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80m CW Contest - 29th March 2023

Thanks for taking part in the UKEICC 80m CW contest on 29th March 2023. Conditions seemed generally good. *Finalised* Results are shown below. UBN files will be sent to all entrants a.s.a.p. Congratulations to Nigel OE5TXF for the overall leading score, also to Dragan E77EA leading the Low Power section, and to Richard G4ZFE heading the QRP category with 68 QSOs. Thanks to Pete EI7CC who operated the EI5G Bonus station, and to Tim G4FJK who operated the G5GEI Bonus station. 73 from the Adjudicators - Angel M0HDF, Tim G4FJK, Paul G4PVM, and Stewart GW0ETF. Don't forget to tell your radio friends (and your family) about the UK/EI DX CW Contest on 29/30 April 2023.

	Call	Pwr	Grid	Raw	Dupe	Bust	NIL	Good	Bonus		Total	-- Best DX --
				QSOs				QSOs	Stns		Pts	Call	Km

1	OE5TXF *	H	JN78BD	87	0	2	0	85	G	EI	424	EI2KA	1724
2	E77EA *	L	JN84OU	69	0	0	0	69			415	GM3ZRT	2037
3	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	79	2	0	0	77	G	EI	411	GM4JYB	1826
4	SN1T *	H	JO84ML	86	0	2	0	84	G	EI	390	EI5KF	1695
5	SO3O *	L	JO92FF	70	0	1	0	69	G	EI	342	EI2KA	1907
6	DM5GG *	H	JO61UE	77	1	0	0	76	G	EI	342	EI2KA	1602
7	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	63	0	0	0	63	G	EI	338	EI2KA	1879
8	EI5KF	H	IO52UG	73	0	1	0	72			330	SP8HWM	2108
9	M4T *	H	IO82RJ	92	2	0	0	90	G	EI	330	SP8HWM	1719
10	SF6W	L	JO68RP	70	1	0	0	69	G		326	F5OIH	1631
11	SN5J *	L	KO02ML	62	0	1	0	61		EI	317	EI5KF	1985
12	DK2FG *	L	JO41OR	82	2	1	0	79	G	EI	311	EI2KA	1284
13	SP2R *	L	JO84UN	72	1	2	0	69	G		310	EI5KF	1738
14	DL4ME *	L	JO50JR	80	1	2	1	76	G	EI	304	EI5KF	1333
15	GW4J	H	IO73WF	75	1	0	0	74	G	EI	300	SP8HWM	1814
16	SP8HWM	L	KO11HS	53	0	0	0	53	G	EI	300	EI5KF	2108
17	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	64	0	0	2	62	G	EI	295	S57KM	1826
18	OK2NAJ *	L	JN89PR	65	0	1	0	64	G		288	EI5KF	1809
19	OK2NO	L	JN89PW	61	0	1	0	60	G		273	EI8CE	1739
20	PG7V *	L	JO22UI	81	0	0	0	81	G	EI	270	E77EA	1187
21	DL8TG *	L	JO52IJ	75	1	2	1	71	G	EI	266	VK2GR	16314
22	G4ZFE *	Q	IO91PK	69	1	0	0	68	G	EI	266	SP8HWM	1611
23	DL2OM	H	JO30SN	72	0	1	0	71	G	EI	263	9X5RU	6211
24	SD6F *	L	JO57XP	64	0	0	0	64			262	E77EA	1469
25	G4ENZ *	L	IO81VV	70	0	1	1	68	G	EI	260	SP8HWM	1704
26	G3MXH *	L	JO02LF	77	0	2	0	75	G	EI	255	SP8HWM	1484
27	GM3ZRT *	L	IO76KQ	65	0	3	1	61	G	EI	254	E77EA	2037
28	M4N *	L	IO81XX	66	0	0	0	66	G	EI	254	E77EA	1624
29	M5G	L	IO92JO	72	0	1	0	71	G	EI	249	SP8HWM	1626
30	GM3YEH	L	IO75TO	68	1	1	0	66			245	SP8HWM	1822
31	MM1E	H	IO85AU	71	2	3	0	66			243	SP8HWM	1798
32	PA4O *	L	JO33GH	79	0	3	0	76	G		243	E77EA	1219
33	F5OIH *	L	JN06CI	52	1	1	0	50	G	EI	241	SN5J	1651
34	DL5KUD	L	JO64RN	59	0	0	0	59	G		239	G5GEI	1219
35	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	64	0	0	0	64	G	EI	234	SP8HWM	1601
36	M8M *	L	JO02ME	67	0	1	1	65	G	EI	233	SP8HWM	1479
37	PF5X *	H	JO21WR	60	0	0	0	60	G	EI	233	SP8HWM	1155
38	SC6O	L	JO68VI	63	0	3	1	59			231	EI2KA	1658
39	GM3A	L	IO87UD	56	0	1	0	55	G		230	S51Z	1728
40	GD6IA	L	IO74QD	63	0	0	1	62	G		228	E77EA	1878
41	DL4MFM *	L	JO42AI	74	0	3	0	71	G	EI	228	EI5KF	1112
42	M4J *	H	JO02OD	74	0	3	0	71	G	EI	226	SP8HWM	1468
43	SM6TOL	L	JO78BL	54	0	1	0	53	G		226	EI8CE	1515
44	M5D	Q	JO01HT	64	1	0	0	63	G	EI	219	SP8HWM	1513
45	G5C	L	IO93NL	58	0	0	0	58	G	EI	219	E77EA	1624
46	SD1A	L	JO97DP	50	0	1	0	49	G		217	EI5KF	1792
47	SM5S	L	JO89FK	41	1	0	0	40	G		215	EI5KF	1730
48	G6C	Q	IO70KI	45	0	0	0	45	G	EI	211	SP8HWM	1941
49	DL5JQ *	L	JO31CQ	72	0	2	0	70			210	SM5CSS	1123
50	G3KNU	L	IO93QN	66	0	3	0	63	G	EI	205	E77EA	1614
51	MM2T *	L	IO85AS	62	1	2	0	59			201	E77EA	1923
52	2E0OBO	L	JO02QP	56	0	1	0	55	G	EI	194	E77EA	1446
53	G3VYI	L	IO91OF	57	0	2	0	55	G		194	SP5Y	1519
54	G3OGP	L	IO91SB	58	1	2	0	55	G		193	SP8HWM	1602
55	G4DBW	Q	JO01NI	57	0	0	0	57	G		193	SP8HWM	1487
56	G8CW	L	JO01KS	62	0	1	0	61			186	SP8HWM	1496
57	EI7GY	L	IO63WG	45	0	0	0	45	G	EI	185	SP8HWM	1946
58	G4EBK	L	IO93WN	55	0	0	0	55	G		182	SN5J	1421
59	ON5WL	L	JO21IB	54	0	0	0	54			176	SP8HWM	1246
60	G4BYE	L	IO91VW	49	0	2	0	47	G	EI	172	SP8HWM	1568
61	EI8CE	L	IO62HI	60	0	8	0	52	G	EI	169	E77EA	1983
62	DL1EAR *	L	JO31LC	42	0	0	0	42	G		160	SM5S	1105
63	SP7OGP	L	KO01AM	40	0	0	1	39	G		158	EI5KF	1941
64	PA3DBS	L	JO21DM	67	0	5	0	62			151	SP8HWM	1266
65	G4MEM *	L	IO94FA	39	0	1	0	38	G	EI	146	E77EA	1691
66	GD4RFZ	L	IO74OB	45	1	0	1	43			145	SP8HWM	1851
67	OZ3TQ	L	JO55HK	43	1	1	0	41	G		143	EI5KF	1290
68	G3ZBU	Q	IO91UB	41	0	0	0	41	G		141	SN5J	1476
69	PC4H *	H	JO22IH	52	0	2	0	50	G		141	E77EA	1237
70	SE0B *	L	JO77OC	35	0	2	1	32	G		138	EI5KF	1599
71	G4BEE	L	IO83RQ	41	0	3	0	38	G	EI	133	E77EA	1732
72	EI5DI	L	IO63VG	34	0	1	1	32		EI	129	SP8HWM	1952
73	DF5EN *	L	JO31ML	44	0	2	1	41	G		128	SM5CSS	1113
74	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	34	0	0	0	34	G		121	E77EA	1612
75	DF6RI	L	JN59RL	28	0	0	0	28		EI	114	EI5KF	1420
76	S51Z	Q	JN76PA	28	0	1	0	27	G		114	EI5KF	1846
77	DL2ZA	L	JN59VL	31	0	0	0	31	G		113	EI5KF	1443
78	GM4M	Q	IO75XT	34	0	4	0	30	G	EI	101	E77EA	1930
79	M0DCG	L	IO83QJ	28	0	1	0	27	G	EI	96	E77EA	1723
80	EI2KA	L	IO51HM	20	0	1	0	19	G	EI	95	SO3O	1907
81	G0HGH	L	IO92WS	28	0	1	0	27	G	EI	91	E77EA	1542
82	GM3ZDH	L	IO75UU	24	0	1	0	23	G		82	E77EA	1946
83	G3R	L	IO83SJ	18	0	2	0	16	G	EI	68	E77EA	1713
84	G4PDF *	L	IO93VH	30	0	3	0	27	G		64	E77EA	1576
85	M0MPM	L	IO91LJ	27	1	2	1	23	G		63	SN1T	1260
86	G2AA	L	IO92KO	22	0	1	0	21			60	E77EA	1594
87	PA7HPH *	L	JO22XG	22	0	1	1	20	G		53	E77EA	1168
88	DO6AN	L	JO53BP	19	0	1	0	18			45	EI5KF	1244
89	PA0ABG *	L	JO21TL	16	0	2	1	13			24	SF6W	941

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 29/03/2023 Best QRB is 1103km for SM5S at JO89FK -- DL1EAR TS 850 S - 2x 195m - Doppelzepp - Huehnerleitung -- DL2ZA Best QRB is 1121km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- DL5JQ thanks to all 73 Jo -- DL5KUD Best QRB is 1597km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- DM5GG Best QRB is 2033km for GM3ZRT at IO76KQ -- E77EA Noisy band tonight but signals seemed to be getting through. I heard very few EIs but they may have been there. It was great to work SM5CSS and G4BYE yet again. As usual SD did some stellar work tonight and a better job than me. Thanks Paul Ei5DI. -- EI2KA SD WinKey K3 -- EI5DI Best QRB is 2101km for SP8HWM at KO11HS -- EI5KF Good condx with lots of activity -- EI8CE Best QRB is 1647km for SN5J at KO02ML -- F5OIH bit of aurora ! tnx mike -- G3VYI Plenty of activity. SD plus h/b ESP32 keyer. -- G3ZBU Probably my best score - discounting all my inevitable errors of course :-). As usual good fun. -- G4BEE good skip condx into EU this evening. -- G4DBW Flex 6400 Antennas 80m Doublet -- G4ENZ The UK Bonus station was at G4FJK's QTH in IO80EW. The 80m band was quiet and EU signals were strong. Thanks for the QSOs. -- G5GEI SD used for logging the SCP and CHF very good -- G6C Visiting my friend Alex GD6IA - 73 Chris -- GD6IA IC-7300, 100w to inv-vee up 13m in centre. Reasonable conditions tonight. Thanks all for the fun. -- GM4JYB good conditions, using my K9ay loop to rcv tonight -- GM4M Good EU signals tonight -- GW4J SUPER CONTEST - ONE HOUR JUST RIGHT. -- M4N Enjoyable evening thanks all stations worked and see you all on the next one. Till then 73 I use EI5DI's SD for my contest logging -- M5G Enjoyed that - tnx QSOs. -- M8M Fun cw practice again tonight - thanks all -- MM1E It was a good contest with much activity and I could work a lot of stations with good operators and the propagation was good. I enjoyed the contest and look forward for the next. 73 Leon ON5WL -- ON5WL I always use SD LOG -- OZ3TQ Fun again ! -- PF5X 5W, DIPOLE -- S51Z TS-590SG + Windom@20m; Great propagations from Slovenia this evening. 73, Sandi -- S57KM 73 and tks for QSOs de Allan -- SM5CSS 73 de SM5SIC Göran -- SM5S Best QRB is 1690km for EI5KF at IO52UG -- SN1T TS-590S, Ant - Sloper Home Made -- SN5J Best QRB is 1901km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- SO3O Best QRB is 1934km for EI5KF at IO52UG -- SP7OGP

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 29/03/2023 Total QSOs: 2682 Cross Checked QSOs: 2390 Long distance QSOs (Over 2000 km) DL8TG in JO52IJ worked VK2GR in QF54EQ at distance of 16314 km DL2OM in JO30SN worked 9X5RU in KI47TS at distance of 6211 km EI5KF in IO52UG worked SP8HWM in KO11HS at distance of 2108 km E77EA in JN84OU worked GM3ZRT in IO76KQ at distance of 2037 km