144MHz Backpackers Championship of 2008

Fifty-eight stations competed for the 144MHz Backpackers Championship this year, six more than last year.

The competition for the top places has been very fierce. Four stations amassed the maximum score of 3000 points. As defined in the Backpacker rules, if more than one station gains 3000 points, the points scored by those stations in the fourth (and if necessary the fifth) Backpacker sessions are used to determine the overall winner and runner-up.

Congratulations to Paul Selwood, G8BGV/P, for winning the 144MHz Backpackers Championship for 2008. GW4RWR/P operated by Rhys Thomas, GW4RWR and Brian Clowes, GW4HBZ, were the runners-up.

This year, Garry Hope, M3TGO/P, receives the Leading Foundation Station certificate.

Finally, thank you to all of the stations that took part in this year's Backpacker contests.

Ian, G0FCT

Session				BP1	BP2	BP3	BP4	BP5
Pos	Callsign	Loc	Total	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	QSOs	ODX	ODX Call	ODX Session	Power (W)	Antenna	Equip
1*	G8BGV/P	JO01HP	3,000	1,016,760	687,295	458,864	828,035	769,040	358	718	DL0GTH	BP5	10	6Y	FT817 + Amp
2*	GW4RWR/P	IO83JA	3,000	1,097,538	582,155	478,240	447,768	0	331	677	PI4GN	BP3	10	9Y	FT225RD
3	MD0SGB/P	IO74PD	3,000	180,360	260,472	39,286	599,203	371,520	267	678	DK5DQ	BP4	10	5Y	FT857
4	GW4IDF/P	IO81NV	3,000	375,536	0	237,625	180,720	0	124	667	PI4GN	BP3	3	17Y	IC 202
5	G8ZRE/P	IO83PF	2,804	522,396	560,868	491,328	665,595	268,996	400	717	DL0V	BP3	10	7ZL	TR751E
6	G8JAY/P	IO81RU	2,659	381,888	372,735	339,930	206,010	270,270	251	633	DL0V	BP3	2	9Y	FT817
7	G0HIK/P	IO84KF	2,359	410,400	0	0	296,517	0	107	617	F/G8CUL/P	BP4	10	13Y	IC706
8	G0HDV/P	IO93UK	2,194	575,985	350,175	283,050	602,803	95,508	291	556	EI4GRC/P	BP3	10	13Y	IC7000
9	G1ARU/P	JO01AX	1,978	0	446,710	339,570	0	489,090	172	589	EI5FK	BP5	10	9Y	IC706
10	MW0OPS/P	IO81LT	1,948	338,200	336,024	115,843	209,076	0	192	571	GM4ZUK/P	BP3	3	9Y	IC7000
11	G4XZL/P	IO90NW	1,649	269,055	213,624	0	210,945	227,097	138	671	GM4ZUK/P	BP5	2	6Y	FT817
12	G8HXE/P	IO83XD	1,341	241,270	222,180	0	213,280	106,248	195	597	F6KHM/P	BP2	2	5Y	FT817
13	G3BPK/P	IO83PN	1,172	232,920	102,840	147,953	281,025	0	140	538	F/G8CUL/P	BP4	10	12Y	IC746
14	M0BAO/P	IO80LV	1,151	479,180	231,500	167,770	170,975	155,560	210	723	DK5DQ	BP4	10	8Y	IC7000
15	G4VRC/P	IO90OW	1,139	221,802	162,518	0	184,212	0	94	561	GM0AYR/P	BP2	2	12ZL	FT817
16	G3WKS/P	JO01CD	1,022	147,593	0	87,552	155,890	0	86	530	GM3HAM/P	BP3	10	9Y	TS2000
17=	G4ARI/P	IO82NN	1,000	0	0	0	0	464,343	57	684	LX/PC5T/P	BP5	3	8Y	FT817
17=	G4ALE/P	IO80CO	1,000	0	0	0	0	361,224	39	710	GM4ZUK/P	BP5	10	9Y	FT817
19	G0OVA/P	IO91QI	977	0	382,176	0	347,616	0	100	634	GM7NQP/P	BP2	3	13Y	IC706mk2g
20	GW3ATZ/P	IO83KC	950	381,176	213,240	0	217,845	0	177	488	PE1EWR	BP1	10	10Y	FT857D
21	GW4EVX/P	IO83JD	930	422,180	0	0	307,426	0	130	337	G0VHF/P	BP1	10	9Y	FT857
22	G4HUN/P	IO92XA	793	599,784	0	0	167,796	0	86	446	GM1CNH/P	BP4	10	9Y	FT897D
23	G0VOK/P	IO83QF	773	156,080	0	0	69,223	102,384	75	448	ON4WY	BP5	3	9Y	IC202
24	G0KYS/P	IO80AQ	735	746,468	0	0	0	8,646	48	693	PA0PVW	BP1	10	3Y	IC706MkIIg
25	M5ABH/P	IO93IE	730	224,370	102,334	0	0	0	65	427	ON6YN/P	BP2	2	3Y	FT817
26	M0COK/P	IO82XJ	668	173,433	115,312	0	271,656	0	159	470	F6KHM/P	BP2	10	8Y	FT897
27	G0BWC/P	IO83RO	570	0	191,176	0	38,688	11,872	93	594	F6KHM/P	BP2	2	3Y	FT290
28	G3NFC/P	IO92IR	517	212,085	0	0	0	0	45	217	G0HIK/P	BP1	2	3Y	FT817
29*	M3TGO/P	JO01LE	407	0	0	194,550	0	0	37	535	GM3HAM/P	BP3	10	9Y	FT897
30	G0LJD/P	JO01GH	324	53,425	99,088	0	9,405	0	58	573	GM0AYR/P	BP2	2	13Y	FT817
31	G7NBE/P	IO92AS	313	71,130	29,160	5,556	0	32,076	75	482	GM4ZUK/P	BP5	2	10Y	FT290 R2
32	GW3GUX/P	IO73WH	302	0	108,420	36,684	0	0	55	416	GM7NQP/P	BP2	2	3Y	FT817
33	M0FRS/P	IO91PF	272	101,772	0	0	0	0	31	304	GW6TEO	BP1	2	6Q	FT 290R Mk1
34	M0TAZ/P	JO01DP	267	0	155,012	0	0	0	44	560	F6PTT/P	BP2	10	9Y	IC7000
35	MW1LCR/P	IO82KW	254	0	174,280	0	0	0	66	527	PI4ALK/P	BP2	10	8Y	FT736R
36	G8DOH/P	IO91EX	252	0	0	0	0	193,675	33	557	PI9A	BP5	8	8Y	FT817+PA
37	G6FRS/P	IO91PF	247	0	49,470	0	7,410	20,210	41	534	PI9A	BP5	2	6Q	FT 290R Mk1
38	G4BEE/P	IO83RO	237	97,184	0	0	0	0	20	324	G0VHF/P	BP1	2	3Y	FT817
39	MW0DSZ/P	IO82LQ	227	33,100	55,471	2,406	0	17,444	48	576	ON6YN/P	BP2	3	Moxon	TR-9130
40	G4BXT/P	JO01QI	211	84,672	0	1,204	0	0	23	381	G0KYS/P	BP1	3	9Y	FT817
41	G0FUW/P	IO81WG	143	0	0	0	0	52,793	20	631	GM4ZUK/P	BP5	3	7Y	FT817
42	G4OCO/P	IO70OJ	98	40,014	0	0	0	0	13	455	G0VHF/P	BP1	2	5ZL	FT-817
43=	G3RIR/P	IO92LJ	92	93,466	0	0	0	0	23	337	GM4JR/P	BP1	10	Halo	FT847
43=	M0LMH/P	IO94EB	92	0	51,108	0	0	0	28	365	M0BAO/P	BP2	2	10Y	FT817
45	M1BAR/P	IO83XG	85	0	0	0	50,575	0	22	273	M0BAO/P	BP4	2	9Y	FT817
46	G1ORC/P	IO83WN	79	29,298	0	0	0	0	11	304	M0BAO/P	BP1	2	10Y	FT290 mk 2
47=	G1RVK/P	IO92TR	75	30,744	0	0	0	0	12	424	GI4SNA	BP1	2	9Y	FT-290R2
47=	M1RAL/P	IO93CU	75	0	42,042	0	0	0	22	499	ON6YN/P	BP2	2	3Y	FT817
49	M0NJW/P	IO93FR	64	25,960	0	0	0	0	9	307	GI4SNA	BP1	2	3Y	FT817
50	M1MBZ/P	IO81RL	61	24,912	0	0	0	0	13	268	G0VHF/P	BP1	2	9Y	FT817ND
51	M3JAC/P	IO91QG	58	0	0	28,404	0	0	12	643	GM4ZUK/P	BP3	10	9Y	FT817ND
52	G3LVP/P	IO70LJ	41	0	0	0	33,720	0	7	470	G0HDV/P	BP4	10	5Y	IC706MkI
53	M3UBM/P	JO01CG	31	0	0	0	0	23,088	12	390	F6JMT/P	BP5	10	5ZL	FT480R
54	G0VOF/P	IO83SR	28	0	0	0	22,968	0	12	337	G0LJD/P	BP4	10	5Y	FT897D
55	M1BGT/P	IO93CA	16	0	10,683	0	0	0	9	444	ON6YN/P	BP2	5	5Y	FT817
56	G3VER/P	IO91RU	10	0	5,817	0	0	0	7	389	F6KRK	BP5	3	2 x 9Y	IC7000
57	G0VZJ/P	IO83RO	6	0	3,168	0	0	0	7	118	M0EMM/P	BP2	2	VERTICAL	FT817ND
58	G7JJZ/P	IO93ID	1	0	148	0	0	0	1	74	G0HDV	BP2	2	HB9CV	FT290Mk1