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Radio Amatur y Ddraig
Dragon Amateur Radio Club
(Affiliated to the - Radio Society of
GW4TTA
/ GC4TTA
Up dated 5.2.08 21:40
RSGB HF Contests Calendar 2008
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Date |
Time (UTC) |
Contest Name. |
Dates - Mode - Frequency - Exchange |
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Jan 13 |
1400-1800. |
3510-3590kHz, RST+Serial (CW) |
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Jan 19 |
1400-1800. |
3600-3750kHz, RS+Serial. (SSB) |
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February |
2000-2130. |
4th SSB; 13th Data;
21st - CW. |
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Feb 9/10 |
2100-0100. |
1820-1870kHz, RST+Serial+District. |
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March |
2000-2130. |
3rd Data; 12th CW;
20th - SSB. |
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Mar 8/9 |
1000-1000. |
3.5-28MHz, RST+Serial. |
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April |
1900-2030. |
7th CW; 16th SSB;
24th - Data. |
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Apr 6 |
0700-0900. |
3520-3570kHz, RST+Postcode Recieved. |
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May |
1900-2030. |
5th SSB; 14th Data; 22nd CW. |
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June |
1900-2030. |
2nd Data; 11th CW;
19th SSB. |
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June 7/8 |
1500-1500. |
1.8-28MHz, RST+Serial. |
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July |
1900-2030. |
7th CW; 16th SSB;
24th - Data. |
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July 20 |
0900-1600 |
3510-3580,
7000-7040kHz, RST+Serial+Power. |
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July 26/27 |
1200-1200. |
3.5-28MHz, RS(T)+Serial+Reference. |
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August |
1900-2030. |
14th CW; 27th SSB. |
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August 3 |
0700-0900. |
3520-3570kHz, RST+Postcode Received. |
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September |
1900-2030. |
11th SSB; 24th CW. |
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September 6/7 |
1300-1300. |
3.5-28MHz, RS+serial. |
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October |
1900-2030. |
9th CW; 22nd SSB. |
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October 5 |
0700-1900. |
21-28MHz, RS+Serial+District. |
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November |
2000-2130. |
13th SSB; 26th CW. |
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November 8 |
2000-2300. |
1870-1990kHz, RS+Serial+Club Info. |
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November 15/16 |
2100-0100. |
1820-1870kHz, RST+Serial+District. |
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CW SSB DATA
Results of all contests entered for the Dragon
ARC
Claimed scores for AFS CW on 13th
Jan. IZR, 223, ETF, 191, VVC, 188,
PRL, 155, GEI, 41.
Claimed scores for AFS SSB on 19th
Jan. GEI, 164 IZR, 123, PRL, 101, GUX, 79.
.
In
the May 2007 UHF contest - GW8IZR, listed as
Dragon ARC, came tenth
overall in the open section.
This was actually a single band single operator entry (70cm), but due to a late
rule change, we entered the open section which put us up against the big multi
operator portable stations, so quite pleased with the outcome.
Our best dx in the contest was EA1FDI/P at 1209Kms,
which is comparable with the best distances worked by the winning east coast
Equipment used was a Icom trx driving a GS23b cavity amplifier (400W) to 4 x 19
element yagis. + homebrew
mast head Gaasfet pre amp.
Paul.GW8IZR.
Congratulations,
on a FB result Paul. We need more members interested in life above 30
MHz. prl.
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Members participated in the RSGB
Club Calls contest, on
They
made 35th out of 86 competitors. Score 1056pts.
using GW4TTA/P Dragon ARC c/s.
Swansea
ARS came 22nd using GC4CC with 1282pts.
..
Dragon
ARC AFS CW 2007 contest:
Dragon
ARC came 15th out of 78 entries with 7680pts.
Individual
places were as follows: -
40th GW0GEI 2080, 84th GW0ETF 1750,
91st GW8IZR 1610, 140th GW3EIZ 1170,
149th GW3PRL 1070
Out of 239 stations competing.
Previous
years places have been: -
13th 2000 17th 2001 15th 2002 14th 2003 14th 2004 20th 2004 15th 2005 15th 2006
GW4TTA/P
went on air again on Sat/Sun 2/3 June for National
Field Day 2007.
This is a
CW contest taking place on the 160 10m bands (non WARC) from 15.00utc Sat to
15.00utc Sun.
The final score was 2287 points with 598 QSOs,
in the restricted section. The Dragon ARC took 21st
place out of 31 entrants.
We did the contest from QTH PRL
at Brynsiencyn, using the club caravan and the FT990 with N1MM on the Laptop
and a 270ft doublet at 35 ft.
.
Members
ran GW4TTA/P for SSB Field Day in September 2007.
The final
score was 4221 points with 938 QSOs
and 45 multipliers in the restricted section.
DARC took
23rd place out of 28 entrants.
.
During
the weekend of November 24/25 Steve GWΨGEI took part in the CQ-WW-CW contest,
he was assisted by Stewart
GWΨETF, and Martin GW3PRL. This contest runs over a period
of 48 hours.
More news on this station - just now.
.
Steve,
GWΨGEI, &
Stewart, GWΨETF, both entered contests from their home QTHs during the year,
making
good scores, and flying the flag for the Dragon ARC.
Do
you have any more club news?