October 1997 UHF/SHF Contest Results Thankfully this year's event was accompanied by enhanced propagation into central Europe, with many entrants finding dx beyond the 1000 km mark on the lower bands during the second day of the contest. Contacts into OE, OK and I were logged by the leading stations on 432 MHz, and HB9 was worked on all bands up to 10 GHz. The good propagation conditions were also accompanied by favourable weather, although the event did not pass without incident for some of the portable contestants. The Wythall CG lost their 23 cm antenna system until late on the first day, and G3WZR/P's activities were curtailed earlier than planned when a marauding heifer collided with their mast guy ropes. Some disasters of a different kind plagued many logs, with several entrants losing their best dx to logging errors. Some of these were quite avoidable so PLEASE check your entries carefully - losing places is very easy on the higher bands. This year's Multi-Operator winners are the Parallel Lines CG, who assembled a very capable station to win all the bands they entered by a good margin. Theirs will hopefully be a significant IARU entry. The South Birmingham RS were runners-up this year, and still the only 24 GHz contenders. Bob Reeves G8VOI/P wins the single operator section, aided by his band winning scores on 5.7 and 10 GHz, with Andrew Hutley G6SPS/P as runner-up and band winner on 1.3 and 2.3 GHz.. Congratulations to all the band and section winners, and runners-up who will all receive certificates. Steve Redfern G4AEQ 432 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4LIP/P 180533 427 JO01QD 400 8x21Y OE3XKW 1107 2 G1WPF/P 136695 333 JO01KJ 400 2x21Y OE5NEL/2 991 3 G3CKR/P 123986 247 IO93AD 400 2x32Y DL4MEA 1054 4 G3GHN/P 82415 192 JO00HU 350 19Y OE5VL/A 1018 5 G8OHM/P 48443 140 IO92GB 400 4x19Y OE2CAL 1143 6 G4YPC/P 41886 109 JO00EW 200 2x21Y OE5VRL/5 1036 7 M1CAT/P 19868 51 JO01IG 100 24Y OE5NEL/2 998 8 G1WAC/P 8951 44 IO92BJ 75 2x21Y DK0PX 895 432 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G3XDY 32269 74 JO02OB 250 21Y OE2CAL 973 2 G4PMK 19354 37 IO91IP 60 19Y OE5NEL/2 1142 3 G8FBG 18553 73 IO91SG 400 4x28Y HB9DGX/P 835 4 G6DER 17118 30 IO93GN 2 21Y DL0FM 1077 5 G4ITF/P 15759 42 IO90MX 35 19Y DL0FM 915 6 G4ZTR 14142 41 JO01KW 25 21Y DL0FM 846 7 G6SPS/P 9775 25 JO01IT 25 12Y HB9DGX/P 795 8 G4AEQ 9751 18 IO93PE 100 2x19Y HB9WNL/P 973 9 G8ZQB 4758 17 IO92JN 25 19Y DG3FK/P 805 10 G4KNZ/P 4743 15 JO02UP 10 2mY DF0CI 599 11 G3VFD 2417 12 JO01AJ 10 21Y DK0BN 567 12 G4LRT 323 4 IO92LJ 35 2x18Y G3CKR/P 129 1296 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4LIP/P 68100 180 JO01QD 400 16x23Y OE3XKW 1107 2 G4DSF/P 47265 144 JO01KJ 400 2.4m+8x23Y DJ5MN 859 3 G3CKR/P 35601 100 IO93AD 350 2.5m+4x55Y HB9AHD 1035 4 G3OHM/P 24248 78 IO92GB 120 4x55Y HB9AHD 943 5 GW0EMG/P 14241 53 IO82KW 400 8x23Y HB9AOF/P 974 6 G4XBF/P 12549 39 JO00EW 50 4x23Y HB9AHD 770 7 G4SIV/P 8876 29 JO03CE 150 2.0m HB9AOF/P 851 8 M1CAT/P 5009 30 JO01IG 10 23Y F5MKD 549 9 G3WZR/P 4461 21 IO91BJ 10 23Y F6FGO 840 10 G0WRC/P 2085 14 IO92BJ 25 28Y F5MKD 765 11 G0FCT 458 9 IO91PJ 100 4x55Y G4ZTR 130 1296 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G6SPS/P 27459 93 JO01IT 150 4x23Y+35Y F5FEN/P 805 3 G3XDY 26756 74 JO02OB 300 8x23 DL5MCG/P 809 3 G4ZTR 16370 58 JO01KW 100 4x35Y HB9AHD 801 4 G8ZQB 8312 35 IO92JN 150 40QLY HB9AMH/P 818 5 G8VOI/P 7595 36 IO90MX 40 4x26QLY DL0UL/P 810 6 G4AEQ 6625 31 IO93PE 25 55Y HB9AHD 972 7 G4PMK 5140 26 IO91IP 60 23Y DL0DK 796 8 G1EHF/P 3602 20 IO91GI 18 26Y F6FGO 816 9 G6DER 3196 16 IO93GN 100 1.4m DL0UL/P 954 10 G4NKC 2096 11 IO82SM 180 50QLY PA6NL 452 11 G4KNZ/P 421 2 JO02UP 1 2mY PA0EZ 241 12 G4LRT 290 3 IO92LJ 150 27QLY G3CKR/P 129 2320 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4LIP/P 12387 39 JO01QD 35 1.2m F5FEN/P 719 2 G3CKR/P 9375 29 IO93AD 50 2.5m DL0UL/P 960 3 G4IEV/P 9068 37 JO01KJ 25 1.8m DC8UG 494 4 G3OHM/P 7078 28 IO92GB 25 1.2m F5FEN/P 892 5 GW0EMG/P 3957 17 IO82KW 20 87QLY PA6NL 502 6 G4SIV/P 3208 13 JO03CE 10 2.0m PI4AJS 466 7 G4XBF/P 2557 11 JO00EW 5 44QLY F5FEN/P 722 8 M1CAT/P 1641 12 JO01IG 2 44QLY G3CKR/P 277 2320 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G6SPS/P 5874 27 JO01IT 5 25Y F5FEN/P 805 2 G4ZTR 4067 21 JO01KW 10 66QLY DL0UL/P 728 3 G8ZQB 2384 15 IO92JN 10 1.6m PA6NL 368 4 G8VOI/P 2104 10 IO90MX 3 44QLY F5FEN/P 770 5 G6DER 1720 5 IO93GN 30 1.4m DL0UL/P 954 6 G4PMK 629 8 IO91IP 2 0.6m G3CKR/P 172 7 G1EHF/P 237 4 IO91GI 0.2 0.5m G6XDI 71 8 G4LRT 181 2 IO92LJ 8 45QLY G3CKR/P 129 9 G4KNZ/P 180 1 JO02UP 1 2mY PA6NL 180 10 G4NKC 162 3 IO82SM 3 66QLY G3OHM/P 85 3400 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4LIP/P 2688 10 JO01QD 6 1.2m DK0PX 631 2 G8IFT/P 1468 9 IO92GB 30 1.2m PA6NL 382 3 G3CKR/P 546 3 IO93AD 8 1.0m G4LIP/P 318 3400 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4LRT 214 3 IO92LJ 1 1.2m G3CKR/P 129 2 G6DER 167 1 IO93GN 0.8 0.6m G8IFT/P 167 3 G4PMK 47 1 IO91IP 0.7 0.6m G8IFT/P 47 5700 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4BRK/P 3095 10 JO01QD 3 N/A DL0UL/P 660 2 G8IFT/P 1527 7 IO92GB 20 1.2m HB9AMH/P 825 3 G3CKR/P 1053 2 IO93AD 10 1.0m HB9AMH/P 928 5700 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G8VOI/P 895 2 IO90MX 0.2 0.9m HB9AMH/P 730 2 G4LRT 52 1 IO92LJ 10 Horn G8IFT/P 52 3 G4PMK 23 0.5 IO91IP 0.1 0.6m G8IFT/P 47 10368 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4LIP/P 5117 19.5 JO01QD 0.5 0.8m HB9AMH/P 610 2 G4MAP/P 3194 19 IO92GB 1 0.6m HB9AMH/P 825 3 G4HRY/P 2955 13 JO01KJ 20 0.75m HB9AMH/P 655 4 G3CKR/P 2370 9.5 IO93AD 12 0.6m HB9AMH/P 928 5 G0MJW/P 2037 10 JO00EW 1 0.6m HB9AMH/P 648 10368 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G8VOI/P 2587 8 IO90MX 0.8 0.6m F6HYE/P 753 2 G3RQZ/P 802 3 JO00HU 4 Dish F6HYE/P 670 3 G1EHF/P 189 3 IO91GI 1 0.7m G4MAP/P 189 4 G4LRT 52 1 IO92LJ 1 0.4m G4MAP/P 52 5 G4PMK 34 1 IO91IP 1 0.6m G1EHF/P 34 24000 MHz Multi-Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G4MAP/P 87 2 IO92GB 0.0015 0.35m G8AYY/P 62 24000 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score QSOs Loc Pwr Ant DX km 1 G8AYY/P 62 1 IO92BN 0.005 0.44m G4MAP/P 62 Multi-Operator Overall Results Pos Group Loc 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz Tot 1 Parallel Lines CG JO01QD 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 0 6000 2 South Birmingham RS IO92GB 268 356 571 546 493 624 1000 3858 3 Warrington CG IO93AD 687 523 757 203 340 463 0 2973 4 Three Spires CG JO01KJ 757 694 732 0 0 577 0 2760 5 Mike,Peter and Mike JO00EW 232 184 206 0 0 398 0 1020 6 The Northern Lights IO82KW 0 209 319 0 0 0 0 528 7 Clifton ARS JO00HU 456 0 0 0 0 0 0 456 8 Five Bells CG JO03CE 0 130 259 0 0 0 0 389 9 North Downs ARC JO01IG 110 73 132 0 0 0 0 315 10 Wythall CG IO92BJ 50 31 0 0 0 0 0 81 11 G3WZR/P IO91BJ 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 65 12 Bracknell ARC 'B' IO91PJ 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 Single Operator Overall Results Pos Call Loc 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz Tot 1 G8VOI/P IO90MX 0 277 358 0 1000 1000 0 2635 2 G6SPS/P JO01IT 303 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 2303 3 G3XDY JO02OB 1000 974 0 0 0 0 0 1974 4 G4ZTR JO01KW 438 596 692 0 0 0 0 1726 5 G6DER IO93GN 530 116 293 780 0 0 0 1719 6 G4PMK IO91IP 600 187 107 220 26 13 0 1153 7 G4LRT IO92LJ 10 11 31 1000 58 20 0 1130 8 G8AYY/P IO92BN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 9 G8ZQB IO92JN 147 303 406 0 0 0 0 856 10 G8FBG IO91SG 575 0 0 0 0 0 0 575 11 G4AEQ IO93PE 302 241 0 0 0 0 0 543 12 G1EHF/P IO91GI 0 131 40 0 0 73 0 244 13 G4ITF/P IO90MX 488 0 0 0 0 0 0 488 14 G3RQZ/P JO00HU 0 0 0 0 0 310 0 310 15 G4KNZ/P JO02UP 147 15 31 0 0 0 0 193 16 G4NKC IO82SM 0 76 28 0 0 0 0 104 17 G3VFD JO01AJ 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 75