October 2001 UHF/SHF Contest Results
This October slot did nothing to promote itself with good conditions and weather. It would have come as no surprise to anyone that there was a substantial amount of rain scatter to be worked on 10 GHz over the weekend! Activity was reasonable in Europe, but poor in the UK. The Parallel Lines returned this year after a sabatical year suffering from a broken generator, but at least one other major group planned to go out, but had too many problems to actually get on. The South Birmingham RS also had 47 GHz equipment with them, but weren’t able to make any QSOs. Equipment continues to develop, especially on the middle and higher bands with increasing power levels being developed from solid state PAs now right up to 24 GHz. Entrants should take note of the rule which prohibits self-spotting on the DX Cluster.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ.
Single Operator Overall Results Pos Call Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz 47 GHz Total 1* G3XDY 02OB 862 1000 1000 1000 0 1000 0 0 4862 2* G8VHI 92FM 1000 171 0 0 0 0 0 0 1171 3 G4LRT 92LJ 77 4 12 22 1000 11 0 0 1126 4 G3MEH 91QS 119 256 237 0 0 0 0 0 612 5 G4JTJ 92SD 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 6 GM4WLL/P 85NR 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 7* 2E1GUA 01FS 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 8 G3YJR 93FJ 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Multi Operator Overall Results Pos Group Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz 47 GHz Total 1* Parallel Lines CG 01QD 1000 1000 785 1000 1000 1000 0 0 5785 2* Colchester CG 01PU 662 819 1000 0 0 577 0 0 3058 3 South Birmingham RS 82XJ 119 212 245 569 391 205 1000 0 2741 4 Five Bells CG 03CE 0 258 369 0 0 0 0 0 627 432 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8VHI 20401 1000 73 92FM 100 2 x 23Y DK0BN 708 2* G3XDY 17577 887 47 02OB 250 28Y DF0MTL 837 3 G3MEH 2425 117 20 91QS 100 2 x 23Y ON1BPS/P405 4 G4LRT 1567 75 5 92LJ 230 2 x 18Y ON4CP 429 5* 2E1GUA 986 47 6 01FS 10 19Y PA6NL 253 6 G3YJR 588 28 7 93FJ 10 19Y M1CRO/P 257 432 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8P 120859 1000 301 01QD 400 4x21Y+2x21Y OE2M 925 2* M1CRO/P 80005 662 226 01PU 400 4x21Y OE75D 953 3 G8OHM/P 14345 119 69 82XJ 400 4x19Y DK0BN 735 1296 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G3XDY 16310 1000 55 02OB 300 8 x 23Y DF0CI 626 2* G3MEH 4176 256 23 91QS 50 4 x 35Y DF2QJ/P 474 3 G8VHI 2787 195 24 92FM 35 67Y PA6NL 390 4* G4JTJ 2337 143 16 92SD 20 35Y DF0HS/P 466 5 GM4WLL/P 1594 98 5 85NR 18 67Y G3XDY 488 6 G4LRT 67 4 1 92LJ 120 27QLY G3OHM/P 67 1296 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8P 27500 1000 92 01QD 400 8x23Y DK2GR 699 2* M1CRO/P 22534 819 79 01PU 200 4x23Y+2x23Y DF0MTL 829 3 G5B 7099 258 25 03CE 400 16 x 23Y DL5DAW/P 540 4 G3OHM/P 5823 212 34 82XJ 130 8 x 23Y DF0HS/P 577 2320 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G3XDY 5405 1000 21 02OB 50 0.6m DG1KJG 433 2* G3MEH 1282 237 6 91QS 10 67Y PA5DD 368 3 G4LRT 67 12 1 92LJ 8 45QLY G3OHM/P 67 2320 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* M1CRO/P 8685 1000 33 01PU 40 2 x 25Y DG5FEB 579 2* G8P 6817 785 28 01QD 15 2m PI4GN 452 3 G5B 3205 369 13 03CE 40 2m DJ6JJ 506 4 G3OHM/P 2132 245 10 82XJ 30 1.2m PA6NL 423 3400 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G3XDY 3053 1000 11 02OB 15 0.6m DK2MN 416 2* G4LRT 67 22 1 92LJ 1 1.2m G8IFT/P 67 3400 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8P 2337 1000 9 01QD 6 0.8m DK2MN 421 2* G8IFT/P 1329 569 6 82XJ 30 1.2m PA6NL 423 5700 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G4LRT 67 1000 1 92LJ 8 Horn G8IFT/P 67 5700 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8P 3783 1000 14 01QD 4 0.8m DK2MN 421 2* G8IFT/P 1481 391 10 82XJ 15 1.2m PA6NL 423 10368 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G3XDY 6365 1000 25 02OB 10 0.6m DH8AG 435 2* G4LRT 67 11 1 92LJ 1.2 0.4m G3OHM/P 67 10368 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8P 10396 1000 39 01QD 10 1.2m DH8AG 424 2* M1CRO/P 5996 577 24 01PU 5 0.6m DK2MN 412 3 G3OHM/P 2134 205 13 82XJ 15 1.2m PA6NL 423 24000 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8IFT/P 165 1000 2 82XJ 0.3 0.3m G3PHO/P 106