23/13 cm Trophy Contest Results 1998
The start of his year's event did not herald the return of the fine propagation which accompanied
last year's contest. That coupled with a widespread outbreak of radio gremlins and poor weather
conditions resulted in a slight decrease in entries this time round.
Several entrants were afflicted by equipment problems, including the Northern Lights who
lost 13 cm until just before the end of the contest. Fortunately for them, a relocation from Wales
to Suffolk this year brought them the top 23 cm multi-operator honours and the Trophy, with last
year's winners the Parallel Lines Group, relegated to second this time. John G3XDY exerted his
customary influence to dominate the single operator section on 23 cm, with John G4ZTR as runner-up.
On 13 cm the Five Bells CG take the top multi-operator position, aided by a number of PA/ON
QSOs which took them to the highest points/QSO average. This and the Lights' equipment problems
leaves the VHF Championship result very finely balanced this year! Andrew Hutley G6SPS/P
wins the single operator section, and as the highest overall scorer, the 13 cm. Trophy. This is
a considerable achievement for a single operator, and a deserved reward for his stalwart
support of this contest in recent years.
Steve Redfern G4AEQ
1296 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 M8V 23968 80 JO01QX 400 16x23Y DC6NY

738

2 G8P 17515 65 JO01QD 400 16x23Y DC6NY

710

3 G4SIV/P 5309 22 JO03CE 400 2m DF0HS/P 465
4 G3OHM/P 5140 35 IO82QL 130 4x55Y DF0HS/P 618
5 G/OK2KKW/P 1396 9 JO02SL 15 12C DF0HS/P 350
1296 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G3XDY 11997 47 JO02OB 300 8x23Y DL3IAS 585
2 G4ZTR 6709 34 JO01KW 100 2x55Y DF0WD

519

3 G6SPS/P 6571 35 JO01IT 150 4x23Y+35Y DB1BX 455
4 G7LRQ 5430 36 IO91TQ 100 4x55Y DB1BX 530
5 G8VOI/P 1806 12 IO90MX 40 4x26QLY PA0EHG 406
6 G1EHF/P 1384 17 IO91GI 18 26Y G3XDY 199
7 G4PMK 1116 10 IO91IP 60 23Y PA6NL

374

8 G4LRT 547 5 IO92LJ 150 27QLY M8V

171

2320 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G4SIV/P 1675 7 JO03CE 15 2m PA0WMX 407
2 G3OHM/P 1510 12 IO82QL 25 1.2m PA6NL

463

3 G8P 1411 8 JO01QD 30 2m PA0WMX

292

4 M8V 216 2 JO01QX 30 88QLY PA6NL

188

2320 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G6SPS/P 1844 11 JO01IT 5 25Y PA0WMX 335
2 G4ZTR 1369 10 JO01KW 10 66QLY PA0EZ 298
3 G3XDY 649 7 JO02OB 1 44QLY PA0WMX 304
4 G4PMK 309 4 IO91IP 8 0.6m M8V 187
5 G4LRT 108 1 IO92LJ 8 45QLY G3OHM/P

108

6 G8VOI/P 53 1 IO90MX 3 44QLY G1EHF/P 53