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    Radio Society of Great Britain.  Official HF Contest Results

    Results, Low Power Contest 2011

    Section A 10W Fixed
    Position Call Final Score
    1G3TBK1350
    2G3SWC1215
    3G4EBK1175
    4G3UJE1105
    5G3OWO870
    6G3HEJ855
    7GI0RQK785
    8PA5V740
    9G3LHJ730
    10G3RSD625
    11G6NUM575
    12G4XPE550
    --G3ZRJ550
    14EI7GY460
    15G4LWB420
    16GW4HBK405
    17DJ0YZ385
    18G4DDL380
    19M6ZSE350
    20G3IGU320
    21G4FNL310
    22G0IBN300
    23G3ZGC280
    24DF5TR100
    25G8QM80
    Section B 10W Portable
    Pos Call Final Score
    1GM3BSQ/P1155
    2G0ORH/P1015
    3G4LMW/P950
    4G4EKT/P740
    5G4CKH/P435
    6G0VQR/P145
    7PE1FJN/P35
    Section C 3W Fixed
    Pos Call Final Score
    1GM3JKS1070
    2G3VYI885
    --GW0ETF885
    4G3VIP875
    5G4EDG785
    6M0TDK740
    7DD1IM705
    8EI8FH650
    9G4OGB485
    10G3EAO45
    119A4LW30
    Section D 3W Portable
    Pos Call Final Score
    1G4ARI/P1220
    2G4BLI/P885
    --G4DDX/P885
    4G3GWB/P745
    5G3YMC/P690
    6DF4WX/P75

    1930 Committee CupG3TBK
    Houston-Fergus TrophyGM3BSQ/P
    HFCC TrophyGM3JKS
    Southgate TrophyG4ARI/P

    G4EDG
    Conditions and activity dreadful after the break!

    G4EKT/P
    Not many /P stations on
    Hard to find anyone to work after the lunchbreak!

    G4LMW/P
    A bit like pulling teeth. Rates of 5 an hour at times. This is such a great little contest, it is a pity there are not more participants.

    G4LWB
    Poor conditions deep fading at times

    G4XPE
    Band conditions fair on 80mtrs and good on 40mtrs.
    Some stations disappeared into qsb especially on 80mtrs.
    Family commitments limited operating to a.m.session only.

    G6NUM
    FT1000 9W to W3DZZ trapped dipole at 29ft.
    Good condx for first session - 15 mins into second session rain showers started with high static noise.
    By the end had S9 power line noise - apologies if I missed some stations who were below my noise level.
    Worked one station who gave 001 and only sent power when asked and he then gave 100W (not QRO as per rules)
    Would have liked to have heard more of the QRP stations who took part in the 80m CC contests.

    G8QM
    FT817 + Half-size G5RV

    GM3BSQ/P
    Wx light winds sunny & hot in tent unlike forecast
    Great help from club in rig/derig
    K2 went faulty 20 mins into contest fell back on TS50S
    Seemed busier than last year
    Could we NOT abandon 80M for contest and use 20M?

    GM3JKS
    Did not do my usual portable operation because of wet WX here in GM

    GW0ETF
    First attempt at this contest. 40m seemed in good shape for the morning session but struggled on both bands after lunch.
    Something about someone CQing in your face when they're S8 and in the clear - that's qrp I guess!
    K3 and 100ft doublet

    GW4HBK
    80m very noisy very frustrating with 3w
    could hear stations but band did not open at all

    M0TDK
    FT1000MP MK V Field on 3W + 200' doublet
    Rainthunderstorms etc convinced us to operate from
    indoors rather than /P in a field. Perhaps a wise choice?

    M6ZSE
    Good fun but blown away away by heavy QRM both bands. Hope this was local. See you next year

    MM0DFZ
    Conditions dire on 80m

    PA5V
    TS-140S 10W output ant 2x20M
    POOR CONDX ON 80MTRS SO WAS MAINLY ON 40MTRS

    PE1FJN/P
    TEN-TEC T1340 Home Brew & KENT Straight Key Power 12V battery Antenna Buddipole Dipole 16 foot mast and Long Whip HAD TO STOP DUE TO BAD WEATHER, rain and too much wind 73 MARC

    Both the ionosphere and the troposphere presented challenges to portable entrants with a wet and windy Sunday across most of the UK. With the rain came high levels of static on 80m, some entrants claiming this resulted in fewer QSO's on that band. One or two entrants have suggested including 20m instead of 80m, grateful for feedback on this idea from other entrants.

    One facet of this contest that differs from others on HF is the high number of non-599 reports that are sent. Unfortunately, probably due to logging software automatically filling in the 599 report, there were a higher number of adjudicated RST errors. Overall, mistakes by stations operating portable were in the majority, more attention to detail would prevent losing precious QSO points.

    Congratulations to Dave G3TBK who won Section A for the 10W Fixed event and keeps the 1930 Committee Cup for another year. The 10W Portable section was won by GM3BSQ/P operated by MM0ROV and GM3WIJ who receive the Houston-Fergus trophy.

    In the 3W sections, Frank GM3JKS stayed indoors this year to win the 3W fixed section and receives the HFCC Trophy while Tim G4ARI/P  again wins section D for the 3W Portable event and receives the Southgate Trophy.

    Check logs are gratefully acknowledged from G0AZS, G3XMM and MM0DFZ

    Mark David
    G4MEM

    SOAPBOX:

    9A4LW
    RU-20 (PRC-515) Pout= 2W

    DD1IM
    Hi qrp cw fans. Once agn hard condx here in DL: 80 mtrs seemed dead & strong qsb on 40 mtrs - maybe due to the rainy wx... getting btr on later afternoon. Lost mni G-stns - sri friends! - & wasn't heard by some... pity.
    Anyhow did meet lots of qrp stns on the band - mni tnx guys for every
    contact & hpe cuagn. I guess my ears won't get btr but hpe the condx
    will ;-) Vy 73 gl es cwfe de Sascha DD1IM (member of DARC DOK K27).

    DF4WX/P
    Elecraft KX1 running with internal AA cells 1W into 10m fibreglass vertical.
    Could only participate on 40 for a limited time.

    DF5TR
    Elecraft kit K1; 2x13m Inverted-Vee

    G0ORH/P
    Op's...Ken G0ORH David G3KLH.
    K3 10w 40/80 dipole. Computer logging. condx not good heavy rain windy. not good. one consolation
    the plugh Inn was 2 minutes up the road so beer wine and sunday dinner made up for the lost points wx condx etc.

    G0VQR/P
    I put on a station at the McMichael Rally car boot.
    Operating in between selling things on the Reading
    club table. The 80m whip kept coming up with high SWR
    so could only go on 40m. Great fun all battery power.
    Amazing what you can do with 5 watts and a simple mobile
    40m whip

    G3EAO
    Band conditions terrible - I gave up !

    G3GWB/P
    Hard work on 80m very few people were hearing me concluded
    I must be below their local noise level therefore matching must be very
    inefficient. Rebuilt it mid-afternoon when 40m dried up and picked up
    some useful qsos on 80m with comparative ease in the last 40 minutes.
    Rain protection for the lash up was minimal so it wouldn't have lasted much
    longer with the battering from those squally showers late in the day!

    G3HEJ
    Not too many stns on & many old calls seemed missing this time !
    I really do like this 'Test' & it's great to encourage 'CW Learners'

    G3IGU
    FT-450 10 Watts Doublet Ant + 138 ft End fed

    G3LHJ
    40M was the best band - good fun reasonable turnout.

    G3SWC
    First QRP contest - most enjoyable although rather slow
    80m quiet until near the end Lot of QSB.

    G3TBK
    FT1000MP 9W TO 80m Dipole at 75 feet rotatable 40m Dipole at 60 feet.
    Condx quickly deteriorated on 80m but 40m was in great shape for morning session.
    Hard to find anything new in last hour. Rain in afternoon brought s9 static to 80m
    hope rst is part of adjudication - no sympathy with loggers that will only accept 599!

    G3UJE
    FT-1000MP 80M INV Vee + 40M SLOPER

    G3VIP
    RIG IC7000 3W - Dipoles - Homebrew logger
    Sigs weak on 80m deep QSB both bands. Good work out for the ears!!!

    G3VYI
    SD excellent
    All had good ears
    Hope the portables were dry
    Thanks to the portables for QSO's
    Activity goodcondx good.

    G3YMC/P
    A slightly shortened entry. After a heavy deluge at 2pm I decided
    I had had enough and went home to dry out...
    Good inter-G conditions on 40m but 80m a little disappointing.
    Hopefully the weather will be more favourable next year!

    G3ZGC
    Trouble is this clashes with the McMichael Rally which I like.
    So a very limited entry from home.
    Rig IC7700 set to 10w. Ant 80m wire 40m half size G5RV.

    G3ZRJ
    Glad to hear so many stations on sorry couldnt
    put in a full entry but have to look after xyl
    who is not too well at present

    G4ARI/P
    Good to hear short skip on 40 metres for a change
    WX Mixed - Rain - Wind - Cloud
    At one point the rain was so heavy on the car roof I
    could not hear the audio even though I was wearing
    headphones!
    Great fun. Thanks for all the QSOs see you next year

    G4BLI/P
    Outdoor fun??? Atrocious weather on Dartmoor this year.
    WINKEY worked really well with SD

    G4CKH/P
    On holiday in the caravan so i thought i'd have a bash
    missed pc logging and winkey hard work using paper and
    pen. Xyl was not feeling to great so couldent devote
    as much time to the contest as i would have liked.
    Hf condx not to bad.

    G4DDL
    Just giving away a few points
    conditions not too good some very deep QSB
    Apologies to G4EKT/P who tried to work me twice on 40m
    and I lost him in the noise both times
    Nice to meet many old friends

    G4DDX/P
    A very lively contest with rain wind and thunder.
    Made my best ever score due to better aerial at least.
    PM was very slow.Needed h/phones due to rain on car and
    thunder forgot I needed dupe sheet.Comp logging does
    spoil one. Forgot earth rod shocks reminded me.Hi

    G4EBK
    Conditions not good on eighty at all. Very high noise all day.
    40 ok in the morning and poor after the first hour in the AM.
    Still miles better than last year though.