Hi All.
First of all, many thanks for entering this years contest, some excellent conditions and propagation across the majority of Europe were enjoyed by many stations. As usual the logs were checked for accuracy and as a result, it is clear that many operators are giving membership numbers even though their membership of the group has lapsed. I have included these numbers for this year. Some excellent logs were submitted, well layed out with summary sheets and declarations as requested; unfortunately the majority of entries were received with either or both of these missing. This will be re emphasised in the rules for next year�s contest. Also it would be great to see more logs entered from UK stations, out of the 67 entries received there were only 12 from these shores, I�m sure we can improve on this in the future.

Very well done to the section winners, HA6NL/P in the Single Operator section, the 9H6A team in the Multi Operator section, M1DUD in the Qrp section, and a fabulous score over 3.5 Million points for C4I in the �Rest of the World� section, and of course to BRS25429 for his entry in the Swl section.

Thanks for those that have supplied photos of their stations and reports, also
those who have made suggestions to� improve the contest in the future, these ideas will be considered by the committee in the coming months. And finally, the date for next year�s contest will be the weekend of the 6th and 7th June 2009.
73 de Ade M5ADE

2008 SUMMER CONTEST RESULTS

Section 1: Single Operator

POS	CALL	QSO	MEM	DXCC	LOC	�	TOTAL
	HA6NL/P	381	26	33	103	�	1383393
2	Z32ID	245	15	32	132	�	1098240
3	UT3UA	330	11	28	112	�	1069376
4	IW7EBE	185	37	30	104	�	692640
5	TB7MBP	197	18	27	116	�	673380
6	9A4K	121	16	37	96	�	486624
7	HA8EK	148	20	28	90	�	423360
8	DL2OM	163	9	26	93	�	415896
9	IS0/DK7ZB	157	23	23	79	�	327060
10	LZ4KK	126	27	28	71	�	304164
11	G0IFC/P	142	50	22	53	�	223872
12	YO2MAX	109	19	24	67	�	221184
13	S57S	95	5	24	63	�	151200
14	ON4PS	88	11	19	52	�	97812
15	S53M	66	7	20	48	�	70080
16	9A3R	61	3	20	42	�	53760
17	DJ6TK	61	7	16	42	�	45696
18	IZ2UZ	57	5	17	37	�	38998
19	OE5UAL	35	4	16	28	�	17472
20	PF5X	29	7	15	26	�	14040
21	DL8UAA	27	2	15	25	�	10875
22	EA3AKY	23	5	15	20	�	8400
23	YL2PJ	22	2	10	18	�	4320
24	OZ60M	19	2	10	17	�	3570
25	MU0GSY	18	6	10	14	�	3360
26	SA1A	16	0	12	14	�	2688
27	LZ4UX	17	2	9	15	�	2565
28	DG2UA	17	0	8	16	�	2176
29	PA0MIR	1	3	8	1	�	2160
30	UT2AB	14	3	9	13	�	1989
31	SP6OWY	16	3	8	12	�	1824
32	SP9RQH	13	5	8	10	�	1440
33	EA8/G8BCG	12	2	7	10	�	980
34	G8ZRE	11	7	5	9	�	810
35	G1KHX	26	16	10	3	�	702
36	PA0JNH	12	0	5	10	�	600
37	SQ9IAU	12	2	4	6	�	336
38	G3OHC	7	3	3	7	�	210
39	UT7IL	6	0	4	3	�	120
40	YO2LSK	4	1	4	4	�	80
41	US3IZ	5	0	3	5	�	75
42	E72WG	4	0	3	3	�	36
43	UT7IY	4	0	1	4	�	16
44	UY7IO	4	0	1	4	�	16
45	UX7IA	4	0	1	4	�	16
46	UR5ITU/P	3	0	1	3	�	9
47	UT2IV/P	2	0	1	2	�	4
48	UT2IJ/M	2	0	1	2	�	4

Section 2: Multi Operator

POS	CALL	QSO	MEM	DXCC	LOC	�	TOTAL
	9H6A	511	37	33	152	�	2748768
2	UT1IC	413	10	36	176	�	2680128
3	LZ9A	385	50	34	179	�	2647410
4	TC7KA	346	41	30	178	�	2066580
5	PI9A/P	221	35	27	103	�	711936
6	G5WQ/P	176	65	26	68	�	426088
7	G7RIS/P	177	64	23	53	�	293773
8	HG6M	93	10	25	65	�	167375
9	G1RCV	104	31	20	50	�	13500
10	G7FBD	33	18	7	13	�	4641

Section 3: QRP

POS	CALL	QSO	MEM	DXCC	LOC	�	TOTAL
	M1DUD	69	14	17	49	�	69139
2	SQ1K	67	2	12	33	�	27342
3	HA5UY	40	0	17	28	�	23868
4	PA9RZ	24	7	15	23	�	10695
5	G1YQH	13	8	3	10	�	630
6	2E0JWJ	�	�	1	3	�	30

Section 4: All Stations Outside Europe

�	CALL	QSO	MEM	DXCC	LOC	�	TOTAL
�	C4I	569	32	33	179	�	3550107
2	4X1IF	6	3	2	49	�	72275
3	W5GAI	19	0	2	12	�	456
4	N8XA	12	0	1	8	�	96

Section 5: All SWL

POS	CALL	QSO	MEM	DXCC	LOC	�	TOTAL
	BRS25429	55	11	18	38	�	45144

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Comments Recieved

Skip W5GAI

First time to work this contest. Band was not too good, and worked all I could hear when it was open. Made 19 QSO's, 2 DXCC Countries and 12 grids. Score 456. Looking at previous contest results, not many US entries.

Robin, M1DUD

For nineteen hours of operation, I worked 69 contacts 49 locator squares and 17 DXCC's.� Conditions were not easy.� It was very frustrating that the propagation stayed in just one place for so long.� The DX was tantalizingly close and so loud at times, but the QSB was so very cruel.� I guess, by reading the reports of others, I was lucky!� Certainly it was not a dull contest for me.� By comparison, in 2007, using the same set up, I made 77 contacts spread over 57 locators, in 22 countries.�

Robert, PA9RZ

Quite enjoyed the UKSMG Es contest! There was Es Two new countries, ER and TA & eight new squares! The biggest surprise was, after calling CQ and being answered by OK2DW, my next CQ was answered by Ralph 4X1IF!!!! Me with my flee power.... I was so surprised that, before writing the report down in my log, I had forgotten what report I had given to Ralph.... I thought I remembered it was 569 but if the log of Ralph shows something different, you know the reason why.....� Short term memory...... what's that again? Got his details OK and Ralph confirmed my details.... Unfortunately, C4I and SV9CVY both had piles up a wee bit too large. Would be nice to work QRP- DXCC #64 and #65 as well. Why weren't they in CW???? � Fingers crossed for me to be the first to hear C4I (or any other 5B....) or any other Dx some day. If only to follow the example of (the late) PE1MHO/G7ECN to, some day, get DXCC QRP on 50MHz! If in 10 years I can still retire at 60, I might, giving me more time to monitor the Magic Band

Martin Steyer, DK7ZB

The conditions on Saturday where rather poor, on Sunday much better, but not to much DXCC-countries and only a short opening to the UK in the last 30 minutes at the end of the contest.

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