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80m Club Championship Feb - Jul 2007 Won it !  results
SSB Field Day Sept 2007 Won the Restricted Section  results
IOTA Contest as Jul 2007 13th in Expedition section   results
50MHz Trophy Jun 2007 Won Open Section !  results
National Field Day (CW) Jun 2007 4th in Open Section  results
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2007 A Team 3rd, B Team 13th  results
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2007 A Team 4th, B Team 19th  results
80m Club Championship Feb Jul 2006 3rd  results
SSB Field Day Sept 2006 Won the Open Section   results
IOTA Contest as Jul 2006 3rd Multi-op Island, 2nd Expedition results
National Field Day (CW) Jun 2006 2nd  results
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2006 3rd  results
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2006 2nd  results
80m Club Championship Feb - Jul 2005 2nd  results
SSB Field Day Sept 2005 2nd in Open Section  results
IOTA Contest as Jul 2005 3rd Multi-op Island,  Won Expedtion results
National Field Day (CW) Jun 2005 2nd in the Open Section  results
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2005 18th  results
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2005 7th   results
80m Club Championship Feb - July 2004 4th  results
SSB Field Day Sept 2004 Won the Open Section  results
IOTA Contest as EJ2MT Jul 2004 4th Multi-op Island , 3rd Expedition results
National Field Day (CW) Jun 2004 4th  results
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2004 10th  results
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2004 16th  results
SSB Field Day Sept 2003 2nd in Open Section  results
IOTA Contest as GX6YB Jul 2003 10th Multi-op Island , 4th Expedition results
National Field Day (CW) Jun 2003 3rd in Open Section results
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2003 12th  results
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2003 6th  results
CQ WW CW Nov 2002
SSB Field Day Sept 2002 4th in Open Section 
IOTA Contest as PJ2Y July 2002 21st Island Multi-op (first in South America)
IOTA Contest with EI7M July 2002 11th Island Multi-op
VHF Field Day July 2002 Won the Restricted Section
RSGB Jubilee Contest June 2002 Won the Multi op section 
CQ WPX CW May 2002 17th Multi-op in Europe (of 52), Top G
May 144 May 2002  Won it.  See G7ORR site for details
March 144/432  Mar 2002 See G7ORR site for details
144MHz UK Activity Contest Feb 2002 See G7ORR site for details
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2002 14th 
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2002 14th
CQ WW SSB with EI7M Oct 2001 6th in Europe
SSB Field Day Sept 2001 2nd in Open section (pipped by Lichfield)
IOTA as PJ2Y July 2001 World 13th - No 1 in South America
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2001 8th (Neil individual 3rd)
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2001 10th
CQ WW SSB Oct 2000 2nd in England
SSB Field Day Sept 2000 We've WON it again - the hat-trick
IOTA July 2000 4th in Multi-op Island
CQ WPX SSB March 2000

1st in UK, 2nd in Europe, 6th in World

Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 2000 8th
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 2000 6th out of 83 teams
SSB Field Day Sept 99 WON it second year running
IOTA July 99 3rd in Multi-op Island
VHF Field Day July 99 WON the 4m low power section
National Field Day (CW) June 99 WON the BRISTOL TROPHY
Practical Wireless Contest June 99 WON it - first try !
144MHz Backpackers 1 and 2 May/June 99 WON both events again
50MHz Trophy June 99 6th in Multiop section
CQWW 160meter DX SSB Feb 99 2nd in Europe again
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 99 6th out of 84 entries
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 99 11th out of 89 entries
SSB Field Day - (See Feature) Sept 98 WON IT - Northumbria Trophy
IOTA - (See Feature) July 98 14th in Multi - Island section
National Field Day (HF) June 98 4th out of 58 - our best so far !
144MHz Trophy May 98 9th in Open Section
CQWW 160meter DX Feb 98 2nd Multiop in EU
Affiliated Societies AFS SSB Jan 98 5th out of 85 entries (great result -first try)
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 98 7th out of 98 entries
21/28MHz Oct 97 Top Multi-op ! (5th overall)
IOTA - (See Feature) July 97 12th out of 71 in Islands Multi-op section
National Field Day (HF) June 97 9th out of 37 in Open section
144MHz Backpackers July 97 Won it again ! (as MW1BCG/P)
50 MHz Trophy June 97 6th out of 15 in Multi-op section (M1BCG/P)
7 MHz DX CW Feb 97 10th in Open Section
Affiliated Societies AFS CW Jan 97 6th out of 92 clubs
SSB Field Day Sept 96 5th out of 21 entries in the Open section.
VHF Field Day July 96 2nd out of 23 entries in the Low Power section
144 MHz Backpackers June 96 Won this event ! (as GW7TQR/P)
SSB Field Day Sept 95 3rd in UK as GU6YB/P !
AFS CW Jan 95 24th ... (oops ! but it was our first try)

...and some of our better performances in previous years

CQ WW CW - Nov 2002 - 

CLAIMED-SCORE:  2661711

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SSB Field Day - Sept 2002 ........... 4th in open section

Conditions were awful, brought on by the aurora on Saturday which just wiped out the HF bands. Having listened to the excellent DX activity the evening before this was a great disappointment. Unfortunately as the HF bands were so good the evening before we decided not to trouble with putting the 40m beam together. Big mistake ! 40m was very noisy and we could have done with the extra directivity. Luckily our 80m delta loop was working well and we were able to pull in quite a few DX stations there.  

So 15m and 10m were only good for multiplier hunting and the score was well down on previous years.
BAND 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs 261 377 304 64 21 1027
QSO Points 1054 1354 1054 200 69 3699
Multipliers  27 48 57 34 20 186

Comparison with previous years:
  Posn. QSOs Mults Points
2002 4th 1027 186 645656
2001 2nd 1735 190  1108840
2000 1st 1648 233  1322275
1999 1st 1556 258 1367916
1998 1st 1939 222 1469418
1996 5th 1291 141 632103
1995 3rd 906 166 535305
1994 2nd 1362 155 704010

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IOTA Contest 2002 at PJ2Y  - 21st Island multi-op (first in SA)

Category: Multi Operator Mode: MIXED Power: High

Section: Island Permanent  Island and IOTA No: Cuaracao - SA006

Operator(s): G3XSV G3TKF G4FKA G0HFX M0WLF

BAND CW QSOs CW Pts CW Mults SSB QSOs SSB Pts SSB Mults
80 5 75  5  14  198  12
40  74  750  35  157  1191  36
20  218  1554  36  825  5475  105
15  159  861  22  662  3606  65
10  1  15  1  2  30  2
TOTAL  457  3255  99  1660  10500  220
Claimed Score: 4,387,845 points
Adjudicated Score: 4,214,364 points
QSOs Multipliers Points
2109 308 4,214,364
 
Equipment:
Run Station: TS940 + Ameritron AL-1200 linear
Mult Station: TS930 + Ten-Tec Titan II linear
 
Antennas:
80m 3 el delta loop fixed on Europe
80m inv vee, 70ft
40m 2 el yagi, rotatable, 107ft
tribander 3 el, rotatable, 81ft
20m 5 el yagi, fixed Europe, 95ft
20m 5 el yagi, fixed US/JA, 75ft
15m 5 el yagi, fixed Europe, 85ft
10m 5 el yagi, fixed Europe, US/JA,
10m 5 el yagi, fixed US/JA, 55ft
10m 5 el yagi, fixed US/JA, 32ft

Comments:

The terrible conditions on the HF bands this year made it even more difficult to compete so far away from the centre of activity in Europe. 10 meters produced just 3 QSOs, which is pretty poor when you have a stack of 5 element monobanders to use. 15 meters was fairly quiet early on, but picked up later. Luckly 20m and 40m managed to sustain reasonable run rates. 80 meters produced just 19 QSOs from the 3 element delta loop, just too much QRN at 12°N.  Being in the tropics does have its compensations though. Everyone on the team had a great time topping up the suntan, and working our own personal pileups outside the contest.

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IOTA Contest 2002 at EI7M - 11th Island Multi-op

Adjudicated Score:  
QSOs Multipliers Points
2632 417 6,194,952

 

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VHF Field Day - July 2002 ........... 

Provisional scores:

50: 238 QSOs, 57445 points, best DX 1688 km to CT1HZE in IM57NH.
144: 329 QSOs, 88158 points, best DX 1133km to F6KBR/P in JN12HM.
432: 69 QSOs, 16305 points, best DX 1022 km to DG3KR in JN59IE.

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RSGB Jubilee Contest June 2002 ........... We may have won 

This was a one-off contest to mark the Queen's 50th Jubilee.

Unfortunately we were unable to do NFD this year, so we went all-out for this one. We were amazed how the QSO rate kept up throughout the contest, particularly on CW. There was a lot of support for the contest from round the world. In particular we were surprised by the level of activity from Europeans, Japanese and US. Probably a little less activity from the Commonwealth than in BERU, but plenty of interesting DX to be had, including: VP8, 3B8, ZK1, V5, 7Q and of course 9M6. 10m couldn't sustain a run, but their were a few useful mults to be had: VP8, VK2, 9J, 5N 

Overall a fantastic event, well worth running again in some form. Having G call areas as mults might make it more interesting. Maybe also allowing QSOs and Mults in both modes on a band as in IOTA. We had 77 dupes as a result of the single mode rule...easier to work them than explain.
BAND 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs 19 103 1072 1005 10 2209
Multipliers 4 12 31 28 8 83
Score: 916,735 points

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CQ WPX CW - May 2002 - 

Band QSO Points
160 6 12
80 118 241
40 420 1219
20 1177 2345
15 1257 2527
10 303 383
Claimed Score 3281 5,502,686
Published Score: 3162 5,165,600

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Affiliated Societies AFS SSB - Jan 2002 ......... results not yet available

Bit of a half-hearted attempt this year having lost our star of last year Neil M0AXF to Ireland.  Roger had a good run, and Alan was operating from the Shire club.  Martyn came on for the last hour.
Call G4WBV G3XSV G3RXF TEAM TOTAL Pts
Valid QSOs 241  218 84 5430

Comparison to previous years...

AFS-SSB Position Points
2001 6 6560
2000 10 5,792
1999 6 6,210

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Affiliated Societies AFS CW - Jan 2002 .........

Call G3XSV G0WKW G3YHV M0XXX G0HFX Total Pts
Valid QSOs 220 212 202 150 140 924
Credited QSO Pts 2200 2120 2020 1500 1400 9240

And in previous years...

AFS-CW Position Points
2001 8 10,330
2000 8 10,650
1999 11 8,900
1998 7 11,260
1997 6 10453
1996 11 7829
1995 24 6930
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CQ WW DX Contest - Oct 2001 - with EI7M - 6th M/S in Europe
Band QSO QSO Pts Mult Zones Mult Countries
160 127 150 10 48
80 396 659 15 74
40 544 912 23 91
20 1404 3382 35 128
15 2074 4397 37 146
10 2377 5786 36 143
Totals 6922 15286 156 630

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SSB Field Day - Sept 2001 ........... 2nd this year (pipped by Lichfield)

We used a single rig this year and no spotting of any kind. This resulted in a slightly higher number of QSOs, but the Multipliers were down on previous years.  The DX conditions seemed excellent, especially to JA and west coast USA on 15m and 20m. Even 10m opened up to JA for a while.

BAND 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs 108 151 802 588 86 1735
QSO Points 463 575 2616 1888 294 5836
Multipliers SSB 19 25 63 55 28 190

Comparison with previous years:
  Posn. QSOs Mults Points
2001 2nd 1735 190 * 1108840
2000 1st 1648 233  1322275
1999 1st 1556 258 1367916
1998 1st 1939 222 1469418
1996 5th 1291 141 632103
1995 3rd 906 166 535305
1994 2nd 1362 155 704010

* claimed score

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IOTA Contest 2001 - as PJ2Y

Band scores:
BAND 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs SSB 15 100 623 915 35 1688
Valid QSOs CW 11 82 291 235 21 640
QSO Points 162 1410 7566 7290 624 17052
Multipliers SSB 6 33 91 91 27 248
Multipliers CW 2 23 31 36 13 105

Comments

Quite a different experience to our efforts from the Isle of Wight the last couple of years. We had an excellent station, courtesy of  W0CG and the Caribbean Contest Consortium, but it is quite a different contest seen from the other side of the Atlantic.   This REALLY IS a European contest, and we felt just like spectators at times. The most striking example of this was the 10m E's opening that happened in Europe. We could hear Europe, but we couldn't get ourselves heard despite a large monobander at 85ft. From the tropics 80m is just wall to wall QRN. We could see lightning on the horizon out over the sea for a lot of the time. Even the beverage didn't help much with the noise level. As a result, just 8 mults made on 80m, and two of those were Curacao !

Suprisingly there is very little activity from the Carribean islands in this contest, on any of the bands. There were some definite advantages being where we were... apart from the obvious ones, like sunshine, warm blue sea, beautiful palm lined beaches, cocktails by the pool !  At times 15m and 20m were just outstanding. Wall-to-wall JAs, and Oceania helped push up our points-per-QSO average. The prefix obviously attracted a lot of non-contest callers which helped during low times. 40m was open all night and we were getting some amazingly stong signals from Europe. Although the noise level was very high, with those sort of signals we could work most stations, if a bit slower than from the UK.

We think it unlikely that there will be a winner from the other side of  the Atlantic in the forseeable future. The activity is just not there during quiet times for Europe. You just can't work enough of the guys in Europe who have gone out to an island with a 100w and a wire antenna for the 12 hour sections. There are islands we worked that wouldn't have been available from Europe, but not enough of them to compensate.   Overall we're please with our performance, which was about what we hoped for.

Year Call QSOs. Mults Points Position
2001 PJ2Y 2328 248 6,019,356 ?
2000 GX6YB IoWight 2802 476 8,610,840 4th
1999 GX6YB IoWight 2509 375 6,338,250 3rd
1998 GT6YB IoMan 2037 221 3,119,857 14th
1997 GD6YB IoMan 2277 213 3,117,468 12th

 

Affiliated Societies AFS SSB - Jan 2001 ......... results not yet available

Call M0AXF G3RXF G4WBV TEAM TOTAL Pts
Valid QSOs 270  195 191 6560

Comparison to last year...

AFS-SSB Position Points
2000 10 5,792
1999 6 6,210

Affiliated Societies AFS CW - Jan 2001 .........

Call G3SWH G0WKW G3XSV G3TKF G3YHV Total Pts
Valid QSOs claimed 231 227 220 206 163 1047
Credited QSO Pts 2290 2240 2180 2020 1600 10330

And in previous years...

AFS-CW Position Points
2001 8 10,330
2000 8 10,650
1999 11 8,900
1998 7 11,260
1997 6 10453
1996 11 7829
1995 24 6930
CQ WW DX Contest - Oct 2000

What a weekend !   We had the worst storms the UK has seen for 13 years. We had to lower the towers down from 90ft to 35ft in the face of 90MPH winds. Even then one of our tribanders was blown to bits near the end of the contest.

Band QSO QSO Pts Mult Zones Mult Countries
160 47 55 6 34
80 547 805 13 65
40 253 356 17 63
20 1051 2254 31 109
15 1386 3064 36 106
10 1325 3365 32 115
Totals 4609 9899 135 492

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SSB Field Day - Sept 2000 ........... IT'S THE HAT TRICK

Once again the excellent takeoff from our site was our greatest asset. We are quite sure 20m was closed at some time during the night for most other stations, but we were able to work into North America all night.  To quote one W7: "What are you guys using ? You're 10dB over S9 and we can only hear one other G who's running around S3." It's amazing what a bit of height and sloping ground can do.

So the problem became, how much time to spend on the LF bands ? Having got fed up of the noise on LF in previous years Neil, M0AXF, built some beverages to use on 80m and 40m.   Unfortunately conditions on LF didn't seem great - only a few North Americans worked on 80m, and of course Carlos, TI4CF, was his normal booming signal. An aurora before the contest made things a bit shaky on the HF bands at first. Luckily things started to improve as the contest went on. 10m opened well enough around 9am sunday morning to be able to spend a little time there, but the rest of the time it was a case of spotting the occassional mult on the band.

JAs was the main atraction on 15m. So long as we gave our age for the All Asia contest, as well as serial number, everyone was happy.

BAND 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs 134 165 845 435 67 1646
QSO Points 617 676 2760 1393 229 5675
Multipliers SSB 18 36 73 68 38 233

Comparison with previous years:
  Posn. QSOs Mults Points
2000 1st 1648 233 * 1322275
1999 1st 1556 258 1367916
1998 1st 1939 222 1469418
1996 5th 1291 141 632103
1995 3rd 906 166 535305
1994 2nd 1362 155 704010

* claimed score

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IOTA Contest 2000 - 4th Island Multi-op section

Year Call QSOs. Mults Points Position
2000 GX6YB IoWight 2802 476 8,610,840 4th
1999 GX6YB IoWight 2509 375 6,338,250 3rd
1998 GT6YB IoMan 2037 221 3,119,857 14th
1997 GD6YB IoMan 2277 213 3,117,468 12th

Band scores:

BAND 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs SSB 71 178 1083 936 223 2491
Valid QSOs CW 20 96 56 124 15 311
QSO Points 897 2154 5973 7332 1734 18090
Multipliers SSB 27 49 92 95 49 312
Multipliers CW 19 36 46 49 14 164

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CQ WPX SSB - March 2000 - 1st in UK, 2nd in Europe, 6th in World

Band QSO QSO Pts Mult (prefixes) Points
160 36 72 18  
80 217 516 137  
40 0 0 0  
20 1230 3041 308  
15 1357 3135 245  
10 2296 6054 436  
Totals 5136 12818 1144 14,663,792

 

Affiliated Societies AFS SSB - Jan 2000 ......... results not yet available

Call M0AXF G3RXF G4WBV TEAM TOTAL Pts
Valid QSOs claimed 252 208