Welcome to week one hundred and forty of NARC’s contest news.
Results:-
On VHF
The results of the 144MHz UKAC of 7th May were released on 19th May. We remain in 4th place overall in this section despite finishing this leg in 6th place. Entry numbers for us have dwindled a bit. In the open section Stewart G4AFF finished 6th, I managed a 10th place and Ken, G3UDA came in 26th. In the restricted section Graham, G3SGC came 34th, John, G4PFZ came 61st, Mike, G4KQY came 66th, Mike, G4DYC came 109th and Dave, G0ELJ came 112nd. Link to results here
The results of the 2h 2m FT8 AC of 1st May were released on 22nd May. Colin, G0ODR came 4th in the QRP section and is currently 4th overall in that section. Club member Roger, EI8KN came 3rd in the Open section and is currently 3rd overall in that section too. Wilson, G6WQN is running 19th out of 51 in the Restricted section despite having only entered one of the 5 events in this series. Apologies if I have missed any cl;ub members who entered. Link to results here
The results of the 2h 70cm FT8 AC of 8th May were released on 22nd May. Roger, EI8KN came 4th in the open section and is running 3rd overall in this section. Wilson, G6WQN is running 4th overall in the QRP section after 5 events having only entered one event. Link to results here
On HF
The results of the 80m SSB CC of 13th May were released on 19th May. NARC continue to head the leader board in the Local clubs section with a clean sweep by a large number of points after yet another big win. We scored 7,729 points with second placed Newbury in this leg having 5075 points. We now have 84,166 points overall with Bristol second in our Local Clubs section with 54,587 points. Congratulations to Andy, M0NKR for first place in the 100W section and an excellent 179 contacts adjudicated with the bonus station to 183. 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
The NARC VHF team operating as G2N from Trimingham over the weekend of 18th/19th May entered the 144MHz May contest. Preparation took much of the preceding week but results have made the effort well worthwhile. Conditions were fairly flat but using full legal power amd 2 towers each with 2 x 14 element beams we achieved 332 QSOs, 81 postcode districts and 17 countries. Best DX was 1600Km plus by FSK441. Hoping adjudication doesn't lead to too many UBNs! Many signals were very weak especially on Sunday when the Backpackers joined the fray. Overall we ended the weekend very tired but happy and had a good weekend. By claimed scores so far we are well in the lead although more entries are expected and one of the larger teams has not entered a claimed score. The site was mostly stripped down in about 2 hours. Thanks to everyone who helped, visited, gave us points or supported us in other ways. Link to claimed scores here
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Op Tent
Morning view from Trimingham clifftop
Buzzard having a rest
Contact Map
The 1.3GHz UKAC ran on Tuesday May 21st. 86 logs have so far been received at RSGB. NARC managed 3 entries, Myself, G4DYC and G3YLA. We do need more regular entries on this band please. Conditions were reasonable and there was some DX about. Link to claimed scores here
On HF
The 80M CC DATA contest ran on Wednesday 22nd May. Conditions were quite good and so was activity with many continental stations joining in the fray particularly from DL and PA. NARC once again provided a good team with 15 known entries and good scores. It is noticeable that our team members scores are improving overall. Highest claimed score in this one was Ray G3G with 114 contacts. On an initial totting up of results it looks like we should win this one too. Link to logs received here
I've had no reports of anyone working any other HF contests last weekend. Please let me know if you were 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 May 1900-2130 1.3GHz UKAC
* Tue 28th May 1830-2130 SHF UKAC
* Sat 1st Jun. 1300 for 24h UK Six Metre Group contest (NARC team at Great Ellingham - please lend support) Rules here
* Tue 4th Jun. 1900-2130 144MHz UKAC
* Wed 5th Jun. 1700-2100 144MHz FT8AC 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
* Sat 25th May 0000 to Sun 26th May 2359 CQ WW WPX Contest CW - Link to rules here
* Thu 30th May 1900-2030 80m CC CW
* Fri 31st May 0000 for 3 days PODXS Club Three day weekend contest PSK31 - Rules here
* Sat 1st Jun. 1500 for 24h CW National Field Day (NARC team at Great Ellingham - please lend support) Rules here
* Sat 1st Jun. 1500 for 24h IARU Region 1 CW Field Day - Rules here
* Sat 1st Jun. 1800 for 30h ARRL International Digital contest (No RTTY) - Rules here
See Link to WA7BNM for other contests not mentioned above. Several QSO parties in the USA etc.
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 CWops 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.
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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
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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 whatsover 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!
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73 until next week,
Phil G4LPP
