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Welcome to week two hundred and thirteen of NARC’s contest news.
Results:-
On VHF
The results of the 144MHz UKAC of 7th October were released on 20th October. Entries from NARC members were well down which is a shame. We managed 6 entries two in the open section and four in the restricted section. It was good to see Neil, G4HUN/p out once more and coming in with our leading score in the restricted section. Link here to results
In the AFS Superleague championships so far NARC are in 6th place out of 15 clubs. Link to this here
In the overall UKAC we are now running 6th in section out of 58 clubs so far. Link to this here.
On HF
No HF results of note that I am aware of this week.
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 Sunday 19th October the 50MHz AFS contest ran. Conditions weren’t great for this one but activity was reasonable and there were brief DX openings. NARC managed 8 entries which means we have entered an A and a B team each of 4. It was good to see Tracey 2E0CEY joining us for her first time contesting on 6m. Link here to claimed scores
On Tuesday 21st October the 1.3GHz UKAC ran. Once again conditions were poor but there was some reasonable DX to work. 4 of us from NARC entered, best DX here was OZ2ND. Link to claimed scores here
On HF
On Thursday 23rd October the 80m RSGB Autumn series SSB contest ran. Conditions were good and activity was too. NARC managed a good number of entries, I believe 17. Some excellent scores were achieved. As usual on SSB the band was very crowded and noisy. Link to logs received here
I received this email from Alan G8OO about his work in the JARTS RTTY contest of 18th October:-
Hi Phil G4LPP
Below is my JARTS-WW-RTTY entry.
This was a 48 hour event and I only operated on Saturday with time out to cut the grass and meal times Hi.
De Alan H g8oo
Callsign G8OO
Country England
Locator JO02KS
Sunrise ◑ 06:27
Sunset ◐ 16:55
Contest JARTS-WW-RTTY
Category SINGLE-OP ALL RTTY45 Low power 100w
Operators G8OO
Start date 18-Oct-2025 03:57
End date 18-Oct-2025 17:35
Participation time 13:38 (818 min.)
Break time 03:02 (182 min., 22.25 %)
Operating time 10:36 (636 min.)
QSOs 511
Dupes 0 (0.00 %)
Unique callsigns 379
QSOs per station 1.35
Kilometers per QSO 2,759 km
Countries 56
Fields 43 (13.27 %)
Moves 21
Claimed score 210,816 pts
Software SDC VER:19.0305X64
Sunspot number (SSN)
Callsigns not found in sh5.master 43 (11.35%)
Prefixes 265
Club Norfolk ARC
In addition to Alan, John G8VPE and Tracey 2E0CEY were active in this contest
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.
% Tue 21st Oct. 1900-2130 1.3GHz UKAC
% Tue 28th Oct. 1930-2230 SHF UKAC
% Sat 1st Nov. 1400 for 24h 144MHz CW Marconi Contest (Part of RSGB VHF CW championship) – link to rules here
% Tue 4th Nov. 2000-2230 144MHz UKAC
% Wed 5th Nov. 1700-2100 144MHz FT8 AC 2h and 4h sections
Also 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.
% Thu 23rd Oct. 1900-2030 Autumn series 80m SSB
% Sat 25th Oct. 0000 to Sun 26th Oct. 2359 CQ WW SSB – link to rules here
% Sun 26th Oct. 1300 to Mon 27th Oct. 0700 and Tues 28th Oct. 1300 to Wed 29th Oct 0700 CW Classic Exchange contest – link to rules here
% Mon 27th Oct. 1630-1729 OK1WC Memorial contest CW – link to rules here
% Mon 27th Oct. 1900-2000 QCX challenge CW – link to rules here
% Mon 27th Oct. 2000-2200 RSGB FT4 contest
% Sat 1st Nov. 1200 for 24h UK/EI DX SSB contest part of RSGB HF championship – link to rules here
% Sat 1st Nov. 0000 to Sun 2nd Nov. 2359 YBDXPI FT8 contest – link to rules here
% Sat 1st Nov. 0600-1800 IPARC CW contest also separate SSB contest – link to rules here
% Sat 1st Nov. 0600-0859 Silent Key Memorial contest CW 80m and 40m – link to rules here
% Sun 2nd Nov. 1400-1700 High speed club CW contest – link to rules here
% Mon 3rd Nov. 2000-2130 80m Autumn series DATA
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
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