October 1998 IARU 432 MHz - 248 GHz Contest 
(United Kingdom)
Propagation was universally reported as poor this year, with very little 
continental DX in the logs for the higher bands. Although active, many of 
the regular microwavers did not submit logs this time, which is a shame 
because flat band conditions can sometimes produce some surprises in the 
results tables. Roger G4PMK makes a plea for all 10 GHz portable ops to 
take 432 MHz talkback facilities with them as well as the more usual 144 
MHz gear, as not everyone can run to the extra band on top of everything 
else required to compete successfully in this event. 
In the multi-operator section, the Parallel Lines group have the highest 
combined score, although they could not repeat last year's 6 band win this 
time around. The Northern Lights take the runner-up slot this year, thanks 
to an extra injection of points from the first ever 47 GHz entry for this 
contest and band wins on 13 cm and 23 cm. This may raise the stakes further 
for next year's events. In the Single Operator section, Bob Reeves G8VOI 
nearly didn't submit his logs this year because of the hard going - but 
still managed to win by a large margin! John Quarmby G3XDY takes the 
runner-up certificate ,
Steve Redfern G4AEQ
432 MHz Multi-Operator 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
  1	G8P	     126437 	329	JO01QD	400	8x21Y	OK1DFC/P  849
  2	M8V	      83991	252	JO01QX	400	2x28Y	HB5OK/P	  770
  3	G/OK2KKW/P    54858     153	JO02SL	300	33Y	OK1DFC/P  850
  4	G8OHM/P	      22513 	 92     IO82QL  400	4x19Y	DF2VJ	  756
 
 
432 MHz Single Operator 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
  1	G3XDY	      23780 	72	JO02OB	 250	28Y	 DK0WAL	837
  2	PE1EWR	      16768 	73	JO11SL	  10	21Y	HB5OK/P	622
  3	G6SPS/P	       9485	48	JO01IT	  25	21Y	DJ9KH/P	614
  4	G4PMK	       5986	21	IO91IP	  60	19Y	PI4AJS	569
  5	G4ZTR	       5464	24	JO01KW	  50	2x21Y	DF0CI	648
  6	G8VOI/P	       1887 	 6      IO90MX	 80	19Y	DJ8WK	637
  7	GM4WLL/P       1444 	 4      IO85NR	 50	24Y	G8P	583
  8	G4LRT	       1252 	 4      IO92LJ	400	2x18Y	 DJ8EN	592
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
1296 MHz Multi-Operator	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
  1	M8V	      33457    111      JO01QX	 400	16x23Y	 DC6NY	 738
  2	G8P	      28889	96	 JO01QD	400	16x23Y	 DC6NY	 710
  3	G3OHM/P	       8262	51	IO82QL	130	4x55Y	 DF0HS/P 618
  4	G4SIV/P	       5309	22	JO03CE	400	  2m 	DF0HS/P	465
  5     G/OK2KKW/P     2229     13	 JO02SL	 15 	12C     DF0HS/P 350
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
1296 MHz Single Operator	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
  1	G3XDY	    18066	66	 JO02OB	300	8x23Y	  DL3IAS  585
  2	G6SPS/P	    11156	55	 JO01IT	150	2x23Y+35Y DK1VC	  471
  3	G4ZTR	     8476	44	JO01KW	100	2x55Y	  DF0WD	  519
  4	G7LRQ	     5430	36	IO91TQ	100	4x55Y	  DB1BX	  530
  5	G4PMK	     2551	16	IO91IP	 60	23Y	  DF0HS/P 514
  6	G8VOI/P	     1806	12	IO90MX	 40	4x26QLY	  PA0EHG	 406
  7	G1EHF/P	     1670	19	IO91GI	 18	26Y	  G3XDY	 199
  8	PE1EWR	      549        5      JO11SL   10	21Y(70cm) M8V	 159
  9	G4LRT	      547 	5      IO92LJ  150	27QLY	  M8V	  171
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
2320 MHz Multi-Operator
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	M8V	4678	22	JO01QX	30	88QLY	DB1VC	427
2	G3OHM/P	2870	19	IO82QL	25	1.2m	PA6NL	463
3	G8P	2735	13	JO01QD	30	2m	PA6C	407
4	G4SIV/P	1675	7	JO03CE	15	2m	PA0WMX	407
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
2320 MHz Single Operator	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G6SPS/P	2518	15	JO01IT	5	25Y	PA0WMX	335
2	G4ZTR	1857	13	JO01KW	10	66QLY	PA0EZ	298
3	G3XDY	1018	9.5	JO02OB	1	44QLY	PA0WMX	304
4	G4PMK	496	5	IO91IP	8	0.6m	M8V	187
5	G1EHF/P	307	4	IO91GI	0.5	0.5m	G3OHM/P	148
6	G4LRT	108	1	IO92LJ	8	45QLY	G3OHM/P	108
7	G8VOI/P	53	1	IO90MX	3	44QLY	G1EHF/P	53
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
3400 MHz Multi-Operator	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8P	1292	6	JO01QD	6	1.2m	G8IFT/P	312
2	G8IFT/P	1277	8	IO82QL	30	1.2m	G8P	312
3	G0FDZ/P	195	2	JO01QX	1	1m	PA6NL	188
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
3400 MHz Single Operator	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8VOI/P	652	5	IO90MX	6	0.9m	G8IFT/P	201
2	G4PMK	208	2	IO91IP	2	0.6m	G8IFT/P	130
3	G4LRT	108	1	IO92LJ	1	1.2m	G8IFT/P	108
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
5700 MHz Multi-Operator	 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8P	1631	7	JO01QD	3	1.2m	F1HDF/P	335
2	G8IFT/P	716	6	IO82QL	20	1.2m	G8VOI/P	202
3	G0FDZ/P	486	3	JO01QX	8	1m	F6DWG/P	291
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
5700 MHz Single Operator	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8VOI/P	766	6	IO90MX	5.5	0.9m	G8IFT/P	201
2	G4PMK	208	2	IO91IP	0.1	0.6m	G8IFT/P	130
3	G4LRT	108	1	IO92LJ	10	HORN	G8IFT/P	108
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
10368 MHz Multi-Operator	 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8P	7053	29	JO01QD	15	1.2m	PI4GN	452
2	G4MAP/P	2763	24	IO82QL	1	0.6m	G8P	312
3	M8V	7	1	JO01QX	0.002	0.6m	G4DDK	7
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
10368 MHz Single Operator	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8VOI/P	1786	15	IO90MX	0.8	0.6m	G0HNW/P	265
2	G1EHF/P	1461	14	IO91GI	0.9	0.7m	G0HNW/P	218
3	G8AYY/P	120	2	IO93AF	0.05	0.6m	G4MAP/P	94
4	G4PMK	78	1	IO91IP	1	0.6m	G8VOI/P	78
5	G4LRT	57	0.5	IO92LJ	1.2	0.4m	G0HNW/P	114
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
24000 MHz Multi-Operator	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G4MAP/P	95	1	IO82QL	0.0015	0.35m	G8AYY/P	95
2	G0FDZ/P	32	2	JO01QX	0.03	0.4m	G4KNZ/P	24
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
24000 MHz Single Operator	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8AYY/P	94	1	IO93AF	0.05	0.6m	G4MAP/P	94
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
 
47000 MHz Multi-Operator	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position  Callsign	Score	QSOs	Locator	Power	Antenna	Best DX	km
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G0FDZ/P	3	1	JO01QX	0.0001	0.3m	G4DDK/P	3
 
Position    Group	             Locator	432MHz	1.3GHz	2.3GHz	3.4GHz	5.7GHz	10GHz	24GHz  47GHz	Total
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	Parallel Lines CG	JO01QD	1000	861	585	1000	1000	1000	0	0	5446
2	The Northern Lights	JO01QX	664	1000	1000	151	298	1	337	1000	4451
3	South Birmingham RS	IO82QL	178	246	613	988	439	392	1000	0	3856
4	Five Bells CG	        JO03CE	0	158	358	0	0	0	0	0	516
5	G/OK2KKW/P	        JO02SL	434	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	500
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 
Single Operator Overall Results	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Position	Call	Locator	432MHz	1.3GHz	2.3GHz	3.4GHz	5.7GHz	10GHz	24GHz	47GHz	Total
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
1	G8VOI/P	        IO90MX	79	99	21	1000	1000	1000	0	0	3199
2	G3XDY	        JO02OB	1000	1000	404	0	0	0	0	0	2404
3	G6SPS/P	        JO01IT	399	617	1000	0	0	0	0	0	2016
4	G4ZTR	        JO01KW	230	469	737	0	0	0	0	0	1436
5	G4PMK	        IO91IP	252	141	197	319	271	44	0	0	1224
6	G8AYY/P	        IO93AF	0	0	0	0	0	67	1000	0	1067
7	G1EHF/P	        IO91GI	0	92	122	0	0	818	0	0	1032
8	PE1EWR	        JO11SL	705	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	735
9	G4LRT	        IO92LJ	53	30	43	166	141	3	0	0	436
10	G7LRQ	        IO91TQ	0	300	0	0	0	0	0	0	300
11	GM4WLL/P	IO85NR	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61