May 2017 UHF Contest

Flat tropo conditions this year, particularly difficult on the higher bands on Saturday. Aircraft scatter was working quite well, with good signals from many DX stations, but timing the QSOs to align with good planes was as difficult as ever.

Once again DL0GTH shows up in the best DX column on several bands, thanks to some slick operating at their end.

3cm still seems a bit down on what it should be, particularly on receive. Several long tests were undertaken on Sunday with DL's with mixed results.

73

John G3XDY

Results:

Band (MHz)

QSOs

Claimed Score

Best DX

Locator

Distance (km)

432

31

13348

OK2A

JO60JJ

827

1296

55

20776

DM7A

JO60OM

851

2320

25

7098

DL0GTH

JO50JP

684

3400

16

4637

DL0GTH

JO50JP

684

5760

7

1848

DL0GTH

JO50JP

684

10368

18

4035

DF0MU

JO32PC

416

 

 

 

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