1997 50MHz Trophy Contest The format of this contest was changed for 1997 with the operating period being extended to 24 hours to coincide with the IARU 50MHz contest. Several periods of Sporadic-E and some meteor scatter bursts were noted in the logs with lots of DX available to most stations. One entrant commented that he had worked more countries in 24 hours in this contest than in the previous 9 years on VHF! The Northern Lights-A operating as GD4IOM topped the Multi-operator section from GD. They will receive the Telford Trophy. Also congratulations to GW4BVY/P for winning the Single Operator section (and hence the Six Metre Cup) for the fourth year running and to G4ZTR for winning the Single Operator (6 hour) section. Congratulation to the all of the runners-up in the various sections, you will also receive certificates. Ian, G0FCT Multi-operator section Pos Name Call Loc QSO Mult Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant 1 Northern Lights(A) GD4IOM IO74QD 657 168 484863 81456984 IC8/IK0FTA 2236 400 4x7+6el 2 Northern Lights(B) G0EMG/P IO94RJ 377 148 246234 36442632 CT3HF 2734 400 2x6+5el 3 Five Bells G4SIV/P JO03AD 498 131 225509 29541679 9H1BT 2224 400 35el 4 UIP CG GM0ICF/P IO85RW 185 109 220338 24016842 YT1AU 2032 80 6el 5 The Black Sheep CG M0BAA/P IO92NP 404 123 175451 21580473 UR4LL 2538 400 2x6el 6 Bristol CG M1BCG/P IO81TK 280 124 168570 20902680 YO7VJ 2095 250 7el 7 Red Rose ARG G0WMR IO83OP 180 100 161203 16120300 OH7MSH 2022 90 6el 8 Fareham + DARC G8KGI/P IO90MX 226 81 104784 8487504 RA3YO 2394 100 5el 9 G1KTZ IO70TM 104 77 106092 8169084 EU1AA 2198 50 5el 10 GW4VVX/P IO81KR 151 76 100506 7638456 EU1AA 2065 25 3el 11 Telford + DARS G6ZME/P IO82SM 202 91 78068 7104188 EW8DD 2149 400 5el 12 Bracknell ARC GBRA/P IO91PK 151 70 76219 5335330 OH8LAE 2129 50 5el 13 Dacorum ARTS G7RIH IO91RR 165 67 70218 4704606 OH8LAE 2095 100 5el 14 Wythall CG G1WAC IO92BJ 102 53 53322 2826066 OH6CS 1917 100 5el 15 Guildford + DRS G5RS/P IO91TF 135 49 35750 1751750 OH1AYQ 1841 100 6el Single operator section, 24 hour Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant 1 GW4BVY/P IO81NV 432 123 207130 25476990 UR2LL 2686 400 2x5el+5el 2 G4AEQ IO93PE 198 95 116390 11057050 EW8DD 2021 200 2x4el 3= GW0GEI IO73TG 142 79 103215 8153985 OH5NHI 2121 100 6el+8el 3= MM1BGI/P IO85RU 109 79 103215 8153985 YT1AU 2026 80 7el 5 G0AEV IO81WL 174 78 101730 7934940 EU1AA 2008 100 5el 6 G0SOO/P IN69WU 88 63 113039 7121457 OH3MF 2252 10 5el 7 G6FQZ IO91JR 105 65 71569 4651985 OH8LAE 2122 100 5el 8 G3FIJ JO01KV 36 38 19449 739062 OH6CS 1839 10 4el 9 G4IDF IO82VE 20 25 19115 477875 OH0AB 1629 12 4el 10 G4OBK IO94OF 22 27 15332 413964 ES2RW 1665 100 5el 11 2E1AQS IO91WP 21 25 10145 253625 OH0AB 1572 3 HB9CV 12 2U1FOA IN89RL 12 15 13981 209715 SP2NJG 1478 2.5 3el 13 G4OBE IO91WP 15 15 4324 64860 SM7VHS 1124 3 HB9CV Single operator section, 6 hour Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant 1 G4ZTR JO01KW 51 38 29913 1136694 OH5EK 1938 100 4el 2 G8ZRE IO83NE 49 39 27638 1077882 IS0/I2ADN 1689 10 5el 3 M1ABK IO92QO 71 28 17557 491596 I4CIL 1309 160 3el SWL section Pos Call Loc QSO Mult Points Total Best DX km Ant 1 BRS25429 IO93FX 103 77 85376 6573952 OH8LE 1936 5el Multi-operator section Pos Name Call Equipment 1 The Northern Lights - A GD4IOM FT650 + 3CX800 2 The Northern Lights - B G0EMG/P FT726R + 2x4CX250B 3 Five Bells G4SIV/P TS950SDX+TS850S+transverter+IC706+PA 4 UIP CG GM0ICF/P FT650 5 The Black Sheep CG M0BAA/P TS690+3-500Z Amp+Mast-head pre-amp 6 Bristol CG M1BCG/P FT736 7 Red Rose ARG G0WMR IC575H 8 Fareham + DARC G8KGI/P IC756 9 G1KTZ FT726R 10 GW4VVX/P IC706 11 Telford + DARS G6ZME/P TS690+3x4CX250B 12 Bracknell ARC GBRA/P TS680+BNOS PA 13 Dacorum ARTS G7RIH HT106 + HL166V 14 Wythall CG G1WAC IC706 15 Guildford + DRS G5RS/P FT726 + BNOS PA Single operator section, 24 hour Pos Call Equipment 1 GW4BVY/P TS850+transverter+2x4CB250B 2 G4AEQ TS690+4CX250B 3= GW0GEI IC575A 3= MM1BGI/P IC706 5 G0AEV IC706 6 G0SOO/P TS690 7 G6FQZ FT736R+HL166 PA 8 G3FIJ FT736 9 G4IDF FT101Z+FTV901R 10 G4OBK IC736 11 2E1AQS FT736 12 2U1FOA FT690 13 G4OBE FT736 Single operator section, 6 hour Pos Call Equipment 1 G4ZTR FT920 2 G8ZRE TFT690 3 M1ABK TS670+HL166V PA SWL section Pos Call Equipment 1 BRS25429 R8E + CONVERTER