Most entrants commented that conditions were pretty abysmal with little activity and the only relief being short periods of reasonable DX to Germany with occasional openings to GM. Tim Trew, G8JXV, agreed and added that this has been a common observation about VHF & UHF contests so he searched back through his logs and came to the conclusion that there was a sharp decline in activity between 1994 & 1995 from which level it has not recovered. The standard of log keeping was generally high although carelessness resulted in loss of points; such errors included one station who managed to work himself at a distance of 7km and one who incorrectly logged the callsign of another station from his own affiliated society. Several stations upgraded their set up since last years contest; South Birmingham R S, G8OHM had a 4x19 element antenna array and won the Multi Operator section ahead of Sutton and Cheam R S, G3WHK. Congratulations to Andy Cook, G4PIQ, for winning the single operator section and to John Quarmby, G3XDY, who repeated last years second place. These two stations together with Sam Jewell, G4DDK, formed the Martlesham R S AFS team who convincingly won the AFS section scoring nearly twice as many points as their nearest rivals second placed Chesham and District 'A' team. Frank Laanen, PE1EWR, continued his support for RSGB contests and was placed first in the overseas section. Edward Turner, G7NCG was the leading UK station running 25W to a single antenna section ahead of Terry Thirlwell, G0VFW. The Guildford Radio Society have kindly offered a trophy for the leading novice entrant in this contest but despite seven novices being logged by contestants none submitted an entry. Here is an opportunity for novices to compete for a trophy where all entrants have the same limitations on power; we look forward to seeing novice entries in next years' contest. There was an encouraging increase in the number of entrants to each of the sections in the contest which was enjoyed by all entrants. Congratulations to all certificate winners.
Ian L Cornes G4OUT
Multi Operator Fixed Station Section
Pos CallsignZone Points QSO LOC Ant Pwr Best Dx Km
1* G8OHM B 15142 80 92AJ 4x19 400 DF2VJ 710
2* G3WHK C 7282 63 91VJ 24el 100 DG1KJG 516
3 G3OLX C 4269 48 91VH 21el 25 DL4KG 506
4 G1WAC B 3619 35 92BJ 21el 75 GM4LBV 479
5* G6ZTT A 714 12 83QF 21el 10 G4TVR 108
6 M0BWB C 221 6 91VI 11el 25 G4PIQ 103
* certificate winners
Single Operator Fixed Station Section
Pos CallsignZone Points QSO LOC Ant Pwr Best Dx Km
1* G4PIQ C 18885 91 01MU 2x26 350 DF4UE 690
2* G3XDY C 11760 51 02OB 28el 250 DF4UE 692
3 G3MEH C 9266 65 91QS 2x19 150 DF2VJ 599
4* PE1EWR 6754 24 11SL 21el 25 G3UKV 438
5 G0GCI C 5727 35 01ED 2x21 120 DF2VJ 509
6* G0ODQ D 4652 46 91NQ 21el 100 PE1EWR 307
7* G7NCG B 4092 35 02CM 17el 25 DL4KG 497
8 G3YSX C 3506 36 91WF 21el 100 DL4KG 500
9 G6XDI C 3331 41 91SM 21el 35 PE1EWR 277
10 G8JXV C 3308 31 91WE 48el 120 DL4KG 500
11* G0VFW D 2534 36 91RR 21el 12 F6CBH 329
12 G8JAY D 2463 19 81WV 21el 50 GM4LBV 533
13 G3FIJ C 2226 23 01KV 21el 15 G3UKV 250
14 G3PIA D 2154 26 91IN 21el 25 G3XDY 180
15 G7BBC C 1816 29 91UM 21el 50 PE1EWR 266
16 G4TVR B 1718 16 92CJ 21el 30 GM4LBV 480
17 G7UYP B 1645 23 02AT 21el 25 G3WHK 158
18 G7MWP D 1603 30 91RO 21el 25 GW3LNR 197
19 G4DDK C 1597 10 02PA 17el 50 DG1KJG 426
20* G4APJ A 1417 15 83UP 19el 30 G3WHK 287
21 G0EYO B 1309 14 92BJ 15el 50 G3XDY 213
22 M0BII B 724 15 02CQ 21el 25 G8OHM 150
23 M1CFI B 494 11 92BK 15el 15 G4PIQ 209
24 M1CYB B 473 13 02CS 17el 25 G8OHM 152
25 G0BMS C 339 10 02ES 14el 10 G4PIQ 112
26 G0UPU D 319 8 91AX 9el 25 G4NKC 69
27 G1XYZ C 125 7 02FR 2x17 10 G7UYP 30
28 G8HDK B 66 5 02BR vrt/col 20 G7NCG 24
* certificate winners
Affiliated Societies Section
Pos A.F.S. Zone Team Total
1* Martlesham R S C G4PIQ 18885 G3XDY 11760 G4DDK 1597 32242
2* Chesham & D ARS "A" D G3MEH 9266 G0ODQ 4652 G0VFW 2534 16452
3* Sth.Birmingham R.S. B G8OHM 15142 15142
4 Sutton & Cheam R.S. C G3WHK 7282 G3OLX 4269 M0BWB 221 11772
5 Reigate A.T.S. C G3YSX 3506 G8JXV 3308 6814
6 Wythall Contest Gp. "A" B G1WAC 3619 G4TVR 1718 G0EYO 1309 6646
7 Wisbech R & EC "A" B G7NCG 4092 G7UYP 1645 M0BII 724 6461
8 West Kent A.R.S. C G0GCI 5727 5727
9 Ariel Radio Group C G6XDI 3331 G7BBC 1816 5147
10 Cheltenham ARS D G8JAY 2463 G0UPU 319 2782
11 Colchester A.R.S. C G3FIJ 2226 2226
12 Harwell A.R.S. D G3PIA 2154 2154
13 Chesham & D ARS "B" D G7MWP 1603 1603
14 Wisbech R & EC "B" B M1CYB 473 G0BMS 339 G8HDK 66 878
15 Wythall Contest Gp. "B" B M1CFI 494 494
* certificate winners