SARL Contesting News

The provisional results of the SARL 80 Metre QSO Party held in April have been released.

The Contest Committee only received 2 logs out of a possible 51. First place goes to Jan, ZS4JAN, with 530 points and second place to the East Rand ARC, ZS6ERB, with 480 points.

The provisional results of the SARL Hamnet 40 Metre Contest held in March have been released. Eleven logs and one check log was received.

The full results are, in the Single Operator Stationary Mobile category: 1st Andy, ZS6ADY, with 1 260 points followed by Barry, ZS2EC, with 984 points and Roger, ZR3EC, with 588 points.

In the Single Operator Portable category Al, ZS2U, took first place with 1 980 points with Alan, ZR1AAH, on 1 386 points and Dennis, ZS4BS, on 1 188 points.

In the Single Operator Base Station category, Jan, ZS4JAN, leads the field with 2 988 points, followed by Francois, ZS6BUU, with 1 836 points, Carel, ZS3OBE, with 1 638 points, David, ZS1LL, with 1 350 points and Jan, ZS1VDV, with 912 points.

The annual IARU HF World Championship will be held during the 24-hour period from 12:00 UTC Saturday 14 July to 12:00 UTC Sunday, 15 July. It is a phone and CW contest on 160 to 10 metres.

Source: The South African Radio League