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80m CW Contest - 24th April 2024

Thank you for taking part in our last contest of the 2023/2024 season. Conditions seemed quite good across Europe, the best DX being a QSO between VK3CWB and G4PIQ. The final results are now online, with a very close finish for the top spot. Congratulations to Janusz SN5J for achieving 1st place, just ahead of Sandi S57KM and Ted SN1T. The EI/UK pack further back was led by Chris GM2V, followed by Mark EI6JK and John GM3A In the QRP section, there was another mini-contest taking place, with Mike G3P coming out on top. Thanks to Megan EI5LA who activated the EI5G Bonus station and to Tim G4FJK who activated the G5GEI Bonus station. We introduced a League Table for this season, to encourage some more activity and competition. Congratulations to Sandi S57KM for taking First Place, ahead of Allan SM5CSS. Four of the Top-5 stations this season were also in the Top-5 of our "Test Table" of the 2022-2023 season, but all with much improved total scores. Well done to all of you. Across the UK and Ireland, Mark EI6JK took top spot. He was closely followed by Brian GM4JYB and M5G (the ROARS club station operated by Peter M0URL). Both Brian and Peter entered every one of the 14 SSB and CW contests of the 2023/24 season, and were the only stations to do so. In the QRP section of the League Table, Richard G4ZFE takes 1st place, ahead of Mike G3P and Zoki S51Z. We hope that you have enjoyed taking part in this season of 80m contests, and that you will join us later this year in September when the next season begins. If you have any suggestions about how we can improve these contests, please do contact us. Please remember that the UK/EI DX CW Contest takes place this coming weekend, 27th/28th April. We hope that you will be able to take part and send in a log for this very popular contest. Thank you and 73 The UKEICC Team

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

1	SN5J *	L	KO02ML	66	0	0	0	66	G	EI	391	EI5G	2079
2	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	72	0	0	1	71	G	EI	387	EI5G	1889
3	SN1T *	L	JO84ML	76	0	0	0	76	G	EI	382	EI2KA	1794
4	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	61	1	0	0	60	G	EI	333	F5OIH	1858
5	SF6W	L	JO68RP	66	0	0	1	65	G	EI	319	EI5G	1618
6	GM2V	H	IO77WS	72	0	0	0	72	G	EI	318	S51Z	1858
7	DL8TG *	L	JO52IJ	72	0	0	0	72	G	EI	285	EI5G	1388
8	DK2FG *	L	JO41OR	71	0	0	0	71	G	EI	277	AO75PA	1603
9	DL8QS *	L	JO43KH	74	0	0	0	74	G	EI	275	EI5G	1256
10	EI6JK *	H	IO53TS	61	0	0	0	61	G	EI	273	S5/M0MPM	1897
11	GM3A	L	IO87UD	61	0	0	0	61	G	EI	272	S51Z	1728
12	EI5DI	H	IO63VG	78	0	2	0	76	G	EI	270	SN5J	1827
13	DR2C *	H	JO43XP	75	0	1	1	73	G	EI	268	EI2KA	1328
14	G4PIQ	H	JO02OD	82	1	0	0	81	G	EI	265	VK3CWB	16327
15	OK2NAJ *	L	JN89PR	56	0	1	1	54	G		263	EI6JK	1818
16	SD6F *	L	JO57XP	60	0	1	0	59	G	EI	256	EI5G	1504
17	F5OIH *	L	JN06CI	50	0	0	0	50	G	EI	253	SM5CSS	1858
18	M4N *	L	IO81XX	79	1	0	0	78	G	EI	252	OH2EA	1900
19	SC6O	L	JO68VI	56	0	1	1	54			247	F5OIH	1619
20	DF5EN *	L	JO31ML	68	0	1	0	67	G	EI	240	EI5G	1155
21	G3WW *	L	IO82WT	79	0	1	0	78	G	EI	240	SN5J	1562
22	G4PVM *	L	JO01FR	75	0	0	0	75	G	EI	235	SN5J	1409
23	G4ENZ *	L	IO81VV	77	0	1	0	76	G	EI	232	SN5J	1585
24	M4J *	H	JO02OD	73	1	0	0	72	G	EI	232	SN5J	1349
25	OK2NO	L	JN89PW	50	0	2	0	48	G	EI	231	EI5G	1898
26	M8M *	L	JO02ME	71	0	0	0	71	G	EI	226	SN5J	1360
27	GM4OSS	L	IO75RQ	60	0	0	0	60	G	EI	226	S51Z	1753
28	DL4ME *	L	JO50JR	74	0	3	1	70			226	EI2KA	1411
29	G3P *	Q	IO91NL	76	0	2	1	73	G	EI	225	SM3EVR	1628
30	GI5I	H	IO74DP	65	0	0	0	65			225	SN5J	1779
31	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	50	0	0	1	49	G	EI	224	S57KM	1826
32	DK5DQ	L	JO31QH	62	1	0	0	61	G	EI	220	EI5G	1181
33	PC4H *	H	JO22IH	77	1	2	0	74	G	EI	217	SM5CSS	1125
34	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	62	0	2	0	60	G	EI	214	SN5J	1862
35	OZ3TQ	L	JO55HK	52	0	0	0	52	G	EI	211	EI5G	1379
36	G4BRK *	L	IO91HP	68	0	2	0	66	G	EI	210	SN5J	1535
37	GW8DX	H	IO72XA	71	0	2	0	69			207	9A1AA	1786
38	G4ZFE *	Q	IO91PK	63	0	0	0	63	G	EI	206	SN5J	1495
39	S51Z	Q	JN76PA	37	0	0	0	37	G	EI	205	EI5G	1940
40	DL2OM	H	JO30SN	63	0	1	1	61	G		204	AO75PA	1429
41	G4ERW *	L	JO01GB	60	0	1	0	59	G	EI	203	YO2NAA	1627
42	SP3VT	H	JO82LC	53	0	3	0	50			203	EI2KA	1808
43	DR6T *	L	JN68IV	39	0	0	1	38	G	EI	202	EI5G	1625
44	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	65	0	1	0	64	G	EI	200	SN5J	1486
45	M5G	L	IO92JO	64	0	1	0	63	G	EI	198	SN5J	1504
46	MM2T *	H	IO85AS	59	0	1	0	58			198	S57KM	1680
47	G4BYE	L	IO91VW	58	0	0	0	58	G	EI	191	SN5J	1449
48	G4DBW	L	JO01NI	62	0	2	0	60	G	EI	190	YO2NAA	1595
49	G3RWF	L	JO01OG	63	0	2	0	61	G	EI	189	SM3EVR	1566
50	G3KNU	L	IO93QN	65	0	2	0	63	G	EI	187	SN5J	1454
51	EI7GY	H	IO63WG	47	0	0	0	47	G	EI	186	SN5J	1821
52	DL6KVA *	H	JO64BC	50	0	0	0	50			185	EI9KA	1425
53	G4EBK	L	IO93WN	59	0	0	0	59	G	EI	182	SN5J	1421
54	G5C	L	IO93NL	55	0	0	0	55	G	EI	180	SN5J	1471
55	G7D *	L	IO91SK	58	0	0	0	58		EI	175	SN5J	1478
56	M3E	L	JO01BV	69	0	3	0	66	G		167	SN5J	1428
57	M5D	Q	JO01HT	51	0	1	0	50	G	EI	167	OH2EA	1772
58	G5UM	L	IO92HQ	54	0	0	0	54			162	SN5J	1514
59	PA3DBS	L	JO21DM	57	0	1	0	56	G		161	SM5CSS	1213
60	S5/M0MPM	L	JN75PX	35	0	1	0	34	G		160	EI6JK	1897
61	EI2KA	L	IO51HM	37	0	1	0	36		EI	152	SN5J	2077
62	G4SND *	L	IO81RI	60	0	3	0	57			149	S5/M0MPM	1439
63	G0IBN	L	JO01KS	51	0	1	1	49			142	SN5J	1379
64	DO2XU *	L	JO43NL	45	0	2	0	43			141	EI9KA	1233
65	EI7CC	L	IO63WG	43	0	1	1	41		EI	131	SN5J	1821
66	G3ZBU	L	IO91UB	49	1	3	0	45	G	EI	126	SN1T	1227
67	G0HGH *	L	IO92WS	35	0	0	0	35	G	EI	122	SN5J	1429
68	G4EUW *	L	JO01MT	42	0	2	0	40		EI	117	SN5J	1367
69	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	34	0	0	0	34	G	EI	116	SN5J	1507
70	G4PDF *	L	IO93VH	33	0	0	1	32	G	EI	113	S57KM	1330
71	M0XAC *	H	IO81VU	29	0	0	0	29	G	EI	102	S57KM	1382
72	G3TJE	L	IO81MI	45	0	3	0	42	G		100	S57KM	1413
73	M9M	L	IO83RQ	37	0	1	0	36	G	EI	100	SP3VT	1320
74	G4GVC *	H	IO92HN	41	0	4	0	37	G		91	SN5J	1516
75	M7TSM *	L	IO81OJ	37	0	3	0	34	G	EI	89	OK2NO	1425
76	G4BVY *	L	IO82UD	30	0	1	0	29	G	EI	86	S57KM	1399
77	G0JOS	L	IO91UJ	28	0	2	0	26	G		58	SP3VT	1192
78	DB100FK	L	JO61RG	19	0	0	0	19			57	GM2V	1344
79	M0TJU *	L	IO83WJ	22	0	0	0	22			57	SN5J	1555
80	M0VQP *	L	IO92NG	20	0	0	0	20	G		57	SN1T	1215
81	PA3EWG	L	JO21RK	29	0	2	1	26	G		57	S57KM	893
82	G4MEM *	L	IO94FA	23	0	1	0	22	G		55	OK2NO	1367
83	EI9KA *	L	IO53HA	17	0	2	0	15	G	EI	49	S57KM	1885
84	G4ZZL *	L	JO01JT	26	0	3	0	23			31	GM2V	735

Soapbox

A great contest night. Clean 80m band no QRN strong signals from everywhere. -- DF5EN Dog and wife kept me busy, so just a few QSOs but fun as always. -- DO2XU Antennas: Endfed 80/160 -- DR6T SD WinKey K3 -- EI5DI Had a great time operating the bonus station:) Thanks everyone for the calls, can't wait to see you next season! -- EI5G Good condition tonight, plenty of activity. Thanks to everybody in UKEICC for organising these contests, they really are fun and hone the skills. Looking forward to DX CW at the weekend. FTDX5000MP, 80m V Sloping Dipole, Microham Keyer, N1mm+ Log -- EI5KG Band in good shape, lots of stations , really enjoyed this season . The league table is brilliant idea .Great motivator. Well done to all the organisers .Thanks for all your hard work. See you in the autumn . Have a great summer de Mark -- EI6JK Great fun all the way thro the winter. Many thanks all. -- EI9KA SUN SDR PRO 2 Antenna : Dipole -- F5OIH Waisted time trying to work VK3CWB with my QRP 5W. -- G3P Bit short of stations to work! -- G3RWF 75 Watts & inv-L; ran out of new stations towards the end. Best QRB was 1557km from SN5J. -- G3WW SD + H/B keyer + H/B ATU. Great condx and plenty of action. -- G3ZBU Good fun as usual. New antenna, inv-V top at 12m. -- G4BRK not so busy tonight -- G4DBW Excellent contest very much enjoyed it. -- G4ENZ Best QRB is 1623km for YO2NAA at KN05NS -- G4ERW just dabbling -- G4MEM Nice to run across VK3CWB who was a huge signal. Tx Antenna caught up in trees so SO2R a bit noisier in usual with some micro-arcs -- G4PIQ Tks for copying my QRP sigs! Missed 3 stations as my sigs were too weak. -- G4ZFE Low band noise - low operator energy level :-) Tnx all QSOs - 73 Chris -- GM2V Good fun. Not so many Irish stations tonight. Thanks all. IC7300, 100w to dipole up 13m -- GM4JYB Noisy & qsb -- M0XAC FLEX6400 to Doublet -- M4N As always an enjoyable evening. Hard to believe the series is over but am looking forward to the next one. Thanks all for the QSOs 73 and all the best till th next time. Adam G0ORY for M5G I use EI5DI's SD for my contest logging -- M5G Pressed the wrong buttons logging a D prefix. Very sorry you weren't logged. -- M7TSM Tnx for a fun series! 73 de G0JJG. -- M8M Plagued wth local noise which suddenly disappeared just before the end (typical!). As usual an enjoyable 60 minutes. -- M9M Best QRB is 1676km for S57KM at JN76HD -- MM2T I ALWAYS USE SD LOG -- OZ3TQ Great conditions. Best 73s and see you all in fall! 73, Sandi -- S57KM Best QRB is 1788km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- SN1T TS-590S, Antenna sloper -- SN5J

Some Statistics

Total QSOs: 2491 Cross Checked QSOs: 2147 Long distance QSOs (Over 2500 km) G4PIQ in JO02OD worked VK3CWB in QF15BQ at distance of 16327 km