Snakes & Ladders version 2016 (SL2016). Results for November 2016, 6th and last month of the summer/autumn run. First of all a Happy New Year to anybody who reads this. I could wish for better conditions, but we all know that the current bad conditions will remain for some years, so we better get used to it. Despite the conditions, December was a good month with 32 logs filed, comprising 1114 QSOs into 245 locator squares. Among these locator squares, we had 100 candidate ladders (each with 1 QSO only) of which the following 21 were randomly selected as ladders: IM58 IM98 IN82 IN92 IN95 IN96 JM78 JN75 JN83 JN85 JP90 KN05 KN07 KN08 KN14 KN59 KO30 KP19 LN42 MO27 Furthermore we had 54 candidate snakes (each with more than 5 QSOs), of which the following 5 were randomly selected as snakes: JN53 JO01 JO22 JO52 JP80 This leads to the following, final scores for the 2nd half year of 2016 Call, name Total score 1 2 3 4 5 6 =============================================================================== 2E0DPH, Phil: 172 - 50 23 32 39 28 2E0EML, David: 318 42 48 57 66 66 39 DH3LK, Rudolf: 81 34 29 18 - - - DJ6UX, Eddi: 992 - 64 34 312 294 288 DK5OE, Klaus: 44 11 7 1 - 4 21 DL1DXL, Lothar: 154 19 4 51 80 - - DL1GBZ, Martin: 116 - - - 116 - - DL1HBL, Claus: 150 52 - 18 38 21 21 DL7UGN, Mike: 55 13 6 3 16 3 14 DM4RW, Robert: 123 21 - 17 17 28 40 EI6KH, Chris: 5 - - - - - 5 F5IYJ, Philippe: 330 96 80 58 51 10 35 G0ILN, Richard: 316 48 33 47 51 61 76 G0POT, Michael: 148 15 6 60 21 12 34 G3XVL, Chris: 559 107 114 37 42 146 113 G3YJQ, Fred: 165 9 10 35 69 21 21 G3ZOD, Graham: 19 6 - 6 - 3 4 G4FAI, Tony: 152 61 9 19 - 24 39 G4LHI, Peter: 2118 286 234 243 469 419 467 G4RHR, Ken: 220 23 41 52 45 18 41 G7JMZ, John: 11 - 6 - 2 - 3 GX0IPX, FISTS: 4 - - 4 - - - I2CZQ, Peter: 936 - 126 149 200 169 292 I5EFO, Emil: 69 - - 22 18 16 13 I5SKK, Alex: 497 176 93 126 46 29 27 IK2RMZ, Martin: 1795 233 445 368 200 215 334 M0DRK, Derek: 362 27 77 38 65 100 55 M5ABN, Pete: 188 32 39 40 23 33 21 M6MEN, Mark: 587 50 149 91 97 141 59 MX5IPX, FISTS: 13 - - 10 2 - 1 OE3LHB, Heinz: 79 16 30 8 19 6 - OE6GWG, Werner: 382 33 75 54 54 121 45 OH7QR, Erkki: 263 21 31 33 101 21 56 OK2BMA, Pavel: 66 12 5 29 3 4 13 OK2PXJ, Vaclav: 23 - - - - - 23 PA0DIN, Din: 108 18 12 6 11 18 43 RW3AI, Val: 423 - - - 185 238 - SV2BBK, Fanis: 857 143 157 150 120 123 164 If we sort this result by scores, then this leads to the following order, with an indication whether a certificate will be provided (minimum of 5 logs submitted) with or without endorsement for 6 logs filed: 1 G4LHI, Peter: 2118 Cert 6 logs 1st Award 2 IK2RMZ, Martin: 1795 Cert 6 logs 2nd Award 3 DJ6UX, Eddi: 992 Cert 6 logs 3rd Award 4 I2CZQ, Peter: 936 Cert 5 SV2BBK, Fanis: 857 Cert 6 logs 6 M6MEN, Mark: 587 Cert 6 logs 7 G3XVL, Chris: 559 Cert 6 logs 8 I5SKK, Alex: 497 Cert 6 logs 9 RW3AI, Val: 423 10 OE6GWG, Werner: 382 Cert 6 logs 11 M0DRK, Derek: 362 Cert 6 logs 12 F5IYJ, Philippe: 330 Cert 6 logs 13 2E0EML, David: 318 Cert 6 logs 14 G0ILN, Richard: 316 Cert 6 logs 15 OH7QR, Erkki: 263 Cert 6 logs 16 G4RHR, Ken: 220 Cert 6 logs 17 M5ABN, Pete: 188 Cert 6 logs 18 2E0DPH, Phil: 172 Cert 19 G3YJQ, Fred: 165 Cert 6 logs 20 DL1DXL, Lothar: 154 21 G4FAI, Tony: 152 Cert 22 DL1HBL, Claus: 150 Cert 23 G0POT, Michael: 148 Cert 6 logs 24 DM4RW, Robert: 123 Cert 25 DL1GBZ, Martin: 116 26 PA0DIN, Din: 108 Cert 6 logs 27 DH3LK, Rudolf: 81 28 OE3LHB, Heinz: 79 Cert 29 I5EFO, Emil: 69 30 OK2BMA, Pavel: 66 Cert 6 logs 31 DL7UGN, Mike: 55 Cert 6 logs 32 DK5OE, Klaus: 44 Cert 33 OK2PXJ, Vaclav: 23 34 G3ZOD, Graham: 19 35 MX5IPX, FISTS: 13 36 G7JMZ, John: 11 37 EI6KH, Chris: 5 38 GX0IPX, FISTS: 4 Everybody congratulations on the achieved results! The certificates will be distributed as soon as possible by Martin, IK2RMZ. This completes the second run of SL2016. Many thanks to all of you for participating in the second half of 2016! As announced, SL16 will continue to run in 2017 as well (as SL16, not SL17 HI!). Good luck to all for the time to come, and I look forward to receiving your logs. Best 73, Robert, DM4RW mgr S&L