Again this year there was nothing special in the way of conditions to report for this contest, with most entrants reporting flat to poor propagation throughout. The proceedings were enlivened by the big signal from Richard Thoen PE1OUP who was trying out a new PA and antenna combination. His efforts netted a fine second place and leading overseas entry in the single operator group, with Richard Baker GD8EXI taking the top position with the highest overall score, and giving many entrants their best DX in the process.
There were several portable stations out for this event, and as part of the rule changes for 2000 all of the contests which are currently designated Fixed contests will include an Open section. Most of the entries were e-mailed, which reflects an increasing trend these days, but if you don't have computer logging facilities please send a paper entry if you can - all logs are welcome. Congratulations to all of those receiving certificates and see you again next year.
Steve Redfern G4AEQ
MULTI-OPERATOR SECTION Pos Call QSOs Points Mults Total Loc Best DX km Power Ant 1 G8CUL* 27 3409 34 115906 IO91JO PE1OUP 375 40 21Y 2 G1WAC* 14 1511 22 33242 IO92BJ GD8EXI 268 25 21Y SINGLE-OPERATOR SECTION Pos Call QSOs Points Mults Total Loc Best DX km Power Ant 1 GD8EXI* 31 10380 38 394440 IO74PC PE1OUP 639 400 38Y 2 PE1OUP* 38 9965 37 368705 JO22CA DL9MCC 696 400 2x21Y 3 G3RIR* 37 4718 42 198156 IO92JL PE1OUP 372 25 20Y 4 G3MEH 36 4918 40 196720 IO91QS DL8OBU 726 150 2x19Y 5 G0GCI 22 4196 30 125880 JO01ED GD8EXI 475 120 2x21Y 6 G4GFI 22 3462 36 124632 IO91VH GD8EXI 434 30 19Y 7 G4JTJ 26 3393 32 108576 IO92SD DF2VJ 607 80 21Y 8 PE1EWR 21 4703 23 108169 JO11SL M1BQY/P 394 13 2x21Y 9 G4APJ 18 3693 27 99711 IO83UP G0GCI 331 25 19Y 10 G0DVJ 24 3095 28 86660 JO01MX GD8EXI 451 50 5Y 11 G7ULL 25 2742 30 82260 JO01AK GD8EXI 436 20 16Y 12 G3FIJ 22 2618 28 73304 JO01KV GD8EXI 447 10 21Y 13 G4CXT 16 2435 23 56005 JO02PB GD8EXI 460 20 19Y 14 G1KHX 15 2336 23 53728 IO81MI G4DEZ 255 120 2x19Y 15 2E1GUA 13 2037 21 42777 JO01FS GD8EXI 432 10 23Y 16 M0COP 5 546 10 5460 IO92BK GD8EXI 264 15 17Y * Certificate winner Checklogs with thanks:- M1BQY/P, G4AEQ