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80m SSB Contest - 4th February 2026

The final results for 4th February 2026 are below. Conditions were lots of medium distance QSOs, but no QSOs over 2500 km. The longest QSO was SE2P and F4MAG at 2308km. Some entrants reported that the band was noisy. The results is very close. Mark EI6JK was first, only 2 points ahead of Per SE2P, followed by Chris GM2V only 4 points behind. Gordon MM2N was 4th and Tim G8X was 5th. All these were high power entries. First low power and 6th overall was Brian GM4JYB. Second low power was Graham G7D and third low power was Alfons DR6T. David G4ERW won the QRP section (the only entry). We received 75 logs. We were pleased to get 19 logs from EI stations. 31 different EI callsigns appear in the logs. This contest is the first where self-spotting is allowed. Please remember that you are only allowed to spot yourself once every 10 minutes. This is an experiment that runs for the remainder of the 2025/26 season. We welcome feedback on this experiment, either in your soapbox or via the UKEICC io group. Thanks to the bonus station operators Roger EI8KN and Stewart G3RXQ. 73 The UKEICC Adjudicators

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

1	EI6JK *	H	IO53TS	82	1	0	0	81	G	EI	255	SE2P	2019
2	SE2P *	H	KP04HM	37	0	1	0	36	G		253	F4MAG	2308
3	GM2V	H	IO77WS	69	1	0	0	68	G	EI	249	F4ABI	1546
4	MM2N *	H	IO75WS	78	1	1	0	76	G	EI	213	S57KM	1689
5	G8X *	H	IO80EW	80	0	1	0	79	G	EI	195	SM5CSS	1624
6	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	50	0	0	0	50	G	EI	185	SE2P	1423
7	EI8CE	H	IO62HI	62	0	0	0	62	G	EI	165	SE2P	2095
8	G3RWF	H	JO01OG	60	0	0	0	60	G		157	SE2P	1857
9	G7D	L	IO91SK	68	0	0	0	68	G		157	SM5CSS	1430
10	DR6T *	L	JN68IV	36	0	0	0	36	G		156	SE2P	1804
11	EI9FVB	H	IO51QV	48	0	0	0	48	G	EI	154	SE2P	2189
12	EI6IKB *	H	IO63TJ	67	0	0	0	67			150	SM5CSS	1590
13	EI7PRC	L	IO52TA	52	0	0	0	52			142	SE2P	2167
14	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	52	0	0	1	51	G	EI	141	SE2P	1932
15	G4BRK *	L	IO91HP	58	0	0	0	58	G	EI	140	SE2P	1916
16	EI6JTB *	H	IO63AK	44	0	0	0	44	G	EI	133	SE2P	2028
17	OR4T	H	JO20CL	53	0	1	0	52			133	SM5CSS	1312
18	EI2KA	L	IO51HM	42	0	0	0	42	G	EI	131	DF4PD	1148
19	M5S	H	IO82MO	59	0	0	0	59			126	SQ8MK	1726
20	G4RCD	L	IO93GX	60	2	1	0	57	G		125	SM5CSS	1290
21	S57KM	L	JN76HD	28	0	0	0	28	G		121	SE2P	2080
22	EI2IAB *	L	IO63NK	42	0	0	0	42	G	EI	116	SE2P	1981
23	F4MAG *	L	JN16QC	33	0	0	1	32			114	SE2P	2308
24	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	23	0	0	1	22	G		113	EI7PRC	1790
25	G4DBW	L	JO01NI	52	0	2	0	50	G		112	SM5CSS	1364
26	F4MAI *	L	JN18BU	40	0	0	0	40	G		108	SE2P	2065
27	G4BYE	L	IO91VW	48	0	2	1	45	G	EI	106	SE2P	1845
28	EI7INB	L	IO52MN	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	104	SE2P	2146
29	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	44	0	1	0	43	G		103	SE2P	2060
30	EI9KA	L	IO53HA	35	1	1	0	33	G	EI	103	DR6T	1611
31	M5LMG	L	IO82NP	53	0	0	0	53			100	SE2P	1883
32	ON9PA *	L	JO20GQ	45	0	1	1	43			99	SE2P	1806
33	GU0UVH	L	IN89VR	36	0	0	0	36	G	EI	98	SE2P	2128
34	GM2S	L	IO75UU	35	0	1	0	34	G	EI	97	SE2P	1670
35	EI3ENB	L	IO62JH	31	0	0	0	31	G	EI	93	F4MAG	1033
36	F4CHC *	L	JO00UT	36	0	1	0	35	G		93	SE2P	1884
37	EI8JB	H	IO63QS	37	0	2	0	35	G	EI	92	S57KM	1736
38	G4ERW	Q	JO01GB	36	0	0	0	36	G		92	SE2P	1901
39	G4RGK	L	IO91NO	38	0	0	0	38	G		90	S57KM	1286
40	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	40	0	0	0	40	G		87	SE2P	1809
41	M0DCG	L	IO83QJ	47	0	1	0	46			87	SE2P	1806
42	F6KRK *	L	JN18AS	35	0	0	0	35			85	SE2P	2076
43	M8KVJ	L	IO80IR	46	0	1	0	45			84	SE2P	2074
44	EI7GEB	L	IO63PN	28	0	0	0	28	G	EI	83	SE2P	1963
45	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	33	0	0	0	33	G	EI	79	GM4JYB	613
46	PE0CD	L	JO21TL	27	0	1	0	26	G		77	SM5CSS	1164
47	EI5KF	H	IO52UG	31	0	0	1	30			75	SE2P	2142
48	M0VQP *	L	IO92NG	28	0	0	0	28	G		70	DR6T	1031
49	EI6GMB	L	IO52NW	25	0	1	0	24	G	EI	65	GM4JYB	716
50	G5UM	L	IO92HQ	34	0	0	0	34			65	GM4JYB	660
51	G4PVM *	L	JO01FR	34	0	1	1	32			63	SE2P	1840
52	M0KKM *	L	JO02EO	29	0	1	0	28	G		63	GM4JYB	697
53	EI8KV	L	IO63WF	27	0	2	0	25	G	EI	54	ON9PA	785
54	GM4B	L	IO87WD	22	0	1	0	21	G		52	SE2P	1474
55	OZ4NA	L	JO46WR	12	0	0	0	12	G		51	S57KM	1223
56	G8OLA *	H	IO90OR	36	0	4	1	31			50	F4ABI	759
57	G8FRS	L	IO91AR	23	0	0	0	23	G		49	GM2V	687
58	PE1EWR *	L	JO11SL	24	0	1	0	23	G		48	GM2V	857
59	M0MPM	L	IO91LJ	22	0	1	0	21	G		44	GM2V	737
60	DA6KK	L	JO30GT	11	0	0	0	11	G		39	EI6JK	1068
61	DM6EE *	L	JO52KJ	11	0	1	0	10	G		34	EI9KA	1367
62	G7OXK	L	IO91SK	13	0	0	1	12	G		34	EI6JK	596
63	M0KNM	L	IO91VV	16	0	1	0	15	G		32	GM2V	701
64	G6WCZ *	L	IO92II	15	0	1	0	14	G		30	EI6JK	500
65	SQ8MK	L	KO11CJ	4	0	0	0	4	G		27	M5S	1726
66	F4ABI *	L	JN25JA	18	0	3	0	15			24	GM2V	1546
67	DF4PD	H	JO30LN	19	0	4	0	15			21	EI2KA	1148
68	CT1AL	H	IN60AQ	2	0	0	0	2	G		18	G5GEI	1549
69	G0ATR	L	IO92KO	7	0	2	0	5	G		8	G8X	253

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m SSB contest using 6 char grids on 04/02/2026 Condx getting better to the end of the time -- DF4PD Only some qsos was difficult with LP. -- DM6EE Best QRB is 1974km for SE2P at KP04HM, tks to all fer QSO's -- EI2IAB Best QRB is 750km for GM4JYB at IO88JM -- EI5G Noisy here, still good fun. 73 -- EI5KF Poor conditions here tonight. Very little dx. FTDX5000mp 1/4 Wave vertical, N1mm+. Still good Fun. -- EI5KG great competition -- EI6GMB Best QRB is 1584km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- EI6IKB Good local propagation, 22 EIs in the log, great to see good participation from EI. I Should of prepared more for the self spotting. I think its a great idea but hopefully works better next SSB contest. Hope to meet you all on the IO group for UKEI 73 de Mark. -- EI6JK Nice conditions and plenty of G and EIs heard -- EI7GEB used sd log lots of stations to s+p -- EI7INB Best QRB is 2160km for SE2P at KP04HM -- EI7PRC considerable QRN and not many continental stations -- EI8CE Enjoyed the contest. Conditions were quite good. -- EI9FVB Best QRB is 1544km for GM2V at IO77WS -- F4ABI Best QRB is 1879km for SE2P at KP04HM -- F4CHC Best QRB is 2304km for SE2P at KP04HM -- F4MAG Best QRB is 2060km for SE2P at KP04HM Few stations on the air. -- F4MAI Best QRB is 2071km for SE2P at KP04HM I was transmitting with 10W. -- F6KRK Trust this helps you. Good luck all.. Mike -- G0ATR Lots of signals were weak and unhelpful QSB at times, but did better than the last one. -- G4BRK Hunted for EI5G .... nothing heard ! -- G4DBW I had intended to try the Assisted category with self-spotting, but N1MM+ would not allow self-spotting - the UDC needs to be updated!! So I immediately disconnected from the Cluster and returned to my usual Unassisted category. Will try again once a new UDC is released... Vy 73, Mark, G4RCD. -- G4RCD Noisy ! -- G4RGK Rather short-skip and no sign of EI5G ! -- G7D New self-spot rule - who was the station who admitted that he spotted himself with the WRONG callsign ? -- G8X Some local noise this evening. Great to work 21 EI stations - quite a few for the first time. 73 Chris -- GM2V Plenty of Irish stations on tonight. Not so many Europeans... IC-7300, 100w to dipole. Thanks all. -- GM4JYB Best QRB is 1877km for SE2P at KP04HM -- M5LMG Best QRB is 1720km for SQ8MK at KO11CJ -- M5S good log for this contest -- M8KVJ Best QRB is 1685km for S57KM at JN76HD -- MM2N Thanks for the organisation. ICOM IC7100. Doublet inv V 10m from ground. -- ON9PA Good evening everyone, good turnout tonight. Unfortunately, too much noise on my side on 80 tonight. 73 Eric -- OR4T Good contest! Today's conditions were fair and the British and Irish people nice as always! -- PE0CD Best QRB is 2304km for F4MAG at JN16QC -- SE2P I always work unassisted. What a competition is self-spotting? Very bad! 73 de Allan -- SM5CSS

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m SSB contest on 04/02/2026 Total QSOs: 1559 Cross Checked QSOs: 1145 There were no QSOs over 2500 km.