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A young Ricky G3VZT
Welcome to week two hundred and fourteen of NARC’s contest news.
Results:-
On VHF
The results of the 432MHz UKAC of 14th October were released on 25th October. Entries from NARC members were well down which is a shame. We managed 5 entries in all. We managed to come 7th overall in this one leaving us in 6th place overall in this series. Link to results here
The results of the 70MHz UKAC of 16th October were released on 30th October. NARC managed 4 entries in this one coming 4th overall which is a good result. We are still running 6th in this 70MHz series. Link to results here
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
The results of the 80m Autumn series DATA contest of 15th October were released on 24th October. Our team of 13 managed a comfortable win with a total of 8,158 points. Gloucester were second this time with 4,440 points. In the Autumn series we are now on 47,802 points with Bristol in second place on 27,180 points. Lead scorer in this one for us was Jon, G4IVV with 874 points so congratulations to him! We await a set of SSB results then there are 3 more contests in the series. 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
On Tuesday 28th October the SHF UKAC ran. In the absence of Graham, G3SGC, I was the only NARC entry and then only on 2.3GHZ. Conditions were fairly flat and almost all contacts were well in the noise but 18 QSOs were made, which, UBN dependant, should give us a win in the Restricted section on that band. Link to claimed scores here
OnHF
On Saturday and Sunday 25th and 26th October the main event was CQ WW SSB. I am aware that several club members took part including Stewart, G4AFF and Tracey, 2E0CEY, but was away and have received no reports of activity. Apologies to any I may have missed. Link here to logs received
On Monday 27th October, the RSGB FT4 contest ran. I spotted club members Roger, EI8KN and Kevin, M0KKM in the list of entrants. Apologies if I missed anyone. Link to logs received 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.
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.
% 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
% Sat 8th Nov. 0000 to Sun 9th Nov. 2359 ARRL EME contest 50MHz to 1296MHz = link here to rules
% Tue 11th Nov. 2000-2230 432MHz UKAC
% Wed 12th Nov. 1700-2100 432MHz FT8 AC 2h and 4h sections
% Thu 13th Nov. 2000-2230 50MHz UKAC
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.
% 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
% Sat 8th Nov. 2000-2300 Club Calls (1.8MHz AFS) HF championship and AFS superleague – link here to rules
% Sat 8th Nov. 0000 to Sun 9th Nov. 2359 WAE DX Contest RTTY – link here to rules
% Sat 8th Nov. 0000-2359 FISTS Saturday sprint – link to rules here
% Sat 8th Nov. 0700-1300 JIDX Phone contest (Japan / Worldwide) – link here to rules
% Sat 8th Nov. 1200 for 36h SKCC Weekend Sprintathon – link here to rules
% Wed 12th Nov. 2000-2130 Autumn Series SSB
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