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    Radio Society of Great Britain. Official HF Contest Results

    Results, Ropoco 2 2011

    PositionCallsignScore
    1*G4RCD510
    2G3VMW510
    3G4RCG500
    4*G3KAF490
    4G3TBK490
    4G5LP490
    7*G0LZL480
    7G3MZV480
    7G4FNL480
    10G3UJE470
    11*G3LET460
    11*G3ZGC460
    11G3ZVW460
    14*G4EBK440
    14G3OLB440
    14G3XTT440
    17G3LIK430
    17G4DDX430
    19G3JJZ420
    19G3KNU420
    19G4LMW420
    22G3LDI410
    22G4BVY410
    22M0RYB410
    25G3VIP400
    26G3RFH390
    26M0NQN390
    28G3SWC380
    29G4OGB370
    29G4XPE370
    31GM3JKS360
    32G4BLI340
    33G3YHV320
    34G3HEJ310
    35G3YMC270
    35G3ZRJ270
    35G4OSB270
    35GM4WZG270
    39*G4BJM230
    39G0TZZ230
    41G0DHZ220
    42G0IBN210
    43G3TKF190
    44G0GDU180
    45GM4OSS170
    46G6CSY150
    47G3XYF120
    48*G3GLL110

    * = Error-free log

    Second Ropoco Contest 2011

    The second of the two RoPoCo contests being held at a popular time for holidays usually results in a slightly lower turnout than the first event and this year was no different. There were just 48 entries and a further 23 callsigns appearing in the logs, five of whom submitted checklogs.

    In joint first place are Mark Capstick G4RCD and Stephen Wilson G3VMW with equal scores of 510 points. Mark’s log contained no errors so he is awarded the G3XTJ Memorial Trophy for the highest placed most accurate log. There were only 8 logs with no errors.

    Graham Bubloz G4FNL retains the G5MY Trophy for the highest aggregate score over the two 2011 RoPoCo contests by a narrow margin, just 20 points.

    The mean error rate was 2.3 per log, slightly worse than last year’s CW event. The majority of errors were in received post code with a handful of ‘not in log’ and incorrectly logged RST. A postal code from a French station of ‘56000’ seemed to cause confusion and a host of errors as it was passed on. Disappointing this time were a number of logs where parts of the tabulated information were just not there, this would have been easily spotted by even a casual check of the submitted log. The return email from the robot gives the opportunity to double check that the log sent has been received for adjudication with 100% accuracy, entrants would be advised to open the attachment and view it. The robot is limited in the type of errors it can flag up. Don’t assume that a lack of warnings means nothing amiss.

    There were also a few instances where there appeared to be post-event modifications of the Cabrillo log which showed a different 'sent' code to the one actually sent. These were not further penalised as these logs contained other errors but it would not be possible to award an error-free log status where the submitted log was not 100% accurate.

    Thanks to G3VQO, GM4SID, G7TWC, M0SAR and F9KP for their useful checklogs.

    John Cockrill G4CZB
     


    SOAPBOX:

    G0DHZ
    1st ropoco after 7 years

    G0GDU
    FT1000 100w IN W3DZZ @ 29FT above ground Good CONDX with some QSB and QRM in last 30 mins - had a short power cut for 15 mins Received some postcodes more than once including a corrupted version of my own

    G0IBN
    always enjoyable rather than a drag like some contests

    G0TZZ
    Messy start but eventually got into the swing of it I think

    G3GLL
    Had to leave early !

    G3HEJ
    Enough stations today but only one GM & 'NIL GW' Stns hrd/wkd

    G3JJZ
    Another fun session. Shame that some sigs were down into the local noise level. That gets worse every year!

    G3KAF
    Enjoyable as always.

    G3LDI
    As usual a good test of copying ability. I think I made a few errors - the QSB and poor band conditions are my excuse! I received some weird postcodes and it forces us to slow down somewhat. Great fun pity more don't try it CW of course.

    G3LET
    Very hard going this time - seemed to be well down the pecking order when calling which I did most of the time. A lot more PCs came round 2 or more times than I remember in the past. I was tempted to call a couple of OZs who were calling CQ test at least one of which was heard making a postcode-like exchange (but thought better of it!)

    G3LIK
    Good conditions with some fading at the end Nice to hear a lot of familiar calls Nice to have ROPOCO on CW far less QRM pity about SSB

    G3MZV
    What a super little contest! It was nice to hear a few QRS pump handle keys. This kind of contest surely encourages to newcommer to contesting. I have never had my PC back.

    G3OLB
    A pleasant 90 minutes sending nothing but rubbish!

    G3RFH
    Very poor conditions. Few workable stations heard.
    G3TBK
    Not much activity. If it is OK to run the SSB event in the evening why do HFCC flatly refuse to try the CW at a more convenient time? Postcodes even more distorted than normal! FT1000MP 100 Watts to dipole at 75 feet lot of regulars missing

    G3TKF
    Ist ROPOCO – will give it a better go next time!

    G3UJE
    K3 + dipole at 90'.

    G3VIP
    RIG IC7000 100W - Dipole - Homebrew logger Poor condx QSB band noisy at times some regulars missing.

    G3VMW
    This contest would benefit from a 19z start time like the SSB version. There are simply too few people active at 0700z on a Sunday morning making QSOs very sparse at times.

    G3XTT
    Deep QSB between here and GM. Sri about keying problems for first few mins.

    G3YHV
    First try at ROPOCO - used 20 watts xtal controlled with a valve!

    G3YMC
    A fairly brief entry. Conditions somewhat noisy and QSB on many signals. The usual crop of mangled postcodes including my own with its first letter chopped off. But I cannot guarantee to have copied them all OK Certainly keeps you on your toes!

    G3ZGC
    Rig IC7700 set to 100w to 132 ft or wire wrapped into 55 ft long garden. It seemed like less on this year. Two GM stations could not hear me. All keying done using the electronic key as the PC's Morse was so bad! But enjoyable fun. But I got my Postcode back wrong many times!

    G3ZRJ
    Sorry for repeating one code (HG27EE) twice xyl talking so got a bit confused.

    G3ZVW
    Conditions OK, but activity low.

    G4BJM
    K2/100 Dipole

    G4BLI
    High local noise level but cw made it through!

    G4BVY
    Very noisy band. Activity seemed lower than usual. Is 90 minutes enough?!

    G4DDX
    Very noisy. Had to reprogram the brain after the EUHFC so made at least one mistake. Lost a GM station in the QSB but otherwise sigs not bad. Nearly got caught by one station giving a true RST. I used my paddle for keying as usual not the computer. Very enjoyable.

    G4EBK
    Seemed to be short on stations to work. Last half hour very noisy and with qsb made contacts difficult.

    G4LMW
    Hard work at times, but good fun as always. Must go to bed earlier the day before!

    G4OGB
    One QSO not counted as I hit 'backspace' instead of 'enter' losing the end character!!

    G4OSB
    Enjoyable throughout

    G4RCD
    Very enjoyable contest. Might try the SSB one next year too!

    G4RCG
    Good fun as always, just wish a few more people would try this contest.

    G4XPE
    Contest did not appear to be so well supported as usual - but nevertheless a very enjoyable contest.

    G6CSY
    Apologies to G0IBN - the QSB defeated me! Thought I heard GM3JKS but could not be sure in the QSB. One or two strange postcodes logged but not my own this time! Running 5W and a well-watered trap vertical.

    GM3JKS
    As usual some funny codes but didn't expect one quite so early as my second QSO. Only fair condx and some weak stations I was copying must have had higher local noise levels.

    GM4OSS
    Gave up after an hour not a lot of stns heard, most weak and a lot of QSB.

    GM4WZG
    From GM a daft time of day/year for an 80m contest but great fun all the same. Thanks to all those who took part or involved in organising/adjudicating. Especial thanks to those who strained to pull out us GM stations from the white noise !

    M0NQN
    Apology to G0LZL(1st QSO) who politely reminded me I wasn't in a "SPRINT"! Thereafter a very subdued 90 minutes – only livened up by RF getting into my bencher. Sorry to anyone I confused. Problem eventually solved by using a straight key for poco exchanges!