Ropoco 2 Contest, 2003.

Conditions on the day were not kind and many entrants commented on the poor and noisy propagation coupled with very few stations to work after the first hour. Scores in the bottom half of the table were noticeably lower than in the first contest but the leaders actually managed more QSOs than in April. Rather surprisingly, the number of perfect logs received went up from 6 to 10.

There were the usual crop of severely corrupted postcodes, but these appear to have been introduced by stations that did not submit entries. One competitor noted this and went so far as to suggest that it might be a deliberate tactic! In those exchanges which ere checkable (around 80% of the total) the most common causes of lost points were confusing ‘H’ with ‘5’ and ‘V’ with ‘4’.

Congratulations not only tp the award winners, but to all those who participated in what is arguably the most difficult and demanding of all RSGB Contests.

Steve Knowles, G3UFY.

* G3XTJ Memorial Trophy.
# G5MY Trophy (highest aggregate score with Ropoco1 2003).
+ Certificate of Merit.

Y Error free log.

Check log received with thanks from G3XNG.