Entries were slightly up for this contest over 2001 - largely due to the resurgence in portable contesting possible after the foot & mouth outbreak of 2001, although stations found activity quite low and conditions poor. In spite of this, some good DX was worked, including QSOs over 900 km.
Reg Wooley, G8VHI won out over Roger Piper, G3MEH in the single operator section with a cleaner log and longer distance QSOs, and Gordon Wyatt, GW8ASA/P won out over Geoff Morris, GW1ATZ/P in a similar way in the single operator portable section. In the All Others section, the Parallel Lines Contest Group won easily, with a fairly closely fought competition for 2nd place being taken by the Colchester Contest Group, M1CRO/P in spite of some time out due to an EHT failure in the amplifier.
Top honours in the Low Power Single Antenna award stakes went to Graham Coyne, G3YJR, and James Beatwell, 2E1GUA takes the leading Intermediate award.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ
Single Operator Fixed Section Pos Call Points Loc QSOs Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8VHI 14689 IO92FM 56 100 2 x 23Y DK0BN 708 2* G3MEH 12847 IO91QS 61 250 2 x 23Y DF2VJ 599 3 G0GCI 4085 JO01ED 28 100 2 x 21Y DL0VR 464 4 G1KHX 2465 IO81MI 17 120 19Y PA6NL 493 5* G3YJR 2455 IO93FJ 13 10 19Y PI4ZLD 422 6* 2E1GUA 1228 JO01FS 16 10 19Y GW8ASA/P276 7 G4LRT 47 IO92LJ 1 10 2 x 18Y G8OHM/P 47 Single Operator Portable Section Pos Call Points Loc QSO Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* GW8ASA/P 6424 IO81FP 33 50 23Y DJ8SP 703 2* GW1ATZ/P 3150 IO82KW 20 10 18Y G8P 367 3 G4APJ/P 1290 IO94MJ 6 25 21Y G4RFR/P 404 All Others Section Pos Call Points Loc QSO Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G8P 68720 JO01QD 179 400 8 x 21Y + 38Y OK1KHI 921 2* M1CRO/P 37783 JO01PU 122 400 4 x 21Y DK2GR 728 3 G5B 35050 JO03CE 105 400 8 x 28Y +8x21Y DF4UE 815 4 M6V 32686 IO94RJ 74 400 4 x 28Y DF4UE 934 5 G8OHM/P 8031 IO92GB 46 400 4 x 19Y DK2MN 598 6 G4RFR/P 5376 IO80UU 37 400 QLY M6V 411 7 G4LOO/P 3711 IO91RU 23 200 3 x 36Y DL2DAO/P557