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80m SSB Contest - 1st February 2023

Thanks for entering this evening's 80m SSB contest. Finalised Results are now online below - UBN files have been be emailed to Entrants. Congratulations to Sandi S57KM on winning overall and the Low power section, and to Declan EI9FVB in second place overall and winning the High Power section. Aidan EI8CE takes third place overall. The Leading UK entrant was Iain GM0V (GM0OQV) (Low power), just one point ahead of Brian GM4JYB (High power). Thanks to the two Bonus station operators - Paul EI3ENB activating Ei5G and Chris GM3WOJ activating GM5GEI. Remember to check your Teams Competition score! The next contest in this 2022/23 series is on Wednesday 22nd February at 2000z on CW. 73 from the Adjudicators - Chris GM3WOJ, Tim G4FJK, and Angel M0HDF

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

1	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	55	2	0	0	53	G		264	GM1X	1958
2	EI9FVB	H	IO51QV	59	0	0	0	59	G	EI	207	SM5CSS	1812
3	EI8CE	H	IO62HI	62	0	0	0	62	G	EI	198	S57KM	1736
4	GM0V	H	IO85AT	74	0	2	0	72			195	IK5EKL	1710
5	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	52	1	1	0	50	G	EI	194	S57KM	1826
6	DL3RAR	L	JN68IV	40	0	0	0	40	G		184	EI2KA	1597
7	G3Q *	H	IO84QD	66	0	0	0	66	G	EI	182	S57KM	1514
8	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	55	0	0	0	55	G	EI	172	S57KM	1674
9	G4FJK	L	IO80EW	57	0	0	0	57	G	EI	172	SM5CSS	1624
10	G4FNL *	L	IO90WU	68	1	2	0	65	G	EI	171	SM5CSS	1463
11	PE4BAS	L	JO33JK	48	0	1	0	47	G	EI	159	EI2JHB	1056
12	EI2IAB	L	IO63NK	51	0	0	0	51	G	EI	153	S57KM	1739
13	M5G	L	IO92JO	56	0	0	0	56	G	EI	152	SM5CSS	1375
14	EI8KN	H	IO62IE	42	0	0	0	42	G	EI	136	S57KM	1726
15	OE5TXF *	H	JN78BD	30	0	1	0	29	G		136	GM1X	1771
16	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	21	0	0	0	21	G	EI	136	EI2KA	1879
17	GM0TKB	L	IO88IP	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	130	S57KM	1839
18	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	41	0	0	0	41	G	EI	124	S57KM	1365
19	G3R	L	IO83SJ	41	0	0	0	41	G	EI	124	S57KM	1466
20	EI2KA	L	IO51HM	40	0	3	0	37	G	EI	116	SM5CSS	1879
21	GM1X	L	IO67IN	28	0	0	0	28	G	EI	113	S57KM	1958
22	G4BYE	L	IO91VW	41	0	2	0	39	G		99	S57KM	1258
23	M0KYB	L	IO91BN	38	0	0	0	38	G		98	S57KM	1349
24	G6UBM	L	JO01CE	39	0	2	0	37	G		95	S57KM	1198
25	G4NBS	L	JO02AF	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	94	S57KM	1257
26	GM4M	L	IO75XT	30	1	1	0	28	G	EI	93	DL3RAR	1372
27	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	92	S57KM	1685
28	OZ4NA	L	JO46WR	22	0	1	0	21	G	EI	89	EI9FVB	1314
29	G4BRK *	L	IO91HP	26	0	0	0	26	G	EI	86	S57KM	1319
30	EI7CC	L	IO63WG	25	0	0	0	25	G	EI	85	S57KM	1685
31	DM6EE	L	JO52KJ	18	0	0	0	18	G	EI	85	EI9FVB	1333
32	PE1EWR *	L	JO11SL	33	0	3	0	30	G	EI	83	S57KM	1006
33	G3KNU	L	IO93QN	29	0	1	1	27	G	EI	82	S57KM	1368
34	G2AA	L	IO92KO	34	0	2	0	32	G		81	SM5CSS	1371
35	MM0MUN	L	IO87WD	24	0	1	0	23	G	EI	81	DL3RAR	1349
36	G7NJX	L	IO81OH	22	0	0	0	22	G	EI	80	S57KM	1400
37	GU0UVH	L	IN89VR	25	0	1	0	24	G	EI	76	S57KM	1316
38	EI7INB	L	IO52MN	18	0	0	0	18	G	EI	71	DL3RAR	1577
39	M1CJE	L	IO91CJ	26	0	2	0	24	G	EI	71	DL3RAR	1071
40	G6C	Q	IO70KI	20	0	0	0	20	G	EI	64	OE5TXF	1419
41	DL8TG	L	JO52IJ	12	0	0	0	12	G		59	EI8CE	1229
42	GD4RFZ	L	IO74OB	16	1	0	0	15	G	EI	54	OE5TXF	1474
43	M0VQP *	L	IO92NG	33	0	3	0	30	G		52	S57KM	1315
44	G3ZBU	L	IO91UB	15	0	0	0	15	G		47	S57KM	1226
45	PA0AWH	Q	JO21UT	17	1	1	0	15	G		47	EI9FVB	986
46	EI5DI	L	IO63VG	8	0	0	0	8	G	EI	38	GM5GEI	518
47	GW7BZR	L	IO73UF	16	0	2	0	14	G	EI	36	PE4BAS	738
48	DO6GT	L	JO40GF	5	0	0	0	5	G		28	GM5GEI	1178

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m SSB contest using 6 char grids on 01/02/2023 Very difficult with low power. CW is more fun -- DM6EE GOOD CONDITIONS TONIGHT SD LOGGER THANK YOU -- EI2IAB Noisy band tonight and didn't hear many stations outside EI and UK. However I as delighted to work all my team members tonight for the first time in a long time, even S57KM in Slovenija. As usual Ei5DI's SD logger was a pleasure to use. -- EI2KA Slow start but conditions improved towards the end -- EI7GY Conditions good at start but changed after abt 20 mins Used SD fb -- EI8CE Didn't seem that busy. -- EI8KN Great contest lots of EU worked great condx -- EI9FVB Good conditions. Ran out of stations to work. -- G3Q Slow mostly longer skip for first half but changed as contest progressed. -- G3R Very high noise level on the band. Using SD. -- G3ZBU Bit of a disaster, V high noise and weak sigs at start, after 15mins found K3 needed a reboot. Not seen that before. Only 1 CQ reply, need a better antenna. 73 all. -- G4BRK 100w in the Low-Power section this time. Found a nice quiet spot and had a good run. Thanks for calling and working me. 73 de Tim -- G4FJK Not many people on this eve. I was using as practice for SO2R operating. I'm still not very good at it... -- G4FNL wish deadline was a little longer - had to close early as needed to be elsewhere at 2100 and would miss the deadline by the time I got back!! -- G4NBS fun contest as always. SD did it job -- G6UBM Best QRB is 1708km for IK5EKL at JN53LS -- GM0V IC-7300, bazooka dipole 13m at centre. Didn't blow down in wind! Thanks all. Good fun. -- GM4JYB My local noise was s8 tonight a real treat ! -- GM4M Good to work VY2NX and 19 EI stations. Tnx all QSOs - 73 Chris GM3WOJ -- GM5GEI NOISY BUT EVERYTHING WORKED!! -- GW7BZR First time in this contest, great fun! -- M0KYB Had local QRM but still made QSOs. Thanks all stations worked. Keep well stay safe and 73 till the next time de Adam G0ORY for M5G I use EI5DIs SD for my contest logging -- M5G QRV for the last half of the contest only. -- OE5TXF RIG: YAESU-FT817 5 WATT IN SSB ANTENNAS: WINDOM AS INV. VEE -- PA0AWH Nice propagations this evening. 73, Sandi -- S57KM 73 to all de Allan -- SM5CSS

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m SSB contest using 6 char grids on 01/02/2023 Total QSOs: 1044 Cross Checked QSOs: 742 Long distance QSOs (Over 2000 km) GM5GEI in IO77WS worked VY2NX in FN76TQ at distance of 4146 km