The third 144MHz Backpackers contest coincided with VHFNFD. Several of the entrants reported problems operating amongst the QRO NFD stations. However some good DX was still worked. At least most stations reported the weather as calm and sunny (apart from those in the South East of England).
Several stations reported minor problems or difficulties ranging from having to share their site with sheep and model rockets to having problems finding their site (and subsequently starting an hour late).
The standard of logging continues to be good with 5 perfect or near perfect logs received this time. However, one competitor insisted in logging all QSOs in BST rather than GMT (as required by the contest rules and your licence). Please check your timepieces before the contest.
Congratulations to Tim Boon, M0AFC for winning the 10W Single Operator section. Congratulations to Neill Taylor, G4HLX for winning the 3W Single Operator section. The 10W multi-operator section was won by the One Man and His Dog contest group, G8NWM/P. The 3W multi-operator section was won by GW5NF/P. Congratulations to both multi-operator section winners. All winners and runners-up will receive certificates.
Ian, G0FCT
10W Multi-Op Pos Group Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX Km Power Ant Equipment 1 One Man and His Dog CG G8NWM/P IO92TR 68 14535 33 479655 F5KMQ/P 883 10W 2x10el FT736R 2 Barpackers CG M1BAR/P IO83XH 66 12381 27 334287 F6KCP/P 616 10W 14el TR751E 3 Wigan Douglas Valley RC G3BPK/P IO83PN 55 10367 26 269542 F6KCP/P 666 10W 11el IC746 3W Multi-Op Pos Group Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX Km Power Ant Equipment 1 GW5NF/P IO81KR 74 16715 39 651885 EA2URE/P 978 2.5W 2x9el FT290 2 Malvern Hills "B" GW4IDF/PIO81NV 63 13658 32 437056 F6HTJ/P 1121 3W 17el IC202 3 G0HDV/P IO93UK 70 10885 23 250355 F5PQV/P 469 3W 13el TR751E 4 Mighty Potters M1LOL/P IO83VC 37 4927 20 98540 GM4ZUK/P 427 2.5W 9el FT290 10W Single Op Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX Km Power Ant Equipment 1 M0AFC/P IO84SA 110 25174 34 855916 DC6IA 711 10W 13el IC706 2 GW8ZRE/P IO83JA 127 23288 34 791792 OS4PRA/P 558 10W 7ZL TR751E 3 G0PQF/P JO01AX 57 13323 35 466305 F5KMQ/P 795 10W 9el FT847 4 G4RQI/P IO93DW 61 14958 30 448740 DK0BN 785 10W 10el IC746 5 M0BAO/P IO80LV 54 12284 28 343952 EA2URE 1106 10W 17el IC706 6 M1TAP/P IO82NM 52 8221 23 189083 OR4NOB 563 10W 9el TR751E 3W Single Op Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX Km Power Ant Equipment 1 G4HLX/P IO91FN 70 12844 34 436696 DK0BN 679 3W 13el K2+TVTR 2 G0BVW/P IO91SW 49 8129 27 219483 GM3POI 792 2.5W 9el FT290 3 G1WKS/P JO01ED 46 8014 25 200350 EI7M/P 499 3W 9el FT817 4 G8XQS/P IO95AF 35 9313 18 167634 G4LIP/P 505 2.5W 9el FT290 5 G1RVK/P IO92TR 20 2853 16 45648 PI4GN 478 2.5W 9el FT290 6 G0PZO/P IO93AF 3 145 4 580 GW8ZRE/P 87 2.5W 5Q FT290 * Certificate winner