70 MHz Cumulatives 1997 If anyone was going to win this contest, for sheer dedication it had to be the 'A Team Contest Group', GM4YNL/P. They clocked up 3000 miles for the four events in which they took part, travelling each time from the Birmingham area up to the Mull of Galloway - pretty dedicated for a 2 hour contest! However, their efforts were rewarded by 1st place in the Open Section, and by mild sunny weather while much of the rest of the UK languished under rain and gales. Many of the other contestants wanted to thank GM4YNL/P and the 4m beacons, Stewart Cooper, GM4AFF/P and Allan Duncan, GM4ZUK/P for turning out in all the sessions and giving so many people their best DX. Activity and entries were up once again - about another 20%, and a good set of computer logs helped the adjudication process along nicely, although more are always welcome. If you only have an odd format available, don't worry, contact the committee and see if we can read it - we already receive a wide variety of formats! G3NKS had a small disaster on the computer side, with a hard disk crash just after the end of the first session - hence the zero score! Most of the top results were quite clear, but the 25W, single antenna certificate was hard fought, and after thorough checking Stephen Foote, G4FOH emerged in pole position. Thanks to G3KAC for the checklog. A number of people commented that 2 hours is not long enough to work everyone on the band, and that a slightly longer event would be welcome. Please let us have your comments on this as soon as possible and we'll look into it. Andy Cook, G4PIQ. Single Operator Fixed Section Pos Callsign 19-Jan 26-Jan 9-Feb 23-Feb 9-Mar Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant km 1 GD4GNH 10912 15767 12348 11594 13055 3000 226 74QD 160 5Y 457 2 G4AEQ 8916 9793 0 10001 9547 2411 206 93PE 160 2 x 6Y 553 3 G3XDY 7307 9963 8942 7525 0 2043 156 02OB 150 2 x 6Y 594 4 G4ZTR 6894 8795 7233 4959 6892 1776 176 01KW 75 5Y 598 5 G3UKV 5143 6757 6537 4365 5260 1430 187 82RR 100 5Y 569 6 G3NAQ 4514 6738 5734 4950 4540 1319 187 91HL 60 8Y+HB9CV 612 7 G4AFJ 4311 5855 4599 4400 4875 1148 173 92HO 50 8Y 488 8 G3NKS 0 3522 5554 694 3051 907 87 81XU 80 5Y 566 9 G0EHV 3274 5227 2346 12 3297 885 68 94FW 60 HB9CV 385 10 G4FOH 1912 5603 3123 0 2897 831 89 02BA 25 5Y 573 11 G8IMR 2926 3956 1662 3384 0 811 95 90IV 25 4Y 482 12 G3FIJ 2755 2619 2947 3423 2856 786 81 01KV 20 4Y 602 13 G1GEY 2193 3072 2763 2184 4489 769 69 94DV 50 3Y 380 14 G0MJW 0 371 2135 2437 2377 566 75 91JO 160 4Y 364 15 G0JLF 1777 2572 1807 0 0 473 39 92WU 10 4Y 370 16 G3RHH 1841 2465 1431 1664 1524 469 89 82UB 15 4Y 252 17 G4OUT 1534 1875 1351 2115 0 442 63 92AT 10 3Y 460 18 G6WOI 863 2174 1750 807 1792 417 87 92BN 10 5Y 304 19 GM3TAL 0 0 1733 1644 724 338 19 86GA 20 4Y 505 20 GW1SXT 0 0 1575 0 749 185 11 81LQ 10 3Y 351 All Others Section Pos Callsign 19-Jan 26-Jan 9-Feb 23-Feb 9-Mar Norm QSO Loc Pwr Ant km 1 GM4YNL/P 9851 16943 14306 13338 0 3000 180 74NP 160 6Y 495 2 GM4AFF/P 2910 7835 9413 8710 9779 2311 111 86RW 70 7Y 664 3 G4ZAP 4635 7365 0 3951 4819 1398 164 91BO 160 6Y 595 4 GM4ZUK/P 2597 3799 5589 4193 3882 1103 65 86NN 70 5Y 573