EDR VHF - Baltic-Nordic Field Day 1998

EDR VHF 1999-09-24

BALTIC-NORDIC FIELD DAY 1998

Here they are! The results of the first Baltic-Nordic field day. I received 24 entries containing a total 4416 QSOs, which I think is a very good result for our first common Baltic-Nordic contest event. When you look at the call signs of the participants I am bit sad to see the low number of entries from LA and SM, however, if they can catch up next year the activity will really be boosting.

Another fact that stroke was the true ham spirit of the Baltic stations. They don't have the kW output and extremely large arrays, but still they go out there and make lots of QSOs. Look at LY1KAS/P who won on 50 MHz against all the kW OZ stations by using only 100 W and a 5 el.! It's wonderful to see how good operating skills and just being there can beat the big guys.

The conditions during the contest where not the best on the higher bands, and at least here in OZ we had high winds and heavy rains, but still all stations had a good time in the field.

When looking at the entries and the results it appears that there is no need for a separate microwave class and we may omit it next year, any comments?

OZ5BAL won the All Band section and will receive the Baltic-Nordic VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day Trophy. The winner of the All Band section in each participating country receives the national VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day trophy. The 1, 2 and 3 placed station in each section on each band receives the Baltic-Nordic Field Day Diploma. Congratulations to all of you.

Hope to see you all again next year

Claus, OZ1FDH

1999-09-24: Please note that there is a fault in the results. LY3RI is not scored correctly. In Section C, Classic, 144, 432 and 1296 MHz, the total score is to be 1 x 31258 + 2 x 5937 + 3 x 840 = 45652 points. This has a great impact on the overall result in Section C. - Bo, OZ1FDJ.

Section A, 50 MHz

No.	Call	QSOs	WWLs	Points	ODX	Rig
1	LY1KAS/P	171	73	319319	IW9AUL 2141 km	50 W 6 el.
2	OZ9EDR /P	170	90	279435	EH7BVD 2305 km	1 kW 2x6 el.
3	OZ5BAL/P	157	85	265758	EH7KW 2485 km	1 kW 6 el.
4	OZ1HLB/P	103	64	189953	4X1IF 3194 km	150 W 6 el.
5	OZ1SDB/P	98	58	177509	9H5EE 2168 km	100 W 5 el.
6	YL3AG/P	74	49	149975	IT9RZR 2237 km	100 W 6 el.
7	OZ1ALS/P	70	42	120509	EH7GTF 2175 km	100 W 4 el.
8	LY2AT/P	58	36	114704	EH1EH 2272 km	100 W dipole
9	OZ7SKB/P	58	41	113210	4X60N 3297 km	100 W 4 el.
10	LY2FE/P	43	30	85175	IK7CMY 1703 km	10 W dipole
11	OZ5ESB/P	27	22	55951	CT1BH 2027 km	100 W 4 el.
12	OZ1EDR/P	35	23	55699	EH1DVY 1874 km	100 W 4 el.
13	OZ3FYN/P	33	19	44825	ER5OK 1999 km	50 W 4 el.
14	OZ3EVA/P	18	18	35299	EH1AGZ 2155 km	100 W 4 el.
15	YL2JN/P	6	6	12986	I7CBS 1806 km	?
16	OZ8FYN/P	11	8	10186	F1FXB 1322 km	150 W 4 el.

Section A, 144 MHz

No.	Call	QSOs	WWLs	Points	ODX	Rig
1	OZ9EDR/P	474	73	248800	S51S 971 km	700 W 2x9 el., 300 W 2x18 el.
2	OZ5BAL/P	393	66	231447	DK0BN 909 km	700 W 2x15 el., 300 W 2x6 el.
3	OZ1ALS/P	394	67	200567	OM3KII 862 km	700 W 2x9 el., 200 W 4x6 el.
4	OZ5GX/P	206	62	179976	OL5Z 929 km	750 W 2x15 el.
5	OZ1SDB/P	272	60	144924	SP9LCV 858 km	500 W 2x17 el.
6	SK4EA/P	100	47	105698	DL0LUC 783 km	250 W 2x15 el.
7	YL3AG/P	87	41	80048	OM3KII 894 km	200 W 4x14 el.
8	LA0BY/P	50	35	73378	DF0YY 879 km	180 W 2x9 el.
9	YL1ZZ/P	51	30	65696	LA2AB 728 km	50 W 4x9 el.
10	OZ1HLB/P	94	35	58915	DK0ES 816 km	100 W 15 el.
11	LY2FE/P	57	30	52584	SM3BEI 639 km	30 W 16 el.
12	LY2AT/P	65	22	41645	SK4EA 685 km	25 W 9 el.
13	OZ8FYN/P	60	31	40617	ON4LAR 651 km	170 W 16 el.
14	LY2CI/P	76	16	33585	YL1ZZ 342 km	50 W 2x9 el.
15	LY3OD/P	56	17	32532	RU1AA	160 W 13 el.
16	OZ7SKB/P	52	27	32406	DL0UL 821 km	120 W 7 el.
17	LY3RI/P	66	18	31258	SK4EA 593 km	50 W 13 el. H 9 el. V
18	SM0WHK/P	24	18	30867	OZ5BAL 666 km	100 W 9 el.
19	OZ3FYN/P	36	20	20468	ON1BQI 604 km	160 W 10 el.
20	LY1KAS/P	34	10	18125	SP4MPB 407 km	50 W 9 el.
21	OZ3EVA/P	19	14	16921	PI4AJS 615 km	100 W 2X9 el.
22	OZ5ESB/P	24	14	15954	OL9HQ 666 km	100 W 16 el.
23	OZ1EDR/P	21	12	13685	PA6C 495 km	20 W 8 el.
24	YL2JN/P	2	2	1553	YL3AG 135 km	?

Section A, 432 MHz

No.	Call	QSOs	WWLs	Points	ODX	Rig
1	OZ5BAL/P	143	39	75666	M0ACG 729 km	1 kW 4x21 el.
2	OZ9EDR/P	81	30	41094	ON1CFK 665 km	300 W 4x20 el.
3	OZ1SDB/P	70	36	40516	SM0FZH 731 km	500 W 2x23 el.
4	OZ1ALS/P	53	25	27673	DF9FD 578 km	300 W 20 el.
5	LY2FE/P	17	16	21953	SM3AKW 758 km	25 W 21 el.
6	YL1ZZ/P	17	12	18872	SM3AKW	40 W 16x5 el.
7	SM0WHK/P	13	11	14718	SK2AT/2 486 km	70 W 2x13 el.
8	YL3AG/P	9	8	9711	SM3BEI 584 km	200 W 16x5 el.
9	OZ1HLB/P	17	12	9368	OK1KIM 598 km	25 W 20 el.
10	LY3RI/P	9	6	5937	SM0DFP 512 km	10 W 16 el. H 10 el. V
11	OZ7SKB/P	8	5	4775	DL6NAA 645 km	30 W 23 el.
12	LY2AT/P	10	3	3963	LY2WR 159 km	10 W 13 el.
13	OZ1EDR/P	6	4	3138	OZ1SDB 201 km	20 W 20 el.
14	LY1KAS/P	2	1	894	LY2WR 95 km	50 W 5/8 V

Section A, 1296 MHz

No.	Call	QSOs	WWLs	Points	ODX	Rig
1	OZ5BAL/P	24	17	15385	DF0HS 614 km	60 W 33 el.
2	OZ9EDR/P	23	16	13321	PA0RDY 581 km	70 W 4x37 el.
3	OZ1ALS/P	28	14	13153	OK1KIM 544 km	120 W 48 el.
4	OZ1SDB/P	24	16	12976	DL5FN 545 km	100W 55 el.
4	YL3AG/P	7	7	8196	SM3AKW 716 km	20 W 1,8 m dish
6	YL1ZZ/P	5	5	5367	SM3AKW 601 km	10 W 1,2 m dish
7	LY2FE/P	4	4	4923	SM3AKW 758 km
8	LY3RI/P	1	1	840	LY2WR 180 km	1 W 1,8 m dish

Section A, 10 GHz

No.	Call	QSOs	WWLs	Points	ODX	Rig
1	OZ5BAL/P	3	3	5324	SM6FHZ 197 km	250 mW 60 cm dish

Section B - Microwave

No.	Call	Bands	Points
1	OZ5BAL/P	1296, 10 G	20709
2	OZ9EDR/P	1296	13321
3	OZ1ALS/P	1296	13153
4	OZ1SDB/P	1296	12976
4	YL3AG/P	1296	8196
5	YL1ZZ/P	1296	5367
6	LY2FE/P	1296	4923
7	LY3RI/P	1296	840

Section C - 144, 432, 1296 MHz

No.	Call	WWL	Points
1	OZ5GX/P	JO57FJ	179976
2	YL1ZZ/P	KO17DP	119541
3	SK4EA/P	J078OX	105698
4	LA0BY/P	JO59IX	73378
5	SM0WHK/P	JO99KW	60303
6	LY2CI/P	KO14TI	33585
7	LY3OD/P	KO35DG	32532
8	LY3RI/P	KO15MR	20331

Section D - All Band

No.	Call	WWL	Points
1	OZ5BAL/P	JO55KR	710664
2	OZ9EDR	JO64GX	650386
3	OZ1SDB/P	JO44XX	442393
4	OZ1ALS/P	JO44UV	415881
5	LY1KAS/P	KO35DG	339142
6	OZ1HLB/P	JO55RT	276972
7	YL3AG/P	KO06WL	274033
8	LY2FE/P	KO06VB	196434
9	LY2AT/P	KO14JK	164275
10	OZ7SKB/P	JO45TX	155166
11	OZ1EDR/P	JO65DW	75660
12	OZ5ESB/P	JO45EN	71905
13	OZ3FYN/P	JO55CI	65293
14	OZ8FYN/P	JO55BJ	52531
15	OZ3EVA/P	JO47XM	52220
16	YL2JN/P	KO16WX	14539

CHECK LOGS

SH1AAJ, SM5UFB, LY2BA, LY2CG/A, SM5WJB and SK0TM.

COMMENTS

LY2CI/P

Finished the setup antennas 5 minutes before the contest. Condx were poor. WX was very windy and sometimes rainy. It was my first 2 m FD contest. Next year hope to start on CW. Thanks for the contest.

LY1KAS/P

First time on 6 m band (50 MHz available in Lithuania from February 98) -amazing. Will try next year again. Good luck for contest committee.

OZ1HLB/P

No technical problems, our antennas stayed above ground even tough they were close to tilting due to the bad WX. Winterlike temperatures, our 2 m station almost froze -which you can see from the number of QSOs. Good times on 50 MHz Es propagation most of the time.

OZ5BAL

Lots of wind, rain and fun. Some technical problems on 1296 delayed our entry on that band by almost 5 hours. We had brought a special cocking team who prepared lot's of exquisite food and drinking, which keep our spirits and the good mode high. 50 MHz suffered from to much spirits during the night hours.

LY3RI

OZ9EDR

JO64GX at 137 mASL. 50 MHz: 2 x 6 el. + 1 x 5 el. 144 MHz: 2 x 18 el. + 2 x 9 el. 432 MHz: 4 x 20 el. 1,3 GHz: 4 x 34 el. + 1 x 23 el.