Results:  80 Metres Counties Contest, 1st January 2021 @ 17:00z (1 hour)

Posted:  16th January 2021

Favourable band conditions made this a busy and enjoyable event.  Excluding uniques, 76 EI/GI stations and 29 overseas stations appear in the logs: overseas stations were strong contributors to the QSO total, accounting for one-third of all QSOs.  A few CW ops expressed disappointment at the low level of CW activity – which was indeed low, at just over 7% of all QSOs.

There was some self-spotting during the contest – a clear and objective breach of the Contest Rules – resulting in penalties being applied.  Self-spotting or asking to be spotted is not permitted in any contest: also, for IRTS contests, with the sole exception of VHF/UHF Field Day, any use of the DX Cluster or a similar network is against the Rules.

Logged Counties (29)

ANT, ARM, CAR, CAV, CLA, COR, DER, DUB, FER, GAL, KER, KLD, KLK, LAO, LEI, LIM, LOU, MAY, MEA, MON, OFF, ROS, SLI, TIP, TYR, WAT, WES, WEX, WIC

Missing Counties (3)

DON, DOW, LON

DX Worked (14)

DL, F, G, GJ, GM, GU, GW, I, OE, ON, PA, S5, SP, SV
Award Call Sign / Name Valid
QSOs		 Counties/
DXCCs		 Total
Score		 County
A.  SSB Only – High Power, EI/GI Stations
award MIØRRE, Robert Rantin 82 21/12 7,854 ARM
  EI9HX, Patrick O Connor 59 24/5 5,452 ROS
  EI2II, Enda Broderick 48 21/2 3,657 GAL
  EI7JN, Tony Byrne 51 19/4 3,657 DUB
  EI8KN, Roger Greengrass 49 19/3 3,454 WAT
  EI9FVB, Declan Horan 50 19/2 3,255 COR
  EI8KF, Andrew Martin 47 18/3 3,192 KLD
  EI4GNB, Tim Hannigan 39 17/4 2,709 WIC
  EI8JR, Jim Armstrong 18 14/0 1,008 DUB
B.  SSB Only – Low Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI2IP, Robbie Phelan 58 21/4 4,675 LIM
  EI4KU, Stefan Zalewski 42 21/3 3,384 CLA
  EI2IAB, Marty Grady 39 20/3 3,036 MEA
  EI2KA, Tim McKnight 40 19/2 2,730 COR
  EI6GVB, David Gainda 32 19/1 2,260 WAT
  EI5HIB, Noel O Loughlin 37 15/2 2,210 LAO
  EI2SBC, Shannon Basin Radio Club
  op: EI4GGB		 28 16/1 1,802 WES
  EI4KH, Denis O Flaherty 22 14/2 1,216 COR
  EI3ENB, Paul Norris 21 14/1 1,170 KLK
  EI3FEB, Andrew McCormack 17 12/1 806 GAL
  EI5FQB, Clifford Beck 16 11/1 732 OFF
  EI2IJB, Ronan Cullen 13 13/0 676 GAL
  EI6CZ, Rolande Hall 12 11/0 528 CLA
  EI7HMB, John Cuthbert 11 11/0 484 COR
  EI8KV, Derek Kelleher 12 9/1 450 DUB
  EI9ES, Peter Morrison 10 8/1 333 DUB
  MIØUFT, John Martin 8 8/0 256 TYR
C.  SSB/CW – High Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI5IX, Pat Baynes 47 21/2 4,761 MAY
  EI5KF, Gerard Scannell 50 19/3 4,136 COR
  EI5KG, David Sherwood 45 18/6 3,696 WEX
  EI7GY, Joe Ryan 23 13/1 1,498 DUB
  GI4FUE, Charlie Morrison 21 14/1 1,320 ANT
D.  SSB/CW – Low Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI9FK, Bill Somerville-Large 38 18/3 3,066 WIC
  EI7CC, Peter Ball 27 16/1 2,142 DUB
  EI8FI, Kevin Keane 18 12/1 923 KER
  EI4HQ, Cormac Gebruers 13 8/1 774 COR
  EI5KJ, Keith Crittenden 13 8/2 720 WEX
E.  SWL
  No entry
F.  SSB Only, Outside EI/GI
award MØXDX, Paul Dumpleton 27 19 2,052
  G8MIA, Andy Malbon 22 16 1,408
  G4IDF, Dave Hobro 22 14 1,232
  GW4W, Ron Price 14 13 728
  G6UBM, Les Featherstone 14 12 672
  GUØUVH, Malcolm Bosher 12 9 432
  G4TPJ, Richard Mepham 8 8 256
G.  SSB/CW, Outside EI/GI
award MØDDT, Colin Potter 30 17 2,108
  G4EBK, George Smith 11 9 792
  G3VYI, Mike Franklin 13 9 540
  MØNQN, Bob Townsend 11 8 512
  G3ZNU, Malcolm Appleby 11 9 504
  ON3ND, Jean-Jacques Yerganian 2 2 32
 
Check Log:     EI3GRB, Bob Muir     EI4BZ, Dave Moore     GØWWD, David Weston     MIØDWE, David Eames
Station Logs Submitted = 53
award= Award Winner (click / tap on the icon to download the award certificate)
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