1997 50MHz Backpackers Trophy Entries have seen yet another significant increase compared with last two years events. This year, the two sessions had very different propagation conditions. The first session had very little DX whilst the second had lots of DX available in excess of 1000 km. The weather also varied greatly between the two sessions with reports of high winds and giant hale stones in the first session and fine, dry weather in the second. The tabulation shows the normalised scores of all of the station who took part in either or both of the sessions. The overall winner and the winner of the 50MHz Backpackers Trophy is the Jersey Amateur Radio Society (GJ8RVT/P, 10W multi-operator section) who managed to win their section in both sessions thanks to accurate logging. The runner-up is G8JAY/P from the 10W single operator section who managed to beat off a determined challenge from G4MD/P and last yearþs winners, the West Kent Amateur Radio Society. Finally, thank you to everyone who sent their entries in on disk or via e-mail. Ian, G0FCT Posn Name Call BP1 BP2 Total 1*# Jersey ARS GJ8RVT/P 1000 1000 2000 2* G8JAY/P 1000 525 1525 3 G4MD/P 524 893 1418 4 West Kent ARS G1WKS/P 373 1000 1373 5 Castle CG M0AFC/P 91 1000 1091 6= G0RMX/P 1000 0 1000 6= GW0PZO/P 1000 0 1000 6= GW8ZRE/P 0 1000 1000 9 G0SOO/P 294 536 831 10 GD7KHG/P 512 276 788 11 G4DBL/P 379 0 379 12 Bristol ARC GW7TQR/P 308 0 308 13 G3XNI/P 0 269 269 14 G4FAA/P 160 0 160 15 Cockenzie + Port Seton ARC MM1BGI/P 0 121 121 16 G8ORG/P 0 114 114 17 G8GSQ/P 58 0 58 18 G4MPK/P 54 0 54 * Certificate winner # Trophy winner