144MHz Low Power 2009

A bumper entry level for 2009. A total of 46 entries, the highest ever for this contest. This is over 70% higher than last year which continues the upwards trend of VHF/UHF contesting in the UK. 333 different stations were active during the contest in what was described by most as poor conditions. The weather was also very wet with storms reported but what would you expect for an August weekend in the UK! Congratulations to the following:

Winner - Open section - Colchester CG of Colchester RA (G0VHF/P)
Runner-up - Open section - A1 Contest Group (G4ZAP/P)
Winner - Single Operator Fixed section - Rob Harrison (G8HGN)
Runner-up - Single Operator Fixed section - Bryn Llewellyn (G4DEZ)
Winner - Single Operator Others section - Erik Gedvilas (M0SDA/P)
Runner-up - Single Operator Others section - Chris Partington (G0CLP/P)
2E0RCV, PE1EWR, M6VCK & 2E0XLG/P will also receive certificates.

Check Log gratefully received from G8EOP

Richard G4WFR

Open
Pos	Callsign	Locator	Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
1*	G0VHF/P	JO01PU	CO	102	25,603	89	2,278,667	F1USF/P	837	25	2x17Y + 1x16Y	FT847 + LNAs	Colchester CG of Colchester RA
2*	G4ZAP/P	IO93EH	SD	138	21,560	98	2,112,880	F4CQY/P	735	25	2x12Y + 2x12Y + Colinear	IC7400	A1 Contest Group
3	G3MDG/P	IO91QS	HP	66	11,112	71	788,952	DK4DH	681	25	2x9Y	FT1000 + TRV-144	Chesham & District ARS
4	G3WIM/P	IO91VG	RH	67	9,669	66	638,154	GI4SNA	533	25	18Y	FT225RD + Mutek	Wimbledon & District ARS
5	G4FUR/P	IO91XG	CR	53	7,855	59	463,445	GI6ATZ	528	25	17Y	TS2000	Coulsdon ATS
6	G3WIR/P	IO91KG	RG	42	6,341	45	285,345	GI4SNA	490	25	2x13Y	FT736R	Burnham Beeches Radio Club
7	G0LGS	IO81WV	GL	20	3,206	26	83,356	G8PNN/P	386	25	9Y + Colinear	IC910H + IC706MkIIG	Cheltenham ARA
Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Locator	Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
1*	G8HGN	JO01FO	CM	61	14,267	69	984,423	F1USF/P	826	25	2x15Y	FT847
2*	G4DEZ	JO03AE	PE	42	8,744	51	445,944	F4CQY/P	652	25	4x12Y	IC910
3*	2E0RCV	JO01AL	SE	51	5,991	48	287,568	EI3GE	453	25	9Y	IC7400
4	G4FOH	JO02BA	SG	30	4,695	42	197,190	GI4SNA	496	25	8Y	TS2000
5	G0JJG	JO02LE	IP	21	5,102	33	168,366	F6HOK	559	25	11Y	IC910
6	G1KHX	IO81MI	BS	20	5,011	32	160,352	F8KTH/P	554	25	9Y	FT101ZD + Tvtr
7	M0MAT	IO81RL	BS	30	4,431	33	146,223	G8PNN/P	434	25	Dipole	IC275
8	G8ZRE	IO83NE	CH	24	3,985	35	139,475	F8BRK	478	25	8Y	TR751E
9	G3YJR	IO93FJ	SD	20	3,340	35	116,900	GI4SNA	320	25	9Y	FT817 + PA + Preamp
10*	PE1EWR	JO11SL		18	4,403	24	105,672	DK1FG	579	25	10Y	TS790E + HL85V
11	G4RYV	IO91OI	GU	21	3,586	29	103,994	F8KTH/P	435	10	9Y	IC706
12	G0BRC	JO01GH	ME	25	3,312	30	99,360	GD8EXI	471	25	12Y	IC7400	Bredhurst Receiving and Transmitting Society
13	G8LZE	IO91SO	HA	19	3,222	29	93,438	GI4SNA	495	25	12Y	TS2000
14	G3YDY	JO01FQ	CM	17	3,001	27	81,027	F6HOK	558	25	9Y	FT847 + Preamp
15	G3BNE	JO01BJ	DA	18	2,687	27	72,549	F8KTH/P	395	25	9Y	IC821H	Cray Valley RS
16	G0VOK	IO83RG	CW	15	2,350	23	54,050	G0VHF/P	304	25	7Y	FT736R
17	G4XPE	IO92GU	DE	13	1,850	20	37,000	F8BRK	413	25	10Y	FT736R
18	G4EGU	JO01CL	DA	13	2,064	17	35,088	G0CLP/P	331	25	4Y	FT847
19	M0DSZ	IO82LS	SY	8	1,766	15	26,490	F8BRK	441	20	Hentenna	TR9130
20	G3OHC	IO93KS	YO	9	1,207	14	16,898	G1KHX	296	25	9Y	FT736R
21	G3UFY	IO91WJ	CR	8	962	14	13,468	2E0XLG/P	309	25	9Y	FT817 + MML144/100
22	G6UBM	JO01CE	TN	6	759	11	8,349	G3IZD/P	403	25	13Y	IC910
23	G8ONK	IO83MR	FY	5	479	10	4,790	G4DEZ	208	25	9Y	FT897
24	G6NHU	JO01OU	CO	3	593	7	4,151	G0CLP/P	336	25	9Y	FT736
25	G0VOF	IO83SS	BB	5	293	9	2,637	M0SDA/P	77	25	5Y	FT897D
26	G0LMV	IO93RF	LN	6	169	6	1,014	M0SDA/P	95	23	7Y	FT736R	Lincoln SWC
27	G4JSR	IO82XL	BM	2	176	5	880	G4ZAP/P	97	20	Colinear	FT817
28	2E0TYC	IO93RE	LN	5	130	6	780	G4ZAP/P	74	25	Halo	IC706MKIIG	RAF Waddington ARC
29*	M6VCK	IO93RE	LN	5	89	5	445	G4DEZ	39	10	Halo	IC706MKIIG	RAF Waddington ARC
Single Operator Others
Pos	Callsign	Locator	Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
1*	M0SDA/P	IO93AD	ST	114	17,275	88	1,520,200	F8KTH/P	636	20	2x18Y	LTS2S SSB + SSB144S + MGF1402	Warrington CG
2*	G0CLP/P	IO84VB	BD	76	13,597	68	924,596	ON7LAO	594	10	10Y	TS700G
3	G0HDV/P	IO93UK	LN	56	9,555	59	563,745	F1CBC	428	25	12Y	IC746
4	G3IZD/P	IO84KE	LA	49	10,009	52	520,468	F6FLB	492	20	10Y	IC7000
5	G6VS/P	IO83WE	SK	64	8,239	56	461,384	F1CBC	428	25	9Y	FT857D	Widnes and Runcorn ARC
6*	2E0XLG/P	IO83WV	BD	42	7,781	47	365,707	ON7LAO	578	25	16Y	FT857
7	G8PNN/P	IO95CI	NE	35	8,054	35	281,890	F8BRK	690	12.5	9Y	FT736
8	M0BAO/P	IO80PT	DT	12	3,590	22	78,980	G8PNN/P	509	25	8Y	IC7000
9	G8IBL/P	IO90KQ	PO	11	2,276	17	38,692	G3IZD/P	413	3	6Y	IC202
10	GM8OTI/P	IO74VV	DG	2	694	5	3,470	G0BBB	450	22	7Y	FT817
* denotes certificate winner

Comments from the logs:

2E0RCV

Good activity. Pleased to work EI with 25w

2E0TYC

Horrible! Thunder storms; lightning; heavy rain; terrible conditions.

2E0XLG/P

Strange Condtions Heavy QSB

G0CLP/P

Hard going 11 QSOs in 2 hours, gave up at 1843 Would prefer county multipliers to encourage activity from GM/GI/EI

G0JJG

Lots of rain

G0LGS

Not much to be heard in IO81. Worked most of those heard, only 2 Countries worked (G and F), heard GI4SNA but QRG was too noisy.

G0VHF/P

Had the WX been as good as forecast I doubt we'd have reached 100!

G0VOK

Plenty of activity early on but quiet during the last hour. Great fun as always.

G1KHX

deep qsb,activity low.

G3BNE

Very poor - heavy qsb on all except locals

G3IZD/P

Conditions worsened rapidly and no Es here had to QRT after approx 2 hrs as wind very strong for dismantle. Where were the GMs ?

G3MDG/P

Wet Wet WET and Low Pressure over UK No problems with too many stations on the AIR!

G3WIR/P

Seemed very quiet only after taking antennas down we realised we had the splitter incorrectly setup. So not a surprise weather not bad for a change

G3YDY

Low Activity. Active for last 90mins only

G3YJR

Condx seemed to come & go a bit but never that good.

G4DEZ

Abysmal conditions and activity.

G4FOH

Very poor conditions although some of the /P stations seemed to be doing OK.

G4RYV

Pretty poor,with deep QSB at times and quite a lot of noise.

G4XPE

Worked all I could hear in the short time I was operating!

G4ZAP/P

Worst conditions we can remember!

G6NHU

I only had twenty minutes to play as we were off to a party.

G6UBM

Seemed quiet for the short period i was on

G6VS/P

Condx. up and down. TNX to all worked.

G8EOP

Poor with Rain in later in the day.

G8HGN

Some nice DX at times, but mainly hard going.

G8IBL/P

Very wet and breezy day on Culver Down IOW. Vis. at times 100m. Only 1hr operation....

G8LZE

A couple of activity burst in between chores

G8ZRE

On could operate for 2 hours still enjoyable.

GM8OTI/P

Very difficult conditions - rapid and sometimes deep QSB. Only on for 90 mins - checklog only.

M0DSZ

Generally poor proagation with QSB, passable from the North East.

M0MAT

That gave the voice keyer a good workout, next time I'll have to use a beam.

M0SDA/P

Wx very wet from 11.30 till 5.30 good fun thanks to all