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After a small scale expedition to Jersey last year, it was back to business
this year for the Bristol Contest Group. Discussions with various people on the
island suggested a number of site options so it was decided to make Jersey the
venue for a full scale entry this year and ferries and hotels were duly booked.
So it was that the troops gathered in Weymouth at the unholy hour of 05:30 on
the Wednesday to catch the 06:30 ferry to St Helier. Two heavily loaded trailer
towers and the "horse box for humans" along with other non-towing vehicles all
went across; only a few inches clearance for the towers but on they went and 4
hours later after a perfect crossing we arrived in Jersey. The weather was warm
and sunny and thus it remained for the whole week, a real bonus.
Towers parked up, it was time to visit the sites. The local environment
authorities and land-owners couldn't have been more helpful and we ended up with
a fantastic site on the north coast, a long field with land sloping down to the
sea, 180 degree sea views and plenty of room to spread out the antennas.
Then it
was down to the task of building the run station and mult station. One tower was
used for each and the usual eclectic mix of beams, dipoles and verticals
was constructed and mounted on the towers and some masts we had also taken. A
few more operators flew in and with the team now up to 11, the construction went
well and by Friday the hardware was complete and it was the turn of the logging
and networking to receive our attention. A lot of preparation had gone into this
part of the operation and it paid off as everything worked faultlessly through
the contest.
Off we went at 12z and the run station was soon running the pile-ups,
whilst the mult station started its hunt. 10m and 15m played the game on
Saturday with some short skip into UK and Ireland as well as good EU coverage.
20m was excellent throughout with world wide coverage, including JA, VK, ZL and
some pacific islands; it also delivered a high number of mults.
The antennas attracted local attention and we were even mentioned on Radio
Jersey!
Sunday came and it was time to take it all down again. Everything was down
and loaded by mid afternoon on Monday which left us Tuesday free to see the
island before coming back on the afternoon ferry on Wednesday.
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QSL manager for
GJ6YB is Phil G3SWH
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| Listen to G6YB
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 Vic taking the
mic (in Russian) in WPX,- Robin
working VK in SSB Field Day
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| QSL Information |
| PJ2 QSL Cards:
All
QSLs for contacts with our group members PJ2/*****
via their home calls please. QSLs for PJ2Y
to G3SWH. |
| G6YB and all variants: Via
Bureau or direct to G3SWH |
| EJ2MT: Via
Bureau or direct to Dennis EI6HB (QTHR) |
| Amateur Radio contesting at its
best ! |
| The Bristol Contest Group is part of the RSGB Bristol Group , a local branch of the RSGB. |
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How did we do? Well we thoroughly enjoyed it and a great site and fine
weather spurred us on to make a good total.
The raw scores are as follows:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph
Mults
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80:
111 50
172 37
40: 318
75 597 61
20:
221
70
966 102
15:
124
50 465
57
10: 42
39
298 41
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Total: 816
284
2498 298
Total Score = 14,194,980
STOP PRESS... GJ6YB wins IOTA 2008 !
Multi-Op Island results
The Team:
(L to R) G4CLA M0WLF M0MAT M1EBV
G3TKF G3XSV G3YHV G3ZVW G4FKA G7TWC G3YIQ + M0WYB
Thanks to all the callers for making it go with a swing. Also to the States
of Jersey environment staff and local landowners for making us so welcome and
allowing us to use a most excellent site. Probably one of the most enjoyable
IOTA expeditions Bristol Contest Group have done.
(Geoff G4FKA)
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80m
Club Champions 2008
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Another
great Season ! Though the July results are not yet in, BCG are in
a commanding position at the top of the table. Some great
performances from
individuals throughout the year and a good turnout for all the
events. Looks like we may retain the G5RV Trophy for a second year.
results here
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SSB
Field Day 2008
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We tried our hand in the Restricted Section last year, and to
our great surprise, we won it ! This year we tried to find
out if the antenna really worked as well as we thought. Th
weather was awful, fewer ops, dire band conditions, but did we enjoy it
? Of course we did !
here is the claimed score before adjudication:
BAND QSO DUP DXC POINTS AVG
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80 248 4 24
1010 4.07
40 338 2 31 1270 3.76
20 423 6 47
1385 3.27
15 27 0 13 108 4.00
10 4 0 4
17 4.25
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TOTAL 1040
12 119 3790 3.64
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TOTAL SCORE : 451
010
Dupes are not included in QSO counts
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| Highlights from previous
years: |
- 50MHz Trophy 2007 - write-up from Andy M1EBV
- EJ2MT Bere Island 2004-2006 - IOTA
- Highlights
of 2003 - GB5HQ, IOTA, etc
- Highlights
of 2002 - PJ2Y,
Jubilee etc.
- CQWW 2001 - EI7M - Cork
- IOTA 2001 - PJ2Y - Curacao
- IOTA 2000 - Isle
of Wight
- Highlights
of 2000
- 1998 SSB HF Field
Day
- IOTA 98 - GT6YB - Isle
of Man
- IOTA 97 - GD6YB/P - Isle of
Man
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New members are
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