The highlight of the 2003 UKAC contests on 144 MHz was the August session, where even QRP operators were able to enjoy many contacts into Scandinavia and mainland Europe. This was as a result of the combination of having good tropo conditions, and also the coincident NAC contests which ensured there would be contest stations active at the other end of the path. The activity levels for the other months remained steady and reasonable throughout the year.
Bryn Llewellyn, G4DEZ, was the most active entrant in 2003 submitting logs for all 12 sessions. Whilst not the outright winner in all 12, Bryn's best six sessions put him at the top of the Single Operator Fixed section. Roger Piper, G3MEH, is again in second place this year.
The Open section strategy is always interesting. Most portable operation takes place during the summer months. However, getting active for other less popular sessions has left some entrants with little competition, and an easier way to get the maximum '1000' normalised points available each month. This year, Roger GW5NF/P, operating with Julian GW4JBQ take top honours, followed by Steve M0BPQ/P.
Lee Volante, G0MTN.
Single Operator Fixed Section Pos Call Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Score QSO Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G4DEZ 798 1364 1980 1608 2610 3400 1463 13585 3264 1794 2376 1554 6000 1134 400 2 x 12Y OK2VSO 1317 2* G3MEH 0 0 2024 1254 1978 0 0 4760 1896 1242 1440 1122 4413 672 400 2 x 10Y DD0VF 1007 3 M5FUN 608 705 1206 546 912 1518 645 0 1474 420 1026 136 3194 538 100 12Y MM0CEZ 613 4 G4PIQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6808 2268 0 0 2000 237 400 4x15Y+3x9Y SK7MW 882 5 G8HGN 392 0 714 510 0 738 261 2759 684 0 0 0 1760 299 50 2 x 15Y LA1T 1041 6 G0DVJ 209 0 0 0 390 242 396 2090 377 352 476 84 1191 313 50 5Y DK8SG 637 7 G8ZRE 240 403 336 0 0 0 0 0 0 408 0 273 1118 137 80 8Y ON1AEN 520 8 G6GEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 1701 799 40 520 598 1055 265 150 13Y SK6DK 1005 9 G4RHR 0 384 476 324 722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 995 143 100 10Y DF0WD 490 10* PE1EWR 260 120 0 204 200 264 204 0 544 297 117 63 891 199 80 10Y SK7MW 764 11 M0DDT 0 0 0 0 0 0 390 0 0 520 0 576 867 120 150 9Y MM0CEZ 495 12 G3YDY 0 98 135 0 364 220 0 2079 646 270 338 0 721 256 50 9Y LA1T 1033 13* G4XPE 156 42 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 110 135 117 421 65 25 10Y ON1AEN 418 14 M0WYE 0 0 0 117 231 0 0 0 0 144 0 84 279 70 50 5Y G8ZRE 343 15 G3YJR 56 42 0 0 0 210 0 0 63 0 30 0 185 53 2.5 9Y ON1AEN 455 16 G8AHK 0 0 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 41 25 14Y M0EME 268 17 2E1GUA 35 0 84 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 30 33 127 57 20 13Y DL0RSH/P 650 18 G6UBM 35 0 0 0 0 136 55 0 0 0 0 0 121 45 45 13Y G8ZRE 306 19 M1DUD 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 126 60 0 0 69 32 5 7Y G4RRA 393 20 G7KMM 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 62 13 50 7Y ON1AEN 358 21 G0GJV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 384 0 0 0 56 34 100 9Y ON7LAO 368 22 M1MPW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 46 15 100 10Y ON1AEN 296 23 G3JJZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 29 13 25 8Y G8ZRE 281 24 M0CGE 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 50 11Y DF0WD 497 25 M0MAT 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 20 5Y G4RRA 122 Open Section Pos Call Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Score QSO Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* GW5NF/P 0 0 0 615 1596 1560 1349 5868 1911 0 0 0 6000 535 80 7Y DD0VF 1173 2* M0BPQ/P 6 518 935 300 705 0 0 1525 0 0 0 0 2707 234 100 9Y SM7UYS 975 3 G(W)8ZRE/P 0 0 0 0 720 1037 297 1311 864 0 0 0 2012 165 80 7Y ON1AEN 512 4 GM0WDD/P 0 0 0 0 0 779 0 0 0 0 0 0 499 42 120 9Y ON1AEN 679 5 G8XQS/P 0 0 0 0 0 364 0 0 493 0 0 0 491 55 25 9Y ON7LAO 623 6 G4PIQ/P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 612 0 0 0 0 104 38 10 9Y SM7UYS 882 7 G1ORC/P 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 2 2 x 9Y G6YVR 301