Radio conditions were excellent at the start of this contest with plenty of stations to work. Towards the end of the contest, many entrants reported the build up of thunderclouds. A few unlucky stations were caught directly in the path of the storms! Several stations packed up early when they saw the storm approaching.
The standard of logging was not as good as in previous backpacker contests. Entrants lost an average of 12% of their score through logging errors.
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in each section, you will all receive certificates.
Ian, G0FCT Email: g0fct@rsgb.org.uk
Multi-operator 10W Pos Group Name Call Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* One Man and His Dog CG G8NWM/P IO92TR 53 59 9695 572005 EI6FE/P 533 10 2x10EL FT736 2* Barpackers CG M1BAR/P IO83XH 58 48 6421 308208 EI6FE/P 423 10 9EL IC251E 3 Wythall CG G1WAC/P IO82XJ 33 33 2995 98835 G1JKX/P 315 10 17EL IC706 Multi-operator 3W Pos Group Name Call Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW5NF/P IO81KR 54 47 7897 371159 PE1EWR 461 2.5 9EL FT290 2* G0HDV/P IO93GD 48 54 6649 359046 DC1EI 582 3 12ZL TR751E 3 Oldham Radio Club G1ORC/P IO83XN 53 41 4573 187493 EI6FE/P 427 2.5 17EL FT290 4 Stockport RS G8SRS/P IO93AK 25 21 1628 34188 EI6FE/P 430 2.5 7ZL FT290 Single Operator 10W Pos Call sign Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA 92 78 18975 1480050 DC6IA 711 10 13EL FT847 2* GW8ZRE/P IO83JF 99 78 16359 1276002 F6CBH 572 10 7ZL TR751E 3 G0GRI/P IO81WG 65 60 9638 578280 EI6FE/P 452 10 13EL TR751E 4 G0PQF/P JO01AX 26 44 5350 235400 EI6FE/P 572 10 9EL IC251E 5 EI6FE/P IO52UR 22 30 7634 229020 G4SWX 654 10 9EL TM255E 6 GM8ORG/P IO74TQ 27 32 6091 194912 G0PQF/P 420 10 8EL IC251E Single Operator 3W Pos Call sign Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW0PZO/P IO83ID 71 57 9224 525768 PE1EWR 500 2.5 5Q FT290 2* GM4IGS/P IO75MB 28 37 5914 218818 G0KPW 519 2.5 17EL FT290 3 G4APJ/P IO83TP 42 44 4619 203236 G7RAU 333 2.5 8EL LINER 2 4 GW1ATZ/P IO81GV 37 36 5233 188388 F6CBH 487 2 5EL FT290 5 G1WKS/P JO01ED 32 36 3566 128376 M0AFC/P 373 3 13EL FT290 6 G3OLY/P IO91VX 21 34 3720 126480 GM4IGS/P465 2.5 5EL FT290 7 G1JDM/P IO90SV 26 36 3325 119700 M0AFC/P 373 3 9EL IC202S 8 G0NFO/P IO82RJ 17 20 1339 26780 M0AFC/P 181 2.5 HB9CV FT290 9 G1GYM/P IO85WL 24 14 1786 25004 MM1BUO 152 1.5 V FT51R * Certificate winner Check log from PE1EWR running 25W, 14 QSO, 22 multipliers, total of 4750 points