Ropoco 1 Contest, 2005.
Almost everybody remarked that there was a lack of
activity yet, surprisingly, the leading station made
only seven fewer QSOs than did the 2004 leader. Entries
are down by nearly 25%, however. A goodly number of
the missing ‘regulars’ do actually appear
in the logs but they were apparently active for only
a short while, working just the stronger stations, and
did not submit entries.
Conditions were generally reported as difficult with
rapid, deep QSB and this may have been a major influence
on participation. Things were particularly difficult
in GM, where propagation effectively died well before
the end of the event. Further evidence of poor propagation,
especially given the decreased level of activity and
hence QRM, is the fact that only four entrants submitted
error-free logs.
Congratulations then to Fraser Robertson G4BJM, Lee
Volante G0MTN and John Muzyka G4RCG, who receive certificates
for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
The G3XTJ Memorial Trophy is awarded to Dennis Booty,
G3KKQ, whose error-free log was placed fourth overall.
The G5MY Trophy, for the highest aggregate score from
both 2005 events goes to Fraser Robertson G4BJM, in
recognition of his combined score of 1230 points.
Steve Knowles, G3UFY
Soapbox:
G4BJM Always fun! Activity a bit low, a
few regulars missing. Condx quite good - worked all
I heard, no got-aways.
G4RCG Condx were very good on a quiet band. Just not
enough people on. Still think this test would be better
on an afternoon instead of a morning. As usual this
is a great contest.
G0MTN With EUHF Championship finishing at 1am local
I was too tired trying to operate this. I actually forgot
my own postcode at the start. My CW receiving was truly
awful - too many mistakes and repeats - sorry folks!
I also found a big lack of activity this time.
G3KKQ Conditions could have been better. High noise
at times. It always amazes me how quickly postcodes
become corrupted. Good fun, all said and done!
G4EBK Not the best conditions - rapid and deep QSB.
G3RSD An absolutely colossal signal from G4BJM. What
was he using?
GM3JKS Few early starters and propagation dropped out
as more cam on. Couple of codes corrupted by the use
of shortened numbers. Seemed to be fewer contesters
hence a poorer score - worse than my usual from GM.
GM3WUX Where was everybody? Activity down on the previous
event. We should run this an hour earlier to make better
use of conditions, that's an important issue from up
here!
G3LIK Very slow going with deep QSB on the distant
stations.
M0AJT Once again a nice contest, but not enough contestants.
G3JJG Activity much lower than RoPoCo1.
G4OGB Many well-known calls missing this time - can
they all be on holiday together? It must be many years
since I worked so few.
G3LHJ Hard going - not so much activity this time.
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