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80m SSB Contest - 5th November 2025

Thanks for joining us this evening. 5th November here in the UK is known as Bonfire Night, traditionally marking the failure of Guy Fawkes to burn down the Houses of Parliament in 1605. The event is enjoyed with bonfire and fireworks. Fortunately there were no incidental effects on our 58 participants that submitted logs this evening with Tim G8X (G4FJK) taking the lead closely followed by Mark, EI6JK. In the Low power section Sandi, S57KM took the lead, and well done to Trevor, ON1EOI who, with a single QSO took the lead in the QRP section. Extensive participation from EI operators was particularly welcome. Comments on conditions varied, we're well into the darker hours now when we can expect more distant stations to be workable. With the solar cycle near it's peak some auroral activity was noted. We extend our appreciation to those joining us for the first time, you are very welcome and we look forward to working you in future contests. Our CW event on 26th November 2025, then we take a break for Christmas and return with the SSB event on the 7th January 2026.

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

1	G8X *	H	IO80EW	76	0	0	0	76	G	EI	206	SQ8MK	1799
2	EI6JK *	H	IO53TS	61	0	0	1	60	G	EI	195	S57KM	1845
3	GM2V	H	IO77WS	51	1	0	0	50	G	EI	188	IK6LZA	1962
4	S57KM	L	JN76HD	42	1	1	0	40		EI	184	EI5G	1885
5	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	44	0	0	0	44	G	EI	168	S57KM	1826
6	EI8CE	H	IO62HI	64	0	3	0	61	G	EI	163	S57KM	1736
7	G3RWF	H	JO01OG	59	1	1	0	57	G	EI	157	SM5CSS	1367
8	G7D	L	IO91SK	58	0	1	0	57	G	EI	152	SQ8MK	1571
9	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	25	0	0	0	25	G	EI	151	EI2KA	1879
10	EI4KU	L	IO52OW	44	0	2	0	42	G	EI	142	SQ8MK	2112
11	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	56	0	3	0	53	G	EI	138	S57KM	1674
12	G4BRK *	L	IO91HP	58	0	2	0	56	G	EI	137	SM5CSS	1458
13	OR4T *	H	JO20CL	51	0	0	0	51			136	SM5CSS	1312
14	PH9B *	L	JO21IO	49	0	1	0	48	G	EI	135	EI2KA	976
15	OT1X *	L	JO21RF	50	0	1	0	49			130	SM5CSS	1194
16	F4MAG *	L	JN16QC	39	0	2	0	37	G	EI	125	SM5CSS	1767
17	EI2KA	L	IO51HM	32	0	0	0	32		EI	121	SM5CSS	1879
18	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	41	0	0	0	41	G	EI	121	SP1TP	1055
19	EI8KN	H	IO62IE	35	0	1	0	34	G	EI	102	S57KM	1726
20	EI8IU	L	IO63CX	30	0	0	1	29	G	EI	99	S57KM	1816
21	F4MAI *	L	JN18BU	33	0	0	0	33	G	EI	98	GM4JYB	1132
22	GW4J	L	IO73WF	31	0	0	0	31	G	EI	98	S57KM	1559
23	M0VQP *	L	IO92NG	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	97	SM5CSS	1384
24	EI2IAB *	L	IO63NK	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	95	SQ8MK	1979
25	G2AA	L	IO92KO	52	0	5	0	47		EI	93	SM5CSS	1371
26	G2O	L	IO92VA	43	0	3	0	40		EI	86	SM5CSS	1372
27	F4LSL *	H	JN36DH	25	0	1	0	24	G		82	SM5CSS	1656
28	G4DBW	L	JO01NI	31	0	0	0	31		EI	79	S57KM	1147
29	PE0CD *	L	JO21TL	31	0	1	0	30		EI	78	SQ8MK	1151
30	F4CHC *	L	JO00UT	28	0	0	0	28	G		75	S57KM	1085
31	G4SSW	L	IO92II	24	0	0	0	24	G	EI	75	S57KM	1345
32	EI7CC	L	IO63WG	22	0	0	0	22	G	EI	70	OT1X	822
33	GM4VYQ	L	IO76GA	19	0	0	0	19		EI	65	S57KM	1775
34	PE1EWR *	L	JO11SL	25	0	0	0	25		EI	65	EI5G	898
35	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	23	0	1	0	22	G	EI	63	PE0CD	824
36	F4JIB *	H	JN23MN	24	1	2	0	21			62	GM4JYB	1759
37	MM2T *	H	IO85AT	27	0	1	0	26			62	S57KM	1682
38	F4LDC *	L	JN23LK	18	0	0	0	18			60	EI6JK	1508
39	GM4B	L	IO87WD	18	0	0	1	17		EI	58	OR4T	851
40	G5UM	L	IO92HQ	37	0	3	0	34			57	SM5CSS	1377
41	SQ8MK	L	KO11CJ	9	0	0	0	9			56	EI4KU	2112
42	ON2VG *	L	JO21JD	18	0	0	0	18		EI	55	EI5G	992
43	F4HGU *	H	JN08VS	20	0	0	0	20			54	SM5CSS	1566
44	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	21	0	0	0	21		EI	53	GM4JYB	652
45	EI7INB	L	IO52MN	14	0	1	0	13		EI	40	OT1X	1002
46	SP1TP *	L	JO73GK	10	0	0	0	10			40	EI4JJB	1481
47	G8FRS	L	IO91AR	15	0	0	0	15		EI	40	F4LSL	852
48	GM4M	L	IO75XT	13	0	0	0	13		EI	39	F6CTT	900
49	EI6GMB	L	IO52NW	14	0	1	0	13		EI	34	F6CTT	773
50	MM7JNT *	L	IO74LV	17	0	0	0	17			33	OT1X	813
51	G3R	L	IO83SJ	18	0	1	0	17		EI	32	OR4T	562
52	2M1WEZ	L	IO67IN	12	0	1	0	11			21	OT1X	1085
53	G0AKF	L	IO83TH	11	0	1	0	10			15	F4MAI	588
54	G0SNJ	H	JO02UK	20	0	5	1	14			10	EI2KA	768
55	G4BYE/A	L	IO83VD	13	0	2	1	10			8	EI4KU	442
56	M0QVE	L	IO92IN	4	0	0	0	4			5	EI4JJB	457
57	ON1EOI	Q	JO21LD	1	0	0	0	1			2	G8X	602
58	ON9PA *	L	JO20GQ	1	0	0	0	1			1	OR4T	33

Soapbox

This is my very first contest Thank you to the stations I made contact with, Louise 2M1 WEZ -- 2M1WEZ Best QRB is 1972km for SQ8MK at KO11CJ Tks fer qso's, band was noisy tonight. 73 de EI2IAB -- EI2IAB I thought condx might be OK tonight but no. Loads of EIs and Fs but three sweeps of the band and I could not find G5GEI. Tonight was a hard slog. -- EI2KA well spread out & good propagation -- EI4KU Good conditions, FTDX5000mp & Sloping V Dipole. N1mm+ Logger. -- EI5KG Thanks to all involved -- EI6GMB Conditions ok,lots of French stations,welcome all ,73 de Mark -- EI6JK Noisy at the start, then it got worse! -- EI7GY QRN levels up and EU activity down -- EI8CE Best QRB is 1721km for S57KM at JN76HD -- EI8KN Best QRB is 1083km for S57KM at JN76HD -- F4CHC Best QRB is 1758km for GM4JYB at IO88JM -- F4JIB Best QRB is 1506km for EI6JK at IO53TS -- F4LDC Best QRB is 1654km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- F4LSL Best QRB is 1764km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- F4MAG Best QRB is 1130km for GM4JYB at IO88JM -- F4MAI IC 7610 EFHW LONG WIRE -- G0AKF On for 1/2hr only due to antenna issue then S&P. -- G3R Interesting condx - lots of EI stns - great -- G3RWF Band noisy and some weak signals, almost made the 60 Q target. -- G4BRK Very noisy conditions here -- G4BYE/A Awful conditions here tonight S9 QRN.... very hard going -- G4DBW Very noisy conditions. Sorry to those stations that I could not copy. -- G7D Very noisy band. CAT control lost the plot at times! Worked 17 EI stations. Tnx QSOs - 73 Chris -- GM2V Terrible Conditions! -- GM4B Difficult conditions tonight making it hard work. Thanks to all. IC-7300, 100w to inv-vee dipole. -- GM4JYB running 20 times my normal power tonight due to the aurora...still tough, still need a bigger garden -- GM4M Terrible conditions this evening. not a good entry. -- GM4VYQ Best QRB is 1679km for S57KM at JN76HD -- MM2T Yaesu FTdx-10 100W 80m dipole @30ft active RX-loop @10ft TNX nice contest. Lot of fun cu next time. -- PH9B Not very good conditions and much of noise here. 73 de Allan -- SM5CSS

Some Statistics

Total QSOs: 1063 Cross Checked QSOs: 778