The weather varied from bright sunshine to heavy rain depending on your location. Many entrants heard but only a few managed to use the Sporadic E to clock up impressive best DX.
Tim, M0AFC, decided to operate from France for this contest. All was well until the local Gendarmes intervened. They apparently thought that Tim was a pirate radio station broadcasting a local "rave party " to the rest of Brittany! Tim also found that propagation from his chosen site was awful.
The Bristol Contest Group, MW1BCG, managed to work nearly 200 stations. Their comment on this contest was "very fast QSO rate lots of activity with the PW contest running concurrently, reasonable DX, it surprised us what can be worked with 3w!"
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in each section, you will all receive certificates.
Ian, G0FCT Email: g0fct@rsgb.org.uk
Multi-operator 10W Pos Group Name Call sign Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1* G0KYS/P IO91GI 89 24 14,797 355,128 GM0GMD/P578 10 2x10EL TS9130 2* One Man and His Dog CG G8NWM/P IO92TR 70 20 13,434 268,680 YO3APJ 2132 10 2x10EL FT736 3 GW5NF/P IO81KR 85 22 10,659 234,498 GM4WLL/P445 8.5 9EL FT290 4 Wythall Contest Group G0WRC/P IO82QL 79 13 8,187 106,431 ON4CJQ 535 10 8EL FT480R Multi-operator 3W Pos Group Name Call sign Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1* Bristol Contest Group MW1BCG/P IO81KW 199 41 34,814 1,427,374 PA0PLA 683 3 4x5EL IC275 2* Oldham RC G1ORC/P IO93BJ 132 22 13,237 291,214 EI3ENB/P413 2.5 2x9EL FT290 3 G0GRI/P IO91AI 64 20 6,339 126,780 GI7JYK/P458 3 13EL TR751E 4 G0HDV/P IO93GD 71 15 6,418 96,270 GM4IGS/P312 3 12EL TR751E 5 Wythall Contest Group G1WAC/P IO82XJ 79 13 6,809 88,517 GM4IGS/P353 2.5 15EL FT290 6 Barpackers CG M1BAR/P IO83XH 56 17 4,988 84,796 GI0SFX/P326 2.5 9EL FT290 7 Charlie & Sue Jordan GW0PZO/P IO83JF 73 10 4,765 47,650 G8CBU 238 2.5 5Q FT290 8 Stockport Radio Society G8SRS/P IO93CM 22 9 1,516 13,644 GM4WLL/P255 2.5 7EL FT290 9 Ayr ARG GM0AYR/P IO75PJ 14 10 1,102 11,020 G0TOO/P 210 2.5 17EL FT290 Single Operator 10W Pos Call sign Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1* G4ERP/P IO81XW 131 28 17,776 497,728 ON4CJQ 484 10 12EL FT847 #* F/M0AFC/P IN88RK 35 19 11,144 211,736 G4ZMB 593 10 13EL FT847 2* G3WZR/P IO91BJ 59 15 4,908 73,620 EI3GE 344 10 7EL FT736 3 G4EDR/P IO94RD 16 8 2,055 16,440 G0KYS/P 315 10 4Q IC706 Single Operator 3W Pos Call sign Loc QSO Multi Points Total Best DX km Pwr Ant Equipment 1* 2C8ZRE/P IO83JF 118 24 14,728 353,472 G7SPT/P 379 3 7ZL TR751E 2* 2C7LQD/P IO82KW 111 21 13,783 289,443 GM4JJJ 348 3 2x9EL IC275E 3 GI7JYK/P IO74CS 53 21 12,199 256,179 G3XFD/P 492 3 13EL FT290 4 G0ROC/P IO83WR 90 21 11,439 240,219 GM0HTT 601 2.5 14EL FT290 5 G8JAY/P IO91AW 71 18 10,411 187,398 YO9AZD 2184 3 9EL IC202S 6 G4FAA/P JO01AG 35 14 6,836 95,704 F/M0AFC/P365 2.75 8EL IC706 7 GM4IGS/P IO75MB 23 15 6,119 91,785 G1WKS/P 561 2.5 17EL FT290 8 G1WKS/P JO01ED 44 16 5,271 84,336 GM4IGS/P562 3 13EL FT290 9 G1JDM/P IO90SV 31 18 4,319 77,742 EI9GJ/P 449 3 9EL IC202S 10 2C0GZI/P IO73UI 32 18 3,520 63,360 G8NWM/P 271 3 9EL TS790E 11 GW1ATZ/P IO83LC 50 10 3,425 34,250 G1JDP/P 214 2 6EL FT290 12 G7NBE/P IO92AR 29 11 2,509 27,599 GI7JYK/P340 2.5 9EL FT290 13 G0OKD/P IO93EC 41 7 2,687 18,809 G0AFH 238 3 5EL TR751E 14 M0BAO/P IO80LV 34 6 3,007 18,042 G8NWM/P 273 3 8EL IC706 15 G7VHW/P JO01HO 21 8 2,254 18,032 GW0NWR/P305 2.5 5EL FT290 16 G1GYM/P IO85WL 23 5 1,384 6,920 G0KVJ 92 2 V FT51R 17 G0NFO/P IO82RJ 7 5 226 1,130 G3CKR/P 92 2.5 7EL FT290 * Certificate winner # F/M0AFC/P wins the overseas section of this contest.