Activity this year was extremely poor with a number of regulars being noticeable by their absence. In complete contrast, a number of entrants commented that tropospheric conditions were good with the beacons at reasonable strengths. During a sporadic E opening, S51DI managed to work 5 stations which had a major effect on the results.
Congratulations go to:
Useful check logs from G4XRV/P and G3VQO/P are acknowledged.
Roger, G4BVY
Single Operator Fixed (SF) Pos Call QSOs Score Mult Total Locator Power Ant ODX Kms 1 * G3UKV 13 3800 13 49400 IO82RR 50 5 ele S51DI 1486 2 * S51DI 5 6452 6 38712 JN76VL 100 8 ele EI3IO 1732 3 G3TCU 11 1456 10 14560 IO91QE 150 6 ele EI3IO 438 4 GM4DIJ 5 2403 6 14418 IO85IW 50 4 ele S51DI 1686 5 G3NKS 8 1331 10 13310 IO81XU 100 6 ele GM4DIJ 461 Multi Operator Fixed (M) Pos Call QSOs Score Mult Total Locator Power Ant ODX ODX 1 * G4RFR 8 1351 7 8365 IO90AS 90 2*12ele EI3IO 394 Comments from the entrants:
S51DI
Good opening, but only a few stations hrd/wkd. PA failure after 3rd QSO.
G3NKS
Poor activity - went to wash the car instead! Three hours far too long.
G3TCU
Tropo condx seemed promising, GB3ANG & GB3MCB above average. There was an Es
opening but no Slovenians heard (I did get a listener report from SP). Activity
very disappointing : no GM, GW or GI heard.
G3UKV
Saved by brief E's opening to S51 ! Hard slog rest of time. No GU/GI/GD/GW heard.
G4RFR
Band conditions very good - Angus Beacon (GB3ANG) IO86MN very clear. Activity
very poor (virtually non-existent) compared to last year and 1999.
G3VQO/P
I really wanted to play with my new FT847 so I drove up to the back of Boxhill.
Sadly, activity was not as high as I had hoped - I only heard the one station!!!