HF NFD Gt. Ellingham G3LDI at the helm,
Welcome to week two hundred and fifty of NARC’s contest news
A bit rushed this week due to short deadline and late UKAC.
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 50MHz trophy contest of 20th June were released on 16th July. NARC interest was with Steve M5BFL who won the 6h single operator fixed section. Congratulations to Steve! Stewart G4AFF came 11th anf Terry G0BIX 37th in the same section. Roger EI8KN came 6th in the Non UK section. Link here to results
The results of the 144MHz FT8 AC 2h and 4h sections of 1st July are out. In the 2h section Roger EI8KN came 3rd in the Open section. Terry G0BIX came 9th in the Restricted section and Colin G0ODR came 4th in the Low Power section. In the 4h Restricted section G0BIX came 5th. Link here to results
The results of the 1.3GHz UKAC of 16th June came out on 14th July. In the Open section G4LPP was 7th, G4AFF was 8th and EI8KN was 15th. In the Restricted section Graham G3SGC was 19th and in the Low Power section Jim G3YLA was 43rd. NARC came 5th overall in this one and remain 5th in the 1.3GHz series. Link here to results
The results of the SHF UKAC of 23rd June were released on 13th July. NARC only entered on 2.3GHz in the Restricted section G4LPP was 5th and G3SGC was 26th. We were 5th overall and remain 5th in the 2.3 GHz series and 7th in the whole SHF series. Link here to results
The results of the 50MHz CW contest of 28th June came out on 12th July. In the Open section Roger G3LDI was 3rd and in the Restricted section G4LPP was 1st. 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 Wirral in 4th. Interestingly Parallel lines group have a perfect 6000 score so far! Link here
On HF
The results of the 80m CC CW contest of 6th July were released on 13th July. NARC scraped a win over Bristol with 7,696 points and Bristol on 7,370 points. Top scorer for NARC was Jon G4IVV with 870 points. Link here to results
There is now only one CC left to run, the SSB having run last night.
The last CC in the series is DATA on Wednesday 23rd July.
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 Tuesday 14th July the 70cm UKAC ran. Conditions were good and NARC entered 7 stations. 135 logs were received at RSGBCC. Link here to claimed scores
On Thursday 16th July the 70MHz UKAC ran. Conditions were middling and the band was noisy. G4LPP, G4DYC, G4KQY, EI8KN and G8VPE seem to be the only NARC entries. Best DX here was GM4WJA in IO87. Link here to claimed scores
On HF
Over the weekend of 11th/12th July to much publicity and enormous volunteer effort the WRTC ran in Norfolk and Suffolk with 50 teams of the world’s top contesters, one pair from each country in identically equipped portable locations. They took part on CW and SSB in the IARU HF contest and at the same time the RSGB GR2HQ test ran. Link here to the WRTC results and link here to the IARU contest logs received and link here to the GR2HQ challenge (where Tracey 2E0CEY was the only entrant for NARC)
Bob 2E0OBO reports activity in IARU HF:-
Hi Phil,
This weekends epic noggin bender 201 qsos. Actually did a bit more this time😇. Four 1 hour sessions with an 05 circle ring bolt stint😁. Stand out qso’s, Brazil, china and Korea. NZ’s/AUS’s in the back ground but no dice. St. Helena was there but piled up to his armpits☹️.
Catch you on the shouty shouty on Mon and cwt on Wed.
Best 73
Bob 2E0OBO
On Wednesday the penultimate 80m CC contest of the year, SSB, ran. This test coincided with the World Cup football semi-finals where apparently England were beaten by Argentina. This resulted in a lower than usual turnout in general for the contest. Conditions were reasonable and NARC put in 9 logs which look like they should secure another win. Link here to logs received
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
% Sat 18th Jul. 70MHz Trophy contest (part of RSGB VHF Championship) – link here to rules
% Sat 18th Jul. 1400 for 24h IARU Region 1 70MHz contest – link here to rules
% Sat 18th June 1400 for 24h CQ Worldwide VHF Digital Contest 6m & 2m – link here to rules
% Tue 21st Jul. 1900-2130 1.3GHz UKAC
% Tues 28th Jul. SHF UKAC
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.
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
% Sat 18th Jul. 0000 to Sun 19th Jul. 2359 LABRE (Brazil) DX contest CW & SSB – link here to rules
% Sun 19th Jul. 0900-1600 International Low Power contest (RSGB HF championship) link here to rules
% Thu 23rd Jul. 1900-2030 80m CC DATA
% Sat 25th Jul. 1200 for 24h IOTA Contest – link here to rules
% Mon 27th Jul. 1900-2100 RSGB FT4 contest
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 a new section as there doesn’t seem to be any other NARC pages dedicated to this; here is a list forwarded by Alan G8OO of the DX activity planned courtesy the ARI DX bulletin:-
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 73 until next week,
Phil G4LPP