October 1998 IARU 432 MHz

October 1998 IARU 432 MHz - 248 GHz Contest

Propagation was universally reported as poor this year, with very little continental DX in the logs for the higher bands. Although active, many of the regular microwavers did not submit logs this time, which is a shame because flat band conditions can sometimes produce some surprises in the results tables. Roger G4PMK makes a plea for all 10 GHz portable ops to take 432 MHz talkback facilities with them as well as the more usual 144 MHz gear, as not everyone can run to the extra band on top of everything else required to compete successfully in this event.

In the multi-operator section, the Parallel Lines group have the highest combined score, although they could not repeat last year's 6 band win this time around. The Northern Lights take the runner-up slot this year, thanks to an extra injection of points from the first ever 47 GHz entry for this contest and band wins on 13 cm and 23 cm. This may raise the stakes further for next year's events. In the Single Operator section, Bob Reeves G8VOI nearly didn't submit his logs this year because of the hard going - but still managed to win by a large margin! John Quarmby G3XDY takes the runner-up certificate ,

Steve Redfern G4AEQ

432 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8P	126437	329	JO01QD	400	8x21Y	OK1DFC/P	849
2	M8V	83991	252	JO01QX	400	2x28Y	HB5OK/P	770
3	G/OK2KKW/P	54858	153	JO02SL	300	33Y	OK1DFC/P	850
4	G8OHM/P	22513	92	IO82QL	400	4x19Y	DF2VJ	756

432 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G3XDY	23780	72	JO02OB	250	28Y	DK0WAL	837
2	PE1EWR	16768	73	JO11SL	10	21Y	HB5OK/P	622
3	G6SPS/P	9485	48	JO01IT	25	21Y	DJ9KH/P	614
4	G4PMK	5986	21	IO91IP	60	19Y	PI4AJS	569
5	G4ZTR	5464	24	JO01KW	50	2x21Y	DF0CI	648
6	G8VOI/P	1887	6	IO90MX	80	19Y	DJ8WK	637
7	GM4WLL/P	1444	4	IO85NR	50	24Y	G8P	583
8	G4LRT	1252	4	IO92LJ	400	2x18Y	DJ8EN	592

1296 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	M8V	33457	111	JO01QX	400	16x23Y	DC6NY	738
2	G8P	28889	96	JO01QD	400	16x23Y	DC6NY	710
3	G3OHM/P	8262	51	IO82QL	130	4x55Y	DF0HS/P	618
4	G4SIV/P	5309	22	JO03CE	400	2m	DF0HS/P	465
5	G/OK2KKW/P	2229	13	JO02SL	15	12C	DF0HS/P	350

1296 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G3XDY	18066	66	JO02OB	300	8x23Y	DL3IAS	585
2	G6SPS/P	11156	55	JO01IT	150	2x23Y+35Y	DK1VC	471
3	G4ZTR	8476	44	JO01KW	100	2x55Y	DF0WD	519
4	G7LRQ	5430	36	IO91TQ	100	4x55Y	DB1BX	530
5	G4PMK	2551	16	IO91IP	60	23Y	DF0HS/P	514
6	G8VOI/P	1806	12	IO90MX	40	4x26QLY	PA0EHG	406
7	G1EHF/P	1670	19	IO91GI	18	26Y	G3XDY	199
8	PE1EWR	549	5	JO11SL	10	21Y (70cm)	M8V	159
9	G4LRT	547	5	IO92LJ	150	27QLY	M8V	171

2320 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	M8V	4678	22	JO01QX	30	88QLY	DB1VC	427
2	G3OHM/P	2870	19	IO82QL	25	1.2m	PA6NL	463
3	G8P	2735	13	JO01QD	30	2m	PA6C	407
4	G4SIV/P	1675	7	JO03CE	15	2m	PA0WMX	407

2320 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G6SPS/P	2518	15	JO01IT	5	25Y	PA0WMX	335
2	G4ZTR	1857	13	JO01KW	10	66QLY	PA0EZ	298
3	G3XDY	1018	9.5	JO02OB	1	44QLY	PA0WMX	304
4	G4PMK	496	5	IO91IP	8	0.6m	M8V	187
5	G1EHF/P	307	4	IO91GI	0.5	0.5m	G3OHM/P	148
6	G4LRT	108	1	IO92LJ	8	45QLY	G3OHM/P	108
7	G8VOI/P	53	1	IO90MX	3	44QLY	G1EHF/P	53

3400 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8P	1292	6	JO01QD	6	1.2m	G8IFT/P	312
2	G8IFT/P	1277	8	IO82QL	30	1.2m	G8P	312
3	G0FDZ/P	195	2	JO01QX	1	1m	PA6NL	188

3400 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8VOI/P	652	5	IO90MX	6	0.9m	G8IFT/P	201
2	G4PMK	208	2	IO91IP	2	0.6m	G8IFT/P	130
3	G4LRT	108	1	IO92LJ	1	1.2m	G8IFT/P	108

5700 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8P	1631	7	JO01QD	3	1.2m	F1HDF/P	335
2	G8IFT/P	716	6	IO82QL	20	1.2m	G8VOI/P	202
3	G0FDZ/P	486	3	JO01QX	8	1m	F6DWG/P	291

5700 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8VOI/P	766	6	IO90MX	5.5	0.9m	G8IFT/P	201
2	G4PMK	208	2	IO91IP	0.1	0.6m	G8IFT/P	130
3	G4LRT	108	1	IO92LJ	10	HORN	G8IFT/P	108

10368 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8P	7053	29	JO01QD	15	1.2m	PI4GN	452
2	G4MAP/P	2763	24	IO82QL	1	0.6m	G8P	312
3	M8V	7	1	JO01QX	0.002	0.6m	G4DDK	7

10368 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8VOI/P	1786	15	IO90MX	0.8	0.6m	G0HNW/P	265
2	G1EHF/P	1461	14	IO91GI	0.9	0.7m	G0HNW/P	218
3	G8AYY/P	120	2	IO93AF	0.05	0.6m	G4MAP/P	94
4	G4PMK	78	1	IO91IP	1	0.6m	G8VOI/P	78
5	G4LRT	57	0.5	IO92LJ	1.2	0.4m	G0HNW/P	114

24000 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G4MAP/P	95	1	IO82QL	0.0015	0.35m	G8AYY/P	95
2	G0FDZ/P	32	2	JO01QX	0.03	0.4m	G4KNZ/P	24

24000 MHz Single Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G8AYY/P	94	1	IO93AF	0.05	0.6m	G4MAP/P	94

47000 MHz Multi-Operator

Position	Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km

1	G0FDZ/P	3	1	JO01QX	0.0001	0.3m	G4DDK/P	3

Position	Group	Locator	432MHz	1.3GHz	2.3GHz	3.4GHz	5.7GHz	10GHz	24GHz	47GHz	Total

1	Parallel Lines CG	JO01QD	1000	861	585	1000	1000	1000	0	0	5446
2	The Northern Lights	JO01QX	664	1000	1000	151	298	1	337	1000	4451
3	South Birmingham RS	IO82QL	178	246	613	988	439	392	1000	0	3856
4	Five Bells CG	JO03CE	0	158	358	0	0	0	0	0	516
5	G/OK2KKW/P	JO02SL	434	66