This was not a weekend that many operators will be wanting to remember – other than to say that next year can’t possibly be as bad. It was wet and windy with some distinctly average conditions to go along with the weather. Many operators complained of deep QSB on signals – G5B did wonder whether it was due to not having guyed off the towers in the strong winds though! The Colchester Group packed up early on Sunday morning after receiving a severe weather warning.
In spite of all this, there was some fleeting decent DX around – GW4DGU heard OK1KIR on 70cm at 1300km, along with a number of German stations, but wasn’t able to make the QSOs and was rather jealous of the fact that things may have been QRM limited on their end!
Congratulations to the South Birmingham RS for fielding many bands and winning the Open section conclusively from the Colchester Contest Group who won the 3 bands on which they were active. In the Single Operator Fixed Section, John Quarmby, G3XDY was again dominant, having the top UK score all 6 bands from 432 MHz to 10 GHz, leaving Neil Whiting, G4BRK to take up second place again.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ.
Single Operator Fixed Section Overall Results
Pos Call Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz Total
1* G3XDY 02OB 647 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 0 5647
2* G4BRK 91DP 215 669 433 380 298 691 0 2685
3* PE1EWR 11SL 1000 194 103 0 0 0 0 1297
4 GW4DGU 71SV 331 143 0 0 0 0 0 474
5 G3MEH 91QS 0 385 37 0 0 0 0 422
6 G4LDR 91EC 44 67 7 2 147 108 0 374
7 G3YDY 01FQ 370 0 0 0 0 0 0 370
8 G4CZB 92MF 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
9 M5ADF 91TO 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 20
10 M0WTD 91VJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Open Section Overall Results
Pos Group Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz Total
1* South Birmingham RS 82QL 86 176 249 1000 1000 1000 1000 4511
2* Colchester CG 01PU 1000 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 3000
3 Five Bells CG 03CE 0 616 992 0 0 0 0 1607
4 M0BPQ/P 91WP 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 46
5 G0OIW/P 91MP 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
432 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* PE1EWR 18781 1000 69 11SL 120 2 x 21Y DF0YY 623
2* G3XDY 12147 647 30 02OB 250 28Y OK2KKW 827
3* G3YDY 6947 370 20 01FQ 100 19Y DL0GTH 729
4 GW4DGU 6218 331 15 71SV 400 2 x 5.7WL Y ON4SHF/P658
5 G4BRK 4040 215 14 91DP 40 21Y PA6C 577
6 G4CZB 1368 73 6 92MF 10 18Y PA6NL 348
7 G4LDR 822 44 3 91EC 75 17Y PA6NL 409
8 M5ADF 263 14 3 91TO 25 21Y G8OHM/P 182
9 M0WTD 15 1 1 91VJ G8IYS 15
432 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* M1CRO/P 86120 1000 217 01PU 400 4 x 21Y F1USF/P 837
2* G8OHM/P 7430 86 45 82QL 350 4 x 19Y DF2VJ 0
3 G0OIW/P 1297 15 12 91MP 5 6Y F8BRK 274
1296 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3XDY 19846 1000 59 02OB 200 8 x 23Y OK2KKW 827
2* G4BRK 13272 669 34 91DP 250 35Y DF9IC 799
3 G3MEH 7631 385 29 91QS 50 4 x 44Y DJ5BV 548
4* PE1EWR 3841 194 19 11SL 10 2 x 25QLY DK9IP 464
5 GW4DGU 2832 143 9 71SV 60 17.4WL Y PA0EHG 622
6 G4LDR 1332 67 5 91EC 10 55QLY PA0EHG 445
7 M5ADF 117 6 2 91TO 10 23Y G4BRK 92
1296 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* M1CRO/P 24219 1000 85 01PU 300 8x23Y+4x23Y DH5NAH 674
2* G5B 14910 616 43 03CE 300 16 x 23Y DF0OL 612
3 G8OHM/P 4260 176 27 82QL 150 8 x 23Y GM4LBV 468
4 M0BPQ/P 1105 46 3 91WP 8 23Y DJ5BV 511
2320 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3XDY 9183 1000 33 02OB 120 0.8m DL3IAS 585
2* G4BRK 3977 433 13 91DP 30 0.8m PI4GN 601
3* PE1EWR 946 103 6 11SL 7 25Y PA6C 266
4 G3MEH 338 37 3 91QS 10 2 x 67Y M1CRO/P 133
5 G4LDR 61 7 1 91EC 35 66QLY G4BRK 61
2320 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* M1CRO/P 7183 1000 32 01PU 40 2 x 25Y DG1KJG 422
2* G5B 7123 992 22 03CE 40 1.6m DF0OL 612
3 G3OHM/P 1789 249 11 82QL 70 1.2m PA6NL 463
3400 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3XDY 2916 1000 10 02OB 15 0.6m DL3IAS 585
2* G4BRK 1107 380 4 91DP 6 0.6m PA6NL 403
3 G4LDR 97 2 2 91EC 0.25 0.9m G3XDY 223
3400 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G8IFT/P 1117 1000 6 82QL 35 1.2m PA6NL 463
5700 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3XDY 4091 1000 15 02OB 15 0.6m DK2MN 416
2* G4BRK 1218 298 5 91DP 4 0.8m PA6NL 403
3 G4LDR 600 147 4 91EC 15 0.9m G3XDY 223
5700 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G8IFT/P 1524 1000 10 82QL 15 1.2m PA6NL 463
10368 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3XDY 6129 1000 23 02OB 10 0.6m DH8AG 435
2* G4BRK 4233 691 15 91DP 10 0.8m D5BV 618
3 G4LDR 661 108 5 91EC 8 0.9m G3XDY 223
10368 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3OHM/P 2153 1000 14 82QL 15 1.2m PA6NL 463
24000 MHz Open
Pos Callsign Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G8IFT/P 22 1000 1 82QL 0.3 0.3m G4MAP/P 44