The 65th Commonwealth Contest 2002

摘要

Who said IT couldn't happen again? Conditions this year, at least on the HF bands, proved generally as good as in 2001, if not better, although some antipodean stations were not too happy about 10m. Numerous entrants reported that their score had improved over last year, some said the best ever. The LF bands were disappointing, true, but you can't have everything! We had a record entry of 168 logs in total (the best for55 years). The new start/finish times were generally approved. It was particularly gratifying to receive at last a log from South Africa - many thanks to Hans, ZS6KR. Let's hope we can build more participation in coming years. Many entrants expressed the pleasure derived from operating in this unique contest, and there is a large body which wants to keep it basically unchanged.