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    Radio Society of Great Britain. Official HF Contest Results

    Results, Ropoco 1 2009

    Posn Callsign
    Score
    1*GW3SQX650
    2*G3KAF620
    *G3BJ620
    4*G4DJX610
    5GM3POI600
    *G3ZGC600
     G4ARI600
    *G4FNL600
    9G5LP590
    10G4EBK580
    *G4RCG580
    12*G3LIK570
     G3VIP570
     GW0ETF570
    15G4FAL560
    16*G3LDI530
    *GM4SID530
     G0LZL530
    19G4BVY510
     G4OGB510
     G0PSE510
    22*G4LMW500
    23G4CKH480
     G0ADH480
    25*G3JJZ470
     G4XPE470
     M0RYB470
    28G3RSD460
     G4BXT460
     G4WGE460
    *M0NQN460
    32G3LHJ450
     G3JRM450
    34G4FKH440
    *G0IBN440
    36G4DDX430
    37G4ERW420
     G0WBC420
    39MM0DFZ390
    40G3IGU380
    41*G4FUI320
    42GM8OEG290
    43*G3OLB280
     G4AIU280
     G6CSY280
    46G4OOC260
    47M0CNP240
    48*G3GLL220
     G3GMM220
    50*G3XYF100
    51*G0FYX50

    * = Error-free log
    First Ropoco Contest 2009

    This year's contest is notable for two reasons, a good proportion of first time entrants and a bumper crop of error-free logs, 19 in total.  With the usual selection of weird and corrupted postcodes being circulated, the latter statistic may indicate that many decided to concentrate on accuracy rather than speed.  One common error this year was the 'correcting' of an character back to what it had been at the start.  Some codes were corrupted, corrected, then corrupted again!

    In first place by a clear margin, and with one of those 19 error-free logs, is Ed Taylor GW3SQX who wins the Verulam Silver Jubilee trophy and the certificate for the highest placed perfect log.

    Over the last few years, a common theme to comments from entrants has been the lack of stations to work in the second hour.  In response to this, both RoPoCo contests in 2010 will be reduced to 90 minutes, but note that the start time of 0800 UTC is unchanged.  As an interesting exercise, a table with just the contacts made by this year's entrants in the first 90 minutes was compared with their total from the full two hours.  The number of contacts made in the last 30 minutes varied from none to ten, and the truncated table does show some big differences in the top ten positions, reflecting that even some of the higher-placed entrants found the last quarter quite profitable.  Maybe the comments will be 'too short' next year!

    John Cockrill G4CZB


    SOAPBOX:


    G0ADH
    Last quarter seemed a bit quieter than usual.

    G0FYX
    Only able to take part for a short time.  Super Duper SD logging program works well

    G0IBN
    i always enjoy this contest although i would have prefered it to be busyer

    G0LZL
    sd performed well. thanks Paul for free logging software

    G0PSE
    My first ROPOCO contest – very enjoyable.  As usual SD worked fine – but I must have done  something wrong  with SDCHECK - but Paul rescued me.

    G0WBC
    a great contest that concentrates the mind as usual.  got very quiet in the last half hour,even thought about shooting off to ASDA but managed to resist the temptation!

    G3BJ
    Seemed rather a shortage of activity

    G3GLL
    Sorry could only do the first half-hour.  SD worked fine

    G3GMM
    TS530S + Doublet

    G3JJZ
    Paper on-air log then SD post-contest for Cabrillo  Found clear CQ freqs but very poor response.  Good to hear a number of recent callsigns.

    G3JRM (G4RLS)
    good to hear so many sunday early risers mostly old favourites with a smattering of newer (to me) calls the usual changing early spring propagation to keep the edge worked everyone I could hear though a real struggle towards the end sd great as always

    G3LDI
    Very slow, not much activity in this contest. Some very strange postcodes about!  Enjoyable however as it does keep the brain active more than usual.

    G3LHJ
    njoyable as ever condx good nice to meey the usual gang cu in #2 de Derrick G3LHJ

    G3LIK
    Some good conditions. Nice to hear some new calls. Not that many stations about during the test as normal  Good to have SD for logging

    G3OLB
    Only came on for half an hour - Who was at SY22 6BE??

    G3VIP
    RIG IC7000 40W - 40M ENDFED LW - Homebrew logger  Makes a change instead of laying in bed. Enjoyed test, rate slowed in last hour.

    G3ZGC
    Rig IC7700 200w to 132 ft wire wrapped into 55 ft long garden.  Conditions were good and it sounded busier than normal.

    G4AIU
    SD performed very well.  A very friendly contest with plenty of surprises.

    G4ARI
    A slower pace reflecting the need for accurancy, but still great fun

    G4BVY
    Excellent timing - contest ended as Malaysian GP started !

    G4BXT
    Surfaced, bleary eyed after a night session in the SPDX Test! Fortunately, ROPOCO very relaxed and enjoyable. First one I have ever entered. Looking forward to No. 2  SD worked a dream.

    G4CKH
    After the first 45 mins it was hard going.

    G4DDX
    High pylon noise here but the same score as last year. Bit slow in last hour. Enjoyed contest and still
     had time to go sailing afterwards. Used SD as usual which made logging so easy.

    G4DJX
    First entry for 22 years.  Really enjoyed it.  Used SD - worked nicely.

    G4EBK
    First hour FB second hour a bit thin on the ground.

    G4FAL
    It would be interesting to have some examples of the multiple postcode corruptions that occur during the contest - but omitting callsigns.  It was good that some newer users of cw were prepared to have a go.

    G4FNL
    I got up an hour earlier than needed. (I forgot about the clock change!) The overall QSO rate was slow and I suspect that I have an aerial problem to fix.  Thanks to all for the QSO's. It was fun swapping the various mutilated postcodes

    G4FUI
    Good fun as usual, good condx in first hour

    G4LMW
    Great fun. My first ROPOCO. Got my Postcode back pretty quickly. One odd code in particular was doing the rounds!

    G4OGB
    Steady stream until last 20 mins.  SD worked fine.

    G4OOC
    Enjoyed this session very much  SD performed faultlessly great help would recommend SD to all

    G4RCG
    1st hour was good and then went to a snails pace wish a few more would get on to do this test, its one of the most fun tests in the calender, did not hear any novice calls at all which was disapointing. SD worked great as usual

    G4WGE
     Despite the contest reflector comment - this contest ain't broke and doesn't need fixing. In fact perfect timing this session.  Finish the contest then watch the Malaysian Grand Prix.

    G4XPE
    Sorry but I think I sent my old postcode DE73 1HA on the first qso  Rig IC-720  Power 100w RF output  Antenna trap dipole inverted vee apex 3.81 meters agl

    G6CSY
    My 1st ROPOCO!  Shame I did not get my own postcode back though

    GW0ETF
    Slow as usual but still an enjoyable contest

    M0CNP
    First entry into RoPoCo and found it very challenging...never knew there were such a variety of postcodes...unless I copied them wrongly!!! Will definitely do RoPoCo2 later in the year

    M0NQN
    Good conditions  But level of activity appeared low

    MM0DFZ
    Good practise for an amateur Amateur!