This one race 45 stations participated, 25 from Slovakia and 20 from Bohemia and Moravia. Another 34 brands appeared in the diaries, but unfortunately and to the shame of our entire Slovak and Czech radio amateur society, these participants did not send the diaries. They thus robbed several participants of the SNP Trophy, as the issue of the SNP Trophy depends on the number of participants in that category. It should be the honor and duty of every Slovak radio amateur to participate in the two most important Slovak races, namely the domestic SNP Race in August and the international Spring Sprint race on Easter Monday. This is a race for real guys. And the bravest ones will also pull /p into the field.
Participation in individual categories:
The competitors represented the following districts:
OM – 18 districts: BAB(3), BAE, BBY, BYT, CAD, KEA(2), KEC, KEZ, KRU, LVC(2), MAR(2), PAR, PUC, TTE, VRT, ZIH, ZIL(3), ZVO
OK – 13 districts: APG, BME, DDO, FHB, FJI, FNA(2), GBM, GBV(3), GKR, GZS(3), HOL(2) HVS, HPR
The broadcast conditions were very interesting in the morning when we could easily do Slovak and Czech stations at the beginning of the race, the first 40 minutes. After that, Polish stations, which went KV field day, began to break into the band. After that it was more difficult, because the Poles roared recklessly with great performances all over the zone.
The youngest participant of the SNP Race was 13 years old and the oldest was 78. All participants of the race will receive the SNP 2007 Diploma and the winners of individual categories will also receive the SNP2007 Trophy.
Along with the evaluation, we send all participants of the SNP race samples of diaries and front pages so that everyone can send a perfect diary that can be easily evaluated.
We invite you to the next SNP race, which is always on the third Sunday of August, whether you run it from home or bravely somewhere from a mountain or field station. The OM3TY sled designed and built a small portable QRP (3W) transceiver for telegraphy which is ideally suited for this race. It is excellent for field operation from the mountains and other historical places of the SNP. You can find the TCVR scheme in the Rádiožurnál magazine.
Alex Korda OM6SA