Entry numbers this year were significantly up on those for 2004. Propagation conditions generally were nothing special, with deep QSB on longer distance signals. Despite that several entrants made QSO’s at distances in excess of 500km. Activity was reasonable with 138 different callsigns logged and most entrants making more QSO’s in the four hours of this year’s contest than in last year’s six hour contest. The standard of logging was variable with 13 error free logs, more than a third of the total, but three other entrants lost their best DX QSO on adjudication.
Congratulations go to Reg Woolley, G8VHI, and to Roger Piper, G3MEH, as winner and runner up in the Single operator Fixed section respectively, while Ken Punshon, G4APJ, is awarded a certificate for being the leading SF entrant using 25W or less and a single aerial. In the Others section Dave Wood, G4CQR, braved the weather to operate portable gaining a commanding lead over the South Birmingham Radio Society’s multi-operator entry, G8OHM. Alan Copperwaite, M0DDC, operating portable, is awarded the certificate for the leading entrant using 25W or less and a single aerial. The AFS section was closely contested by the four clubs entering a full team of three with Sutton & Cheam RS just taking the winner’s certificate and Harwell ARS ‘A’ team taking second place. South Birmingham RS turned in a creditable single member team entry from their club station G8OHM.
Roger Piper G3MEH
Section SF Pos Call Loc QSO's Score Best DX km Pwr. Ant
1* G8VHI IO92FM 48 7898 F5OAU/P 742 100 2x23el De Montfort University ARS 2* G3MEH IO91QS 65 7869 F5OAU/P 640 250 2x21el Chesham & DARS
3 G3NNG IO91EP 55 7734 DJ9DL 610 150 21el Harwell ARS
4 G1OGY JO01GR 46 7287 EI5FK 625 100 2x21el Colchester Radio Am
5 G0ODQ IO91NQ 55 7059 GM4CXM 526 200 2x21el Chesham & DARS
6* PE1EWR JO11SL 22 5937 GW8ASA 496 100 2x21el
7 G8IYS IO91XH 50 4975 GW4EVX/P 304 90 2x21el Surrey Radio Contact Club
8 G8SRL JO01ED 35 4559 DG1KJG 474 100 2x21el West Kent ARS
9* G4APJ IO83UP 24 4545 G4CQR/P 370 25 19el
10 G3PIA IO91IN 27 2305 GW4EVX/P 227 50 21el Harwell ARS
11 G3RIR IO92JL 23 2130 G4CQR/P 221 100 20el De Montfort University ARS
12 G3FIJ JO01KV 16 1957 G0UWK 249 20 23el Colchester Radio Am
13 M5ADF IO91TO 27 1873 GW4DGU 283 25 23el
14 M0DDT IO91JR 21 1628 G4APJ 226 25 21el Harwell ARS
15 G0VFW IO91RR 21 1466 GW4DGU 270 25 21el Chesham & DARS
16 G6LNU IO91HO 16 1455 PE1EWR 341 10 21el Harwell ARS
17 G2BOF IO91VI 21 1358 G0UWK 238 10 5el Sutton & Cheam RS
18 G8JXV IO91WE 19 1340 G3RIR 162 120 48elMBM Reigate ATS
19 GW4HBK IO81KP 10 1181 G1OGY 253 50 19el Blackwood ARS
20 G0RRC JO02MB 10 1152 ON4PS/P 307 50 21el
21* M3RCV JO01AL 18 889 G3NNG 117 5 19el Cray Valley RS
22* 2E1GUA JO01FR 7 547 G8OHM 182 10 19el Chelmsford ARS
23 G6KMQ IO92CJ 10 503 G4TBG 141 100 8el Wythall Radio Club
24 G3ZPB IO91WH 10 501 G8CUL 82 12 10el Surey Radio Contact Club
25 G3JJZ JO01AJ 8 212 G3MEH 63 10 X500 colin. Cray Valley RS
26 G6UBM JO01CE 3 171 G8CUL 109 35 18el West Kent ARS
27 G0BRV JO01AJ 6 168 G3MEH 63 10 vert colin. Cray Valley RS
Section O Pos Call Loc QSO's Score Best DX km Pwr. Ant 1* G4CQR/P JO00CR 58 13972 DL0EE 606 100 30el Sutton & Cheam RS
2* G8OHM IO92AJ 56 7845 DK3BU 623 400 26el South Birminhham RS
3 G3WHK IO91VJ 59 6520 GW4DGU 299 140 24el Sutton & Cheam RS
4 G8CUL IO91JO 46 5596 ON4PS/P 437 40 21el Harwell ARS
5 G4EOF/P IO92FM 37 4329 DO1KG/P 534 100 2x23el De Montfort University ARS 6 GW4EVX/PIO83JF 22 3606 G4CQR/P 367 60 9el
7 G1WAC IO92BJ 31 2670 G4CQR/P 239 100 21el Wythall Radio Club
8 G6GVI/P IO83RO 10 1248 G0ODQ 241 40 7el
9* M0DDC/P JO01AG 11 619 G3PIA 98 5 4el HB Chelmsford ARS
10 G3VQO/P JO01BB 7 366 M0IDU/P 99 20 mob. whip
Pos Club Call Score Call Score Call Score Total
1* Sutton & Cheam Radio Society G4CQR/P 1000 G3WHK 909 G2BOF 589 2,498
2* Harwell Amateur Radio Society 'A' G3NNG 554 G8CUL 793 G3PIA 1,000 2,347
3 Chesham & District Amateur Radio Society G3MEH 563 G0ODQ 1,000 G0VFW 636 2,199
4 De Montfort University ARS G8VHI 565 G4EOF/P 613 G3RIR 924 2,102
5 Colchester Radio Amateurs G1OGY 521 G3FIJ 277 798
6 South Birmingham Radio Society G8OHM 561 561
7 Surrey Radio Contact Club G8IYS 356 G3ZPB 71 427
8 West Kent Amateur Radio Society G8SRL 326 G6UBM 24 350
9 Harwell Amateur Radio Society 'B' M0DDT 117 G6LNU 206 323
10 Wythall Contest Group 'A' G1WAC 191 G6KMQ 71 262
11 Cray Valley Radio Society M3RCV 64 G3JJZ 30 G0BRV 73 167
12 Chelmsford ARS M0DDC/P 44 2E1GUA 77 121
13 Reigate ATS G8JXV 96 96
14 Blackwood ARS GW4HBK 85 85
2E1GUA
All the points go to the Chelmsford amateur radio soc club or CARS. I was late on the radio but I had 9qso in one hour not bad yes.
G0BRV
When's the OM going to fix the beam??!!
G1OGY
Poor at start, slowly improved
G3FIJ
Deep QSB particularly on N-S contacts
G3JJZ
I just hate being restricted to a vert.!!! I must repair the beams.
G3MEH
Reasonable activity this year, thanks for the support. Conditions were very average with deep QSB on longer paths.
G3NNG
Poor conditions
G3VQO/P
A spur-of-the-moment decision to visit a suitable hill-top. Band seemed noisier than usual. Worked all I heard!!!
G3WHK
Conditions fairly flat - could not break out of the 300km barrier - Some strange multipath reception when beaming West!!
G3ZPB
Antenna rotator found jammed from start. Surrey Radio Contact Club entry together with G8IYS.
G4APJ
Pretty poor conditions, but encouraging level of activity!
G4CQR/P
Good conditions, reasonable weather
G6GVI/P
Damp and drizzly, but mild and calm. Propagation stable, with little fading noted. I was also QRV on 2m and 4m - hence the gaps in my log.
G6UBM
Only on for a short time, did not hear some of the stations I expected.
G8CUL
Hard going with lots of QSB
G8IYS
Lively & interesting - good fun. No hyper dx but ok. Surrey Radio Contact Club entry together with G3ZPB.
G8OHM
Better than last year, but then it was an all time low!
G8SRL
Conditions were only average with occasional enhanced paths. However there was plenty of activity. I like the four hour format. My only problem was the lack of a working mast-head pre-amp so I lost several QSOs.
G8VHI
Wow Life north of the M62 no less than 3 gm's with 1 new loc io76 was a nice surprise.
GW4HBK
Quiet conditions, nothing to the north
M0DDT
Disasters all along - rig down to 1W(!) changed to FT-817 (2.5W) added linear to 25W. Blew preamp....
M3RCV
Good to see how far my 5w would go!
M5ADF
Mostly local contacts - occasional bursts around the country