During our 7th February meeting, several of our members participated in the UKEICC 80m SSB contest.

Members participate in the February 2018 UKEICC SSB contest. Photograph by Chris Watkins.

Under Chris Kirby’s guidance, several of our members managed to achieve a total of 18 contest contacts during the 60 minute contest, using 100W and a G5RV. Our longest distance contact was with H1G1, a distance of approximately 1500km.

Overall, this put us in 42nd place in the contest, out of a total of 58 entrants, which is pretty respectable for a fairly casual first effort. Results are available on the UKEICC contest results page.