2nd 144MHz Backpackers Contest of 2007

2^nd 144MHz Backpackers Contest of 2007

The thirty-one contestants were almost universally greeted with sunny weather and good band conditions for this contest. The better sited stations could work continental DX.

The top three stations in the 3W Single Operator category were extremely close on claimed score. These stations constantly swapped places during adjudication as errors in the logs were discovered. Tim Raven, G4ARI/P eventually claimed the top spot in this section due to more accurate logging. Charlie Jordan, GW0PZO/P was the runner-up.

The 3W Multi-operator section was won by the Verulam ARC, GW3VER/P with the Real Backpackers Contest Group, G3CWI/P in second place.

The 10W Single Operator section was won by Paul Selwood, G8BGV/P with John Wilson, G3UUT/P in second place.

In the 10W Multi-operator section Ken Coxon and Sid Bolam operating as G0HDV/P were the winners.

The leading Intermediate Station certificate was won by Fred Smith, 2E0TLB/P.

Thank you to G3MEH, G0KYS and G4DBW for supplying very useful check logs.

Ian, G0FCT

2nd 144MHz Backpackers Contest of 2007
10W Multi-op
Pos	Group	Callsign	Locator	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment
1*		G0HDV/P	IO93UK	85	17,530	20	350,600	GU8FBO	474	3	13Y	IC7000
10W Single Op
Pos	Group	Callsign	Locator	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment
1*		G8BGV/P	JO01HP	113	19,239	32	615,648	EI2IP	580	10	6Y	FT817 + Amp
2*		G3UUT/P	IO92XA	102	18,459	33	609,147	GM4JTJ	540	10	12Y	IC7400
3		G3IZD/P	IO84KE	102	23,946	25	598,650	PA0PVW	642	10	10Y	IC7000
4		GW4RWR/P	IO83GC	87	16,920	33	558,360	ON4POO	598	10	9Y	FT225RD
5		G6SFP/P	IO91MP	92	13,178	24	316,272	MI0CLP/P	476	10	9Y	IC7000
6	BURTON A.R.C.	G3NFC/P	IO93BA	73	12,678	23	291,594	DL8GP	741	3	2 x 9Y	IC7000
7		M0BAO/P	IO80LV	54	11,660	17	198,220	G3ZXZ/P	414	10	8Y	IC7000
8		G0HIK/P	IO84JE	56	10,379	17	176,443	G5RV/P	438	10	3Y	IC706
9		M0TAZ/P	JO01DP	45	6,039	16	96,624	G3IZD/P	364	10	8Y	IC706MkIIG
10		M1VPN/P	IO80HP	22	4,773	16	76,368	2E1SBF	416	10	9Y	FT857
11		GW3GUX/P	IO73XH	21	2,896	13	37,648	GM7PKT/P	396	5	3Y	FT817
3W Multi-op
Pos	Group	Callsign	Locator	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment
1*	Verulam ARC	GW3VER/P	IO81KW	88	13,327	24	319,848	GM7PKT/P	555	2.5	2 x 9Y	FT817
2*	Real Backpackers CG	G3CWI/P	IO93AF	74	10,599	25	264,975	PA0PVW	540	2.5	5Y + Vert	FT-817
3	Wigan-Douglas Valley ARS	G3BPK/P	IO83PN	36	5,401	16	86,416	F/OT3T	423	3	13Y	IC706MkII
3W Single Op
Pos	Group	Callsign	Locator	QSOs	Score	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Equipment
1*		G4ARI/P	IO92IQ	110	16,740	31	518,940	GM0IYP/P	620	3	14Y	FT817
2*		GW0PZO/P	IO83JA	100	17,169	30	515,070	PA0PVW	619	2.5	9Y	FT817
3		GW8ZRE/P	IO83JA	90	16,315	31	505,765	DL8GP	820	3	7ZL	TR751E
4		G8JAY/P	IO91AW	77	11,704	25	292,600	PI4ALK/P	454	2.5	17Y	FT817
5		M0SGB/P	IO83VQ	95	13,282	22	292,204	GM0IYP/P	497	2.5	12Y	FT817
6		M5ABH/P	IO93EC	66	9,859	20	197,180	F2YT	413	2.5	3Y	FT817
7		G8HXE/P	IO83XD	60	7,992	22	175,824	F/OT3T	359	2.5	3Y	FT290
8		G1HLT/P	IO93GD	49	7,366	19	139,954	GM3GBZ/P	391	2.5	10ZL	FT290R2
9		G0LJD/P	JO01FJ	41	7,603	17	129,251	G3IZD/P	393	2.5	13Y	FT817
10		G4VRC/P	IO90OW	38	7,256	17	123,352	G0HIK/P	397	2.5	12ZL	FT817
11		G0FUW/P	IO81TK	40	5,548	17	94,316	G3ZXZ/P	343	2.5	7Y	FT817
12		G0VOK/P	IO83QF	37	5,417	17	92,089	F/OT3T	394	3	9Y	IC202
13		G4BEE/P	IO83RO	42	6,304	14	88,256	F/OT3T	418	2.5	3Y	FT817
14		G6GVI/P	IO83SO	29	3,639	13	47,307	G0LJD/P	316	3	7ZL	IC202
15*	Crowborough ARS	2E0TLB/P	JO01BA	17	2,020	11	22,220	GW0CCR/P	317	1.5	7Y	FT290R Mk1
16		G7NBE/P	IO92ET	9	789	8	6,312	G3ZXZ/P	182	2.5	3Y	FT290R2
Checklogs
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G4DBW
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