2023 UKSMG Summer Contest Results

2023 UKSMG Summer Contest Results

Once again, conditions variable this year however, some good ES openings from the UK to Europe depending on where your located. Entries were down again from 32 last year to 23 this year, the rise in popularity of FT8 is clearly having an impact on contest particapation. It was good to see the Committee active again giving away those bonus points!

Congratulations to our winners and runners up as follows:
Certificate
 Multi Operator
G4ANT/P
MOP Winners Certificate Awarded
Certificate
 Single Operator Fixed
5B4AIF
SOF Winners Certificate Awarded
Certificate
 Single Operator Portable
DK6OC/P
SOP Winners Certificate Awarded
Certificate
 QRP
DH6JL
QRP Winners Certificate Awarded
Certificate
 Six Hour Fixed
5B4AAB
6F Winners Certificate Awarded
Certificate
 Six Hour Portable
G4CSD/P
6P Winners Certificate Awarded
A special thanks to Pete G4CLA and Mike G0GJV for supplying the robot contest entry platform and the contest adjudication software, and and Ian, G0FCT for his assistance with the contest adjudication. Details are shown in the results tables below, please scroll down to view.

Dave Toombs - contest@uksmg.org




Full results in the following tables:

Section MO

Pos Group Callsign Locator QSOs Score Bonus DXCC LocCount Members Special Calls Total ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Ant Trophy/Cert
1 G4ANT/P JO02LN 87 69802 41000 17 42 15 4 110802 5B4AIF KM64HV 3173 7 ele & 8 ele Certificate
2 TIVERTON RC G4TSW IO80FV 47 37044 26000 9 24 15 2 63044 5B4AIF KM64HV 3393 5 el. Yagi Certificate
3 Hereford ARS G0LGS IO81WV 22 12745 12500 5 11 7 1 25245 5B4AIF KM64HV 3336 4 Ele LFA

Section SOF

Pos Group Callsign Locator QSOs Score Bonus DXCC LocCount Members Special Calls Total ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Ant Trophy/Cert
1 5B4AIF KM64HV 119 260232 45000 21 64 5 0 305232 CU2DF HM77ES 5143 5e LFA Certificate
2 MK DONS EA5IWZ IM98PB 118 171725 59000 27 75 14 1 230725 5B4AAB KM64EU 2965 7 ele Certificate
3 ADL608 OE4WHG JN87DC 5 8581 4500 3 4 2 0 13081 5B4AIF KM64HV 1922 5el. LFA
4 DL9GK JN59EE 4 5833 2500 2 3 0 0 8333 OH5ZA KP21SA 1624 Indoor Dipole
6 LZ1XE KN12PQ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quad

Section SOP

Pos Group Callsign Locator QSOs Score Bonus DXCC LocCount Members Special Calls Total ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Ant Trophy/Cert
1 DK6OC/P JO31MD 20 14033 12000 7 14 3 0 26033 EA7KBX IM87VK 1690 Moxon Dual 6/4 Certificate

Section QRP

Pos Group Callsign Locator QSOs Score Bonus DXCC LocCount Members Special Calls Total ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Ant Trophy/Cert
1 Maidenhead G0OIW/P IO91MP   1 85 1000 1 1 0 0 1085 M1L IO81WV 85 Dipole Winner

Section 6F

Pos Group Callsign Locator QSOs Score Bonus DXCC LocCount Members Special Calls Total ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Ant Trophy/Cert
1 Verulam Amateur Radio Club 5B4AAB KM64EU 100 222937 40000 17 52 9 1 262937 EA8BPX IL18SK 4633 4ele Certificate
2 Thracian Rose Club LZ1YE KN22QO 45 50071 23500 12 32 3 0 73571 EA5H JN00BC 2118 3EL YAGI Certificate
3 DL2OM JO30SN 37 40012 20000 12 25 3 0 60012 TT8SN JK72MC 4331 6/4 m 5 El. Duoband
4 GMDX GM3WOJ IO77WS 19 31930 14000 9 16 3 0 45930 5B4AAB KM64EU 3710 6ele
5 Pembrokeshire Contest Group GW9J IO72VE 14 22186 12000 9 12 1 1 34186 PJ4/KA1R FK52UD 7189 7 ele powabeam
6 Wirral & District GR8ZRE IO83NE 12 10380 9500 6 9 2 1 19880 EA8CTK IL18NI 2991 3 ELEMENT YAGI
7 2E0OUT IO81WO 6 8662 5000 3 5 2 0 13662 5B4AIF KM64HV 3325 13 Ele Dule
8 9A9O JN85XE 4 6988 3500 2 3 2 0 10488 EA7KBX IM87VK 1885 5 EL DK7ZB
9 SQ6H JO80SH 3 4466 2500 2 3 0 0 6966 GW9J IO72VE 1523 7 el
10 GR4NBS JO02AF 5 557 6000 1 5 2 2 6557 GR8ZRE IO83NE 224 5ele
11 9A3QB JN95HN 3 1716 3000 3 3 0 0 4716 OZ6PI JO47VA 1412 dipol
12 Contest Club Finland OH5ZA KP21SA 2 1853 2000 2 2 0 0 3853 DF2ZJ JN58LC 1709 4-way LZ1AQ/LZ1ABC

Section 6P

Pos Group Callsign Locator QSOs Score Bonus DXCC LocCount Members Special Calls Total ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Ant Trophy/Cert
1 Basingstoke ARC G4CSD/P IO91JG 8 8705 7000 3 6 3 1 15705 5B4AIF KM64HV 3253 Moxon Certificate

Checklogs

Check logs are gratefully acknowledged from GR3PXT, EA8/G4RGK, EA5NW, G5KW, M1T and M1ABK.


Soapbox

CT9/PF5X
Conditions were probably better than the activity suggests. Many people were "working" DX in FT8 or were working outside the contest. You made an epic mistake in the past by adopting the IARU R1 VHF scoring & exchange system (RST + 6 digit locator + prob. UKSMG membership nr.). The old scoring + exchange made (4 digit locator + prob. member #) this contest stand out in simplicity and effectiveness. Please reconsider and revert to the initial format. Eskip is very different from tropo !!!
DG1EAD
unfortunately bad conditions on Saturday.
DL2OM
Very spotty. Signals were focussed on limited areas like Ireland and Sardinia. Because of the LZ-VHF contest some activity from Bulgaria, while elswhere outside UK only a few people have been aware of the UKSMG contest. KP4EIT was a lonely rider. So, the propagation was a mixture of tropo, MS and Es.
EA4WF
Good sporadic conditions
EA5IWZ
Slow start on Saturday but condx gradually improved. ODX was D44OE. Sunday was a disaster with only 13 contacts in the log. Looking forward to the IARU 6m contest.
EA7Q
There were variable conditions with good openings to England and France
G4ANT
Some nice E's around Saturday with working 5B4 D44 and KP4, Sundy was very dire hardly any activity! lots of station on but say not in contest :-(
G4BUE
Few stations heard with the poor antenna.
G4LPP
Very mixed
G4TSW
Massive QSB at times, thanks for the patience!
GQ4NBS
Usual lack of E's for this contest despite 2 good days prior - Nice to catch a couple of KP4 and 5B4 plus 4X on otherwise very quiet weekend. Intriguing the Italians weren't interested in giving serial numbers - thought every w/e was a contest for them!! Unable to include membership numbers in EDI file?? so hence using Cabrillo.
GQ8ZRE/70
Good contest, Hard to score
GW9J
Quiet start in the first hour but some nice sp es later on. Took a break for tea and then did another hour. Decided not to operate on the Sunday as conditions fairly quiet and had family visiting so 6 hr section entry
HA7AJ
Good
HF5WIM
Poor conditions with some pings. Only 1 QSO, however M1L received my call and vanished. See you on IARU 6M in two weeks
M1L
Only short bursts of sporadic, missed a few DX ones including KP4EIT and A92HK
OH5ZA
One QSO like last year: great pile-up! KN43 wkd instead of KN34, so a few points more! Cheers/73, Zaba OH1ZAA
OZ7BQ/P
Conditions appeared to be poor. Had only little time to participate, but heard only a few stations. DL2OM, MQ0T, 9H1PI weak and for a short time on saturday. I was operating portable from Bornholm Island EU-030.