Good weather and above average conditions were the theme of the third 144MHz Backpackers contest. Several call signs new to backpacker's contests appeared in this session - welcome to this popular series of events. There was some DX available to those who could break through the QRM from the VHF NFD stations. The majority of the entrants managed to break the 500km barrier.
The standard of logging continues to be extremely variable. This time, three stations managed not to lose a single point during adjudication - well done. On the other hand, five stations had the misfortune to loose over 15% of their claimed score. The average loss of points was 8%.
Congratulations to the following stations for winning their respective sections:
· M0AFC/P (10W Single Operator)
· GW0PZO/P (3W Single Operator)
· G8NWM/P (10W Multi Operator)
· GW5NF/P (3W Multi Operator)
All winners and runners-up will receive certificates. Thank you to G0NFO/P for a very useful check log.
.Ian Pawson, G0FCT
g0fct@blacksheep.org
3W Multi-Op Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW5NF/P IO81KR 76 14474 29 419746 DL0NS 676 2.5 2x9el FT290 2* G6ZME/P IO82NN 41 6052 20 121040 GM4ZUK/P 487 2.5 7el FT817 3W Single Op Pos Call Loc QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* GW0PZO/P IO83ID 107 18296 30 548880 F6HPP/P 629 2.5 9el FT290 2* G4HUN/P IO92XA 72 14175 34 481950 GM4ZUK/P 570 2.5 7ZL FT817 3 G1WKS/P JO01ED 61 12306 32 393792 GM4ZUK/P 671 3 2x9el FT817 4 G8XQS/P IO94AO 52 13585 24 326040 ON6NB/P 585 2.5 9el FT290 5 GI7JYK/P IO74BS 51 11888 21 249648 G6BUT/P 523 2.5 9el FT290 6 G0HDV/P IO93UK 57 10676 23 245548 GM4ZUK/P 415 3 12el TR751E 7 G0BVW/P IO92RA 54 8478 27 228906 MM0CPS/P 446 2.5 9el FT817 8 G3JKV/P IO91TE 42 9016 25 225400 GM4ZUK/P 655 3 10el FT817 9 G4BXT/P JO01RI 27 7345 22 161590 DK0BN 472 3 9el FT817 10 G7ARW/P IO83RP 37 5163 15 77445 GM4ZUK/P 366 2.5 7ZL FT817 11* M3CGC/P IO81XT 24 4020 15 60300 GM4ZUK/P 571 2.5 HB9CV FT817 10W Multi-Op Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* G8NWM/P IO92TR 81 15724 31 487444 DK0BN 644 10 2x10el FT736R 2* G3BPK/P IO83PN 80 12744 25 318600 EI5CRC/P 426 10 11el IC746 3 M1LOL/P IO83WE 51 9182 24 220368 F6KFM/P 613 10 9el FT290+PA 10W Single Op Pos Call Locator QSOs Score Mult Total Best Dx km Power Ant Equipment 1* M0AFC/P IO84SA 131 29012 35 1015420 F4CQY/P 829 10 13el IC706 2* G4PIQ/P JO02PF 80 21237 40 849480 DF0CI 622 10 9el IC202S+PA 3 GW8ZRE/P IO83JA 130 23358 32 747456 F6HPP/P 616 10 7ZL TR751E 4 G4RQI/P IO94JF 74 16997 30 509910 DK5DQ 659 10 10el FT897 5 G0PQF/P JO01AX 67 13663 35 478205 GM4ZUK/P 576 10 9el FT847 6 M0BAO/P IO81FD 62 12342 23 283866 GM4ZUK/P 647 10 8el IC706 7 G3YDY/P IO84IE 45 9727 19 184813 G5LK/P 458 10 Halo FT290+PA 8 GI0OUM/P IO74CN 16 5097 12 61164 G3TCR/P 481 10 5ZL TR9130 Checklog G0NFO/P