AFFLIIATED SOCIETIES (AFS) CW CONTEST, 2005.

The CW Affiliated Teams contest is always an incredibly popular event with 2005 being no exception. This year saw 246 entrants from 87 teams fight it out for the top spots with again the individual section providing the most interesting and exciting competition.

Lichfield ARS A (G0MTN G3SJJ G3NKC G3BJ G3VHB) once again top the Team table with 12350 points picking up the Edgware trophy, followed by Mid Beds Contest Association by the narrowest of margins with 12140 who take second place.
Lichfield held the lead from the start with all team members finishing in respectful places within the individual table.

In the individual section Dave Sharred G3NKC wins the Marconi Trophy with 2690 points, very closely followed by Cray Vally's Dave Lawley G4BUO with 2670 points. G3NKC made a strong start and maintained first place for the majority of the session. Fraser Robertson G4BJM held second until G4BUO took over at the half way point. With his improved rate continuing, he eventually stole the lead going into the final hour but was just picked at the post by G3NKC at the end by two qsos. Congratulations to all.

Further down the table competition was even fiercer with positions swapping throughout the four hours.

A special note should also be made of an entry from Martin Platt GD0EMG who would have placed third overall with 2640 points had the club been affiliated. Showing it is possible to be successful even from a more northern location.

Accuracy from all the leading entrants was excellent, and with a much larger number of logs arriving in the required Cabrillo format the quality of log submissions were very good.

Propagation overall was as to be expected for the time of year, giving highly unpredictable highs and lows during the early hours becoming more and more stable as the UK moved into darkness.
As this particular contest runs straight through a UK sunset there are numerous DX possibilities for a band such as 80m. This year it came in the shape of JA6LCJ and JA2XYO who appear in a number of entrant’s logs, as does 5B4AGC.

Many thanks, to all the competing teams and their members who took part.

Tim Elwell M0BEW.

TROPHIES (*)

Marconi Trophy - Leading single-operator individual station
G3NKC Dave Sharred.

Edgware Trophy - Leading team.
Lichfield ARS A - [G0MTN - G3BJ - G3NKC - G3SJJ - G3VHB]

TOP 5 ENTRANTS - OVERALL TOTALS VS TIME :

TOP 5 ENTRANTS - QSO TOTALS PER 30 MINS :

CHECKLOGS:
DL7BA
ON4KVA
YL3DX
DK3UZ
G3GMS

NO CLUB:
GD0EMG - 264 Points