Contest Summary

CQ WPX 2010 SSB

The CQ WPX Contest is one of the big international contests which takes place each year where our club contest callsign M5T can be used.

2010 was Dave's G7SKR first entry in this contest and he chose to operate the club callsign in a single operator, SSB, low power category and on just a single band, 15m.

Only simple, home-brew wire aerials were available for use and they were all cut for 7MHz (40m dipole in loft and temporary 40m vertical on a 10 metre high fishing pole with radials), and so were operated on 21MHz as 3/2 wave and 3/4 wave respectively.

Below-par band conditions and not a lot of available operating time were additional constraints. However, with a lot of "search and pounce" and some "running", the 100 Watts were sufficient to rack up 8,601 points after adjudication and win a certificate for First Place, Low Power, SSB, Single Operator, 15m, England.

RSGB Club Calls 2010

The number of club members entering this contest have been falling in the last couple of years. Last year the club station was unable to operate due to TVI caused to the social club next door.

This year, the only entrant was the club station with a temporary quarter wave antenna being blown around in the high winds and lashing rain.

Will 2011 attract more members to this Top Band contest?

Club Position	Operator	Club Stations	Member Stations	No Club	Individual Score
1	WARC G6WRC	10	12	0	376

RSGB 80m Club Sprint 2010

Our club seems to do well in Sprint contests and after last year's third place, we had to hold our nerve. It was with some delight, therefore, that we managed to hold third place for the second year running from a field of 45 club entries.

Club Position	Operator	SSB	CW	Individual Score
1	Dave G0LZL	2062	3189	5251
2	Albert G3ZHE	1937	1340	3277
3	Mike G4VSS	1416	1235	2651
4	Alan G8WQE	2523	0	2523
5	Ken G0AKF	1744	0	1744
6	John G0RPG	1577	0	1577
7	Dave M0TUB	566	540	1106
8	Leigh 2E0LDJ	678	378	1056
9	Jeff G1DYN	1007	0	1007
10	Jim G3NFB	0	709	709
11	Ken G3VBA	93	0	93

Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP Contest 2010

Last year's PW Contest had been enjoyed by all those that took part and the weather had been very good. This year the weather was distinctly overcast and marred by light drizzle that kept most of the team under canvas.

Mike, G4VSS, made a single operator entry as Warrington ARC B from the top of Winter Hill after gaining permission to operate from Arqiva's land. The weather he endured was significantly worse than the main team but his adjudicated score was 3066, fifth place overall and first place single operator.

The A Team QSO count was 153 with 1 dupe and 23 multiplier squares but inaccurate logging saw that number cut to 138 QSOs after adjudication leaving us in fourth place from 93 entries. A podium position would have been ours if our logging accuracy had been better - something we need to address for next year!

See the "Recent Events" section of the website for more information and pictures of what we got up to.

RSGB 80m Club Championships 2010

The 80m Club Championship is certainly popular amongst WARC members and 2010 was another good year. The club moved up to 17th place overall in an increased field of 93 clubs.

The points tally was also up on last year and a few members tried contesting for the first time.

Club Position	Operator	SSB	Data	CW	Individual Score
1	Dave G0LZL	1883	0	3366	5249
2	Dave M0TUB	1011	2769	1148	4928
3	Jim G3NFB	459	0	3077	3536
4	Albert G3ZHE	1180	0	2236	3416
5	John G0RPG	1162	1528	0	2690
6	Mike G4VSS	932	323	1399	2654
7	Ken G0AKF	1366	0	0	1366
8	Alan G8WQE	1353	0	0	1353
9	Jeff G1DYN	1111	0	0	1111
10	Dave G7SKR	860	0	158	1018
11	Leigh M6/2E0LDJ	556	0	0	556
12	Keith G8MKO	325	155	0	480
13	John M0ANM	0	149	0	149
14	Jill M6JBZ	90	0	0	90
15	Steve 2E0BUI	71	0	0	71

RSGB Affiliated Societies Team Contest (SSB) 2010

It might have been the weather or something else that kept members away from this year's AFS SSB contest which meant we were back down to a single team entry. The guys that did turn out entered an aggregate score of 3020, down on last year but 41st place from 97 teams is still comfortably in the top half of the table.

Club Position	Operator	Individual Score
1	Albert G3ZHE	830
1	Dave M0TUB	820
3	Ian M0BXR	730
4	Jeff G1DYN	640

RSGB Affiliated Societies Team Contest (CW) 2010

The same team lineup as 2009 operated the AFS CW leg and despite a marginal improvement over last year's total score, dropped a place to 46th overall. The total number of teams and individual operators submitting entries was also up slightly on last year.

Club Position	Operator	Individual Score
1	Mike G4VSS	970
2	Jim G3NFB	950
3	Albert G3ZHE	740
4	Jack G3JIR	660

RSGB Club Calls 2009

We only just scraped together 5 stations for this contest last year so it was a disappointment to have only 4 stations making the start this year.

However, matters took a turn for the worse when the club station received a visit from the adjacent social club just prior to the contest's start to say that it was causing TVI and so it reluctantly closed down.

The three remaining operators submitted logs for the club this year for a total of 1500 points putting us in 9th place from 15 for the G4IQM Memorial Trophy.

Club Position	Operator	Club Stations	Member Stations	No Club	Individual Score
1	Alan G8WQE	15	20	0	580
2	Dave G7SKR	13	26	0	572
3	Jim G3NFB	9	12	0	348

RSGB 80m Club Sprint 2009

After last year's near-miss, a great effort by club members pushed WARC in to a podium position for this year. Third place from 42 club entries shows that the Sprint-style contest favours the operating style of our members better than the CC. The RSGB issued a certificate which was copied and distributed to all participants of the contest.

Club Position	Operator	SSB	CW	Individual Score
1	Albert G3ZHE	1892	1795	3687
2	Dave G7SKR	2011	264	2275
3	Dave M0TUB	1687	442	2129
4	Alan G8WQE	1724	0	1724
5	Ken G0AKF	1608	0	1608
6	John G0RPG	1590	0	1590
7	Mike G4VSS	0	1455	1455
8	Dave G0LZL	0	685	685
9	Jim G3NFB	0	439	439
10	Jeff G1DYN	183	0	183

Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP Contest 2009

A hot, sunny day in June on a Cheshire hilltop gave 9 WARC members the chance to put in a good entry in the PW QRP Contest. Taking turns to call CQ and go looking for stations with just 3 Watts of power was a challenge.

The club posted a score of 100 QSOs but were docked 11 QSOs which left us 15th out of 92 entries. Better luck next year.

See the "Recent Events" section of the website for more information and pictures of what we got up to.

RSGB 80m Club Championships 2009

The 80m Club Championships are growing in popularity and this year there were 80 clubs and contest groups taking part and submitting logs.

Warrington ARC's members put in another good show and we finished with almost 2,500 more points than in 2008. However, this wasn't good enough to maintain our 17th place in the table from last year and we slipped to 19th due to higher placing of a couple of new contest groups.

14 different club members took part which ensured that the end of season, very close fight for 19th place in the table finally landed with Warrington pipping two other contenders to the spot. Every point counts!

Club Position	Operator	SSB	Data	CW	Individual Score
1	Dave G7SKR	1122	3319	1290	5731
2	Albert G3ZHE	1403	0	2737	4140
3	Mike G4VSS	1387	177	1821	3385
4	Jim G3NFB	811	0	1394	2205
5	Ian M0BXR	618	784	0	1402
6	Ken G0AKF	1391	0	0	1391
7	John G0RPG	705	361	0	1066
8	Alan G8WQE	756	0	0	756
9	Jeff G0AFQ	516	0	0	516
10	Dave M0TUB	485	0	0	485
11	Ron G0WJX	392	0	0	392
12	John M0ANM	29	173	0	202
13	Paul M0XPD	0	0	186	186
14	Jack G3JIR	0	0	143	143

RSGB Affiliated Societies Team Contest (SSB) 2009

We've always had a good following of operators in the SSB contests and so it was good to have an increased number of members entering this year's leg of the SSB AFS Contest.

Seven members in all allowed us to enter an "A" and a "B" team in an attempt to maximise the club's position in the results table. It worked and the "A" team scored over 600 points more than in 2008 landing us a further seven places up the table in 35th place out of 90 teams.

Club Position	Operator	Individual Score
1	Dave G7SKR	990
2	Albert G3ZHE	920
3	Jim G3NFB	860
4	Ian M0BXR	840
5	Mike G4VSS	770
6	Jack G3JIR	680
7	John M0ANM	270

RSGB Affiliated Societies Team Contest (CW) 2009

Although only a few points lower than 2008, the club slipped down five places finishing 45th from 87 teams that entered. Conditions were considered to be good for inter-G working so early in the year.

Club Position	Operator	Individual Score
1	Jim G3NFB	960
2	Mike G4VSS	920
3	Albert G3ZHE	700
4	Jack G3JIR	650

RSGB Club Calls 2008

Top Band (160m) can provide a challenge to install an efficient aerial and often means that unless operators have a lot of space available to them their aerial is probably going to be a compromise, maybe not even possible.

Warrington ARC managed 5 operators including the club station operating as G6WRC. Dave G7SKR and Jim G3NFB both managed error-free logs despite the low power and high QRM/QRN that top band affords. The number of operators we entered was also sufficient for a placing in the "David Hill G4IQM Memorial Trophy" table, albeit 6th out of six.

Club Position	Operator	Club Stations	Member Stations	No Club	Individual Score
1	WARC G6WRC (Op: G4VSS)	22	49	5	983
2	Dave G7SKR	14	30	3	633
3	Alan G8WQE	17	13	0	580
4	Albert G3ZHE	14	14	1	507
5	Jim G3NFB	13	10	0	444

RSGB 80m Club Sprint 2008

The Sprint is a contest leveller since all operators have to operate in the same manner. After completing a QSO which was initiated with CQ or QRZ, the operator has to move frequency and permit the following station to use the frequency. This precludes the "big guns" from sitting on a single frequency all evening.

A mix of SSB and CW alongside the number of club operators that made an appearance propelled us to 4th place from 39 clubs, narrowly pipped-at-the-post for a podium position in the closing heats.

Club Position	Operator	SSB	CW	Individual Score
1	Albert G3ZHE	2292	1498	3790
2	Dave G7SKR	2554	200	2754
3	Mike G4VSS	703	1365	2068
4	Alan G8WQE	1707	0	1707
5	John G0RPG	1590	0	1590
6	Jim G3NFB	729	580	1309
7	Jeff G1DYN	749	0	749
8	Ken G0AKF	439	0	439
9	Ron G0WJX	291	0	291

RSGB 80m Club Championships 2008

With its mix of SSB, CW and data modes (RTTY and PSK31) there is something for everyone to try in the Club Championships. In a tightly fought battle, 19 different club members put in at least one entry to assist the club in squeezing ahead an extra couple of places to finish 17th overall from the 64 clubs that entered, the best finish to date in the CC.

Club Position	Operator	SSB	Data	CW	Individual Score
1	Mike G4VSS	1270	823	1653	3746
2	Albert G3ZHE	1168	55	1631	2854
3	Dave G7SKR	1069	1279	0	2348
4	John G0RPG	1103	997	0	2100
5	Jack G3JIR	439	82	1504	2025
6	Jeff G0AFQ	702	764	0	1466
7	Jim G3NFB	255	0	670	925
8	Ken G0AKF	898	0	0	898
9	Jeff G1DYN	592	0	167	759
10	Keith G8MKO	536	153	0	689
11	Alan G8WQE	256	306	0	562
12	Ron G0WJX	503	0	0	503
13	Paul G7ODJ	150	0	0	150
14	Roger M0DWQ	88	55	0	143
15	Harry G4WKH	0	0	134	134
16	Chris G4LDS	114	0	0	114
17	Bill G0PZP	90	0	0	90
18	Paul G1DVA	76	0	0	76
19	John M0ANM	23	27	0	50

RSGB Affiliated Societies Team Contest (SSB) 2008

For the SSB leg of the AFS contest, a team substitution saw Keith G8MKO entering alongside Mike G4VSS, Jack G3JIR and Albert G3ZHE. Albert struggled through S9+20dB QRM. A similarly robust entry to the CW leg positioned Warrington in the top half of the table again, finishing 42nd out of 89 teams.

Club Position	Operator	Individual Score
1	Mike G4VSS	920
2	Jack G3JIR	820
3	Albert G3ZHE	780
4	Harry G8MKO	530

RSGB Affiliated Societies Team Contest (CW) 2008

The Warrington ARC team fielded a full team of 4 CW operators comprising Albert G3ZHE, Mike G4VSS, Jack G3JIR and Harry G4WKH. This was Jack's first entry in AFS CW. The team pushed Warrington in to the top half of the table finishing 40th out of 89 team entries.

Club Position	Operator	Individual Score
1	Mike G4VSS	1120
2	Albert G3ZHE	1110
3	Jack G3JIR	890
4	Harry G4WKH	430