This contest continues to attract high levels of activity with nearly 1,900 different stations being logged by the entrants. As a consequence of the lack of contest activity in Europe and the resultant lower QRM levels, there was plenty of opportunity to work some reasonable DX. Interestingly, the portables on the East coast averaged around half a dozen or so contacts in excess of 800kms (a reasonable definition of DX on this band) yet GD0EMG on the IOM managed to work over 40.
The Blacksheep Contest Group M0BAA/P got everything right this year to win the Multi Operator Section by a clear margin, with the next 5 places closely contested the 5 Bells CG G4SIV/P securing the second place spot. Andy Cook G4PIQ wins the Single Operator Fixed Section with Steve Barrett G4IVH second. Allan Duncan GM4ZUK using the special 2S4 prefix returned to the Single Operator Portable Section this year and amassed a sizeable score to head a Scottish 1-2-3 in that section, Jim Martin MM0BQI taking second place. In the Six Hour Sections Steve Redfern G4AEQ doubles his score from last year to win the Single Operator Section and the Wythall CG take first spot in the Multi-op Section. G1TWS receives the certificate for the highest placed 25w single antenna fixed station entry.
Not too many tales of woe this year, G4SIV/P suffered most, losing the masthead preamp on the main array before the start and on the second system for an hour on the Sunday. Damaging the back of the caravan on the track to and from the site added to their torment. In contrast the usual bearers of bad news G8LNC/P reported "nothing left behind this time!"
Pete Lindsay G4CLA.
Section M Pos Call Loc Qso's Points Mults Total Dx Dist Pwr Ant 1 M0BAA/P*JO01KJ 840 289,935 116 33,632,460 DL3BQE 877 400 2x4x10 2 G4SIV/P*JO03AD 648 222,669 119 26,497,611 DD0VF 971 400 8x12,4x11 3 GD0EMG IO74QD 600 228,817 110 25,169,870 DL8GP 960 400 8x9,2x17 4 G4IRC/P JO02OD 662 233,159 103 24,015,377 DL5MAE 869 400 2x17 5 G8LNC/P IO90JO 612 208,545 112 23,357,040 DL4NAC 908 400 4x19 6 G4ZAP/P IO93EH 655 185,583 125 23,197,875 DL3ARK 977 400 4x17,4x9,4Q 7 G0VHF/P JO01PU 582 183,794 101 18,563,194 DL3JAN 814 400 4x9,2x15 8 G7RAT/P IO91SF 412 94,734 112 10,610,208 DK2JX 671 400 4x10 9 G8NJA/P IO80DQ 350 93,095 108 10,054,260 HB9RDE 861 180 2x19 10 G4BRA/P IO91PK 305 79,254 84 6,657,336 DK1FG 864 400 2x17 11 G8SRC/P IO91CL 371 67,781 93 6,303,633 F1DUO 783 400 2x17 12 G0MSA/P JO01BA 293 63,516 59 3,747,444 DK1FG 801 300 4 yagis 13 G0DLR JO01EI 226 42,537 73 3,105,201 2S4ZUK/P649 400 15 14 G7RIH IO91RR 183 36,443 72 2,623,896 2S4ZUK/P593 160 9 15 M1AXW/P IO82NS 179 28,499 79 2,251,421 GM8LFB 617 100 2x17 16 G4ADV/P IO70MM 141 29,124 56 1,630,944 2A0BQI/P614 400 2x8 17 G3YNN/P JO00DX 115 18,888 36 679,968 DK5DQ 490 250 Section SF Pos Call Loc Qso's Points Mults Total Dx Dist Pwr Ant 1 G4PIQ * JO01MU 716 234,473 109 25,557,557 DD0VF 892 400 4x15,2x9 2 G4IVH * IO92WN 270 65,698 96 6,307,008 HB9RDE 769 400 17 3 G4HGI IO83PL 208 45,469 84 3,819,396 DF8IK 712 375 11 4 G3YVR IO91WD 144 28,768 71 2,042,528 2S4ZUK/P663 5 GW0PLP IO72RC 65 14,602 45 657,090 GM8LFB 695 100 11 6 G1TWS * JO01HO 65 8,311 42 349,062 2S4ZUK/P627 25 11 7 G3FIJ JO01KV 50 8,470 40 338,800 2S4ZUK/P602 10 4 8 G0TIB IO82XJ 69 7,612 42 319,704 2A0BQI/P385 25 6Q 9 PE1EWR* JO21SL 41 10,440 27 281,880 2S4ZUK/P723 25 10 10 G4OTY IO81UI 41 6,481 34 220,354 2S4ZUK/P621 20 9 11 GM4UYZ IO85MX 24 2,344 23 53,912 GM0HTT 348 30 4Q 12 G8NEO JO02PV 16 2,466 14 34,524 GD0EMG 415 10 6 Section SP Pos Call Loc Qso's Points Mults Total Dx Dist Pwr Ant 1 2S4ZUK/P* IO86RW 335 139,789 128 17,892,992 DL6YCY 894 400 4x13 2 2A0BQI/P* IO85RU 184 50,282 94 4,726,508 DL1EJA 736 80 13 3 GM4WLL/P IO85NR 147 39,482 79 3,119,078 F6FLB 615 25 8ovr8 4 2C8ZRE/P IO83JF 126 16,865 66 1,113,090 2S4ZUK/P415 10 7ZL 5 GW7LQD/P IO82KW 54 11,180 68 760,240 2S4ZUK/P446 3 2x9 6 PA/DJ2YE/P JO22GG 27 8,786 21 184,506 GD0EMG 645 25 10 Section OS Pos Call Loc Qso's Points Mults Total Dx Dist Pwr Ant 1 G7WAC * IO92BJ 120 27,116 58 1,572,728 DG6PY/P 648 400 18 2 G4HLX/P*IO91FN 93 14,216 61 867,176 DJ5BV 604 25 13 Section SS Pos Call Loc Qso's Points Mults Total Dx Dist Pwr Ant 1 G4AEQ * IO93PE 156 40,730 83 3,380,590 DK0EP 600 200 2x9 2 G3MEH * IO91QS 154 36,779 66 2,427,414 F/G8MBI 778 175 2x9 3 G6FQZ IO91JR 57 8,763 42 368,046 2S4ZUK/P586 100 9 4 G4APJ IO83UP 37 6,762 34 229,908 2S4ZUK/P366 25 9 5 G0NFO IO82VJ 12 660 10 6,600 GD0EMG 252 10 6ZL * Certificate winners Checklog received with thanks from PE1HWO.