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    Radio Society of Great Britain. Official HF. Contest Results.

    Results - AFS SSB 2006 - Individual + Team Listings.

    Posn Callsign
    Score
    1+ G3BJ 3580
    2* G4BUO 3490
    3* G3ZVW 3390
    4 G3ORY 3180
    5 G3SDC/P 3160
    6 G6UW 3110
    7 G3TXF 3100
    8 G3RCV 3090
    9 G3SJJ 3070
    10 GW4BLE 3020
    11 G3NLY 3000
    11 G3TBK 3000
    13 G3NKC 2970
    14 G0AAA 2960
    15 G4TSH 2920
    16 G3YIQ 2840
    17 GW0GEI 2810
    18 MM0MWW 2780
    19 G3SVL 2600
    20 G3TKF 2540
    20 M0MYC 2540
    22 G0LGJ/P 2510
    22 G3SVD 2510
    24 M0WLF 2490
    25 G3ZAY/P 2480
    25 GM3JKS 2480
    27 G3GJW 2460
    28 G0MTN 2450
    29 G0DVJ/P 2410
    30 G3KLH 2400
    31 G4CWH 2290
    31 G4CZB 2290
    33 G3WHK 2280
    33 G4EOF 2280
    33 GM3WUX 2280
    33 M0MCX 2280
    37 GM4AFF 2260
    38 G4LRP 2230
    39 G4DBL 2210
    40 G0GDU 2200
    41 G0ODQ 2170
    42 G0VJG 2110
    43 G4RFR 2090
    44 G3VLX 2080
    45 G3RXQ 2040
    46 G4EBK 2030
    47 G3XTT 1990
    48 G3RSD 1980
    49 G6YB/P 1920
    50 G4FNL 1910
    50 G4TPO/P 1910
    52 G7HNN 1900
    53 G4RCD 1830
    53 G7SOZ/P 1830
    53 MM5DWW 1830
    56 GM3YOR 1810
    57 M0DDT 1800
    58 G3VPW 1760
    59 G4HSO 1740
    60 G3SWC 1670
    61 G3LIK 1650
    62 M0TJH/P 1630
    63 2E0NCG 1610
    63 G3ZGC 1610
    63 GM0ELP 1610
    66 G3LUW 1600
    67 G0HDV 1570
    67 G4CUS 1570
    69 G7TWC/P 1540
    69 GJ4CBQ 1540
    71 G8JXV 1520
    72 G0LZL 1480
    73 G3RWL 1470
    74 G0LHZ 1420
    75 G0KYS 1400
    76 G3SHF 1370
    77 G4FBS 1320
    77 G4STV/P 1320
    79 G7VRK 1310
    80 G4FCN 1300
    81 G3KNU 1280
    82 G0KDS 1250
    83 G0ADH 1240
    83 G3MEH 1240
    85 G4DDX 1230
    86 M0SPC 1220
    87 G3YJW 1190
    88 G4FON 1180
    89 G3SNU 1160
    90 G3RVM 1150
    90 G3YAJ 1150
    92 G0AOJ 1140
    92 G3ULT/P 1140
    94 G4ZUL 1130
    95 G3LHJ 1100
    95 G3VER 1100
    97 GM3WOJ 1070
    98 G2BKZ 1060
    99 M1PTR 1040
    100 G4LPD 1020
    100 MM0BCR 1020
    102 G3UFY 1010
    102 M0COP 1010
    104 M0CNP 1000
    105 G3HEJ 980
    105 G3YEC 980
    105 G4DFI 980
    105 G4EKT 980
    109 GW3PRL 960
    110 G0RXA 940
    111 G0MRH 930
    111 G4KLF 930
    113 G0KPZ 910
    113 G3YYZ 910
    113 G4FQR 910
    116 G0EYR 900
    116 G0VFW 900
    116 G3ZBU 900
    119 G3PYC 880
    119 G4TPH 880
    121 G4FUH 870
    122 M0PTR 860
    122 MM0BQI 860
    124 G3WRR 840
    125 G4GZB 820
    125 G4VUD 820
    125 M3RFK 820
    128 G0WLF 810
    128 G4YTV 810
    130 2E0BJM 800
    130 G4ELY 800
    132 G6FOP 780
    133 GW3NJW 770
    134 G1FON 760
    135 G3VYI 750
    136 G0PSE 720
    136 G0THY 720
    136 M3TFX 720
    139 GW3GUX 700
    140 G4OGB 670
    140 G0RAF 670
    142 M0TIF 660
    143 G0WAL 650
    143 GM3WIJ 650
    143 M0CZR 650
    146 G0UAI 640
    146 M0PTO 640
    148 M1ANT 620
    149 G4VTO 610
    149 G6PMT 610
    151 G8ATO 600
    152 G3NDJ 590
    153 M0BPQ 570
    153 M0DOL 570
    155 G0MBQ 560
    155 GM4TVB 560
    157 G3BIT 540
    157 G3EAO 540
    157 G3JDY 540
    157 G3WQK 540
    157 G4TZR 540
    157 G8FMH 540
    157 M0XAP 540
    164 G0EYO/P 530
    164 G4JRY 530
    166 G0ICJ/P 520
    166 G4PRI 520
    166 M0RNE 520
    169 G0UGO 510
    169 M0RHS 510
    171 G0YYY 500
    172 G4AIU 480
    480 G4SLE 480
    480 G6KMQ 480
    480 M0CES 480
    480 M0JAK 480
    177 GM3YBQ 470
    178 GM4AJR 460
    179 2E0FRZ 450
    179 G1RNZ 450
    179 MM3SWW 450
    182 G4WEY 440
    182 M0SSR 440
    184 G6ZDQ/P 420
    185 GM0VFD 390
    185 MM3IVG 390
    187 G0NQZ 380
    187 G3WNI 380
    187 M0LRE 380
    190 G0WWD 370
    191 2E0DBE 360
    191 MM0SJH 360
    193 2E1GUA 350
    193 G0IOR 350
    195 M0SOX 340
    196 G8BIG 330
    197 G4HHJ 290
    197 G7BRZ 290
    197 M0CUL 290
    200 2M0AVL 260
    200 M0AEU 260
    200 M3JWJ 260
    203 2E0BAX/P 250
    203 G4WGE 250
    205 G3ZPA 230
    206 G7HCL 220
    207 G3RRL 200
    208 M0RUN 190
    209 GM4BKV 180
    210 M0RPM 170
    211 G0RTN 160
    212 2M1HRS 140
    213 G1BUO 130
    213 G3CVI 130
    215 M0MBO 120
    216 M3OAF 90
    217 GM8CBQ 80
    218 M3ZGC 70
    219 M0JSZ 60
    220 G1OAC 30
    221 G0LGG 10

    Checklogs gratefully acknowledged from DL7VRG, G4BJM, G6UBM, GM4OBD, M0FRS, M0MDF, MM3AWD, MW0OPS.

    + ... LICHFIELD TROPHY
    * ... Certificate of Merit

    Posn
    Club
    Mem 1
    Mem 2
    Mem 3
    Score
    1+ Lichfield ARS 'A' G3BJ G3NLY G3NKC 9550
    2* Cray Valley RS 'A' G4BUO G3RCV M0MYC 9120
    3* Bristol Contest Group 'A' G3ZVW G3YIQ G3TKF 8770
    4 De Montfort University ARS G3SDC/P G3ORY G4EOF 8620
    5 Grimsby ARS 'A' G3TBK G0GDU G4EBK 7480
    6 Cambridge University WS G6UW G3ZAY/P M0TJH/P 7220
    7 Newbury & DARS 'A' G3SVD G3KLH G7HNN 6810
    8 Cray Valley RS 'B' G4DBL G3GJW G0VJG 6780
    9 GMDX Group - Central Scotland GM3JKS GM3WUX GM3YOR 6570
    10 Three As Contest Group G3TXF G0AAA G0RTN 6220
    11 Horsham ARC 'A' G4LRP G4TPO/P G3SWC 5810
    12 Wythall RC 'A' G0MTN M0MCX M0COP 5740
    13 Bristol Contest Group 'B' M0WLF G6YB/P G0KDS 5660
    14 Chesham & DARS 'A' G0ODQ G3MEH G3RXQ 5450
    15 Norfolk ARC 'A' G0LGJ/P G7SOZ/P M3TFX 5060
    16 Orkney ARC MM0MWW MM5DWW MM0SJH 4970
    17 Sutton & Cheam RS G4CWH G3WHK G4WGE 4820
    18 Harwell ARS 'A' M0DDT G3VPW G0ADH 4800
    19 Reading & DARC 'A' G3XTT G0LHZ G3ULT/P 4550
    20 Dragon ARC GW0GEI GW3PRL GW3GUX 4470
    21 Hadley Wood CG 'A' G3RWL G4STV/P G7TWC/P 4330
    22 Cray Valley RS 'C' G3VLX G3YJW G4DFI 4250
    23 Echelford ARS 'A' G4TSH G6PMT G3EAO 4070
    24 Scunthorpe Steel ARC 'A' G0HDV G3KNU G0AOJ 3990
    25 Newbury & DARS 'B' G3ZGC G4FON G3RVM 3940
    26 Bittern DX Group 2E0NCG G7VRK M0CNP 3920
    27 Stockport RS 'A' G0LZL G3SHF M1PTR 3890
    28 Torbay ARS 'A' G0KYS G4FCN G3SNU 3860
    29 Contest Cambria GW4BLE GW3NJW   3790
    30 Southdown ARS 'A' G3SVL G3WQK G0UAI 3780
    31 Flight Refuelling ARS 'A' G4RFR G0WAL M0PTR 3600
    32 Horndean & DARC 'A' G3LIK G4FBS G0MBQ 3530
    33 Verulam ARC 'A' G3VER G4HSO G8ATO 3440
    34 Grimsby ARS 'B' G3RSD G4LPD G0IOR 3350
    35 GMDX Group - North of Scotland GM4AFF GM3WOJ   3330
    36 Harwich AR Interest Group G0DVJ G3YYZ   3320
    37 Stevenage & DARS 'A' G4DDX G3BKZ M3RFK 3110
    38 Lichfield ARS 'B' G3SJJ     3070
    39 Worthing & DARC G4FNL G4SLE G3NDJ 2980
    40 Brede Steam ARS G4CUS G4KLF M0SSR 2940
    41 Basingstoke ARC 'A' G4RCD G8FMH M0RNE 2890
    42 Northampton RC G4CZB M0DOL   2860
    43 Horsham ARC 'B' G4FQR G3ZBU G3PYC 2690
    44 Torbay ARS 'B' G3LHJ G4VUD G1FON 2680
    45 Addiscombe ARC G3UFY G3WRR G3VYI 2600
    46 Scunthorpe Steel ARC 'B' G4FUH G4GZB G4OGB 2560
    47 Newbury & DARS 'C' G4TPH 2E0BJM G6FOP 2460
    48 Hornsea ARC G4EKT G4YTV M0CZR 2440
    49 Aberdeen ARS 'A' MM0BCR GM3WIJ GM4TVB 2230
    50 RNARS Colchester G3YAJ G3YEC   2130
    51 Taunton & DARC 'A' G0EYR G0PSE G4AIU 2100
    52 Chelmsford ARS 'A' G4ZUL M0XAP 2E1GUA 2020
    53 Mid-Lanark ARS GM0ELP MM3IVG   2000
    54 Cray Valley RS 'D' G0WLF G0KPZ G1BUO 1850
    55 Stockport RS 'B' G0RXA M1ANT 2E0BAX 1810
    56 Christchurch ARS M0SPC M0RHS   1730
    57 RAFARS Waddington G0RAF G3JDY M0CES 1690
    58 Milton Keynes ARS 'A' M0TIF G4TZR G1RNZ 1650
    59 RAFARS Devon G3LUW     1600
    60 Farnborough & DRS 'A' G3HEJ M3OAF G0YYY 1570
    61 Jersey ARS GJ4CBQ     1540
    62 Wythall RC 'B' G0ICJ/P G0EYO/P G6KMQ 1530
    63 Harwell ARS 'B' G0THY G0UGO M0CUL 1520
    63 Torbay ARS 'C' G4VTO G3BIT G0WWD 1520
    63 Reigate ATS G8JXV     1520
    66 Aberdeen ARS 'B' GM4AJR MM3SWW 2M0AVL 1170
    67 Southdown ARS 'B' G0NQZ M0LRE 2E0DBE 1120
    68 Norfolk ARC 'B' M0PTO G8BIG   970
    69 Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS G0MRH     930
    70 Chesham & DARS 'B' G0VFW     900
    71 Glenrothes & DARC GM3YBQ GM0VFD   860
    71 GMDX Group - East of Scotland MM0BQI     860
    73 Reading & DARC 'B' G4ELY G0LGG   810
    74 Basingstoke ARC 'B' M0SOX M0AEU M0RUN 790
    75 Scunthorpe Steel ARC 'C' G4JRY G3RRL   730
    76 Hadley Wood CG 'B' M0BPQ     570
    77 Echelford ARS 'B' G4PRI     520
    78 Horndean & DARC 'B' M0JAK     480
    79 Horsham ARC 'C' 2E0FRZ     450
    80 Flight Refuelling ARS 'B' G4WEY     440
    81 Wythall RC 'C' G6ZDQ/P     420
    82 Aberdeen ARS 'C' 2M1HRS GM4BKV GM8CBQ 400
    83 Taunton & DARC 'B' G3WNI     380
    84 Grimsby ARS 'C' G7BRZ G1OAC   320
    85 Milton Keynes ARS 'B' G3ZPA M0JSZ   290
    85 Milton Keynes ARS 'C' M0RPM M0MBO   290
    85 Verulam ARC 'B' G4HHJ     290
    88 Trowbridge & DARC M3JWJ     260
    89 Stevenage & DARS 'B' G7HCL     220
    90 Chelmsford ARS 'B' G3CVI     130
    91 Newbury & DARS 'D' M3ZGC     70

    + ... FLIGHT REFUELLING ARS TROPHY
    * ... Certificate of Merit

    AFFLIIATED SOCIETIES (AFS) SSB CONTEST, 2006.

    Entries this year were 5% down on 2005, and the number of teams represented was down by 10%. Possibly this was due to conditions, which were certainly difficult with some entrants reporting high noise levels in the first part of the contest. What can not be disputed, however, was the spectacular manner in which short-skip propagation turned off. Between 1700 and 1720 depending upon location, all but the strongest local signals disappeared and were replaced with strong EU ones. This made things very difficult for the smaller stations, who traditionally rely on the later part of the event to make up their score. Even the top echelon were adversely affected, with only the first-placed individual and club being able to increase their score over that achieved in 2005.

    On the Leaderboard, "One" and "Two" change places compared with last year: Lichfield ARS 'A' take the Flight refuelling ARS Trophy from the Cray Valley RS 'A' by a substantially larger margin than in 2005 when the positions were reversed. Bristol Contest Group 'A' take third position from De Montfort University, largely because of a lower error rate.

    The individual leaders reflect the clubs for which they operated ... G3BJ takes the RSGB Lichfield Trophy, with G4BUO second and G3ZVW in third position.

    Special mention is due to 12-year-old Dan Phillips M3NDP who, supervised by G0VQR, operated G3ULT/P on behalf of the Reading & DARC and made 116 QSOs with only 2 errors.

    Thanks, as usual, to all stations who took part, especially those non-combatants submitting check-logs.

    Steve G3UFY

    SOAPBOX :

    2E0BAX First AFS. I enjoyed the event and hope to enter again next year.

    2E0BJM Had a power cut about 1730 ish and had to restart everything afterwards. didnt get many QSO's after that. Tried running for the last 15 mins, and only had two QSO's.

    2E0FRZ VERY NOISY CONDITIONS. THANKS TO ALL WHO WORKED ME. ENJOYED USING SD FOR THE 1st TIME AT HOME.

    2E0NCG Very surprised with number of stations active - first 80m contest ever entered / listened to!

    2E1GUA Good fun but lots of QRM on 80m today. Thanks to all that worked me.

    G0AOJ SD is a brilliant contesting program. The bands were very crowded. I found people to be very polite dispite the QRM...!!! Operators seemed very patient and tolerent in general.

    G0DVJ/P No amplifier for first hour. Difficult propagation in last hour. Usual abuse on the band worse this year (obscenities). Good fun despite amp, pc, and headset tech probs!

    G0GDU GOOD SIGNALS IN FIRST 3 HOURS, HARD WORK FROM AROUND 1730. FOUND IT HARD TO FIND RUN FREQUENCY AT START, THEN FORCED OFF FREQUENCY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

    G0IOR Enjoyed it. SD good program after initial problems

    G0KPS NOT MANY STATIONS ON DURING LAST 90MINS

    G0KYS Difficult to fight through the QRM during daylight from down here in the SW. Things got better at dusk but then much worse when it was fully dark! Long skip meant only GM stations audible at the end.

    G0LGG The Sub station along the road caught fire just after the 2nd QSO (I was only running 100 watts!). We did not get power back till 10pm Saturday night.

    G0LGJ 1st time on 80M ssb contest, good start, difficult towards the end.

    G0LHZ Band very noisy for me in the last hour. Conditions changed dramatically in the last hour, it became very difficult (for me) to work UK stations and the band suddenly had S5 of noise across it.

    G0MBQ Plenty of QRM and QRN

    G0MRH Very good start with S & P but conditions declined dramatically till for the last hour or more there was no one to call and no reply to my calling. Last contact was after 35 minutes of calling!

    G0PSE BAND CONDX POOR. FINISHED EARLY

    G0RAF I must get a radio with digital filtering

    G0RTN This contest reminded me why I prefer CW contests. Lots of big amplifiers emitting in too small a band-width. Yuck! Hence the very small total.

    G0RXA Interesting being part of a contest with some very big signals. As a little fish, enjoyed the experience.

    G0THY I enjoyed using SD in this contest - getting used to computer logging now

    G0WLF I used SD for logging - it's great. Best one I have used.

    G0WWD The band was very good with plenty of activity. Using SD for the first time it is great and easy to use

    G1BUO I'm not a contester but have sent in a log to help my club - Cray Valley Radio Society. Would have made more contacts but the XYL said I had to visit the grand-children with her!

    G1FON Very confusing having 2 FON's in same contest - stns kept saying we have worked before Hi. First attempt at AFS and enjoyed it with a vy poor Ant.

    G1RNZ My First SSB Contest

    G3LHJ certainly different condxs from last W/E. Lots of activity - band went very long skip in last hour & nearly went QRT.- the weaker sigs harder to work this time and the Big sigs were BIG - cu next year God willing.

    G3LIK About time the power was restricted to 100 watts - too much splatter from stations using high power. Last hour was difficult when long skip came into being. Nice to hear a few 2E0 calls in amongst the gang.

    G3NLY We all would benefit from a 1300z start to minimise the usual friction with a number of deliberately 'difficult' stations on the continent.

    G3PYC I found SD very helpful for a geriatric operator

    G3RCV Great contest. Not as much activity as last year. Skip went very long at the end!

    G3SDC/P (op G8VHI) Rather a good contest this year. I was back on form. Condx took a nose dive as soon as it got dark

    G3SHF Thoroughly enjoyed the contest again.

    G3SJJ At about 1600 I suffered downright deliberate jamming again from the SSTVers. First with SSTV signals then a recording of my CQs. I thought 3749.7 would be clear off them but obviously proved wrong!

    G3SVD My best attempt at AFS so far. Had some trouble with serious jamming from about 15:50. Some Dutch speaking stations (no callsigns) came out of the noise as skip lengthened and started by saying "no contest on this frequency , qsy". I ignored them, later they started playing my own audio back on top of me, then a recording of a jammer and finally some SSTV. Eventually I just had to move. Soon after that the background noise level increased from S5 to S9+ until just after sunset. When that had subsided the skip went very long and I worked a good number of GMs, including MM3s, and european stns. Overall an enjoyable contest.

    G3SVL TRIED A LOW DIPOLE (30FT) AND IT REALLY SEEMED TO WORK - FIRST TIME I'VE BROKEN THE 250 Q's. PROPOGATION CHANGE JUST AFTER 17:00 PLAYED TO MY BENEFIT AS GM'S WERE THEN MUCH STRONGER. USED N1MM LOGGER FOR THE FIRST TIME - VERY IMPRESSED

    G3SWC Band conditions faded abt 1700!

    G3TBK GOOD SIGNALS FROM GM QUITE EARLY. HARD WORK AROUND 1700 BUT PICKED UP NEAR END. CONTEST IMPROVES EACH YEAR - MUST HAVE BEEN A RECORD ENTRY, OR I WOULD'T HAVE MADE MY HIGHJEST SCORE!

    G3TKF Never heard a band so suddenly switched off - Nearly went to look at the aerial to see if it had come down !

    G3YIQ The last hour was hard work!

    G3ZBU Plenty of stations active. Great fun.

    G3ULT/P (op M3NDP) Dan is only 12 and it was his first RSGB contest. He had a fantastic time. I think he is now hooked on SSB contests. Dan did all the operating during the contest. The last hour was very slow but we had lots of fun. I was supervising Dan during the contest, Tom G0VQR.

    G3VER (op M3KIZ, M3LFZ) This was the first HF contest for two new M3s under the local supervision of Brian G3YKB and remote support of Peter G4HSO. They had great fun and will be back next time!

    G3VLX Everything was going well - held 1 frequency and over 100 Qs in first hour - then linear failed and had to run 100w barefoot for 3 hours with mainly S & P!

    G3VYI POPPED ON AND WORKED A FEW!

    G3WRR Hard work - especially in the last hour when the skip had gone very long!

    G3YEC CW is my favourite mode but did this for RNARS !! lOTS OF SIGNALS BUT NOT HELPED BY MY NEIGHBOUR COMING OVER HALFWAY THROUGH TO SAY GOOD BYE AS THEY WERE OFF to the States that night so missed a whole chunk in the middle. Plenty very loud signals !!

    G3ZGC Not bad considering. But the band is not wide enough for this!

    G4AIU The band was very crowded-I ended AFS at 1617 UTC. Preferred the CW contest. Used SD V12.08 - no problems. Would prefer this contest to be held on a Sunday.

    G4BUO Skip went very long at the end

    G4CUS A GREAT CONTEST. MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT ENTERING ONE. COULDN'T FIND A FREQUENCY TO CALL CQ ON UNTIL THE FINAL HOUR SO WAS POUNCING ON OTHERS FOR MOST OF THE TIME. MIGHT BE AN IDEA TO LIMIT THE TIME ON 1 FREQUENCY TO ONE OR TWO HOURS TO GIVE OTHERS A CHANCE.

    G4CWH Propagation changed amazingly towards the end with all short skip disappearing altogether. Never heard this before so early in the evening. Those stations that regularly lead the table should be spot checked to ensure 26dBW not being exceeded.

    G4CZB Dramatic change in skip distance around 17.00

    G4DBL QRN and QRM meant a slow start. Amazing how the short skip suddenly disappeared for the last hour or so!

    G4DDX WONDERED WHY IT WAS HARD WORK BEING HEARD FOR FIRST HOUR AND HALF THEN FOUND RIT IN AND WAY OFF FREQ. BAND CHANGED BETWEEN 4.30 - 5 AND STATIONS JUST DISAPPEARED. VERY CROWDED. ENJOYED MYSELF

    G4DFI Made about the same number of QSOs as usual. Must get SD up and running so I can log straight to the PC

    G4EBK First two hours went well then the skip changed and it took a big effort not to switch off.

    G4EKT GOOD CONTEST UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS. FIRST PAPERLESS CONTEST USING SD

    G4EOF Better luck next year.

    G4FBS Band noise for the last hour was horrendous. Skip changed too so that only GM's were strong.

    G4FCN Hard Going !!

    G4FNL Interesting rapid change in propagation in last 30 mins of the contest- It all went very quiet. I used SD for logging.

    G4GZB Busy -but good!

    G4HHJ Only managed a limited time of operation but hope to be back with more time next year.

    G4HSO My first time in this contest. Enjoyed it very much and will be back.

    G4KLF I used SD for logging - it's great. HARD TO FIND A SPACE FOR A RUN.

    G4OGB Many 'grotty' signals ...... it's past time linears were banned.

    G4RCD First hour was great after slightly slow start. Propagation changed towards the end with only far North of G and GM stations audible along with a few big local signals making for terrible rates at the end. Overall it was good fun and over 50% up on last year!

    G4RFR FB CONTEST

    G4TPO/P Thanks to the helpful operators before the start.

    G4TSH Hard work this one, lots of local QRN made copy of the weak ones difficult. Lots of duplicate callers too!

    G4TZR HARD WORK WITH ONLY 15W FROM MY HOMEBREW STAR.

    G4VTO good and very enjoyable

    G4WGE Dire - 4 hours of calling and being told to try later due to being a weak signal,local QRM or splatter! This QTH clearly doesn't work on 80m SSB.

    G4YTV ENJOYED THE CONTEST - NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT !

    G7HCL SD - great logging programme for this type of contest. Enjoyable contest

    G7SOZ/P Thanks to G3PDH for the loan of his shack!

    G7TWC/P Hard work, as always

    G7VRK Found it hard work - lots of stations there. Late start didn't help

    G8ATO USED THE SD LOG FOR THE FIRST TIME. LOT OF LOCAL QRM BUT HAD A GREAT TIME

    G8FMH good fun

    GM0ELP Very busy. Big signals, lots of g3s. Enjoyed contest - SD worked well

    GM3JKS Better conditions than in recent years

    GM3WIJ Hard to work into G

    GM3WUX This contest doesn't work well from up here. It wasn't until about 16:30 that I could hold a frequency and start running QSO's.

    GM4AFF Got so fed up with not getting heard that I went and had lunch at 1430 and came back again an hour later.

    GM4OBD First attempt at computer logging! SD seems to work well but need to practise typing! Gave up calling CQ as I couldn't find VOX delay setting

    GM4TVB Computer gave up at QSO No 6!

    GW0GEI Re-hung the dipole after the mid-week winds and re-tuned the vertical for ssb, but did not use it as low dipole was always better even on Europeans. Activity seemed down but plenty of G7,G1,M3 and 2E stations about. Duped mostly by G3 stations who really must get their act together !

    GW3PRL Yet again it was utter BEDLAM!!!! This contest should be changed either to 100w MAX or split into two sections - High & Low power. I am convinced some of the contesting stations were running multi kW outputs. Very pleased to use SD logging again, all very fb.

    M0AEU Only managed the last 80 minutes! Very noisy at end

    M0BPQ Came on to give a few points away, and the band went away as well!

    M0CES too noisy, too busy!

    M0FRS BAND OPEND AT 4PM AND DIED AT 5PM

    M0MCX I should have been sponsored by Kleenex and Vick! AFS with flu - Ugh! But great fun AFS'ers. Some rotter switched on the high angle absorption catcher at 5:00. Don't do it again! Naughty!

    M0MDF VERY NOISY BAND BUT GOOD TO GET BACK INTO CONTESTING AGAIN

    M0MYC THINGS WENT WELL FOR FIRST 2 HOURS, THEN DROPPED OFF. GOOD CONTEST!

    M0PTO First SSB contest so quite a shock but great fun.

    M0RNE Missed the first 1.25 hours!

    M0SOX first contest entry. Very enjoyable.

    M0SPC Frantic at first. good fun! tnx for all QSOs. Used SD very effectively

    M0SSR FIRST TIME FOR SD AND FIRST CLUB COMP. VERY GOOD.

    M0TIF Most enjoyable contest - thanks to all involved in running it

    M1ANT First AFS entry. I enjoyed it thoroughly!

    M1PTR My first solo contest - great fun! Couldn't have kept up the pace without SD

    M3OAF This is my first contest

    M3TFX Towards the end of the contest there was a lot of QRM

    M3ZGC Just a brief entry.

    MM0BCR Contest was good fun

    MM3IVG very busy. plenty G3 stations. sd easy to use