Entries are up over a third compared with the 2002 event, despite fairly uninspiring conditions which was a common theme amongst entrants' comments. An extended spell of good tropo openings had just finished before the contest began !
This time Robert GD4GNH takes top honours in the Single Op Fixed section, with second placed Dave G1OGY and the rest of the pack some way behind. Whilst some entrants were using FT1000's and a transverter, I noted that Pat G3IKR in third place was using a Heathkit SB401/303, driving a homebrew amplifier, into a 30 year old 4 ele yagi (!) Very close behind, and winning the 25w / single antenna certificate is Bob G1ZJP, giving his wife's callsign M1MHZ an airing.
Gordon GW8ASA/P wins the Single Op Others section, and the Newquay and DARS team came first in the Multi-Op section at G4ADV. Mention should also be made of Foundation Licensee Steve M3RNA/P, operating from Bristol with just a dipole.
There was a greater geographical spread of stations this year, with two entries from IO70 in the south west, up to IO85 and IO86 in Scotland. With the list of countries with access to 4m also growing, it's hoped activity will continue to increase next year.
Lee Volante GØMTN
Section M Pos Call Loc QSOs Score ODX Kms Power Ant 1* G4ADV IO70LK 32 7865 M1MHZ 435 120 7Y 2* G4FOH/P IO92TI 32 3869 G4ADV 388 70 6Y Section SF Pos Call Loc QSOs Score ODX Kms Power Ant 1* GD4GNH IO74QD 50 14534 G0VGX/P 500 160 2x8Y 2* G1OGY JO01GR 40 6815 GD4GNH 438 70 5Y 3 G3IKR IO82XF 43 6409 GM4AFF 510 160 4Y 4* M1MHZ IO92WV 35 6319 G4ADV 435 20 6Y 5 G3TCU IO91QE 43 5855 EI3IO 438 150 6Y 6 G1EHF IO91LH 41 5460 GD4GNH 397 150 4Y 7 G8SRL JO01ED 31 5330 GD4GNH 474 100 7Y 8 G3NAQ IO91HL 45 5326 EI3IO 377 100 8Y 9 G4DEZ JO03AE 26 5079 GD4GNH 325 150 5Y 10 G3YBY IO91BO 34 4957 EI3IO 340 10 4Y 11 G4YPC IO91RH 30 4187 GD4GNH 418 160 4Y 12 G0ODQ IO91NQ 33 4155 GD4GNH 371 150 5Y 13 G1KHX IO81MI 22 3269 GD4GNH 330 90 5Y 14 G3LVP IO81WV 28 3123 EI7GL 429 150 4Y 15 G4SJH IO91PI 28 3100 GD4GNH 407 70 6Y 16 GM4AFF IO86ST 9 2275 G3IKR 510 70 8Y 17 G4CZB IO92MF 18 1929 GD4GNH 324 10 3Y 18 G3BPM IO80OV 18 1429 G3FIJ 278 50 8Y 19 GM4DIJ IO85IW 5 1040 G3UKV 360 50 4Y Section SO Pos Call Loc QSOs Score ODX Kms Power Ant 1* GW8ASA/P IO81GN 40 6170 G3FIJ 301 50 3Y 2* G6GVI/P IO83RO 32 5801 G8SRL 337 25 5Y 3 GW3VWH/P IO82LQ 39 5049 G8SRL 290 10 4Y 4 GW5NF/P IO81KR 32 4554 G0VGX/P 289 80 5Y 5* M3RNA/P IO81QJ 18 2234 GD4GNH 334 10 Dipole 6 G4WVD/P IO70PM 5 918 GD4GNH 403 25 3Y