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Welcome to week one hundred and eighty nine of NARC’s contest news.
Results:-
On VHF
The results of the 50MHz UKAC of 10th April were released on 7th May. NARC, with a reduced entry, managed 5th place so thanks to all who entered. Leading scorer for NARC was Steve, M5BFL (4th in the Open category), congratulations to him. Followed by Mike, G4KQY (34th in the Restricted category) and Roger G3LDI (7th in the open category). We had 6 entrants in all. This leaves us in 5th place overall but with a lot of ground to make up! Link to results here
No other new VHF results to report.
In the overall UKAC we are running 5th in section out of 48 clubs so far. Link to this here.
On HF
The results of the UKEI DX CW contest of 26/27 April have been released. In the single operator section. G4LPP, Phil 22nd (High power), G4IVV, Jon 41st (Low power), 436 entries in this section. Link to results here
The results of the RSGB FT4 contest of 28th April were released. Ted, G4OZG came 8th, Terry, G0BIX came 15th and Kevin, M0KKM came 17th in the 100W UK single radio section. Link to results 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
Several contests over this past week.
Over the weekend of 3rd/ 4th May the 432 and up contest, the 144MHz May contest, The 432MHz Trophy contest and the 10GHzTrophy contests ran. Typically, conditions had been excellent during the preceding week but dropped to normal on the 1st day of the weekend.
In the May UHF on 432 MHz Phil, G4LPP, Roger, EI8KN and Terry, G0BIX were active. On 1.2GHz Phil, G4LPP and Roger, EI8KN were active but overall entries in these tests were low. Link to claimed scores here
In the 10GHz Trophy contest Graham, G3SGC was active working 4 stations. Link to claimed scores here
In the 144MHz May contest there was a fair bit of local activity and 62 entries in all. M6R, the Trimingham team with several NARC members operating are 3rd overall and second in section on claimed score. G4LPP is 9th overall and 4th in section 4th in section on claimed score. Steve, M5BFL is 12th overall and 6th in section overall on claimed score. Roger, EI8KN was 25th overall and 16th in section. Terry, G0BIX was 34th in section and 46th overall. Link to claimed scores here
A very brief report from Mike G4DYC is here, he struggled with the poor conditions just using a vertical colinear antenna:-
I found conditions tricky-qsb/fleeting sigs…
My best dx out of 9 QSOs would have been TM5R but unable after several tries to cfm his serial nr to me. Did put it in log though.
Next best would have been G8NEY/p. He cfd all my details, He was happy with my detes But I tried in vain to get a confirmation of his District code. I logged it as BA( but heard it as BK-which does not exist.) So I’m hoping for the best. We exchanged reports of RS52 ! .I heard nothing further from him.
Best 73
Mike
In the 432MHz Trophy contest G4LPP was 4th in section and 7th overall on claimed score. Stewart, G4AFF was 9th in section and 14th overall. Roger, EI8KN was 13th in section and 19th overall. John, G8VPE was 28th in section and 36th overall – all of these results on claimed scores. Link to those here
On Tuesday 6th May, the 144MHz UKAC ran. There was a good turnout from NARC members with 7 logs received. Highest claimed score was from Stewart, G4AFF with 157 QSOs and a claimed 5th place overall. Link to claimed scores here
The 144MHz FT8 AC ran on Wednesday 7th May. In the 2h section, so far the only NARC entry I could spot were Roger, EI8KN and Colin, G0ODR. In the 4h section it was Terry, G0BIX. Link to 2h section claimed scores
On Thursday 8th May the 50MHz UKAC ran. I counted 9 NARC entries this time with good scores achieved. Conditions weren’t great but some good distances were worked. Thanks to all who turned out. – Link to claimed scores here
On HF
I’ve not been made aware of any local interest in the HF contests that took place over the past week. The emphasis has been on VHF / UHF. If you know of any contest activity on HF than please let me know.
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.
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 11th May 0900-1200 70MHz Contest CW - part of the VHF CW championship - Link to rules here
* Tue 13th May 1900-2130 432MHz UKAC
* Wed 14th May 1700-2100 432MHz FT8 AC 2h and 4h sections
* Thu 15th May 1900-2130 70MHz UKAC
* Tue 20th May 1900-2130 1.3GHz UKACAlso of interest for some on the vhf / uhf bands are the EU FT8 activity tests – see the following link for 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
NB:- Note the RSGB has changed several of the rules for HF contests in 2025 – Link here to changes.
* Sat 10th May 0000-2359 FISTS Saturday Sprint - CW - link to rules here
* Sat 10th May 1200 for 24h VOLTA WW RTTY test - link to rules here
* Sat 10th May 1200 for 36h SKCC Weekend sprintathon - CW - link to rules here
* Mon 12th May 1900-2030 80m CC SSB
* Sat 17th May 0600-2100 UN DX Contest CW and SSB - Link to rules here
* Sat 17th May 0800-1100 and Sun 18th May 0800-1100 NZART Sangster Shield contest CW - Link to rules here
* Sat 17th May 1200 for 24h His Majesty the King of Spain CW contest - Link to rules here
* Sat 17th May 1200 for 24h EU PSK DX contest BPSK63 - Link to rules here
* Sat 17th May 1200-1600 Feld Hell Sprint - Link to rules here
* Sat 17th May 2100 to Sun 18th May 0200 Baltic contest CW and SSB - Link to rules here
* Sun 18th May 0000-2359 FISTS Sunday sprint CW - Link to rules here
* Sun 17th May 2300 to Mon 19th May 0100 Run for the Bacon QRP contest CW - Link to rules here
* Mon 19th May 1900-2100 RSGB FT4 contest
* Wed 21st May 1900-2030 80m CC DATA contestSee Link to WA7BNM for other contests not mentioned above.
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 CWOPS 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
Look to WA7BNM’s contest calendar for other contests and links to rules etc at WA7BNM weekly contest calendar
A link to John 2E0TWQ’s site’s Narc contest history page – 2E0TWQ’s NARC contest results page
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!
Submissions or comments for this news to thedoctorphil@gmail.com
73 until next week,
Phil G4LPP