Once again conditions were disappointing for this year, with nothing really outstanding to report. Nevertheless, we saw a small increase in entries over 2002. Many people reported deep QSB , but still good DX was worked – even with low power – a great feature of this contest – CW makes it so much easier, and there is great activity from high power stations in Europe. Clive Ohennessy, GM4VVX listened from home on the Saturday and didn’t hear a single station. However – in spite of this, and with snow on the surrounding hills, he was out portable by first light on Sunday and worked hard as usual for a small number of QSOs.
Winners and runners-up were quite clear in all sections, and congratulations go to all of them, however special mention should go to John Lemay, G4ZTR who amassed a bigger score in the Single Operator 6 hour section than the Windmill CG in the Open 6 hour section. All entries have been forwarded to ARI for inclusion in the Europe wide Marconi contest results.
Andy Cook, G4PIQ
24 Hour Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Pts QSOs Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G3MEH 30601 96 IO91QS 400 2 x 12Y F5VHX 778
2* G7RAU 21464 58 IO90IR 400 2 x 9Y DB3BW 665
3* G3JJZ 8442 36 JO01AJ 25 8Y F8BPN/P 577
4 G4BRK 8048 17 IO91DP 50 9Y DK0BN 692
5 G4TJE 1772 9 JO01BK 50 5Y DK5DQ 498
24 Hour Open
Pos Callsign Pts QSOs Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* M0BPQ/P 2828 13 JO01DH 180 9Y F8KCF/P 671
6 Hour Open
Pos Callsign Pts QSOs Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G0FBB 25132 74 JO01EI 400 2 x 17Y DL0DBO 940
2* GM4VVX/P 2666 10 IO78VB 300 9Y G3OHH 565
6 Hour Single Operator Fixed
Pos Callsign Pts QSOs Loc Pwr Ant Best DX km
1* G4ZTR 28941 74 JO01KW 150 16Y DL0TUD 872
2* G3OHH 8271 22 IO83VC 100 16Y F8BPN/P 819
3 G0DVJ 4677 19 JO01MX 50 5Y DL0WAE 496
4 G1WAC 2817 7 IO92BJ 100 18Y F8BPN/P 749
5* G4XPE 1500 6 IO92GU 25 10Y F6DWG/P 461
6 G3UFY 1214 8 IO91WJ 5 8Y DL0KM 436
* Certificate Winners