A very mixed bag of weather (sun, thunder and static rain showers) greeted the forty-three entrants for this contest. Band conditions were mixed with very few of the stations able to work continental DX. However, there was activity from most corners of the UK to compensate for this. Most stations commented that it was good to be out ‘backpacking’ again.
The standard of logging was very variable with an average of nearly 18% of points lost. Five logs only no errors at all – well done! At the other end of the scale, the least accurate logs had nearly 49% of points deducted! The correct copying of call signs and locators caused the most problems to many stations. Also, please remember to log QSO times in GMT.
In the 10W Multi-operator section, G0KYS/P was the clear winner with G0HDV/P in second place.
The 3W Multi-operator section, first time entrant G0SRC/P was the winner with the West Kent ARS, G1WKS/P in second place.
The10W Single Operator section was won by Dave Hewitt, GW8ZRE/P with a score twice that of the runner-up, Neil Whiteside, G4HUN/P.
The 3W Single Operator section was won by Andrew Warburton, M0LKB/P with Charlie Jordan, GW0PZO/P as the runner-up.
The 1 Watt certificate was won by Bob Charteris, G0NFO/P. The leading Intermediate Station certificate was won by Ralph Gault, 2I0RPM/P. Finally, Paul Swingewood, M3CVU/P, won the leading Foundation Station certificate.
Ian, G0FCT
g0fct@vhfcc.org
Section 10M
Pos Group Call Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment 1* G0KYS/P IO80AQ EX 70 16368 58 949344 G1JKX 526 10 2x10el IC706
2* G0HDV/P IO93UK LN 67 10494 54 566676 PA0PVW 439 10 13el TS711e
3 Wigan Douglas Valley RC G3BPK/P IO83PN WN 64 8256 60 495360 GM4VVX/P 510 10 12el IC746
4 M0TMR Contest Group M0TMR/P IO91QT LU 48 4685 43 201455 GM4MOX 505 10 5/5 FT221
5 SOTA Rebels M0SUM/P IO83VP OL 47 4487 35 157045 G8HGN 290 10 5el FT897
6 Colchester Backpackers G3CO/P IO90WV BN 17 1756 18 31608 M1MHZ 223 10 5el FT847
Section 10S
Pos Group Call Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment
1* GW8ZRE/P IO83JA LL 69 9519 63 599697 G3YNN 345 10 7ZL TR751E
2* G4HUN/P IO92XA SG 45 6378 46 293388 GM0VBE/P 487 10 9el FT897D
3 G3YDY/P JO01FQ CM 47 6190 46 284740 G4ADV/P 398 10 4el FT290+Amp
4 G0PQF/P JO02HV PE 36 6571 38 249698 G4ADV/P 468 10 9el FT847
5 GM0PJD/P IO85FM ML 30 4615 37 170755 G4RRA 529 10 3el TR9000
6 G8XQS/P IO94AO DL 18 4325 28 121100 G4ADV/P 504 10 9el FT857D
7 M0BAO/P IO80LV TA 21 3438 29 99702 G0HDV/P 340 10 8el IC706
8 G7KXZ/P IO91IK RG 22 2370 26 61620 G3XNO/P 275 10 3el FT897
9 M1VPN/P IO80HQ EX 8 1427 16 22832 G0VHF/P 350 10 9el FT857
Section 3M
Pos Group Call Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment
1* South Derbyshire G0SRC/P IO93BA DE 44 5344 40 213760 PA4VHF 563 3 13el FT817 & Ashby Wolds ARC
2* West Kent ARS G1WKS/P JO01ED TN 37 4666 38 177308 G4ADV/P 378 3 9el FT817
3 Telford & District ARS G6ZME/P IO82SP TF 40 3581 33 118173 G0JBA 284 3 12ZL IC706
4 Silcoates School ARC M0SSW/P IO94JF YO 29 3342 28 93576 G0KYS/P 436 2.5 10el FT817
5 Stafford & District ARS G3SBL/P IO92AR WS 29 2666 30 79980 G0KYS/P 266 2.5 3el FT817ND
6 Oldham Radio Club G1ORC/P IO83WN OL 11 1221 16 19536 G0KYS/P 344 2.5 10el FT290
Section 3S
Pos Group Call Locator P'code QSOs Score Mults Total ODX Kms Power Ant Equipment
1* M0LKB/P IO84KI LA 81 10370 51 528870 G0POT/P 359 2.5 9el FT817
2* GW0PZO/P IO83ID LL 77 7550 47 354850 G4ZAP/P 276 2.5 9el FT817
3 GW4HLX/P IO82KA HR 53 7384 45 332280 G0VHF/P 304 3 3el K2+Tvtr
4 GW4EVX/P IO83JD LL 58 6500 47 305500 G0VHF/P 337 3 9el FT817
5 Wigan & District ARC G0HRW/P IO83RP BL 50 6297 45 283365 G0KYS/P 343 2.5 9el FT817
6 MW0OPS/P IO82KA HR 43 5069 38 192622 M0LKB/P 260 3 9el IC706
7 G0POT/P IO91HH RG 44 4730 40 189200 M0LKB/P 359 2.5 3el FT817
8 M0COK/P IO82XJ BM 42 3636 33 119988 G0VHF/P 236 2.5 8el FT817
9 G3UFY/P IO91XG CR 28 3114 31 96534 G4ADV/P 352 2.5 9el FT847
10 GW3ATZ/P IO72XT LL 19 3187 27 86049 G0VHF/P 378 2 5el FT290
11 G4VRC/P IO91MA GU 25 2912 29 84448 G4ADV/P 284 2.5 12ZL FT817
12 M0VCF/P IO81QJ BS 22 3240 26 84240 G0PQF/P 278 2.5 7ZL FT817
13 G6GVI/P IO83RO BL 19 2572 27 69444 G0KYS/P 339 3 5el IC202
14* G0NFO/P IO82QJ SY 22 2607 26 67782 M0LKB/P 221 1 3el FT817
15 G8XCK/P IO91OO HP 25 2015 28 56420 G0KYS/P 244 3 9el FT817
16 G7NBE/P IO92AS WS 21 1892 23 43516 G4ZAP/P 177 2.5 3el FT290
17 Oldham Radio Club 'B' M0IJM/P IO83WM MR 17 1800 21 37800 G0VHF/P 296 3 9el FT817
18 G0VOK/P IO83QF WA 15 1675 21 35175 G0VHF/P 306 3 9el IC202
19* M3CVU/P IO92BN BM 17 1295 19 24605 G4PIQ 214 1 6el FT290
20* 2I0RPM/P IO74AU BT 6 1374 14 19236 M1MHZ 440 2.5 7ZL FT817
21 M3HGK/P JO01BB TN 9 853 15 12795 G4HRY/P 207 1.5 4el FT290
22 G3VQO/P JO01AG CR 5 204 9 1836 G4ZAP/P 91 2 Rubber Duck FT817