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80m CW Contest - 22nd February 2023

Thanks for taking part in the UKEICC 80m CW contest on 22nd Feb. 2023. Conditions seemed generally good, but no transatlantic QSOs were made in this event. *Finalised* Results are shown below. UBN files will be sent to all entrants a.s.a.p. More commentary here later today (24th Feb).... Thanks to Paul EI5DI who operated the EI5G Bonus station, and to Mark G4MEM who operated the G5GEI Bonus station. ** During the March 2023 80m CW Contest we hope to test some exciting new software! We will give you more info later... * * 73 from the Adjudicators - Mark G4MEM, Paul G4PVM, and Tim G4FJK.

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

1	OE5TXF *	H	JN78BD	87	0	1	0	86	G	EI	421	SM3PZG	1717
2	GM2V	H	IO77WS	85	0	0	0	85	G	EI	390	E77EA	2052
3	E77EA *	L	JN84OU	70	0	2	0	68			368	EI2KA	2097
4	SF6W	L	JO68RP	73	0	0	1	72	G	EI	347	E77EA	1556
5	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	72	1	0	0	71	G	EI	346	GM4JYB	1826
6	SN5J *	L	KO02ML	64	0	0	0	64	G	EI	342	EI8CE	1922
7	SN1T *	H	JO84ML	74	0	1	1	72	G	EI	332	EI2KA	1794
8	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	61	0	0	0	61	G	EI	324	EI2KA	1879
9	M4T *	H	IO82RJ	99	1	1	0	97	G	EI	318	OH5ZA	1949
10	YL3FW	Q	KO06MM	66	0	1	1	64	G	EI	312	EI8CE	1887
11	DK2FG *	L	JO41OR	82	0	0	0	82	G	EI	311	OH5ZA	1439
12	DM6EE *	L	JO52KJ	79	1	0	0	78	G	EI	304	OH5ZA	1310
13	SP8HWM	L	KO11HS	57	0	1	0	56		EI	294	EI5G	1952
14	M1X *	H	JO01DG	99	0	3	0	96	G		283	OH5ZA	1890
15	SO3O *	H	JO92FF	69	0	2	0	67			279	EI2KA	1907
16	DL8TG *	L	JO52IJ	72	0	0	0	72	G	EI	269	OH5ZA	1317
17	DL4ME *	L	JO50JR	71	0	0	1	70	G	EI	263	OH5ZA	1465
18	M4N *	L	IO81XX	75	0	1	0	74	G	EI	255	OH5ZA	1954
19	G3RWF	H	JO01OG	77	1	1	1	74	G	EI	254	OH5ZA	1845
20	G4ZFE *	Q	IO91PK	67	0	0	0	67	G	EI	253	SP8HWM	1611
21	MM2N	Q	IO75WS	60	0	1	0	59	G	EI	253	E77EA	1932
22	PG7V *	L	JO22UI	77	0	0	0	77	G	EI	249	LY1DZ	1331
23	PA4O *	L	JO33GH	82	0	4	0	78	G	EI	248	OH5ZA	1427
24	G4ENZ *	L	IO81VV	75	0	2	0	73	G	EI	244	SP8HWM	1704
25	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	69	2	0	0	67	G	EI	242	OH5ZA	1941
26	G4RGK *	L	IO91ON	77	0	0	0	77			242	OH5ZA	1922
27	DL5KUD	L	JO64RN	54	0	0	0	54	G	EI	237	EI5KG	1343
28	SM5S	L	JO89FK	57	0	2	0	55			234	EI2KA	1840
29	M5G	L	IO92JO	79	0	1	0	78	G		232	SP8HWM	1626
30	G4ERW *	L	JO01JC	63	1	0	1	61	G	EI	231	LY1DZ	1697
31	SD1A	L	JO97DP	47	0	0	0	47	G	EI	220	G6C	1725
32	PF5X *	H	JO21WR	71	1	1	1	68	G		217	LY1DZ	1343
33	G3MXH *	L	JO02LF	68	0	3	0	65	G	EI	213	SM3PZG	1618
34	GM4OSS	L	IO75RQ	58	0	2	1	55		EI	211	E77EA	1950
35	M8M *	L	JO02ME	62	2	0	0	60	G	EI	204	LY1DZ	1639
36	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	52	0	0	0	52	G	EI	202	LY1DZ	2065
37	G5C	L	IO93NL	68	0	2	0	66	G	EI	198	E77EA	1624
38	G3KNU	L	IO93QN	69	0	2	0	67	G		197	OH5ZA	1767
39	PC4H *	H	JO22IH	73	0	4	0	69	G		195	LY1DZ	1397
40	G4BYE	L	IO91VW	57	1	0	0	56	G	EI	195	SP8HWM	1568
41	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	49	0	3	0	46		EI	194	E77EA	2059
42	G4EBK	L	IO93WN	70	1	0	0	69			192	LY1DZ	1671
43	M7R *	L	IO92IP	66	0	3	0	63	G	EI	188	SP8HWM	1631
44	SC6O	L	JO68VI	48	0	2	0	46			188	EI8CE	1492
45	G6C	Q	IO70KI	47	0	0	1	46	G		187	SP8HWM	1941
46	PC1PM *	L	JO23WF	63	0	2	0	61	G	EI	185	E77EA	1244
47	OK2NO	L	JN89PW	55	0	3	0	52			184	GM2V	1647
48	G4BRK	L	IO91HP	62	0	1	0	61	G		183	LY1DZ	1816
49	G3OGP	L	IO91SB	59	0	1	1	57	G		178	SP8HWM	1602
50	OK1OA	L	JO70HC	50	0	1	0	49			178	GM2V	1491
51	MM1E *	H	IO85AU	65	0	7	0	58	G	EI	176	E77EA	1928
52	DF5EN *	L	JO31ML	47	0	1	0	46	G	EI	175	SM5CSS	1113
53	EI8CE	L	IO62HI	53	0	3	0	50	G		175	OH5ZA	2206
54	OH5ZA	H	KP21SA	30	0	0	1	29		EI	173	EI8CE	2206
55	M3E	Q	JO01BV	60	0	2	0	58		EI	169	LY1DZ	1709
56	PA2A *	L	JO21BV	68	0	3	0	65		EI	169	OH5ZA	1654
57	PA3DBS	L	JO21DM	54	0	1	1	52	G		163	LY1DZ	1454
58	G3VYI	L	IO91OF	58	0	5	0	53		EI	153	LY1DZ	1795
59	OZ3TQ	L	JO55HK	38	0	0	0	38	G		150	E77EA	1267
60	SA1CCQ *	H	JO97FM	39	0	1	1	37			150	EI8CE	1741
61	G3XTZ	L	IO91SK	49	0	1	0	48	G	EI	144	SM3PZG	1745
62	LY1DZ	L	KO24RM	50	0	9	0	41		EI	135	M3M	2133
63	PA3AAV *	H	JO22LM	63	0	7	0	56	G		131	E77EA	1238
64	GD4RFZ	L	IO74OB	41	0	0	0	41		EI	127	OK2NO	1578
65	G3ZBU	Q	IO91UB	40	0	1	0	39	G	EI	125	SP8HWM	1590
66	DF4PD	H	JO30LN	41	0	2	0	39	G		117	SM5S	1158
67	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	30	0	2	0	28		EI	107	LY1DZ	2119
68	G0OOD *	L	JO02PP	35	0	0	0	35	G	EI	106	E77EA	1451
69	EI2KA	L	IO51HM	22	0	1	0	21	G		94	E77EA	2097
70	G4BEE	L	IO83RQ	38	0	3	0	35		EI	93	E77EA	1732
71	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	22	0	0	0	22	G	EI	91	E77EA	1612
72	SP7OGP	L	KO01AM	31	0	1	1	29			91	GM2V	1697
73	GM4M	Q	IO75XT	20	0	0	0	20	G		82	OE5TXF	1505
74	G0IBN	L	JO01KS	36	0	3	0	33			79	LY1DZ	1665
75	M0DCG	L	IO83QJ	27	0	0	0	27	G		76	OK2NAJ	1435
76	M0HWT *	L	IO81WU	29	0	2	1	26			68	LY1DZ	1856
77	M3M *	L	IO70JB	19	0	1	0	18	G	EI	67	SF6W	1537
78	PA0RBA	L	JO22RB	28	0	2	0	26			64	LY1DZ	1357
79	DH7AMF	L	JO62XG	14	0	1	1	12		EI	55	EI5G	1362
80	M0ICR	L	IO91SO	25	0	1	2	22			44	SE0B	1185
81	M0KNG	L	JO01EO	14	0	1	0	13	G		30	GM2V	745
82	DL4HCF *	L	JO43WH	10	0	0	1	9			27	LY1DZ	1031
83	G2AA	L	IO92KO	23	0	5	0	18	G		24	SA1CCQ	1360
84	GM0TKB	L	IO88IP	15	0	3	0	12		EI	24	OE5TXF	1637
85	G3R	L	IO83SJ	16	0	3	1	12		EI	23	E77EA	1713
86	G4ZZL *	L	JO01JT	15	0	2	0	13			21	OK1OA	989
87	G7NJX	L	IO81OH	15	0	2	0	13			18	GM2V	724
88	G0JOS	L	IO91UJ	11	0	2	0	9			10	GM4OSS	555
89	SM6TOL	L	JO78BL	3	0	0	1	2			4	SD1A	263

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 22/02/2023 Had fun again lost 2 qso because a tuning trouble 73 Jo -- DL5KUD Good conds, some technical problems, Internet outages -- DM6EE Best QRB is 2092km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- E77EA Great condx tonight especially to continental Europe! -- EI7GY Good conditions with lots of EU stns -- EI8CE LATE ON PARADE ! -- G0IBN Good fun - not frantic! -- G3RWF SD and homebrew esp32 winkeyer using bluetooth. -- G3ZBU Couldn't find EI5G, in fact very few EIs hrd. Very enjoyable contest, thanks. -- G4BRK Flex 6400 80m Doublet SDC Contest by UT4LW -- G4ENZ Best QRB is 1692km for LY1DZ at KO24RM -- G4ERW Good condx and everything worked for a change -- G4RGK Good conditions tonight some long QSO's all done on QRP 10w. SD used for logging the SCP and CHF very useful. -- G6C Band not too noisy this evening. Thanks for the QSOs - 73 Chris -- GM2V Thanks all. Only one Irish station tonight. Couldn't find the UK special call. -- GM4JYB Long propagation but high noise as usual, had to ask for repeats due to qrm qrn -- GM4M 80 was in fine form around EU -- M3E Excellent contest. -- M4N Nice to work regular and new stations alike. Thanks for all the QSOs. Look forward to the next session as always. 73 de Adam G0ORY I use EI5DI's SD for my contest logging -- M5G Good fun - ran 50W for a change! tnx qsos. 73 de G0JJG. -- M8M Good fun tonight - more cw practice! -- MM1E Best QRB is 1928km for E77EA at JN84OU. Very good conditions to EU. -- MM2N Better propagation this evening than is often the case in UKEI 80m. Unfortunately various chunks of the band were being sporadically knocked out by loud broad-band noises, doubtless coming from the East. -- OE5TXF Pretty good rabbit's ears at most stations contacted. Late start through log-issues... Cheers/73, Zaba OH1ZAA NP2ZA -- OH5ZA I ALWAYS USE SD LOG -- OZ3TQ Best QRB is 1649km for OH5ZA at KP21SA -- PA2A Conditions seemed to be right. Had fun working the crowd again. Thanks for calling me and see you next time. -- PF5X Only 30 watts to a BigIR MkIV. Tnks for the QSO:s. -- SD1A I had a lot of noise on 80m this evening. Thanks for all QSOs de Allan -- SM5CSS 73 de SM5SIC Göran -- SM5S Best QRB is 1788km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- SN1T Best QRB is 1901km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- SO3O Best QRB is 1692km for GM2V at IO77WS -- SP7OGP Tnx & 73! -- YL3FW

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 22/02/2023 Total QSOs: 2690 Cross Checked QSOs: 2055 Long distance QSOs (Over 2000 km) EI8CE in IO62HI worked OH5ZA in KP21SA at distance of 2206 km EI8CE in IO62HI worked LY1DZ in KO24RL at distance of 2176 km EI8CE in IO62HI worked LY1DZ in KO24RL at distance of 2176 km LY1DZ in KO24RM worked M3M in IO70JB at distance of 2133 km EI5KG in IO62SH worked LY1DZ in KO24RM at distance of 2119 km G6C in IO70KI worked LY1DZ in KO24RM at distance of 2114 km LY1DZ in KO24RM worked G6CWB in IO70KI at distance of 2114 km E77EA in JN84OU worked EI2KA in IO51HM at distance of 2097 km EI5G in IO63VG worked OH5ZA in KP21SA at distance of 2081 km EI5G in IO63VG worked LY1DZ in KO24RM at distance of 2070 km EI7GY in IO63WG worked LY1DZ in KO24RM at distance of 2065 km E77EA in JN84OU worked SM3PZG in JP93II at distance of 2062 km E77EA in JN84OU worked GM4JYB in IO88JM at distance of 2059 km E77EA in JN84OU worked GM2V in IO77WS at distance of 2052 km