Introduction
VHF National Field Day is one of the premier VHF contests in the calendar. Held over the first complete weekend in July each year the contest tasks each entrant to make as many contacts over as great a distance as possible in 24 hours of operation (16 hours in the Low Power class) between 14:00 UTC on the Saturday to 14:00 UTC on the Sunday with the exception of 50MHz (6m) and 70MHz (4m) which have shorter operating periods.
More details about contests can be found here.
SBARC have been regular competitors in this prestigious event operating from hilltop sites around the City.
Performance
A summary of our performance over recent years is presented below and will be updated year on year, allowing you to follow our performance and progress.
| Year | Class O = Open R = Restricted LP = Low Power |
Placed | Grid Square |
No. of QSO |
Pts | Pts/QSO | Ant | Best DX | km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Band |
In Class |
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| 2024 | 50MHz LP | IO81qj | 4 ele | |||||||
| 70MHz LP | 4 ele | |||||||||
| 144MHz LP | 14 ele | |||||||||
| 2023 | 50MHz LP | 1 | 2 | IO81qj | 50 | 45566 | 911.32 | 4 ele | 5B4AAB | 3337 |
| 70MHz LP | 5 | 32 | 5633 | 176.03 | 4 ele | GM4ZUK/P | 621 | |||
| 144MHz LP | 4 | 81 | 13731 | 169.52 | 14 ele | HB9G/P | 844 | |||
| 2022 | Generator issues forced an aborted entry | |||||||||
| 2021 | 50MHz LP | 2 | 1 | IO81ri | 51 | 32858 | 644.27 | 4 ele | SM2EKM | 2117 |
| 70MHz LP | 3 | 26 | 2864 | 110.15 | 4 ele | M0NFD/P | 355 | |||
| 144MHz LP | 1 | 95 | 14906 | 156.91 | 14 ele | DF0MU | 682 | |||
| 2020 | Special “Lockdown” Rules due to COVID-19. No SBARC Participation This Year | |||||||||
| 2019 | 50MHz LP | 1 | 1 | IO81ri | 57 | 8325 | 146.05 | 4 ele | MM0CCC/P | 483 |
| 70MHz LP | 3 | 12 | 1418 | 118.17 | 4 ele | GM3HAM/P | 408 | |||
| 144MHz LP | 3 | 101 | 14635 | 144.90 | 14 ele | DF0MU | 682 | |||
| 2018 | 144MHz LP | 2 | 6 | IO81qj | 121 | 25373 | 209.69 | 14 ele | DA0FF | 887 |
| 2017 | 144MHz LP | 2 | 4 | IO81qj | 145 | 27011 | 186.28 | 14 ele | DR9A | 840 |
| 2016 | 144MHz LP | 5 | 7 | IO81qj | 104 | 16600 | 159.62 | 14 ele | F8KID | 681 |
| 2015 | 144MHz LP | 7 | 9 | IO81qj | 85 | 13081 | 153.89 | 14 ele | DG7TG | 771 |
| 2014 | 144MHz LP | 6 | 6 | IO81qj | 86 | 13395 | 155.76 | 14 ele | GM8FFX | 631 |
| 2013 | 144MHz LP | 3 | 3 | IO81qj | 173 | 44427 | 256.80 | 14 ele | EA2AGZ | 1059 |
| 2012 | Rain Stopped Play | |||||||||
| 2011 | 144MHz LP | 3 | 6 | IO81qj | 173 | 32668 | 188.83 | 14 ele | EA1BLA/P | 949 |
| 432MHz LP | 9 | 11 | 1578 | 143.45 | 13 ele | MM0CPS/P | 389 | |||
| 2010 | 144MHz LP | 4 | 11 | IO81qj | 139 | 24916 | 179.25 | 14 ele | F9KA/P | 943 |
| 2009 | 50MHz R (G7FBD) | 19 | 17 | IO81qj | 54 | 36893 | 683.20 | 5 ele | 9Y4D | 6984 |
| 144MHz R | 17 | 126 | 28768 | 228.32 | 14 ele | EA7TL | 1670 | |||
| 2008 | 50MHz R (G7FBD) | 9 | IO81qj | |||||||
| 144MHz LP | 3 | 93 | 17663 | 189.92 | 17 ele | DL0V | 687 | |||
| 2007 | 50MHz R (G7FBD) | 8 | 8 | IO81qj | 37 | 42720 | 1154.60 | 5 ele | K2LZQ | 5457 |
| 144MHz LP | 3 | 112 | 19791 | 176.71 | 14 ele | ON7GB | 883 | |||
| 2006 | 50MHz R (G7FBD) | 8 | 9 | IO81qj | 63 | 51685 | 820.40 | 5 ele | SV2GWY | 2301 |
| 144MHz LP | 4 | 131 | 22829 | 174.27 | 14 ele | PI4GN | 670 | |||
| 2005 | 50MHz R (G7FBD) | 11 | 8 | IO81qj | 76 | 59246 | 779.55 | 5 ele | J42AYT | 2301 |
| 144MHz LP | 5 | 98 | 25384 | 259.02 | 14 ele | EB1EWE/P | 1030 | |||
| 2004 | 144MHz LP | 12 | 12 | IO81qj | 102 | 11368 | 111.45 | 14 ele | G7ANV/P | 429 |
| 2003 | 144MHz LP | 8 | 11 | IO81qj | 91 | 16461 | 180.89 | 14 ele | EA1EF/P | 938 |
| 2002 | 144MHz LP | 9 | 10 | IO81qj | 112 | 19066 | 170.23 | 17 ele | EA2URE | 937 |
| 2001 | Cancelled due to Foot and Mouth Disease | |||||||||
| 2000 | No Results Available | |||||||||
| 1999 | No Results Available | |||||||||
| 1998 | 144MHz R | 14 | 14 | IO81qj | 282 | 48036 | 170.34 | 14 ele | EA1DKV | 988 |
| 432MHz R | 10 | 76 | 10392 | 136.74 | 21 ele | ON7WR | 496 | |||
| 1997 | 144MHz R | 11 | 13 | IO81qj | 243 | 46976 | 193.32 | 14 ele | DF2VJ | 714 |
| 432MHz R | 14 | 22 | 2418 | 109.91 | 21 ele | G7OZV/P | 242 | |||
Following the links in the menu will allow you to access a more detailed summary of some of the years performances.
Between 2009 – 2023, which is as far back as our available records go (and even the 50MHz log from 2009 is lost), we have worked a total of 1001 unique callsigns and made 1685 contacts. Only 2 stations have the dubious honor of being in our log for all of the years we were active, these stations are: G0FBB/P and G3PYE/P.
Of the 1001 unique callsigns 817 (just under 82%) are UK stations (England, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and the remaining 184 (just over 18%) are from outside of the UK.