The popularity of 4m contests continues with nearly 150 stations active during the 4m Trophy. The weather was the main topic on the cover sheets, most had some sort of bad weather either on the night before the contest or on the day itself, and the wind was so strong at GM4SIV that even with a 4ft turning handle the antenna would not budge.
Despite a lower average score than some of the more remote stations, a combination of a high number of both QSO's and multipliers put The Northern Lights CG, GD0EMG at the top of the Open Section this year and are awarded the VHF Manager's Trophy. A similar strategy gave Steve Redfern G4AEQ a commanding lead in the Single Operator Fixed Section. Brian Coleman G4NNS wins the 25w/single-antenna certificate.
Pete Lindsay G4CLA, g4cla@rsgb.org.uk
Single op fixed Section Pos Call Loc. QSO Points Mul Total Best DX Dist Power Ant 1* G4AEQ IO93PE 77 15059 60 903,540 GM4WJA 507 160 2x6,3 2* G3XDY JO02OB 46 10937 42 459,354 GM4CWH/P589 150 6 3 G8ECI JO03AK 45 10896 41 446,736 G4YPC/P 510 130 5 4 G3NKS IO81XU 54 9718 44 427,592 GM4CWH/P562 100 6 5 G3MEH IO91QS 57 9007 47 423,329 GM4CWH/P584 80 6 6 G3UKV IO82RR 50 9694 43 416,842 GM4CWH/P463 100 5 7 G0GCI JO01ED 36 7033 33 232,089 GM4SIV/P615 100 4 8 G1KHX IO81MI 33 5863 29 170,027 GM4SIV/P476 90 5 9 GM4AFF IO86ST 25 7263 22 159,786 G4ADV/P 733 150 8 10 G4AFJ IO92HO 30 5183 30 155,490 GM4CWH/P483 50 8 11* G4NNS IO91FF 23 4508 24 108,192 GM4SIV/P531 25 3 12 G4JTJ IO92SD 25 3734 27 100,818 GM4SIV/P493 40 6 13 GM4DIJ IO85IW 17 2257 17 38,369 G3NKS 461 50 4 Open Section Pos Group Call Loc. QSO Points Mul Total Best DX Dist Power Ant 1* Northern Lights CG GD0EMG IO74QD 90 26388 70 1,847,160 G0GCI 474 160 2x5 2x8 2* A1 CG GX4ZAP/PIO85UI 75 24821 63 1,563,723 G4YPC/P 613 160 2x6 3 Five Bells CG GM4SIV/PIO75DH 63 22910 54 1,237,140 G0GCI 615 160 9 4 GI3PDN/PIO74AI 62 18603 48 892,944 G0GCI 555 160 6 5 Kintyre Window G3TCU/P IO91SF 72 15020 58 871,160 GM4CWH/P645 150 2x6 Cleaners' CG 6 Wirral & District ARC GW4MGR/PIO83JA 63 11941 53 632,873 GM4CWH/P433 75 4 7 Villa CG G0VHF/P JO01GN 64 11726 51 598,026 GM4CWH/P626 150 10 8 Eclipse CG G4YPC/P IO70ID 40 13200 39 514,800 GM4CWH/P772 150 8 9 G3LVP/P IO81XW 70 10473 47 492,231 GM4CWH/P552 10 Colin Smithers GM4CWH/PIO86RV 42 12395 36 446,220 G4ADV/P 741 150 10 11 Cockenzie & Port GM4UYZ/PIO85RU 41 11368 39 443,352 G4YPC/P 661 90 8 Seton ARC 12 Newquay & Dist ARS G4ADV/P IO70LJ 41 10776 34 366,384 GM4CWH/P741 60 2x7 13 G4SJH & G7KFC G4SJH/P IO91QF 45 8956 38 340,328 GM4CWH/P642 50 6 14 G3BPM/P IO80OV 45 8027 36 288,972 GI3PDN/P492 50 8 15 GM4WLL/PIO85NR 30 7185 28 201,180 G3TCU/P 525 90 6 16 G0JLF/P IO80CN 27 5596 20 111,920 GM4SIV/P544 25 4 17 G0GZI/P JO02FU 9 2288 12 27,456 GM4SIV/P486 20 1 18 G4WVD/P IO70KA 9 2077 11 22,847 GD0EMG 460 30 3 *Certificate winners Checklog from G4FEV.