October 1998 IARU 432 MHz - 248 GHz Contest
(United Kingdom)
Propagation was universally reported as poor this year, with very little continental DX in the logs for the higher bands. Although active, many of the regular microwavers did not submit logs this time, which is a shame because flat band conditions can sometimes produce some surprises in the results tables. Roger G4PMK makes a plea for all 10 GHz portable ops to take 432 MHz talkback facilities with them as well as the more usual 144 MHz gear, as not everyone can run to the extra band on top of everything else required to compete successfully in this event. In the multi-operator section, the Parallel Lines group have the highest combined score, although they could not repeat last year's 6 band win this time around. The Northern Lights take the runner-up slot this year, thanks to an extra injection of points from the first ever 47 GHz entry for this contest and band wins on 13 cm and 23 cm. This may raise the stakes further for next year's events. In the Single Operator section, Bob Reeves G8VOI nearly didn't submit his logs this year because of the hard going - but still managed to win by a large margin! John Quarmby G3XDY takes the runner-up certificate , Steve Redfern G4AEQ
432 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8P 126437 329 JO01QD 400 8x21Y OK1DFC/P 849 2 M8V 83991 252 JO01QX 400 2x28Y HB5OK/P 770 3 G/OK2KKW/P 54858 153 JO02SL 300 33Y OK1DFC/P 850 4 G8OHM/P 22513 92 IO82QL 400 4x19Y DF2VJ 756
432 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G3XDY 23780 72 JO02OB 250 28Y DK0WAL 837 2 PE1EWR 16768 73 JO11SL 10 21Y HB5OK/P 622 3 G6SPS/P 9485 48 JO01IT 25 21Y DJ9KH/P 614 4 G4PMK 5986 21 IO91IP 60 19Y PI4AJS 569 5 G4ZTR 5464 24 JO01KW 50 2x21Y DF0CI 648 6 G8VOI/P 1887 6 IO90MX 80 19Y DJ8WK 637 7 GM4WLL/P 1444 4 IO85NR 50 24Y G8P 583 8 G4LRT 1252 4 IO92LJ 400 2x18Y DJ8EN 592
1296 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 M8V 33457 111 JO01QX 400 16x23Y DC6NY 738 2 G8P 28889 96 JO01QD 400 16x23Y DC6NY 710 3 G3OHM/P 8262 51 IO82QL 130 4x55Y DF0HS/P 618 4 G4SIV/P 5309 22 JO03CE 400 2m DF0HS/P 465 5 G/OK2KKW/P 2229 13 JO02SL 15 12C DF0HS/P 350
1296 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G3XDY 18066 66 JO02OB 300 8x23Y DL3IAS 585 2 G6SPS/P 11156 55 JO01IT 150 2x23Y+35Y DK1VC 471 3 G4ZTR 8476 44 JO01KW 100 2x55Y DF0WD 519 4 G7LRQ 5430 36 IO91TQ 100 4x55Y DB1BX 530 5 G4PMK 2551 16 IO91IP 60 23Y DF0HS/P 514 6 G8VOI/P 1806 12 IO90MX 40 4x26QLY PA0EHG 406 7 G1EHF/P 1670 19 IO91GI 18 26Y G3XDY 199 8 PE1EWR 549 5 JO11SL 10 21Y(70cm) M8V 159 9 G4LRT 547 5 IO92LJ 150 27QLY M8V 171
2320 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 M8V 4678 22 JO01QX 30 88QLY DB1VC 427 2 G3OHM/P 2870 19 IO82QL 25 1.2m PA6NL 463 3 G8P 2735 13 JO01QD 30 2m PA6C 407 4 G4SIV/P 1675 7 JO03CE 15 2m PA0WMX 407
2320 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G6SPS/P 2518 15 JO01IT 5 25Y PA0WMX 335 2 G4ZTR 1857 13 JO01KW 10 66QLY PA0EZ 298 3 G3XDY 1018 9.5 JO02OB 1 44QLY PA0WMX 304 4 G4PMK 496 5 IO91IP 8 0.6m M8V 187 5 G1EHF/P 307 4 IO91GI 0.5 0.5m G3OHM/P 148 6 G4LRT 108 1 IO92LJ 8 45QLY G3OHM/P 108 7 G8VOI/P 53 1 IO90MX 3 44QLY G1EHF/P 53
3400 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8P 1292 6 JO01QD 6 1.2m G8IFT/P 312 2 G8IFT/P 1277 8 IO82QL 30 1.2m G8P 312 3 G0FDZ/P 195 2 JO01QX 1 1m PA6NL 188
3400 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8VOI/P 652 5 IO90MX 6 0.9m G8IFT/P 201 2 G4PMK 208 2 IO91IP 2 0.6m G8IFT/P 130 3 G4LRT 108 1 IO92LJ 1 1.2m G8IFT/P 108
5700 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8P 1631 7 JO01QD 3 1.2m F1HDF/P 335 2 G8IFT/P 716 6 IO82QL 20 1.2m G8VOI/P 202 3 G0FDZ/P 486 3 JO01QX 8 1m F6DWG/P 291
5700 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8VOI/P 766 6 IO90MX 5.5 0.9m G8IFT/P 201 2 G4PMK 208 2 IO91IP 0.1 0.6m G8IFT/P 130 3 G4LRT 108 1 IO92LJ 10 HORN G8IFT/P 108
10368 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8P 7053 29 JO01QD 15 1.2m PI4GN 452 2 G4MAP/P 2763 24 IO82QL 1 0.6m G8P 312 3 M8V 7 1 JO01QX 0.002 0.6m G4DDK 7
10368 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8VOI/P 1786 15 IO90MX 0.8 0.6m G0HNW/P 265 2 G1EHF/P 1461 14 IO91GI 0.9 0.7m G0HNW/P 218 3 G8AYY/P 120 2 IO93AF 0.05 0.6m G4MAP/P 94 4 G4PMK 78 1 IO91IP 1 0.6m G8VOI/P 78 5 G4LRT 57 0.5 IO92LJ 1.2 0.4m G0HNW/P 114
24000 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G4MAP/P 95 1 IO82QL 0.0015 0.35m G8AYY/P 95 2 G0FDZ/P 32 2 JO01QX 0.03 0.4m G4KNZ/P 24
24000 MHz Single Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G8AYY/P 94 1 IO93AF 0.05 0.6m G4MAP/P 94
47000 MHz Multi-Operator
Position Callsign Score QSOs Locator Power Antenna Best DX km
1 G0FDZ/P 3 1 JO01QX 0.0001 0.3m G4DDK/P 3
Position Group Locator 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz 47GHz Total
1 Parallel Lines CG JO01QD 1000 861 585 1000 1000 1000 0 0 5446 2 The Northern Lights JO01QX 664 1000 1000 151 298 1 337 1000 4451 3 South Birmingham RS IO82QL 178 246 613 988 439 392 1000 0 3856 4 Five Bells CG JO03CE 0 158 358 0 0 0 0 0 516 5 G/OK2KKW/P JO02SL 434 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 500
Single Operator Overall Results
Position Call Locator 432MHz 1.3GHz 2.3GHz 3.4GHz 5.7GHz 10GHz 24GHz 47GHz Total
1 G8VOI/P IO90MX 79 99 21 1000 1000 1000 0 0 3199 2 G3XDY JO02OB 1000 1000 404 0 0 0 0 0 2404 3 G6SPS/P JO01IT 399 617 1000 0 0 0 0 0 2016 4 G4ZTR JO01KW 230 469 737 0 0 0 0 0 1436 5 G4PMK IO91IP 252 141 197 319 271 44 0 0 1224 6 G8AYY/P IO93AF 0 0 0 0 0 67 1000 0 1067 7 G1EHF/P IO91GI 0 92 122 0 0 818 0 0 1032 8 PE1EWR JO11SL 705 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 735 9 G4LRT IO92LJ 53 30 43 166 141 3 0 0 436 10 G7LRQ IO91TQ 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 11 GM4WLL/P IO85NR 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61