I have just finished the checks of the logs received for the 2024 edition of the Marconi ARI LOANO PARTY CONTEST; as always, I was able to make use of the undisputed abilities of Stefano IK2JUB to whom I would like to thank again this year; 276 logs were received this year, which means more than 45% compared to the previous year, and this result gratifies us a lot !

Thanks to all those who participated; the checks show that there would be another 80 participants who did not send the log having done 10 to over 100 qso (in a couple of cases)which would bring the actual participation to over 350 participants !!! For the next edition 2025 ,I urge everyone, to send the log even if with a few QSOs, as they are still important to increase the the accuracy of the controls.

Let's see now the results of the Contest; wins the General Ranking an unstoppable Flavio IK1YDB (335.054 pti), second place for Stefano IK2JUB (282.310 pti) detached from 83 qso, in third place the inevitable Ivo 9A1AA (239.784 pti) always present in the very first positions for 3 years now; all foreign podium in the ranking dedicated to Independents: First place for Tadeusz SN1T (129,709 pti), who leads Axel DL6KVA (126,054 pti) of only 5 qso and 2 multipliers, in third place Damjan S52W (90,159 pti).

This year the quality of the logs sent has increased again, but I am convinced that we can do better; the logs reclassified as CHECKLOG are less than 20, which indicates a percentage of about 7% of the total received.

I really want to thank, on behalf of all the Marconi Club Ari Loano, the company Begali in the person of Mrs Bruna, who immediately agreed to sponsor us with a truly prestigious award: We will deliver a beautiful vertical button Begali to the winner during the Fair of Montichiari next Saturday 9 March at the Stand Marconi Ari Loano! How many Contest can boast such a prize??

See you at the 2025 edition, hoping to get the numbers of participation always growing.