DATE: JULY 2015 |
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PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS:
2014 -- January, February, March, April, April special, May, May special, June, July, August, September, October, October special, November, December, December upissue. 2015 --
January,
February,
March,
March special,
April,
May,
June.
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| Saturday-Sunday | 4th-5th July 2015 | VHF NFD | 1400 - 1400 UTC * |
| Sunday | 5th July 2015 | 3rd 144MHZ Backpackers Contest | 1100 - 1500 UTC |
| Monday | 6th July 2015 | 80m Club Championship Contest (CW) | 1900 - 2030 UTC |
| Tuesday | 7th July 2015 | 144MHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Tuesday | 14th July 2015 | 432MHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Tuesday | 21st July 2015 | 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Wednesday | 15th July 2015 | 80m Club Championship Contest (SSB) | 1900 - 2030 UTC |
| Sunday | 19th July 2015 | Low Power Contest (CW, 3.5/7 MHz) | 0900 - 1600 UTC |
| Sunday | 19th July 2015 | 70MHz Trophy Contest | 1000 - 1600 UTC |
| Thursday | 23rd July 2015 | 80m Club Championship Contest (data) | 1900 - 2030 UTC |
| Tuesday | 28th July 2015 | 50MHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Tuesday | 28th July 2015 | SHF UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC except 2.3GHz 2030 - 2230 UTC |
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| Saturday | 1st August 2015 | 144MHz Low Power Contest | 1400 - 2000 UTC |
| Saturday | 1st August 2015 | 4th 144MHZ Backpackers Contest | 1300 - 1700 UTC |
| Sunday | 2nd August 2015 | ROPOCO CW (3.5MHz) | 0700 - 0830 UTC |
| Sunday | 2nd August 2015 | 432MHz Low Power Contest | 0800 - 1200 UTC |
| Tuesday | 4th August 2015 | 144MHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Sunday | 9th August 2015 | 70MHz Cumulative Contest #5 | 1400 - 1600 UTC |
| Tuesday | 11th August 2015 | 432MHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Wednesday | 12th August 2015 | 80m Club Sprint Contest (CW) | 1900 - 2000 UTC |
| Wednesday | 18th August 2015 | 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Tuesday | 25th August 2015 | 50MHz UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC |
| Tuesday | 25th August 2015 | SHF UK Activity Contest | 1900 - 2130 UTC except 2.3GHz 1930 - 2130 UTC |
| Thursday | 27th August 2015 | 80m Club Sprint Contest (SSB) | 1900 - 2000 UTC |
The full 2015 RSGB contest calendars and rules for the above contests are available
here (HF)
and here (VHF).
Provisional HF and VHF calendars for 2016 are available here (HF)
and here (VHF).
OTHER UK VHF/UHF CONTESTS IN JULY 2015 (by John G3XDY & Dave G7RAU)
The following UK Microwave Group contests take place this July:
| Sunday | 19th July 2015 | UK Microwave Group Millimetre Wave Contest | 0900 - 1700 UTC |
| Sunday | 26th July 2015 | UK Microwave Group 5.7/10 GHz Contest | 0600 - 1800 UTC |
Also, don't forget that, as notified in the May & June Newsletters, the UKSMG 2015 Summer Marathon commenced on 2nd May and runs continuously through to the first Sunday of August (2nd August) at 2359 UTC. The rules can be found here.
OTHER EUROPEAN VHF/UHF CONTESTS IN JULY 2015 (by John G3XDY & Quin G3WRR)
A co-ordinated calendar of IARU Region 1 VHF Contests for 2015 is available
here.
With thanks to Leon ON5WL, the rules of the 2015 ON Contest are given below:
Rules for non-ON stations.
The Mechelen (MCL) Club of the UBA invites all amateurs to take part in the ON Contest 2015.
Dates and times : some times have changed:-
* 27 September 2015: 7 to 10 UTC : 6 m Fone and CW
* 4 October 2015: 6 to 10 UTC :80 m SSB
* 11 October 2015: 6 to 9 UTC :80 m CW
* 18 October 2015: 6 to 10 UTC : 2 m Phone and CW.
Rules:
* Only contacts with ON stations are permitted
* Exchange : RS(T) + serialnumber starting at 001
* ON stations also give their club code. e.g. 59001 MCL
* Each QSO with ON counts 3 points
* Each club worked gives one multiplier
* In each part of the contest the winners from each country receive an award, if they made at least 25 valid QSOs
* Cabrillo logs preferred
* Send your logs not later than 3 weeks after the contest to:
Welters Leon ON5WL
Borgstraat 80
B 2580 Beerzel
Belgium.
e-mail : ubaon@uba.be
OTHER HF CONTESTS IN JULY 2015 (by Quin G3WRR)
For more data on a wide range HF contests, the SM3CER website is a very useful source of information.
Another useful source of HF contest information is at http://www.hb9dhg.ch , which can be reached by clicking
here, and clicking on "Contest Calendar".
RECENT RESULTS (by Quin G3WRR & John G3XDY)
The following results have been published or updated since
the previous Newsletter:
50MHz UKAC
144MHz UKAC
432MHz UKAC
1.3GHz UKAC
SHF UKAC
Overall UKAC
432MHz Trophy
10GHz Trophy
May UHF
1st 144MHz Backpackers
1st 1.8MHz
ROPOCO (SSB)
HF Championship
VHF Championship
144MHz Backpackers Championship
IOTA (ISLANDS ON THE AIR) CONTEST REMINDER (by Mike G3VYI)
Please join us in the RSGB's Flagship HF Contest over the 25/26th July !
* SSB, CW or Mixed mode: High power Low power or QRP: 12 or 24hours
* All UK stations are Island stations so get called by the world
* Boost your IOTA score or start one off
* Plenty of activity - make QSOs around the world
* Certificates are issued for leaders in all categories including Island Dxpeditions
* Form a DXpedition with simple equipment
* No experience necessary! A Guide for newcomers is available here
* Use any or all of five HF bands - SSB, CW or mixed
* Look out for DXpeditions already announced here
* Rules are on the RSGB Contest Committee web site here
* Other useful IOTA information here and
here.
DELAY TO RESULTS OF 1st 50MHz CONTEST 2015 (by Quin G3WRR)
Apologies to those who are awaiting the results of the above contest. Adjudication has been held up as a result of the need to assign higher priority to other activities, notably those related to the Presidential Review. It is expected that the results will be available soon.
RETURN OF TROPHIES (by Jacqui G6XSY)
Please could anyone who received a trophy at last year's RSGB
Convention return it by 31st July 2015, so that it can be engraved in
time for this year's Convention.
The trophy should be returned to HQ at the address below:
RSGB F.A.O. Joy Burrells
3 Abbey Court, Priory Business Park
Fraser Road
BEDFORD
MK44 3WH
Many Thanks, Jacqui G6XSY, RSGBCC Trophy Administrator (trophies@rsgbcc.org).
NEW CONTEST RESULTS FEATURE (by Quin G3WRR)
A new feature which you may find useful has been added by Pete G4CLA to the contest results pages.
Once you have navigated to your UBN for a particular contest, it will now be possible to see a new set of links at the top of the page. When followed
these will display all the UBNs for contests you have entered in the selected year. You might find it helpful to bookmark the URL of that page, as it can
be used as a direct link to UBNs after new contest results have been published. In addition, the UBN for a selected contest now contains a link to the
results for that contest.
VHF NFD (by Quin G3WRR)
Three things to note:
* Just a reminder that the closing date for registration for VHF NFD is 26th June - groups intending to register but who have not yet done so are
therefore advised to treat this as a priority task!
* It is important that particular attention is paid to VHF General Rule 1(b) relating to the need to respect band plans. For convenience, the current
wording of this rule is given here: "Entrants must abide by their licence conditions and observe the RSGB/IARU band plans. On bands
where the RSGB band plan specifies a calling frequency, this frequency, +/- 5 kHz, must not be used for contest QSOs or any other contest related
communications. GB2RS and GB2CW frequencies (+/- 5 kHz) must not be used during the period of a scheduled transmission from these stations.
On 50MHz, entrants must not call CQ within the DX window (50.100 to 50.130MHz) unless they only conduct QSOs with stations located in other
continents (i.e. inter-continental QSOs only)". However, as noted in the May Newsletter, this rule should have read "....calling frequency
or centre of activity...." rather than "....calling frequency..." and entrants should act accordingly.
* A clarification of VHF NFD rule 7.5(d) for stations in the Single Transmitter (MS) Section.....irrespective of the 3 bands chosen, the
maximum permitted operating time in this Section in 2015 is 16 hours.
That's all for this month - good contesting to you all!
73, Quin G3WRR
For RSGB Contest Committee