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80m CW Contest 27th March 2024

Thanks for taking part in the second last CW contest of the 2023-24 season. *Finalised* Results are now online - see below. UBN files have been emailed to entrants. Congratulations to all the winners - Tadeusz SN1T on winning overall and HP Assisted section, Ivo 9A1AA winning the Low Power section and Goran SF6W as the leading Unassisted entrant. Also to Mark EI6JK as the leading EI entrant and Graham G4FNL as the leading UK entrant. Thanks to the two Bonus station operators - Tim EI2KA operating EI5G and Geoff G0UVX operating G5GEI. [Please make a note in your diary - the UK/EI DX CW Contest is on 27/28th April 2024. This is in partnership with the RSGB, the IRTS and the GMDX Group.] The next 80m contest in this series is on SSB on Wednesday 3rd April 2024 - at 2000z (= 2100 BST) 73 from the Adjudicators - Chris GM3WOJ, Paul G4PVM, Dean G4WQI, Tim G4FJK and Stew GW0ETF.

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

1	SN1T *	H	JO84ML	92	0	2	0	90	G	EI	433	EI5G	1794
2	9A1AA *	L	JN95FQ	64	0	1	0	63	G	EI	379	EI9KA	2164
3	SF6W	L	JO68RP	74	0	0	1	73	G		376	F5OIH	1631
4	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	71	0	0	1	70		EI	375	EI5G	1851
5	SO3O *	L	JO92FF	70	1	2	1	66	G	EI	343	EI5G	1907
6	OE5TXF *	H	JN78BD	63	0	0	0	63	G	EI	342	EI5G	1724
7	DM5GG *	H	JO61UE	79	0	1	1	77		EI	341	EI5G	1602
8	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	61	0	0	0	61	G	EI	331	EI5G	1879
9	DK2FG *	L	JO41OR	81	0	0	0	81	G	EI	330	EI5G	1284
10	DM6EE *	L	JO52KJ	79	0	0	1	78	G	EI	320	EI5G	1391
11	EI6JK *	H	IO53TS	69	0	0	0	69	G	EI	318	9A1AA	2117
12	DL8QS *	L	JO43KH	87	0	2	1	84	G	EI	318	EI5G	1255
13	G4FNL *	H	IO90XU	96	0	0	1	95	G	EI	316	YU1RA	1678
14	G4RCG *	H	IO93FQ	99	0	0	0	99	G	EI	312	YU1RA	1882
15	G8X *	H	IO80EW	81	0	0	0	81	G	EI	305	9A1AA	1731
16	DR2C *	H	JO43XP	88	0	4	0	84	G	EI	300	EI5G	1328
17	OK2QA *	H	JN89UN	75	0	5	0	70			299	EI9KA	1917
18	DL8TG *	L	JO52IJ	72	0	1	0	71	G	EI	298	EI5G	1380
19	M4N *	L	IO81XX	86	0	0	0	86	G	EI	280	9A1AA	1653
20	SC6O	L	JO68VI	65	0	3	0	62		EI	280	EI5G	1658
21	OK2NAJ *	L	JN89PR	63	0	1	1	61			278	EI6JK	1818
22	GI5I	H	IO74DP	75	0	1	0	74			274	9A1AA	1979
23	EI5KF	H	IO52UG	77	0	5	0	72		EI	268	IZ7GEG	2359
24	DL4ME *	L	JO50JR	69	0	1	0	68	G	EI	262	EI5G	1411
25	G4PVM *	L	JO01FR	78	0	0	0	78	G	EI	260	YU1RA	1675
26	DF5EN *	L	JO31ML	73	0	1	1	71	G	EI	255	YU1RA	1253
27	OK2NO	L	JN89PW	57	0	1	1	55	G		252	EI5KF	1802
28	DK5DQ *	L	JO31QH	66	1	0	1	64	G	EI	247	EI5G	1163
29	M5G	L	IO92JO	72	1	0	0	71	G	EI	245	YU1RA	1816
30	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	69	0	2	0	67	G	EI	244	9A1AA	1955
31	F5OIH *	L	JN06CI	47	0	0	1	46	G	EI	242	SF6W	1631
32	G3P *	Q	IO91NL	69	0	0	0	69	G	EI	242	9A1AA	1559
33	G4ENZ *	L	IO81VV	78	0	2	0	76	G	EI	238	YU1RA	1856
34	G4ZFE *	Q	IO91PK	73	0	0	0	73	G		238	9A1AA	1547
35	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	50	0	0	0	50	G	EI	228	YU1RA	2231
36	M8M *	L	JO02ME	72	1	2	0	69	G	EI	227	YU1RA	1657
37	GM3ZRT *	L	IO76KQ	50	0	0	1	49	G	EI	224	S57KM	1795
38	M4J	L	JO02OD	79	2	2	0	75			224	9A1AA	1449
39	G3WW *	L	IO82WT	76	0	2	0	74	G	EI	220	9A1AA	1687
40	GW4J	Q	IO73WF	64	0	1	0	63	G	EI	213	9A1AA	1829
41	SE0B *	Q	JO77OC	58	0	4	0	54			212	EI6JK	1531
42	G7D	L	IO91SK	69	0	0	1	68		EI	211	9A1AA	1530
43	PC4H *	H	JO22IH	77	0	2	0	75	G	EI	210	YU1RA	1438
44	M7R *	Q	IO92IP	63	0	0	0	63	G	EI	206	9A1AA	1628
45	G4RGK *	L	IO91NO	68	1	1	0	66	G		205	9A1AA	1563
46	G4EBK	L	IO93WN	72	1	1	0	70	G		202	9A1AA	1596
47	OK2IW	L	JN89QO	54	0	3	0	51			200	EI6JK	1830
48	G4BYE	L	IO91VW	65	2	0	0	63	G		200	9A1AA	1531
49	G4DBW	L	JO01NI	70	0	1	0	69	G		199	9A1AA	1423
50	2E0OBO *	L	JO02QP	64	0	1	0	63	G	EI	198	9A1AA	1461
51	G5C	L	IO93NL	70	0	3	0	67	G	EI	198	9A1AA	1637
52	SD1A	L	JO97DP	45	1	1	0	43			197	EI8CE	1733
53	M5D	Q	JO01HT	63	0	0	0	63	G		192	9A1AA	1473
54	G4MEM *	L	IO94FA	53	1	0	1	51	G	EI	192	YU1RA	1897
55	G3KNU	L	IO93QN	61	0	1	0	60	G		189	9A1AA	1626
56	M0RYB *	L	JO02LK	69	0	4	0	65	G		184	9A1AA	1478
57	G1M *	L	IO70JB	53	0	1	0	52	G		183	9A1AA	1828
58	OZ3TQ	L	JO55HK	43	0	0	1	42	G	EI	178	EI5G	1393
59	DL5KUD	L	JO64RN	48	0	2	0	46	G		175	EI6JK	1424
60	G4C	L	JO01KS	58	0	0	0	58			173	9A1AA	1455
61	G3ZBU	L	IO91UB	46	0	0	0	46	G	EI	167	9A1AA	1507
62	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	45	0	0	0	45	G	EI	166	9A1AA	1958
63	EI7CC	L	IO63WG	51	0	2	0	49	G	EI	163	9A1AA	1958
64	G3VYI	L	IO91OF	51	0	2	0	49	G	EI	154	SM5CSS	1463
65	G4EUW *	L	JO01MT	55	0	3	1	51			143	YU1RA	1641
66	PA5WT *	L	JO22HG	50	0	1	0	49	G	EI	140	S57KM	996
67	G3OGP	L	IO91SB	46	0	1	0	45	G	EI	136	OK2QA	1302
68	S51Z	Q	JN76PA	28	0	0	0	28	G		133	EI6JK	1895
69	YU1RA *	L	KN04FP	22	0	0	0	22			131	GM4JYB	2231
70	DO2XU	L	JO43NL	43	0	3	0	40	G		130	EI5KF	1178
71	GM0TKB	L	IO88IP	25	0	0	0	25	G		110	OK2QA	1695
72	G5V *	L	IO83WI	52	0	5	0	47	G		108	9A1AA	1709
73	EI9KA *	L	IO53HA	28	1	2	0	25	G	EI	106	9A1AA	2164
74	M7TSM *	L	IO81OJ	33	0	1	1	31	G	EI	106	SN1T	1372
75	G3TDH	Q	IO83WI	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	104	OK2QA	1437
76	PA3DBS	L	JO21DM	50	0	4	0	46			104	V44KM	6931
77	M0MPM	L	IO91LJ	32	0	0	0	32	G		99	OK2QA	1343
78	G5UM	L	IO92HQ	41	0	4	0	37	G		94	9A1AA	1635
79	M0XAC *	H	IO81VU	29	0	1	0	28	G	EI	88	SM5CSS	1482
80	LB2WD	L	JO48HM	27	0	2	0	25	G		86	EI5KF	1273
81	G0HGH *	L	IO92WS	28	0	1	0	27	G		82	OK2QA	1294
82	EI5DI	L	IO63VG	25	0	0	1	24	G	EI	79	SN1T	1529
83	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	28	0	0	0	28	G		78	OK2QA	1372
84	G4SND *	L	IO82UI	42	0	5	1	36	G		77	SO3O	1412
85	G3XYF	Q	IO94TA	22	0	0	0	22			61	OK2QA	1339
86	G4ZZL *	L	JO01JT	20	0	1	0	19	G		48	OK2QA	1219
87	F6JOE	L	JO10PE	22	0	1	0	21			46	SO3O	1082
88	DO6AN	L	JO53BP	21	0	3	0	18			42	GI5I	1039
89	M0KNG	L	JO01EO	18	0	1	0	17	G		41	OK2QA	1246
90	M9M	L	IO83RQ	31	0	6	0	25	G	EI	38	SN1T	1281
91	G2AA	L	IO92KO	20	0	2	1	17	G		33	DM6EE	815
92	SM6MIS	L	JO57XQ	6	0	0	0	6			14	G8X	1258
93	M0VQP *	L	IO92NG	21	0	8	1	12		EI	0	SN1T	1215

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 27/03/2024 Still can't crack more than 64 ! -- 2E0OBO Best QRB is 2158km for EI9KA at IO53HA -- 9A1AA Most signals from EI were just as strong as those from the UK. The contest was fun again. We'll meet again in April. Vy 73 Dieter -- DF5EN ICOM7400 80 WATTS DIPOLE 2x20M UP 5M N1MM+ -- DL5KUD Best QRB is 1597km for EI5G at IO51HM -- DM5GG A lot of fun, low noise, many stations. -- DM6EE Best QRB is 1324km for EI5G at IO51HM -- DR2C SD WinKey K3. Please consider removing the ban on logging hams in certain countries for points. -- EI5DI As a relatively new CW op I want to apologise to all the stations that I had trouble and sometimes repeatedly getting a call sign from; and to others that I couldn't decipher at all. Hopefully this was not my high-water mark and things will get better. I thoroughly enjoyed it all the same. From Tim Ei2KA -- EI5G N1mm+ 80m Sloping V FTdx5000. All good tonight. -- EI5KG Good fun with good conditions de Mark -- EI6JK Nice contest tnx all for QSO's CU next time. 73 Vincent -- F5OIH Best QRB is 1556km for 9A1AA at JN95FQ -- G3P 75W & inv-L Good activity and condx reasonable. Best QRB 1683km with 9A1AA. -- G3WW Some QSB tonight. Hard work getting through so had to go to 75W as opposed to my usual 5W QRP. SD logger. -- G3ZBU plenty of activity this evening - good fun :-) -- G4DBW Nice contest this - thank you for organising it. -- G4ENZ Nice steady runs all the way through great fun -- G4RCG No problems for a change -- G4RGK Noisy band here tonight. Tks for copying my QRP sigs. -- G4ZFE Hectic but enjoyable as always -- G5V Very deep QSB here. -- G7D QRM a bit lower tonight - neighbour must be on holiday -- GI5I Conditions better than I thought they would be! Thanks all for fun contest. -- GM4JYB Noisy band. -- M0XAC Super short duration contest. Band fading out towards the last 20 mins (for me). -- M4N Fairly busy night. Nice to work regulars and new calls alike. 73 all the best for the Holidays and see you all again on the next one. 73 de Adam G0ORY for M5G I use EI5DI's SD for my contest logging -- M5G Tried running for a while. Good fun. -- M7TSM Great conditions tonight. Good fun. -- M8M A pleasant hour spent :-) -- M9M Took ten minutes off the UK-EI Contest to go and work 7P8EI on 30m FT8! -- OE5TXF Best QRB is 1824km for EI6JK at IO53TS -- OK2IW I ALWAYS USE SD LOG -- OZ3TQ QRP 5W, ANT DIPOLE -- S51Z Tnx for all QSOs de Allan -- SM5CSS poor conds tonight, but glad to give out some points -- SM6MIS Best QRB is 1788km for EI5G at IO51HM -- SN1T Best QRB is 1901km for EI5G at IO51HM -- SO3O

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 27/03/2024 Total QSOs: 2876 Cross Checked QSOs: 2484 Long distance QSOs (Over 2500 km) PA3DBS in JO21DM worked V44KM in FK87OI at distance of 6931 km