432MHZ Low Power 2008

After 2007's low entry level for this contest, it was pleasing to see many more logs being submitted this year. 28 entries were received in total, which is 55% up on last year.

Unfortunately conditions were described generally as poor, and rain was reported in a lot of areas.

The A1 Contest Group G4ZAP/P continue to be unbeaten in the Open section, making it seven years in a row now. Five Bells Group G4SIV took second place.

Bryn Lewellyn G4DEZ won the Single Operator fixed section, with Bob Harrison G8HGN taking second place.

Warrington Contest Group (Reserve Green Caravan Team) M0DSA/P were clear winners in the Single Operator Others section making a great score, with Burton Amateur Radio Club taking second place. Warrington's score was actually significantly higher than A1's score in the Open section. Had Warrington entered the Open section, A1's unbeaten record would have been broken.

Frank Laanen PE1EWR is awarded the certificate for leading overseas station.

There is often discussion in VHF contesting circles that it's impossible to win any contest unless you're in the South East of the UK. It is worth noting that in this contest none of the section winners were in the South East, and the highest scores were made from IO93.

Bob Edgar G0KYS

Open
Pos	Callsign	Locator	Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
*1	G4ZAP/P	IO93EH	SD	68	11,630	68	790,840	DG1KJG	660	25	2x28Y+2x28Y+ Col	TS850+Tvr+IC706	A1 Contest Group
*2	G4SIV	IO92WS	PE	49	9,628	59	568,052	DF2VJ	624	25	8x28Y	TS850+Tvr	Five Bells Group
3	G0VHF/P	JO01PU	CO	39	8,108	52	421,616	GM4JTJ	588	25	4x21Y	FT847	Colchester CG of Colchester RA
4	G4FUR/P	IO91XG	CR	39	4,251	45	191,295	G4YTD	307	25	2x19Y	TS2000	Coulsdon ATS
5	G3WIR/P	IO91MP	HP	29	3,704	35	129,640	F8BRK	274	20	2x19Y	FT736R	Burnham Beaches RC
Single Operator Fixed
Pos	Callsign	Locator	QTH/Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
*1	G4DEZ	JO03AE	PE	32	5,911	39	230,529	DG1KJG	552	25	4x28Y	IC910
*2	G8HGN	JO01FO	CM	30	4,923	40	196,920	DF2VJ	524	25	2x21Y	FT847
3	G3YDY	JO01FQ	CM	25	5,175	34	175,950	GM4JTJ	585	25	19Y	FT847
4	G1KHX	IO81MI	BS	18	4,003	28	112,084	PE1EWR	451	25	19Y	FT101ZD+tvr
5	G0JJG	JO02LE	IP	18	3,207	27	86,589	DG1KJG	454	20	17Y	IC706MkIIG
6	G0VFW	IO91RR	HP	22	2,559	29	74,211	F1ISM	304	25	2x21Y	IC910
*7	PE1EWR	JO11SL		10	3,161	16	50,576	G1KHX	451	25	2x21Y	TS790E
8	G4YTD	IO94TA	YO	9	1,471	13	19,123	F8BRK	533	20	19Y	FT847
9	G3LVP	IO81WV	GL	10	1,134	13	14,742	G8VHL/P	247	2.5	18Y	FT817
10	G8LZE	IO91SO	HA	7	721	11	7,931	G4ZAP/P	206	24	12Y	TS2000
11	G6GVI	IO83SN	BL	6	646	11	7,106	G0ODQ	228	25	12Y	TS780
12	G8ZRE	IO83NE	CH	5	330	10	3,300	G4SIV	190	20	17Y	FT897
13	G8ONK	IO83MR	FY	3	377	8	3,016	G4SIV	217	25	12Y	FT897
14	G3UFY	IO91WJ	CR	5	307	8	2,456	G4SIV	153	3	19Y	FT817
15	G3YJR	IO93FJ	SD	5	287	7	2,009	G4SIV	118	25	19Y	FT817
Single Operator Others
Pos	Callsign	Locator	QTH/Postcode	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment	Group
*1	M0SDA/P	IO93AD	ST	77	12,685	74	938,690	DF2VJ	750	20	8x21Y	TS940+Tvr	Warrington CG (Reserve Green Caravan Team)
*2	G3NFC/P	IO93BA	DE	40	6,981	49	342,069	DG1KJG	664	25	2x21Y	IC7000	Burton ARC
3	GW4EVX/P	IO83JD	LL	30	3,563	34	121,142	G7HFS/P	357	20	19Y	FT857
4	G3ATZ/P	IO82KV	SY	23	3,144	28	88,032	G7HFS/P	334	20	21Y	FT857
5	G8VHL/P	IO93PW	YO	18	2,748	21	57,708	G0VRL/P	339	25	19Y	FT736R
6	G3XBM/P	JO02DD	CB	9	1,305	14	18,270	F8BRK	327	5	2el Moxon	FT817
7	G4OCO/P	IO70OJ	PL	5	1,015	9	9,135	G4SIV	417	25	21Y	TS2000
8	M0COP/P	IO82NM	SY	5	435	9	3,915	G4ZAP/P	122	20	2Y	FT857D
*Certifcate Winners

Comments from the logs

G0JJF

Lots of deep QSB. Rather slow going.

G0VFW

Even worse conditions than the 144MHz low power contest. Probably would not have made any difference running 100Watts!! Thanks to all the /P stations who endured the weekend.

G1KHX

Very slow going from here, as usual.

G3ATZ/P

Terrible, awful, low activity, poor conditions. WX ok, but very hard work.

G3NFC/P

Bit flat nice WX

G3WIR/P

Rain lots and little propagation. Very few stations on pity really

G3XBM/P

Poor to average

G3YDY

2 Hours Operation only. Good Fun

G4DEZ

Poor conditions and very hard work with just 25 watts. Only 5 countries and lost GM4JTJ twice.

G4OCO/P

Heard more than I could work, conditions not too good and please beam down towards the south west please, there is good multipliers down here.

G4SIV

Better than 2m Low Power but still only average. First time in ???? years of contesting I've seen our "raw/base" score as an "exact" number - [ie 10,000] - ALSO a good job we had a backup to relieve the boredom - a P/Code map to colour in !!!

G4YTD

Sunny with an increasing wind. The 70cm antenna was strapped to the garden fence on a pole. Had to take it down at 10.30 local time as the bugee chords were starting to fray with the constant swaying of the pole!! Dear Jim, Please can you fix it for me to have planning permission for a tower??

G4ZAP/P

Pretty Average

G6GVI

Sunny spells and brief showers

G8HGN

Some DX about, but deep QSB at times.

G8LZE

Hard work.

G8VHL/P

Poor throughout, although the rain held off

G8ZRE

Worked all I could hear

M0SDA/P

20 mins late on due to preamp issues. Most of contest had no preamp.

PE1EWR

Activity used to be a bit more extensive, if I remember correctly. Anyway, I saw more activity in the Limited G contest, than in the 24-hour contest of France.... Heard F5HGO in JN15, but he couldn't hear me with 25W, unfortunately.