Elecraft K3 10w to a Spider Beam at 50ft. First time I've done a QRP. Fun & suprising.

    MW0LAO
    easy reliable workhorse thanks