From the coversheet comments this was clearly a dreadful weekend for a contest. The 5 Bells group (G5B) sent some pictures to back up their comment of 'Wet Wet Wet!'. Driving rain and gale force winds killed off almost all operation on the higher bands with aiming dish antennas owing as much to fortune as intent. The Parallel Lines group commented 'could have been worse (only kidding!)'. They were unable to put up all their antennas as intended because of the wind, nevertheless, they were clear leaders across the board.
On 1.3GHz, Parallel Lines recovered the trophy they lost to the Northern Lights last year, with Villa CG (a subset of Colchester club) making a strong showing to come in second. On 2.3GHz Villa held everything together to win the trophy; G8P were pleased with their score given that they blew up both the masthead preamp and the transverter front end, while G0EMG commented 'it just didn't work'.
In the fixed station sections, G3XDY's station and location contributed to a dominant position on the lower bands while on the higher bands it must have been a struggle for anyone to eke out any contacts at all. We can only hope for better things next year.
Steve Thompson G8GSQ
Multi operator Pos Group 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz 47GHz Total 1 Parallel Lines 1000 1000 437 1000 1000 1000 5437 2 Sth Birmingham RS 96 197 204 226 313 234 1000 1000 3270 3 Villa CG 743 580 1000 157 2480 4 Northern Lights 685 686 158 440 5 281 2255 5 5 Bells CG 318 433 751 6 G4SJP/G1EHF 18 30 58 106 Single operator Pos 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz 47GHz Total 1 G4KNZ/P 38 115 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 5153 2 G3XDY 1000 1000 1000 3000 3 G4LRT 50 9 42 823 726 924 2574 4 G4PMK 153 122 63 1000 429 1767 5 PE1EWR 591 198 789 6 G7LRQ 490 490 7 G4AEQ 190 163 108 461 8 G8ZQB 61 164 183 408 9 G6DER 350 55 10 2E1GUA 117 117 11 G4APJ 88 88 12 G7WZR 33 33 13 G1WAC 9 9
432 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8P 106882 288 01QD 400 4x21Y, OK1KIM 850 1000 2x21Y 2 M1CRO/P 79375 236 01PU 400 4x21Y OK2KKW 818 743 3 G0EMG/P 74267 209 02OD 400 4x38Y OK1KIM 864 695 4 G8OHM/P 10255 53 82QL 50 4x19Y DH8VH 765 96 5 G4SJH/P 1886 13 91PF 50 19Y PA6NL 344 18 432 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G3XDY 21328 60 02OB 250 28Y OK1KIM 867 1000 2 PE1EWR 12608 56 11SL 25 2x21Y HB9MS 622 591 3 G6DER 7474 14 93GN 400 21Y DG3FK/P 852 350 4 G4AEQ 4043 15 93PE 250 2x19Y DK7MP 489 190 5 G4PMK 3267 12 91IP 50 19Y PA6C 534 153 6 2E1GUA 2499 21 01FS 10 23Y DK0MU 464 117 7 G4APJ 1885 9 83UB 25 19Y G8P 373 88 8 G8ZQB 1293 7 92JN 25 19Y PA6NL 368 61 9 G4LRT 1071 5 92LJ 300 2x18Y OT9M 369 50 10 G4KNZ/P 805 6 02TD 10 10Y DK0MU 395 38 11 G1WAC 184 3 92BJ 25 21Y M2A 66 9 1296 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8P 32524 113 01QD 400 8x23 DK2GR 699 1000 2 M1CRO/P 22311 89 01PU 100 4x23Y DL0UL/P 499 686 3 G0EMG/P 18868 69 02OD 400 4x55Y DF9QX 506 580 4 G5B 10331 35 03CE 200 DF0OL 612 318 5 G3OHM/P 6397 38 82QL 150 55Y DF0HS/P 618 197 6 G4SJH/P 988 11 91PF 18 23Y G5B 227 30 1296 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G3XDY 17124 65 02OB 300 8x23Y DL0UL/P 715 1000 2 G7LRQ 8394 42 91TQ 100 4x55Y DK0FLT 785 490 3 PE1EWR 3384 20 11SL 10 2x25Y PI4GN 313 198 4 G8ZQB 2800 17 92JN 120 40QLY DF0HS/P 526 164 5 G4AEQ 2784 17 93PE 25 55Y F6KPL 401 163 6 G4PMK 2086 13 91IP 50 23Y PA6NL 374 122 7 G6DER 944 2 93GN 60 1.4m PA6C 529 55 8 G3WZR 558 6 91AI 10 24Y G4AEQ 221 33 9 G4LRT 151 3 92LJ 150 27QLY G3OHM/P 107 9 2320 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 M1CRO/P 7519 33 01PU 40 2x55Y PI4GN 416 1000 2 G8P 3284 18 01QD 30 2m PA0EZ 290 437 3 G5B 3253 15 03CE 20 ON4CD 399 433 4 G3OHM/P 1535 11 82QL 25 1.2m M1CRO/P 276 204 5 G0EMG/P 1188 8 020D 25 88QLY ON4CP 297 158 6 G4SJH/P 438 5 91PF 0.6 18" G5B 227 58 2320 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G3XDY 3610 19 02OB 50 44QLY DK2MN 416 1000 2 G8ZQB 662 8 92JN 20 60Y M1CRO/P 187 183 3 G4KNZ/P 414 5 02TD 1 6ftQLY PA6NL 173 115 4 G4AEQ 390 4 93PE 2 76Y M1CRO/P 201 108 5 G4PMK 227 3 91IP 5 0.6m G3OHM/P 130 63 6 G4LRT 151 3 92LJ 10 45QLY G3OHM/P 107 42 3400 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8P 3009 12 01QD 6 1.2m PI4GN 452 1000 2 G0FDZ/P 1325 6 02OD 20 1m DK2MN 415 440 3 G8IFT/P 680 4 82QL 30 1.2m G8P 312 226 3400 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1= G4PMK 130 1 91IP 5 0.6m G8IFT/P 130 1000 1= G4KNZ/P 130 2 02TD 1 6ft QLY G8P 111 1000 3 G4LRT 107 1 92LJ 1 4ft G8IFT/P 107 823 5700 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8P 2937 11 01QD 3 PI4GN 452 1000 2 G8IFT/P 918 6 82QL 6 1.2m G8P 312 313 3 G0FDZ/P 15 1 02OD 10 1m G4DDK 15 5 5700 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G4KNZ/P 303 3 02TD 6 2ft PA6NL 173 1000 2 G4LRT 220 2 92LJ 8 6" horn G0HNW/P 113 726 3 G4PMK 130 1 91IP 0.12 0.6m G8IFT/P 130 429 10368 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8P 10621 46 010QD 15 1.2m PI4GN 452 1000 2 G0EMG/P 2989 15 02OD 15 0.6m DK2MN 415 281 3 G3OHM/P 2484 18 82QL 15 1.2m G8P 312 234 4 M1CRO/P 1664 13 01PU 2 0.45m PA0EZ 272 157 10368 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G4KNZ/P 356 5 02TD 3 2ft PA6NL 173 1000 2 G4LRT 329 3 92LJ 1.2 17" G0HNW/P 113 924 24000 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8IFT/P 44 1 82QL 25mW 0.3m G4MAP/P 44 1000 24000 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G4KNZ/P 3 1 02TD 0.3 2ft G3LQR/P 3 1000 47000 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G8IFT/P 3 1 82QL 0.1mW 0.3m G7VDE/P 3 1000 47000 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km Norm 1 G4KNZ/P 3 1 02TD 20mW 2ft G3LQR/P 3 1000
1296 MHz Trophy Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km 1 G8P 20795 77 01QD 400 8x23Y DK2GR 699 2 M1CRO/P 14697 61 01PU 50 4x23Y DL3YEE 498 3 G0EMG/P 14202 54 02OD 400 4x55Y F1ANH/P 481 4 G5B 10331 35 03CE 200 DF0OL 612 5 G3OHM/P 5461 33 82QL 150 55Y DF0HS/P 618 1296 MHz Trophy Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km 1 G3XDY 11161 48 02OB 300 8x23Y DK2MN 416 2 G7LRQ 7242 37 91TQ 100 4x55Y DK0FLT 785 3 G3MEH 5108 32 91QS 100 2x35Y DF0HS/P 470 4 G4AEQ 2383 16 93PE 25 55Y PA6NL 353 5 PE1EWR 2277 15 11SL 10 2x25QLY PI4GN 313 6 G8ZQB 1984 13 92JN 120 40QLY DF0HS/P 526 7 G4SJH/P 988 11 91PF 18 23Y G5B 227 8 G4PMK 769 8 91IP 50 23Y G5B 199 9 G3WZR 558 6 91AI 10 24Y G4AEQ 221 10 G4LRT 130 2 92LJ 150 27QLY G3OHM/P 107
2320 MHz Trophy Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km 1 M1CRO/P 4141 20 01PU 40 2x55Y DB1BX 415 2 G5B 3253 15 03CE 20 ON4CD 399 3 G8P 2477 13 01QD 30 2m PA0EZ 290 4 G3OHM/P 1278 10 82QL 25 1.2m M1CRO/P 276 5 G0EMG/P 1188 8 020D 25 88QLY ON4CP 297 2320 MHz Trophy Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km 1 G3XDY 3357 17 02OB 50 44QLY DK2MN 416 2 G3MEH 847 8 91QS 15 67Y G5B 168 3 G8ZQB 624 6 92JN 20 60Y M1CRO/P 187 4 G4SJH/P 438 5 91PF 0.6 18" G5B 227 5 G4AEQ 390 4 93PE 2 76QLY M1CRO/P 201 6 G4PMK 227 3 91IP 5 0.6m G3OHM/P 130 7 G4LRT 107 1 92LJ 10 45QLY G3OHM/P 107