The final Backpackers contest of 2002 attracted a bumper crop of entrants - 26 in all. Competition was fierce especially in the single operator sections. There was considerable DX available to be worked - if you could break through the 'QRM' of the higher power stations operating in the 2m Trophy contest that ran for the first three hours of this contest.
The standard of logging was very variable with an average point's loss of 6% per entrant. Eight entrants managed to produce perfect or near perfect logs - congratulations. At the other end of the scale, five entrants managed to lose over 12% of their score due to logging errors.
Congratulations to GW5NF/P for winning the 3W multi-operator section and to M0AFC/P for winning the 10W multi-operator section. In the single operator sections, congratulations go to David Warr, G4RQI/P for winning the 10W section and to Neill Taylor, G4HLX/P for winning the 3W section.
Ian, G0FCT
Multi-operator, 3W Pos Group Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX Km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW5NF/P IO81KR 62 11732 30 351960 DK0WD 699 2.5 2x9el FT290 2* Malvern Hills "B" GW4IDF/PIO81NV 45 10021 28 280588 F6KUP/P 653 3 17el IC202 3 G0HDV/P IO93SN 48 8377 18 150786 PA6C 447 3 4Q TR751E Multi-operator, 10W Pos Group Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX Km Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA 97 23601 33 778833 F6KPQ/P 678 10 13el FT847 2* One Man and his Dog CG G8NWM/P IO92TR 65 15470 38 587860 DL0GTH 803 10 2x10el FT736R 3 Wigan Douglas Valley RS G3BPK/P IO83PN 72 11614 29 336806 LX/PE1BBI 721 10 11el TS2000 4 G0TPH/P IO92IR 76 11906 27 321462 PA6C 512 10 4el FT847 Single Operator, 10W Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* G4RQI/P IO94JF 66 19124 37 707588 F8KTH/P 727 10 2x10el IC746 2* GW8ZRE/PIO83JA 88 16782 30 503460 F5KOU/P 537 10 7ZL TR751E 3 G1ATZ/P IO82KV 79 14641 26 380666 ON7RY 575 10 5el TS770 4 G0PQF/P JO02HV 34 8379 30 251370 G4ADV/P 495 10 9el FT847 5 M0BAO/P IO80LV 39 8711 26 226486 GM4ZUK/P673 10 17el IC706 6 G4WVD/P IO70LE 5 1294 5 6470 G0VHF/P 480 10 10ZL FT480R Single Operator, 3W Pos Group Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* G4HLX/P IO82NN 58 11459 27 309393 ON4BAX/P574 3 13el K2+trvtr 2* GW0PZO/PIO83ID 66 9960 24 239040 F5KOU/P 549 2.5 9el FT290 3 West Kent ARS G1WKS/P JO01ED 45 7986 23 183678 F1DLT 541 3 9el FT817 4 G8XQS/P IO95AF 32 9622 18 173196 G8NJA/P 518 2.5 9el FT290 5 G0OIW/P IO91MP 42 6759 22 148698 GM4ZUK/P597 3 5el IC202S 6 G3JKV/P IO91TE 40 6273 23 144279 F8KTH/P 414 3 9el FT817 7 G0BVW/P IO91SW 39 6206 23 142738 GM4ZUK/P572 2.5 9el FT290 8 G4CZB/P IO91XF 26 4951 20 99020 DF0OL 576 2.5 7ZL FT290 9 G0WJR/P IO81PH 27 4652 15 69780 F6KPQ/P 376 2.5 HB9CV IC202 10 GW4EVX/PIO83JD 29 4188 15 62820 G5LK/P 377 2.5 5el FT817 11 M0BHE/P IO80MU 18 3545 13 46085 PA6NL 507 3 5el FT817 12 G1RVK/P IO92TR 16 1993 12 23916 ON1YW 291 2.5 FT290 9el 13 G7NBE/P IO92AR 17 1957 12 23484 G5LK/P 282 2.5 FT290 9el * Certificate Winner