Results were very close at the top of the Single Operator Fixed section - the multipliers hide just how close, but through accurate logging Roger Piper, G3MEH won the day, pushing Bryn Llewellyn, G4DEZ into second place and reversing last year's result. It was good to see 3 single operators taking advantage of the good weather and going out portable, and Geoff Morris, GW1ATZ won this section from Gordon Emmerson, G8PNN who crossed the border into GM. In the Open section, the A1 CG won out once again, but with the Bracknell ARC not far behind with a much simpler system. Many of A1's extra QSOs came from FM which also brought them some valuable extra multipliers. In a 70cm contest like this with low QSO counts, FM is worth checking, but needs to be done without irritating all the locals, so don't camp out permanently on 433.500!
Overall, things were a bit quiet this year - it was described by one entrant as the 'Watching Paint Dry' contest. Because of this, we've planned some changes for 2004, shortening the event and removing the clash with the IOTA contest, so we hope to see more activity next time around.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ
Single Operator Fixed Station Pos Call Loc QSOs Mult Points Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G3MEH IO91QS 24 30 83310 20 2 x 23Y PA3AWJ 355 2* G4DEZ JO03AE 17 27 75708 25 2 x 28Y PA3AWJ 334 3* PE1EWR JO11SL 13 22 71962 5 2 x 21Y M0BRA/P 425 4* G1KHX IO81MI 16 26 67548 25 19Y EI5FK 389 5 G8SRL JO01ED 15 22 44858 25 2 x 21Y DG1KJG 474 6 G4APJ IO83UP 7 15 23220 25 19Y G8SRL 332 7 G3JJZ JO01AJ 9 15 12600 10 19Y G4ZAP/P 241 8 G4PDF IO93VH 9 11 10043 25 19Y M0BRA/P 318 9* 2E1GUA JO01FR 4 8 2960 10 19Y G4ZAP/P 226 Single Operator Portable Section Pos Call Loc QSOs Mult Points Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* GW1ATZ/P IO82KW 19 26 74048 10 18Y PA3AWJ 531 2* GM8PNN/P IO85XT 11 18 37980 25 2 x 21Y G8VLL 413 3 G6GVI/P IO81QJ 10 15 19905 25 HB9CV G4SIV/P 277 All Others Section Pos Call Loc QSOs Mult Points Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G4ZAP/P IO93EH 57 63 697662 25 2 x 2 x 28Y +Colin DF2VJ 740 2* M0BRA/P IO80ST 41 51 413712 25 2 x 21Y DG1KJG 673 3 G4SIV/P JO03CE 24 36 182484 25 8 x 28Y DF2VJ 634 4 G4FUR/P IO91XH 27 26 52286 25 54Y G4APJ 301 * Certificate Winner