Welcome to week seventy of NARC’s contest news.
Results:-
Fewer results this week
On VHF
The results of the 50MHz UKAC of 12th January 2023 were published on 23rd January. NARC had fielded 7 entries for this one and have managed a repectable 5th place in our General Clubs section. A good start to the year!
On HF
The results of the 40m/80m RSGB AFS DATA contest of 15th January 2023 were published on 25th January. NARC are in the Local clubs section for this series. We managed 16 entries therefore 4 teams of 4. Our A team placed 2nd in this one to Camb-Hams who have really stepped up their game this year. We scored 875 points versus their A team's 944 points. Our B team came 6th, our C team came 13th and our D team came 23rd this is out of 44 sets of teams.
This leaves us currently 5th in the AFS Super league so far and places our top scorer, Peter M0RYB in 3rd place in the HF championship overall.
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 2.3 GHz part of the SHF UKAC took place on Tuesday 23rd, unfortunately no-one was able to enter on our behalf. I hope we can get more members tooled up for this or higher bands in the coming months.
On HF
Saturday 21st January 2023 saw the 3rd 80m/40m leg of the AFS series take place in the form of the SSB (shouty shouty) leg. We managed to field 15 entries for this one which is a good result as many do not like this contest mode! Scores were good but despite particularly high claimed scores from Stewart G3F and Andy G1A it looks like our A team may have come second once again to Camb Hams A. We await the final results!
If any other contests have been worked by NARC members writeups are always welcome here. Please e-mail content to me at the address below.
We are always on the lookout for new contesters to add to our team and welcome people of any ability who either wish to add their score to ours or develop their skills.
Note, NARC contest net takes place every Friday evening at 9pm clock time on 145.250MHz. This is a useful place to exchange contest information and get help with logging and station setup issues etc.
Contest reports are always appreciated from any club members.
I have been approached about forming a contest group to participate for NARC in the various 2m / VHF contests throughout the year such as VHF Field day, 2m CW Marconi, VHF championships etc. This would be on a portable station basis. If there is any interest out there in putting together such a group please contact me for details at the email address at the end of this article.
There has certainly been a reduction in NARC participation in these events since COVID and it would be good to get a well prepared club VHF contest station up and running once more.
Upcoming contests in the next 2 weeks:-
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.
* Wed 1st Feb 1700z 144MHz FT8 AC (2 and 4 hour sections)
* Sun 5th Feb 0900-1300 432MHz AFS - AFS Super League
* Tue 7th Feb 2000-2230 144MHz UKAC
* Wed 8th Feb 1700z 432MHz FT8 AC (2 and 4 hour sections)
* Thus 9th Feb 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 https://ft8activity.eu/index.php/en/
On HF
* Fri 27th January 2200 to Sun 29th January 2200 CQ 160m CW contest - see WA7BNM
* Sat 28th January 0600 to Sun 29th January 1800 REF Contest CW - see WA7BNM
* Sat 28th January 1200 for 24h BARTG RTTY sprint contest - see WA7BNM
* Sat 28th January 1300 for 24h UBA DX contest SSB - see WA7BNM
* Sat 28th January 1900 for 24h Winter Field Day - see WA7BNM
* Sat 4th February 0001 to Sun 5th February 2359 10-10 Int. Winter contest - 10m Phone - see WA7BNM
* Sat 4th February 1200 for 24h - Mexico RTTY International contest - see WA7BNM
* Sat 4th February 1200 for 24h - European Union DX contest CW / SSB - see WA7BNM
* Sat 4th February 1200 for 24h - F9AA Cup CW - see WA7BNM
* Mon 6th February 2000-2130 80m CC SSB - this is the first of the new series !
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.
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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73 until next week,
Phil G4LPP
