80m SSB Contest - 4th January 2023
Thank you for taking part in our first 80m contest of 2023. Conditions were variable during the one hour, which always makes the contest a challenge. Congratulations to Iain GM0V (GM0OQV) for getting top spot, and working a lot of stations that others missed. "Well Done" also to S53M operated by Miha S51FB for the highest score from outside UK and EI. Unfortunately, our UK bonus station G5GEI had a technical fault which meant that no QSOs were made. However our Irish bonus station EI5G made 40 QSOs and was a good signal here in IO80. The next 80m contest will be CW on 25th January. We hope you can join us then. Finally, put a note in your contest diary that the UK/EI DX CW contest takes place on 29/30 April 2023. 73 Tim G4FJK with EI5DI, GM3WOJ and GW0ETF Adjudicators for this contest
Call | Pwr | Grid | Raw | Dupe | Bust | NIL | Good | Bonus | Total | -- Best DX -- | |||||
QSOs | QSOs | Stns | Pts | Call | Km | ||||||||||
1 | GM0V | H | IO85AT | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 210 | CT1AOZ | 1896 | ||||
2 | GM2V | H | IO77WS | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | EI | 188 | HA8AR | 2097 | |||
3 | S53M * | H | JN86CR | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 180 | GM1X | 1994 | ||||
4 | EI8CE | H | IO62HI | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 179 | SO4P | 1883 | ||||
5 | G8X | H | IO80EW | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | EI | 170 | SO4P | 1685 | |||
6 | M6N | H | IO91OK | 77 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | EI | 170 | SO4P | 1480 | |||
7 | G3RWF | H | JO01OG | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 169 | SM5CSS | 1367 | ||||
8 | G3Q | H | IO84QD | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | EI | 169 | S53M | 1565 | |||
9 | G4IRN * | H | IO82MO | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | EI | 159 | SO4P | 1586 | |||
10 | GM4JYB | L | IO88JM | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | EI | 148 | S57KM | 1826 | |||
11 | DK5KK | H | JO31LL | 57 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 135 | GM1X | 1141 | ||||
12 | G4ERW | L | JO01JC | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 128 | SM5CSS | 1400 | ||||
13 | DL3RAR | L | JN68IV | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 124 | EI2II | 1546 | ||||
14 | G6UBM | L | JO01CE | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | EI | 115 | SO4P | 1423 | |||
15 | SM5CSS | L | JO89LS | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | EI | 106 | EI5G | 1720 | |||
16 | EI3ENB | L | IO62JH | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | EI | 104 | SO4P | 1874 | |||
17 | S57KM * | L | JN76HD | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 100 | GM1X | 1958 | ||||
18 | EI2IAB | L | IO63NK | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | EI | 96 | S57KM | 1739 | |||
19 | G3R | L | IO83SJ | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | EI | 95 | S53M | 1522 | |||
20 | SO4P * | L | KO03JS | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | EI | 93 | EI8CE | 1883 | |||
21 | M5G | L | IO92JO | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | EI | 92 | S53M | 1412 | |||
22 | MM1E | H | IO85AU | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | EI | 87 | S53M | 1725 | |||
23 | GM1X | L | IO67IN | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | EI | 86 | S53M | 1994 | |||
24 | EI5KG * | H | IO62SH | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | EI | 86 | SM5CSS | 1667 | |||
25 | G2AA | L | IO92KO | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | EI | 84 | SO4P | 1466 | |||
26 | EI2KA | L | IO51HM | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | EI | 77 | IK1PMR | 1495 | |||
27 | OE5TXF * | H | JN78BD | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 73 | GM2V | 1620 | ||||
28 | EI2II | L | IO53TC | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | EI | 71 | S53M | 1891 | |||
29 | PE1EWR * | L | JO11SL | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | EI | 68 | GM1X | 973 | |||
30 | G4BYE | L | IO91VW | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | EI | 66 | SM5CSS | 1378 | |||
31 | G3XTZ | L | IO91SK | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | EI | 63 | S53M | 1322 | |||
32 | GU0UVH | L | IN89VR | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | EI | 62 | S53M | 1405 | |||
33 | 2E0TXQ | L | IO92JO | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | EI | 56 | S53M | 1412 | |||
34 | EI7CC | L | IO63WG | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | EI | 55 | S53M | 1750 | |||
35 | G4DZL | L | IO92IS | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | EI | 52 | S53M | 1424 | |||
36 | GM4M | L | IO75XT | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 52 | S53M | 1727 | ||||
37 | G1A | H | JO02HK | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 9A5CNN | 1386 | ||||
38 | M0JND | L | JO00FU | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 43 | S53M | 1242 | ||||
39 | EI7INB | L | IO52MN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | EI | 43 | DK5KK | 1097 | |||
40 | EI7GY | H | IO63WG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | EI | 41 | G3RWF | 548 | |||
41 | G5BBL | Q | IO81VH | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | EI | 38 | GM4JYB | 805 | |||
42 | M0WPD * | L | IO82XC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | EI | 38 | GM4JYB | 719 | |||
43 | G6C | Q | IO70KI | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | EI | 37 | GM2V | 829 | |||
44 | GW4W | Q | IO83KE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | EI | 29 | DK5KK | 713 | |||
45 | DL1ATZ | H | JO50TL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | GM0V | 1196 | ||||
46 | LA/G3SWC | L | JP50EI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | EI8CE | 1407 | ||||
47 | DM5ML | H | JO30VK | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | GM2V | 1126 | ||||
48 | SP6OH | H | JO70UW | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 21 | GM4JYB | 1475 | ||||
49 | M0MPM | L | IO91LJ | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | DL3RAR | 1020 | ||||
50 | G1WVK * | L | IO81WV | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | GM4JYB | 741 | ||||
51 | GW7BZR | L | IO73UF | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | EI | 15 | G3RWF | 434 | |||
52 | M1CJE | L | IO91CJ | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | GM2V | 726 | ||||
53 | G3KNU | L | IO93QN | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | DK5KK | 564 | ||||
54 | 2M0YTN | L | IO85TR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | DK5KK | 777 | ||||
55 | 2W0FNA | L | IO73UJ | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | TM2WRTC | 679 | ||||
56 | M0KNM | L | IO91VV | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | GM2V | 701 | ||||
57 | SE5W * | L | JP80NF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | EI8CE | 1738 | ||||
58 | EA6/GM3ZDH | L | JM19NO | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | G8X | 1365 | ||||
59 | M0VQP * | L | IO92NG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | DK5KK | 547 |
Soapbox
Gave up as I have S9+20 noise level on 80m even though I live in the country. -- 2M0YTN It was great fun, happy new year and thank you for the QSOs. -- DK5KK Happy New Year to all !!! -- DL3RAR Very few contest stations heard this time round, only 4 UK (one worked), no EI and two EU (one worked). -- EA6/GM3ZDH happy new year to all 73 Marty sd used for logging -- EI2IAB Bonus station -- EI5G Lots of deep qsb at times Used SD wrkd fb -- EI8CE forgottest was on so came on for the last 10 minutes, it was nice to be popular! -- G1A Nice start to the New Year... -- G3Q Inter G difficult,slow going throughout.HNY all. -- G3R Fun but not too busy! -- G3RWF Best QRB is 1397km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- G4ERW Best QRB is 1581km for SO4P at KO03JS -- G4IRN Very enjoyable contest. QRP with uSDX SDR Transceiver kit 4 Watts output into 2x15m doublet. Great fun. 73s Jan -- G5BBL pleasant contest as usual some spreading signals sd worked well -- G6UBM Dipole antenna in a better location now. 200w out, and a good Rx noise level, but still I could not find G5GEI. -- G8X Best QRB is 1897km for CT1AOZ at IM59HD -- GM0V Happy New Year everyone. Strange condx - long skip - many weak sigs. Tnx QSOs - 73 Chris -- GM2V IC-7300, 100w to inv-vee bazooka dipole. Couldn't find UK special call but otherwise reasonable conditions. -- GM4JYB 5dB OVER 9 noise tonight. but hey its good to work the contest again HNY -- GM4M Plenty of noise!! -- GW7BZR S9 noise level here severely limiting stations heard. -- LA/G3SWC Very bad local interference tonight so am expecting a few duff log entries hi. Thanks all stations worked and see you all on the next one. Happy New Year good luck and vy 73 for now I use EI5DI's SD for my contest logging. -- M5G Best QRB is 1475km for SO4P at KO03JS -- M6N SWR issues on my inverted-L tonight but some good fun - HNY to all -- MM1E Condx seemed very poor. Could hardly hear anyone in UK-EI. Maybe activity was a bitb low too. Loads of "WRTC" stations up and down the band too. -- OE5TXF Happy New Year! -- S57KM QRN-level S-9 all the time only strong stns could be heard. HNY to all de Allan -- SM5CSS
Some Statistics
Long distance QSOs (Over 2000 km) GM2V in IO77WS worked HA8AR in KN06MQ at distance of 2097 km