Wow! That was how some entrants summed up this contest. An intense aurora occurred during Saturday night and early Sunday morning, which produced some excellent DX. Activity levels were also high, helped by the IARU 2m contest that coincides with this contest. One station remarked that finding a clear frequency was problematic at times.
Some stations reported problems with the signals from local stations. The problems in all but one case were cleared up by a polite 'chat' with the other station to inform them that their signal may be at fault - remember the problem could lie in your receiver or preamplifier.
Congratulations to the Blacksheep Contest Group, G8T, for winning the multi-operator section and hence the Mitchell-Milling Trophy. They just managed to stay ahead of the Colchester Contest Group, G0VHF/P, who are the runners-up in this section.
Congratulations to Allan Duncan, GM4ZUK/P, who managed to accumulate a massive score to win the Single Operator (Others) section. Gordon Wyatt, GW8ASA/P, was the runner-up.
Finally, congratulations to Andy Cook, G4PIQ, who operated for only about 10 hours in this contest to win the Single Operator (Fixed Station) section. Roger Piper, G3MEH, was the runner-up.
The Thorogood trophy is this year awarded to Allan Duncan, GM4ZUK/P.
As usual, the winners and runners-up of each section will receive certificates. Certificates are also awarded to G3YJR (single operator fixed station 25W to a single antenna), to 2E1GUA (leading intermediate station) and to PE1EWR and F/G4DDL/P (leading overseas stations).
Ian, G0FCT
Single Operator Fixed Station Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* G4PIQ JO01MU 357 134766 OH5LK 1867 400 3x15+2x9 FT1000MP+Tvtr 2* G3MEH IO91QS 257 68863 DK2GR 851 400 2x10el IC275E+HLV-1200 3* PE1EWR JO11SL 97 35135 OK1ORA 710 80 10el TS790E+HL85V 4 MW1MFY IO81FL 138 33507 HB9/EA2URE 894 400 9el IC706+Amp 5 G4BRK IO91DP 33 19734 LY2BIL 1820 50 9el FT100D 6* G3YJR IO93FJ 36 7801 GM0HTT 643 2.5 9el FT290 7 G4XPE IO92GU 27 6327 PA6C 520 25 10el FT736R 8 G0TPK IO91RS 22 4424 F1DLT 635 25 9el FT290 9* 2E1GUA JO01FR 29 4361 LX/PE1BBI 438 10 13el IC706 Single Operator (Others) Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* GM4ZUK/P IO86RW 359 245494 OH5LK 1747 400 4x13el TS940+Tempo 2002 2* GW8ASA/P IO81FP 102 23927 F4CIB/P 895 200 7el FT847+linear 3 G0JLF/P IO81SG 61 14307 DL6AM 782 400 12el TS830+Tvtr 4* F/G4DDL/P JN38JA 39 7477 PA6NL 480 25 5ZL FT736R 5 M0BPQ/P IO70RK 21 6548 PA6NL 627 25 9el FT847 Multi-operator Pos Group Call Locator QSOs Score Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* Blacksheep CG G8T JO01KJ 676 250737 YL3AG 1619 400 4x10+2x10 JST245+Tvtr 2* Colchester CG of Colchester RA G0VHF/P JO01PU 581 234722 OH5LK 1854 400 4x9+12el FT1000MP+Tvtr 3 Five Bells CG G5B JO03CE 494 197916 EW6FS 1745 400 6x12+4x12 TS950SD+Tvtr 4 Reigate ATS G5LK/P JO01OC 422 140274 F6EPH/P 933 400 4x10el TS2000+3CX800 5 G0GRI & Co G0GRI/P IO91BJ 416 112595 EA2CN 909 400 2x13+4x9 TS780+TR7000+amp 6 Mudhoppers Contest and G4Z JO03AE 294 108161 LY2BIL 1652 400 2x12el IC910+3CX800 Expedition Group 7 Three Spires CG G4HRY/P IO93UK 366 104746 HB9/EA2URE 878 400 18+4x3el FT221R+GS31 8 Torbay ARS G8NJA/P IO80DQ 216 64429 HB9/EA2URE 863 180 2x17el FT736R+SR200 9 Bracknell ARC G4BRA/P IO91PK 173 50339 DG3FK 864 400 17el FT1000MP+Tvtr 10 Cambridge & DARC G2XV/P JO02CE 185 49212 DL0GTH 753 250 2x17el FT225RD+NAG 11 Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC GM2T IO85RU 127 47323 OM0C 1638 110 2x14+2x17 FT1000MP+Tvtr 12 Herstmonceux Megacycles CG G3YNN JO00EU 122 29037 DL0GTH 733 100 12el TR751E 13 Newquay & DARS G4ADV/P IO70JH 107 27474 F4CIB/P 928 200 8/8 FT225+linear * Certificate Winner