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UK/EI DX CW Contest - Soapbox Comments - 24/02/2020 TNX for nice Contest but I have very short time to work! 73! Zvone -- 9A2VX Nice contest hear u next year 73 Vlado 9A5MPV Used SD by EI5DI for logging -- 9A5MPV Very interesting contest did more score than last year what is always co SOAPBOX:ol best 73 de CT1DRB/OK8RB David Quental -- CT1DRB Easy to select the limited antenna class, since last storm has blown away my spider beam. 73, Arno -- DL1CW MNI TNX FER NICE CONTEST -- DL1NKB tnx fer nice contest. 73 de Harald -- DL1THB poor propagation conditions, poor antenna, damaged by storm and irreparable, now a half dipole up 7 m. But had fun for a few hours -- DL5KUD pretty low participation from UK/EI -- DL6KVA FT-991A + GP -- DL6NWA I just played for the fun of it. Thanks to organizers for the work. -- DL7GEM Nice test, very station all world play. see you next edition. 73 -- EA4AOC ICOM 7300 Dipole G5RV Long Version -- EA4BAS Tnx for nice contest. Good craic. C u next year. -- EI2IDB SD WinKey K3 -- EI5DI SOSB 40 Low power (up 100) SINGLE-ELEMENT ANTENNA -- EU1ADY QCX-20m 4W LW -- EU1ST ew4am@tut.by -- EU4U Used FT897d 5w +TM535 tuner+LW42m -- EU6DX 73 FT-817 DELTA LOOP -- EU8F THANK YOU! -- EW1TZ 73! -- EW8OM Used a Dipole for 40/80 M with its cenre 2M off the ground !! Its a wonder I made any QSO's !!! -- F/G0PZA Good to a busy 40m, but not any EI stations, I must have missed them! FB for those QRQ STNS who send SN QRS. Good fun. I trust this helps you.Mike -- G0ATR Enjoyable - surprised what can be worked with a ZS6BKW doublet bent into the loft! Tnx QSOs. -- G0JJG good fun -- G0MDR Came on for a quick hour to check the water had gone from where-ever it was last week during ARRL CW. Seemed conditions were poor, but EU had high activity. -- G0MTN Sorry it's late, check log will do if not accepted. Mike -- G1SCT Cameo entry -mobile rally to attend on the Sunday . Conditions poor for inter G/EI working, wx gale force wins with antenna at only 5m agl. -- G2W Very enjoyable contest - condx's no so good for inter G/EI Q's - heard nil on Ten or 15M but 2040 & 80M good except for 20M closing after dark.-- 73 de Derrick -- G3L Very enjoyable and friendly session Very grateful to all stations worked including those who struggled through and persevered. Condx not th best and some rather punishing QSB on the bands today I use EI5DI SD very happily and seldom with issues -- G3LRS It's a shame there were other contests on at the same time causing confusion as many stations didn't understand the RM district number. Plus, many of the stations that were worked were in a different contest and wont be counted as a proper UK/EI QSO. I got a bit frustrated with having to explain the district number and repeat NR that I terminated my involvement in the contest which was a shame. 73s de Fred, G3SVK -- G3SVK Plenty of activity good fun. SD logging excellent! -- G3SWC Noisy conditions but enjoyable from the UK EI perspective! Thanks for running yhis contest. 73 Mike -- G3VYI Just a one band entry. -- G3ZGC Thank you for organising an enjoyable and well thought-out contest. Conditions generally poor ... and very windy ! -- G4AMT Used SD V21.19 -- G4BYE VERT POOR CONDITIONS. VIRTUALY NO SHORT SKIP SO SHORT OF MULTIPLYERS. A VERY ENJOYABLE CONTEST ESPECIALY AS SD MADE LOGING EASY. -- G4DDX just dabbled, conditions very noisy. -- G4IRN KX3, 5 watts, trap dipole at 7 meters and homemade 20M elevated vertical at 3 meters -- G4OZG Looked like good fun. Only had a short time available over the weekend with a power cut Sunday morning and a little time on 160m, so a short bash on Saturday evening. -- G4PIQ Band conditions very poor here. Tough going on 20 but to be expected with my EFHW down at 20ft due to strong winds. Plenty of activity again which is great to see especially under trying conditions. Very noticeable the lack of Clicky signals. Must be the change of rigs happening at last. Here Radio was an Elecraft K3 with amplifier at 400w into an 80m EFHW. used N1MM+ software which worked perfectly. Thanks again to the organisers of the contest. I think the format is about right for all. -- G6M Dipped in for an hour or so before bed on Saturday. Good fun, thanks. -- GM0EUL Thanks for the QSOs - 73 Chris -- GM2V Just a little play in the Gales -- GM3POI Found conditions poor for QRP, difficult to work across the pond and further east than 4X. gave up overnight as conditions very flat. Only 1 questionable 15m contact Did not work many UK EI unfortunately. Good fun best 73 -- GM4M only part time 2 bannd effort. Low band antennas out of use due to storm damage -- GM5A Very hard going with poor propagation especially on 80 and 40m. Disappointing how little support there seems to be from UK and EI!! -- GM5X Very torrid time due to the weather - Saturday high winds, snow, hail, rain, lightning = high noise & QRN. Sunday morning very high QRN S6/7 could only work very strong signals. Beam nested for whole weekend. Many repeats of call and number, expect to loose a part of the score. -- GM9A Poor condx, overall. -- GW4D Casual entry to give some points away. No antenna for 20m or 10m. Poor conditions and low activity from ZL and usa/ve. -- GW9J RIG: FT450AT POWER:100 W ANT.:W3DZZ -- HA0GK It was a fun to take part in the contest though propagation was not on the top and local noise added more difficulty to operate. Many thanks for QSOs and see you next time Rig Kenwood TS-530SP 100 W and ant 21 mtrs long end-fed wire above flat roof. -- HA2MN RIG: FT-847 Ant: Windom -- HA3FMR FT-817+FL110 30w FD-4 Thank you QSOs for the first time I participated in the contest. GL! -- HA8V Great contest. Very convenient option 12 hours. Not many G/EI stations anyway. Best 73'ss -- HF5WIM Few hours just for fun. Ciao de Giovanni i2ift -- I2IFT Just few hours. Tks for the contest. -- I2WIJ First time and few hours available I like it hope next year for a full time partecipation. Tnx for fun. 73 de i7phh -- I7PHH 73 from Rome -- IK0NOJ Just 2 hours...nice contest!! -- IK6QON Contest molto bello scarsa propagazione in 40m ottima presenza solo 100watt Antenna Loop e IC-736. -- IT9CKA dipole out of balcony -- IT9PPG I love this game. Forever. -- IW3ILM chiedo scusa credevo si trattasse del contest UBA invio comunque il mio piccolo log sperando di non aver creato disturbo fra i partecipanti al UKEIDX-CW. Grazie 73 ciao de iz5bbs Renato -- IZ5BBS ICOM IC7100 100W Inv VEE -- JA2KKA I enjoyed the contest. -- JA5QJX/0 I enjoyed the contest. -- JA7BEW I enjoyed the contest. -- JE6WGT Thank you all stations! -- JF2FIU I enjoyed the contest. -- JG2RFJ I enjoyed the contest. see you next year !! -- JH4FUF I enjoyed the contest. -- JH6QIL TNX QSO CUAGN 73 -- JK7DWD Rig The KD1JV Tri-bander (assembly kit from Hendricks QRP kitsInc.) Power 4.8W ANT End-fed full-size dipole at 11mH. -- JR1LLD RIG: YAESU FTDX5000MP+VL-1000 ANT: DP -- JR2AWS First time trying this, was not receiving G/EI stations well -- K1ECU SkookumLogger K3S KPA1500 OB40-2 2XA-3B-12L wires -- K1GQ I would have had more interest in this event but for the arbitrary rule that requires a remote control point to be within 500 km of the station. My DC apartment is 508 km from my CT station. -- K1ZZ Tough conditions here in NTX. 400 Watts, tribander, 1/4 wave sloper on 40m, inverted vee on 80m. -- K5KJ Conditions were poor but had a grand time. -- K5LY Portable QTH - FM29jw Points 2 QSO * 4 (Points / UK/EI CW Contact) = 8 Points. 1 QSO * 2 (Points / European CW Contact) = 2 Points. Mutipliers 2 UK/EI Districts + 1 DXCC Country = 3 (8 + 2) Points * 3 Multiplirs = 30 Total Points. -- KF3G Rig: TS590S + PA 500W + multiban GP -- LZ1HW SINGLE ELEMENT -- M0HMJ Thanks for the Q's everyone - 73 Phil -- M2D 80m only entry as no other antennas up. WX was horrible and I abandoned installing a 40m vertical when the fibreglass pole snapped at the bottom when I was adding guys. Horrible day so hoping for better next year. -- MM2N Appalling conditions on 20m and above. High winds, snow, rain etc suprised antennas stayed up! -- MM3T Work commitments prevented devoting more time to this contest....next year!! Good fun contest, I'll be back! Thanks to all ops that persevered with my CW. -- MM4D 1ST UK/EI DX CW CONTEST -- N1NN Regret missing first 12-16z portion due to social commitments; perhaps better if this is 30 hours next year and beyond! That would permit two possible NA-EU openings, which translates to much more activity. -- N3JT Busy schedule this weekend so not a lot of time, but the time I spent was fun. Thanks for the contacts. -- N4FP Thanks to all for the QSO's. 73, Gator N5RZ -- N5RZ 10W Homebrew -- N6HCN K3s, KPA1500, M2 KT36xa, N1MM+ -- N7WY IC-756 Pro end fed wires. Bnds rough but glad to work a few. TU GL 73 ALL. -- N8VWY I had to work most all day Saturday so not a lot of time. 73 -- NJ3K My TX numbering inc failed, so 2x 031 was sent. Both are valid qsos. -- OH1KH TNX FOR THE NICE CONTEST -- OH2KW Time shared with REFSSB. Skip a bit too long for the UK on 14 MHz... Cheers/73 Zaba OH1ZAA -- OH5ZA Operated portable from JO60, with Elecraft KX2 and LW ant. -- OK1CZ Elecraft K2-5W ant. LW 42m -- OK1FKD Nice contest. -- OK3M Flex 6500, OMPower PA Antenna Antenna 80M, Half Sloper, Delta Loop, InvV Fan Dipole 160 - 40M 40M, HB9CV, 20M G0KSC OWA -- OK5M rig TS-590S pwr 100 W ant dipole 2 x 9.5 m -- OK5NW FT2000 100W Inv.V -- OK7T The propagation was good on 80 and 40 but weak on 20 m I could work a good rate and many stations. I enjoyed the contest. I worked 7 h 35 m Till next year. 73 Leon ON5WL -- ON5WL Elecraft K3/P3, SSPA 600W 80 m vertical loop -- OZ3SM Nice contest again. Thanks for the organisation. 25 qso's less than last year but about 7000 points higher score. Must be the multipliers. CU next time! -- PA0CMU BAD CONDITIONS FEW UK HEARD ON 20 AND 40 -- PA0FAW great fun again and good practice for my cw -- PA0M nice contest.SD user .FB -- PA0WKI Used SD for post-contest logging unable to work EI-UK perhaps due to very bad weather -- PA2CHM Tks for organizing, was great fun!! -- PA3BFH Enjoyed running in this contest. Many thanks and 73 to all of you! -- PA3DAT IT WAS FUN TO BE IN THE CONTEST WITH MY K2 5W into a dipole 73, Gose -- PA3GNZ Just a little time and bad conditions. -- PB0ACU 15W indoor dipole -- PC5D SunSDR QRP with a FA-PA50 power amplifier 50W into HyEnd Fed coil Loaded for 40m. I joined the contest for a few hours, it was fun. 73 PE1FJN Marc -- PE1FJN Stormy weather and rain al lot. 73 PE2K -- PE2K Where were all the irish stations? -- PG4I ICOM-718 100Wt. Ant. Balcony All band. 10m.Up -- R1QE TNX FER NICE CONTEST! 73! -- R2DJ GL! 73! -- R3PIQ IC-746pro W3DZZ -- R3SM SO1R; TX FT-450D 100 w; ANT: YAGI-2el W3DZZ -- R3VL IC-756PROIII GP-40/10m XL-222 -- R3XP FT-2000 IV -- R4WT TS-590S - 100watts ant - loop -- R6CW FTDX-3000 - VERTICAL -- R6KEE tn! -- R7AC super1825@mail.ru -- R8OM Many tnx! TS-590S,100 watt Dipole-20,40,80M -- R8WO 73! -- R9CD 73! -- RC7B r3mz@mail.ru -- RM3M Icom 760Pro Inverted V 40/80 Sloper 20/15m -- RN3S TX 5Watts ant - Magloop indoor -- RV3DBK XIEGU G90 pwr 5W Ant: ECO vertical LW -- RW3AI TKS-contest -- RY4A Simple antenna and 200W. 73 from Janez S51DX -- S51DX FT-897D 100W 42m LW @ 6mH. Nice contest. GL. -- S57EA TS-590SG(100W), Hexbeam @10m, 160-10m Windom @20m 73, Sandi -- S57KM ts590sg-80w r7 vertical -- S58MU SO2R Remote operation. -- SE5E LOW POWER 100 WATTS IC-765 -- SE5L Up at the north arctic circle, the conds were very disappointing due to bad space weather, but it was fun to hear many CW stations online. -- SM2OTU SMCCE@TELIA.COM -- SM5CCE Elecraft K3 100W -- SM5CSS Rig K2 antenna OCF dipole 10m up. No path on 20m to UK-EI this year. -- SM6FPC FT-950, ant. Delta 84m -- SN95IARU 73' -- SO5N RIG: FTDX3000 50-100WTTS; ANT.: LW -- SP1AEN Radio Icom 746 -100W Antena-20/15/10m- 2 el qq Antena 80m-monoband dipol Antena 40M-vertical 7 band -- SP1DMD LW 10m -- SP2HMY rig-IC746 ; pwr-100Wtts ; ant-GP -- SQ9FMU Many tnx for great fun ! Best 73 Adam SQ9S -- SQ9S RIGS: YAESU FT-920 WITH AUTO ATU AND VERTICAL ANT. -- SV1AJO I had very nice time but I expect more UK stations. CU soon on the bands. 73! -- SV1BJW thanks for nice contest 73 de Pol -- SV9RNG IC-7600 7EL 3BAND (20 15 10) HOME MADE YAGI -- TA3AER 73 -- UA5C IC 746 + DELTA LOOP -- UR7EC TNX 73! -- UR9MB TH11-DX TS-480 -- US8IM SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO PA 100 W. Antenns 1608040 - dipole Up18m fider 70m. 201510 - Spider Up 10m fider 30m. -- UT4LW 73! -- UY2IG Icom 7600 Dipole -- UY3MW Not much time to operate but glad to hand out some QSO's. 73 Serge VA3SB -- VA3SB Dreadful propagation! -- VA3TTB Too bad propagation was not better. -- VE2FK ICOM IC7300 WITH DIPOLE ANTENNA -- VU2DED Rather poor propagation. Was difficult to find any IUKL EI stations to work. -- W4PM 73 -- YB2BDL TU FOR ALL QSO. 73, GOOD CONTEST. -- YO2GL RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4 & LW 41 m -- YO4SI YAESU FT-897D 100W DIPOLE ANT -- YO5AXF See you in the new contest! -- YO8DOH FT-950 + PA 400W A3S 1 EL DELTALOOP V FOR 160M -- YP5A Last year FIRST...this year...hmhm....73 -- YU1YV K3 KPA500 fullwave wire loop -- ZM4G

Some Statistics

UK/EI DX CW Contest - Adjudication Report - 24/02/2020 Total QSOs: 74981 Cross Checked QSOs: 53803 UK/EI night bonus QSOs: 471 Total Entrants: 704 UK/EI Entrants: 85 EU Entrants: 482 DX Entrants: 137 Non-entrants are all callsigns worked who didn't submit a log Total Non-entrants: 2525 UK/EI Non-entrants: 271 EU Non-Entrants: 1522 DX Non-Entrants: 732 Total Unique Non-entrants: 1566 UK/EI Unique Non-entrants: 170 EU Unique Non-Entrants: 976 DX Unique Non-Entrants: 420 Stations who paid more than a casual interest in the contest but didn't submit a log Total Non-entrants with 10 or more QSOs: 336 UK/EI Non-entrants with 10 or more QSOs: 34 EU Non-entrants with 10 or more QSOs: 226 DX Non-entrants with 10 or more QSOs: 76 Top 20 non entrants IK0YVV 381 QSO records with last sent serial number of 558 UR7MZ 374 QSO records with last sent serial number of 435 9A2KD 314 QSO records with last sent serial number of 391 LY7W 304 QSO records with last sent serial number of 361 LY2PX 301 QSO records with last sent serial number of 376 LZ5R 292 QSO records with last sent serial number of 346 S52AW 283 QSO records with last sent serial number of 348 EA5FQ 233 QSO records with last sent serial number of 285 PA7LV 226 QSO records with last sent serial number of 256 YU5R 222 QSO records with last sent serial number of 284 DL1NKS 213 QSO records with last sent serial number of 231 DJ0YI 212 QSO records with last sent serial number of 240 LX9EG 210 QSO records with last sent serial number of 243 OM4AZF 207 QSO records with last sent serial number of 242 GM4GTV 200 QSO records with last sent serial number of 242 DL3GA 183 QSO records with last sent serial number of 211 YT4T 179 QSO records with last sent serial number of 218 UT8IO 175 QSO records with last sent serial number of 203 OK1DVA 174 QSO records with last sent serial number of 195 DJ1YFK 172 QSO records with last sent serial number of 201 Entrants with potential clock problems EA5VK - 17 percent timing errors G5UM - 13 percent timing errors JH6QIL - 6 percent timing errors KC8J - 7 percent timing errors OH9GIT - 9 percent timing errors UA9CHL - 5 percent timing errors