Beacon Hill, Loughborough 25 Feb 2012

| February 25, 2012

Stuart G1ZAR made his planning and organising debut. He planned the 144MHz course on this new area for ARDF. Bob G3ORY organised the 3.5MHz sprint race after lunch

144 MHz Long Course 5 Foxes. 8 starters.

PlaceNameCallTimeClassFoxes
1Andrew SoltysikG4KWQ74.43M4034512
2Vlad Boev2E0VLB83.52M5043512
3Michael DunbarM6MDD87.06M4034512
4Bob TitteringtonG3ORY95.45M7043512
5Jillian UllerspergerM0JIN98.41W5021543
6David HealeG6HGE100.48M4053412
7Thomas HonniballInd148.25M2135412
8Jim SmithG4DZL159.32 OTM6021345

144 MHz Short Course 4 Foxes. 4 starters.

PlaceNameCallTimeClassFoxes
1John MarriottRS20583869.09M601534
2David DeaneG3ZOI103.16M601534
4Chris BosleyInd111.31M601534
5Tim RavenG4ARI117.07M501534

Notes:

  1. This was the first foray by Stuart Tyler G1ZAR, into course planning. He was constrained a little by the need to keep the TX ‘flags’ out of sight of the paths in order to reduce the chances of transmitter theft. This resulted in a need to DF the transmitters to within 6 feet in some cases but it is supposed to be a DF competition!
  2. It was good to welcome back Thomas Honniball and Chris Bosley, both of whom had a good day. We are now accustomed to Andrew G4KWQ heading the results but Vlad 2E0VLB also had a good day of DF
  3. Optimum sequence for the transmitters was: Long Course 43512 Short Course 4351 or the reverse.
  4. It was impossible to get to transmitter #3 from/to the start without passing transmitter #4. Five of the long course competitors made the wrong call in this regard although the majority of the short course guys got it right.
  5. The thanks of all the competitors go to Stuart for another excellent competition.
  6. Split times are now available here

3.5 MHz Sprint 5 Foxes. 14 starters.

PlaceNameCallTimeClassFoxes
1Andrew SoltysikG4KWQ20.19M4014253
2Vlad Boev2E0VLB37.02M5014253
3John MarriottRS20583839.37M6014253
Thomas HonniballInd42.02M2114253 miss beacon
4Stuart TylerG1ZAR42.19M4014253
5Jillian UllerspergerM0JIN43.48W5013524
6Michael DunbarM6MDD48.12M4013524
7David HealeG6HGE52.56M4013524
8Chris BosleyInd51.33M601423 miss 5
9Tim RavenG4ARI69.12M504253 miss 1
10Eddie Rippon +3OTM40N/C

Notes:

  1. This competition was half of a full blown sprint competition with just the 5 slow keyed transmitters deployed. In a full competition, the transmitter spacing would be a little closer.
  2. Congratulations to Andrew on another stunning performance to ‘hoover’ up all the TXs in just 20 minutes.
  3. Optimum sequence for the transmitters was: 14253 or the reverse
  4. Split times are now available here

Category: ARDF Results