Conditions were dreadful for this contest, but in spite of this, entries were up for the second year in a row, and it was especially good to see some good activity from Scotland. The entries from GM3HAM/P and GM4V make the table below, but Clive O'Hennessy, GM4VVX/P was also active from the far north in IO78. However, he heard only one signal briefly in 4 hours and never managed to complete a contact, so at 1800, he called it a day! Thanks for trying Clive!
Logging standards were variable with the stations at the top of the table having pretty clean logs, but one or two stations who should have known better losing 20% or more of their score!
Congratulations to Roger Piper for winning the Single Operator fixed section this year, putting David Gilligan, G1OGY in the runner-up position. The Five Bells Contest Group, G5B take the trophy, with the Flight Refuelling ARS operating from the deep South being in second place. Leading low power single antenna station was Ken Punshon, G4APJ, James Beatwell, 2E1GUA maintains his position as leading Intermediate licensee, and 14 year old Kevin Coyne, M3KGC wins the award for the leading Foundation licensee in his first contest. Lets hope to see more of Kevin in future events.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ.
Single Operator Fixed Section Pos Call Loc Points QSO Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G3MEH IO91QS 11087 53 250 2x23Y DF2VJ 599 2* G1OGY JO01GR 9942 49 300 4x21Y DF2VJ 524 3 G8SRL JO01ED 6074 31 80 2x21Y PI4GN 496 4 G3YDY JO01FQ 5005 20 50 19Y DL0GTH 729 5* G4APJ IO83UP 2547 13 25 19Y PA6NL 469 6 M0DDT IO91JR 1585 15 80 21Y GD0EMG 353 7* 2E1GUA JO01FR 1566 12 10 19Y DF2VJ 530 8 M1DUD JO02QC 924 8 2.5 6Y PA6NL 189 9 G3YJR IO93FJ 762 5 10 19Y PA6NL 413 10* M3KGC IO93FJ 17 1 10 19Y G3NEO/P 17 Open Section Pos Call Loc Points QSO Pwr Ant Best DX km 1* G5B JO03CE 23283 76 400 8x28Y DK6AS 716 2* G4RFR/P IO80UU 12587 51 400 QLY EA1DDU 851 3 G8OHM/P IO92GB 9635 52 400 4x19Y DF2VJ 664 4 GD0EMG IO74QD 8794 40 400 4x20Y PA6NL 632 5 GW1ATZ/PIO82KW 4181 30 50 18Y PA6NL 502 6 GM3HAM/PIO85SS 1911 13 400 2x37QLY M0DDT 457 7 G4LOO/P IO91RU 1640 14 200 3x36Y PI4GN 517 8 GM4V IO85NR 787 7 40 24Y G5B 346 9 G1ORC/P IO83WN 115 4 3 2x9Y GW1ATZ/P 96 10 G3ZME/P IO82QL 114 3 200 17Y G3PHO/P 114 * Certificate Winner