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80m CW Contest - 27th November 2024

Conditions for tonight's contest were good and the bands were quiet, and conditions were good for longer distance QSOs. Three people worked Greg W1KM. The provisional results are posted below. The overall winner was Sandi S57KM with Jaan SM0OEK second (both low power assisted). Third and the leading low power unassisted station was Allan SM5CSS. Fourth overall and leading high power station was Ruda OK2QA. The leading QRP station was Richard G4ZFE. Gordon MM2N and Mark EI6JK were the leading UK and EI stations. 92 logs were submitted which is the best for this season so far. We would like to welcome the new entrants (many from CWOps) and hope that you will join use again Many thanks to Tim EI2KA and Mark G4MEM for operating the bonus stations. In the Teams of 4 competition, the DDX Dream Team maintain their lead, with the EI Dream Team second, closely followed by the CW Junkies. Allan SM45CSS leads the cumulative 80m table, just ahead of Sandi S57KM. Third and top UK station is Brian GM4JYB, just ahead of Tim G8X. The top EI station is Aidan EI8CE in 9th place overall. The results will be finalized and the UBN reports will be sent out in the next day or so. The next 80m contest takes place is the SSB contest on Wednesday 1st January 2025, starting at 20:00utc. We hope that you can join us. 73 from the adjudication team: Paul G4PVM, Tim G4FJK, Chris GM3WOJ and Stew GW0ETF.

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

1	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	75	0	0	0	75	G	EI	409	EI9KA	1885
2	SM0OEK *	L	JP70HU	71	1	1	1	68		EI	364	IK1YRA	1812
3	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	61	0	0	0	61	G	EI	363	EI5G	1879
4	OK2QA	H	JN89UN	77	0	1	0	76			362	EI6JK	1854
5	DK2FG *	L	JO41OR	79	0	0	0	79	G	EI	330	LZ311PA	1555
6	SP8HWM	L	KO11HS	64	2	2	0	60	G	EI	321	EI5G	2198
7	MM2N *	L	IO75WS	77	0	1	0	76	G		309	W1KM	4944
8	DM6EE *	L	JO52KJ	71	0	0	0	71	G	EI	295	EI5G	1391
9	G8X *	H	IO80EW	76	1	0	0	75	G	EI	295	W1KM	5100
10	SF6W	L	JO68RP	60	0	2	0	58	G	EI	294	EI5G	1649
11	SN5N *	H	KO11EW	58	0	2	0	56		EI	294	EI5G	2178
12	G4RCG *	H	IO93FQ	91	0	1	1	89	G	EI	293	LY4K	1649
13	DR2C *	L	JO43XP	73	0	1	0	72	G	EI	282	EI5G	1328
14	MW4R	H	IO83HG	84	3	1	0	80	G	EI	282	W1KM	5051
15	GI5I	H	IO74DP	76	2	0	0	74			281	SP8HWM	1907
16	M8M *	L	JO02ME	76	0	0	0	76	G	EI	276	LY4K	1520
17	LY4K	L	KO14TA	45	0	0	0	45	G	EI	274	EI5G	2225
18	OK2NO	L	JN89PW	54	0	0	0	54			267	EI6JK	1809
19	EI6JK *	H	IO53TS	59	0	1	0	58	G	EI	264	OK2QA	1854
20	EI5KF	H	IO52UG	68	1	2	0	65			261	SP8HWM	2108
21	OK2NAJ *	L	JN89PR	56	0	3	0	53	G	EI	256	EI5G	1888
22	G4BRK *	L	IO91HP	77	0	1	0	76	G	EI	253	LY4K	1697
23	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	57	1	0	0	56	G	EI	251	S51Z	1867
24	G4ZFE *	Q	IO91PK	64	0	0	0	64	G	EI	244	SP8HWM	1611
25	GM2V	Q	IO77WS	58	0	1	0	57	G		243	S54A	1818
26	S54A *	L	JN76GB	45	0	0	0	45	G	EI	241	EI5G	1850
27	G4BVY *	L	IO82UD	77	2	1	1	73	G		236	SP8HWM	1706
28	F5OIH *	L	JN06CI	48	0	1	1	46	G	EI	235	LY4K	1866
29	S51Z	Q	JN76PA	42	0	0	0	42	G	EI	230	EI5G	1903
30	G4ERW *	Q	JO01GB	63	0	1	1	61	G	EI	230	SP8HWM	1533
31	GM3A	L	IO87UD	61	1	3	1	56	G	EI	228	S51Z	1728
32	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	64	0	0	0	64	G	EI	221	LY4K	1657
33	G4RCD	L	IO93GX	69	3	0	0	66	G		221	LY4K	1637
34	SC6O	L	JO68VI	47	0	2	0	45			220	IK1YRA	1532
35	M4N *	L	IO81XX	72	0	1	2	69	G		220	OH2EA	1900
36	G3RWF	H	JO01OG	70	1	0	1	68		EI	219	OH2EA	1782
37	G3VYI	L	IO91OF	59	0	0	0	59	G	EI	218	LY4K	1674
38	GM4OSS	L	IO75RQ	60	0	1	0	59	G		215	SP8HWM	1833
39	OK1TN *	L	JO70NJ	65	1	6	0	58	G		214	EI9KA	1710
40	G4ENZ *	L	IO81VV	75	0	5	0	70	G	EI	214	SP8HWM	1704
41	DL8TG *	L	JO52IJ	62	1	3	1	57	G	EI	212	EI5G	1380
42	DL6KVA *	H	JO64BC	55	0	1	0	54			205	EI9KA	1425
43	M3V	L	IO92JO	71	0	3	0	68	G	EI	203	SP8HWM	1626
44	G4BP	H	IO94OF	63	0	1	0	62			199	LY4K	1589
45	GM3ZRT *	L	IO76KQ	51	0	1	0	50	G	EI	199	SN5N	1853
46	GW4J	Q	IO73WF	56	0	0	0	56	G		196	SP8HWM	1814
47	OZ3TQ	L	JO55HK	48	0	0	0	48		EI	195	EI5G	1393
48	DL8QS *	L	JO43KH	76	2	9	0	65	G		193	EI5KF	1162
49	OK2IW	L	JN89QO	42	0	0	0	42		EI	186	EI5G	1897
50	G4RGK	L	IO91NO	66	1	4	0	61		EI	184	LY4K	1666
51	GI4SJQ	L	IO64SJ	54	0	3	0	51	G		181	LY4K	1949
52	G4DBW	L	JO01NI	61	1	3	0	57			178	SP8HWM	1487
53	DL5KUD	L	JO64RN	42	0	1	0	41		EI	178	EI5G	1562
54	IK1YRA *	L	JN35UC	33	0	0	0	33	G		171	SM0OEK	1812
55	M5D	Q	JO01HT	54	0	1	0	53	G		170	OH2EA	1772
56	SO3O *	L	JO92FF	58	1	7	0	50		EI	170	EI5G	1907
57	G3PLE *	L	IO70JB	43	0	1	1	41	G	EI	165	SP8HWM	1955
58	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	42	0	0	0	42	G		161	SP8HWM	1946
59	DL5JQ *	L	JO31CQ	58	1	3	1	53	G		158	LY4K	1199
60	M2U	L	IO91TJ	56	1	3	0	52		EI	155	LY4K	1641
61	G3OGP	L	IO91SB	55	0	3	0	52	G		153	SP8HWM	1602
62	G5C	L	IO93NL	60	1	6	0	53	G	EI	153	SP8HWM	1596
63	G4EBK	L	IO93WN	49	1	1	0	47			141	LY4K	1559
64	G0GQT	L	JO01GJ	38	0	1	0	37	G	EI	136	SP8HWM	1526
65	GM2S	L	IO75XM	38	0	1	0	37	G	EI	133	OK2QA	1610
66	EI7CC	L	IO63WG	33	0	0	0	33	G	EI	128	S57KM	1685
67	G3WGE	L	JO01FQ	52	0	5	0	47			128	OH2EA	1790
68	G3ZBU	Q	IO91UB	28	0	0	0	28	G	EI	118	SM5CSS	1454
69	M0XAC *	H	IO81VU	30	0	0	0	30	G		92	SP8HWM	1705
70	2E0JLZ *	L	IO81VV	29	0	0	0	29	G		87	OK2QA	1426
71	PA5KT *	H	JO11WL	34	1	2	0	31			78	SP8HWM	1296
72	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	18	0	0	0	18		EI	72	SP8HWM	1630
73	IU4JNR	L	JN64CD	19	0	2	0	17			67	EI6JK	1838
74	M0MPM	L	IO91LJ	27	0	2	1	24			60	SM0OEK	1428
75	EI9KA	L	IO53HA	20	0	3	0	17	G	EI	53	S57KM	1885
76	G3R	L	IO83SJ	18	0	2	0	16	G	EI	52	OK2QA	1459
77	G4GVC	L	IO92HN	23	0	0	0	23			50	OK2QA	1375
78	GM0EUL	L	IO85TT	17	0	1	0	16		EI	49	S57KM	1600
79	G2AA	L	IO92KO	25	1	3	0	21	G		46	SM5CSS	1371
80	M0KNG	L	JO01EO	12	0	1	0	11	G	EI	44	OK2QA	1246
81	ON6FC *	L	JO10XS	46	3	11	0	32			43	LY4K	1382
82	DO6AN	Q	JO53BP	11	0	0	0	11			34	G8X	984
83	G8DJO	L	JO01GV	15	0	1	0	14			34	OK2QA	1237
84	W1KM *	H	FN41NP	3	0	0	0	3			30	G8X	5100
85	G4ZZL *	L	JO01JT	21	0	4	0	17			27	OK2QA	1219
86	DF5BX	H	JO42AE	15	0	2	0	13			26	GM3YOR	940
87	SO1CJ	L	JN99UW	11	0	0	1	10			25	G8X	1655
88	IW3SSD	H	JN65KN	24	0	7	0	17			19	GM2V	1787
89	DL5JP	L	JN58RJ	3	0	0	0	3			8	G8X	1123
90	DF7CB	L	JO31HI	1	0	0	0	1			2	GI5I	904

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 27/11/2024 Best QRB is 1120km for G8X at IO80EW -- DL5JP Best QRB is 1195km for LY4K at KO14TA -- DL5JQ Was really fun, good conds, no noise -- DM6EE Best QRB is 1324km for EI5G at IO51HM -- DR2C Good fun tonight with mostly good signals and many stations calling. My apologies to several stations that I could not decipher and that left not to return. I'm still improving. 73 to all from Ei2KA -- EI5G Good DX tonight -- EI5KF Great to back after missing a few because of work . Didnt seem too busy , band appeared to be ok but noisey at times .Season greeting de Mark -- EI6JK FLEX 6600 Antennas: Dipole / Verticale -- F5OIH First attempt in this contest. Enjoyed it very much, the hour flew by. Conditions seemed very good. Tnx to the stations that slowed down for me ( you must have worked me before HI ). 73' MARK + Rosie (see QRZ) -- G0GQT First SO2V attempt thanks for being patient. -- G3PLE ta fer test mike -- G3VYI FTdx101 100W to G5RV at 7m agl. -- G3WGE SD working well. Excellent condx. -- G3ZBU Rather ill prepared at the start my CW break in was set too long and G4BP callsign and memories in keyer not set up but I still enjoyed it and will join in again in 2025. -- G4BP Condx seemed quite good, busy throughout. -- G4BRK Wasted 10 mins - radio wouldn't key from PC! Plenty of EU stations this evening -- G4DBW Nice contest this evening, very relaxing after CQWW at the weekend -- G4ENZ Just a nice steady session, good to see quite a few EU stations on -- G4RCG Horrendously noisy band here, many repeats needed -- G4RGK Noisy band but loud EU signals. Thank you for copying my QRP sigs. -- G4ZFE Antennas: -- G5GEI Band noise low and lots of signals to chase during the contest. Signals mostly excellent. really nice fun contest. -- GI4SJQ My first attempt at this and it needed pretty intense concentration! Good fun though. Thanks. -- GM0EUL QRP for a change - condx good so good fun. Thx QSOs - 73 Chris -- GM2V Reasonable conditions tonight. Good fun. Thanks all. -- GM4JYB My first one, hope make better next time. Tks for organize it open to everyone -- IK1YRA Noisy. -- M0XAC Thanks all stations worked. Have a great Christmas and see you all next year. 73 Adam -- M3V FLEX6400 to Doublet using SDC software. QSOs seemed a bit thin on the ground this evening - thanks for those who did though. -- M4N Great conditions tonight. Finally got SO2V to work. -- M5D Thanks for the contacts - 73! -- M8M Best QRB is 4930km for W1KM at FN41NP -- MM2N Best QRB is 5036km for W1KM at FN41NP -- MW4R Best QRB is 1705km for EI9KA at IO53HA -- OK1TN Best QRB is 1891km for EI5G at IO51HM -- OK2IW UKEI80_VHF CONTEST -- ON6FC I ALWAYS ENJOY USING SD LOG UKEI IS GREAT FUN EVERYONE WORKS EVERYONE -- OZ3TQ 4W DIPOLE -- S51Z TS-590SG, Windom@15m, dipole@8m Nice conditions. CUAGN in 2025! -- S57KM Best QRB is 1810km for IK1YRA at JN35UC -- SM0OEK Tnx for all contacts this season c u again next year! 73 de Allan -- SM5CSS Best QRB is 2170km for EI5G at IO51HM -- SN5N Best QRB is 1650km for G8X at IO80EW -- SO1CJ

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 27/11/2024 Total QSOs: 2507 Cross Checked QSOs: 2104 Long distance QSOs (Over 2500 km) G8X in IO80EW worked W1KM in FN41NP at distance of 5100 km MW4R in IO83HG worked W1KM in FN41NP at distance of 5051 km MM2N in IO75WS worked W1KM in FN41NP at distance of 4944 km