Practical Wireless 144 MHz QRP Contest
2012 Results

Full results of the 29th annual contest, held on 10th June 2012.
See also the article published in November 2012 issue of Practical Wireless.

Pos Name Callsign Score QSOs Squs Sngl
op 		Loc Ant. asl,m Tx/Rx
1 Warrington Contest Group M0SDA/P 4654 179 26 S IO93  2 X 17 EL M2 AT 55 FT TOWER 450 SSB LTS
2 SADGITS G4RLF/P 2976 124 24   IO80  6-ele Jaybeam Quad 277 Trio TS770 + Processor,LNA masthead amp
3 Dave Hewitt GW8ZRE/P 2280 114 20 S IO83  7-ele ZL Special. 561 Yaesu FT817.
4 Paul Knocker MI0AYR/P 2000 100 20   IO74  9-ele Tonna 200 Yaesu FT290
5 Burton -upon-Trent ARC G3NFC/P 1944 108 18   IO93  2 X 14-ele J-Beam . 24 Icom IC275E 3W.
6 Tim Raven G4ARI/P 1870 110 17 S IO92  MET 14-ele Yagi 237 Yaesu FT817
7 Tall Trees Contest Group (Team GVG) M0GVG/P 1848 88 21   IO83  16e +2LFA 476 ICOM IC275E
8 Dene Hunsdale G4ZOI/P 1600 80 20 S IO84  5-ele SOTA Beam 736 Yaesu FT817ND
9 John Dowling GD0TFG/P 1220 61 20 S IO74  9-ele portable Tonna 410 Yaesu 290 RII
10 Bolton Wireless Club G1ONE/P 1200 75 16 S IO83  7-ele ZL Special 335 TR9130
11 Isle Of Man Amateur Radio Society GT1IOM/P 1140 60 19   IO74  Pair of 9-ele Yagi's stacked 250 Yaesu FT817ND
12 Sheffield A R C G2AS/P 990 55 18   IO93  10-ele homebrew Yagi 320 Icom IC251
13 Jon Page GQ1POS/P 969 57 17 S IO81  8-ele long Yagi. Home Brew. 290 Yaesu FT817
14 L.B.JONES MW6OXO/P 966 69 14 S IO83  DK7ZB 10-ele 240 Yaesu FT290
15 Adrian Rees MW1LCR/P 848 53 16 S IO82  9-ele Yagi 400 Yaesu FT221
16 Dylan Van Poucke F/ON4NS 840 56 15   JO00  17-element Yagi 80 Kenwood TR751E
17 Tony Crake G0OVA/P 810 54 15 S IO91  9-ele Tonna 70 IC706 Mk2G Welz PWR Meter
18 The Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club G3VRE/P 704 64 11   IO91  17-ele Tonna Yagi 8 Yaesu FT817ND
19 Mick Heywood M0ICK/P 675 45 15 S IO83  6-ele DK7ZB 250 Icom 7000
20 Roger Bracey G4BZI/P 637 49 13 S IO83  3-ele SOTAbeam Yagi 384 Icom IC202E unmodified
21 Downland Radio Group G4XBG/P 540 45 12   JO00  17-ele Tonna 167 Icom IC706 Mk11g
22 Halstead Contest Group G4TJE/P 532 38 14 S JO01  9-ele Yagi 175 Yaesu FT817
23 Gwil Jones GW6PVK/P 480 48 10   IO83  4-ele home made Yagi 290 Yaesu FT290R
24 Simon Gosby GW8OVZ/P 462 33 14 S IO71  6-ele home made DK7ZB design 536 Yaesu FT817
25 Stuart Tweddle & Barry Jones MW0GCT/P 396 33 12   IO73  15-ele 2BCX Beam 164 Yaesu FT290R Mk11
26 North Norfolk Amateur Radio Group G0NWT/P 392 28 14   JO02  8-ele beam 10 ICOM IC211E
27 Ad Hoc Contest Group G4RUL/P 374 34 11   JO00  10-ele Powabeam Yagi 188 IC202 and FT817 ( not at the same time!
28 Mark Palmer G0OIW/P 364 28 13 S IO91  5-ele Yagi 250 Icom IC2S + Cambridge Kits speech compre
29 Blackwater Contest Group M0HCY/P 330 30 11   JO01  9-ele Tonna 38 Yaesu FT817
30 Paul Archer 2E0ZPA/P 319 29 11 S IO93  Sotabeam 2m Yagi 498 Yaesu FT897
31 Cwmbran & DARS MC0YAD/P 315 35 9   IO81  9-ele Yagi 307 Yaesu FT897
32 Cambridge & District Amateur Radio Club G2XV/P 286 22 13   JO02  9-ele Tonna 15 Yaesu FT290 plus mutek board fitted
33 Malcolm Rivers G0VIM/P 273 21 13 S JO01  7-ele Yagi 196 Yaesu FT817
34 Rick Amos & Joe Hobbs M0ZAV 266 19 14   IO92  homebrew 5-ele cubical quad 4 Yaesu FT817
35 Andy Foad G0FTD/P 264 24 11 S JO01  3 ELE Yagi ON CAMERA TRIPOD. 150 Yaesu FT817ND
36 Mr. Graham Bloor G3UD/P 260 26 10 S IO83  5 EL. ZL special 350 Yaesu FT817nd
37 Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC MM0VTV/P 247 19 13   IO85  Cushcraft 10-ele 330 Yaesu FT100
38 Baldock Radio Station GQ8GPO 190 19 10 S IO92  4-ele Yagi 90 Yaesu FT100
39 BROMSGROVE BUNCH M3NFL/P 189 21 9   IO82  9-ele Tonna 200 Yaesu FT897
40 Galashiels & District ARS GM4YEQ/P 165 15 11   IO85  7-ele QUAD BEAM 353 Kenwood TM255E BACKED OFF TO 3W.
41 Cotswold Amateur Radio Group G4SRS 162 18 9   IO81  12-ele ZL Yagi 195 Trio TS711E
42 R White G0AGO 160 16 10 S JO01  8-ele Yagi 100 Yaesu FT290
43 John Richars Naylor 2E0NTT/P 108 12 9 S IO84  9-ele Tonna 56 Yaesu FT817
44 THE MAN FROM WEM M0WEM 102 17 6 S IO82  2 X 7 ELE ZL SPECIAL + W300 VERTICALS 80 Yaesu FT290R MK2
45 David Rumbold G4RYV 96 12 8 S IO91  9-ele Tonna 68 Icom IC706 Mk1
46 Paul Stott G0HEU/P 80 8 10   IO94  Tonna 14-ele beam 467 Yaesu FT857D
47 Dave Harris G0CER 77 11 7 S IO82  7-ele Yagi 21 Yaesu FT817
48 Chris Margetts M0BQE/P 63 9 7 S IO82  Quarter wave whip 180 Yaesu FT817 using internal battery .
49 Contest Group Alkmaar PI4ALK/P 54 9 6   JO22  9-ele Tonna 16 IC706MKII
50 Ian Swindells M0SWZ 52 13 4 S IO83  Homebrew portable 3-ele Yagi 120 Yaesu FT817ND
51 UBA-LVN - Radio Club Leuven ON7PX/P 42 7 6 S JO20  9-ele Tonna 85 Yaesu FT817
52 Malcolm Richardson M0GXZ 32 8 4 S IO92  Diamond 5-ele in loft 90 Yaesu FT817D
53 Burnley Radio Club MX0STB/P 21 3 7   IO83  12-ele ZL Special 538 Yaesu FT817
54 G0EIY GW0EIY/P 16 4 4 S IO82  Moxon 2-ele beam 342 Yaesu FT290 mk1
55 Keith Bareham G1RRR 9 3 3 S IO90  5-ele Yagi 30 Icom IC290E
 

 

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  Roger Piper G3MEH         IO91      
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