(Page Last Updated - Wednesday 29th July 2020)

Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club

RSGB UK Activity Contests

 

RSGB HF and VHF Contest Rules - Further Changes due to COVID-19 (Andy G4PIQ - vhfcc.chair@rsgbcc.org & Nick G4FAL - hfcc.chair@rsgbcc.org)

28th June 2020 RSGB Contest Newsletter .. reads:-

As we’re all aware the changes to COVID-19 restrictions have been coming thick and fast recently, but they have also remained inconsistent across the different parts of the UK. Single Operator Portable operation now appears viable in England, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands / Isle of Man, but both Wales and Scotland currently retain 5 mile movement restrictions which make portable operation impractical for most entrants. However, we expect these restrictions in Scotland and Wales to both have been lifted by 6th July, and so we are preparing to allow Single Operator Portable entries to our contests again from Tuesday 7th July – in time for 2m UKAC and FMAC contests and the HF Low Power contest (19th July).

All activities must be properly socially distanced with all station activity, including station assembly being carried out by the operator, or only with support from people who are living at the same house. We are not opening up ‘normal’ multi-operator contesting as in section ‘O’ entries at this time. Also, any local COVID-19 restrictions, such as any limitation on access to particular public locations must be strictly observed.

We are making this announcement on the basis of expected changes in Wales and Scotland. Should these not happen, or if there were to be any significant re-introduction of movement restrictions by one or more of the UK Governments, we may need to maintain / re-introduce entry restrictions. Please keep a close eye on the Contest Committee web site – https://www.rsgbcc.org and on the e-mail reflectors / Facebook groups for any urgent announcements, but we sincerely hope not to have to make any!

The Governments’ changes have not been made in time for ‘VHF NFD weekend’, and so ‘Lockdown VHF NFD’ will go ahead as a fixed station contest, and the 3rd Backpackers will also not run that weekend. We are currently discussing how to approach the remainder of the portable contest season, including the Backpackers and are thinking about running one or two extra Backpackers during the summer though we recognise that getting a sufficient volume of activity is the challenge. One possible date is the afternoon of Saturday 18th July to align with the French Bol d’Or Low Power contest (we have the 4m Trophy on the Sunday). We’d be interested in hearing whether you would be interested in a couple of extra Backpackers events.
 

VHF/UHF UKAC Contest Calendar for August 2020

Tue       4th  Aug  144MHz
Tue     11th  Aug  432MHz
Thur    13th  Aug   50MHz
Tue     18th  Aug   1.3GHz
Thur     20th Aug    70MHz
Tue      25th  Aug        SHF

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Group Photo of a few UKAC competitors at NARSA Rally, Blackpool 28th April 2019

Our thanks to Dave GW4ZAR for the photo

L-R Neil G4OAR, Barry G4KCT & XYL Sue G8SFI, Gordon G8PNN, Peter MM0CEZ, Pete GM4BYF, Stuart M1SMH,
Paul GW0MDQ, Ian GM3SEK & XYL Nadine MM0WNW and Denis G3UVR

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Full RSGB VHF Contest Calendar for 2020  Click

The following are the General Club results for 432MHz and the overall positions on all bands to the 29th July 2020.

There are currently 81 clubs in the General Section & 38 Clubs in the Local Section with 717 individual stations taking part.

(Results below now only cover up to the top 10 teams)

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Quick link to UKAC Results

*  Latest Contest Results for 2020  Click

*  Final Overall VHF Contest Results for 2019  Click

*  Check your latest log upload has been received  Click

*  Check the Claimed Scores list for latest entries  Click

Useful Administration Links :-

*  Print out Paper Log sheet for VHF Contest  Click

*  Log in to ON4KST chat site here  Click

*  Enter your paper log on-line here  Click

*  Upload your Minos computer log file here  Click

*   Download the latest version of Minos .. version 2.3.0.0 (4th January 2020)  Click

*  Find/Check your Maidenhead Locator  Click  enter your post code or options

*  Read the latest edition of the RSGB Contest Committee Newsletter  Click

Be ahead of the competition !! Must Check links before a contest :-

*  LIVE European Sporadic-E globe update every minute   Click

*  LIVE Northern Hemisphere Auroral Propagation update every minute  Click

*  LIVE DXMAPS 3.3 - QSO/SWL comprehensive real time information Click

Summary of UKAC Rule changes for 2020
by RSGB VHF Contest Committee Chairman  Andy Cook, G4PIQ

Don't forget to download the latest MINOS software .. (link above)

Full UKAC Rules for each band can be found below

http://www.rsgbcc.org/vhf/rules/20rules/frameindex.html

2m SSB rules http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=2mukac

2m FM rules https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=2mfmac

4m SSB rules http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=4mukac

6m SSB rules http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=6mukac

70cms SSB rules https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=70cmsukac

70cms FM rules https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=70cmsfmac

23cms Specific rules http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=uhfukac

SHF Specific rules http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2020&contest=shfukac

Read .. General advice on UKAC

Read .. WADARC UKAC 2019 activity

Read .. WADARC UKAC 2018 activity

Read .. WADARC UKAC 2017 activity

Read .. WADARC UKAC 2016 activity

Read .. WADARC UKAC 2015 activity

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