May 2006 UHF/SHF Contest Results

This year there was little dramatic to report in terms of conditions - either from in terms of weather or propagation although there was some rainscatter evident on 10 GHz in particular. Unfortunately activity from the UK was not great and this is reflected in a somewhat reduced number of entries.

It was remarkably close at the top of the Open section and would have been closer still had the South Birmingham team not had a total failure of their new solid state 400W 23cm system early on Sunday morning. This not only loses them QSOs on 23cm, but many QSOs on the higher bands because 23cm is a key band to pass QSOs up from.

As usual, in spite of the conditions, there was some great DX worked - aided by increasing ERPs on many bands. This time, increasing QSO totals and powers levels on 24 GHz are particularly noticeable. We also had nearly had our first channel crossing contest QSO on 24 GHz with M1CRO/P hearing PI4Z, but unfortunately the Colchester group had suffered a transmit relay failure making the QSO only one way. Just a reminder that one-way QSOs on 13cm and above only count for half points. On 23cm and 13cm, G3XDY's QSOs to DM7A in JO60 at 837km are remarkable for flat conditions and GD0EMG's QSO with F1PYR/P at 728km on 3cm is also a great distance. We only have a single QSO on 47 GHz in the event, but 92km shows the way that this band is moving as well.

The battle at the top of the Open Section continues with the Colchester CG's 7 band entry beating the South Birmingham RS 8 band entry through consistent strong band performance. The Northern Lights deserve mention for getting really close to these leading scores from a much less favourable location on the Isle of Man, and put in particularly strong performances on 13cm and 3cm, winning or nearly winning the band from a location far from the centres of activity in Europe. In the Single Operator Fixed Section, John Quarmby, G3XDY maintains his domination, leaving Neil Underwood, G4LDR's entry in second place.

Andy Cook, G4PIQ.

Single Operator Fixed 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	401	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	0	0	5,401
2	G4LDR	91EC	39	173	38	234	213	200	1,000	0	1,897
3	G4DEZ	03AE	1,000	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,053
4	M2F	91SG	854	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	854
5	G4EAT	01HR	0	0	0	0	0	822	0	0	822
6	G8HGN	01FO	507	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	507
7	G4BRK	91HP	0	276	135	0	0	85	0	0	496
8	G8SRL	01ED	334	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	334
9	G3YDY	01FQ	326	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	326
10	G1HLT	93JD	295	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	295
11	M5ADF	91TO	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	132
12	G4APJ	83UP	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126
13	G3YJR	93FJ	73	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	95
14	M3RCV	01AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
15	M3LQA	83WN	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Open Section 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	Colchester CG	01PU	904	1,000	833	1,000	1,000	1,000	276	0	6,013
2	South Birmingham RS	92GB	175	177	539	964	648	508	1,000	1,000	5,011
3	The Northern Lights	74QD	384	660	1,000	693	564	986	176	0	4,462
4	Parallel Lines CG	01QD	1,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,000
5	Telford & DARS	82QL	0	0	134	263	220	153	0	0	770
6	Luton VHF Group	91RU	69	125	152	161	0	209	0	0	715
7	Five Bells CG	92WS	662	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	662
8	Lothians RS	74WV	127	0	0	0	0	194	0	0	321
9	M0BPQ/P	91WP	83	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
10	GW3ATZ/P	82KW	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70
11	G0AOD/P	93AD	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
12	Cray Valley RS	91JH	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
432 MHz Single Operator Fixed (RSGB)
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G4DEZ	19,756	1,000	76	03AE	400	4 x 28Y	DF5GZ/P	808
2	M2F	16,881	854	77	91SG	400	4 x 28Y	DJ9KH/P	687
3	G8HGN	10,015	507	32	01FO	50	2 x 21Y	DL0GTH	729
4	G3XDY	7,925	401	19	02OB	250	28Y	SK7MW	861
5	G8SRL	6,595	334	36	01ED	100	2 x 21Y	GM3HAM/P	515
6	G3YDY	6,437	326	23	01FQ	100	19Y	DF0WD	551
7	G1HLT	5,833	295	25	93JD	70	19Y	DR5A	597
8	M5ADF	2,601	132	18	91TO	25	21Y	GD0EMG	402
9	G4APJ	2,494	126	11	83UP	25	19Y	PA6NL	470
10	G3YJR	1,441	73	8	93FJ	25	19Y	PA6NL	413
11	M3RCV	1,201	61	18	01AL	10	19Y	G5B	144
12	G4LDR	765	39	5	91EC	75	15Y	PA6NL	409
13	M3LQA	178	9	3	83WN	10	19Y	GD0EMG	177
432 MHz Multi Operator (RSGB)
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G8P	75,531	1,000	189	01QD	400	4 x 28Y + 2 x 28Y	DM7A	818
2	M1CRO/P	68,309	904	181	01PU	400	4 x 21Y	DM7A	829
3	G5B	50,002	662	141	92WS	400	8 x 28Y + 4 x 28Y	DL0GTH	788
4	GD0EMG	28,991	384	79	74QD	400	4 x 20Y	DR5A	848
5	G8OHM/P	13,221	175	68	92GB	400	4 x 19Y	DF2VJ	664
6	GM3HAM/P	9,592	127	31	74WV	400	38Y	PI4Z	652
7	M0BPQ/P	6,297	83	23	91WP	25	42Y	DJ3HW	627
8	GW3ATZ/P	5,313	70	29	82KW	50	48Y	PA6NL	502
9	G1JCC/P	5,219	69	45	91RU	100	36Y	PI4GN	517
10	G0AOD/P	3,778	50	30	93AD	25	18Y	PA6NL	431
11	G3RCV/P	3,746	50	20	91JH	25	88Y	GM3HAM/P	443
1296 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G3XDY	12,791	1,000	33	02OB	200	4 x 23Y	DM7A	837
2	G4BRK	3,526	276	12	91HP	200	35Y	DJ5BV	595
3	G4LDR	2,213	173	12	91EC	200	55Y	PI9A	593
4	G4DEZ	683	53	5	03AE	100	4 x 23Y	OT6D	397
5	G3YJR	282	22	3	93FJ	7	44Y	GD0EMG	219
6	M5ADF	0	0	1	91TO	25	35Y	G8ATD	31
1296 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	M1CRO/P	21,545	1,000	68	01PU	250	8 x 23Y + 4 x 23Y + 35Y	DF0YY	771
2	GD0EMG	14,214	660	40	74QD	400	1.9m	F6DKW	762
3	G3OHM/P	3,811	177	24	92GB	400	8 x 23Y	PI4GN	568
4	G8ATD/P	2,689	125	22	91RU	25	4 x 36Y	PA0WMX	452
5	M0BPQ/P	332	15	3	91WP	8	23Y	GD0EMG	419
2320 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G3XDY	7,793	1,000	22	02OB	120	0.8m	DM7A	837
2	G4BRK	1,050	135	5	91HP	60	0.8m	PA6NL	380
3	G4LDR	294	38	3	91EC	25	0.8m	G4ALY	194
2320 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	GD0EMG	5,634	1,000	16	74QD	50	1.9m	F1PYR/P	728
2	M1CRO/P	4,692	833	19	01PU	40	2 x 25Y	DF0YY	771
3	G3OHM/P	3,037	539	14	92GB	70	1.2m	F5HRY	463
4	G4LBH/P	854	152	7	91RU	10	44Y	GD0EMG	374
5	G3ZME/P	753	134	5	82QL	10	0.9m	GD0EMG	229
3400 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G3XDY	3,200	1,000	10	02OB	15	0.6m	GM4ISM/P	473
2	G4LDR	750	234	4	91EC	15	0.8m	EI5HN/P	392
3400 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	M1CRO/P	2,388	1,000	12	01PU	15	1m	DK2MN	412
2	G8IFT/P	2,302	964	12	92GB	35	1.2m	PA6NL	382
3	GD0EMG	1,655	693	6	74QD	15	1.4m	G4BEZ	373
4	G3ZME/P	629	263	4	82QL	15	0.9m	GD0EMG	229
5	G4LBH/P	384	161	4	91RU	0.2	28QLY	G3ZME/P	158
5700 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G3XDY	2,529	1,000	11	02OB	15	0.6m	DK2MN	416
2	G4LDR	538	213	4	91EC	12	0.8m	M1CRO/P	219
5700 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	M1CRO/P	3,160	1,000	15	01PU	10	1.0m	F5HRY	361
2	G8IFT/P	2,047	648	10	92GB	15	1.2m	F5HRY	463
3	GD0EMG	1,782	564	6	74QD	10	1.4m	G8ACE/P	376
4	G3ZME/P	696	220	5	82QL	10	0.9m	GD0EMG	229

10368 MHz Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G3XDY	4,999	1,000	18	02OB	10	0.6m	DK2MN	416
2	G4EAT	4,111	822	20	01HR	10	0.6m	GD0EMG	443
3	G4LDR	1,001	200	9	91EC	8	0.8m	M1CRO/P	219
4	G4BRK	427	85	4	91HP	10	0.8m	PA6NL	380
10368 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	M1CRO/P	6,354	1,000	28	01PU	15	1.0m	GD0EMG	471
2	GD0EMG	6,262	986	21	74QD	10	1m	F1PYR/P	728
3	G4MAP/P	3,227	508	25	92GB	10	0.9m	PA6NL	382
4	G4LOO/P	1,328	209	11	91RU	10	0.5m	GD0EMG	374
5	GM3HAM/P	1,232	194	7	74WV	1	0.8m	EI5HN	310
6	G3ZME/P	973	153	9	82QL	4	0.9m	GM3HAM/P	287
24000 MHz Single Operator
1	G4LDR	90	1,000	3	91EC	8	0.8m	G4NNS/P	30
24000 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G8IFT/P	421	1,000	5	92GB	0.35	0.3m	G3FYX/P	92
2	M1CRO/P	116	276	2	01PU	2.7	0.3 Horn	PI4Z	182
3	GD0EMG	74	176	1	74QD	2	0.5m	G3PHO/P	74
47000 MHz Multi Operator
Pos	Callsign	Score	Norm	QSO	Loc	Pwr	Ant	Best DX	km
1	G8IFT/P	184	1,000	2	92GB	0.0001	0.3m	G8KQW/P	92