50MHz Trophy Contest 2003

This contest was one of fantastic weather and excellent sporadic E. Most stations were busy for the entire contest, some were even managing to sustain rates of around 90 QSOs per hour on Saturday afternoon and work DX throughout the night. There were however a few unfortunate stations that had to close down for short periods due to thunderstorms.

At the top of the Multi Operator section the total number of QSO and multipliers were close but the Northern Lights had a higher proportion of DX contacts to give them a clear victory. They beat the record score they set last year and retain the Telford Trophy.

Congratulations to Les M5LMG who wins the Single Operator Other section operating as GX3SRT/P and to Bryn G4DEZ who wins the Single Operator Fixed section and retains the Six Metre Cup as the highest scoring single operator entrant.

The winners of both the six hour sections chose to operate on the Saturday and both runners up operated on the Sunday, congratulations to Roger G4BVY and Geoff MM5AHO for their victories.

Matthew Jeffery, M0MAT

Multi Operator - 24 Hour												
Pos	Group			Call	Locator	QSOs	Score	Mult	Total		Best DX	 Km	Power	Ant	Rig  
1*	Northern Lights CG	MD6V	IO74QD	848	982631	235	230918285	4Z5LA	3955	400   2x7+2x7	FT650
													      +2x6+6
2*	Bristol CG		GW6YB/P	IO81KW	839	726480	223	162005040	UT1IC	2937	400	7 el	FT920	
3	Stevenage & DARS	M3S	IO91TW	504	486850	207	100777950	4Z5LA	3597	400	7 el	IC746
4	Five Bells		G5B	JO03CE	446	434599	180	78227820	EH8QL	2975	400  2x6 + 2x5	IC 7400
5	Colchester CG		G0VHF/P	JO01HW	368	323163	185	59785155      OD5/OK1MU	3435	250	6 el	FT847
6	Herstmonceux Megacycles	G3YNN	JO00EU	229	229611	125	28701375	4Z5LA	3501	100	5el	IC736
7				M4W	IO91CL	268	193950	121	23467950	4Z5LA	3667	100	5 el	FT736
8	Otley ARS		M8Y	IO93DV	218	195661	109	21327049	9H6M	2356	100	5 el	IC706

Single Operator Other - 24 Hour												
Pos	Call	  Loc	QSOs	Score	Mult	Total		Best DX	 Km	Power	Ant	Rig	
1*	GX3SRT/P IO82OO	65	66049	62	4095038		9H6M	2294	100	5 el	IC746
2*	GW8ZRE/P IO83JA	61	55600	53	2946800		9H6M	2347	10	HB9CV	FT690
3	G4WGE/P	 IO91SI	31	19519	25	487975		9H6M	2084	10	5 el	FT736

Single Operator Fixed - 24 Hour												
Pos	Call	  Loc	QSOs	Score	Mult	Total		Best DX	 Km	Power	Ant	Rig           
1*	G4DEZ	JO03AE	409	422454	172	72662088	4Z5LA	3631	400	7 el	FT920
2*	G0AEV	IO81WL	332	343909	152	52274168	4Z5LA	3689	100	7 el	IC706
3	G3MEH	IO91QS	353	294021	143	42045003	UT1IC	2769	250	2 x 5	FT1000 + tvtr
4	G4DBL	IO91JJ	282	266009	135	35911215	4Z5LA	3626	350	5 el	IC746
5	M0DDT	IO91JR	268	251074	116	29124584	YO3IZI	2170	150	5 el	FT736
6	GW8ASA	IO81EM	210	230672	91	20991152	9H6M	2249	100	3 el	IC756
7*	PE1EWR	JO11SL	118	128849	109	14044541	UT5JCW	2380	20	3 el	TS680
8	M1DUD	JO02QC	122	126649	100	12664900	9H1DE	2076	2.5	5 el	FT817
9	MU0FAL	IN89RL	105	120483	98	11807334	EO6F	2388	200	5 el	FT1000
10	2E1GUA	JO01FR	52	34530	37	1277610		9H6M	2076	30	HB9CV	IC706
11	M0ZZO	JO01PW	39	30036	37	1111332		EO6F	2137	100	5 el	FT847
12	M0AQM	IO83WK	23	20453	22	449966		EH7RM	1747	100	Halo	FT847

6 Hour Other Section												
Pos	Group		Call	Locator	QSOs	Score	Mult	Total		Best DX	 Km	Power	Ant	Rig		
1*			G4BVY/P	IO82TF	184	165443	92	15220756	9H5EE	2252	200	5 el	TS850 + tvtr
2*			GM4V	IO85RU	110	152377	80	12190160     IH9/I2ADN	2381	20	6 el	TS690S
3			G4HLX/P	IO91FN	152	115160	76	8752160		UT5UD	2298	250	5 el	FT847
4	Newquay & DARS	G4ADV	IO70LK	107	134200	58	7783600		YR4R	2491	100	5 el	IC706
5			G1KHX/P	IO81MH	104	93718	68	6372824		9H6M	2199	100	3 el	FT920
6	Worthing REG	M0REG/P	IO90SV	18	8469	11	93159		IA9ADN	1850	100	3 el	IC706
7	Sutton Area CG	G0SAC/P	IO91SI	9	798	6	4788		F6IFR	226	10	5 el	FT736

6 Hour Single Operator Section												
Pos	Call	Locator	QSOs	Score	Mult	Total		Best DX	 Km	Power	Ant	Rig   
1*	MM5AHO	IO87LN	116	170276	69	11749044	IT9RZR	2654	400	6el	FT847
2*	G4CZB	IO92MF	93	100371	79	7929309		9H6M	2181	100	Dipole	FT847

SWL												
Pos	Call	Locator	QSOs	Score	Mult	Total		Best DX	 Km	Power	Ant	Rig   
1*    BRS25429	IO93FX	147	198032	119	23565808	EO6F	2370		5 el	R2000

* Certificate winners