2E0BLP wins 2E0BLP in Christmas Contest!
Jim 2E0BLP won the ‘Voice of the Midlands’ 2E0BLP Trophy in the Wythall Radio
Club’s Christmas Contest 2021!
The Trophy was named for Jim’s longstanding involvement in Wythall Radio Club, and until recently he often topped the 2meter/70cm section of the contest. This time, his 96 QSOs with 30 Club members over the 7 day contest knocked Kev 2E0NCO in to second place after several years at No. 1! Miles 2E0YZW was in third place.
In the ‘all bands and modes’ section, Don G0NES made a spectacular charge to first place. He secured this with 75 contacts with Club members and a clean sweep of the band, operating and mode bonuses.
Don secured the maximum 450 band bonus points by working Club members on 160m, 80m, 40m, 10m, 6m, 4m, 2, 70cm and 23cm! The 23cm qso was achieved at the last minute with a borrowed handheld, and saw Don gradually driving closer and closer to David G7IBO’s qth to bring him in to range to secure those elusive 50 extra points!
He also gained the maximum 300 bonus points with QSOs on all modes – FM, SSB, CW, FT8, Network Radio and Digital Voice – and the maximum 100 by operating portable and mobile!
David G7IBO and Chris G0EYO came second and third.
In our ‘Top Scoring Foundation Licencee’ section, Sylwia M3SSP came first in the 2 and 70 category and Clive M7OCB in the ‘all bands and modes’ section.
Some Wythall Club members braced themselves for the cold, and operated portable and mobile.
Clive M7OCB (photo left) and Chris G3YHF spend a chilly 40 minutes at the top of Lickey Hills using handhelds and a 3 element SOTA beam. Lee G0MTN and Sylwia M3SSP visited the site a few days later and grabbed some QSOs (photo right). 
Chris G3YHF was out ‘bicycle mobile’ around Wythall on several mornings, while other members operated /M from the comfort of their cars!
QSOs between Club members averaged over 100 per day, with over 30 members active, demonstrating the Club’s motto of ‘having fun with RF’!
Attention now turns to a February activity weekend and the Easter Contest in April.
