Well, this contest had it all - poor band conditions including some QSB, low activity and cold weather - mainly reported by the portable stations!
Entrants commented on several instances of poor operating practice. The main problem was stations calling ‘CQ contest’ within the ‘DX Window’ on 6m.
Please refresh your memory of the RSGB/IARU band plan before the contest so that you don’t inadvertently fall foul of the contest rules (that require you to abide by the RSGB/IARU band plan).
The standard of logging was extremely variable. Five stations managed to submit perfect logs – congratulations. However, the majority of stations lost an average of 17% of their score due to logging errors.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights Contest Group (GD0EMG) for winning the Multi-operator section by a massive margin. The runners-up were the Hadley Wood Contest Group (G4STV/P).
In the Single Operator (Fixed) section, the winner was Roger Piper, G3MEH. Bryn Llewellyn, G4DEZ was the runner-up.
Alan Burnett, G0IFC/P won the Single Operator (Others) section. Trevor Harris, G2KF/P was the runner-up.
The Leading Intermediate Station certificate was won by James Beatwell, 2E1GUA.
Frank Laanen, PE1EWR, won the Leading Overseas Station certificate.
Ian Pawson, G0FCT
Multi-op
Pos Group Call Locator Zone QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment
1* The Northern Lights CG GD0EMG IO74QD IM 89 35086 80 2806880 IW4EOQ 1806 400 2x7el IC756pro2+3cx800a7
2* Hadley Wood CG G4STV/P IO80MS EX 33 5555 40 222200 G4FVP 428 400 5el FT736+Amp
3 Otley ARS G3XNO/P IO93DV LS 35 4784 42 200928 G2KF/P 415 100 5el IC706
4 Newquay & DARS G4ADV IO70LK TR 14 1384 13 17992 GD0EMG 413 100 4el IC706
5 University of Bristol ARS G3KAC/P IO81UN GL 5 622 8 4976 G3XNO/P 262 50 4el FT857
Single Operator Fixed
Pos Call Locator Zone QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment
1* G3MEH IO91QS HP 67 8634 65 561210 GM4NFC 475 250 2x5el FT1000+TVVF50a+HLV-650
2* G4DEZ JO03AE PE 43 7946 49 389354 G2KF/P 431 400 7el IC7400 + GS35b
3 G3TCT IO91TG KT 45 6457 48 309936 GM4NFC 532 400 5el IC575+Acom1000
4 G3YBY IO91BO SN 42 5896 49 288904 GM4NFC 453 400 5el FT1000Mk5+FTV1000+Quadra
5 G0EYX IO82WT ST 22 2839 32 90848 GM4NFC 324 100 5el IC756PRO
6 M5BXB IO91XR EN 31 2344 30 70320 GD0EMG 408 200 3el FT1000MkV+FTV1000
7 G6HOU IO91PG GU 18 1498 18 26964 GD0EMG 414 100 5el IC706
8 G6UBM JO01CE TN 7 1156 12 13872 GD0EMG 463 100 4el FT847
9 M5ADF IO91TO HA 12 810 15 12150 GD0EMG 401 100 G5RV IC746
10* 2E1GUA JO01FR CM 5 641 8 5128 G0IFC/P 293 10 HB9CV IC706
11* PE1EWR JO11SL 2 593 5 2965 G4DEZ 304 25 3el TS680S
Single Operator Others
Pos Call Loc Zone QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment
1* G0IFC/P IO80FV EX 56 10900 57 621300 G4FVP 425 400 5el FT920
2* G2KF/P IO70PP PL 33 6681 33 220473 G4DCJ 444 400 6el IC7400
3 GW8ZRE/P IO83JF CH 21 3081 30 92430 G3TCT 291 100 HB9CV FT690+BNOS Amp
4 G1KHX/P IO81MH BS 23 3117 29 90393 GD0EMG 334 100 5el FT920
5 G6MXL/P IO80WP BH 9 1774 15 26610 GD0EMG 424 50 5el TS690