WRTC is getting nearer!
Submissions or comments for this news to thedoctorphil@gmail.com. I particularly need any contest related photographs, you may be prepared to share, to head the news each week.
Contesting can be great fun but I know there’s a reluctance to step into unknown waters. It’s a great way of improving many aspects of our hobby including one’s own performance and the quality of your station. If you have any interest whatsoever please call in to the contest net on Friday evening at 9pm on 145.250MHz FM or speak to any of the regular contesters on 450. Or indeed email me!
Results:-
On VHF
The results of the 432MHz Trophy contest of 2nd May were released on 14th May. There were 56 entries in total. Our interest was in the Single operator fixed section (45 entrants). Roger EI8KN came top in the Non-UK section, Stewart G4AFF came 13th and I managed 17th. The Council Cup was won by Reigate and Crawley’s team G3M.
Link here to results
The results of the 144MHz UKAC of 5th May were released on 18th May. G4AFF came 8th, G4LPP 11th, M5BFL 12th, EI8KN 25th all in the Open section. In the Restricted section G4KQY was 57th, G8VPE 98th, M9BLX 107th and G4DYC 130th. G4HUN came 29th in the low power section. This represents 9 entries which is an excellent turnout. Thanks to all who participated. Overall our team managed a 6th place and remain 6th in the 2m series. Link here to results
The current VHF championship placings are at this link here
In the overall UKAC we are currently 5th, but a long way behind Harwell in 4th. Link here
On HF
The results of the 80m CC SSB contest of 11th May were released on 18th May. There were 284 entries in all for this one. NARC had a fairly poor turnout for this one with only 11 stations entering logs. Top of the heap in the 100W section was Andy M0NKR who won the section (182 QSOs) gaining 1000 points for the club so congratulations to him! Congratulations to Tracey 2E0CEY for making 101 QSOs in this one! We came second to Bristol in this one with 6,250 points to their 7286. We still lead the series with 84,995 points over Bristol’s 54,460. Link here to results
I’ve had 2 reports from the EA RTTY contest. 2 Club members gained places in this years test. Richard G4CDN achieved 3rd place in the 80m single op high power section and Tracey 2E0CEY managed 62nd in the all band single op low power section.
Link here to results of the EA RTTY test
This year’s HF championship results to date are at this link here
If people are entering other contests of whose results I am obviously unaware please e-mail me to let me know the outcome and I’ll mention it here.
Contests:-
On VHF
On Thursday 14th May the 50MHz UKAC ran. Conditions were not great and 8 NARC members turned out which was good. In the open section our highest scores looks to be Steve M5BFL, with 55 contacts and best DX GI4SNA and in the Restricted section it was G4LPP with 39 QSOs and best DX GI4SNA. Link here to claimed scores
On Saturday and Sunday the May 144 contest ran. Interestingly the 6h section was notable by its absence this year. There were 5 entries from NARC G4AFF, G4LPP, G8VPE, G4DYC and G3SGC. The club didn’t put in a large multi-op entry this year. Best DX from here was DG0VOG at 840Km. Conditions to the East were quite reasonable but inland was more difficult. Link here to claimed scores
On Tuesday 12th May the 1.3 GHz UKAC ran. Once again from here conditions were poor inland but reasonable to the East. There were only 3 entries from NARC, Myself, G3YLA and G4DYC. Best DX here was OZ3Z at 616Km. We could do with some more contestants on the higher bands! Link here to claimed scores
On Thursday 21st May the 70MHz UKAC ran. I am aware of 4 of us on tonight but there may have been others. The test has only just finished! Myself, G4PFZ, G8VPE and G4DYC. Conditions were quite poor, once again, particularly to the North West. Best DX here with the help of a plane and CW was Jon GM4JTJ. Many stations were complaining of bad noise but it was better than usual here. The deep QSB was, however, very noticeable. Link here to claimed scores
On HF
On Monday 18th May the RSGB FT4 contest ran. This has been proving increasingly popular worldwide. 124 logs have been received. NARC members G0BIX, G4OZG, and M0KKM were spotted in the list. Link here to logs received
On Wednesday 20th May the 80m CC DATA contest ran. We had a good turnout for this one and activity was also good. Conditions were also reasonable. 14 (or possibly 15) NARC stations have entered logs with the highest number of claimed QSOs being from Ray G3G (G3XLG) at 132 which looks like it may end up as the highest score of the contest. It was also good to see a new station participating, welcome Jeffrey G0CWJ to the team – link here to logs received
Bob 2E0OBO emailed me about his activity over the weekend in a couple of contests:-
Hi Phil
Started with eu psk63 dx on Saturday but gave up after 16 qso’s. Went onto KOS (HM King of Spain) cw, much more rewarding😆 and got my 50 in short order.
Sunday,
Tried psk again and staggered to 25, just to show willing🤣.
73 Bob
2E0OBO
EU PSK DX logs received link here
HM King of Spain CW logs received link here
Please let me know if you were on in any other VHF or HF contests and I’ll put a summary in next week’s news.
Apologies if I have missed any emailed reports, some go to spam and some get lost in the huge quantity of junk mail! I try to be diligent!
Upcoming contests in the next 2 weeks (all times in UTC):-
On VHF / UHF / SHF
Before each of the 2m and 70cm UKACs there is an FM leg starting 1 hour before for 55 minutes. I hear almost no activity in this from here but others may have more luck! Rules etc on RSGBCC site.
% Sun 24th May 0800-1400 10GHz trophy Contest (VHF championship) – link to rules here
% Tue 26th May 1830-2130 SHF UKAC
% Tue 2nd Jun. 1900-2130 144MHz UKAC
% Wed 3rd Jun. 1700-2100 144MHz FT8 AC
Also of interest for some on the vhf / uhf bands are the EU FT8 activity tests – see the following link more information. These are on the first (144 MHz), second (432MHz) and third (1.3GHz) Wednesdays of each month. 1700-2000 Hrs EU FT8 series website
On HF
% Sun 24th May 1600-2000 Real time contest CW and SSB (live score reporting) – link here to rules
% Mon 25th May 0000-0100 QRP ARCI Hootowl Sprint CW – link here to rules
% Mon 25th May 1300-1400 QCX Challenge CW – link here to rules
% Thu 28th May 1900-2030 80m CC CW
% Sat 30th May 0000 to Sun 31st May 2359 CQ WW WPX CW – link to rules here
% Mon 1st Jun. 80m CC DATA
% Sat 6th Jun. 1500 for 24h – (an early reminder) HF NFD CW – link here to rules
See Link to WA7BNM for other contests not mentioned above. There are several to choose from!
Wednesdays throughout the year, CW OPS 1 hour mini tests 13:00, 19:00, Thurs 03:00 and 07:00, exchange Name and G if not a member or CW OPS number if you are a member.
See CWOPS website for more details.
Also on Fridays 2000 to 2100 and Mondays 0000 to 0100 each week CW OPS runs the K1USN slow speed CW contests. Any speed up to 20wpm is acceptable. For rules see :- CW OPs SST page these contests are open to anyone.
All RSGB contest rules and further details plus log submission at RSGB contest site
A link to John 2E0TWQ’s site’s Narc contest history page – 2E0TWQ’s NARC contest results page
Finally possibly a new section as there doesn’t seem to be any other NARC pages dedicated to this; here is a list forwarded by Alan G800 of the DX activity planned courtesy the ARI DX bulletin:-
till 15/05 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1815
till 15/05 VY0ZOO (VY0BRR): Broughton Island (NA-130) 1825
till 19/05 XT2AW: Burkina Faso 1826
till 22/05 3B9G: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 1824
till 24/05 VK9BSA and VK9DEE: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1820
till 25/05 OT26EPIC: special callsign 1824
till 31/05 A60PE: special callsign 1825
till 31/05 II4ROSA: special callsign 1809
till 31/05 LZ100LZ: special callsign 1826
till 31/05 S09S: Western Sahara 1821
till 31/05 SP1920KW: special callsign 1807
till 31/05 SX1FLY: special callsign 1827
till 31/05 SZ40A: special callsign 1818
till 15/06 5Z4/MM0ZBH: Kenya 1825
till 30/06 LZ370TL: special callsign 1809
till June 3X/YB3GIH: Guinea 1810
till June TL8BNW: Central African Republic 1813
till 11/07 CN2NQV: Morocco 1825
till 20/07 FO/F6BCW: Tikehau (OC-066), French Polynesia 1822
till 31/07 C21TS: Nauru (OC-031) 1813
till 31/07 DA200GVN: special callsign 1821
till 31/07 DM50GFS: special callsign 1821
till 06/08 ZL100C: special callsign 1789
till 30/09 9A10SOTA: special callsign 1795
till 30/09 YR100RC: special callsign 1820
till 10/11 PA50JT: special callsign 1803
till 31/12 9A44FF: special callsign 1808
till 31/12 9A69AA: special callsign 1809
till 31/12 CT100REP: special callsign 1810
till 31/12 DA100LH, DL100LH, DK100LH: special callsigns 1808
till 31/12 DA100TV and DL100TV: special callsigns 1808
till 31/12 DB100FT: special callsign 1807
till 31/12 DL25WIKI: special callsign 1807
till 31/12 DQ30GDXF: special callsign 1811
till 31/12 DR170TESLA: special callsign 1826
till 31/12 EM50AR: special callsign 1811
till 31/12 GB50PUNK: special callsign 1809
till 31/12 LU1DMZ/Z and LU1ZA: South Orkney Islands (AN-008) 1818
till 31/12 LZ75HSC: special callsign 1818
till 31/12 OT26B: special callsign 1821
till 31/12 PG75HSC: special callsign 1824
till 31/12 YT170TESLA: special callsign 1814
till 31/12 ZL100AA: special callsign 1823
till December VK0TBC: Casey Station, Antarctica 1812
till ??/?? 9M2/KM9D: Rebak Island (AS-058), West Malaysia 1817
09/05-10/05 KD7WPJ: Santa Cruz Island (NA-144) 1827
09/05-15/05 HK4/PY8WW: Tutumate Islands (SA-093) 1817
10/05-16/05 VB3COPS: special callsign 1827
10/05-19/05 TF/WE9G: Iceland (EU-021) 1826
12/05-22/05 OX3LX: Aasiaat Island (NA-134), Greenland 1827
12/05-31/07 II0NRG: special callsign 1826
13/05-16/05 YB1RQX/p, YB1RET/p, YC1RIK/p: Singkep Island (OC-107) 1827
13/05-21/05 V4/EI7BR, V4/EI8KN, V49B: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1827
13/05-22/05 A31AA: Tongatapu Island (OC-049), Tonga 1826
14/05-26/05 A35RS: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1827
15/05-16/05 JI3DST/6 and JA4GXS/6: Danjo Islands (AS-056) 1826
17/05-23/05 VB3EMS: special callsign 1827
18/05-22/05 PA/OR5R: Ameland Island (EU-038) 1827
19/05-08/06 3G0Z: Robinson Crusoe Island (SA-005), Juan Fernandez 1827
21/05-23/05 EJ6KP/p: Arranmore Island (EU-121) 1826
22/05-24/05 9M26ISX: special callsign (West Malaysia) 1827
22/05-29/01 2027 8J70JARE: special callsign 1825
23/05-30/05 ZC4RH: UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus 1827
25/05-29/05 ZD8KX: Ascension Island (AF-003) 1827
25/05-03/06 ZL7IO: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 1825
26/05-06/06 CP7DX: Bolivia 1827
27/05-08/06 PJ4CB: Bonaire (SA-006) 1827
May T31TTT: Central Kiribati 1822
May XR0Z: Alejandro Selkirk (SA-101), Juan Fernandez 1827
May-October HF0PAS: South Shetland Islands (AN-010) 1825
01/06-14/06 VJ2L: Lord Howe Island (OC-004) 1827
01/06-30/06 II4PRCE: special callsign 1809
01/06-30/06 SP1373JA: special callsign 1807
01/07-31/07 II4JAFL: special callsign 1809
01/07-31/07 SP1183JO: special callsign 1807
01/07-31/08 LZ67PP: special callsign 1809
04/07-07/07 RI1PC: Chaichiy Island (EU-160) 1823
12/07-16/07 RI0BW: Vize Island (AS-055) 1823
18/07-21/07 RI0BU: Uyedineniya Island (AS-057) 1823
23/07-26/07 RI0BI: Isachenko Island (AS-050) 1823
01/08-31/08 II4KEMP: special callsign 1809
01/08-31/08 SP1905MFK: special callsign 1807
01/09-15/09 RI1FJL: Heiss Island (EU-019), Franz Josef Land 1812
01/09-30/09 II4PAGE: special callsign 1809
01/09-30/09 SP1373AB: special callsign 1807
01/09-31/10 LZ936BA: special callsign 1809
30/09-11/10 9T0MD: Democratic Republic of the Congo 1825
01/10-31/10 II4NTTI: special callsign 1809
01/10-31/10 SP1550SK: special callsign 1807
29/10-13/11 KH8A: Pago Pago (OC-045), American Samoa 1827
01/11-30/11 II4GCLB: special callsign 1809
01/11-30/11 SP1234KK: special callsign 1807
01/11-31/12 LZ911TD: special callsign 1809
10/11-19/11 C8K: Mozambique 1823
November ZK3: Tokelau (OC-048) 1822
01/12-31/12 II4SLRI: special callsign 1809
01/12-31/12 SP1835JK: special callsign 1807
February 2027 3Y0L: Peter I Island (AN-004) 1823
March 2027 VP0SG: South Georgia Island (AN-007) 1827
425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: https://www.425dxn.org/73 until next week,
Phil G4LPP