Swindon and District Amateur Radio Club
Swindon and District Amateur Radio Club

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Construction Competition 2017 Results

05/04/2017 • General

Last Thursday we had a great attendance for the Construction Competition. We received 15 entries. There were so many entries that the judges G4LDL and M1DST were unable to produce the final scores within the evening. Tony and James took away the score sheets and worked on them over the following days.

The standard from all entrants was very good and they were particularly impressed with the entries which were specifically built to solve a problem and as such were in regular use.

Below is a list of entrants and their project and if the project won in their class. Congratulations to all who took part as every project required different skills to execute. We hope to see more great projects next year.

[table style=“1”] [tr][th]Callsign[/th] [th]Name[/th] [th]Category[/th] [th]Project[/th] [th]Result[/th][/tr] [tr][td]G3LLZ[/td] [td]Dennis[/td] [td]Homebrew/Professional[/td] [td]Active Antenna[/td] [td]Winner![/td][/tr] [tr][td]M0RFI[/td] [td]Russell[/td] [td]Novice/Kit[/td] [td]40M XTAL CW TXVR[/td] [td]Winner![/td][/tr] [tr][td]M6XTB[/td] [td]Tim[/td] [td]Novice/Kit[/td] [td]ARDF Antenna[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]M6WHQ[/td] [td]Dom[/td] [td]Novice/Kit[/td] [td]Pixie 40M[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]G0EPC[/td] [td]Paul[/td] [td]Kit[/td] [td]RSGB Morse Generator[/td] [td]Winner![/td][/tr] [tr][td]G3LLZ[/td] [td]Dennis[/td] [td]Kit[/td] [td]RF Power Meter[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]2E0CYS[/td] [td]Peter[/td] [td]Antenna[/td] [td]2M Halo[/td] [td]Winner![/td][/tr] [tr][td]M0IEP[/td] [td]Viv[/td] [td]Antenna[/td] [td]2m Antenna (6ele)[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]M1CJE[/td] [td]Andrew[/td] [td]Homebrew[/td] [td]Rotator Controller[/td] [td]Winner![/td][/tr] [tr][td]M1CJE[/td] [td]Andrew[/td] [td]Homebrew[/td] [td]IC7000 Voice Keyer[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]M1CJE[/td] [td]Andrew[/td] [td]Homebrew[/td] [td]Low Current PSU[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]M0ZGB[/td] [td]Jonathan[/td] [td]Homebrew[/td] [td]Portable Manpack[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]G0EPC[/td] [td]Paul[/td] [td]Homebrew[/td] [td]9:1 balun[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]M0IEP[/td] [td]Viv[/td] [td]Hybrid/Software[/td] [td]Signal Generator / Power Meter +++[/td] [td]Winner![/td][/tr] [tr][td]G4HGZ[/td] [td]Mike[/td] [td]Hybrid[/td] [td]Frequency Meter[/td] [td][/td][/tr] [/table]

Here are a few photos provided by the constructors.

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