432MHz AFS 2007

"Best AFS for many years" was the comment from one regular entrant. Other phrases such as "Good fun" and "Pleasant surprise" confirm that this was indeed a great contest. Entrants were greeted with good propagation conditions, with five stations managing QSOs over 1000km. Stations on the East Coast in particular were able to work well into Germany, some as far as Berlin.

Chesham and District Amateur Radio Society made it two wins in a row, topping the AFS table by a clear margin. Harwell Amateur Radio Society A Team took second place, improving on last year's third place.

South Birmingham Radio Society, G8OHM, beat last year's winner Dave Gilligan, operating as G1OGY/P, into second place in a close contest at the top of the Open section.

The Single Operator Fixed section was won by Bryn Lewellyn, G4DEZ, with Roger Piper, G3MEH, in second place.

The following stations also receive certificates:

James Beatwell, 2E1GUA, was leading Intermediate licensee
Bill McGill, M3LFQ, was leading Foundation licensee
Frank Laanen, PE1EWR, was leading Overseas station
Ian Fay, G1HLT, was the leading SF station running 25W or less into a single antenna

Finally, I am pleased to announce that the committee have accepted a generous offer from John Hall G0ODQ to donate a trophy for future 432MHz AFS contests. The G0ODQ Trophy will be awarded to the winning club/society starting in 2008.

Bob Edgar G0KYS

Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Locator	QSOs	Score	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
1*	G4DEZ	JO03AE	110	39,018	DL1VPL	963	400	4x28Y	IC910
2*	G3MEH	IO91QS	98	31,263	DC3GR/P	1,017	250	2x21Y	FT1000+Tvr	Chesham & DARS
3	G3XDY	JO02OB	77	25,225	DC3GR/P	888	250	28Y	FT736R
4	G3NNG	IO91EP	94	24,128	DC7QH	1,028	150	21Y	Homebrew	Harwell ARS
5	G0VFW	IO91RR	48	14,575	DL1VPL	991	75	2x21Y	IC910	Chesham & DARS
6	G0ODQ	IO91NQ	62	8,061	DL1EFD	621	200	2x21Y	FT736R	Chesham & DARS
7	G8CUL	IO91JO	50	7,513	DL1EFD	646	40	21Y	FT726	Harwell ARS
8*	PE1EWR	JO11SL	27	7,244	G0KYS/P	506	80	2x21Y	TS790E
9*	G1HLT	IO93JD	28	4,940	DL1EFD	599	25	19Y	IC910
10	G4APJ	IO83UP	28	4,312	G4CQR/P	370	25	19Y	FT736R
11	M0DDT	IO91JR	31	3,377	ON4ZN	400	100	9Y	IC970H	Harwell ARS
12	G3FIJ	JO01KV	21	2,529	ON4POO	276	20	23Y	FT847	Colchester RA
13	G8JXV	IO91WE	26	2,386	GW8ASD	289	120	48el MBM	FT736R	Reigate ATS
14	G0ADH	IO91KO	23	2,300	ON4POO	393	50	15Y	FT847	Harwell ARS
15	G3LVP	IO81WV	18	1,523	G4APJ	195	5	18Y	TS430+Tvr	Cheltenham ARA
16*	2E1GUA	JO01FR	13	1,402	G8OHM	182	10	19Y	IC490E
17	G8ZRE	IO83NE	14	1,203	G0SAC/P	277	20	17Y	FT897
18	G0THY	IO91IT	14	1,136	G3CKR	193	50	9Y (144)	FT847	Harwell ARS
19	G3RHH	IO90DR	7	1,126	G4DEZ	299	25	15Y	TR851E	Christchurch ARS
20	G0MTN	IO92BJ	15	986	G4DEZ	157	20	Colinear	FT857	Wythall RC
21	M0VRR	IO82WO	7	521	G4DEZ	160	45	Vertical	TS2000	Wythall RC
22	2E0KZC	IO90CW	3	441	G4DEZ	280	50	5Y	IC910	Christchurch ARS
23	G6UBM	JO01CE	5	390	G3NNG	137	75	18Y	IC910	West Kent ARS
24*	M3LFQ	JO01LV	6	318	G4CQR/P	138	10	21Y+Colinear	FT847	Colchester RA
25	G4FUJ	IO81WV	5	272	G3CKR	163	20	19Y	FT897	Cheltenham ARA
26	M3OFW	IO92CJ	3	217	G3CKR	120	10	Vertical	IC706	Wythall RC
Open
Pos	Callsign	Locator	QSOs	Score	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
1*	G8OHM	IO92AJ	80	16,743	DL7UHF	1,049	400	4x21Y+26Y	IC970H	S Birmingham RS
2*	G1OGY/P	JO01GO	67	15,519	DK2GR	769	400	2x21Y+21Y	FT847	Colchester RA
3	G3NFC/P	IO93BA	59	13,006	DL7UHF	1,038	35	2x21Y	IC7000	Burton ARC
4	G0LGS/P	IO81XV	54	9,477	DC7QH	1,051	75	9Y	IC910HX	Cheltenham ARA
5	G0SAC/P	IO91VH	49	5,692	G4APJ	296	100	21Y	FT736R	Sutton&Cheam/Wimbledon&DRS
6	G8BJG/P	JO01BB	36	5,335	G4APJ	331	10	9Y	IC490E
7	G0KYS/P	IO80FN	15	3,771	PE1EWR	506	20	21Y	IC706MkIIG	Torbay ARS
8	M0RHS/P	IO80UU	18	2,969	PE1EWR	413	20	19Y	FT857	Christchurch ARS
9	G6GVI/P	IO83SO	10	1,270	G0ODQ	239	5	7Y	FT817

AFS Results

Pos	Affiliated Society	Callsign	Score	Norm	Callsign	Score	Norm	Callsign	Score	Norm	Total
1*	Chesham & DARS	G3MEH	31,263	1,000	G0VFW	14,575	1,000	G0ODQ	8,061	1,000	3,000
2*	Harwell ARS A	G3NNG	24,128	772	G8CUL	7,513	515	M0DDT	3,377	419	1,706
3	Colchester RA	G1OGY/P	15,519	496	G3FIJ	2,529	174	M3LFQ	318	39	709
4	S Birmingham	G8OHM	16,743	536			0			0	536
5	Cheltenham ARA	G0LGS/P	9,477	303	G3LVP	1,523	104	G4FUJ	272	34	441
6	Burton ARC	G3NFC/P	13,006	416			0			0	416
7	Christchurch ARS	M0RHS/P	2,969	95	G3RHH	1,126	77	2E0KZC	441	55	227
8	Sutton&Cheam/Wimbledon&DRS	G0SAC/P	5,692	182			0			0	182
9	Harwell ARS B	G0ADH	2,300	74	G0THY	1,136	78			0	152
10	Torbay ARS	G0KYS/P	3,771	121			0			0	121
11	Wythall RC	G0MTN	986	32	M0VRR	521	36	M3OFW	217	27	94
12	Reigate ATS	G8JXV	2,386	76			0			0	76
13	West Kent ARS	G6UBM	390	12			0			0	12
* Certificate Winners

Comments

2E1GUA

It was good fun, but the ant failed to rotate. Thanks to all that worked me.

G0ADH

Lost 2 hours with antenna problems.

G0KYS/P

Conditions seemed good. At one point PE1EWR was the loudest station on the band for me - and my best DX at 506km!

G0LGS/P

Good, band open, some good DX

G0MTN

Good conditions meant this was fun. Worked more than I did last year with 400w and yagi @ 20 metres !?!

G0VFM

Good Conditions, Worked many German Stations, including Berlin.

G1HLT

Decent level of activity for a 70 cm contest. Conditions average for first 90 minutes. Enforced break to fix rotator control unit. Then much better during the last 2 hours.

G1OGY/P

Tried to do too much in insufficent time, again! Conditions good with good band occupancy.

G3FIJ

Very good. high pressure

G3MEH

What a pleasant surprise to get a reasonable opening well into Germany. It was great to be able to work DL Winter Field Day QRP portables as well as a number of other Germans. Was 20mins late starting so probably missed the best of the opening.

G3NFC/P

sunny and calm 1c

G3NNG

Good

G3XDY

Some good DX around but activity could be better.

G4APJ

Nice to hear so much activity. Shame that the alleged DX wasn't audible in the NW!

G4DEZ

Surprising to find the band slightly open!

G6GVI/P

Suberb day - warm sunshine and no breeze. Good signals with low power!

G8OHM

Best AFS for many years. Four hours seems too short for a multi-operator club station.

G8ZRE

Fair on 20watts had to wait for ice to melt on aerial and dry out to bring SWR down.

PE1EWR

The activity seemed reasonable with some QSB but nice paths to IO80 and IO93. Didn't hear the JO40/60's though, which were worked by some G's.