Dear Contesters It is my pleasure to announce you that offical result for EUHFC 98 contest are available at Slovenia Contest Club website. If you have no access to WWW, send a request to me and I will send you the files by email in simple ASCII format. Congrats to everyone who participated and special to all plaque winners. The Slovenia Contest Club encourages the copying and publishing of the EUHFC contest rules and results to inform as many contesters as possible. Changes to EUHFC rules will be added on website in week or so. Please remember : We have NEW address for email log submmision from this year "euhfc@hamradio.si" , and read simple instructions on howe to send as your log. Find EUHFC 1998 results at : http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/hfc/euhfc98.html 73s & GL fm Dan, S50U PLAQUE WINNERS CW/SSB - HP: Timo Pohjola, OH1AF Donor: Radio Klub Cerkno, S50E CW-SSB - LP: Mika Hartikainen, OH4YR Donor: EN - Miro ^ade`, S58MC CW - HP: Zdravko Balen, 9A9A Donor: Tine Brajnik, S50A CW - LP: Kasper Gyorgy, HA1CW Donor: Lithuanian Radiosport Federation SSB - HP: Fabio Schettino, I4UFH Donor: Franc Bogataj, S59AA SSB - LP: Zlatko Mati~i}, 9A2EU Donor: Slovenia Contest Club Lithuania 5,901,375 LY Russia 5,196,575 UA Slovenia 4,591,798 S5 Finland 2,238,679 OH Germany 2,175,569 DL Hungary 1,640,317 HA Belarusia 1,515,166 EU Ukraina 1,352,831 UB Croatia 1,259,018 9A Italy 1,122,639 I Poland 956,207 SP Yugoslavia 849,358 YU Great Britain 775,060 G Czeck Rep. 633,679 OK Latvia 477,204 YL France 310,278 F Spain 299,012 EA Sweden 296,358 SM Romania 290,290 YO Belgium 289,770 ON Bulgaria 245,653 LZ Slovakia 184,366 OM Estonia 112,710 ES Ireland 9,2,710 EI San Marino 101,074 T7 Macedonia 63,554 Z3 Netherland 42,004 PA Danmark 22,288 OZ Luxembourg 13,920 LX Norway 8,322 LA Switzerland 4,400 HB Portugal 2,520 CT To je bil : NATIONAL COMPETITION LIST RESULTS OF THE 5th EUROPEAN HF CHAMPIONSHIP 1998 CW/SSB-HP CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- OH1AF 481.992 1042 1812 266 LY3BA 393.984 891 1539 256 9A7V 389.385 943 1527 255 S50A 382.320 855 1416 270 DL6FBL 372.922 949 1474 253 LY6K 352.153 779 1403 251 LY2BM 344.988 880 1369 252 EU8RZ 335.325 1010 1315 255 RW3QC 333.707 883 1319 253 LY2OX 330.733 823 1339 247 S50U 319.788 765 1316 243 RA3AUU 312.700 892 1325 236 EU5F 292.285 869 1193 245 HA2SX 273.792 718 1104 248 G5LP 252.086 690 1046 241 RK4WWA 249.240 783 1240 201 LY2IJ 234.465 644 1155 203 IK2QEI 230.603 721 1007 229 UT5UGR 208.684 903 1028 203 F5NBX 207.152 710 968 214 S50R 206.830 657 962 215 UY5ZZ 195.597 600 927 211 S53EO 191.265 625 933 205 S59L 165.462 596 759 218 EW6TU 113.030 473 635 178 EI4BZ 112.710 537 663 170 EU1DQ 90.479 377 523 173 OH1NOR 65.637 261 429 153 LZ1BJ 9.720 101 135 72 CW/SSB-LP CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- OH4YR 261.738 732 1179 222 LY2CY 215.853 593 1023 211 RW3GU 172.550 583 986 175 RW3XX 156.558 552 807 194 LY2LA 123.375 480 705 175 UX5EF 113.040 362 628 180 LY2DX 102.853 392 631 163 LZ2UZ 98.301 431 651 151 DL3ZAI 87.550 343 515 170 SP5JTF 80.064 422 556 144 UA1ZMM 44.736 271 466 96 9A5J 43.758 275 374 117 ON4CAU 32.064 179 334 96 9A/S57AL/P 29.970 182 270 111 ES1QD 27.378 199 338 81 OH1ZAA 25.988 258 356 73 9A3SM 25.668 184 279 92 OK1KZ 19.095 145 201 95 HA7WDE 18.800 149 235 80 LY3DA 16.268 143 183 89 G0MTN 15.264 170 212 72 YO4AAC 13.568 107 212 64 EV200M 12.225 118 163 75 SM3AF 8.364 113 123 68 UR5XAJ 7.128 120 198 36 ON6ZX 6.095 84 115 53 IK8YFW 4.242 54 101 42 IK8WEI 4.200 53 100 42 IK7RVY 2.697 74 93 29 DL6DVU 2.257 44 61 37 DH1DX 1.826 59 83 22 YT1KG 1.035 25 45 23 SQ9DXN 1.034 24 47 22 CW-HP CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- 9A9A 535.369 1049 1954 274 YL8M 477.204 1003 1748 273 OH1MM 462.000 924 1650 280 DL1IAO 443.156 851 1666 266 LY6M 440.646 849 1626 271 LY2BTA 425.600 872 1600 266 LY4AA 408.544 826 1502 272 S58A 391.428 828 1494 262 SP7GIQ 389.098 805 1514 257 S59AA 387.920 785 1492 260 OH2AQ 385.362 816 1422 271 EU1DX 363.308 769 1436 253 DL3TD 355.482 798 1362 261 UA4LU 350.432 785 1504 233 RA1ARZ 333.696 746 1264 264 RK3FT 333.450 723 1350 247 RA6AX 329.728 740 1288 256 I2VXJ 324.292 721 1292 251 UA6LTI 324.032 700 1328 244 HG3CW 319.302 738 1314 243 RA3XO 311.832 660 1278 244 RU3AA 307.020 705 1290 238 RN6AL 305.000 706 1220 250 OL5Y 286.884 658 1226 234 OH7MHL 273.280 659 1120 244 DK3GI 263.088 621 1134 232 RW3FO 237.540 612 1110 214 UA4CCG 221.704 572 1036 214 S55A 220.864 541 986 224 DL2NWK 202.944 561 906 224 UY8IF 194.432 607 896 217 YU7KW 192.072 507 906 212 DL9FBS 191.828 542 868 221 LY2KZ 189.200 530 880 215 LY1XJ 178.332 516 924 193 HA4FF 158.646 549 822 193 IK2NCJ 148.996 557 772 193 LZ1QZ 137.632 449 748 184 EU200A 132.830 422 718 185 LY3IW 111.552 380 664 168 LY2NK 100.320 330 570 176 LY2BZ 95.480 407 682 140 OK1AYY 66.454 250 446 149 LY2KM 55.896 216 408 137 UA3TU 264 12 24 11 CW-LP CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- HA1CW 360.828 783 1404 257 YU7CB 307.200 661 1280 240 S56A 262.200 597 1140 230 SP2QCH 258.060 615 1122 230 S58MC 257.600 668 1150 224 LY1DD 251.100 582 1116 225 HA3MQ 236.728 622 1016 233 S51Z 212.148 510 996 213 S57U 207.050 520 1010 205 G3SXW 195.216 507 996 196 S51MM 193.516 533 958 202 LY2FE 188.370 473 910 207 S57PW 186.102 489 882 211 S52OP 178.920 539 994 180 LY2KW 178.284 507 996 179 S54X 164.892 486 906 182 SM2EZT 152.280 471 846 180 EA5FID 150.552 489 918 164 HA4YF 142.120 395 748 190 LY2FN 141.040 466 860 164 TK/S53R/P 133.848 408 792 169 LY1BW 133.120 422 832 160 UA3NEA 130.350 428 790 165 HA5BWW 130.096 433 752 173 YO8KGA 129.592 493 668 194 OM4DN 128.020 397 740 173 LY2BOS 127.224 414 744 171 YU7SF 126.350 370 722 175 LY2MM 119.680 397 704 170 UT2IO 113.160 408 690 164 RA3XR 105.576 407 664 159 OK2QX 100.408 329 616 163 SP1AEN 95.328 337 662 144 OH3IR 94.720 338 640 148 RW3XA 87.024 324 588 148 GM3CFS 86.390 304 530 163 RA3PP 86.172 349 668 129 G4OGB 85.738 362 526 163 OK1JOC 82.940 308 580 143 UR4LEP 80.938 301 566 143 ON4XG 79.696 311 586 136 LY1BX 78.030 309 510 153 9A2OO 77.840 298 560 139 UA0ZDA/6 73.308 306 492 149 UA4SS 72.216 374 472 153 LY1FM 69.440 307 560 124 RK3FM 68.448 272 496 138 RV6YB 67.404 267 492 137 UY5WA 62.000 278 496 125 YO8FR 60.152 251 412 146 DL2GBB 56.940 219 438 130 SM4SX 56.576 248 442 128 OM1AF 55.930 237 470 119 RX3API 54.208 251 448 121 UY5TE 52.704 249 432 122 OH2BSQ 49.914 252 354 141 S51NM 44.800 220 350 128 YU1HA 44.720 262 344 130 DL1FDV 44.400 212 400 111 EA3ALV 43.180 221 340 127 DK5IM 42.864 197 376 114 SP4GFG 41.768 229 454 92 G0OGN 41.584 229 368 113 UR7MZ 40.766 271 374 109 9A8A 39.904 193 344 116 OK2HFC 38.304 201 342 112 ON6TJ 36.252 186 318 114 EU6DX 35.400 177 354 100 UU5JS 35.208 163 326 108 ES1CW 34.880 160 320 109 IZ1ASP 34.848 200 352 99 SM3CER 34.848 191 352 99 F5YJ/P 33.864 174 332 102 Z31GB 33.528 254 508 66 ON7SS 33.516 174 294 114 UR7QM 33.264 234 396 84 YO4ZF 32.868 187 332 99 G3HZL 32.544 183 288 113 EU6AA 31.140 180 346 90 UR5MTA 31.104 162 324 96 Z31GB 29.770 249 474 65 YT1AC 29.680 176 280 106 DJ5GG 29.488 152 304 97 F8AEE 27.590 161 310 89 YU1CC 26.680 145 290 92 SP8LZC 26.600 175 350 76 YU1BO 25.330 149 298 85 LY2BO 24.816 132 264 94 RZ4AA 23.296 128 256 91 G4OTY 21.840 145 260 84 SP8BAB 21.412 202 404 53 OK1FVD 20.400 120 240 85 G6QQ 19.780 136 230 86 SM7BHM 17.802 129 258 69 DL1LAW 17.280 120 240 72 PA0JED 15.840 131 220 72 IK2NCF 15.486 113 178 87 IT9ORA 15.372 126 252 61 OZ8SW 14.008 103 206 68 RU4HH 13.992 159 318 44 DL3KWF 13.650 108 210 65 IS0SDX 12.524 113 202 62 YO8KOS 12.000 100 200 60 9A2WJ 10.948 131 238 46 S56M 10.764 102 138 78 OK2AJ 10.374 97 182 57 OH2YL 10.304 112 224 46 S58MU 10.058 107 214 47 RV6LTH 10.032 114 228 44 LY2DT 10.028 109 218 46 UR5HJR 9.680 88 176 55 F8CHL 8.342 103 194 43 OH3NM 8.800 116 220 40 OK1TJ 8.760 73 146 60 LA2HFA 8.322 73 146 57 ON4KMB 7.888 74 136 58 DL1AQB 7.650 75 150 51 OZ4FF 7.520 80 160 47 UA4SCB 7.314 72 138 53 PA3BEJ 7.200 72 144 50 S53BM 6.032 73 116 52 SM5SIK 5.472 78 114 48 YU1FG 5.304 68 136 39 DF5OQ 4.488 74 136 33 HB9AYZ 4.400 50 100 44 DF8MW 3.698 64 86 43 DL1ZQ 3.074 53 106 29 RA3XA 3.000 62 100 30 DL2PY 2.900 50 100 29 EA1FBJ 2.744 52 98 28 UR5TAU 2.300 46 92 25 SP8CIE 1.950 39 78 25 DL7UXG 1.624 40 56 29 DL1HTX 1.134 27 54 21 OH1BOI 1.058 26 46 23 OZ2LW 760 25 38 20 YU1AAQ 684 19 38 18 SP9NWB 630 21 30 21 OM3TU 416 16 32 13 PA3AEX 286 13 26 11 SP8FHJ 72 6 12 6 DK5ZX 50 5 10 5 SSB-HP CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- I4UFH 132.525 643 589 225 LY8X 128.576 686 656 196 OH6LNI 117.876 636 564 209 IK6BOB 115.020 642 540 213 S57AW 113.526 605 572 198 LY1DT 111.000 651 555 200 LY3BH 104.545 593 515 203 Z38/S51TA 102.120 612 552 185 LY2OU 68.586 489 426 161 EW200M 67.782 435 429 158 UR4EYN 39.990 376 310 129 UX0HA 38.676 359 293 132 SV7/UY0MF 38.599 388 319 121 I1COB 33.712 370 301 112 EA1EAG 29.133 282 249 117 YU1RE 21.960 267 183 120 G3PFS 15.648 190 163 96 EA5YJ 3.136 94 64 49 IZ5BSA 64 8 8 8 SSB-LP CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- 9A2EU 106.176 574 553 192 T77V 101.074 635 521 194 S54E 78.208 431 416 188 S51F 77.860 464 458 170 IV3/S50B/P 53.650 391 370 145 ON4BCJ 47.376 369 336 141 S59KW 44.100 327 315 140 EU1SA 41.236 377 338 122 EA3FCQ 36.322 350 254 143 UU8JK 36.058 272 242 149 YO5CYG 34.584 270 264 131 UA3QOG 33.138 278 263 126 4N7TW 32.766 336 258 127 YU1KN 28.137 255 249 113 UR5QBB 19.215 189 183 105 UA3LHL 19.030 185 173 110 3Z0AIR 18.879 225 217 87 IK7YTT 18.258 212 179 102 RU3WR 16.758 171 171 98 SM7RZF 15.903 171 171 93 LX1JH 13.920 164 160 87 LY3BY 13.816 157 157 88 LY3ZM 13.588 194 158 86 EA5IL 11.904 186 186 64 ON4CEG 10.872 151 151 72 EA7AKK 10.296 188 143 72 IK4ZIF 9.047 133 109 83 F5BMK 7.840 217 160 49 S53DX 7.770 135 105 74 DH7BL 7.700 116 110 70 YO9KVV 7.526 114 106 71 4N9AT 7.436 169 169 44 LY3MM 7.347 117 93 79 SP9LDI 6.790 97 97 70 DL2FDX 6.528 108 96 68 F5JBF/P 6.270 95 95 66 LY2WJ 5.916 102 102 58 EA5BX 5.720 104 104 55 S57NPR 4.437 90 87 51 F8CIO 4.160 80 80 52 ON4LCV 4.134 78 78 53 LY5W 4.108 93 79 52 IZ6BYO 3.770 74 65 58 SM7HSP 3.696 69 66 56 DH6DAO 2.698 71 71 38 IT9DTU 2.673 81 81 33 IK7WPD 2.632 71 56 47 IK8IFW 2.622 69 69 38 PA0MPM 2.576 56 56 46 CT1ELF 2.520 60 60 42 IZ4AIF 2.397 60 51 47 SP6NVK 2.360 62 59 40 EA7FRX 2.128 56 56 38 IK3PQG 1.521 51 39 39 LY2BUU 1.470 64 49 30 EA1AAW 1.462 43 43 34 SM0LZT 1.248 39 39 32 UE4NMM 1.088 44 32 34 DL3WB 918 34 34 27 ES4LBO 912 38 38 24 EC3ALV 884 34 34 26 F5DXN 884 34 34 26 LY1FDT 880 40 40 22 SQ1EUO 775 37 31 25 EA7BDL 748 34 34 22 EA2SN 667 29 29 23 UU8JQ 288 18 18 16 Z32XX 256 16 16 16 LY3GK 169 13 13 13 SM0FM 169 13 13 13 EA5DXZ 81 9 9 9 DL3YDY 49 7 7 7 IK0STM 16 4 4 4 SWL CATEGORY -------------------------------------------- CALL SCORE QSO Q-PTS MULT -------------------------------------------- ONL383 31.872 192 384 83 NL-10704 16.102 166 166 97 FA1IGQ 13.440 140 140 96 SP-1089-6D 11.387 150 193 59 DE1MLB 7.383 107 107 69 I3-316VE 5.551 91 91 61 F-11556 736 32 32 23 Check logs: 9A3VM, DK9EA, DL1AUZ, DL2HUM, DL5ANT, DL5AXX/M, DL5YY, EA3BJM EA3BOX, EA4ABP, EA6ADK, EA7BBB, EA6ADK, EC5AII, IT9BLB/IH9 OH3MAF, PA3BTH, RN3QO, RU3DG, RW4YY, S54A, S57XX, S59D, SP0KJU SP6XSB, UT2UZ, YO6ADW, YO7GNF, YZ4IZ, Z31GX Stations not classified on the final list: 4N1N, 4N7A, DK0WF, DK7ZH, DL9NEI/P, EA3DFM, EA3GIP, EA4ABW EA5BY, HA1KRR, IK5TBK, LY2AO, LY2OM, LY2TE, LY2TX, LY2VAD ON50GBN, RK3AWL, RU3AQY, RX4HB, RZ6HXK, S53MJ, S53O, S57NL SM3WMV BAND-BY BAND BREAKDOWNS MIXED/HP CATEGORY (QSO/MULT) ----------------------------------------------------------- CALL 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M ----------------------------------------------------------- OH1AF 61/30 135/45 194/48 385/53 187/51 80/36 LY3BA 65/36 106/43 212/50 327/51 107/40 74/36 9A7V 120/44 169/46 202/50 307/51 108/40 37/24 S50A 91/41 127/45 221/52 189/51 149/46 78/35 DL6FBL 96/40 172/50 287/51 258/51 97/39 37/22 LY6K 68/38 124/42 177/47 238/49 110/40 59/35 LY2BM 93/41 165/42 189/47 304/56 85/39 42/27 EU8RZ 61/32 154/46 216/52 363/54 168/43 48/28 RW3QC 73/33 145/46 192/45 292/52 131/44 50/33 LY2OX 79/34 134/44 188/46 283/55 101/42 38/26 MIXED/LP CATEGORY (QSO/MULT) ----------------------------------------------------------- CALL 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M ----------------------------------------------------------- OH4YR 43/30 89/37 152/40 290/52 124/41 34/22 LY2CY 39/23 124/40 148/42 171/44 75/37 36/25 RW3GU 3/3 25/18 217/45 234/49 74/37 30/23 RW3XX 7/7 123/42 137/44 201/52 58/32 25/17 LY2LA 8/8 112/42 57/32 228/47 42/22 33/24 UX5EF 45/29 58/34 119/40 91/40 34/24 15/13 LY2DX 0/0 124/42 102/33 98/39 44/29 24/20 LZ2UZ 0/0 10/10 164/46 156/44 74/33 27/18 DL3ZAI 35/23 60/29 60/33 111/37 55/32 22/16 SP5JTF 7/7 151/46 114/37 134/40 14/12 2/2 CW/HP CATEGORY (QSO/MULT) ------------------------------------------------------------ CALL 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M ------------------------------------------------------------ 9A9A 104/44 221/48 263/51 260/52 138/44 63/35 YL8M 102/45 230/48 199/52 270/50 122/45 80/33 OH1MM 75/38 173/48 166/49 271/55 156/50 83/40 DL1IAO 86/38 152/48 197/53 213/50 151/47 52/30 LY6M 95/41 171/47 195/51 199/50 125/47 64/35 LY2BTA 95/39 147/46 185/51 234/47 115/44 96/39 LY4AA 70/39 127/45 205/53 240/55 110/43 74/37 S58A 76/37 148/48 191/47 222/54 122/43 69/33 SP7GIQ 112/44 145/45 209/52 195/50 100/41 44/25 S59AA 72/40 127/43 202/49 208/49 115/46 61/33 CW/LP CATEGORY (QSO/MULT) ------------------------------------------------------------ CALL 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M ------------------------------------------------------------ HA1CW 95/41 153/44 211/50 174/48 105/44 45/30 YU7CB 64/33 135/44 171/48 179/50 85/42 27/23 S56A 25/20 138/45 156/50 153/48 78/41 47/26 SP2QCH 76/39 108/40 171/49 157/48 74/35 29/19 S58MC 46/23 112/42 193/50 189/48 80/35 48/26 LY1DD 73/37 110/42 139/45 168/48 58/29 33/24 HA3MQ 63/32 137/42 166/47 152/50 66/36 38/26 S51Z 54/31 105/42 133/46 142/43 47/29 29/22 S57U 17/14 136/44 134/42 121/42 50/31 62 32 G3SXW 1/1 64/37 105/42 169/48 112/42 56/26 SSB/HP CATEGORY (QSO/MULT) ------------------------------------------------------------- CALL 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M ------------------------------------------------------------- I4UFH 36/20 103/38 177/43 204/46 75/44 48/34 LY8X 20/19 114/38 158/40 293/53 83/33 18/13 OH6LNI 32/23 74/35 102/37 292/50 103/41 33/23 IK6BOB 32/22 105/40 178/47 216/43 57/30 55/31 S57AW 21/15 108/39 198/44 167/42 75/34 36/24 LY1DT 5/5 91/36 192/46 218/47 74/38 71/28 LY3BH 29/24 74/33 141/39 249/49 62/33 38/25 Z38/S51TA 15/12 95/41 143/41 301/48 46/32 12/11 LY2OU 1/1 90/35 92/36 239/46 46/27 21/13 EW200M 0/0 50/33 87/34 207/49 76/32 15/10 SSB/LP CATEGORY (QSO/MULT) ------------------------------------------------------------- CALL 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M ------------------------------------------------------------- 9A2EU 25/17 106/36 152/40 188/46 74/31 29/22 T77V 11/10 48/35 348/51 150/45 58/34 21/19 S54E 37/25 98/36 101/37 105/39 54/28 36/23 S51F 18/14 67/30 174/42 142/41 43/28 20/15 IV3/S50B/P 0/0 62/28 128/38 147/41 39/27 15/11 ON4BCJ 0/0 42/29 134/42 156/41 28/20 9/9 S59KW 12/10 68/32 122/40 102/38 20/17 3/3 EU1SA 0/0 43/23 93/36 203/42 38/21 0/0 EA3FCQ 0/0 15/12 55/30 173/44 69/33 38/24 UU8JK 14/11 38/24 68/33 75/31 48/26 29/24 E U H F C 1 9 9 8 5th European HF Championship Also the EUHFC 98 has a number of records by scores as well as by the participation. More than 400 logs was received. Introduction of new categories - LP categories in all modes proved more than justified. The number of submitted LP logs tripled the number of logs in HP categories. Highest scores beat last years achievements in all categories due to improving conditions on 15 and 10 meters and higher number of participants. Four high ranked stations in CW/SSB and CW categories exceeded the bench-mark of 1000 valid QSOs for the first time. However, we are somehow saddened that the mentioned positive moves do not apply for the SSB category, which is a general trend in most HF contests. Partially we can blame insufficent incentives for the SSB contacts in mixed category. High scores and large number of participants are further proved by the national scores, where Lithuanians are leading the crowd, by more than doubling last years best, followed by Russians and Slovenians. The winners in both CW/SSB categories come from Finland, Timo Pohjola, OH1MDR operating OH1AF in the HP and Mika Hartikainen, OH4YR in the LP category. In CW HP standing the winner is Zdravko Balen, 9A9A and LP honors going to Kasper Gyorgy, HA1CW. Fabio Schettino, I4UFH took the win for SSB HP and Zlatko Maticic, 9A2EU for the low power ranking. It is particularly promising that e-mail submission of logs is on a steep rise, thus making a hard work of verifying committee considerably easier. There were just a few exceptions of hand-written logs among the highest scoring stations. Due to strict and precise log checking rather high percentage of errors found and so are the scores reductions in the final standings. Among top ten in all categories, only 6 stations with less than 1% of errors are found. On the other hand, we can find stations with 5-8% errors among highest ranked. We had to omit 25 stations from the final standings, due to unacceptable error rate - it exceeded 10%, or there were just too many inconsistencies in certain logs. Some contesters still logged impossible multipliers, however most of the contesters did not count them, thus escaping needless score reduction. Surprisingly enough and most probably due to work-them-first-ask-later attitude or out of ignorance, some of the entrants logged IT9BLB/IH9 as a valid contact. IT9BLB/IH9 operated the contest, although being warned in advance that it does not count as a station located inside of the European continent. All IH9 contacts were removed from the logs without penalty. New operating techniques, such as using two or more radios on different bands, which is supported by most advanced contest programs, undoubtedly helped certain stations in achieving exceptionally high scores. However, it is very hard to verify by just checking the logs, if the contacts on different bands were made simultaneously or within a needed time frame. Taking into consideration a particular station, which has made over 400 band changes during a 12 hour period, or to put it another way - one band change every minute and a half, such suspicion certainly is justyfied. In order to reduce possibility of using multiple radios in a way which defeats the contest rules, a new rule permitting only 10 band changes per hour will be applied in the future. On a top of it, a special, from the contest sponsor certified listening-only stations, will be monitoring the event. We have further accepted two essential changes in the contest rules. Due to a considerable reduction of final scores, as a function of 3 QSO point penalty for every error found, only 1 QSO point penalty will apply in the future. To revitalize activity in the SSB part of the EUHFC, we have taken decision to equalize QSO credit for both modes and add separate multiplier count for CW and SSB mode in the MIXED category. We strongly believe, that this approach will balance the CW and SSB operation. Franc Bogataj, S59AA Contest director __________________________________________________________________________ Danilo Brelih HAM: S50U Gorje #14 A email: danilo.brelih@siol.net 5282 Cerkno or: s50u@s55tcp.ampr.org Slovenia tel: +38 65 74 51 17 http://lea.hamradio.si/~s50e __________________________________________________________________________