ADJUDICATOR'S COMMENTS

There were 13 entries, 9 fixed stations and 4 portable, the same total as
in April 2005, but more fixed stations, and with all stations having 23cm,
7 stations having 13cm, and 7 stations having 9cm. There appeared to be good activity from France and Scotland, and Peter G3PHO counted around 45 UK stations supporting the event.

Conditions were generally reported as average and no great DX worked.

This year, there were three separate winners for each band:

G4BRK on 1.3GHz from his new Abingdon QTH at IO91HP;

G4WYJ/P on 2.3GHz, operating from Ditchling Beacon at IO90WV, and

G3PHO/P on 3.4GHz, operating from Houndkirk Moor at IO93EH.

In each case, there was a comfortable margin between the leading station and the runner up.

However, the overall winner was John G3XDY, who put in good scores on
all three bands, unlike the band leaders, none of whom entered all three
bands. As a result, in the overall table, John leads by a comfortable margin.
Overall runner up was G3PHO/P - perhaps it is time to acquire that missing
13cm band!

Several stations commented on the use of ON4KST for talkback. G3PHO
commented that it was quite problematic trying to use this /P with the
Telnet connection dropping in/out; G3XDY commented that it was quite
time consuming.

Thanks to everyone who sent in an entry. A similar event has just been
held in June, with further events scheduled for August and October - lets
hope for plenty of activity again - and do please send in your entry, however
small!

Regards, Steve Davies G4KNZ

ADJUDICATOR'S COMMENTS

There were only 7 entries, 5 portable and 2 fixed stations, about half as
many as received in April, though activity was more or less at a similar
level, if measured by QSOs and leading scores on each band. It seems
less operators than usual wanted to send in an entry, or perhaps forgot to
do so - unsually there were no reminders sent out this time, due to the
adjudicator being away.

There appeared to be some good activity from mainland Europe, especially
from Germany, but this DX was mostly only accessible to those in the East,
and some stations thought activity was a little low, despite the event being timed to coincide with a European contest.

Conditions were generally reported as average, the exception that G3XDY
reported above average conditions from E. Anglia to Germany, with some
good DX worked.

John G3XDY was the leader on each band, with very convincing wins on
both 1.3 and 2.3GHz, and just managing to beat G3PHO/P on 3.4GHz. Thus
John was also the overall winner, by quite a large margin.

There were some comments about talkback again, and some operators had
the impression that nobody was using 2m for arranging contacts, instead
preferring to closely watch KST.

Again, thanks to those who sent in entries, and please remember to support
the remaing low-band events, and to send in your entry, however small.

Regards,
Steve Davies G4KNZ

Individual Band Tables Overall results table

                     1.3    2.3    3.4   Total
G4BRK            876   1000    714    2590
G8AIM            111    537   1000    1648
GM4CXM          1000      0      0    1000
G3UKV            728      0      0     728
G8KQW            644      0      0     644
GB4BDS           242      0      0     242
G6XDI             95      0      0      95
                   

1.3GHz         Best DX    Located      Distance      QSOs Score

GM4CXM   G8KQW   IO91OC   587       13  4571
G4BRK    DF9IC   JN48IW   777       21  4006
G3UKV    GM4LBV  IO86RQ   440       18  3280
G8KQW    GM4CXM  IO75TW   587       19  2944
GB4BDS   G3LRP   IO93HO   267        9  1106 
G8AIM    G8KQW   IO91OC   144        6   507 
G6XDI    G4DDK   JO02PA   133        6   434 

2.3GHz         Best DX     Located     Distance     QSOs   Score 
G4BRK    G4ALY   IO70VL   237       7   676 
G8AIM    G8ACE   IO91IB   140       5   363

3.4GHz         Best DX      Located    Distance        QSOs     Score 
G8AIM    G8ACE   IO91IB   140        3    287 
G4BRK    G8AIM   IO92FH    76        3    205 

ADJUDICATOR'S COMMENTS

There were only 7 entries, all fixed stations, similar to the June and August events, and about half as many as received in the April event. Checking through the entries, there was not a single portable station logged, perhaps due to the weather, with heavy rain at least in some places. The number of entrants for 2.3 or 3.4GHz was disappointing, and activity on these bands was fairly low.

Conditions were generally reported as very poor to at best average, and
there were almost no contacts outside the UK, the exception being G4BRK,
who managed to work as far as JN48 on 23cm, at 777km.

Ray GM4CXM was leader on 1.3GHz, running 10W to 4x 44el at 11m agl.
Although the number of contacts (13) was lower than several others, Ray
benefited by being so far north from most of the activity (in IO75) that his average DX was around 350km.

Neil G4BRK (in IO91) was leader on 2.3GHz, while George G8AIM (in IO92)
was leader on 3.4GHz.

The overall winner was Neil G4BRK, running 200W to a 35el on 1.3GHz, 60W
to an 80cm dish on 2.3GHz, and 40W to the same 80cm dish on 3.4GHz (using
the 2.3GHz feed!).

Again, thanks to those who sent in entries, however small. Similar events are planned for 2007, this time in March, April and June (the March event being reduced hours).

Regards,
Steve Davies G4KNZ.

Conditions were generally reported as not very good, with few contacts
outside the UK, the exception being Peter G3PHO, who managed to work
as far as JN19.

Peter G3PHO/P was the leader on both 1.3 and 3.4GHz, and the overall
winner. Peter was running 18W to a 35 element Tonna on 23cm, and 12W
to a 1.2m prime focus dish on 9cm.

John G4EAT was band leader on 2.3GHz, and overall runner-up. John
was running 10W to a 60cm offset fed dish on 13cm.

Again, thanks to those who sent in entries. There were obviously many
more participants who did not send in an entry; any comments from those
of you who did not would be most welcome, as we set the 2007 calendar
and rules.

Regards,
Steve Davies G4KNZ.

Runner up was Peter G3PHO/P, operating from a different site each session, and despite having a slightly higher number of points per km total, coming in at second place due to a lower multiplier.

The events again proved reasonably popular, combined with 10GHz, with some 26 stations on 5.7GHz appearing in the logs (approx 1/3 portable), though only 4 entries were received for this table, which is somewhat lower than 2005 (10 entries). Thanks to those who did send in entries, and to F1GHB/P who regularly supported the events from IN88. Similar events are planned for 2007.

Steve Davies G4KNZ
Adjudicator,

Runner up in the open section was Peter G3PHO/P, operating from IO94, IO93 and IO83, and running 5W to a 1.2m prime focus dish, but as per 5.7GHz, lost out due to the lower number of squares worked.

Congratulations also to the winner of the restricted section, Julian G3YGF. Julian's home station (IO90) comprised 300mW to a 50cm dish mounted at 45ft agl. Julian's best DX was G3PHO/P (IO94) at 376km.

Runner up in the restricted section was Jim G4WYJ/P, running 1W to a 45cm prime focus dish, and operating /P from Ditchling Beacon (IO90).

The event was again reasonably popular, and from the logs, a total of 74 stations were recorded as active (again, approx 1/3 portable), though as per 5.7GHz, the number of entries received was somewhat lower than previous years. Thanks to all those who did send in entries, and to those European stations who regularly supported the events. As per 5.7GHz, similar events are planned for 2007.

Steve Davies G4KNZ
Adjudicator,

Runner-up was Ian G8KQW/P, with good scores in May and October, who also worked the 147km path from Brown Clee to Walbury in May.

From the logs, a total of 21 stations were active on 24GHz (22 in 2005), and virtually all the activity on this band was portable, the one exception being G4LDR (IO91). Thanks to all those who sent in entries.

Runner up was Roy G3FYX/P, using a DB6NT transverter and 3mW multiplier to a 60cm offset fed dish.

From the logs, a total of 10 stations were active on 47GHz (10 in 2005), and all the activity on this band was portable. Thanks to all those who sent in entries, even if only for one session.

The combination of 24 and 47GHz seems to work well, as often the same dish is used for both bands, and 24GHz is often used to align the dish before a 47GHz contact is attempted, so this format is to be continued in 2007. Events are scheduled for July, August, September and October, though finishing at 1700 GMT, since it is rare for stations to be active much beyond this time.

Steve Davies G4KNZ
Adjudicator, November 2006