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RSGB Contest Results 1st 144MHz Backpackers 2014   
v4.145 by G4CLA

1st 144MHz Backpackers Contest 2014

Twenty six stations were on the air for the first session of the Backpackers Contest on 2m – a slight reduction on last year.  The 3W Backpackers section continues to be the most popular, with the FT-817 dominating the equipment in use.  Fewer were tempted to become 10W Hilltoppers -- a section where entrants used a variety of different rigs.

Everyone enjoyed the fine weather, and there was even talk of sunburn in soapbox comments!  Conditions generally were described as flat to fair, although this didn’t stop some entrants working continental stations as well as making longer distance UK to UK contacts.  The best DX came from G8RCZ/P, with a 686 km QSO from just 2.5 watts.  

As part of the adjudication process, logs were cross-checked with those from the concurrent May 144MHz contest.  Generally log-keeping was good, but please remember that for all RSGB contests times must be kept in UTC (GMT).  Timing is generally shown internationally as UTC in contest rules, and a mistake can mean that you will suffer a penalty because of the extra adjudication work.  Even worse, you might start too early or too late, and so lose some hard-earned QSOs.

Congratulations to Andrew Vare, G4XZL, who operated from North Wales and won the 3W Backpackers section, and to Keith Haywood, G8HXE, in second place.  Paul Selwood, G8BGV, was in Hilltoppers 1st place, and Mike Franklin, G3VYI, operated G4ALE/P to achieve 2nd place.

This is the first of five sessions of the 144MHz Backpackers Contest, with the best three scores counting towards the Backpacker's Trophy for 2014.

Ed Taylor, GW3SQX



This contest is part of the following contest series 144MHz Backpackers Championship 





1st 144MHz Backpackers 18/05/14
Retrieving...
Link to UBNs here
Backpackers
Pos   
Callsign
Loc
QSOS
UBNs
Score
Mults
Total
ODX
Kms
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Comments
show
Operators
Pos Cert
 1
GW4XZL/P
IO83JA
64
11,733
72
844,776
GM8FFX
455
3
 
 
 
G4XZL
 
 2
G8HXE/P
IO83RO
61
9,889
67
662,563
G5LK/P
382
2.5
 
 
 
G8HXE
 
3
G4TCU/P
IO82WJ
70
8,907
64
570,048
PA4VHF
607
2.5
 
 
 
G4TCU
 
4
G4TJC/P
IO93AK
50
7,416
61
452,376
GA0BKC/P
385
2.5
 
 
 
G4TJC
 
5
GW0LGS/P
IO81LU
41
6,613
49
324,037
MM0GPZ/P
404
2.5
 
 
 
G0LGS
 
6
G7LAS/P
IO92IR
39
6,213
51
316,863
GM4AFF
455
3
 
 
 
G7LAS
 
7
G8LED/P (G4CZB)
IO92LH
43
6,026
51
307,326
GI4SNA
413
2
 
 
 
G4CZB
 
8
G8OVZ/P
JO01AV
38
6,375
47
299,625
GM4CXM
535
2.5
 
 
 
G8OVZ
 
9
G7KXZ/P
IO91GI
41
5,952
47
279,744
MM0GPZ/P
484
2.5
 
 
 
G7KXZ
 
10
G4IDF/P
IO82TE
38
5,242
49
256,858
MM0GPZ/P
377
3
 
 
 
G4IDF
 
11
G4BMM/P
IO91TW
34
5,139
45
231,255
MM0GPZ/P
456
3
 
 
 
G4BMM
 
12
G4GBP/P
IO93CB
26
4,188
40
167,520
GM4CXM
361
2.5
 
 
 
G4GBP
 
13
G8RCZ/P
IO70XQ
14
4,964
32
158,848
GM4AFF
686
2.5
 
 
 
G8RCZ
 
14
G4MKR/P
IO92XA
28
3,609
34
122,706
MM0GPZ/P
459
2.5
 
 
 
G4MKR
 
15
GT1IOM/P
IO74RC
13
3,386
27
91,422
M0MDG/P
485
2.5
 
 
 
2D0YLX GD0OUD
 
16
G0PEK/P
JO01DH
16
2,325
24
55,800
MM0GPZ/P
539
2.5
 
 
 
G0PEK
 
17
GA0BKC/P
IO86IT
12
2,549
20
50,980
G0VHF/P
627
3
 
 
 
GM0BKC
 
18
G4ZHI/P
JO02TG
11
2,235
22
49,170
MM0GPZ/P
508
2.5
 
 
 
G4ZHI
 
 
Retrieving...
Hill Toppers
Pos   
Callsign
Loc
QSOS
UBNs
Score
Mults
Total
ODX
Kms
Power
Ant
show
Equipment
show
Comments
show
Operators
Pos Cert
 1
G8BGV/P
JO01HP
71
14,314
75
1,073,550
DJ6QK
663
10
 
 
 
G8BGV
 
 2
G4ALE/P (G3VYI)
IO80BO
47
11,774
54
635,796
MM0GPZ/P
538
10
 
 
 
G3VYI
 
3
M0BAO/P
IO80PT
44
10,030
57
571,710
GM4AFF
663
10
 
 
 
M0BAO
 
4
G0OVA/P
IO91QI
48
7,898
58
458,084
GM3PMB
522
10
 
 
 
G0OVA
 
5
G3NYY/P
IO82RB
44
6,842
48
328,416
GM4CXM
448
10
 
 
 
G3NYY
 
6
G4HUN/P
IO83XG
40
5,475
54
295,650
GM4AFF
390
5
 
 
 
G4HUN
 
7
G3BPK/P
IO83PN
29
5,141
42
215,922
G5LK/P
387
10
 
 
 
G4GWG G6AHF
 
8
G3EFX/P
IO91RR
38
3,830
43
164,690
GD8EXI
385
10
 
 
 
M0ICR G8LZE G7LRQ M0SAT
 
 
Many thanks for check logs received from  G4AJA,  PC4C,  PH2LB,  DL1WTE and G3UFY