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The 2018 RSGB IOTA Contest -  Final Results

The RSGB IOTA contest was again very popular  in 2018, with 2200 entries, which is similar to 2017 . They were made up of  28 M2, 63 M1 logs, 1872 Single Ops and 237 checklogs. The most popular World section was again the 12hour category, with over 700 entries, and the most popular Island section was in the 12hour CW single operator section with 127 entries.

There were 107 Island Dxpedition stations in the contest, there were  5 in Oceania,  9 North American, and 12 Asian  expeditions, 76 in Europe  including many rare ones. This year there was much activity in North America, and one winner  from that continent. Band conditions were described  as generally poor, but in Europe many  contacts were  indeed made on 10m on saturday afternoon  and  Sunday  morning. Band activity can be viewed by clicking on the QSO  Analysis button below.

Some northern Europe stations had bad weather and storms, and some even failed  to get started because of  the  weather, better luck next year !

Results

1) Dxpedition Stations :

Multi operator Island Dxpedition Stations:

The leading Multi two High power Dxpedition entry was LZ0I  from Sveti Ivan island, followed by GM7V from Benbecula.

The leading Low Power Multi two Dxpedition station was II3Y from Santa Maria island, In second place was  GP6UW from Guernsey who travelled by small yacht from England,

The leading High  Power Multi one Dxpedition station was IQ3ME/P  from Pellestrina island . In second place was GD6NX from  the Island  of Man.

The leading Low Power Multi one Dxpedition station was again 9A5D/P  from Sipan island with monoband quad antennas for the HF bands. In second place was MJ8C from  the Minquiers island .

Single operator Island Dxpedition Stations:

There are many single operator categories to enter, the entrants can choose  by mode, assisted/non assisted, 12/24 hour and power.   The leading single operator  Dxpedition Island SSB station was MM1E on Great Cumbrae. The leading single op Dxpedition Island CW station was 9A/OM8AA on Solta. The leading single operator  Dxpedition Island Mixed mode  station was MX5A on Scilly isle, who survived  the storms hit  by many in  the UK.The leading QRP Dxpedition station was  Fred PA/ON6QR on Texel island.

2) Fixed ( Non - Dxpedition) Island stations :

The leading Fixed Island M2 station was EI7M from Ireland , followed by CR3DX on Madeira.

The leading Fixed Island M1 station was DK3R from Reugen island, followed by IT9YVO from Sicilly .

The leading QRP Island fixed station was G4DBW in England .

Single operator Fixed Island Stations: The leading Fixed Island single operator station was M0DXR, in England,  followed by VY2TT on PEI.

3) World Stations:

The leading World station was 9A1AA, operating in the low power assisted Mixed category, followed by NR3X in High power.  In the World CW high power category UT4U heads the assisted section ahead of  DL6KVA. In the World SSB high power category OZ5E heads the assisted section ahead of  RW1F. The leading QRP World station was UX2MF followed by 9A7RA.

4) Newcomers :

The Newcomers section, for those licensed for less than 3 years; DL8BFV  was the leading newcomer and 9A3GZI was second.

Certificates :

On  the far right of  the results web page  you will see the position  certificate. You can download  your own certificate by right clicking on it , after setting  the filter for your section and category e.g.

Entrants just need to choose the filters on the 5 columns with filters for their own entry, then click on the position certificate. For example ; in the Single Operator table, choose "DXPEDITION" in the location column, then "CW" in the mode column then 'Assisted' in the assistance column, now "12 hours" in the time column and then click the certificate icon on the RHS, The winner is MM3T and his certificate says "MM3T (GM0ELP) 1st in the Single Operator Section (DXPEDITION/ASSISTED/CW/12-HOURS) of the IOTA Contest 2018"

See you all next year! 73

Mike Franklin G3VYI , Mike G0GJV, Pete G4CLA and the RSGB CC   team.