The second session of this popular series of contests produced an entry of 30 stations. The competitors in both this and the parallel PW contest enjoyed good band conditions and fine weather - a first for a Backpackers contest? Even the high operating standards were remarked on by more than one entrant. One station 'discovered' that ballpoint pens don't write on paper coated in sun tan lotion! The unusually high level of activity produced some dynamic range problems for the stations configured for maximum sensitivity (as normally required). At least one station remarked that when they remove their receiver preamps, their QSO rate increased.
Congratulations to the following winners and runners-up: 3W Single Operator: Winner: M0AFC/P Runner-up: GW8ZRE/P 10W Single Operator: Winner: M0BAO/P Runner-up: G4EDR/P 3W Multi-operator: Winner: GW7LQD/P Runner-up: MM0FVC/P 10W Multi-operator: Winner: GW5NF/P Runner-up: G8NWM/P M3NSZ/P wins the leading Foundation Station certificate. Thanks to G3MEH, G3YJR, M3KGC and G6ZME/P for their invaluable checklogs.
Ian, G0FCT g0fct@blacksheep.org 3W Single Op Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA 179 41410 37 1532170 DC6IA 711 3 13el FT847 2* GW8ZRE/P IO83JA 141 25395 34 863430 PA0PVW 619 3 7ZL+12ZLTR751 3 GW0PZO/P IO83ID 129 20003 32 640096 PA0PVW 626 2.5 9el FT290 4 G1WKS/P JO01ED 74 12490 26 324740 MM0FVC/P 510 3 2x9el FT817 5 G4HLX/P IO91FN 70 12326 25 308150 GM4ZUK/P 601 3 13el K2+Tvtr 6 GM4IGS/P IO74WV 41 9593 22 211046 G0JVR/P 539 2.5 9el FT290 7 G1WAC/P IO82LB 65 9968 20 199360 GM4ZUK/P 543 2.5 8el FT817 8 G1ATZ/P IO82KV 51 6628 16 106048 G0NFA/P 324 2 5el FT290 9 G6GVI/P IO81PH 38 5719 17 97223 G7ANV/P 443 2.5 7ZL IC202 10 G0BVW/P IO70GE 23 4889 19 92891 GM4IGS/P 531 2.5 9el FT817 11 G4BXT/P JO01RI 22 5028 18 90504 DF2VJ 449 3 9el FT817 12 G8XQS/P IO95AF 32 5293 17 89981 G0NFA/P 502 2.5 9el FT290 13* M3NSZ/P IO81XT 40 4907 14 68698 GI6ATZ 388 2.5 HB9CV FT817 14 G0NFO/P IO82RJ 36 3562 14 49868 F8KFV/P 430 2.5 7ZL FT290 15 G0LJD/P JO01DK 25 3489 14 48846 PA0PVW 384 2.5 12ZL FT290 16 M0BHE/P IO80MU 24 3290 13 42770 G3XNO/P 349 2.5 5el FT817 17 G7ARW/P IO83SO 22 2254 8 18032 G0NFA/P 354 2.5 7ZL FT817 10W Multi-op Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW5NF/P IO81KR 150 30058 32 961856 DK3BU 721 8.5 2x9el FT290+Amp 2* G8NWM/P IO92TR 101 25674 35 898590 DC6HQ/P 758 10 2x10el FT736 3 M1BAR/P IO83XH 78 9750 25 243750 F8KFV/P 535 10 7ZL TR751 4 M1LOL/P IO93AF 43 4531 14 63434 GI4OWA/P 359 10 9el FT290+Amp 10W Single Op Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* M0BAO/P IO81FD 54 9554 20 191080 ON1AEN 513 10 8el IC706 2* G4EDR/P IO94RD 30 5412 16 86592 G8NJA/P 440 5 5el FT817 3W Multi-op Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW7LQD/PIO82KW 144 23697 29 687213 PA0PVW 612 3 2x9el IC275E 2* MM0FVC/PIO85WL 104 20774 26 540124 F6FLB 567 3 17el TR751 3 G3BPK/P IO83PN 76 9877 28 276556 GM0HTT 617 3 11el IC746 4 G0RMX/P IO82TA 90 11524 23 265052 ON1AEN 444 3 10el IC202S 5 M0BPQ/P IO91XH 102 11971 21 251391 MX0TRG/P408 3 2x9el FT847 6 G3LRS/P IO92MO 57 7649 21 160629 F8KFV/P 479 2.5 11el FT817 7 G4VRC/P IO90NX 41 7104 22 156288 G7ANV/P 483 2.5 5el FT817 Check log: G3MEH G3YJR M3KGC G6ZME/P