The weather was once again kind to the Backpackers for this contest. Band conditions were variable with some QSB at times. There was plenty of DX to work during the first three hours of the contest but many of the Backpackers found that getting through with low power needed a lot of patience. The final hour of the contest was much quieter with little DX available
Three stations managed to submit perfect logs for this contest and a further seven stations lost less than 2% of their claimed score. An error in a call sign was the most common cause of loosing points. An incorrect locator was the second most common error. Call sign and Locator errors accounted for about 90% of all of the errors in the logs. The average points lost were 6.8% for this contest.
GW7LQD/P wins the Single Operator 3W section with M0AFC/P claiming first place in the 10W section. In the multi-operator sections, the One Man and His Dog Contest Group, G8NWM/P claimed first place in the 10W section with the Malvern Hill ARC "B", GW4IDF/P claiming first place in the 3W section
This is the final contest of this year's Backpackers series. These contests continues to be popular with entrants with comments such as 'a very enjoyable day, and here's to next year series' and 'it has been a good year for the backpackers contests' being typical of the many comments recorded in the logs. However, the format of these series has remained the same for a number of years. Are there any changes that you would like to see? I invite your comments and suggestions
Ian, G0FCT g0fct@blacksheep.org
Single Operator 3W Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW7LQD/P IO82KW 76 13533 30 405990 DK0MU 719 3 2x9Y IC275E 2* G1WKS/P JO01ED 48 9328 31 289168 GM4ZUK/P 671 2.5 13Y FT290 3 GW0PZO/P IO83ID 71 10277 27 277479 OT0M 542 2.5 5Q FT290 4 G7VHW/P JO01GP 39 6663 25 166575 G8T 444 2.5 5Y FT290 5 GW1ATZ/P IO82KA 40 6450 22 141900 GM4ZUK/P 548 2 10Y FT290 6 G0NFO/P IO82RJ 40 5158 20 103160 GM4ZUK/P 505 2.5 7ZL FT290 7 G0VOK/P IO83QF 31 4916 20 98320 F6IFR 480 3 9Y IC202 8 G0OIW/P IO91MO 13 1665 11 18315 G8T 349 3 HB9CV IC202 Single Operator 10W Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA 108 24308 35 850780 DL8GP 833 10 13Y IC706 2* GW8ZRE/P IO83JA 111 20139 37 745143 DB7JU/P 672 10 7ZL TR751E 3 G0PQF/P JO01AX 61 13996 36 503856 GM4ZUK/P 576 10 9Y IC251E 4 G0GRI/P IO81XG 64 14308 35 500780 HB2MS 794 10 13Y TR751E 5 G8ORG/P IO93AD 46 9522 26 247572 LX/PE1JBK 655 10 8Y IC251E 6 M0BAO/P IO81JD 42 8624 26 224224 GM4ZUK/P 645 10 17Y IC706 7 G4EDR/P IO94RD 33 8592 25 214800 G8T 562 10 4Q IC706 8 G0WJR/P IO81PH 32 5993 26 155818 GM4ZUK/P 626 10 HB9CV IC202 9 G4WVD/P IO70NN 15 3346 12 40152 G0HDV/P 448 10 10ZL FT480 Multi-operator 3W Pos Group Call Loc QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* Malvern Hills ARC "B" GW4IDF/P IO81NV 75 13616 33 449328 GM4ZUK/P 561 3 19Y IC202S 2* GW5NF/P IO81PR 69 12992 31 402752 GM4ZUK/P 579 2.5 2x9Y FT290 3 G0HDV/P IO93UK 58 11765 29 341185 EI4IX 600 3 16Y TR751E 4 Wythall CG G1WAC/P IO82XJ 47 7652 27 206604 GM4ZUK/P 506 2.5 17Y FT290 5 Oldham Radio Club G1ORC/P IO83XN 62 7931 22 174482 F6IFR 487 2.5 2x9Y FT290 6 Stockport RS G8SRS/P IO83XH 35 4108 19 78052 F1CXX/P 520 2.5 9Y FT290 Multi-operator 10W Pos Group Call Loc QSOs Score Mults Total Best DX km Power Ant Equipment 1* One Man & His Dog CG G8NWM/P IO92TR 65 14060 33 463980 LX/PE1JBK 539 10 2x10Y FT736R 2* Barpackers CG M1BAR/P IO83XI 54 9520 31 295120 F1CXX/P 524 10 14Y TR751E * Certificate winner