Following the excellent conditions in 1999, it was inevitable that the conditions this year would return to normal. Contact numbers were well down compared to 1999. Most entrants regarded the conditions as average and a number complained about deep QSB. However, there was an aurora on the Saturday afternoon and evening that allowed a number of entrants to make good DX contacts though there did appear to be a lack of CW activity. Stations in Scotland had their own private tropo conditions into Scandinavia though with the beacons at good strength there were few stations active. G8T operating from the Lizard reported a number of scatter modes associated with weather fronts together with meteor bursts and FAI propagation into the Balkans.
A number of stations suffered equipment failures that were either terminal or required motorbike couriers to provide replacement equipment. M6T suffered badly with multiple failures and lost two hours of the event and still managed to work 853 stations!
The weather fronts that affected the propagation provided other forms of interest to the portable stations with driving rain and gale force winds being reported.
At the top of the Multi operator section, The Northern Lights repeated their 1999 victory to retain the Mitchell-Milling Trophy. In the single operator fixed station section M6T, operated by Andy G4PIQ, scored an overwhelming victory to win the Thorogood Trophy. Alan, GM4ZUK, took full advantage of the conditions to win the single operator open section. These stations together with the section runners up and Richard G4HGI who was the highest placed fixed station entrant running 25 watts or less into a single antenna will receive certificates.
Roger, G4BVY G4BVY@rsgb.org.uk
Pos Call Locator QSOs Score ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Power Ant Group 1* MD6V IO74QD 542 211790 F4CBY JN16BN 969 400 8*9+4*9 The Northern Lights 2* G5B JO03AD 569 191015 DK8TU JN48TM 846 400 6*12+4*16 Five Bells CG 3 G8L IO90JO 497 165060 LA9GL/M JO39BF 1066 400 4*17 Victory CG 4 G0VHF/P JO01HW 444 136237 LA0BY JO59FW 1078 400 2*15 Villa CG 5 G4HRY/P IO93UK 280 82479 DL0GTH JO50JP 818 400 2*9+4*3 Three Spires CG 6 G8SRC/P IO91CL 302 66832 HB2MS JN36GU 794 400 2*17 Swindon & DARC 7 G2XV/P JO02CE 258 64238 GM0HTT IO89JC 798 250 Yagi Cambridge & DARC 8 G4RFR/P IO80UU 270 62555 F6KEX JN25PO 809 400 14 Flight Refuelling ARS 9 G3WRS/P IO93FO 252 57643 DL8GP JN39LH 757 400 4*17 Wakefield & DRS 10 G7RIH IO91RR 158 32649 DF0CI JO51CH 745 160 17 Dacorum AR&TS 11 G4ADV/P IO70MM 128 31047 GM4ZUK/P IO86RW 731 400 2*8/8 Newquay & DARS 12 G0DLR JO01EI 119 21430 GM0HTT IO89JC 891 400 15 Culverstone CG 13 M2H IO92DF 127 18737 F6CRP IN96KE 673 120 12 Stratford Upon Avon &DRS 14 GM4WLL/P IO78HA 44 17203 SK7MW JO65MJ 1157 280 2*14 Tanera Mor Expedition 15 G3YNN/P JO00DX 75 12219 GM4ZUK/P IO86RW 688 25 Yagi
Pos Call Locator QSOs Score ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Power Ant 1* M6T JO02OD 853 320871 LA2AB JO59FV 1034 400 2*2*17+17 2* GM4AFF IO86ST 222 111366 HB2MS JN36GU 1266 400 4*9 3 G3MEH IO91QS 302 75656 F6FHP IN94TR 783 400 2*10 4 G1GEY IO94DV 122 40093 DF0OL JO40BP 812 100 9 5 G0HAS IO81VH 157 38235 DL0WAE JO42DC 728 300 2*13 6* G4HGI IO83PL 146 31055 LX/PE1JBK JO30BB 716 25 17 7 PE1EWR JO11SL 89 24137 DF0YY JO62GD 623 80 10 8 G3FIJ JO01KV 71 15699 GM4ZUK/P IO86RW 602 10 10 9 G3XDY JO02OB 29 13897 DF0YY JO62GD 773 400 12 10 G4APJ IO83UP 61 13368 F1CXX/P JN09XI 560 25 9 11 G1TWS JO01HO 57 12508 HB9RF JN47HD 746 25 11 12 G0GJV IO91OK 52 11657 PI4GN JO33KK 565 200 9 13 G4XPE IO92GU 35 8646 F6KPQ/P IN87KW 559 25 10 14 G3YJR IO93FJ 25 5254 F6IFR JN09TT 454 60 9 15 2E1GUA JO01FS 21 3585 LX/PE1JBK JO30BB 440 10 13
Pos Call Locator QSOs Score ODX Call ODX Loc ODX Kms Power Ant Group 1* GM4ZUK/P IO86RW 300 152613 OH2BNH KP20LG 1623 400 4*13 2* G4IVH/P IO92WN 295 84262 GM0PWS IO68UG 744 400 17 3 G8T IN79JX 204 74473 S52ZW JN86BT 1608 400 2*10 Blacksheep CG 4 GM2T IO85RU 145 49919 DK8ZB/P JN49PU 1035 100 17 5 GW7ORR/P IO81KW 192 45534 DL8GP JN39LH 768 400 2*10 6 GW8ASA/P IO81FP 183 37028 HB2MS JN36GU 905 200 10 7 M0AFC/P IO84SA 85 19884 DL8GP JN39LH 833 10 13 8 GW8ZRE/P IO83JA 90 17178 DB7JU/P JO31BC 672 10 7 9 G6FQZ/P IO91FL 75 15721 HB2MS JN36GU 780 25 9 10 M5EPA/P IO81MW 62 8158 DL1ELY JO30EM 668 50 10