Most entrants received a good dose of DX during this contest with the band open for at least part of the time to 9A, YU and I.
The Northern Lights Contest Group, GD0EMG, turned in a massive score to dominate the Multi-operator section. The runners-up spot in this section was hotly contested between the Colchester Contest Group, G0VHF/P and the Hadley Wood Contest Group, G4STV/P. After careful adjudication, the Colchester Contest Group secured the runners-up position thanks to more accurate logging.
In the Single Operator Fixed Station section, Keith Tatnall, G4ODA and Roger Piper, G3MEH both submitted very respectable scores. As in last year's contest, Keith Tatnall emerged in first place, closely followed by Roger Piper.
The Single Operator Portable section only attracted two entrants this year. Dave Brooking, G1KHX/P claimed first place with J Young, G4KZD/P receiving the runners-up certificate.
James Beatwell, 2E1GUA, receives the award for the leading Intermediate licensee and Frank Laanen receives the leading overseas station certificate.
Finally, Dave Hewitt, G8ZRE, who had intended to operate /P but was prevented from doing so by a badly sprained right arm, receives the '25W to a Single Antenna' award for his entry from his home QTH..
Ian, G0FCT g0fct@blacksheep.org
Single Operator Fixed Pos Callsign Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* G4ODA IO92WS PE 93 33496 95 3182120 9H1TM 2201 400 2x5el K2+Tvtr+PA 2* G3MEH IO91QS HP 99 28679 91 2609789 IK7LMX 1881 250 2x5el FT1000+TVVF50a+HLV-650 3 M0DDT IO91JR OX 60 16442 63 1035846 9H1TM 2158 150 5el FT920+Tokyo PA 4 G4CZB IO92MF NN 23 5584 33 184272 IK8DYD 1703 100 Dipole FT847 5 G8ZRE IO83NE CH 26 4978 34 169252 IK5RLP 1548 10 4el FT690R 6 G7ULL JO01AK BR 37 3070 40 122800 G0JFM 273 100 5el IC746 7* PE1EWR JO11SL 9 5827 15 87405 IT9KSS 1674 20 3el TS680 8* 2E1GUA JO01FR CM 12 3686 18 66348 IK8DYD 1594 20 HB9CV IC706 MkIIG 9 G8SRL JO01ED TN 26 2247 26 58422 GD0EMG 474 100 4el IC729+PA 10 G7UGC IO92BK BM 8 1100 16 17600 GD0EMG 264 100 MQ-4 3Q IC706 MkIIG Single Operator Portable Pos Callsign Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* G1KHX/P IO81MH BS 29 11244 42 472248 IZ7EVZ 1770 100 3el FT920 2* G4KZD/P IO91TV LU 28 6393 37 236541 9H1TM 2135 50 6el FT736 Multi-operator Pos Callsign Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* GD0EMG IO74QD IM 102 43466 95 4129270 IH9YIT 2308 400 2x7el FT650+3CX800 PA 2* G0VHF/P JO01GN SS 56 16522 60 991320 9H1TM 2066 100 7el IC746 3 G4STV/P IO91WP NL 81 14829 65 963885 YU1DG 1758 400 5el FT736+PA 4 G4ADV IO70LK TR 21 6513 27 175851 IT9KSS 1998 400 5el IC7400+PA 5 G2HDF/P IO82UK DY 14 1704 21 35784 GD0EMG 245 10 3el FT897