Greetings All,


Here are the results of the Pacific 160 Metres Contest held in mid-July.


Thanks to all who took part. 


Thanks and 73 de Ian VK3DID




     PACIFIC 160 METRES CONTEST    JULY 1999



Greetings!   It is my pleasure to present the Results and
Report on this year's Pacific 160 Metres Contest.
Copies of this will be sent by mail to those who submitted
logs, as well as to NZART and WIA.


RESULTS


CW Section                    SSB Section
(Place\call\score\award)
1    VK3IO     693*           1    ZL2AS     830*
2    VK5CRS    504*           2    VK3IO     792*
3    ZL2GT     301*           3    ZL2GT     336
4    W8JI      175*           4    VK3WWW/P  210
5    VK4AXM    138*           5    ZL2LF     100
6    VK3DID    120            6    VK2AVQ     50*
7    VK2BQQ     66*           7    VK3DID     24
8    ZL2LF      55            8    W8JI       20*
9    VK2AVQ     35            9    VK4AXM     16*
10   VK3WWW/P    2
* = CERTIFICATE WINNER


REPORT


A total of ten logs was received, most being for both CW and
SSB modes.


My sincere thanks to those who took part and to those who
sent their logs, but I am very disappointed that so few logs
were sent. Was there as difficulty with the length of time
allowed for sending?  Or is this part of a trend that I have
noticed over the last year of plenty of activity, but no
interest taken in sending a log for the contest worked?


In the years that the contest has been running, it has been
the rule that separate logs be sent for CW and SSB.  Most of
you separated your scores along those lines, but there were
four logs which were scored on a Mixed basis.  I think that
there really is no reason why there should not be a Mixed
mode, so I have built that into the rules for next year (see
separate pages).



There was an almost total disregard in practice of the
suggestion that Modes be operated in quarter-hour blocks.
Whilst "taking the law into your own hands" is not a good
attitude in my opinion, I can nevertheless see that the rule
was not a good one.  However, without experimentation one
cannot find the best solution.  Hopefully I have overcome that
for next year.


The biggest problem seemed to be QRM from various other
staions operating between themselves.  This is an arkward one,
as it raises questions of Primary versus Secondary allocations
in VK, and the loss of a section of the band to beacons in ZL.
Again, I hope that next year's rules will overcome this 
difficulty.


COMMENTS FROM LOGS


ZL2AS operator David: "..best 160 m activity I've ever
participated in." W9LYN: "I heard none of you from 'down
under'. Listened continuously from 0700 - 1030 UTC".


SUMMARY


Congratulations to ZL2AS and VK3IO as Mode winners and to all
who scored certificates.  These will be sent as soon as I get
them.


A copy of the Rules for 2000 is enclosed.  PLEASE READ THESE
NOW and let me have any comments as soon as possible.


Once again thanks for your participation and interest.
73 de Ian Godsil VK3DID