Snakes & Ladders result for May

Received were 28 logs, containing 1359 valid log entries into 295 square locators. Although one log
less, more valid entries could be recorded into more locators squares!

The Snake squares have been determined as follows:
IO91 with 59 hits
IO93 with 47 hits
JO00 with 30 hits

IO92, JO02 and IO83 received 147, 104 and 33 hits respectively, but because these were already snakes
last month, they will count as normal locators for the month of May.

=> Note that IO83, IO91, IO92, IO93, JO00 and JO02 cannot be snake in the month of June!!!

Of the 295 square locators worked, 119 (!) made it to ladder square with 1 log entry each:
HM77 IL27 IM58 IM77 IM88 IN51 IN52 IN80 IN83 IN95 IN99 IO29 IO52 IO53 IO63 IO76 JM18 JM99 
JN01 JN04 JN07 JN08 JN16 JN24 JN29 JN52 JN69 JN77 JN78 JN81 JN94 JO03 JO29 JO45 JO46 JO57
JO69 JO72 JO76 JO78 JO81 JO82 JO88 JP30 JP50 JP51 JP65 JP81 KM17 KM18 KM27 KN07 KN08 KN11 
KN16 KN17 KN22 KN23 KN29 KN32 KN35 KN43 KN46 KN57 KN58 KN59 KN66 KN67 KN69 KN74 KN86 KN87
KO05 KO11 KO12 KO16 KO20 KO27 KO29 KO30 KO34 KO35 KO37 KO55 KO70 KO73 KO84 KO90 KO96 KO97
KP03 KP04 KP06 KP10 KP11 KP15 KP30 KP68 KP71 LN28 LO01 LO07 LO22 LO23 LO48 LO51 LO71 LO97
MO07 MO26 MO27 MO64 MO95 MP80 NO14 NO53 NO66 NO68 OO43

This leads to the following score for May (aggregate score in parentheses):
2E0DPH, Phil:	50 points (100)		GM0EPO, John:		40 points (90)
5B4AHO, Barry:	60 points (120)		IK1POZ, Paolo:		60 points (85)
DH0DK, Ben:	55 points (115)		IK2RMZ, Martin:		60 points (120)
DK5OE, Klaus:	 - points (50)		IK5WOB, Fabrizio:	25 points (60)
DL1DXL, Lothar:	60 points (120)		IZ5JLW, Lele:		 0 points (55)
DL1GBZ, Martin:	 - points (60)		M0DAG, Dean:		-5 points (25)
DO1UZ, Olaf:	35 points (95)		M5ABN, Pete:		20 points (45)
DO2TC, Peter:	 5 points (40)		OE3LHB, Heinz:		60 points (120)
DL7UGN, Mike:	60 points (60)		OH7QR, Erkki:		60 points (120)
EI6KH, Chris:	35 points (90)		OK2BMA, Pavel:		20 points (30)
G0DJA, Dave:	-5 points (40)		PA0ATG, Adriaan:	50 points (100)
G3YJQ, Fred:	60 points (110)		PA0DIN, Din:		10 points (10)
G3ZOD, Graham:	 5 points (20)		RN3ANT, Vitaly:		 0 points (30)
G4KLE, Merv:	60 points (120)		RW3AI, Valery:		60 points (120)
G4LHI, Peter:	60 points (120)		SP9NLI, Andy:		60 points (75)
G5VZ, Chris:	 0 points (0)

=> note that "- points" means that no log was received this month

Unfortunately, a few S&L participants had to suffer a snake bite in May, some can be
recognised from the negative scoring. There were others, but their bites were neutralised
because they either managed to climb a ladder at the same time, or they did not climb a ladder in April.

Again there were some nice and encouraging reactions from participants this month. There was one however,
that I would like to share here with you, and that came from Andy, SP9NLI:

"It's okay this game accepts QSOs made with any stations that may come our way on the bands,
but wouldn't it be nice if there were some frequencies and times designated for the participants
to meet other fellow S&L players?"

If anyone wishes to react on Andy's question, then please feel free to do so. S&L is not meant to be a
contest in any way, but if there appears to be a more general need for "arranged contacts within S&L", then
we might have a look into that, either for this or next year's run.

Regards, 73s,
DM4RW mgr S&L