4m Cumulative Contest of 2004

Twenty stations competed for honours in the 4m cumulative contest this year. As usual, conditions were extremely variable across the sessions with deep QSB. Many entrants in the south of the UK reported high local noise levels.

The majority of the logs were received via email. Maybe next year all logs will be submitted this way?

The standard of logging was very variable. In most sessions, at least three stations managed to submit perfect logs - but it was not the same three stations in each session. There was no one main cause for the loss of points. Call signs, signal reports, serial numbers, locators and QTH errors all caused loss of points in nearly equal proportions.

A few logs arrived after the closing date for this series of contests (16 days after the date of the last session). Please try to submit your logs on time so that the results can be produced quickly. All of the late logs have been included in the results on this occasion.

In the Single Operator Fixed Station section, Robert Ferguson, GD4GNH once again established a dominant position by winning every session bar one. Bill Capstick, G3JYP, claimed the runners-up spot in this section.

The Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society, G4RFR, were the winners in the Others section with Ross Wilkinson, G6GVI/M, as the runner-up.

Finally, the 25W/Single Antenna award goes to Bob Offer, G1ZJP operating as M1MHZ.

Thank you to G3MEH for his very useful check log.

Ian, G0FCT g0fct@blacksheep.org

Section O	11/01	25/01	08/02	22/02	14/03				Best DX	Best DX	Power		
Pos	Call	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Total	QSOs	LOC	Call	km	Watts	Ant	Equip
1	G4RFR*	 0	4894	5274	6143	3973	3000	124	IO90AS	G3JYP	423	160	2x12el	TS830S+MEON+AMP
2	G6GVI/M* 2240	2068	2022	1728	2475	2044	52	IO81UN	G3JYP	352	25	2el	IC735+Tvtr


Section SF	11/01	25/01	08/02	22/02	14/03				Best DX	Best DX	Power		
Pos	Call	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Total	QSOs	LOC	Call	km	Watts	Ant	Equip
1	GD4GNH*	12050	11674	0	11630	13260	3000	171	IO74QD	G8SRL	474	100	5el	FT847+Linear	
2	G3JYP*	3625	5768	4198	2751	6617	1986	90	IO84SN	G8SRL	425	120	8Q	FT847	
3	G4DEZ	4093	3933	4224	4113	4174	1692	98	JO03AE	G3YJX	449	100	5el	FT847+Linear	
4	G3IKR	4132	4258	3706	4795	5069	1671	181	IO82XF	GM4AFF	510	160	4el	SB301+SB401+Tvtr	
5	G0ODQ	3750	3249	2663	3060	4733	1297	139	IO91NQ	GM3TAL	511	150	5el	FT1000+Tvtr	
6	G3TCU	3318	3910	2393	0	4001	1201	105	IO91QE	GD4GNH	425	150	6el	IC726 + Homebrew Tvtr	
7	G8SRL	3654	3450	2234	2846	2591	1126	100	JO01ED	GD4GNH	474	100	7el	FT817+Tvtr	
8	G1EHF	3178	2620	2233	2290	2270	1015	112	IO91LH	GD4GNH	397	150	4el	IC275E+MEON+Linear	
9	M1MHZ*	3804	0	0	4695	3916	1013	68	IO92WV	G3YJX	420	15	6el	FT221R+Tvtr	
10	G4SJH	0	2601	1662	1659	0	757	52	IO91PI	GD4GNH	407	65	6el	Homebrew TCVR
11	G1KHX	2297	3255	1121	1931	1981	733	76	IO81MI	GD4GNH	330	90	5el	MEON+Linear
12	G8EFU	2422	1786	1343	1927	1613	682	98	IO92BO	GI4KSO	343	160	3el	TS-950SDX+LT4S+PA
13	G0UPU	0	0	523	926	1161	289	24	IO91AX	GD4GNH	300	50	5el	Homebrew Rx/Tx
14	GM4DIJ	272	451	0	694	960	169	17	IO85IW	G3IKR	420	60	4el	FT102+MEON+A200
15	GM3TAL	0	0	0	0	1207	91	4	IO86GA	G0ODQ	511	25	6el	Homebrew Rx/Tx
16	G4CZB	0	0	0	1037	0	89	8	IO92MF	GD4GNH	324	25	3el	FT847+Linear
17	GM4VVX	0	412	0	0	0	35	1	IO78TA	GI4KSO	412	10	6el	FT101+Tvtr
18	G3VQO	0	0	0	0	156	11	3	IO91UB	G3MEH	82	10	3el	FT847

	Check log:	G3MEH