Most entrants found propagation conditions nothing special but in much of the UK the weather was good, attracting out more than twice last year’s number of single operator portable stations. This year’s entry included several non-standard logs, such as two which were timed in BST, making for extra work during adjudication. In future you may be penalised for this, so it’s worth spending a few minutes checking your entry before pressing the ‘send’ button.
In the Single operator Fixed section Bryn Llewellyn G4DEZ held onto first place, A.S. Jordan G0HAS comfortably took second place and Frank Laanen PE1EWR and James Beatwell get certificates as the leading overseas entrant and leading intermediate licensee. Andrew Warburton M0LKB won the Single operator Others section, with Nick Garbett M1DDD in second place and Clive Warren M3OTP the leading foundation licensee. The A1 Contest Group took the honours in the Multi-operator section helped by extra multipliers picked up on FM, while Colchester Contest Group of Colchester Radio Amateurs took second place, with 2E0EBV/P operated by 2E0EBV and 2E0FMS the leading intermediate licence station. Thanks to G8ZK/P for their check log.
Roger Piper, G3MEH g3meh@blacksheep.org
Section SF Pos Call Loc QSO's QSO pts Mults Score Best DX Dist Pwr Ant Club or Group
1* G4DEZ JO03AE 78 19423 79 1534417 DL1ASR 722 22 2x12
2* G0HAS IO81VH 71 13837 69 954573 GM8XQS/P 488 25 2x13
3 G8VYK JO01FO 55 9244 59 545396 GI6ATZ 530 25 17
4 G8SRL JO01ED 55 9337 58 541546 GM4IGS/P 525 25 2x9
5 G3MEH IO91QS 53 8414 61 513254 DF2VJ 599 25 2x9
6* PE1EWR JO11SL 33 9842 37 364154 F5SGT/P 621 25 10
7 G1KHX IO81MI 34 5997 43 257871 GM4IGS/P 388 10 9
8 M5ADF IO91TO 30 4744 40 189760 F5SGT/P 453 25 9
9* 2E1GUA JO01FR 19 2324 26 60424 GW4ARC/P 289 20 13
10 G7ADF IO83QN 13 2068 24 49362 G0VHF/P 325 1 3
Section SO
Pos Call Loc QSO's QSO pts Mults Score Best DX Dist Pwr Ant Club or Group 1* M0LKB/P IO84KE 85 19484 85 1656140 F8BRK 587 25 9
2* M1DDD/P IO93AE 102 16497 86 1418742 F4AJQ/P 648 25 21
3 G4DBL IO91JH 80 16985 77 1307845 DG3XA/P 780 25 17
4 GW8ZRE/P IO83JA 83 15612 81 1264572 PE0PDV/P 492 25 7 ZL
5 G8VOI/P IO90MX 79 14089 75 1056675 GM8XQS/P 537 10 13
6 GM4IGS/P IO74NP 50 15802 65 1027130 F4AOA/P 717 20 17
7 G0HDV/P IO93UK 66 12666 72 911952 GI4OWA 486 25 12 ZL
8 GM8XQS/P IO85OQ 31 8953 46 411838 F6IFR 717 25 9
9 G0EYX/P IO82XU 44 5839 49 286111 F6IFR 423 25 16
10 G6HOU/P IO91PF 39 5898 47 277206 GM4IGS/P 471 10 9
11 M0BAO/P IO80LV 28 5771 38 219298 GM8XQS/P 533 25 8
12 G6GVI/P IO81PH 24 4635 36 166860 F5SGT/P 376 25 ZL7
13 M0BPQ/P IO91WP 19 3048 27 82296 F5SGT/P 465 20 5 Clifton ARS
14* M3OTF/P IO81PH 18 2762 28 77336 F6IFR 349 2.5 HB9CV
Section M
Pos Call Loc QSO's QSO pts Mults Score Best DX Dist Pwr Ant Club or Group 1* G4ZAP/P IO93EH 136 25509 97 2474373 DF0CI 834 25 2x12el+4x12el+col. A1 Contest Group
2* G0VHF/P JO01PU 123 25396 86 2184056 F5SGT/P 539 25 4x9+2x9 Colchester CG etc.
3 M1MHZ IO92WV 99 19563 78 1525914 DF2VJ 632 25 2x18+vert. Five Bells CG
4 G4FUR/P IO91XG 107 17869 84 1500996 MM0KOS 554 25 2x17 Coulsdon ATS
5 M0BRA/P IO80ST 79 17500 71 1242500 F4DCG/P 550 25 17 Bracknell ARC
6 G4IRC/P JO02OD 85 13860 63 873180 F8DBF 587 25 17 Ipswich Radio Club
7 G2HDF/P IO82UK 52 8648 61 527528 F5SGT/P 504 2.5 10 Midland CG
8 G0TMT/P JO02QT 35 7960 45 358200 F6KCP/P 460 25 13
9* 2E0EBV/P JO01DP 31 3198 33 105534 GW8ZRE/P 283 25 4 quad
Check Log
G8ZK/P
* Certificate Winners
2E0EBV/P
fine warm and some good dx great fun
2E1GUA
Good day for me, the France was good fun.
G0HAS
30 minutes late due to murphy
G0VHF/P
Our gear survived. Ended up battery powered though; through generator failure.
G1KHX
Fair, to good. Would suggest 4 hours long enough!
G2HDF/P
Had a great time.The weather was excellent. It was a pleasure to work a little DX using low power.
G3MEH
Computer failure (HDD) meant I restarted the contest at 1548. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience this caused and thanks to those who worked me for a second time. Conditions seemed flat at the start but picked up a little during the evening.
G4DBL
Conditions nothing special?
G4DEZ
Activity lower than the cumulatives not much DX.
G4IRC/P
Conditions average
G4ZAP/P
Poor audio at the start. FT225RD fail and was replaced - No more reports.
G6GVI/P
Very hot indeed, mitigated only slightly by a breeze. No sign of the tropo ducting which was prevalent earlier in the day.
G6HOU/P
Managed 2 hours only due to a late start but good fun and improved by QRP ODX.
G7ADF
Not a serious entry. Tied the sota beam to the garden fence and sat in a deckchair sunbathing. Just 2.5 hours of S&P for a bit of fun in the sun. Very enjoyable way to spend a saturday afternoon.
G8SRL
Conditions were not bad and was a reasonable amount of activity with more frenchmen than usual. The temperature was too high but the early finish allowed me to get to the pub for a pint.
G8VOI/P
Seemed quiet, general trend in VHF contests. Why was contest moved from traditional July date? Clashed with other local events, hence finish time. Wx good!
GM8XQS/P
First entry as a GM whilst on holiday in the Borders. Conditions seemed reasonable but unable to evaluate much as first op from this site. Wx was glorious and made for a very enjoyable day as usual. The new date and time for this contest are excellent.
GM4IGS/P
The weather was sunny/cloudy 10mph wind. Conditions were quite good with the usual QSB. No GD and only GI contacts, but any enjoyable contest none the less. I must get a pre-amp and decent coax!!)
GW8ZRE/P
Excellent weather and thanks to VHFCC for reducing the hours much better.
M0BAO/P
No DX worked A bit slow at times
M0BPQ/P
Hot hot hot! Too hot to sit either in the car or outside so I gave up and only did this part time. Average condx though.....
M0BRA/P
Slow
M0LKB/P
Poor on air conditions. lots of noise and lots of quiet periods. I even had a dead keyer on FM trying to interfere. Their location was in South Cumbria.
M1DDD/P
Average conditions. Not many stations to the North of me. Weather beautiful in the Peak District
M1MHZ
A Very pleasant BBQ - spoilt by ......... Poor activity as is usual for this
event - if it wasn't a championship event it would probably not attract our
entry hence electing to run a very ordinary
station from home. Despite having a continental contest on there was very little
activity from the continent. Was there too much QRM there from QRO operating
to notice our 25 watts? - Maybe we need a Publicity Officer on the VHFCC - someone
who is able to publicise regularly and in the right places that the RSGB have
a contest ?????? Maybe there is a need to negotiate for a "special G multiplier"
for continental stations in our low power event.
M3OTF/P
Very warm day with a cooling breeze. Fibre glass mast and 7AH gel cell. Running 2.5W
M5ADF
Good fun, plenty of activity