Luton VHF Group - G3SVJ / G2L


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In May 2010 we were QRV on 70cm, 23cm, 13cm, 6cm and 3cm from Therfield. The weather was good on Friday and Saturday for setup but it rained throughout the contest making radio conditions very poor. Fortunately the rain stopped in time for take down.


We were at IO92XA with the callsign G3SVJ/P and QRV on:


70cm, running 400W into 4 x 19 element Tonna antennas. We made 80 contacts with the best DX being DL8PZ at JO40IB - 649km


23cm, running 100W into 4 x 36 element Tonna antennas. We made 20 contacts with the best DX being GM4CXM at IO74TW - 520km


3cm, running 10W into a 50cm dish. We made 7 contacts with the best DX being G4KUK at IO94BP - 317km


On Saturday only we had 13cm and 6cm:


13cm, running 10W into a 63 element quad loop yagi. We made 3 contacts with the best DX being G4DDK at JO02PA - 92km


6cm, running 1W into a flat plane antenna. We made 1 contact being G4BEL at JO02BI - 39km


We were at IO92XA with the callsign G3SVJ/P and QRV on:

70cm, running 400W into 4 x 19 element Tonna antennas. We made 80 contacts with the best DX being DL8PZ at JO40IB - 649km

23cm, running 100W into 4 x 36 element Tonna antennas. We made 20 contacts with the best DX being GM4CXM at IO74TW - 520km

3cm, running 10W into a 50cm dish. We made 7 contacts with the best DX being G4KUK at IO94BP - 317km

On Saturday only we had 13cm and 6cm:

13cm, running 10W into a 63 element quad loop yagi. We made 3 contacts with the best DX being G4DDK at JO02PA - 92km

6cm, running 1W into a flat plane antenna. We made 1 contact being G4BEL at JO02BI - 39km


2010 history