Once again October proved to suffer from dreadful weather and propagation to match. This clearly put off a lot of prospective groups from going out portable, and the multi operator section was seriously depleted over previous years. Similarly, the newly introduced Single Operator Portable section was very poorly supported and will not be repeated for 2003.
On the other hand, there was a significant and welcome increase in the number of single operator home stations active in the event, reflecting the increasing sophistication of people's home microwave stations. Great to see at least two fixed stations making QSOs on 24 GHz.
Congratulations to Neil Whiting, G4BRK for leading the all band assault from his home station, leaving Neil Underwood, G4LDR, in second place. The South Birmingham RS staged an impressive 8 band entry on all bands to 47 GHz in the multi operator section and soundly beat the Five Bells CG into second place. The Single operator portable section ended up being a small 70cm only contest with Gordon Wyatt, GW8ASA/P conclusively seeing off Derek Poulter, G3WHK.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ.
Single Operator Fixed Overall Results Pos Call Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz 47 GHz Total 1* G4BRK 91DP 297 883 315 765 1000 1000 1000 0 5259 2* G4LDR 91EC 0 84 134 1000 991 460 155 0 2825 3 G3MEH 91QS 370 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 0 2370 4* PE1EWR 11SL 624 354 301 0 0 0 0 0 1279 5 G4DEZ 03AE 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 6 G4NBS 02AF 69 626 0 0 0 0 0 0 695 7 M0BPQ/P 91XL 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 8 M0DDT 91JR 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 9 G0UPU 91AX 0 22 47 0 0 0 0 0 68 10* 2E1GUA 01FR 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 11 G3YJR 93FJ 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Single Operator Portable Overall Results Pos Call Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz 47 GHz Total 1* GW8ASA/P 81FP 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 2* G3WHK/P 90OR 194 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 Multi Operator Overall Results Pos Group Loc 432 MHz 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz 3.4 GHz 5.7 GHz 10 GHz 24 GHz 47 GHz Total 1* South Birmingham RS 82QL 17 730 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 6747 2* Five Bells CG 03CE 176 1000 898 0 0 0 0 0 2073 3 Colchester CG 01PU 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 Check log : G3XDY 432 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4DEZ 27662 1000 82 03AE 400 2 x 28Y DL0GTH/P789 2 PE1EWR 17263 624 57 11SL 130 2 x 21Y OK1KIM 700 3 G3MEH 10244 370 43 91QS 250 2 x 23Y DF0WD 624 4 G4BRK 8202 297 21 91DP 60 21Y DL0PVD 730 5 M0BPQ/P 3269 118 11 91XL 100 21Y DF2VJ 550 6 M0DDT 2839 103 20 91JR 100 21Y ON4CP 421 7 G4NBS 1919 69 9 02AF 10 21Y OT2D 458 8 2E1GUA 1114 40 7 01FR 10 19Y PA6NL 253 9 G3YJR 501 18 4 93FJ 10 19Y M1CRO/P 257 432 MHz Single Operator Portable Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 GW8ASA/P 4403 1000 24 81FP 50 23Y PA6NL 528 2 G3WHK/P 854 194 8 90OR 20 7ZL G4DEZ 279 432 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 M1CRO/P 77414 1000 209 01PU 400 4x21Y+2x21Y HB9Z 779 2 G5B 13592 176 38 03CE 100 2 x 28Y DL0UL 838 3 G8OHM/P 1342 17 9 82QL 75 19Y PA6NL 463 1296 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G3MEH 8345 1000 38 91QS 50 4 x 44Y DF0OL 622 2 G4BRK 7366 883 26 91DP 40 67Y PA6C 577 3 G4NBS 5221 626 20 02AF 30 4 x 23Y DL5DAW/P523 4 PE1EWR 2950 354 19 11SL 10 2 x 25QLY G5B 295 5 G4LDR 702 84 5 91EC 8 55Y G3PHO/P 247 6 G0UPU 180 22 4 91AX G8JVM 82 1296 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G5B 9158 1000 34 03CE 50 16 x 23Y DL5DAW/P 540 2 G3OHM/P 6684 730 35 82QL 150 8 x 23Y DK0HN 683 2320 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G3MEH 3705 1000 18 91QS 10 2 x 67QLY PA0EZ 403 2 G4BRK 1167 315 6 91DP 30 0.8m PA5DD 444 3 PE1EWR 1116 301 7 11SL 7 25Y G5B 295 4 G4LDR 498 134 4.5 91EC 35 66QLY G3OHM/P 168 5 G0UPU 173 47 3 91AX 1 0.6m G8JVM 82 2320 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G3OHM/P 2157 1000 13 82QL 70 1.2m PA6NL 463 2 G5B 1936 898 8 03CE 100 0.9m PA6C 417 3400 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4LDR 570 1000 4.5 91EC 0.25 0.9m G3XDY 223 2 G4BRK 436 765 4 91DP G3XDY 206 3400 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G8IFT/P 1771 1000 10 82QL 30 1.2m PA6NL 463 5700 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4BRK 784 1000 5 91DP G3LRP 219 2 G4LDR 777 991 5 91EC 15 0.9m G3PHO/P 247 5700 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G8IFT/P 1469 1000 8 82QL 15 1.2m PA6NL 463 10368 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4BRK 2798 1000 16 91DP 10 0.8m PA5DD 444 2 G4LDR 1287 460 11 91EC 8 0.9m G3PHO/P 247 10368 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4MAP/P 3084 1000 19 82QL 10 0.9m PA6NL 463 24000 MHz Single Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G4BRK 103 1000 1 91DP 0.5 0.8m GW3UKV/P 103 2 G4LDR 16 155 0.5 91EC 1u 0.9m G8ACE/P 33 24000 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G8IFT/P 69 1000 1 82QL 0.3 0.3m GW3UKV/P 69 47000 MHz Multi Operator Pos Call Score Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km 1 G8IFT/P 34 1000 0.5 82QL 100u 0.6m GW3UKV/P 69