This contest was run along side the September 2m Trophy (and IARU 2m) contests. The band conditions were excellent with virtually all Backpacker stations managing to exceed 500 km as their best DX. Several stations commented on the high levels of QRM that they experienced during this contest when trying to compete for band space with the high power stations of the IARU/2m Trophy contest.
With high levels of QRM it is not surprising that the accuracy of the logs suffered. The average loss of points in this contest was 10%. However, four stations managed to submit logs with no logging errors – well done. Four stations also managed to lose more than 20% of their score due to logging errors.
In the 10W Single Operator section, Paul Selwood, G3YDY/P claimed the top place with Tony Judge, G0PQF/P taking second place.
In the 3W Single Operator section, Neil Whiteside, G4HUN/P claimed top spot with Michael Sansom, G0POT/P in second place.
The 10W Multi-operator section was won by Bob Edgar and his team operating as G0KYS/P with TMARG (G4HSO/P) in the runners-up position.
The Malvern Hills “B”, GW4IDF/P won the 3W Multi-operator section with Ken Coxon and his team operating as G0HDV/P occupying the runners-up spot.
Clive Warren, M3OTF/P receives the Leading Foundation Licensee certificate.
All winners and runners-up will receive certificates. All Backpackers certificates will be dispatched shortly.
Ian, G0FCT
g0fct@blacksheep.org
10W Multi-Op
Pos Group Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1* G0KYS/P IO80AQ 102 31979 40 1279160 PA6C 762 10 2x10el IC706
2* TMARG G4HSO/P IO91QT 56 13748 37 508676 DK3EE 629 10 12ZL FT817
3 Wigan Douglas Valley ARS G3BPK/P IO83PN 52 13501 29 391529 F6KSL 806 10 13el IC746
3W Multi-Op
Pos Group Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment
1* Malvern Hills "B" GW4IDF/P IO81NV 56 13631 32 436192 GM4ZUK/P 561 3 17el IC202
2* G0HDV/P IO93UK 57 13236 29 383844 EI5FK 585 3 13el TR711E
10W Single-Op
Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment
1* G3YDY/P JO01HX 71 16353 39 637767 GM4ZUK/P 588 10 4el FT290+Lin
2* G0PQF/P JO02HV 56 14726 37 544862 MM3ERP 539 10 9el FT847
3 G8ZRE/P IO83PF 66 15003 35 525105 F6KCP/P 638 10 7ZL TR751E
4 M0BAO/P IO80LV 50 12949 30 388470 GM4ZUK/P 673 10 8el IC706
5 G6MXL/P IO80WP 42 10562 30 316860 EA2CN/P 826 10 9el FT736R
6 G3NKS/P IO81WU 48 8966 27 242082 GM4ZUK/P 566 10 HB9CV TR751E
7 M1VPN/P IO70QO 25 9034 24 216816 GM4ZUK/P 717 10 9el FT857
3W Single-Op
Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment
1* G4HUN/P IO92XA 70 16410 41 672810 GM4ZUK/P 570 2.5 9el FT817
2* G0POT/P IO91HH 63 13801 38 524438 GM4ZUK/P 630 2.5 3el SOTA FT817
3 G4VRC/P IO90NW 50 13231 35 463085 GM4ZUK/P 676 2.5 12ZL FT817
4 GW0PZO/P IO83ID 76 15552 28 435456 ON4MPA 694 2.5 9el FT290
5 GW4EVX/P IO83JD 72 12586 29 364994 PI4RTD 552 2.5 9el FT817
6 G3JKV/P IO91TE 41 9439 30 283170 GM4ZUK/P 655 3 9el FT817
7 G8XQS/P IO95AG 34 11541 24 276984 DL0RTA 768 2.5 9el FT290
8 MW0OPS/P IO82KA 48 10627 25 265675 PA6C 652 3 9el IC706
9 G0HRW/P IO83RO 44 8540 26 222040 TM3Q 510 2.5 3el SOTA FT817
10 G0OIW/P IO91MP 38 6940 28 194320 GI6ATZ 453 3 5el IC202S
11 G6GVI/P IO81UN 31 6899 24 165576 GM4ZUK/P 598 3 7ZL IC202
12 G0NFO/P IO82QJ 34 6535 23 150305 GM4ZUK/P 505 2.5 3el SOTA FT290
13* M3OTF/P IO81PH 29 5956 21 125076 PA6NL 477 2.5 HB9CV FT817
14 G4FAA/P JO01DH 25 5050 18 90900 SK7JM 998 3 8el FT290
15 G1RVK/P IO92TR 17 4571 18 82278 GM4ZUK/P 488 2.5 9el FT290