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

CQ WW CW - Nov 2002 - 

• Operators G0WKW, G3XSV, and M0MAT (ex- G7ORR)
• Operating as GX6YB from the Shire Club QTH
• Just a casual effort, but good fun all the same

CLAIMED-SCORE:  2661711

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

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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:  

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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.

Score: 916,735 points

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CQ WPX CW - May 2002 - 

• Just 3 operators (G0WKW, G3XSV, and G3TKF) was a bit tough for a 48 hr contest
• Operating as GX6YB from the Shire Club QTH

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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...

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

• Didn't have the benefit of G3SWH this year
• Alan was operating from G4WBV's QTH

And in previous years...

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CQ WW DX Contest - Oct 2001 - with EI7M - 6th M/S in Europe

• Multi-single joint operation with East Cork Contest Group
• Beat the previous EI record which stood for 21 years
• Total points: 12,014,796 claimed
• Possibly 3rd in Europe.

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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.

• Location:  Lansdown - Bath Race course
• Rig: TX/RX FT1000 
• Antennas: 2 x A3S TRIBANDERS EACH AT 100ft, 2 X 40M SLOPERS, 80M DELTA LOOP, 80M DIPOLE
• Operators: G3TKF, G3XSV, G0KDS, M0WLF, G7ORR

* claimed score

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IOTA Contest 2001 - as PJ2Y

• Operators G0WKW, G3XSV, G4FKA, G3TKF, M0AXF, G0HFX, G7ORR, G3RFX, M0WLF
• Total Claimed Score 6019356
• IOTA Ref: SA006  - Curacao
• MULTI-OP Island Permanent section

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

• Congratulations to Neil, M0AXF who came overall 3rd

Comparison to last year...

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

• Best performance this year was again from G3SWH. Well done, Phil.

And in previous years...

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.

• Not a bad score for our first entry in this contest
• Callsign:  G6YB
• Location: Near Bath  (Tog Hill Barn Farm)
• Rigs:  FT1000 x 2, TL922 x2
• Operators:  G3XSV, G0WKW, M0AXF, G3TKF, G4FKA, M1ORR, M1EBV, M1AAH, M5XXX, G7FFB
• Claimed score: 6,206,673

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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.

• Location:  Lansdown - next to fire brigade
• Rig: TX/RX FT1000 
• Antennas: 2 x A3S TRIBANDERS EACH AT 80FT, 2 X 40M SLOPERS, 80M DELTA LOOP, 80M DIPOLE, Beverages for receive
• Operators: G3XSV, G0WKW, M0AXF, G0KDS, G4NKT, G6FFR

* claimed score

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IOTA Contest 2000 - 4th Island Multi-op section

• Much better score than last year, but the opposition is getting tougher !
• Operating as GX6YB from the Isle of Wight

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

• We beat last year's European Multi-Single winning score 14,531,328 from TM1C
• Operating as GX6YB from a great site in Bath (Lansdown nr Fire Brigade)
• Our first 48 hour contest for many years
• 20 metres was open all night, but 10 metres was the star band during the day

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

• A good score from Neil, M0AXF in his first entry in this contest.

Comparison to last year...

Affiliated Societies AFS CW - Jan 2000 ......... 6th out of 83 club entries

• Picked up some good scores again this year.
• Best performance this year was from G3SWH. Well done, Phil.

And in previous years...

SSB Field Day - Sept 99 ........... WE'VE WON IT AGAIN

It could be the winning score again this year. Less QSOs this year but more Mults.

Conditions were not so good this year, particularly on 15m. Last year we were working into North America up to about 2300z, but this time we had to drop back to 20m before 1800z. On 10m all the DX was equatorial with the exception of a brief opening to JA right at the start of the contest. We found 40m was very noisy with what seemed like a jamming signal covering most of the band during the evening. On a positive note, the extra effort we put into hunting for multipliers seems to have paid off.

The warm weather brought out the weekend walkers. As our 100ft tower was situated right next to a view point we got a lot of attention from the general public. So many people wanted to know what we were up to that we thought we would get some information sheets printed next year and charge an entrance fee.

* claimed score

IOTA - July 99 ............. Fantastic score puts us 3rd

• New site in the Isle of Wight
• Operating with special call GX6YB

The DX conditions were outstanding from this site, especially to JA and the Pacific on 15m, which was where we picked up most of the points. 20m was going great guns into North America, but far less island stations from that direction. 10m was a big disappointment. It never really opened up for DX. We had some generator problems, but overall we are very satisfied with the performance. But, we know we can do better next year. Weather was a great improvement over our last two years in the Isle of Man. Sunburn was the only problem here. Logging support for this contest remains a bit of a problem. If you want to run a network to multiplier station NA is the only solution. It worked well in the contest, but it wasn't until I came to put the entry together that the fun started. Firstly, we hadn't realised it was still using the old scoring scheme. No wonder our score seemed so good ! It was also a real challenge to put together an RSGB format entry, and I had to resort to the trusty spreedsheet to do it in the end.

VHF Field Day - July 99 .............. Won 4m low power section, and 4th out of 13 overall in Mix and match section

• Operating as M1BCG/P from IO81KW in Wales - 780m ASL
• Stations on 4m, 2m and 23cms so we entered the Mix and Match section
• see http://www.blacksheep.org/vhfcc/results/99/overallnfd99.htm for detailed results

Practical Wireless Contest -June 1999 - WE'VE WON IT (although official scores not yet available)

Claimed Score (Scoring is 1 point/QSO with QRA locator mulipliers)

QSOs 284, Mults 43, Total Score 12212

National Field Day - June 99 ........... WE MAY HAVE WON !

• Location: Bath Race Course.
• Rig: FT1000, Antennas: 2x A3S at 65ft, 40m dipole, 40m sloper, 80/160 dipoles at approx. 50 ft

Everything went like clockwork this year with a couple of minor exceptions. The weather was awful on saturday evening and static rain kept us off the LF bands until later than we would have liked. Plus a minor computer problem had to be sorted out in mid flow. Vic, G0WKW, was our star operator. If you look on the cover of this year's RSGB Contesting Guide (Oct 98) you will see Vic operating in last year's NFD. The setup was almost identical this year with automated band change and antenna switching. We found 15m and 10m a bit disappointing. We were probably luckier than most on these bands being further west, but 10m never really opened up for long. There were a few DX stations to the south, including YB, VK and ZS, but most of the activity was E's to Europe. 20m gave us most QSOs, over 350, but the lowest points ratio. The weather was beautiful on sunday and we even had one of the local hams give us our own personal flying display in his biplane. As always we had superb support from the rest of the contest group even though they aren't CW enthusiasts. They had a good time operating in the 50MHz Trophy at the same time.

Comparison to past years...

50MHz Trophy - June 99 ........... 6th in Multiop section

144MHz Backpackers 1 and 2 99.......... Won both of them again !

Backpackers 1 - 16th May

• Signed as GW6YB/P in the 10W multi-op section
• Normal site in the Black Mountains
• We beat the second station by a very large margin, as you can see below.
• Run in parallel with May 144 contest so plenty to work.
• See http://www.blacksheep.org/vhfcc/results/99/1bp14499.htm for full results

Backpackers 2 - 20th June

• Signed as MW1BCG/P in the 3W multi-op section
• Different section this time, but the margin jast even larger
• With the backpackers and PW contest running concurrently the level of activity was high.
• See http://www.blacksheep.org/vhfcc/results/99/2bp14499.htm for full results

CQWW 160meter DX - Feb 99 ........... Results not out yet.

Affiliated Societies AFS SSB - Jan 99 ......... 6th out of 84 entries

• A good show considering the problems... Roger G4WBV had to give up half way through due to the flu taking control... Neil, M0AXF had a technical glitch and couldn't go on.
• But a score by John, G0NFH who was placed 13th individually, and Martyn, G3RFX.

Affiliated Societies AFS CW - Jan 99 ......... 11th out of 89 entries

• Not up to the last two year's efforts. Sadly we were plagued by technical problems.

And in previous years...

SSB Field Day - Sept 98 ........... SENSATIONAL ! - See FEATURE ARTICLE

Over the past 5 years we have been gradually improving our site, equipment, software and operating and at last everything came good together !   It was the first time we had used this site, and what a site it turned out to be. Excellent takeoff for DX in all directions, and conditions were obviously very good for a change, though 10 metres only opened up to DX for short periods. The DX kept rolling in on 20m and 15m. 20 metres was open almost all night to the USA including a lot of west coast stations and even Hawaii. VK and ZL were coming through strongly in the morning (over 40 worked). 15 metres opened up for hours to Japan and Korea during the day especially near the end when we worked 60 in the last hour (170 JAs altogether). Even the weather was good to us. We were promised a gale for the weekend so we didn't put the antennas up to full height, but luckily it didn't show up. Now we are just keeping our fingers crossed to see how the results turn out.

It could be the winning score - in fact this may be the all time highest score for this contest.

IOTA - July 98 ............. Just a few more points than last year

• Same site as last year in Port Erin, Isle of Man. - See FEATURE ARTICLE
• Operating with special call GT6YB

National Field Day - June 98 ........... We think we've done well !

• Location: Bath Race Course.
• Great results on 160m and 10m meant we were well up on the bands which count double.
• Rig: FT1000, Antennas: A3S at 65ft, 40m "ele at 60ft, 80/160 dipoles at approx. 50 ft

144MHz Trophy - May 98 ........... 9th in Open Section

CQWW 160meter DX - Feb 98 ........... 2nd multiop in Europe.

Affiliated Societies AFS SSB - Jan 98 ......... 5th out of 85 club entries !

• Team of 3 members operating from home QTHs.
• Great result for our first try at this contest.
• Excellent showing by Neil (M0AXF) whose individual score was 11th out of 190.

Affiliated Societies AFS CW - Jan 98 ......... 7th out of 89 entries

• Team of 5 members operating from home QTHs.
• Total Team Score: 11,260 compared to 10,453 last year
• Individual scores, all up from last year !:

21/28MHz - Oct 97 .............. Top Multi-op ! (5th overall)

IOTA - July 97 ............. Placed 12th (out of 71) in Islands Multi-op section

• GD6YB/P operating from Port Erin, Isle of Man. - See FEATURE ARTICLE
• Excellent result for our fiirst club entry in this contest.
• Operating on 400ft clifftop.

144MHz Backpackers .......... Won it !

• Neil, Matt and Steve trekking up a mountain in Wales
• Signed as MW1BCG/P in the 10W multi-op section

NFD - June 97 ............ 9th out of 37 in Open section

• Location: Bath Race Course.
• Our position is a bit lower than initially expected given the number of QSOs. This was due to our low score on 160m which counts double. However, this is a good performance as it is only our second entry in NFD in recent years.

50 MHz Trophy - June 97 ........... 6th out of 15 in Multi-op section (M1BCG/P)

• Bath Race Course.
• First use of M1BCG club call

7 MHz - Feb 97 ............ 10th out of 22 stations in the Open Section

• G6YB operating from Neil's QTH in Pucklechurch.
• Comparison with our last year’s result:

  	Posn.	QSOs	Mults	Points
  1997	10th	559	73	402595
  1996	4th	498	75	335625

• Disappointing position was due to the low number of multipliers compared to other stations.

AFS - Jan 97 ............... 6^th out of 92 clubs

• Team of 5 members operating from home QTHs.
• We came 6^th with 10,453 points, compared to last year's 11^th with 7829 points.
• Individual scores: all 5 of us finished in the top 25% of the field of 320 entries:

SSB Field Day - Sept 96 ........... 5^th out of 21 entries in the Open section.

• Bath Race Course.

VHF Field Day - July 96 .............. 2^nd out of 23 entries in the Low Power section

• GW6YB/P located in Wales.
• 3354 points.
• Band second on all bands except 23cms.

144 MHz Backpackers Trophy 1996

Associated club members as GW7TQR/P won this event !

SSB Field Day (September 1995)

Entered Open section where GU6YB/P came 3rd in UK

AFS (Jan 1995)

In the CW section, club members came 24th out of 100. Oops ! (but it was our first go)

... and in previous years:

SSB Field Day (September 1993)

Entered open section where G6YB/P came 4th in UK including highest points (before multipliers) on both 7 MHz and 14 MHz in UK and highest points (before multipliers) of all UK stations

VHF Field Day (July 1993)

Entered low power, single aerial section where G6YB/P came 2nd in UK including 3rd on 70 MHz, 5th on 144 MHz, 6th on 432 MHz and 2nd on 1296 MHz

WPX contest & DXpedition to Alderney (March 1993)

This was a DXpedition enjoyed by all, including the journey by yacht as /MM !

Entered multi-operator, single transmitter section where GU6YB/P came 3rd in UK, 9th in Europe and 22nd worldwide

SSB Field Day (September 1992)

Single band entry on 3.5 MHz where G6YB/P gained the highest UK score !