Practical Wireless 144 MHz QRP Contest
2015 Results
Full results of the 32nd annual contest, held on 14th June 2015.
See also the article published in December 2015 issue of Practical
Wireless.
Pos | Name | Callsign | Score | QSOs | Squs | Sngl op |
Loc | Ant. | asl,m | Tx/Rx |
1 | SADGITS | G4RLF/P | 4340 | 140 | 31 | IO80 | 13-ele Cushcraft | 277 | TS770 + LNA | |
2 | Burton Upon Trent ARC | G3NFC/P | 3840 | 128 | 30 | IO93 | 2 x 15-ele LFA Yagi | 368 | Flex 5000, TVTR | |
3 | Vecta Contest Group | M0VCT/P | 3712 | 128 | 29 | IO90 | 2 x 7-ele OWL | 15 | Yaesu FT225RD, Mutek front end, PW RF sp | |
4 | Steve Marsh | G4TCU/P | 3264 | 136 | 24 | IO82 | Diamond A144S10R | 533 | Yaesu FT817ND | |
5 | Warrington Amateur Radio Club | G0WRS/P | 2952 | 123 | 24 | IO83 | 2 x 12-ele ZL Special | 8 | Icom IC910, microset masthead preamp. | |
6 | Jon Page | G1POS/P | 2700 | 100 | 27 | S | IO91 | 8-ele Oblong | 282 | Yaesu FT817 |
7 | Simon Melhuish | G4TJC/P | 1936 | 88 | 22 | S | IO83 | 5-ele OWL Yagi | 559 | Yaesu FT817 |
8 | Bill And Malcolm | G0XAZ/P | 1914 | 87 | 22 | IO91 | HB 10 over 10-ele stacked Yagi | 300 | Icom IC290E + outboard Mutek preamp. | |
9 | Andrew Vare | GW4XZL/P | 1880 | 94 | 20 | IO83 | 9-ele DK7ZB yagi | 562 | Yaesu FT-817 | |
10 | Sheffield & District Wireless Society | G5TO/P | 1863 | 81 | 23 | IO93 | 2 x 12-ele HB Yagi | 320 | Yaesu FT726 | |
11 | Bolton Wireless Club | G0BWC/P | 1806 | 86 | 21 | IO83 | Tonna 17-ele | 420 | Yaesu FT817ND | |
12 | Rochdale And District Amateur Radio Society | G0ROC/P | 1710 | 90 | 19 | IO83 | 11-ele Yagi beam | 477 | Icom IC910 | |
13 | Alex Rowley | M0UKR/P | 1598 | 94 | 17 | S | IO91 | 8-ele Yagi | 235 | Elecraft KX3 + TVTR |
14 | Worthing And District Amateur Radio Club | G3WOR/P | 1548 | 86 | 18 | IO90 | 11-ele Long boom Tonna | 248 | Elecraft KX3 + 2m Module | |
15 | Martin &Hallsworth | G1GYC/P | 1275 | 75 | 17 | IO93 | 12-ele ZL Special | 480 | Yaesu FT897d | |
16 | Sutton And Cheam Radio Society | G7SAC/P | 1260 | 84 | 15 | IO91 | 7-ele Yagi | 131 | Yaesu FT817 | |
17 | Alastair Turner | G4RUL/P | 1254 | 66 | 19 | S | JO00 | 10-ele Yagi | 157 | Yaesu FT221 + Mutek FE |
18 | North Norfolk Amateur Radio Group | G6GAD/P | 1219 | 53 | 23 | S | JO02 | 0 | ||
19 | Colin Jarvis | G8YJT/P | 1140 | 57 | 20 | S | IO92 | Jaybeam 5-ele | 110 | Norcol / Yaesu FT817 |
20 | Cambridge & District Amateur Radio Club | G2XV/P | 1071 | 63 | 17 | JO02 | 17-ele Tonna | 82 | Yaesu FT290 + Mutek front-end | |
21 | Dave Hewitt | GW8ZRE/P | 1020 | 68 | 15 | S | IO83 | 7-ele ZL Special | 561 | Yaesu FT817 |
22 | Halkyn Radio Group | GW0HRG/P | 1005 | 67 | 15 | IO83 | 10-ele Yagi | 290 | Yaesu FT817 | |
23 | Downland Radio Group | G4XBG/P | 882 | 63 | 14 | JO00 | 17-ele Tonna | 167 | Icom IC706 | |
24 | Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club | G3VRE/P | 819 | 63 | 13 | IO81 | 7-ele Yagi | 9 | Yaesu FT817ND | |
25 | Gwil Jones | GW6PVK/P | 784 | 56 | 14 | S | IO83 | 8-ele Yagi | 456 | Yaesu FT817ND |
26 | Wrexham Amateur Radio Society | GW4WXM/P | 770 | 70 | 11 | IO83 | 11-ele Tonna | 302 | Kenwood TS-700 | |
27 | Hambleton ARS | G3MAE/P | 612 | 36 | 17 | IO94 | 9-ele Tonna | 190 | Yaesu FT847 | |
28 | Halstead Contest Group | G4TJE/P | 576 | 48 | 12 | S | JO01 | 9-ele Yagi | 175 | Yaseu FT817 |
29 | Huw, Barry & Stuart | MW0GMZ/P | 528 | 33 | 16 | IO73 | 15-ele 2BCX Yagi | 106 | Yaesu FT100 | |
30 | Martin Wallis | G4EIA/P | 525 | 35 | 15 | S | IO81 | LFA 3-ele Quad | 204 | Yaesu FT817 |
31 | Simon Smith | MW0TBI/P | 500 | 50 | 10 | S | IO81 | 9-ele Tonna | 500 | Yaesu FT290 MK2 |
32 | Rick Amos & Joe Hobbs | M0ZAV/P | 476 | 34 | 14 | IO92 | 6-ele HB cubical quad | 167 | Yaesu FT817ND | |
33 | Simon Gosby | G8OVZ/P | 468 | 39 | 12 | S | JO01 | 6-ele HB DK7ZB Yagi | 120 | Yaesu FT817ND |
34 | Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society | GW4YCT/P | 350 | 25 | 14 | IO72 | 5-ele Powabeam | 383 | Yaesu FT897D | |
35 | Cotswold Amateur Radio Group | G4SRS/A | 319 | 29 | 11 | IO81 | 12-ele ZL Special | 199 | Trio 711E | |
36 | Richard Page | G4KKR/P | 312 | 26 | 12 | S | IO93 | 6-ele Yagi | 136 | Yaesu FT817 |
37 | ON7PX | F/ON7PX/P | 286 | 22 | 13 | S | JO10 | 9-ele Tonna | 200 | Yaesu FT817 + SSB-preamp |
38 | Colin G4GBP | G4GBP/P | 270 | 30 | 9 | S | IO90 | 5-ele SOTA beam | 116 | Yaesu FT817 |
39 | Julian Chapman | 2E0CIQ/P | 261 | 29 | 9 | S | IO92 | 9-ele Tonna Yagi | 154 | Yeasu FT 817 |
39 | S. G. Pryce | GW0EIY/P | 261 | 29 | 9 | S | IO82 | 5-ele Yagi | 370 | Yaesu FT817 |
41 | Brecon And Radnor Amateur Radio Society | MC0HTO/P | 260 | 26 | 10 | IO82 | HB 3-ele Yagi | 450 | Yaesu FT817 | |
42 | David Rumbold | G4RYV | 243 | 27 | 9 | S | IO91 | 9-ele Tonna | 68 | Icom IC706 Mk1 + preamp |
43 | Sheffield & District Wireless Society | G3YJR | 240 | 24 | 10 | IO93 | 9-ele | 0 | Elecraft K3 | |
44 | Mike Webb | GD6ICR | 238 | 17 | 14 | S | IO74 | 9-ele Tonna | 30 | DEMI TVTR and TS430 radio |
45 | Halifax & District Amateur Radio Society | GX2UG | 234 | 26 | 9 | IO83 | 7-ele ZL Special | 300 | Yaesu FT817 | |
46 | G8ITB | G8ITB/P | 168 | 21 | 8 | JO01 | 9-ele portable Yagi. | 299 | Yaesu FT817ND | |
47 | Callington ARS | G1XIC/P | 153 | 17 | 9 | IO70 | 9-ele Tonna | 300 | Ten Tec 526 | |
48 | Jonathan Kempster | M5AEO | 140 | 20 | 7 | S | IO91 | 4-ele Tonna beam | 30 | Yaesu FT817 |
49 | Robin Farrer | MM0VTV/P | 136 | 17 | 8 | S | IO85 | 10-ele Cushcraft | 100 | Icom 706 MK IIG |
50 | Tony Sayers | M3TGS/P | 119 | 17 | 7 | S | IO83 | 5-ele HB Yagi 5m agl | 150 | Yaesu FT290RII |
51 | Slawomir Gajda | M0WTD/P | 112 | 14 | 8 | S | JO01 | 2-ele.Yagi-5m a.g.l | 158 | Yaesu FT857d |
52 | Edgware & District Radio Society | G3ASR/P | 96 | 16 | 6 | IO91 | 5-ele Yagi | 6 | Yaesu FT817ND | |
53 | Paul Norris | EI3ENB/P | 91 | 13 | 7 | S | IO62 | 17-ele NBS HB | 180 | Yaesu FT290R MKII |
54 | Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Society | G4YBS/P | 90 | 15 | 6 | IO84 | 5-ele 2M Yagi | 10 | Yaesu FT290-R MK 1 | |
55 | Exeter Amateur Radio Society | GX4ARE/P | 84 | 14 | 6 | IO80 | 5-ele | 261 | Yaesu FT817 | |
56 | Malcolm Bryan | F1VNR | 80 | 10 | 8 | S | JO10 | 6-ele LFA | 50 | Yaesu FT480R |
57 | ALAN BARNES | M3AFF | 77 | 11 | 7 | S | IO70 | 5-ele HB Quad | 121 | Yaesu FT817 |
58 | Silverthorn Radio Club | GX2HR | 75 | 15 | 5 | JO01 | 4-ele Yagi | 44 | Icom IC202S, MM PREAMP | |
59 | Ian Hutchison | G6OVR/P | 45 | 9 | 5 | S | IO93 | Elk Log periodic antenna | 402 | Yaesu FT817 |
60 | VERON A59 | PI4VNW/P | 36 | 6 | 6 | JO21 | 4-ele Yagi | 25 | Yaesu FT290R2 | |
61 | Jeremy Loukes | M6UTE | 27 | 9 | 3 | S | IO91 | G5RV | 117 | Icom IC7100 transceiverLDG 100 ATU |
62 | Jason Gardner | G7RUX/P | 20 | 5 | 4 | S | JO00 | Horizontal stiff wire dipole | 160 | Yaesu FT817ND |
63 | Chris Danby | G0DWV | 9 | 3 | 3 | S | JO02 | 11-ele Tonna | 20 | Kenwood TS790 |
64 | Arthur Loukes | M6RTU | 3 | 3 | 1 | S | IO91 | G5RV | 117 | Icom IC7100LDG 100 ATU |
Checklogs gratefully received from: |
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Jean-Jacques DE REY | F/OT3T | JO00 | ||||||||
Rob Mannion | G3XFD/P | IO80 | ||||||||
Colin Redwood | G6MXL/P | IO80 | ||||||||
John Wake | M0JPA | IO93 |