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UKEICC 80m CW - 28th October 2026

Thanks for joining us on 80m CW tonight. Conditions in IO73 were quite noisy but lots of signals from around Europe. Here are the results. Congratulations to the category winners...overall winner is SN1T with G4RCG the leading UK/EI entrant. OK5WA leads the unassisted category while SM5CSS, also unassisted, heads the way with Low Power. G4ERW tops a group of 5 using QRP. The next 80m contest is SSB on November 4th but note that this weekend is the UK/EI DX contest - details on the website! 73, GW0ETF and G4PVM (Adjudicators)

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

1	SN1T *	H	JO84ML	85	1	0	0	84	G	EI	397	CT7/G4BJM	2752
2	OK5WA	H	JN89AO	81	0	0	0	81	G		351	CT7/G4BJM	2422
3	SM5X	H	JO89JO	83	3	4	0	76			342	CT7/G4BJM	3095
4	SM5CSS	L	JO89LS	62	0	1	0	61	G	EI	336	EI2KA	1879
5	SF6W	L	JO68RP	69	0	0	0	69	G	EI	331	F5OIH	1631
6	OE5TXF *	H	JN78BD	66	0	0	0	66	G	EI	325	CT7/G4BJM	2225
7	S57KM *	L	JN76HD	65	0	0	0	65	G	EI	318	CT7/G4BJM	2177
8	DM6EE *	L	JO52KJ	83	1	0	0	82	G	EI	313	CT7/G4BJM	2286
9	SN7J	L	JO91QW	59	0	1	0	58	G	EI	295	CT7/G4BJM	2746
10=	F5OIH *	L	JN06CI	60	0	0	0	60	G	EI	285	SM5CSS	1858
10=	I2IFT *	L	JN45UQ	66	0	2	0	64	G	EI	285	CT7/G4BJM	1804
12	G4RCG *	H	IO93FQ	90	0	1	0	89	G		282	CT7/G4BJM	1924
13	OK1AY *	L	JN69NO	71	0	1	0	70	G	EI	279	EI2KA	1603
14	SO3O	H	JO92FF	72	0	2	0	70			278	EI2KA	1907
15	EI5KG *	H	IO62SH	71	0	1	0	70	G	EI	276	SN7J	1761
16=	EI2KA *	L	IO51HM	58	0	1	0	57	G	EI	272	S53K	1917
16=	SC6O *	L	JO68VI	63	1	2	0	60	G	EI	272	EI2KA	1658
18	GM4JYB	L	IO88JM	55	0	0	0	55	G	EI	263	CT7/G4BJM	2415
19	GI5I	H	IO74DP	66	0	0	0	66			255	S5/M0MPM	1769
20	SM7T *	L	JO77GA	58	0	1	0	57	G		249	EI2KA	1664
21	DK2FG *	L	JO41OR	70	1	0	0	69			245	CT7/G4BJM	2151
22	GM2S	L	IO75UU	58	0	1	0	57	G	EI	244	S53K	1761
23=	PA3AAV *	H	JO22LM	79	1	0	0	78	G	EI	234	SM2EKM	1732
23=	G4RGK *	L	IO91NO	72	0	0	1	71	G	EI	234	CT7/G4BJM	1726
25	CT7/G4BJM *	L	IM57PC	36	2	1	0	33	G		233	SM5X	3095
26	G7D	L	IO91SK	70	0	0	0	70	G	EI	232	CT7/G4BJM	1721
27=	GI4SJQ *	L	IO64SJ	67	0	2	0	65	G	EI	231	S54A	1752
27=	ON4EM *	L	JO20DV	87	3	2	1	81	G		231	CT7/G4BJM	1847
29=	GM3YEH *	L	IO75TO	55	0	1	0	54	G	EI	227	CT7/G4BJM	2082
29=	M4N *	L	IO81XX	67	1	0	0	66	G	EI	227	CT7/G4BJM	1734
29=	S54A *	L	JN76GB	49	0	1	0	48	G	EI	227	EI2KA	1850
32=	DL2OM	H	JO30SN	77	0	4	0	73	G	EI	226	CT7/G4BJM	1977
32=	EI6JK *	H	IO53TS	49	0	2	0	47	G	EI	226	SO5O	2113
34	DJ8EW *	H	JN58WH	59	0	1	0	58	G		224	CT7/G4BJM	2085
35	EI8CE *	L	IO62HI	63	0	3	0	60	G	EI	221	SN7J	1822
36	G3SWC	L	IO91SC	67	0	1	0	66	G	EI	219	SM5X	1440
37	G4BRK *	L	IO91HP	69	2	0	1	66	G		217	SO5CW	1542
38	GM3ZRT *	L	IO76KQ	58	1	1	0	56	G	EI	215	CT7/G4BJM	2194
39	IZ3ETC *	L	JN55UQ	61	0	5	0	56	G		210	EI6JK	1696
40=	DR6T *	L	JN68IV	43	0	0	1	42	G	EI	209	CT7/G4BJM	2170
40=	M4D *	H	IO93SF	58	1	0	0	57	G	EI	209	CT7/G4BJM	1903
42=	G4RCD	L	IO93GX	67	0	1	0	66	G	EI	206	S53K	1499
42=	OK2NO	L	JN89PW	53	0	2	0	51	G		206	EI6JK	1809
44	M8M *	L	JO02ME	69	0	3	0	66	G		204	CT7/G4BJM	1842
45	G4DBW	L	JO01NI	62	0	0	0	62		EI	202	SM5CSS	1364
46	ON7IO *	L	JO20GP	66	0	0	0	66			201	SM5CSS	1284
47	OK2NAJ *	L	JN89PR	57	1	3	1	52	G		197	EI2KA	1888
48	G4ENZ *	L	IO81VV	75	0	6	0	69	G	EI	189	CT7/G4BJM	1721
49=	DL8TG *	L	JO52IJ	51	0	0	0	51	G		184	EI2KA	1380
49=	EI5DI	L	IO63VG	52	0	1	0	51	G	EI	184	OH4X	2047
51	G4SND *	H	IO81RI	77	1	7	0	69	G		183	SQ7M	1565
52	2E0OBO *	L	JO02QP	60	0	2	0	58	G	EI	182	S53K	1261
53	G4ERW *	Q	JO01GB	55	1	1	0	53	G	EI	181	SM5CSS	1415
54	G4ZFE *	Q	IO91PK	60	0	1	1	58	G	EI	179	SM5CSS	1442
55	OZ3TQ	L	JO55HK	41	0	0	0	41	G	EI	165	EI2KA	1393
56=	G4BYE *	L	IO91VW	48	0	0	0	48	G	EI	164	SM5CSS	1378
56=	PA2DK *	L	JO21IX	57	0	1	0	56	G		164	SM5CSS	1155
58	PA5WT *	L	JO22HG	66	0	4	0	62	G		158	CT7/G4BJM	1982
59	F6KRK *	Q	JN18AS	53	0	2	1	50	G		157	SM5CSS	1557
60	PA5KT *	H	JO11WL	52	0	1	1	50	G	EI	155	SM5CSS	1234
61	DG0KS *	H	JO64AD	33	0	0	0	33	G	EI	135	EI2KA	1467
62	G4MEM *	L	IO94FA	34	0	0	0	34	G	EI	126	S53K	1506
63	M7R *	L	IO92IP	35	0	0	0	35			117	S5/M0MPM	1411
64	PA3DBS	L	JO21DM	57	0	7	0	50	G		112	SM5X	1193
65	M0XAC *	H	IO81VU	34	0	0	1	33	G	EI	105	SN7J	1481
66	SP2XX *	H	JO94HI	33	0	2	0	31			102	GI4SJQ	1622
67	G4DZL	L	IO92IS	30	0	0	0	30	G	EI	99	S53K	1427
68	OU3A	L	JO65AN	27	0	0	0	27	G		94	EI5KG	1264
69	M9M	L	IO83RQ	29	0	0	0	29	G	EI	86	SO3O	1416
70	G3WVG *	H	IO91RH	20	0	0	0	20	G	EI	83	CT7/G4BJM	1706
71	SO5O *	L	KO00XA	29	2	2	1	24	G		79	EI6JK	2113
72	S5/M0MPM	L	JN75PX	24	0	2	0	22	G		74	GI5I	1769
73=	G4ZZL *	L	JO01JT	26	0	1	0	25	G		73	SM5CSS	1341
73=	SQ9S *	L	JO90EB	25	0	0	0	25			73	G4RCG	1425
75	S51Z	Q	JN76PA	14	0	0	0	14	G		71	GW5GEI	1609
76	M0DCG	L	IO83QJ	21	0	1	0	20	G	EI	68	OK5WA	1359
77	OK2PXX	L	JN89SE	21	0	0	1	20	G		67	GW5GEI	1573
78	G3ZBU	L	IO91UB	17	0	0	0	17	G	EI	65	OK5WA	1172
79	EI8KN *	H	IO62IE	13	1	0	0	12	G	EI	60	SM5X	1706
80	G3WGE	Q	JO01FQ	19	0	1	0	18	G		53	SM5X	1349
81	M0KNG *	L	JO01EO	13	0	0	0	13	G	EI	52	DJ8EW	902
82	G0MDR	L	IO91VR	30	0	6	0	24	G	EI	48	SM5X	1377
83	EI5IN *	L	IO63GM	7	0	0	0	7	G	EI	44	SN1T	1603
84	SP3EFD	L	JO82NI	21	0	3	0	18	G		42	EI5KG	1601
85	G2AA	L	IO92KO	16	0	2	0	14	G		36	SN1T	1219
86	M8JLZ *	L	IO81VV	18	0	1	1	16	G		35	DK2FG	787
87	G0JOS	L	IO91UJ	10	0	1	0	9	G		24	OK5WA	1174
88	SQ7M	L	KO01BW	29	1	9	0	19			9	EI6JK	1918
89	SP5ES	L	KO02NL	1	0	1	0	0			0	--	--

Soapbox

Soapbox comments from UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 28/10/2026 Best QRB is 2083km for CT7/G4BJM at IM57PC -- DJ8EW This time good participation and good conds. -- DM6EE SD, K3, G5RV. All CW sent by hand on Begali HST II single-lever. -- EI5DI Very late start :) Best QRB is 1597km for SN1T at JO84ML -- EI5IN Conditions very good tonight, FTDX5000mp, 1/4 Vertical, N1mm+, Microkeyer2 -- EI5KG Best QRB is 2106km for SO5O at KO00XA Great conditions great funtoo good at times 73 de Mark -- EI6JK Good condx with lots of EU stations. -- EI8CE Quiet and activity...a nice CW evening -- F5OIH Best QRB is 1553km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- F6KRK Best QRB is 1170km for OK5WA at JN89AO -- G0JOS FTDX101MP QRP 5W to ZS6BKW up 7m. -- G3WGE Best QRB is 1707km for CT7/G4BJM at IM57PC -- G3WVG Good condx but no DX heard. SD V22.36. -- G3ZBU Couldn't find GW5GEI ! -- G4DBW FLEX 6400 + DIPOLE AT 12M -- G4ERW Good conditions into Europe from UK this evening. -- G4MEM Problems with my CAT control to the rig and distracted by a football match too (Carlisle United!!) 73, Mark, G4RCD -- G4RCD Lots of stations on for this, plenty of EU's as well -- G4RCG A tough night for QRP. I spent too much time calling SP/S5/I stations who were unable to hear my weak QRP sigs. Hats off to the SM stations who always manage to hear me! Thank you for the QSOs. -- G4ZFE Best QRB is 1748km for S54A at JN76GB -- GI4SJQ Lot of QRM tonight from my junior ops junior ops. 3 year old popping popcorn and 5/8 whips in my ear !! Good fun as always & reasonable conditions. -- GM2S Not so many Irish stations tonight. Thanks to all. IC7300, 100w to inv-vee dipole. -- GM4JYB Best QRB is 1692km for EI6JK at IO53TS -- IZ3ETC found conditions difficult tonight. -- M0DCG Great fun contest. 73 es tnx fer calls. -- M4D Kept busy - nice signals tonight. Enjoyable. -- M8M As usual an enjoyable 60 minutes although it always takes me a while to get "warmed up" !! -- M9M Fun contest - as usual! -- OE5TXF Best QRB is 1598km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- OK1AY Flex 8600 + PGXL Antennas: 80m vert dipole TNX for nice contest! -- OK5WA Best QRB is 1847km for CT7/G4BJM at IM57PC -- ON4EM UKEICC CW is always great fun I use SD log - DOS is still going strong! -- OZ3TQ Best QRB is 1152km for SM5CSS at JO89LS -- PA2DK Best QRB is 1727km for SM2EKM at KP05HW -- PA3AAV Elecraft K3 100w to Inverted Vee -- SM5CSS Always fun to work our friends in EI and UK -- SM5X Best QRB is 2749km for CT7/G4BJM at IM57PC -- SN1T Best QRB is 1901km for EI2KA at IO51HM -- SO3O Best QRB is 2106km for EI6JK at IO53TS -- SO5O Thank you for the nice contest ;). RIG: YEASEU FTDX10 ANT: Delta Loop -- SQ7M Best QRB is 1421km for G4RCG at IO93FQ -- SQ9S

Some Statistics

Statistics for UKEICC 80m CW contest using 6 char grids on 28/10/2026 Total QSOs: 2549 Cross Checked QSOs: 2108 Long distance QSOs (Over 2500 km) CT7/G4BJM in IM57PC worked SM5X in JO89JO at distance of 3095 km CT7/G4BJM in IM57PC worked SN1T in JO84ML at distance of 2752 km CT7/G4BJM in IM57PC worked SN7J in JO91QW at distance of 2746 km S53K has 56 QSO Records PA3GRM has 52 QSO Records ON7PQ has 45 QSO Records G0LTG has 38 QSO Records G3SZG has 29 QSO Records PA0RBA has 27 QSO Records DL6FA has 21 QSO Records OK1DEZ has 18 QSO Records HB9CMW has 17 QSO Records SO5CW has 14 QSO Records DL8WN has 14 QSO Records GW0WGK has 10 QSO Records G4RWD has 10 QSO Records G3PPR has 09 QSO Records F5OUO has 08 QSO Records G0FVH has 07 QSO Records G4YWL has 06 QSO Records HA2SB has 05 QSO Records