In the race SNP 2003 51 stations participated, 32 stations from Slovakia and 19 from Bohemia and Moravia. Another 12 brands also appeared in the diaries, 8 competitors would have been quite successful, others had only a small number of connections. It is a great shame when the participants do not send the log from the race, if only for checking. In amateur radio competitions, it is already the case that one time my participation and the diary will help to win your prize, and the other time it can be the other way around. If you can't send the diary by the given deadline due to vacation, illness or family difficulties, please send it a little later, we will accept any good excuse. HI.
Occupation of categories
| Category | OM (number of stations) | OK (number of stations) |
|---|---|---|
| A1 (QRO, CW) | 8 | 4 |
| A2 (QRO, SSB) | 8 | 8 |
| A3 (QRO, MIX) | 9 | 4 |
| B1 (QRP, CW) | 3 | 3 |
| B2 (QRP, SSB) | 2 | – |
| B3 (QRP, MIX) | 2 | – |
Represented districts
| Type | Number of districts | List of districts |
|---|---|---|
| OM | 20 | BAD, BAE, BAN, BBY(3), BRE(2), DST, KEA, KEB, KED, KEZ, LVC(2), MAR(2), NMV(3), PAR(3), PBY, PRI, RUZ, TNC(2), ZIH, ZVO(3) |
| OK | 13 | CBU, ECH, ELI(2), FJI, FNA(2), GKR, GTR, GUH, GVY, GZS(2), HOL(2), HPR(2), HVS(2) |
It is a pity that there are so few participants in categories B, although in this category it is possible to broadcast from densely populated blocks of flats without problems with neighbors. As organizers, we hoped that there would be the biggest participation in category B, when dozens of "brave adventurers" in category B/p would take their stations into the "field" as in our youth and experience some kind of adventure, just like OM6JO/p and OM6SA/p. Juro OM6JO was in Hradisk nad Horný Jasen. Early in the morning, when he was hanging the antenna, a local farmer went to the mountain on a cart with a horse, and when they saw the mysterious ritual of the "dance of stretching the antenna" in the morning fog, the farmer almost fell off the cart from surprise, and the horse's legs broke. A sleepy fox also "fired" wildly from the nearby undergrowth. HI.
I, on the other hand, was in Podšipe (Stankovany) above the confluence of Orava and Váh. A local bear came to help me stretch the antenna and I had to pull him off the beam when he wanted to hold my diary. HI. Eventually we both ended up completely wet with dew, carefully walking away from each other in opposite directions. That's why I didn't get to the key until 06.20.
As for the age of the participants, it is unbelievable that we had an 86-year-old fighter in the race. It is the "indestructible" Gejza Illés OM8CA from Košice. The youngest was Robert OM1KW, 29 years old, who went for club station OM3REU. There was no youth on the battlefield.
The number of participants in individual categories was sufficient to award the following first prizes: In category A1 – OM7AG, Ing. Anton Gombár from Zvolen; category A2 – OM7AB, Vlado Krnáč from Zvolen and OK2BMI, Milan Macek, from Uničov, Moravia; category A3 – OM3PA, Peter Martiška from Partizánske. Congratulations to these KV "gladiators" of ours. All participants will receive a SNP race diploma.
The prize for the category winners is a 5-day stay with half board at the Kláčianska Magura cottage. The cottage is in the mountains of Mala Fatra nad Vrútkami in the insurgent region of Turiec. The stay at Magura must be chosen by the end of July 2005. If for some reason they cannot use up this stay, they will receive "compensation" in the amount of Sk 1000. You can get details from Viktor Chila, OM6ACV, in Kláčany, who will put you in touch with the lodge. Viktorov's tel. the number is 043 4224252.
This time, many logs have already arrived on the correct form. 14 logs were error free and needed no editing. However, there were also some puzzles that took up a lot of time. We have finally decided that from the next race (2004) logs that are hard to read or logs with more incorrect or false data will be considered control logs or disqualified with a heavy heart. You can order diary forms from the OM3KFV radio club, post. folder no. 3, 03861 Vrútky.
Pokiaľ ide o denníky, chcel by som na základe mojich skúseností a pripomienok pretekárov z posledných dvoch rokov upresniť niektoré podrobnosti. If you have more than 40 connections in total, please use one page for each stage. Since most multipliers are usually "new multipliers", it will be easier to just put a 1 in the "new multiplier" column instead of the whole multiplier. This will save you a lot of time and won't affect our review much.
In categories A3 and B3, 2 connections can be established with the same station in each stage, one on CW and one on SSB. However, the time difference between such connections must be at least 10 minutes. Each connection is worth 5 points. However, the multipliers are counted only once in each stage, regardless of the broadcasting method (CW, SSB).
The most errors were when receiving multipliers. Check if the entered multipliers even exist. After all, you have a list of Slovak and Czech PSCs and district abbreviations. We are sending samples of diaries, cover pages and a sample of the written diary to all participants of the SNP race, so everyone can send a perfect diary and we will be able to breathe a sigh of relief more often: thanks Jožko, Janko, Peter, etc. for a good diary, you are a good radio amateur and a good racer.
Diplomas of the SNP race are already on their way to you. We wish you success in the next race, SNP 2004, on this one-time jubilee 60th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising, so that you can enjoy this race, whether you run it "from the fireplace" or together with the bears somewhere in the mountains.
Alexander Korda OM6SA
Radio club Vrútky OM3KFV