Results:  80 Metres Counties Contest, 1st January 2024 @ 17:00z (1 hour)

Posted:  24th January 2024

The first Counties Contest of 2024 attracted 42 logs. Conditions were favourable for this contest. Well done to all of the winners of each section. SSB Low Power attracted far more entries than any of the other categories. The use of CW is low, it should be remembered that CW gives a good points advantage. I am going to suggest using assisted, this may attract more stations to CW.

I thank all stations for taking part, particularly the new licenses and I do accept all types of log formats, although it would make the results process easier if stations did use a Cabrillo format. In the counties contest, you can use contest logging programs such as SD, N1MM or DXLOG, and submit a Cabrillo File. If anyone needs assistance with this please do not hesitate to ask, I would be more than happy to help anyone with this. I am around at weekend of the IRTS AGM and can go through it then. I can also be contacted on 0876738356.

These contests are for your enjoyment, so any feedback is always welcome.

73 de EI6JK. IRTS Contest Manager. Mark.

Logged Counties (24)

ANT, ARM, CAR, CAV, CLA, COR, DER, DOW, DUB, FER, GAL, KER, KLD, KLK, LIM, MAY, MEA, OFF, ROS, TIP, WAT, WES, WEX, WIC

Missing Counties (8)

DON, LAO, LEI, LON, LOU, MON, SLI, TYR

DX Worked (10)

DL, EA, F, G, GM, GW, OE, OK, PA, SM
Award Call Sign / Name Valid
QSOs		 Counties/
DXCCs		 Total
Score		 County
A.  SSB Only – High Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI8CE, Aidan McGrath 55 23/5 4,900 WAT
  MIØRRE, Robert Rantin 60 21/5 4,446 ARM
  EI9HX, Patrick O' Connor 49 20/6 3,926 ROS
  EI9FVB, Declan Horan 44 21/4 3,425 COR
  MIØTMW, Tom Addams 41 19/3 2,882 ANT
  EI6GEB, Jimmy Hammond 41 19/3 2,816 TIP
  EI4GNB, Tim Hannigan 25 17/1 1,584 WIC
  MI3UIW, Jason Smyth 24 13/2 1,260 DER
B.  SSB Only – Low Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI2WRC, South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
  ops: EI2HZB, EI2Ø45		 50 22/2 3,864 CAR
  EI4KU, Stefan Zalewski 40 21/3 3,264 CLA
  EI8KN, Roger Greengrass 42 20/3 2,967 WAT
  EI3ENB, Paul Norris 38 20/2 2,816 KLK
  EI7PRC, Patriot Radio Comms. ARC
  ops: EI4KH, EI7LE		 40 18/3 2,604 COR
  EI7MRE, Mayo Radio Experimenters Network
  ops: EI2GCB, EI9JA		 40 18/3 2,415 MAY
  EI6GVB, Dave Gainda 36 17/3 2,340 WAT
  EI4L, John Kelly 31 18/1 1,957 KLD
  EI2IAB, Martin Grady 31 14/3 1,547 MEA
  EI2II, Enda Broderick 25 13/2 1,275 GAL
  EI5FQB, Clifford Beck 20 13/1 1,036 OFF
  EI4GGB, Owen O Reilly 18 14/1 990 WES
  EI7INB, Adrian Supple 18 12/1 897 LIM
  EI2JEB, Martin Power 18 12/0 864 WEX
  EI2JGB, Fran Gormley 16 12/1 793 GAL
  EI9IRB, Paraic Nolan 12 10/1 495 KLD
  GIØAZA, Esther Harper 12 8/1 378 DER
  EI4IZB, Gary Kennedy 9 5/1 180 WIC
  EI6GMB, Pat Quinn 6 6/0 144 CLA
C.  SSB/CW – High Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI5KG, David Sherwood 53 19/9 4,312 WEX
  EI6JK, Mark Condon 41 18/4 3,036 ROS
  EI4BZ, Dave Moore 38 18/3 2,940 COR
  EI7GY, Joe Ryan 37 18/1 2,926 DUB
D.  SSB/CW – Low Power, EI/GI Stations
award EI9FK, Bill Somerville-Large 26 14/1 1,680 WIC
  EI2KA, Tim McKnight 22 9/3 780 COR
E.  SWL
  No entry
F.  SSB Only, Outside EI/GI
award G8MIA, Andy Malbon 29 19 2,204
  MØXDX, Paul Dumpleton 27 19 2,052
  GØCNN, Ian Miles 24 18 1,728
  G4IDF, Dave Hobro 25 16 1,600
  GW4EVX, Ron Price 18 12 864
  G8AFN, Peter Cleall 13 11 572
  F4VWD, Andrew Martin 11 7 308
G.  SSB/CW, Outside EI/GI
award MØDDT, Colin Potter 26 16 1,856
  MØITR, Robert Carswell 8 8 416
Station Logs Submitted = 42
award= Award Winner (click / tap on the icon to download the award certificate)
The IRTS Contest Results page is here