The DX was plentiful for the leading stations in this contest. QSOs with South Africa (ZS) were almost routine during the extensive sporadic E openings that for once coincided with a contest. However, you had to be in the right part of the country to benefit from the openings - stations in the East of the UK generally missed out on the more distant DX.
Some stations appeared to find it difficult to accurately copy QSO information during this contest. Many points were lost due to logging errors. However, four stations managed to turn in perfect logs - congratulations.
The DX packet cluster was used by several of the competitors to help locate DX stations. This is allowed under the contest rules. However, what is not allowed during the contest is any active use of the DX cluster (spotting, talk messages, announcements etc) by the entrant or any close associate. There is evidence that during this contest a few entrants were actively using the DX cluster to confirm QSO details - action has been taken against these stations!
Congratulations to Daniel Lee, MW1MFY, for winning the Single Operator (Fixed) station section. Congratulations to Tim Boon, M0AFC, for winning the Single Operator (Others) section. Finally, congratulations to the Northern Lights Contest Group for winning the Multi-operator section.
Ian, G0FCT
Multi-op Pos Group Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mult Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment 1* Northern Lights CG GD0EMG IO74QD IM 180 134595 109 14670855 ZS6Y 9458 400 2x7el FT650 2* G0RMG/P IO91EX OX 112 68194 72 4909968 ZS6Y 9151 400 5el IC746 3 Colchester CG G0VHF/P JO01GN SS 106 18312 74 1355088 EH6VQ 1344 300 8el FT847 4 Avon Valley ARA M0RAD IO92AC WR 63 16260 55 894300 ZS6WB 9154 100 7el TS2000 5 G4TSW Radio Club G4TSW IO80FV EX 71 13424 61 818864 EH6VQ 1348 100 5el IC746 6 Take Flight M5AHQ/P IO80WP BH 70 11348 64 726272 GD0EMG 424 100 5el FT847 7 Herstmonceux Megacycles CG G3YNN JO00EU BN 78 10912 62 676544 F6CHT 421 400 5el IC736 8 SDARC G8SRC/P IO91CL SN 62 8435 53 447055 IS0GQX 1599 120 5el FT736 9 Newquay & DARS G4ADV IO70LK TR 20 2807 22 61754 M0CTP 488 100 4el DX-70 10 Salop CG M5WJF IO82OR SY 28 1879 25 46975 G1YLE 281 100 2el FT847 Single Op Fixed Pos Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mult Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment 1* MW1MFY IO81FL CF 93 48403 80 3872240 ZS6WB 9144 400 5el IC706 2* G4DEZ JO03AE PE 80 18008 65 1170520 EH6VQ 1528 400 7el FT847 3 G6FQZ IO91JR OX 68 17825 60 1069500 ZS6WB 9093 150 5el FT736 4 G8ZRE IO83NE CH 30 15046 37 556702 ZS6WB 9289 10 5el FT690 5 G0ODQ IO91NQ OX 41 4454 44 195976 GD0EMG 371 10 5el FT736 6 G0GCI JO01ED TN 30 3021 33 99693 GD0EMG 474 100 4el IC729 7 G1KHX IO81MI BS 21 3074 31 95294 GD0EMG 330 90 5el FT101ZD/FTV901 8 G3FIJ JO01KV CO 19 2994 28 83832 GD0EMG 445 15 4el FT847 9 M1SIN IO83QE CW 26 1919 23 44137 MW1MFY 200 100 7el FT100D 10 G1WAC IO92BJ BM 10 970 15 14550 GD0EMG 267 10 5el FT736 11 G7RAU IO90IR PO 7 844 14 11816 MW1MFY 178 2 indoor FT757+Mutek Single Op Others Pos Call Locator QTH QSOs Score Mult Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA LA 79 24882 61 1517802 ZS6WB 9359 25 5el FT847 2* M0BAO/P IO80LV TA 34 3938 29 114202 GD0EMG 377 100 4el IC706 3 G0WJR/P IO81PH BS 15 1631 20 32620 GD0EMG 340 5 Dipole FT817