May 1997 UHF/SHF Contest Results There wasn't anything too special to comment on for conditions during the contest, but the even did seem to bring out its fair share of problems for people's equipment. G4LIP/P has a meltdown in the 3cm TWT PSU helix transformer, a dose of water in the 23cm antenna and a dead 70cm PA, and G0EMG/P were killing pre-amps on 13cm and had a computer crash to completely loose their 23cm log. There's a message there which everyone needs reminding of from time to time about keeping backups - we all get a little too blase about that sometimes. Congratulations to Sam Jewell, G4DDK and the Parallel Lines for their winning multi-band entries. Maybe we'll see some 47 GHz QSOs in October! Certificates will go to the winners and runners-up in each section and on each band. Andy Cook, G4PIQ. Single Operator Overall Results Pos Call Loc 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz Total 1 G4DDK 02PA 117 432 357 1000 0 516 296 2719 2 G6SPS/P 01IT 104 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 2104 3 G4ZTR 01KW 193 974 642 0 0 0 0 1809 4= G4PIQ 01MU 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 4= G8AYY/P 93AD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 4= G3FYX/P 81PH 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0 1000 7 G0API 80XS 0 0 0 0 0 952 0 952 8 G8VOI/P 90MX 0 0 0 0 0 828 0 828 9 PE1EWR 11SL 207 343 183 0 0 0 0 733 10 G4BCH/P 90JO 0 0 0 0 0 677 0 677 11 G4KNZ/P 02TS 47 29 58 288 0 55 0 477 12 G7LRQ 91TQ 89 193 0 0 0 0 0 282 13 G1EHF/P 91GI 0 186 78 0 0 0 0 264 14 G4AEQ 93PE 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 15 G6HKM 01FT 188 0 0 0 0 0 0 188 16 G3FIJ 01KV 60 117 0 0 0 0 0 177 17 G4DBL/P 01LV 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 18 G0FUV 00CX 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 19= G3RHH 82RR 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 19= G4ITF/P 90MX 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 21 G0GCI 01ED 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 22 G0UPU 91AX 23 19 0 0 0 33 0 76 23 GW1SXT 81LQ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Multi Operator Overall Results Pos Group Loc 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz Total 1 Parallel Lines CG 01QD 846 1000 1000 1000 1000 451 0 5298 2 The Northern Lights 02QV 1000 0 761 0 0 1000 0 2761 3 South Birmingham RS 82XJ 137 335 0 256 427 408 1000 2563 4 Three Spires CG 01KJ 505 426 808 329 0 95 0 2164 5 Warrington CG 93AD 660 635 361 55 41 65 0 1817 6 North Downs ARCG 01IG 123 237 320 0 0 0 0 681 7 Five Bells Group 03CE 547 0 0 0 0 0 0 547 8 Telford & DARS 82QL 0 0 0 0 0 458 0 458 9 Luton VHF Group 91RU 69 234 116 0 0 0 0 420 10 Bracknell RC 91PQ 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 11 Aberdeen VHF Group 86RW 56 63 0 0 0 0 0 119 12 Wythall Contest Group 92BJ 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 13 GW4VVX/P 81IR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 432MHz Single Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4PIQ 35070 1000 136 01MU 350 26Y DF8LC 679 2 G4AEQ 9006 257 53 93PE 100 2x19Y ON5PX 454 3 PE1EWR 7253 207 30 11SL 10 21Y DL0UL/P 544 4 G4ZTR 6766 193 37 01KW 25 2x21Y DA0SI/P 513 5 G6HKM 6592 188 48 01FT 100 23Y DB1VY/P 521 6 G4DBL/P 4274 122 30 01LV 15 88Y DF0CI 642 7 G0FUV 4225 120 28 01LV 25 17Y F8KTH/P 370 8 G4DDK 4116 117 24 02PA 75 17Y DL4KG 411 9 G3RHH 3980 113 24 82RR 25 21Y PE0MAR/P 439 10 G4ITF/P 3956 113 30 82RR 30 19Y PE0MAR/P 369 11 G0GCI 3910 111 26 90MX 120 2x21Y PA6C 467 12 G6SPS/P 3630 104 23 01IT 50 9Y DG4OBM/P 525 13 G7LRQ 3126 89 18 91TQ 25 2x21Y PI4GN 527 14 G3FIJ 2109 60 19 01KV 10 21Y G3CKR/P 237 15 G4KNZ/P 1663 47 11 02TS 10 11Y PI4GN 357 16 G0UPU 808 23 10 01ED 25 9Y G4SIV/P 198 17 GW1SXT 351 10 4 91AX 10 10Y G4AEQ 229 432MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G0EMG/P 92317 1000 264 02QV 400 4x28Y+4x21Y DK3WG 889 2 G4LIP/P 78140 846 226 01QD 400 2x4x21Y OK1VMS 920 3 G3CKR/P 60923 660 202 93AD 400 8x21Y+2x32Y DL4VCG 759 4 G4SIV/P 50469 547 153 03CE 400 392el DL0KC 838 5 G4HRY/P 46659 505 166 01KJ 400 4x21Y DL6ZZW 760 6 G4BRA/P 14782 160 84 91PQ 400 4x21Y DG2OBM/P 617 7 G8OHM/P 12688 137 82 82XJ 400 4x19Y DJ7HH 682 8 G7MHZ/P 11395 123 71 01IG 50 24Y PI4GN 483 9 G8ATD/P 6345 69 62 91RU 200 2x36Y ON7WR 472 10 GM4ZUK/P 5144 56 9 86RW 400 4x21Y DG6LAO 772 11 G1WAC 3779 41 27 92BJ 100 19Y PE0MAR/P 412 12 GW4VVX/P 1279 14 10 81IR 1 19Y G4HRY/P 290 1296MHz Single Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G6SPS/P 9035 1000 46 01IT 150 23Y DK7LZ 460 2 G4ZTR 8801 974 37 01KW 75 2x35Y PI4GN 437 3 G4DDK 3899 432 19 02PA 8 2x23Y DJ6JJ 399 4 PE1EWR 3103 343 18 11SL 10 23Y PI4GN 313 5 G7LRQ 1742 193 10 91TQ 10 4x55Y DF0HS/P 452 6 G1EHF/P 1679 186 11 91GI 15 26Y PE0MAR/P 391 7 G3FIJ 1053 117 9 01KV 10 35Y G6PHJ/P 237 8 G4KNZ/P 261 29 3 02TS 1 23Y PE0MAR/P 189 9 G0UPU 176 19 2 01ED 10 35Y G6PHJ/P 130 1296MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4LIP/P 19423 1000 76 01QD 400 16x23Y DK2GR 698 2 G6PHJ/P 12342 635 50 93AD 200 2.4m DJ6JJ 641 3 G4IEV/P 8266 426 33 01KJ 400 23Y PI4GN 466 4 G3OHM/P 6501 335 32 82XJ 120 4x55Y DJ6JJ 631 5 G0JBA/P 4610 237 27 01IG 10 23Y PA6C 440 6 G4LOO/P 4554 234 34 91RU 30 4x36Y DF0HS/P 465 7 GM4AFF/P 1226 63 2 86RW 50 4x55Y PI4GN 712 2320MHz Single Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G6SPS/P 4509 1000 22 01IT 5 25Y PA0WMX 335 2 G4ZTR 2895 642 16 01KW 10 66QLY PA0WMX 324 3 G4DDK 1611 357 11 02PA 1 Horn PA0EZ 268 4 PE1EWR 823 183 6 11SL 0.7 30QLY G6SPS/P 199 5 G1EHF/P 353 78 2 91GI 0.2 0.5m G6PHJ/P 202 6 G4KNZ/P 261 58 3 02TS 1 QLY PE0MAR/P 189 2320MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4LIP/P 6014 1000 27 01QD 40 2m DL3YBY 421 2 G4IEV/P 4858 808 20 01KJ 40 1.8m DL3YBY 449 3 G0EMG/P 4578 761 21 02QV 60 1.5m DJ6JJ 423 4 G6PHJ/P 2171 361 12 93AD 20 2.4m G4LIP/P 318 5 G0JBA/P 1925 320 12 01IG 1 1.2m PA3FPS 302 6 G8FFM/P 700 116 6 91RU 5 1.8m G6PHJ/P 173 3400MHz Single Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4DDK 824 1000 6 02PA 3 Horn PA0EZ 268 2 G4KNZ/P 237 288 2 02TS 1 0.6m PE0MAR/P 189 3400MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4LIP/P 3394 1000 13 01QD 6 1.2m DL3YBY 421 2 G4IEV/P 1118 329 5 01KJ 1 1.2m PA0EZ 312 3 G8IFT/P 870 256 6 82XJ 25 1.2m G4LIP/P 273 4 G6PHJ/P 186 55 2 93AD 7 2.4m G4LRT 103 5700MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4BRK/P 2016 1000 8 01QD 3 1.2m PA0BAT 363 2 G8IFT/P 860 427 4 82XJ 20 1.2m F1GHB/P 435 3 G6PHJ/P 83 41 1 93AD 9.5 2.4m G8IFT/P 83 10368MHz Single Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G3FYX/P 3855 1000 19 81PH 2 0.45m PE0MAR/P 477 2 G0API 3671 952 21 80XS 8 0.6m PE0MAR/P 446 3 G8VOI/P 3191 828 19 90MX 0.8 0.6m PE0MAR/P 371 4 G4BCH/P 2610 677 15 90JO 0.7 0.45m PE0MAR/P 400 5 G4DDK 1991 516 10 02PA 14 0.6m PA0EZ 268 6 G4KNZ/P 213 55 2 02TS 0.1 0.6m PE0MAR/P 189 7 G0UPU 128 33 3 01ED 0.3 0.6m G3ZME/P 71 10368MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G0EMG/P 8763 1000 36 02QV 20 0.6m DJ6JJ 423 2 G3ZME/P 4014 458 31 82QL 1 0.9m G0EMG/P 272 3 G4LIP/P 3955 451 18 01QD 10 0.6m DL3YBY 421 4 G4MAP/P 3572 408 28 82XJ 0.7 0.6m PE0MAR/P 423 5 G3YKI/P 836 95 6 01KJ 0.25 0.35m ON7WR 259 6 G6PHJ/P 568 65 9 93AD 0.6 0.6m G3PHO/P 120 24000MHz Single Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G8AYY/P 81 1000 1 93AD 0.002 0.44m G4MAP/P 81 2 G4DDK 24 296 1 02PA 0.125 0.25m G3LQR 24 24000MHz Multi Operator Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4MAP/P 81 1000 1 82XJ 0.002 0.35m G8AYY/P 81
432 MHz Trophy 1997 No-one had a great deal of good things to say about conditions for this contest, although for stations on the east coast there was a North Sea duct running at the start of the event, it did not penetrate any distance inland at the far side and had very little effect on people's scores. Lots of people suffered equipment problems. G4LIP/P has a dead amplifier for 7 hours, G3CKR/P blew the front end on the TS930 and failed to get the main antenna system up until 5 hours in; I thought I had a dodgey match on my 2 x 26 elements by actually found after the event that it was a single 26 with an open circuit power splitter , and G4SIV/P suffered from a dead PTT line on the radio, a dead amplifier supply and got through 5 masthead pre-amps during the event (with G0VTL and safety harness climbing the tower to change it each time!). However, I feel particularly sorry for Allan Duncan GM4ZUK and Stewart Cooper GM4AFF operating from the Cairn 'o Mount in Scotland, who in spite of having 50kW+ ERP from a site 1700ft up - they only managed to make 7 QSOs! The top of the Open Section was very closely contested and my thanks go to all of you who submitted computer logs. This made very thorough checking possible and eventually confirmed that the Northern Lights take the 1951 Council Cup with a slightly decrease margin over the Parallel Lines. Congratulations also to John Mills, G0FUV who wins the certificate for the leading 25W single antenna fixed station. Andy Cook, G4PIQ. Single Operator Section Pos Call Points QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4PIQ 22730 126 01MU 350 26Y DF8LC 679 2 G4AEQ 9006 53 93PE 100 2x19Y ON5PX 454 3 G6HKM 6592 48 01FT 100 23Y DB1VY/P 521 4 G4DBL/P 4274 30 01LV 15 88Y DF0CI 642 5 G0FUV 4225 28 00CX 25 17Y F8KTH/P 370 6 G3RHH 3980 24 82UB 25 21Y PE0MAR/P 439 7 G4ITF/P 3956 30 90MX 30 19Y PE0MAR/P 369 8 G0GCI 3910 26 01ED 120 2x21Y PA6C 467 9 G7LRQ 2987 18 91TQ 25 2x21Y PI4GN 527 10 G4DDK 2505 17 02PA 75 17Y DL4KG 411 11 G3FIJ 2109 19 01KV 10 21Y G3CKR/P 237 12 G6SPS/P 1919 16 01IT 50 9Y PA3AWJ 263 13 G4ZTR 1866 18 01KW 25 2x21Y G3CKR/P 234 14 PE1EWR 1690 12 11SL 10 21Y EI5HN 390 15 G4KNZ/P 1663 11 02TS 10 11Y PI4GN 357 16 G0UPU 808 10 91AX 25 9Y G4SIV/P 198 17 GW1SXT 351 4 81LQ 10 10Y G4AEQ 229 Multi Operator Section Pos Call Points QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G0EMG/P 58402 177 02QV 400 4x28Y+4x21Y DG0KW 784 2 G4LIP/P 56765 175 01QD 400 2x4x21Y OK1VMS 920 3 G4SIV/P 50469 153 03CE 400 392el DL0KC 838 4 G4HRY/P 34444 136 01KJ 400 4x21Y DK0GR 740 5 G3CKR/P 34268 131 93AD 400 8x21Y+2x32Y DF8VD 752 6 G4BRA/P 14782 84 91PK 400 4x21Y DG2OBM/P 617 7 G8OHM/P 8725 57 82XJ 400 4x19Y DJ7HH 682 8 G7MHZ/P 8383 61 01IG 50 24Y DK0MU 467 9 G8ATD/P 5430 50 91RU 200 2x36Y ON7WR 472 10 GM4ZUK/P 3843 7 86RW 400 4x21Y DG6LAO 772 11 G1WAC 3779 27 92BJ 100 19Y PE0MAR/P 412 12 GW4VVX/P 1279 10 81IR 1 19Y G4HRY/P 290