
80m CW Contest - 25th February 2026
Thanks for all that joined us this evening. The band was quiet for most of us and good to hear plenty of activity. A reminder that the bonus stations are worth 15 points each so worth seeking out. Our Swedish and Polish friends took the top five slots, leading high and low power sections. QRP category was led by S51Z. Please join us for the SSB contest on March 4th 2026. Our next CW event is 25th March 2026.
| Call | Pwr | Grid | Raw | Dupe | Bust | NIL | Good | Bonus | Total | -- Best DX -- | |||||
| QSOs | QSOs | Stns | Pts | Call | Km | ||||||||||
| 1 | SM7GVF * | H | JO77GA | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 355 | EI2KA | 1664 | ||||
| 2 | SN1T * | L | JO84ML | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | G | EI | 346 | EI2KA | 1794 | ||
| 3 | SO3O * | H | JO92FF | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | G | EI | 340 | EI2KA | 1907 | ||
| 4 | SM5CSS | L | JO89LS | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | G | EI | 332 | EI2KA | 1879 | ||
| 5 | SF6W | L | JO68RP | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | G | EI | 327 | EI2KA | 1649 | ||
| 6 | S57KM | L | JN76HD | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | G | EI | 322 | EI2KA | 1851 | ||
| 7 | I2IFT * | H | JN45UQ | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | G | EI | 306 | GM4JYB | 1674 | ||
| 8 | EI2KA | L | IO51HM | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | G | EI | 304 | SP8HWM | 2198 | ||
| 9 | EI6JK * | H | IO53TS | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | G | EI | 303 | SP8HWM | 2088 | ||
| 10 | F5OIH * | L | JN06CI | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | G | EI | 287 | SM5CSS | 1858 | ||
| 11 | OK2NAJ * | L | JN89PR | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | G | EI | 285 | EI2KA | 1888 | ||
| 12 | DK2FG * | L | JO41OR | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | G | EI | 281 | YO8OGO | 1310 | ||
| 13 | G4BRK * | L | IO91HP | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | G | EI | 277 | SP8HWM | 1652 | ||
| 14 | EI5KG * | H | IO62SH | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | G | EI | 275 | SP8HWM | 1984 | ||
| 15 | MM2T * | H | IO85AT | 79 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 74 | G | EI | 274 | SP8HWM | 1797 | ||
| 16 | GI5I | H | IO74DP | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 271 | SP8HWM | 1907 | ||||
| 17 | DL4ME * | L | JO50JR | 82 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 79 | G | EI | 265 | EI2KA | 1411 | ||
| 18 | SC6O | L | JO68VI | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 264 | F5OIH | 1619 | ||||
| 19 | G4RCG * | H | IO93FQ | 83 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | G | EI | 262 | SP8HWM | 1639 | ||
| 20 | GM3A | L | IO87UD | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | G | EI | 261 | S51Z | 1728 | ||
| 21 | SN7J | L | JO91QW | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | EI | 259 | EI2KA | 1975 | |||
| 22 | G4ENZ * | L | IO81VV | 79 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77 | G | EI | 258 | SP8HWM | 1704 | ||
| 23 | M8M * | L | JO02ME | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | G | EI | 258 | SP8HWM | 1479 | ||
| 24 | DL8QS * | L | JO43KH | 78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | G | EI | 256 | EI2KA | 1255 | ||
| 25 | MW4R | H | IO83HG | 82 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 77 | G | EI | 255 | SO5CW | 1653 | ||
| 26 | G3TKF * | L | IO81RI | 72 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 | G | EI | 254 | SP8HWM | 1738 | ||
| 27 | SP8HWM | L | KO11HS | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | G | EI | 251 | EI2KA | 2198 | ||
| 28 | OK2IW | L | JN89QO | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | G | EI | 248 | EI2KA | 1897 | ||
| 29 | GM3YEH | L | IO75TO | 66 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | G | EI | 247 | SP8HWM | 1822 | ||
| 30 | G8X * | L | IO80EW | 71 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 68 | G | EI | 243 | SM5CSS | 1624 | ||
| 31 | G3RWF | H | JO01OG | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | G | 236 | SP8HWM | 1483 | |||
| 32 | DL9FBF * | L | JN49GX | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | G | EI | 235 | EI2KA | 1273 | ||
| 33 | GM4OSS | L | IO75RQ | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 59 | G | EI | 234 | S53K | 1765 | ||
| 34 | M4N * | L | IO81XX | 78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | G | 230 | SP8HWM | 1691 | |||
| 35 | OK2NO | L | JN89PW | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 228 | EI2KA | 1881 | ||||
| 36 | G4SND * | L | IO81RI | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | EI | 227 | SP8HWM | 1738 | |||
| 37 | M3E | L | JO02CB | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | G | EI | 226 | SO5CW | 1427 | ||
| 38 | GW2CWO | L | IO73WF | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | G | EI | 224 | SP8HWM | 1814 | ||
| 39 | S51Z | Q | JN76PA | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | G | EI | 223 | EI2KA | 1903 | ||
| 40 | DL7UGN * | L | JO72GI | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | G | EI | 222 | EI2KA | 1641 | ||
| 41 | G7D | L | IO91SK | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | G | EI | 220 | SO3O | 1304 | ||
| 42 | DL8TG * | L | JO52IJ | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | G | EI | 219 | EI5G | 1292 | ||
| 43 | DJ8EW * | H | JN58WH | 72 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | G | 217 | EI6JK | 1538 | |||
| 44 | IU4JNR * | H | JN64CD | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | G | 216 | EI6JK | 1838 | |||
| 45 | G4RCD | L | IO93GX | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | G | EI | 216 | S51Z | 1486 | ||
| 46 | GM4JYB | L | IO88JM | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | G | EI | 211 | S53K | 1878 | ||
| 47 | DR6T * | L | JN68IV | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | G | EI | 207 | EI2KA | 1597 | ||
| 48 | DK3GI | L | JN59LQ | 65 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 | G | EI | 207 | EI2KA | 1450 | ||
| 49 | G4BYE | L | IO91VW | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | G | EI | 200 | SM5CSS | 1378 | ||
| 50 | G5C | L | IO93NL | 65 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 61 | G | EI | 198 | SP8HWM | 1596 | ||
| 51 | OK1KKI * | L | JN79LD | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 193 | EI6JK | 1693 | ||||
| 52 | PC4H * | H | JO22IH | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | G | EI | 193 | SP8HWM | 1228 | ||
| 53 | G3OGP | L | IO91SB | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 62 | EI | 188 | SN7J | 1377 | |||
| 54 | PA3AAV * | L | JO22LM | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | G | EI | 187 | SP8HWM | 1210 | ||
| 55 | EI8CE | L | IO62HI | 59 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 54 | G | EI | 185 | SN7J | 1822 | ||
| 56 | S54A * | L | JN76GB | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | G | EI | 182 | EI2KA | 1850 | ||
| 57 | 2E0OBO * | L | JO02QP | 57 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | G | EI | 182 | SP8HWM | 1451 | ||
| 58 | DL1EAR * | L | JO31LC | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | G | EI | 169 | SM5CSS | 1152 | ||
| 59 | PA4O * | L | JO33GH | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | EI | 158 | S53K | 1038 | |||
| 60 | G4IVV * | L | JO02DC | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | G | EI | 157 | SO5CW | 1420 | ||
| 61 | G5UM | L | IO92HQ | 62 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 155 | SP8HWM | 1636 | ||||
| 62 | DL2MDZ * | H | JO50UF | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 49 | G | 151 | EI8CE | 1348 | |||
| 63 | G4EUW * | L | JO01MT | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 149 | SM5CSS | 1330 | ||||
| 64 | M1GEO * | L | JO02EH | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | G | EI | 133 | SO5CW | 1412 | ||
| 65 | PA3DBS | L | JO21DM | 56 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | G | 115 | SP8HWM | 1266 | |||
| 66 | G3ZBU | L | IO91UB | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | G | EI | 112 | SO3O | 1301 | ||
| 67 | OK2PXX | L | JN89SE | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | EI | 104 | EI5G | 1846 | |||
| 68 | G4ZZL * | L | JO01JT | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | G | EI | 100 | SC6O | 1102 | ||
| 69 | GM4M | Q | IO75XT | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | G | EI | 98 | S53K | 1745 | ||
| 70 | M0SAR | L | IO91RI | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | G | EI | 96 | SO3O | 1311 | ||
| 71 | M9M | L | IO83RQ | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | G | EI | 93 | S53K | 1547 | ||
| 72 | G4DZL | L | IO92IS | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | G | EI | 92 | SC6O | 1134 | ||
| 73 | ON7IO * | L | JO20GP | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | G | EI | 90 | SO5CW | 1158 | ||
| 74 | PA9CW * | L | JO21KP | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 86 | SN7J | 1000 | ||||
| 75 | G4GVC | L | IO92HN | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | G | EI | 73 | SC6O | 1153 | ||
| 76 | M8JLZ * | L | IO81VV | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | EI | 58 | SN1T | 1315 | |||
| 77 | G0JOS | L | IO91UJ | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | G | 52 | OK2NO | 1251 | |||
| 78 | F4LMS * | L | JN38VR | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 46 | GM4JYB | 1307 | ||||
| 79 | EI8KN * | H | IO62IE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 40 | S53K | 1790 | ||||
| 80 | G2AA | L | IO92KO | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 30 | S57KM | 1347 | ||||
| 81 | G8OLA * | L | IO90OR | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 25 | DK3GI | 846 | ||||
| 82 | DF4WO | L | JO30JE | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | G | 24 | GM3A | 979 | |||
| 83 | IU0PVM | H | JN63JF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | SM5CSS | 1863 | ||||
| 84 | SP3EFD | L | JO82NI | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 20 | GM4JYB | 1451 | ||||
| 85 | DL8NCU | L | JN59KT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | EI8CE | 1306 | ||||
| 86 | DJ5CL * | L | JN58WH | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | MW4R | 1206 | ||||
| 87 | OE5TXF * | H | JN78BD | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | GI5I | 1551 | ||||
| 88 | IU4BNS | Q | JN54HR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | EI6JK | 1702 | ||||
| 89 | DL8UKW | L | JO62TI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | SM7GVF | 523 | ||||
Soapbox
FTdx101 and 31m Longwire. Had fun as always -- DL9FBF Great fun as always, FTDX5000mp, 1/4 Vertical, N1mm+ Log. Everything working well. Plenty of activity tonight -- EI5KG Really good band conditions tonight.Band busy.There should be good scores .Forgot to self spot .C U next week de Mark -- EI6JK Good activity tonight with fairly long skip condx. -- EI8CE CW is not my best mode! -- EI8KN Quiet conditions tonight ! -- F5OIH apart from several keyboard faults - heavy QRN enjoyable ! Thanks for the QSOS -- G3TKF SD + homebrew Pico keyer + Linux Mint. -- G3ZBU Condx quite good, busy to the end. Thanks for all the QSOs. -- G4BRK Good Fun - Thanks for the contacts -- G4ENZ Conditions seemed good. A fun contest. 73, Mark, G4RCD -- G4RCD Thankfully there were quite a few EU stations on tonight not that many G or EI went dead for the last 15 mins -- G4RCG Lovely evening - propagation excellent. -- G4ZZL A few new calls tonight -- GI5I A pleasant night. Thanks to all. IC-7300, 100w to dipole at 13m. -- GM4JYB New OCFD up making a difference along with decent condx. Thanks to all -- GM4M Flex6600/Sunsdr2dx Antennas: Verticals -- IU4JNR Just on for a bit of fun and to give some points away. -- M0SAR Just giving away points for CW practice! Sorry, should have been in "LOW" category with 100W. -- M1GEO FLEX6400 to Doublet. As ever super short contest. Just right. -- M4N Strong signals tonight - good fun and thanks to callers and organizers. -- M8M Ooops.... I thought it started at 21z not at 20z. Hence only six QSOs at the very end! -- OE5TXF wire antenna -- ON7IO Good propagations this evening! -- S57KM Low noise level this evening! 73 to all de Allan -- SM5CSS Flex 6600M Antennas: Dipole -- SO3O
Some Statistics
Total QSOs: 2585 Cross Checked QSOs: 2204 Stations who paid more than a casual interest in the contest but didn't submit a log S53K has 44 QSO Records G5LP has 43 QSO Records EI5DI has 38 QSO Records SO5CW has 33 QSO Records DJ5NE has 33 QSO Records DL1AH has 21 QSO Records HB9TKB has 19 QSO Records G3WVG has 19 QSO Records DK4YU has 17 QSO Records G4ASR has 16 QSO Records GM0PKF has 11 QSO Records G3SZG has 10 QSO Records G0FVH has 09 QSO Records SP3DGV has 07 QSO Records G4YWL has 06 QSO Records OE1PMU has 05 QSO Records