May 1997 144MHz No dramatic weather to talk about this time and no dramatic propagation, either. Most entrants agreed that things were pretty-much flat which is borne out by the Best DX figures which show no QSOs over 1000km, even from the 'big guns'. A healthy entry for the Open section this time, although the Single-op 24hour section was less well supported than before overall, entries are slightly up which is encouraging. The Northern Lights were easy winners of the Open section from their North Yorkshire site, with 5 Bells in Lincolnshire in second, narrowly beating A1 Contest Group from Borders. These three were well ahead of the chasing groups. Victory CG were heading for a top-5 placing when their hopes were dashed by a bonfire in the generator in the early hours – bad luck, chaps. They still managed 9th place, though. In the Single-Operator Fixed section, Andy G4PIQ dominated once again, despite having time off for a wedding and to make plans for his trip to JT-land. Steve G4AEQ was runner-up. Frank PE1EWR collects the Overseas certificate. The 6-hour section was much closer, Tim G4YTD in Humberside beating Ela G6HKM in Essex. A bit of a change in the Single-Operator Portable section this time, with no GW4BVY/P – Allan GM4ZUK/P won easily with a score which almost rivalled G4PIQ's, and put in his usual highly accurate log. MM1BGI/P was in second place. Congratulations to all certificate winners, including G0OKD who gets the low-power award. A note to all entrants - for the first time in a while, I've had to resolve some poor-signal complaints in this contest. This seems a good time to remind everyone of the obligations of contest stations to keep their signals as clean as possible to avoid causing unnecessary QRM to other band users and also of the importance of following the laid-down procedures when making or receiving signal complaints. The Code of Practice (September RadCom) details what steps you should take. Peter Bowyer, G4MJS g4mjs@blacksheep.org Open Pos Call Loc QSO Points Mul Score Pwr Ant Dx Km Group 1 * G0EMG/P 94RJ 683 271545 90 24439050 400 136-el HB9RDE 941 Northern Lights 2 * G4SIV/P 03AD 674 224649 91 20443059 400 DL4DTU/P 966 5 Bells CG 3 MM0ACG/P 85VK 555 194640 98 19074720 400 153-el DL4FBN 899 The A1 CG 4 G0RDI/P 01KJ 561 167259 74 12377166 400 2x17+2x9 DG1RRM 792 Mole's Marauders 5 G8TIC/P 92NP 520 137841 89 12267849 400 8x10 DL6ARD/P 914 Black Sheep CG 6 G0VHF/P 01PU 513 161927 74 11982598 400 2x15 DL4DTU/P 865 HADRABS 7 G4IRC/P 02OD 503 126450 65 8219250 400 2x18+3x9 DJ5RE 807 Ipswich RC 8 G7RAT/P 91SF 416 102029 77 7856233 400 2x18 DK9OY 744 Reigate ARTS 9 G8LNC/P 90JO 371 112466 67 7535222 400 4x19 DL0NM 919 Victory CG 10 G0MSA/P 00EW 425 108837 66 7183242 300 4x9 DB2RR 811 E Sussex CG 11 G8SRC/P 91CL 361 73212 79 5783748 400 2x17 DG0OPK/P 833 Swindon+Dist ARC 12 M1AXW/P 82PN 334 64075 75 4805625 150 17+10 DF2VJ 764 13 G6SPS/P 81WR 291 61929 71 4396959 250 14 DG6YID 732 Colchester RA 14 G4BRA/P 91PK 308 64842 66 4279572 400 2x17 DJ2JA 667 Bracknell ARC 15 G7MHZ/P 01IG 281 67343 60 4040580 300 17 DH9NBB 669 North Downs ARCG 16 G1WAC 92BJ 262 49480 76 3760480 400 19 DF2VJ 705 Wythall CG 17 G0DLR 01EI 198 33990 64 2175360 400 15 DH9NBB 693 Culverstone CG 18 GW4VVX/P 81IR 117 20574 52 1069848 20 9 PA3FJY 663 GW4VVX/P 19 G4ADV/P 70MM 97 22966 43 987538 200 2x8/8 GM4ZUK/P 730 Newquay & Dist RS 20 G7RIH 91RR 60 4355 25 108875 50 9 G0BDA 316 Dacorum ARTS Single-op Fixed Pos Call Loc QSO Points Mul Score Pwr Ant Dx Km 1 * G4PIQ 01MU 482 153320 74 11345680 400 4x15+2x9 DG9RCI 776 2 * G4AEQ 93PE 192 37887 74 2803638 100 9 DF2VJ 682 3 G7NCG 02CM 183 33969 57 1936233 100 14 DF2VJ 589 4 * PE1EWR 11SL 53 14396 32 460672 25 10 GM4ZUK/P 723 5 * G0OKD 93IC 60 9410 40 376400 25 7 GM0ULK/P 491 6 G3FIJ 01KV 56 9301 37 344137 10 9 GM4ZUK/P 602 7 GM4WLL 85JU 27 4891 26 127166 70 5 ZL G0RDI/P 560 8 G1TWS 01HO 33 4052 22 89144 25 11 MM0ACG/P 465 Single-op Fixed 6-hour (SS) Pos Call Loc QSO Points Mul Score Pwr Ant Dx Km 1 * G4YTD 93SU 125 31423 55 1728265 400 10 LX2DX 643 2 * G6HKM 01FT 139 32865 47 1544655 160 15 DG0OPK/P 682 3 G7RAU 90IR 131 36401 33 1201233 70 2x9 DJ2JA 705 4 G0VAD 95FE 72 18382 41 753662 100 2x9 G8LNC/P 510 5 G4OBK 94OF 63 13407 42 563094 150 9 G4ADV/P 500 6 G3YVR 91WD 69 13458 41 551778 200 2x9 GM4CXM 602 7 G6FQZ 91JR 77 10607 45 477315 100 9 GM4ZUK/P 596 8 G0ADH 91KO 64 8926 39 348114 100 13 GM4ZUK/P 600 9 G3RHH 82UB 51 7462 28 208936 200 9 PE1PZS 451 10 G8OHM 92AJ 52 6740 29 195460 22 10 PA3FJY 566 11 G0TIB 82XJ 53 5825 31 180575 25 6 Q GM4ZUK/P 506 12 G4XPE 92GU 31 5052 27 136404 10 10 G4ADV/P 354 13 G0TCD 91SS 39 4287 28 120036 10 9 MM0ACG/P 424 14 G4DBL 91HC 28 3755 22 82610 25 7ZL MM0ACG/P 485 15 G7UTC 02IA 26 2956 17 50252 15 12ZL G0EMG/P 277 Single-op Portable Pos Call Loc QSO Points Mul Score Pwr Ant Dx Km 1 * GM4ZUK/P 86RW 279 113253 89 10079517 400 17+2x13 DL8YET 893 2 * MM1BGI/P 85RU 104 26573 61 1620953 70 13 ON4AIQ 689 3 G8VOI/P 90MX 99 13976 43 600968 90 13 DL1EEX 559 4 GW8ZRE/P 83JF 76 13230 43 568890 10 7 GM0ULK/P 475 5 G4HRY/P 92GE 51 6817 29 197693 80 9 DL1EEX/P 601 Checklogs: GM7SJC G3MEH