SRCC LEAGUE TABLE – JANUARY 2025
There were five entries for the first session of 2025, all from the “usual suspects”. The January monthly listing is as follows
| ENTRANT? | WORKED DXCC / SQUARE? | WORKED?? SRCC MEMBER? | WORKED IN CONTEST? | POINTS?THIS MONTH? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M0CGF | 73 | 146 | ||
| G4FFY? | 55 | 28 | 138 | |
| G4FYF? | 19 | 1 | 40 | |
| G3WRR | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| M0LEP | 2 | 1 | 6 |
The following notes are provided by the entrants…
M0CGF: 66% SSB this month, Most out up at Woldingham, mainly the usual stuff but nice to catch ZD7. Looks like Greenland will be March now, Already spoken the local hams I met last time so fingers crossed.
G4FFY: In the early part of January I was knocked out but it wasn’t Flu or Covid, but I did also lose my voice!! So didn’t operate in the 2m and 70cm UKACs. Did recover to operate in the 40-80m SSB AFS, quite an experience. Busy and noisy bands where Search and Pounce (S&P) worked better. My limited HF aerial setup (20m end-fed) meant my CQ calls were not heard!! I also started my run of HF FT4 contests entering the January contest where I came 7th. On VHF entered the 70cms FT8 Contest but again a compromised setup with a colinear on the gable end. My beam is currently temporary on a 6m flag pole so points through houses and not in the clear!! DXCC’s worked remains at 163.
G4FYF: Leisurely air time this month. Few bagged on 10 meters, rest on 20 and 40 meters.
M0LEP: Somehow, just about the only radio I managed during January were my weekly chats with John G8MNY on the Club Net at 09:00 on Monday mornings on 3.710 MHz, and my sometimes-successful call-ins after the Thursday morning GB2CW broadcast on 3.605 MHz. The only contact that dragged me up from the bare minimum was a SOTA chase of an activator on Gran Canaria, and that was on SSB…
G3WRR: Nothing exciting, just the usual slog to work an assortment of Europeans CW and SSB legs of the AFS Super League on the 80 & 40m.
| ENTRANT | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M0CGF | 146 | 146 | |||||||||||
| G4FFY | 138 | 138 | |||||||||||
| G4FYF | 40 | 40 | |||||||||||
| G3WRR | 30 | 30 | |||||||||||
| M0LEP | 6 | 6 |
.The HF bands are still holding up quite well but there are reports of 10m closing earlier in the evenings. This is consistent with the opinion expressed among the great and good in the HF propagation fraternity that cycle 25 passed its peak some time in 2024. So, it looks like it will be downhill from here for several years – so let’s make the most of it while it lasts!
73, Quin G3WRR SRCC Leaguemeister