In contrast to the third 144MHz Backpackers session, the band conditions in the fourth session were very variable with most stations reporting little or no DX.
Tim, M0AFC found that he had equipment problems when he arrived on site. He discovered that his rig (IC706) would only produce between 0.5 to 1W. Undeterred, Tim decided to enter the 3W section rather than the 10W section he has intended to operate in - the result: a convincing win!
The standard of logging continues to be extremely variable. Once again, three stations managed not to lose a single point during adjudication - well done. At the other end of the scale, four stations had the misfortune to loose over 20% of their claimed score. The average loss of points was 11.5%. Several stations submitted logs with times recorded in BST rather than in GMT as required by the General Rules (and by your licence conditions). Please ensure that you record the time of each QSO in GMT.
Congratulations to the following stations for winning their respective sections:
· GW8ZRE/P (10W Single Operator)
· GW0PZO/P (3W Single Operator)
· M1LOL/P (10W Multi Operator)
· M0AFC/P (3W Multi Operator)
· M3RNA/P (Leading Foundation station)
All winners and runners-up will receive certificates. Thank you to G3MEH for a very useful check log.
Ian Pawson, G0FCT g0fct@blacksheep.org
3W Multi-Op Pos Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mults Total DX kms Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA BB 66 13123 65 852995 F6CBH 611 1 13el IC706 2* G0HDV/P IO93UK LN 44 7546 48 362208 GI0RQK/P 405 3 13el TR751E 3 G0RMX/P IO82TA WR 47 5999 44 263956 G7ANV/P 362 3 17el IC202S 3W Single Op Pos Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mults Total DX kms Power Ant Equipment 1* GW0PZO/P IO83ID LL 80 12582 74 931068 ON1GZ 582 2.5 9el FT290 2* G4HLX/P IO82NN SY 64 10010 65 650650 ON1GZ 534 3 13el K2+Downeast Tvtr 3 GW4EVX/P IO83JD LL 53 7080 50 354000 G1WKS/P 330 2.5 9el FT817 4 GM4IGS/P IO74WV DG 30 7049 44 310156 G4ZTR 467 3 9el FT290 5 G8XQS/P IO85VE NE 29 5791 38 220058 G4RRA 504 2.5 9el FT290 6 G4CZB/P IO92LE NN 33 4947 39 192933 GI6ATZ 409 2.5 7ZL FT290 7 G1WKS/P JO01ED TN 27 5332 31 165292 MM3CDO/P 543 3 9el FT817 8 M5CSM/P JO01GP CM 20 4364 33 144012 GI6ATZ 531 2.5 11el FT290 9 G3JKV/P IO91TE RH 23 4007 34 136238 MM3CDO/P 526 2.5 9el FT817 10 G6DDQ/P IO83UR BB 23 2515 29 72935 G4RRA 346 2.5 3el FT817 11 G7ARW/P IO83RP PR 27 2283 28 63924 GI0RQK/P 264 2.5 7ZL FT817 12 G0NFO/P IO82RJ SY 20 2395 25 59875 M5CSM/P 227 2.5 7ZL FT290 13 G0OIW/P IO91MP HP 13 1289 19 24491 GW8ZRE/P 216 2 5el FT817 14* M3RNA/P IO81QJ BS 12 1124 15 16860 GM4IGS/P 402 2.5 7ZL FT290 10W Multi-Op Pos Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mults Total DX kms Power Ant Equipment 1* M1LOL/P IO83WE SK 51 6753 51 344403 F6CBH 522 10 9el FT290+FL2010 10W Single Op Pos Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mults Total DX kms Power Ant Equipment 1* GW8ZRE/P IO83JA LL 82 12977 73 947321 ON4ZN 567 10 7ZL TR751E 2* G4RQI/P IO94AD BD 45 6772 44 297968 G4RRA 397 10 4Q FT897 3 G3IZD/P IO84KD LA 32 6205 44 273020 G1WKS/P 409 10 10el FT817 4 G3YDY/P JO01FQ CM 26 4049 36 145764 GW3HWR 311 10 4el FT290+Lin Amp 5 M0BAO/P IO80LV TA 20 3995 30 119850 G7ANV/P 492 10 8el IC706 6 G6GVI/P IO83RO BL 14 1320 21 27720 G7ANV/P 189 10 HB9CV FT817+W&D PA 7 G4YNK/P IO83RO BL 5 315 10 3150 G4HLX/P 118 10 HB9CV FT817+PA Check log: G3MEH