1st 1997 50MHz Backpackers Contest Several stations commented on the strength of the wind and giant hail stones during this contest. One station had the misfortune of having the mast fall down three times. Very little Es was evident until the last half hour of the contest. One point to note when submitting computer generated logs. If you generate the log by entering the data after the contest, please make sure that the correct date and more importantly the TIME of each QSO is correct. Congratulations to the Jersey ARS, GJ8RVT/P for winning the 10W multi-operator section, to G0RMX/P for winning the 3W multi-operator section, to G8JAY/P for winning the 10W single operator section and to GW0PZO/P for winning the 3W single operator section. Congratulation also to the runners-up in each section. Ian, G0FCT 10W Multi-op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1 GJ8RVT/P IN89WF 60 26 16852 438152 SP6ASD 1371 10 9EL IC706 2 G4DBL/P IO91JB 30 24 6914 165936 OE5XBL 1094 10 5EL FT-ONE+Spectrum tvtr 3W Multi-op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1 G0RMX/P IO82TC 70 20 9785 195700 9A5Y 1598 1 5EL FT690 2 G1WKS/P JO01BH 52 16 4561 72976 GD4IOM 449 3 5EL IC505 10W Single op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1 G8JAY/P IO91AW 64 27 12151 328077 9A5Y 1563 8 5EL TS130+Mutek tvtr 2 GD7KHG/P IO74SF 17 17 9878 167926 IW5BQT 1671 10 5EL TS680S 3 GW7TQR/P IO81KW 70 12 8418 101016 G0EMG/P 323 10 HB9CV FT726 4 G0SOO/P IN69WU 8 9 10727 96543 SP6ASD 1633 10 5EL TS690 5 M0AFC/P IO84SA 33 10 2988 29880 G7NSZ/P 287 10 3EL IC706 6 G8GSQ/P IO91GI 18 10 1892 18920 G0EMG/P 344 10 DIPOLE IC505 7 G4MPK/P IO91GI 22 9 1952 17568 M0BAA/P 150 10 HB9CV IC726S 3W Single op Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Pts Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1 GW0PZO/P IO83ID 32 12 3056 36672 G0RDI/P 344 2.5 3EL FT690 2 G4MD/P IO82TB 31 9 2136 19224 G4SIV/P 203 2.5 3EL FT690 3 G4FAA/P JO01CJ 14 7 839 5873 M1BCG/P 180 3 3EL IC726