1st 1997 144MHz Backpackers Contest Fine weather and good conditions were enjoyed by the majority of the stations in this contest. However, many stations complained at the lack of continental DX. The standard of logging was generally good. Thank you for the electronic entries, they really help adjudicate this contest. Congratulations to "One man and his dog" contest group, G8NWM/P for winning the 10W multi-operator section, to GW4IDF/P for winning the 3W multi-operator section, to GW8ZRE/P for winning the 10W single operator section and finally to G0GRI/P for winning the 3W single operator section. Congratulations also to the runner-up in each section. Ian, G0FCT 10W Multi-op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Eqpt 1 G8NWM/P IO92TR 100 74 19703 1458022 DF2VJ 634 10 2x12EL FT736 2 GW7TQR/P IO81KW 106 61 16331 996191 PA3FJY 649 10 2x7EL FT726R 3 M0AFC/P IO84SA 89 55 16594 912670 GJ8RVT/P 533 10 7EL IC706 4 G0KYS/P IO91HI 81 61 11316 690276 GM4ZUK/P 626 10 8EL TS9130 5 G8PNN/P IO95BF 49 43 10888 468184 G0MSA/P 500 10 2x17EL TS700S 6 G1SYT/P JO02RB 42 48 8347 400656 GM4ZUK/P 600 10 9EL IC821H 7 G4FUR/P IO91WH 55 42 5828 244776 MM0ACG/P 481 10 10EL IC251E 8 GJ8RVT/P IN89WF 25 32 5826 186432 M0AFC/P 533 10 5EL FT480 3W Multi-op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Eqpt 1 GW4IDF/P IO82KA 75 53 10184 539752 GM4ZUK/P 436 3 17EL IC202 2 GM7TKA/P IO86RG 44 46 11634 535164 GU3EUV 728 3 9EL TR751E 3 GW0SYG/P IO71QS 34 38 8315 315970 GM4ZUK/P 590 3 17EL TR9130 4 GM4UYZ/P IO85RU 31 38 6139 233282 G0GRI/P 514 3 14EL IC706 5 M1BAR/P IO83XG 54 38 6048 229824 GM7TKA/P 390 2.5 7EL FT290 6 G1WKS/P JO01BH 45 43 4796 206228 MM0ACG/P 484 3 13EL FT290 7 G6TTL/P JO01MD 29 31 4314 133734 G0EMG/P 376 2.5 9EL FT290 10W Single op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Eqpt 1 GW8ZRE/P IO83JF 101 68 16486 1121048 GM0ULK/P 475 10 7EL TR751E 2 G3WZR/P IO91BJ 81 60 10505 630300 GM7TKA/P 539 10 8EL FT736R 3 G0SOO/P IO91SE 78 60 9875 592500 GM4ZUK/P 654 10 9EL TR751E 4 G0PQF/P JO02HV 47 47 8762 411814 GM4ZUK/P 492 10 9EL IC251E 5 G0HDV/P IO93SN 43 46 7625 350750 GM4ZUK/P 398 10 7EL TR751E 6 G7OMO/P IO81QD 42 45 6177 277965 GM4ZUK/P 644 10 10EL TR9000 3W Single op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Eqpt 1 G0GRI/P IO81QF 83 62 13969 866078 GM4ZUK/P 634 3 9EL TR751E 2 G8JAY/P IO91AW 63 56 9085 508760 GM4ZUK/P 556 3 17EL IC202S 3 G8NSZ/P IO91AU 68 52 9279 482508 PA3FJY 571 2.5 9EL FT290 4 GW0PZO/P IO83JF 70 51 9003 459153 GM4ZUK/P 415 3 5EL IC706 5 GW7LQD/P IO82KW 59 52 8642 449384 GM4ZUK/P 446 2.5 2x9EL FT290 6 G1JDM/P IO90SV 54 45 7571 340695 MM0ACG/P 518 3 9EL IC202S 7 GI7JYK/P IO74DT 25 35 9255 323925 G7MHZ/P 582 3 9EL FT290 8 G4MD/P IO81PH 38 38 4989 189582 MM0ACG/P 468 2.6 5EL FT290 9 GU6AJE/P IN89RM 21 31 6042 187302 MM0ACG/P 658 3 10EL IC202S 10 G0TYM/P IO94MJ 27 32 4091 130912 G1PEL/P 362 2.5 HB9CV FT290 11 G4FAA/P JO01AG 36 31 3595 111445 MM0ACG/P 487 2.2 8EL FT290 12 G0VUT/P JO01RJ 21 27 3616 97632 DF2VJ 451 2.5 7EL FT290 13 G3NKS/P IO81XU 31 27 2583 69741 MM0ACG/P 398 2 HB9CV FT290 14 G7WJK/P IO83RU 10 16 1369 21904 GW7TQR/P 217 2.5 6EL FT290