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Commonwealth Contest

Category Archives: Teams

VK Commonwealth Contest Log Entries

18 Sunday Mar 2018

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Below is the summary of VK log entries and the team entry scores based on emails and the RSGB submitted logs for the contest.

Commonwealth Contest 2018: Submitted Logs
Call QSOs Raw Score

Team 1 Australia
VK2BJ   308   4,815
VK4CT  332   5,005
VK4SN  212   3,700
VK6LW 505   5,930
VL6VZ 324    4,200

Total 1,681    23,650

Team 2 Australia
VK2GR 249   4,045
VK2PN 191   3,025
VK3JA  209   2,335
VK3MI 109   2,205
VK7BO 263  4,015

Total 1,021 15,625

Other VK Log Submissions
VK2EL  46
VK2IG  112
VK3GK  13
VK4FJ     9
VK4TT   45
VK5WIA 119 (VK5GR)
VK6HG  49

Regards,
Allan Mason, JP, VK2GR

9H6A

12 Monday Mar 2018

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Operator(s): 9H1GP 9H1XT
Station: 9H6A

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: Xghajra
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Location: Southern Europe

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs
80: 46
40: 230
20: 367
15: 6
10: 0
Total: 649 Total Score 5,035

 

Club: [none]

Comments:     [email]     2018-03-11 11:01:59
Propagation was not good. 10meter: we did not even touch. Very poor 15 meters, only some TEP. We dad tremendous noise on 80. On the whole enjoyable. Team Med

Revised VE Team 151 and HQ station

08 Thursday Mar 2018

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VO1HP will operate as HQ station VO1RAC, and VE3BR will take his place on Team Canada 151.
Team Canada 151
VE9AA*
VE6LB
VE3ZI
VE1OP
VE3BR
*captain

Malta update

06 Tuesday Mar 2018

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HI Guys

 

I need  to update you all on the latest developments.

ZB2CW cannot make part of the team so, Ivan 9h1pi, will be running the 9h1mrl after all as we originally planned.

David, 9h1tx, will be with Ivan and perhaps another operator.

Probably Dave, G3RXP,9H3IL, may join either Ivan at 9h1mrl or myself at 9h6a.  We shall see on this when Dave gets to Malta.

 

So the stations making up the team are now:

[Version 100.01.01 hi]

 

9h6a      [9h1xt plus others:  Multi op station.]

C4z          [5b5aiz]

9h3et    [Peter]

9h1mrl [9H1PI,9H1TX,9H3IL?: Multi op station]

9h1ae    [Savvas]

Hope everything goes well

 

 

73 All

John

9h1xt

VE HQ stations and Teams

06 Tuesday Mar 2018

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Thanks, Dave.

FYI, other Canadian HQ stations will include VA3RAC (VE3NNT), VE5RAC (VE5SDH) and VE7RAC (VE7JKZ).

73,

Rich VE3KI
Dave G. ve9cb@rac.ca <ve9cb@rac.ca> wrote:

Hello:
Here is a revised lineup for
Team Canada Eh?
VE3JM
XL3A (op VE3AT)
VE3CX
VE9CB*
VE3EJ
*captain
Team Canada A
VE3KI*
VE5SF
VE3DZ
VE3TM
VE9HF
*captain
Team Canada 151
VE9AA*
VE6LB
VE3ZI
VE1OP
VO1HP
*captain
Also, please note that VE9RAC will be operated in the HQ Category by VE9BK and VE9ML.  VA2RAC will be operated by VE2FK.
73,
Dave VE9CB

Team Med change

05 Monday Mar 2018

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Hi John

Very sorry to trouble you again but we would like to substitute Derek zb2cw instead of the 9h1mrl station if that is possible. This makes the stations for TEAM MED as :

 9h6a      [9h1xt plus others Multi op station.]

C4Z          [5b4aiz]

9h3et    [Peter]

Zb2cw   [Derek]

9h1ae    [Savvas]

 Hope this is ok.

 73 John 9h1xt

ZB2EO ( in reply to the Team Med note)

05 Monday Mar 2018

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Hi agn John,

Thanks for the update, and glad you have been successful forming a team for the forthcoming Beru contest. I expect to be away from home during the day next Saturday, but if I get back early in the evening, I shall open up and try to give you and the rest of the team a ZB2 multiplier on the various bands.

73,

John

ZB2EO/G4JTC

Commonwealth Contest 2018 Teams and UK HQ stations

05 Monday Mar 2018

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Good Morning,

I have a spare moment in ARRL SSB (using G6XX) as 40m has dried up and 20m not yet open, so before I take Oscar out for his constitutional, here is a quick update on next weekend’s Commonwealth Contest (81st Contest 10 and 11 March 2018).

If you are not normally active in this historic contest then please consider taking part. The Commonwealth Contest (where “CQ Beru” is used to solicit QSOs) is a great opportunity to work Commonwealth DX stations without the normal EU wall of contesters to contend with. Often the DX stations can be worked at marginal signal levels which would be quite impossible in the big international contests. For stacks of background information see Bob G3PJT’s excellent website.

UK HQ stations

This year we will have seven RSGB HQ stations using the regional variations of G6XX – the RSGB Contest Club callsign. This is following clarification from Ofcom that a Club Callsign can be active from multiple UK regions simultaneously. See QRZ.com for the history of G6XX.

 

Chris is also using GB5CC under the new rule that “other HQ stations may be active to celebrate or commemorate events of significance to the Commonwealth”. This will be to recognise the forthcoming marriage of Prince Harry and Megan Markle in May, unless Chris can suggest an alternative justification.

The full list of calls and stations is below.

G6XX G4FNL

GM6XX GM0GAV

GW6XX GW0ETF, GW0GEI

GI6XX GI4DOH

GD6XX G4XUM, G3NKC

GJ6XX MJ0ASP

GU6XX GU4YOX, GU4CHY, GU4EON, RL5D

GB5CC GM3WOJ

I am sure that they will be geared up to operate on 10m and will try to QSY there if asked as it is probably unlikely that there will many other QSOs available on 10m this year – but I will be pleased if I am wrong. Just send them “QSY 28?” and they will probably have a QRG to suggest.

The HQ stations will accumulate QSO points and bonuses for working UK stations and there will some competition between the eight stations listed. Thanks to those who are putting significant effort into making these stations QRV – particularly the GD6XX team who are not resident on IOM.

Teams

We have eleven teams notified and wish them all success. We have passed the deadline for team submission now but John G4CZB will accept late team applications providing he receives them before the end of the day prior to the contest. The link for emailing John can be found in the rules.

If you have any queries about the contest then please send them to me.

Kind Regards,

Nick Totterdell G4FAL,

RSGB HF Contest Committee Chair

HFCC.Chair@rsgbcc.org

Team Med

05 Monday Mar 2018

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Hi Guys

So this is the final version of the Team Med submitted for participation in the Beru contest this weekend:

9H6A (op 9H1XT)

C4I

9H3ET (Peter)

9H1MRL (op 9H1PI)

9H1AE (Savvas)

We are trying to make 9h6a and 9h1mrl two multi operator stations if we have enough operators.

I so I am on the lookout for possible operators.

John 9H1XT

Team Caribbean

03 Saturday Mar 2018

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Will be ZF2CA, V31GX , C6AKT and others

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