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Soapbox for 2019
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4U73B |
Remote operation from 4U1GSC shack. |
4X1VF |
nice to meet you guys again |
5P8X |
My first ARRL CW contest |
7K1JFM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
7L4FCN |
I enjoied this contest. TNX ! IC-7000M, 50W, 12mH Mobile Whip |
7N4GIB |
I pleasant the contest. |
9A3TU |
Bad condx, multiband vertical&100W were prescriptive equipment. Thank you all for your patience, 73, Zvonko |
9A3XV |
Hi guys! First of all I would like to thank 9A7A guys to give me opportunity to work from this fantastic contest superstation. Special thank to Sam 9A3OS who was my liaison officer to other guys, to Vinko 9A3TR for preparing the station and N1MM software prior the contest, Darko 9A5X, Eugen 9A7V and all of them for nice hospitality and taking care about me all the time during the contest. Guys I hope I have fulfilled your expectations representing the station on the band right way. Start on 40 was in big pileup but relatively slow regarding my ability to adapt quickly to new environment and sound of the station. Sorry guys to wait for my response sometimes. The 3 el. 40 yagi is doing great job, so after my adaptation the rate grows up quickly. After a while I switch to 80 and 160 to try full size vertical and inv L antennas. The 300m NW beverage at 9A7A is grate - big signals like on yagi but with very reduced noise - grate job guys. I enjoy switching between 80 and 160 till the morning and finished first night at 40. After the morning beauty sleep I started on 20 clicking bandmap spots and trying to develop run. Unfortunately miss 15 opening around 1200z. So missed lots of 15 mults first day. After that 20 was gret till local evening - 24m long yagi doing well. Second night low bands were in good shape but with weaker signals than first night. I was very tired and may be I fell asleep sometimes on the chair in the morning. Sorry if you call me without reply. After the Sunday morning break I started more concentrated and take care about 15. So I made missed mults and some runs on 15 too - 6 over 6 stack work great. Sunday afternoon 20 was good but with slower runs. I finished contest on 40, 80 and 160 with some good openings and one new mult on 160. All in all I enjoyed great time working from this fantastic station and in company with great 9A7A guys. Congrats to competitors, 9A5Y and others - it was nice to follow livescores standings. Respect to E7DX guys for their special E7/9A5K activity. Best 73 Sale, 9A3XV |
9G2HO |
TNX QSO ALL. |
9V1XX |
FT-897 100W DP DP |
AA8TA |
40 meters not very good Friday and Saturday, better on Sunday. 15 meters decent on Saturday, not so on Sunday. 20 meters was not as good on Sunday as Saturday. Thanks for the Qs. |
AA9WP |
Well that was very much fun as I was not really planning to operate in the contest. But when CR3DX returned my call I was drawn in. :) Nice to add to my DXCC totals in LOTW. Only 60 watts with 16 foot high OCF dipole and vertical antenna. 73 Don |
AB5XM |
ELEVATED 19' WIRE VERTICAL @ 29', 3 COUNTERPOISE WIRES @ 10' |
AB5ZA/7 |
Elecraft K1's, old Swan 350 w/weak finals, and a ts-130...all wire antennas 25-35 Ft. up, 5430 MSL, DN35rw. |
AB9M |
Just a 160 DXer looking for some new band countries and I did work four new ones... hope they confirm via LoTW. Thanks for the Q's 73, AB9M |
AC4G |
Great top band conditions Friday and Saturday evenings, but not so good Sunday morning. Last minute effort Sunday afternoon to Europe resulted in a few more multipliers on 160m. Thanks all the QSOs. |
AD0WE |
MY FIRST CW CONTEST! |
AD0YM |
Started out as an effort to support some of my traveling friends. Wanted to pick up a few others to be fair. Bands actually were decent so next thing you know I am making contacts in unexpected places. Of course each and everyone was a new to my personal list. May have worked harder than I planned, but it was great fun! |
AE5X |
Fantastic conditions on 40 and 80 meters - really enjoyed it! |
AE6JV |
A radio club banquet, teaching a ham cram, and family time meant almost no A radio club banquet, |
AE8TF |
Thanks for putting on this very interesting contest. Hopefully this will finally push me over DXCC! |
AH2R |
The Condx on 15m was much worse than 2018 and expected. |
AJ6GI |
Submitted to allow other stations to confirm their contacts |
CB3R |
my participation in the contest was not planned. The previous day was that I knew the date of the competition. I arrived at the house 1 hour after starting the contest to start downloading the latest version of n1mm and prepare everything. On this occasion, I worked with two callsigns and in two categories. It's been a long time since I made so many contacts in the 15-meter band. definitely the propagation was on my side. I still do not understand how I got so many contacts. My modest station (th3mk4 at 14 meters high and radio yaesu ft920) work without problems. For the first time I made a very improvised session of Facebook Live showing my friends the operation. enjoy the competition and the way of operation until next time willy xq3sk |
CE3DNP |
Muy buen contest, los 20 metros estuvieron poco ruidosos. Una alegrÃa trabajar estos concursos. Gracias |
CO2CW |
YAESU FT-857D 5W, MA5B and G5RV... |
CO6RD |
Una vez más disfrute de este súper evento el ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW, agradezco a todas las estaciones con las que compartÃ, felicito al directivo de este evento hasta pronto co6rd Op.rey. |
CT1DBS |
Nice contest for a QRP station outside NA! 73 to all |
CT1DRB |
Very good contest and had a lot of fun. |
CT1JGA |
Over 90 QSO'S in my first hour on 160m. Great. |
CT7AGZ |
I didn't participate for the full period, but nonetheless a very enjoyable contest. 20m was my most productive band, not bad considering that I had to lower my mast on the Sunday due to high winds! My 100 Watts + Hexbeam seemed to work well. |
CT9ABR |
Elecraft K3 - 100 Watt 10 mtr vertical feeded through Diamond BB7V Balun and mounted on hotel balcony 22 mtr ASL in Porto Moniz |
DB8AH |
TNX for Contest Call 73 awdh Heinz DB8AH |
DF1XC |
Glad to work several stations from the westcoast. 73s de Doc |
DF3OL |
Elecraft K3, 80w & vertical |
DF5RF |
Thanks for all the good ears, running 5watts on a dipole / mini-beam. |
DF8AA |
QRP 5 W |
DJ1AA |
IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Dipol for 80m 17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m |
DJ3GE |
TS130v > TL120 (100 W) > 2 Element.Mini-Yagi MFB23 11m high |
DJ5AN |
Nice to work al these state side stations. Wished they were there as multies last week at PI4A in our PACC contest The Call, areas in USA and VE are multies in PACC We had a nice set up at PI4A with 2 mobile cranes were we put a 4 ele for 40m and a 2 ele for 80m on. PSE look on QRZ.COM at PA1TT HPE cu you next year in PACC |
DJ6OI |
Just for fun on the AIR 160 was a challenge |
DJ6TK |
Only a short test for me |
DJ6ZM |
Contestclub: bavarian contest club please use this club, thanks |
DJ8UL |
my focus was on the lower bands this time (40,80,160m) with very limited time during the 48 h contest time (almost no 20m QSOs). due to family obligations I could only operate during eve/night hours,however I used the opportunity to test my 40m- DELTA Loop (horz pol) compared to the Bobtail curtain (used in the past) ... the result was very clear : this time 85 QSOs on 40m ,before 2x QSOs on 40m (propagation could only slighty change the factor)....as expected (but never quantified in my location).... 80 and 160m was in a good shape as well .... in a summary:I had a nice time in the arrl cw dx contest again althoug time constraints .... 73,DJ8UL (AF5RR) |
DK0AE |
IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Dipol for 80m 17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m |
DK0MN |
A few QSOs using our club call; Hans, DK3YD |
DK4LX |
conds reciprocal to good fun |
DK7HA |
IC-703, K3/10, 5 watt; spiderbeam + 40m add-on, lambda/4 vertical for 40 and 80 m, inv L for 160 m Thanks to the organizers for the contest and all who digged my qrp signal out of the noise. This was for me a first one, no idea what I should expect. There were stns coming back on first call, which I could hardly copy and others which were really strong but never recognized my sigs and cq-ed in my face. Unfortunately, 10 m was absent and 160 m very noisy without any hopes to copy any US/VE stn. Also 80 m was noisier than I would have wished. Nevertheless, a valuable new experience even when it went sometimes very slowly. |
DL0GEO |
Fun !! Fun !! Fun !! CU AGN de DL2YAK |
DL2DWP |
yaesu ft-817nd, 5watt, magnetic loop indoor, g4zlp-interface |
DL3DW |
nice to see what with 200W is workable at the 2nd radio... |
DL5CL |
IC7300, 26mtr endfed @15mtr |
DL6GCE |
Thanks for all contacts! TS-590S with HyEndFed vertical out of the roof through kitchen window. |
DL6HCC |
Great contest, good condx on 80m, see you next year ! |
DL6NWA |
FT-991A + SteppIR (20-10m) + LW (160-30m) |
DL7CX |
I like this contest very much. Good activity and it is a own tradtion to take part here... this year 160m again and the condx were good enough. Much better on the 2nd day and I worked my 48 state for WAS 160m with ND. 73 Olaf dl7cx p.s. antenna is a 27m high INV L with 4 elevated radial in 3m height, 240 m bev into northwest. |
DL8UKW |
dear all, I'm so sorry, I had one double qso with N5DX; the first was at 22.37 UTC and the double at 23:03 UTC. I couldnt dlete this qso; I know it is not countable. In the final result it is without points. Shall I delete it? maybe no It will be a pleasure to get informations about handling of double qso. 73 DL8UKW, Uli |
DL9FBF |
was active only on 15,20 and 40 meters. Condx where quite good. Missing folks from DC, NE, SC, SD and WV. Was a lot of fun. vy73 Kurt, DL9FBF |
DM5EM |
Made a lot of fun but i hoped for a single QSO to WY or ND. Had a single NV QSO but later i saw this one is based in another state but surelly gave NV... i hope for at least this 3 states for WAS. Dealing with the bad condx in middle EU is not easy, only a short opening on 15 for 1h. |
DO9ST |
Just4Fun on my Wire Antenna :-) |
DR9W |
Surprise Endfed 13m and 50 Watts great OPs |
EA1AER |
FT817 and multiband dipole |
EA1AOQ |
For me only condx on 20 and 40m. Always fun but no luck on getting ND, SD and NE for my was award... maybe next time! tnx for all the patience to work my 100 watts. |
EA1CGK |
100 W |
EA2CIA |
Very nice way to operate CW. I love USA contest. Many thanks EA2CIA |
EA4BAS |
Kenwood TS2000 ENd Fed HSW8010 |
EA5FIV |
My first participation in this contest. I enjoy it very much. Thanks for the qso when i stay in run. Vy 73 |
EA5XA |
Thank you for another year for this fabulous contest. Good operators and strong signals in low bands. We heard in the next edition. 73, EA5XA |
ED2A |
This time only SA40M LOW. Good propagation, but the crowded band and fast QSB made some QSOs extremely difficult. 73 and thanks to all who participate! Mikel, EA2CW |
ED3Y |
E-MAIL: ea3egb@arrl.net RTX: ANT. 9 ELEMENTS (10-15-20) - DELTA LOOP (40-80) RTX: ICOM 7000 100W |
EF1A |
This year try monoband 40 meters but 500+ qso's in other bands for fun. See everybody next year. |
EF4R |
What a great time!!! Even been a little pistol (Cushcraft R8/Icom IC-7300) ! Thanks to all who called. Mo EA4MZ(EF4R) |
EI5DI |
SD WinKey K3 |
EI7M |
The ARRL DX contests are always enjoyable; this was no exception. Great LF conditions, with the newly-repaired NW beverage proving invaluable. 15m was open for a good while on both days, better on Sunday with some great WC signals before the band closed. One of the highlights of the weekend was a QSO with NR4M on 10m - they were in here for some considerable time (in/out for at least 30 minutes) and at a decent strength, but absolutely nothing else from NA; very like "spotlight propagation" that we sometimes get on 6m. Anyway, the last two storm seasons here have resulted in an awful lot of expense and effort to keep the station running, so it was great to be on - thanks to all for the QSOs! |
EU1AI |
Tks for Contest |
EU4U |
ew4am@tut.by |
EU6DX |
Used FT990 100w + LW 42m |
EW1TO |
TS430S 100Watts ANT GP |
EW7BA |
Antena SAY3-9 |
EW8DX |
TNX |
F3WT |
double-grounded-loop on 160M contest logging/driving sw is ED5DI |
F4FLO |
Just for fun, for QRP fun ! Tnx Big Guns, you've helped a young french OM to discover QRP style contest. Rig : SunSDR 2 Pro + dipoles + 5W |
F4GFT |
Unexpectedly 15m opened up on sunday! Much better propagation than last year. |
F4GOU |
Rig Yaesu FT 817/5w/Ant ZS6BKW |
F5GGL |
ic7700 pwr 100w Ant (OM) G5RV , Bazooka, Linverted |
F5JU |
LOW POWER, DIPOLES. |
F5MUX |
Happy to take a part on this magic event, during the ARRL CW party. A lot of fun during this 19 hours. Due to limited space and a lot of neighbors, QRV only 80 m to 15 m with a modest setup (DB18 & inverted V on 80 m) This vintage TS-850 & Alpha 89 make the job since more than 25 years ago. See you in the pileup, during the SSB party! |
F5NBX |
73 DE FRED F5NBX |
F6IRA |
Lot of fun even poor propagation cndx |
F8NUH |
Thanks for a nice contest - Rig:TS570D - PWR:70W - ANT:GPA 50 - |
FY5KE |
Full remote operation with one op in French Guina and two ops in Paris. |
G0AZH |
GREAT WEEKEND FABULOUS EVENT CONDITION BETTER THAN THE PREDICTIONS |
G0LHZ |
CHECKLOG |
G3KMQ |
CHECK LOG |
G3L |
Great contest with same condx's, even 15M saw a bit of activity, 20M plus 80/40 were the main activity was , did not here anything of KL or KH6, during the day time the EU KW boys were very loooud, but managed qrp OK, missed a few States, even the local VT hi - cu next yr |
G3NKS |
IC-7600, G5RV at 15ft, trapped verticle for 20/15m. Very limited time available. |
G3PHO |
Not a serious entry. Just came on for short periods. in between domestic commitments. 160m came good on Sunday after 2200z. Great to have a decent opening on 15m during Sunday afternoon here in the UK. Nothing heard on 10m. |
G3PLE |
difficult conditions QRN |
G3RTU |
Antenna's either poor or faulty, did my best. |
G3SNT |
Icom 7400 and Ground Plane antenna, First ARRL International DX CW contest submission in 55 years as a 100% CW Op! Enjoyed much FB operating with plenty of patience shown when conditions were adverse. |
G3VYI |
Good condx on 20m on Sunday, zero on 15m.Thanks for great contest! 73 Mike |
G3XUD |
Just a stroll to work the big signals before Sunday lunch. I will try to get up earlier next year and work more on 40m. I am very much a manual CW op and loved the days when genuine reports were given, and maybe even a little chat, but computers rule the world now. |
G3ZGC |
I was busy with a radio course hence only did 80m prior to the course. Plamas TV QRM in the evening so I cannot operate then. |
G3ZRJ |
GLAD TO GIVE OUT SOME POINTS |
G4BUO |
Doublet up 25ft and HF6V so I was surprised to be able to run on 20, and 40m at the end where I had a 163-hour for the final hour. Great fun! |
G4DDX |
Unable to do more. Family commitments. Submit as checklog. |
G4IUF |
Fair prop |
G4NBS |
Limited time but lots of activity spoiled by lots of Key Clicks from some Eu stations! K3 to 22m long doublet at 8m |
G4U |
Little pistol, Inverted-L with ONE radial, small RX loop |
G5W |
For once the propagation was just right. Great conditions on 20 and 80 160 and 40 pretty good too. 10 was the disappointment (but predicted) A great contest with good activity and plenty to keep you awake! |
G6XX |
That was a good workout. I used a bit of SO2R but mostly to check the state of other bands before changing. Of the nightime bands, 40m was a bit disappointing until the last two hours. 80m and 160 were both great. And the daytime bands I heard nothing on 10m but 15m was open on both afternoons here plus 20m was very good although lost propagation early on Sunday. |
G8AFN |
trying the new sotabeams contest console very pleased SD worked flawlessly |
G8XTJ |
First attempt. Just giving away points searching and pouncing. Best heard CA, AZ, MT, OR SD log worked well. CLUB Drowned Rats Radio Group |
GM0EUL |
Good fun. Mainly testing my new QCX running about 2 watts on 20m to a home made hexbeam. Thanks to everyone who heard my signal. |
GM3X |
Quite a few multi Toned/Carrier stations from central EU creating wide signals; SN8B;HG6N;YT3X the worst. |
GM5A |
Excellent low band conditions. 1500 more QSO's than 2018 with virtually same antennas. Nothing heard all weekend on 10m but we looked often enough. Many many ESP contacts on 15m. ARRL DX CW is one of our favourite contests and we'll be looking forward to next year. Antenna's VDA on waters edge for 10,15,20, phased verticals for 40m, titanex vertical for 80, inverted L for 160m. |
GS8VL |
Conditions on 40 seemed better than usual, though HF was mediocre except for useful openings on 15, especially on Sunday. I live in the city so I could only hear the strongest signals on 80. Apologies to those who called, but I didn't hear. |
GU4CHY |
Only managed 5 hours due to a bout of Montezuma's Revenge. |
HA2MN |
I had not much time to take part in the contest. The propagation was good so I could operate nowadays rarely heard states this time. Many thanks for QSOs and hope to meet you next time, Rig TS-530SP 100W ant end-fed wire 21 mtrs long above flat roof. |
HA6NL |
ICOM 756pro 100w 3el yagi GP-s dipoles |
HA8WY |
trx: TS-590SG pwr: 100W tx ant: 22m vertical rx ant: EWE |
HA9RP |
E-MAIL: ha9rp2011@gmail.com IC730, VERTICAL |
HB9AMO |
About the same number of QSO than last year but with more multipliers. Good conditions on 80 meters. Station TS990 + amplifier with wire antenna only. |
HB9ARF |
Elecraft K3 + amplifier KPA500 Antennas - Dipole for 3.5 MHz / Inverted L for 1.8 MHz Force 12 C-4s ( 2 elements on 14/21/28 MHz shortened Dipole on 7 MHz ) |
HB9IRF |
Single Op, Single Band 40m, PWR 100 W in GP HF2V antenna |
HC1DW |
Greetings from South America, Another of my Ecuador contest operations is now in the books. I threw in the towel an hour early, as 20 meters died pretty quickly around 2300Z here, which is the same as EST and I just wasn't up to fighting the noise on 40, which is almost always about S7. My original goal was to shoot for a million points, but missed that, probably due to horrible conditions the first night and likewise Sunday a.m. Saturday conditions were excellent on 15 meters during daylight, and when the Europeans were through and people quit pointing their beams at Europe, I had some good runs of 120-130 an hour. I ran 100 watts from my K3 into to a Mosley TA32 Junior on 20 and 15 and into a Butternut HF2V for 40 and 80. The beam is mounted on a 30 foot bamboo pole, so it's not all that high, but the house sits at 8,000 feet in a valley between two 17,000 foot mountains. The valley points right at the US, so I never have to rotate it for the ARRL DX contest. Thanks to all MWAers who broke the pile ups. I worked several MN stations on two or three bands and WA0MHJ and N0IJ on all four bands. Tomorrow I will take down the antennas and pack up. I'll should be back in Minnesota Wednesday evening. Thanks to all for your contacts and your dit dit greetings! |
HL4CFN |
I participated in this contest for the first time. I wish you good luck. |
I1NVU |
73 de Claudio |
I2BPP |
TRX ELAD FDM DUO 5W antenna wire Calculated tap 39 m long 10 high |
I2RBR |
A lot of stations! Equipment: Drake TR7A and inverted V ,pwr abt 80W. 500 Hz filter and PBT are not sufficient! 73 to all |
I3LGP |
IC746+all bands antenna=2m antenna mast plus AH-4 automatic tuner |
I5CDF |
VERY BEAUTIFUL CONTEST ! |
IK2AIT |
Very few qsos because I was not near my station. 73 Gio ik2ait |
IQ2CU |
TS-590SG ANT. VERT |
IQ2XZ |
very difficult because qrm there is always fun |
IR1G |
Best condition ever on low bands. See you next one Filippo IZ1LBG |
IR4X |
UNFORGETTABLE DURING THE FIRST NIGHT WE HAVE HAD A BAD SIGNAL IN BAND. WE ARE VERY SORRY OF THIS AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE QRM. AS SOOS AS WE HAVE BEEN REALIZED THAT OUR EMISSION WAS NOT GOOD WE HAVE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. Good cndx on 160 and 40. A good surprise on 15 meteres with some West states but of course the western EU stations did a better job. Thanks for calling us. IR4X team |
IR4Y |
IR4Y OP.IZ4DLR Thanks for the great fun! |
IR9K |
very funny contest |
IT9CKA |
Contest veramente bello, molta presenza stazioni USA e Canada, propagazione buona, solo 100watt Antenna GP e IC-736. |
IU1JCZ |
rookie |
IV3BCA |
HI my name is Paolo My call sign Is IV3BCA Bad Propgation tu all band. QSO only on 20 meters.... TNX fer the contest Running Icom 746 Pro 80 Watt Beam Fritzle FD4 (40 meters) 3BAnde Mosley 3 elements 20/15/10 Mail ib3bca@iv3bca.it 73 and TNX ter Contest. |
IV3IPS |
W3DZZ dipole homemade at 12 meters (40ft), FT-1000MP MARK-V, N1MM |
IZ1GAR |
tks om |
IZ2FME |
lot's of fun 73 de IZ2FME N2FME MM0FME MIKI |
IZ2QXG |
SOCWLP |
JA0BJY |
CNDX was so so. I enjoyed contest. |
JA1AVI/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1BFN |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1BVY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1CHY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1CRJ |
It was short time participation. But I enjoyed so much. Thank you for many QSO. |
JA1FFB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1JNM |
I enjoyed the contest. Condx is not so good. |
JA1KZP |
71 yrs Old |
JA1QIF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1TBA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1UHJ |
Condx was not good but I have enjoyed the contest. |
JA2CJE |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA2HYD |
Tnx FB Contest !! |
JA2KKA |
ICOM IC7100 100W 12AVQ Triband Vertical, Inv Vee |
JA2KVB |
RIG:IC-756PRO PWR:100W ANT:Inverted Vee |
JA3AVO |
SOSV |
JA3GZE/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA3HBF |
IC-7600 + JRL-2000F(500W) CD-78jr (dipole for 80m) |
JA3JM |
RIG:IC-706 50W ANT:Vertical |
JA3KKE |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA3QOS |
I could participate in this contest for a short time. |
JA3VOV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA4ENY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA4MLR |
This is Check LOG to avoid partner station uncount. I enjoyed the contest. TU! |
JA4VNE |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA5CBU |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA6ELV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA6FCL |
Enjoy! |
JA7BEW |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA7KED |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA7LLL |
Fun to have QSOs. Thank you. |
JA7QVI |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA7SUR |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA9EJG |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA9LJS |
I enjoyed the contest |
JA9LNZ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE1GZB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE1SPY |
I entry on a single-op 160m lowpower. I QRV on a single OP low power. This yerar the condition was very poor as an last year. I QSOed 4 stations in 2014. I QSOed 12 stations in 2015. I QSOed 9 stasions in 2016. I QSOed 5 stasions in 2017. I QSOed 38 stasions in 2018. I QSOed 15 stasions in 2019. It is very difficult to QSO with U.S.A. stations using low power RIG. I strong desier to low power categoly in sigle band!! When the sunrise time at the westcoast in the U.S.A. , I could not heare the singal of U.S.A station in top band. I used my MV (Micro Vertical antenna) 12mHigh on my blcony + Elecraft K2 tranceiver. My MV antenna was only 3.6m length and it was up only 12m high from my balcony of my small condminium. I was surprised that I could QSO many U.S.A. stations with my MV antenna! |
JE3ECD |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE3TAT |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE6TUP |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE8FYE |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE8KGH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1GZZ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1LMB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1OPO |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1VNR |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF2FIU |
Thank you all stations! I enjoyed this contest. |
JF2UPM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JG0EXP |
Long Wire & AH-3(tuner) FTdx5000(200w) FTdx5000(200w) |
JG1LFR |
Great ears !! Thanks for patiently listening to my weak signal. |
JG1LHB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JG1OGM |
I had a very good time.It was my first time. |
JG2RFJ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JG3CQJ |
I enjoyed the contes. |
JG3SVP |
TNX QSO |
JG4WTY/1 |
RIG is IC-7300M (3.5M-28M) ANT is GP and DP. |
JH0ILL |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH0KHR |
Poor condx on both high/low band. While I was working on 20m, the antenna SWR rised. I found the coil bobbin of the trap in my duoband yagi melt down! |
JH0OXS |
3.1. Single Operator (use of spotting networks is NOT PERMITTED): 3.1.1.3. CW only 3.1.1.3. CW only |
JH0ROS/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1KQF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1KYA |
I vy enjoyed the contest. |
JH1LEM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1TJH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1VIX |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1WOY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH2KKW |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH4FUF |
I enjoyed the contest. thanks for many stations propagation of High-Bands was no-good!! |
JH6QIL |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH7IXX |
CU AGN! |
JH8GEU |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH9AUB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JI1ALP |
FTDX-3000 DP YAGI |
JI1LMO |
I enjoyed the contest. I participated for the first time in this contest I participated for the first time in this contest |
JI1NZA |
This is 1st entry of int'l contest by CW for me. |
JI1RSF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JI7JIH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ0SFV |
5W with mobile whip Thank you for picking up my weak signal. |
JJ0UJW/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ2YDV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ3TBB |
RIG is TS-850S and ANT is GP Power output is 50 watts or less |
JJ5GSY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK1HIY |
I HAVE A LOT OF FUN. |
JK1LSE |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK1LUY |
200W INV |
JK1TCV |
I used power less than 5W |
JK1WSH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK2EIJ/0 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK7DWD |
Every QSO is appreciated. I enjoyed to operate running 5 watts QRP and homebrew antenna. CUAGN 73 |
JK7UST |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK8NIP |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JL1JJD |
I enjoyed it very much. Thanks a lot for your effort. |
JL1QDO |
Rig: FT-2000(100W) Ant: Vertical |
JL3DQX |
My first taking part in. |
JM7GTK |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JN3TSY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JO1WIZ |
IC-7300M (50 Watts) Loaded DP |
JO4JFH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JP1SRG |
Propagation was poor ! |
JP3MFV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JQ1CIV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JQ1COB |
Bad condetion . |
JQ1EPD |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR0BQD |
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JR0DZH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR0GXA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR1AQI |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR1LEV |
I enjoyed the contest. FTDX-3000/DP |
JR1MEG/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2ALA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2AWS |
RIG: YAESU FTDX5000MP+AMP ANT: YAGI,DP,EH |
JR2BCF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2FJC |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2PAU |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2PMT |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR3GPP |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR3NZC |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR3RIU |
I have no time for entry this year. |
JR4CTF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR4DAH |
I used QRP(5W)RIG |
JR8NOD |
I try to submit this log 1st time |
JS1NDM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JS1WWR |
unknown |
K0GEO |
ARRL DX CW '19 was pure joy, between incredible operators around the world with excellent ears, and first contest with a new Icom 7610. Thanks all for the great fun, see you next year and 73! |
K0JJR |
QSOs Points Mults 160m 2 6 2 80m 58 174 37 40m 99 297 50 20m 238 714 75 15m 43 129 25 10m 0 0 0 440 1320 X 189 = 249480 |
K1GQ |
SkookumLogger K3S KPA1500 OB40-2 2XA-3B-12L wires Worked a few friends and explored changes to my 160m antenna. Noted some extremely wide signals. The winner was WO4O (several bands), followed by N4WW (20m) and LU8DQ (15m). |
K1VR |
My favorite contest. Yet year-in, year-out, I seem to contract a dread disease for this particular weekend (a bad cold this time). Butt in chair time: ~25.5 hours. Arrrrgh! |
K2GMY |
With so many stations calling CQ with their autokeyer faster than TTY at 50 or more WPM, I'm really having a hard time distinguishing between ... or .... (S or H), and between .... or ..... (H or 5). I believe they are costing themselves a lot of invalid contacts and a significant loss of points due to penalties because the stations they work enter the wrong callsign in their logs. I frequently don't call a station and move on when I am not sure of their callsign. Dick - K2GMY |
K2JF |
great way to spend a Sunday!!! |
K2RR |
TERRIFIC RUNS. FUN WORKING QRP STATIONS DURING CONTEST |
K3AU |
I had limited time, but still had lots of fun in my favorite DX contest. A few LP contacts and some unexpected low band surprises made it all the more fun. I S&P'd the whole time. |
K3CCR |
K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and W3GB did Multi-2 in the 2019 ARRL DX CW. Feedline to our 40m. beam is shorted atop the tower. The 40m. dipole a few feet over the shack roof loaded fine, but any power > 500 W. glitched one logging computer. At 00Z start N3UM tried to run on 40 but got only 15 Qs in 0.5 hr, so he clicked spots and did better, 111 Qs on 40m. and 21 Qs on 160m before QRT at 0331Z to sleep. W3GB clicked mults on 20m. 00-01Z then stayed for the late shift till 0638Z, getting 128 Qs on 80m. and 65 more Qs on 40 and 160m. for 353 Qs and 189 mults at QRT. N3UM came in at 12Z to find our new log computer useless; dead power supply. He ran 92 EUs on 20m. at 78/hr 1230-1341Z, until W3GB came and took over 20m. while N3UM did a quick re-connect and bootup of our recently retired old Win XP box. Then N3UM got 84 Qs and over 40 mults on 15m. by 22Z, surprising with SFI only 72. W3GB did better on 20m, 209 Qs and lots of mults by 22Z. W3GB then did 40m. while N3UM took a break and then stayed for late shift. He got just 67 Qs due to high QRN and weak low-band signals 04-0620Z. Just 24 hr. earlier W3GB saw better conditions and got 96 Qs 04-0640Z. Daytime Sun. was (no surprise) slow; our best 1-hr. totals were 41 and 44 Qs. But, we had fun chasing rare and/or distant mults on 15 and 20m. like 9G, HB0, JA, KH2, PY0F, V5, VK, ZL, and then RI1ANL on 2 bands at a Russian Antarctic base. We got 15% fewer Qs than we did in 2018 but claimed only 8% fewer points because we got 8% more multipliers. With the computer failure and our fallback 40m. setup ~10 dB down in Tx, we were pleased with the results. |
K3HW |
Conditions were all over the place! Like someone was turning off the switch at times. Open one moment and closed the next. 80/40 were excellent on Friday, not much on Saturday. Better Sunday. Fun time! |
K4KAY |
working Japan on 160 meters was the highlight of this contest |
K4OSO |
100W using an EDZ and Inverted L. |
K4WY |
My 50th year of participation. 160 meters on Friday night made the difference. This year was almost all low band ops. 20 produced a number of QSOs on Sunday around mid day and 15 had its moments. 10 meters was flat for the entire weekend. So it was the wire antennas for the low bands that saved the day! 73 |
K4YJ |
MY 100W WAS BRUTAL ON MOST OF MY CONTACTS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME. |
K5GM |
Amp quit halfway through! Found 100W worked well. |
K5LH |
Eric_Rust@baylor.edu |
K5ME |
BANDS GOOD. |
K5XU |
Best DX signals I ever heard on 80 meters. |
K5ZD |
Best low band conditions ever! The price was no signals on 10m. |
K6AAM |
Please my log is check log |
K6CSL |
Better conditions than last year here. Lots of fun. |
K6DAJ |
Part time home station effort. Also was remoted into the NA6O@N6RO M/M. Fun contest. Good participation. Good Friday 40m opening at sunset here |
K6ICS |
Missed not having 10 meters. |
K6NR |
Fun contest. Not much on 10, 15 was a little better but hardly great. 20 was fantastic most of the weekend. I heard/worked many strong Eu stations on 80. 40 had its moments but I have bad QRN there. 160 was 160, not as many JA as I have worked in the past. Thanks for the QSOs; gave my new KPA1500 a work out. Dana, K6NR 4L@60' on 20, 5L @45' on 15, 40meter 4 square Top loaded 80m vertical, Inverted L on 160; both over 70 radials. |
K6QCB |
This was my first CW contest |
K6TD |
remotely - K6MTU |
K7ACZ |
RIG: ICOM IC-7600, F-12 C33 YAGI AT 75 FT FOR 20 MTR BAND SINGLE BAND ENTRY AS I CAN NO LONGER SIT IN FRONT OF THE RIG FOR 48 HOURS. SINGLE BAND ALLOWS ME TO TAKE NICE LONG BREAKS WHEN THE BAND CLOSES. WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE BAND OPENED TO OC/AS AND I WAS WORKING EU AND I WAS ABLE TO WORK SOME ZL STATIONS OFF THE BACK OF THE BEAM. AM ALWAYS SURPRISED WHEN CAN BREAK THRU THE EAST COAST WALL FROM NV TO WORK WEAK EU AND AF STATIONS. |
K7CU |
I just operated here and there on 20 meters. I had some problems with my computer interface. Nevertheless, it was good to get in the contest for a little while after having been in Eastern Europe. |
K7QBO |
Thank you to all stations worked. Having three receive antennas helped on 80 meter band. I wish I could have operated more time during the contest. K7QBO |
K7XC |
Not a full effort this year. 20M Sunday AM was open well to EU. NV being a mult in demand allowing me to run rate for a bit over an hour which was a real kick in the butt, reminding me of being A35WZ in 1986 as the reciever would go intio white noise at times. Thanks to the guys who persevered to end up in the log. IC-746, AL80B 750W, 3ele 20M @ 13M, 40/80M Inv Vee, 160M Inv L |
K7ZD |
Was getting a bit "rusty" on CW. So many FB ops.. had a ball! (tho I'll be hearng CW in my head for awhile GRIN! 73 Gary K7ZD |
K8GL |
A fun weekend! I managed to stay in the char for 42 hours. No rig problems this year. The only issue was a strange RFI on the beverage antenna the first night on 160. On the second night it was gone. |
K8YU |
QTH in this contest was Lebanon, Ohio, USA. |
K9GB |
CW OPS ARE THE BEST FOR WEAK SIGNAL QSOs |
K9GS |
Sure would be great if SB Assisted, high and low power were categories Thanks for the QSOs 73, K9GS |
K9GY |
Had fun! Glad the K index was zero for most of the contest. |
K9KM |
19.04 ARDXCW |
KA0REN |
Hearing is not very good. Probably many missed calls. BUT I had much FUN ! NOW that log has been submitted, I have spent nearly as much time entering paper log into cabrillo format and getting log submitted as I did working contest . IS THERE A SIMPLER WAY ? |
KA4CDN |
Vienna Wireless Socity (VWS) |
KB8TYJ |
Glad to see 15 meters open! |
KB9DKR |
What a great way to spend a cold and rainy weekend in Tennessee. Thanks to the ARRL for sponsoring the contest and thanks to all of the DX for taking our calls. We really enjoyed the global amateur radio camaradrie. 73 Carl KB9DKR |
KC1ERO |
First Contest |
KC1SA |
the IC-7610 made this contest must easier than in past years for me. |
KC4DUA |
first contest log submitted for score ! |
KC4LZN |
Not a barn burner for a score but exhilarating to operate, just the same. Worked over 20 new ones for the DXCC, most notably, AH2R in Guam all the way from Florida! Had a blast for the time I had to devote. 73 |
KC7YE |
Nothing spectaular but for conditions being what they were, I'm happy. Rig IC-718 Cobb Web @ 20 ft or 6BTV on ground. |
KC9UL |
Great Fun Band Conditions were not as bad as Solar Flux would indicate. |
KD0EE |
The propagation advantage of the east coast during this part of the solar cycle is amazing. So is the bullying of east coast stations who use this advantage by simply ignoring who the dx is calling. I know it's a dogfight, but really? CT seems to be the worst. |
KD3RF |
Great contest with excellent conditions on 20 & 40 meters. Short opening on 15; some barely audible stations on 10. |
KD3TB |
Lots of fun on a cold winter weekend. 20 and 40 turned out to be the money bands. Good activity on both 80 and 160. No openings on 10M. |
KD8TNF |
73 |
KE0TT |
K3/10 driving a Ten Tec 405 amp to 50 watts. Ant is a pair of 45' x 45' inv ells parallel 75' apart, fed with equal ladder lines and a tuner. Enjoyed a decent run of 80M DX this year, thanks for the fun. C U next time, 73, Dan ke0tt, MN |
KE0YI |
Didnâ??t spend much time in this contest, but enjoyed it! |
KE3K |
First time operating this contest in years. LOVED IT! |
KE5LQ |
2019 ARRL DX CW |
KF3G |
Portable QTH - FM29jw 102 QSOs * 3 Points / Contact = 306 Points. 306 Pointes * 38 Counties = 11628 Points. Thank you for the ARRL International Contest, CW. |
KF4QFJ |
Exciting contest weekend with 2019 ARRL International CW DX! Thanks to organizers and operators! -Good DXing & 73 de KF4QFJ, Jerome |
KG5YOV |
This was my first ARRL DX CW contest. I had a great time and will be back next year! |
KG9Z |
A lot of Stations just constant CQn and not listening. |
KJ9C |
SOME NICE OPENINGS, BUT NOT ENOUGH |
KM1R |
160m single operator single band |
KN1H |
5 watts to HexBeam 20M single band |
KN4Y |
I had the great idea to do a single band on 10-meters. That was a bad idea, after a day I had nothing, finally I accepted reality and started S&P'ing on the other bands to the end of the contest. |
KQ2M |
GREAT conditions helped to partially overcome the damage and loss of my 40 - 160 antennas to a massive icestorm 3 weeks before the contest. Wonderful to hear and work so many friends. Thanks for all the qso's and mults and special thanks to all the DXpedition stations. 73 Bob KQ2M |
KS7T |
There sure is a difference between how well JA hears USA and other countries in Asia and YB land especially BY and YB many of them getting answers but keep cqing. Happens often not just in this contest but many others, too. Even s9 guys hr! |
KT0K |
At the bottom of the sunspot cycle, I didn't have high hopes for the contest this year, but the bands were in great shape, especially on Sunday. Operating from Nebraska, a fairly popular multiplier, I had the pleasure (and displeasure!) of being on the receiving end of major "cluster-created" pileups...always an interesting phenomenon. Call CQ multiple times without answer, then finally have a single QSO and on the very next CQ, instant, and completely unruly, pileup zero beat on my frequency. Twenty minutes later, no calls. Rates from 0 to 120/hr in an instant. Things would be so much nicer to have just one call per CQ for the duration of the contest! (Dream on!) But I won't complain! Thanks to all who patiently waited (and didn't call incessantly!) 100W, IC-7610, Optibeam OB16-3 at 70 ft, Butternut 40/80 Vertical, N1MM Logger. 73, Greg KT0K |
KU2C |
Great Contest! Fantastic 160 and 80 condx. Nothing broke and all the smoke stayed in the boxes! K3/P3, Acom2000a, Skyhawk at 70' and 2el 40 at 83', vertical dipole on 160m and inverted V for 80m Thanks for all the QSOs!! |
KU2M |
Came down with flu on Friday & main antennas broke. Not my year, hihi! |
KV8Q |
Fifteen never did open up to EU here. That made 20 much more crowded with folks way up the band. Lots of QSB both days. 40 had lots of QRN all night. But, it was a ton of fun even with the measly setup here in the condo. That mag loop keeps amazing me. Hope to see you all once again next year. Q's. in attic above garage |
KZ5J |
Amazing what you can work on 80 with a low inverted vee. Had a blast as single op and look forward to next years contest. 73, Pat - KZ5J |
LA3RK |
Nice contest, but on 80m some stations would benefit to listen more and call less and also use narrow filters. Noted a number of stateside stations calling cq, but not able to hear callers despite good conditions and solid signals. Think these stations would benefit from narrowing the rx bandwidth and also do some more listening before calling cq again. This is particularly important on 80 m where noise and weak signals are the rule. 73 de Olaf - LA3RK |
LA7IM |
No Comments - Located far north in Norway - |
LU7DID |
First time running as SOSB20, nice CONDX but somewhat short from down here. Planned the participation using the WSPR profile of beacons for the past two week between US-Argentina, vy good match. Looking forward for next year already, it was very fun despite the lower part of the solar cycle. |
LY2BMX |
Thanks for patience. I use always only LOW POWER (up to 100 watts) or less. My antennas is 2 crossed dipoles/InVee up 30m + delta loop west direction. |
LY4ZZ |
I use always only LOW POWER (â?¤100W) or less. My antenna is simple sloper, direction to North. |
LZ2RS |
That is my favorite contest.But this year I was ill-just can not sit on the chair,because of strong pain in my leg - the nerve of my spine-back is damaged already 4 months.And most the time I was working upright on the station...! But even that my health problem,I was feeling myself happy! Thanks very much for the W/VE reports to my QRP signal-good operators! 73! Rumi LZ2RS RIG: K3 5 Watts ANT: inv Vee Dipoles and 4 el 3 band Yagi / A4S / at 32m |
M0HOM |
Beat my score from last year, onwards and upwards, 73 |
M0SDV |
One of my favorite contests offer some good rates on the first day but slowed down on day 2. Many thanks to G0DWV and his wife Tina for being my host this this event and offering amazing hospitality |
M3I |
Heard W3LPL 10m sunday late afternoon 6pm, but he had deaf ears! horrid signals from EU....NOT GOOD. DC,WY,UT,NT missed entities. One of my favourite contests......Ken G0ORH - M3i |
M7X |
FTDX5000 + Hexbeam at 50ft. Op Darren G0TSM |
MM3AWD |
! day effort Working on Sunday. Bands in nice shape and glad to beat last years full effort score. |
MW6M |
Was quite difficult with 100W and modest antennas against the KW Stations, but still enjoyed getting a reasonable number of QSO's. |
N0JK |
Only a short time to operate Saturday afternoon. |
N0UY |
Another contest that I couldn't give as much time to as I wanted. Only operated about 9 casual hours due to family commitments and a bad cold I got the day before the test. Thanks for the qs. |
N1NN |
15TH ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST |
N1XF |
This is was my first "real contest". I am finishing the CWAcademy Level 2 course to get my speed up and man am I glad I did that for this contest. I intended to spend a few hours and see if I could get 40 or 50 contacts. This was the perfect weekend as my wife and my oldest went away for the weekend to visit our youngest daughter. I had the house to myself. I finished with just under 400 contacts. I switched over to running about midway, a few hours into that, I threw out my notepad and relied entirely on my logging program (Skookum). I know I could have done a million things better but I had a blast. Thanks for putting this on and lighting up the bands this weekend. 73 N1XF |
N2BZD |
Non-competitive Just testing propagation |
N2FF |
Conditions were much better than expected. I spent my entire time packet pouncing as I do not run in CW contests. It was amazing fun to work DX stations with 100 watts on 80 and 40. I went to 40 meters at 4 PM local to work EU stations on both days. I never bothered to check 10 meters as I did not want to waste time there. It was amazing fun to try to change the band map to all red. I came close a few times. Thanks to all the DX stations in Europe with good ears who answered my calls and made it all such fun. I never had so many stations call me by name before, Usually it's 2 or 3 for the entire contest, but this time it ws more than 10. My head was so big I had trouble taking off the head phones. Actually, I suspect that more stations were running QRZ in the background during the contest this year. But it was gratifying to believe that I had finally become a contest celebrity. Heard or saw spots for many Owls - K2RB, KA2D, K2QMF, KS2G, N2GA (worked the African that I never got)and K2QMF. |
N2SR |
When are you people going to separate SO1R from SO2R entries? When are you people going to allow multi-ops to split their score between various operators for different clubs? Welcome to the 21st century! Maybe you should take off your stuffed shirts and actually see what other contest sponsors are doing. |
N3BB |
Only part time. Conditions seemed good on all but 15/10. |
N3TG |
My best contest effort in a while. I have been experiencing reduce vision effectiveness over the past two years, consequently I missed the deadline to have my log accepted. Too bad, our club can always use my CW effort for club scores. Still, had a lot of fun runnng low power with minimal support. I do need to get my station more automated to reduce stress with vision issues. Must try Field Day next! |
N4BP |
2019 ARRL DXCW |
N4PN |
REALLY AT THE LOW IN CYCLE...LOTS OF WEAK SIGNALS THAT USUALLY WOULD BE STRONG. STILL NICE TO MAKE A FEW CONTACTS IN LIMITED TIME.. |
N4TZ |
best ever 160 meter low power results |
N4ZR |
The last time W1LWH and I operated together was during one weekend of the 1959 ARRL DX Contest, so for the 60th anniversary we decided on a reprise. Our average age then was 17 - you can do the math. N4ZR is the better of the two stations, but still pretty modest except for the big amp. That's what you do when you know the antennas are likely to remain modest. The situation was also complicated by line noise to our West that ran S8-S9 on all bands where we couldn't point the beam away. That meant that we had real difficulty running, so probably 90 percent of our Qs were S&P. I'm telling myself that when we get that cleaned up - and the power company*is* on the case - our low-band results should improve dramatically. Even on 20 and 15, we were only able to work the big guns from JA, and that was it for Asia. 160 was a real surprise. W1LWH improvised an L network to let us feed the 40M full-wave sloper on 160. Even without a receiving antenna, he managed 31 countries on that band, an amazing total. Now if I can get the inverted L up and finish the K9AY loop receiving antenna, we should be in good shape. |
N6HI |
Ran QRP, 5 Watts to a 20 foot End Fed Wire, tossed into a tree out my window. I missed this one last year, so it was great to be back! Somehow worked WAY more EU than South America! 14 QSOs with Europe, more than I really expected with current solar conditions. THANKS to all for your patience, and providing contest fun! GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS! 73 John N6HI |
N6IC |
Lots of good activity |
N6TV |
Just some quick testing first night. Spent most of the weekend doing my taxes instead of operating! |
N7WY |
TIME ON 18 HRS 8 MINS, K3S, KPA1500 - LOTS OF ICE EVERYWHERE |
N8DE |
LIMITED TIME AND POOR CONDITIONS ADD UP TO FRUSTRATION. USING SD MADE LOGGING EASY. |
N9OK |
1st CW contest with my Hytower. Works very well on 80M and even on 160M. Fun! |
N9TF |
Lots of fun! Really nice openings on 40 to EU that even this compromised station could partake in! Except for 10m, the bands were in good shape. 73 Gene, N9TF Rig K3S 100 watts to 2 element triband at 37', short 40/80 dipole at 35' sloping, W8AMZ short 1/2 sloper at 35' apex. |
NA9J |
1ST TRY - JUST LOOKING FOR DX NOT SCORE - GOOD TIMES ESP 80M WITH JUST 20' LONG WIRE UP 15' !!! |
ND0C |
Part time operation this time - missed most of the Sunday morning opening to EU. |
NJ1T |
Good CW Weekend |
NN3W |
Fun Mode Weekend! With four 200' towers and Dreamland-stacks of aluminum for the high-bands, for ARRL CW 2019 it was clearly the wide-open 40-80-160M bands that captured our imaginations this weekend. What a thrill ride! 73 KL2A |
NN7CW |
Unsurprisingly, condx were not awfully great. 15 seems to be the new 10, HI! Got bored and decided to cut this operation in half. 23:09 on air, 51 minutes break time in between. Tks fer the QSOs! |
NP2J |
Best QSO was VY1AAA who called me, Thanks!! We had HORRIBLE QRN here first night, steady S7-S9 with constant crashes S9+20DB. Had trouble getting calls right the first time, even had to go K3? to K3LR, Hi! Much better noise level second night but activity was sparse. Ended up with a slightly higher score than last year despite the QRN. Thanks to everyone who called! 73 Dan K8RF/NP2J Rig: K3S & AL82 to pair phased Inverted L's spaced 1/4 wave |
NX6T |
Ron WQ6X cobbled a team together at last minute as N6KI spent most of weekend at Yuma Hamfest (Hey, stop putting nice hamfests on contest weekends !) Our remote OPs faced lots of challenges with the typical crappy internet speeds we suffer with in the USA.... some good runs into EU from Left Coast at times. Both stations not manned most of time but still more fun than running MS category for times when 2 bands were open and we had a couple of OPs either BIC or remote You can read more about this event at the WQ6X Contest BLOG http://WQ6X.Blogspot.Com |
NZ1D |
A few dozen Q's is not exactly big-gun performance but not bad for my "MacGyver" vertical consisting of some scrap PVC pipe and a few feet of No. 22 wire scrounged from a discarded string of Xmas lights. You never know what might work until you try it. You will make contacts and have fun in the process. As Thoreau wrote, "Some men fish their entire lives without realizing it's not fish they're after." |
OA4SS |
Pwr was always 150 but I sent KW by mistake between 0001 and 0310 16 feb. I made the necessary changes in the cabrillo file. |
OE1VMC |
Just having some 45 minutes of CW fun on 40m close to the end of the contest. RIG FT-857D ANT Wideband Folded Dipole @ 8m AGL 73 de Chris |
OE2S |
just a few QSOs between antenna works |
OE5OHO |
Handing out points on Sunday is fun. Condx fair but 20m closed early. |
OE6MMD |
Sent Exchange 4TT or 400 ! --> for 400W Please consider in the log check. Cabrillo Format allows only one sent exchange :(.. Contest was great fun, also when having limited time! 73, Ron OE6MMD |
OG3A |
TNX nice condx on 20 m Hr IC-7300 + 5el tribanderbeam in 30 m on top of a small hill 73 de Pasi OH3WS/OG3A |
OH1F |
Part time operation; Thanks for QSOs! |
OH2BJ |
God bless America! |
OH2KI |
Good contest, gave me platform to test my RX loops. My TX PWR level was not enough compared to those alligators with excessive pwr, clicks, harmonics. Argh. |
OH2KW |
Only few hours but nice pile-ups! |
OH3RB |
My first semi-serious attempt to do 80m single with my modest one GP station. Very pleased with the result, got everything I heard and AA7A on one morning in broad daylight really made my day ! CU next year! |
OH3XZ |
Check log, testing the RX loop |
OH5ZA |
Participation time very limited due to visitors... Cheers/73, Zaba OH1ZAA |
OH6QU |
The propagation on 15M was much better towards NA than I expected. The East Coast was coming in with rather strong signals on late Sunday afternoon roughly about one hour before the sunset here. However the highlight of the contest was once again the night time 15M propagation over the North Pole to the West Coast. This time around the local midnight on Saturday/Sunday night I managed to log K7JR, K7RL, W6YX, N5CR, VA7ST, NA6O, W7RN and N6ZFO. Thank you very much for pulling me out of noise. It was much easier after your antennas were pointing towards EU instead of Japan :) I heard dozens of other West Coast stations but they were doing only S&P and never called CQ :( |
OH7KBF |
ARRL DX CW 2019 |
OK1CZ |
SINGLE BAND ENTRY WITH LOW POWER, ANT TRIBANDER AT 11M |
OK1DOL |
FT1000MP-MarkV, PA ACOM, 1kW Ant 10el LogPer, 2x3 el. stack |
OK1HFP |
Kenwood TS570 PA HM 3000W Zeppelin 2x36m RX K9AY |
OK1LL |
FT897D 100W, ANT 3EL YAGI 11m UP. |
OK1OA |
Sorry for no condition on 10M. I used: FT991A + AL811H (600W out) just with GP for 14 and 21MHz and inverted L 10+41m for 1,8 to 7 MHz |
OK1VK |
MY SETUP : MY RIG : FT-2000D PWR : 500W (ACOM 1010) MY ANT : Invert L : 160m (up 10m) (39m wire + 138m radials) Invert V : 80m + 60m + 40m (up 14m) 3.el.TRIBANDER - ZY-33 - 14/21/28MHz (up 15m) |
OK2BJK |
Rig:FT-897D Pwr:<100Watts, Ant:LW34m/8mUP, My AGE=86Years SRI GB OMs. |
OK2MBP |
Rig{s} IC-756PROIII-100W, Antena[s] 3el. YAGI, Windom FD5 |
OK2PBG |
ARRL International DX Contest CW 2019-02-16 00:00 UTC - 2019-02-17 23:59 UTC |
OK2QX |
Rig K3, 100W out, 3 el tribander |
OL5Y |
It was awesome contest as always, supported with very good CONDX (respecting current sunspot cycle phase). I was surprised what I can do with LP and multiband antennas. I made 28 of my US friends on 5 bands and 85 on 4 bands... It was very interesting to compare all my antennas headed to the same direction. I was playing with instant switching of all beams I have got (3-el ECO, 2/4-el Quad Cubex and 3-4-4-6 el. yagi by Antenna Depot). I already know that Cubex does not work well on 20/15/10 but I was little surprised that on 40m 2-el. quad was always weaker than 3-el. yagi at the same height (25m / 82 ft.). It confirms that I definitely have to rebuild the Cubex to other dimensions (I like StatusQuad design - http://www.statusquad.it/eng/). BTW the AD-3446 works VERY well and mechanically is also very well done. Thank you all for calling me or answering my call! RIG: SunSDR MB1 + IC756, microHAM MK2R+, Station masters, Stack master, switches... ANT: 160: Inv. V for 40/80/160m @ 19m (63 ft.) 80: Inv. V for 40/80/160m @ 19m, Delta loop (apex up, corner feed) 40: 2-el Quad @ 25m, 3-el Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25m (82 ft.) 20/15/10: 3-el tribander ECO @ 20m (66 ft.), 3el tribander ECO @ 12m, 4-el Quad @ 25m, 4-el Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25 m (82 ft.) SW: N1MM+ |
OM3CDN |
FT-277ZD, max output 100 watts, Dipole inverted V. |
OM5NA |
Yaesu FT-950, 100W, G5RV |
ON3ND |
Not really the best propagation but we have to do with... |
ON6AT |
Yaesu FT-950 100w - Ant R8 Vert. |
ON6NL |
One of the nicest contest of my life. The new IC7610, great CW ops and relax entry as at 15C (60F) temperature a walk with my grand children had priority. |
OZ1DTF |
I had fun with 100W and 13m end-fed wire. |
OZ1THC |
Antenna Indoor Diamond BB 6W Sorry but could only hear Europe |
OZ3SM |
Rig: Elecraft K3 / P3, SSPA: 600 W Ant: 80 m Vertical Loop and HexBeam |
P40L |
with corrections from notes |
PA0JLS |
What a big difference on this side of the world working the arrl cw contest with my low pwr and wires. S&P was the solution to get some points. Enjoyed the few hours I was on the air. See you next time. pa0jls (ex pj4ls) |
PA0ZAV |
Very nice to work qrp in the QRO violence |
PA1B |
I had great fun in 23 QSO's with 4 watt and 2 watt In 12 QSO's I could use 2 watt and in 11 QSO I used 4 W The exchange 599 002 or 599 004 can lead to some confusion (hi) It is great to get the reaction 2W FB Thank you for this fine contest |
PA2CHM |
used SD for post contestlogging |
PA2REH |
Wkd with just an inverted V dipole (center height 30ft above ground), with two 9 ft legs and 100W max CW output. Condx on 15m were moderate for few hours. Most of the time the band was closed in the NA direction (anyway for me). Nevertheless wkd some stations. Most stns I copied could detect my small signal. Just a few I called many times but no reply. Thank you all fr fb qso73 Eric - pa2reh. |
PA2TA |
Bad CDX, low power and only a vertical antenna, thanks to all operators for your patience! |
PA3DRL |
THANKS NICE CONTEST 300 watt from solid state home made power amplifier |
PA3DTR |
Sorry, something came between me and the contest. Better in 2020 |
PA3DZM |
Had little time to operate as to work, but enjoyed every free moment I could spare to the fullest. |
PA5MW |
Initially I was going to support our clubstation, but health issues during the last two weeks kept me from doing that. So I decided to work on collecting some states on 40m where I just recently installed an Inverted-L. Note any higher than 5m is not allowed by local regulations and neighbors only just accept it. To give it a push I decided to fire up an old amplifier and make 400W. Well that does make a difference as reverse beacon showed during several A/B testing on abt 25 skimmers a difference of 8 dB on average. Saturday did offer several states on 40m as well as also 20m. On Sunday even 15m offered an opening of abt one hour. In total this weekend was about experimenting and setting things up in the shack, which worked FB. Antennas: 10/15/20: 2el Yagi FB-23 @ 12m AGL 40: Inverted -L Rig: TT ORION PA: 400W |
PD1B |
START-OF-LOG: 3.0 LOCATION: DX CALLSIGN: PD1B CLUB: CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NO CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-MODE: CW CATEGORY-POWER: 150W or less CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLAIMED-SCORE: 4050 OPERATORS: only one NAME: Bert ADDRESS: Gagelstraat 17 ADDRESS: ADDRESS-CITY: Hollandscheveld ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: DR ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 7913 BR ADDRESS-COUNTRY: NETHERLANDS EMAIL: pd1b@live.nl CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7532.0 QSO: 14010 CW 2019-02-16 1657 PD1B 599 25 W4KZ 599 PE QSO: 14011 CW 2019-02-16 1700 PD1B 599 25 K1IR 599 MA QSO: 14000 CW 2019-02-16 1710 PD1B 599 25 K1IR 599 MA QSO: 14014 CW 2019-02-16 1727 PD1B 599 25 W3LPL 599 MD QSO: 14018 CW 2019-02-16 1735 PD1B 599 25 WO4C 599 AL QSO: 14022 CW 2019-02-16 1739 PD1B 599 25 VE3YAA 599 ON QSO: 14027 CW 2019-02-16 1747 PD1B 599 25 NO6T 599 CA QSO: 14037 CW 2019-02-16 1754 PD1B 599 25 K1RX 599 NH QSO: 14044 CW 2019-02-16 1802 PD1B 599 25 VA2WA 599 QC QSO: 14050 CW 2019-02-16 1806 PD1B 599 25 K8CX 599 OH QSO: 14052 CW 2019-02-16 1807 PD1B 599 25 VE2BWL 599 QC QSO: 14056 CW 2019-02-16 1809 PD1B 599 25 CJ3A 599 ON QSO: 14001 CW 2019-02-16 1813 PD1B 599 25 N2NT 599 NJ QSO: 14002 CW 2019-02-16 1818 PD1B 599 25 K6XT 599 CO QSO: 14004 CW 2019-02-16 1820 PD1B 599 25 K5TR 599 TX QSO: 14008 CW 2019-02-16 1823 PD1B 599 25 AA9A 599 WI QSO: 14011 CW 2019-02-16 1828 PD1B 599 25 W2RE 599 ME QSO: 14013 CW 2019-02-16 1830 PD1B 599 25 N1UR 599 VT QSO: 14015 CW 2019-02-16 1834 PD1B 599 25 N2RC 599 NY QSO: 14018 CW 2019-02-16 1840 PD1B 599 25 K3PA 599 KS QSO: 14021 CW 2019-02-16 1848 PD1B 599 25 W3IUU 599 MD QSO: 14030 CW 2019-02-16 1903 PD1B 599 25 KU2M 599 NJ QSO: 14038 CW 2019-02-16 1912 PD1B 599 25 KU2C 599 PA QSO: 14024 CW 2019-02-17 1204 PD1B 599 25 K1ESE 599 ME QSO: 14030 CW 2019-02-17 1215 PD1B 599 25 N1MM 599 CT QSO: 14039 CW 2019-02-17 1222 PD1B 599 25 VE3NNT 599 ON QSO: 14041 CW 2019-02-17 1227 PD1B 599 25 K1KP 599 MA QSO: 14043 CW 2019-02-17 1231 PD1B 599 25 W3LL 599 MD QSO: 14003 CW 2019-02-17 1707 PD1B 599 25 K3LR 599 PA QSO: 14004 CW 2019-02-17 1708 PD1B 599 25 K1LZ 599 MA QSO: 14005 CW 2019-02-17 1710 PD1B 599 25 W2FU 599 NY QSO: 14006 CW 2019-02-17 1711 PD1B 599 25 W9RE 599 IN QSO: 14007 CW 2019-02-17 1713 PD1B 599 25 KI2G 599 RI QSO: 14008 CW 2019-02-17 1714 PD1B 599 25 NR4M 599 VA QSO: 14009 CW 2019-02-17 1715 PD1B 599 25 KD2RD 599 NY QSO: 14012 CW 2019-02-17 1723 PD1B 599 25 KU2M 599 NJ QSO: 14012 CW 2019-02-17 1728 PD1B 599 25 W1VE 599 VT QSO: 14013 CW 2019-02-17 1729 PD1B 599 25 K1RM 599 CT QSO: 14024 CW 2019-02-17 1737 PD1B 599 25 W8MJ 599 MI QSO: 14025 CW 2019-02-17 1741 PD1B 599 25 K2VV 599 MO QSO: 14025 CW 2019-02-17 1742 PD1B 599 25 KG5HVO 599 AL QSO: 14029 CW 2019-02-17 1749 PD1B 599 25 N0NI 599 IA QSO: 14034 CW 2019-02-17 1753 PD1B 599 25 K1DG 599 NH QSO: 14069 CW 2019-02-17 1809 PD1B 599 25 K9CT 599 IL QSO: 14113 CW 2019-02-17 1811 PD1B 599 25 WB9Z 599 IL QSO: 14114 CW 2019-02-17 1811 PD1B 599 25 N0AT 599 MN QSO: 14124 CW 2019-02-17 1813 PD1B 599 25 AA0AW 599 MN QSO: 14001 CW 2019-02-17 1818 PD1B 599 25 N8EA 599 MI QSO: 14005 CW 2019-02-17 1826 PD1B 599 25 WK2G 599 PA QSO: 14008 CW 2019-02-17 1827 PD1B 599 25 AA3B 599 PA QSO: 14015 CW 2019-02-17 1830 PD1B 599 25 NA8V 599 MI QSO: 14021 CW 2019-02-17 1839 PD1B 599 25 VE2FK 599 QC END-OF-LOG: |
PE1FJN |
SUNsdr2 QRP 5W into Hyendfed 40m 20m 10m at just 5m above the ground Impressed by receiving capabilities of some stations, TNX for copying my QRP signal. Till The Next Time 73 PE1FJN Marc |
PE2K |
All QSO's made with 5 watt and a dipole antenna. QSL is via bureau. 73, PE2K |
PE4A |
FT-991A with 2 x 20m wire and home made tuner |
PF5X |
2 hours of S&P. Had fun working the "usual suspects". Thanks and see you next year. |
PG2AA |
FT897D 100W Dipole. Enjoyable weekend! |
PG2W |
checklog |
PH0AS |
Nice to give some points to our K and VE radio friends. |
PR2E |
OP PY2XIZ |
PT8CW |
Very Good Contest! |
PU4YJS |
Excelente o Contest, é a primeira vez que participo do ARRL CW Contest no mês de feveiro; já participei de outros, mas nunca no inÃcio do ano, até participei do CQ 160m, que foi o primeiro, mas foi muito bom. |
PW5N |
operator PP5BK |
PY2EX |
Less than 4 hours on the air and only active on 10, 15 and 20 meter bands. It?s always nice meenting old fellows on the air. 73 and I hope to be on the air during the ssb weekend. |
PY2XV |
For the first time I decided to play CW on the ARRL DX. Very surprised with the conditions of propagation and especially with my evolution in the modality. 73 from PY2XV |
R0JF |
FLEX-3000, Windom. Tnx nice Contest! |
R0LL |
TNX73 |
R1CAA |
Just before the contest, the wind turned the antenna on 90 degrees. Thanks to everyone who heard me. Aleks R1CAA |
R3LC |
e-mail: r3lc@mail.ru |
R3PIQ |
GL! 73! |
R3ZZ |
TX/RX/ANT - K3, PA-1KW, 5ele yagi fixed NA+4sqr+delta |
R4ACY |
400078 |
R4BZ |
Key |
R4WT |
Tnx for nice contest! 73! |
RA0LQ/MM |
Persian Gulf, Grid: LL75, IC-7000, 50W, Ant: Dipole |
RA3XCZ |
IC756PROIII, Delta Loop 160 73! |
RA7M |
73 |
RC7B |
rc7b_4k8m@mail.ru |
RK2M |
I have simple ant: InvV for LF and GP for HF. Sorry, 10M and 15M bands was closed. On the 20M band good propagation was only a few hours -from 11:00 UTC till 14:30 UTC. Anyway, I was very glad to participate in ARRL-CW contest. Many thanks to all, who made QSO with me. Val RK2M |
RL4F |
RL4F@RO.RU |
RL5A |
I use Expert Electronics MB1 jn first time. Fantastic radio with full automatic PA OM-2000A+. |
RM4F |
TNX 73! |
RN2FQ |
TKS FOR NICE CONTEST PWR_100w, ANT_VERTICAL,DIPOLES |
RN4CA |
IC-760PRO PA-300WT AD-335 |
RT0O |
73! |
RT1L |
TRX DDC SDR ZS-1, Power Amp.Tokyo HL-45B (50 Watts), Ant 2-el quad "RQ-25" up 12m on ground |
RT5C |
73! |
RU3VV |
IC756PRO3 100w XL222 35m up 73! |
RU4LM |
TS-590s 100wt, Spider 5 band |
RV1CC |
Thanks a lot for the Contest and activity |
RV7C |
TNX! CU AGN 73! |
RW2F |
there were a lot of technical problems during the contest |
RW3AI |
Icom 706 pwr 100 watts |
RW3RN |
RW3RN-CHECKLOG!!!!! |
RX7K |
Good Luck! 73! |
S50R |
Regarding that I have no plan for the Contest, I worked only on Sunday for 6 hours and 700 QSOs was the result. I was sorry I did not participate full contest ! Next year ! |
S51J |
I've got opportunity, to use S50E contest location for Saturday by day, so logical choice was 20m band, with 5el beam and FT-2000D and 1,5kW linear amplifier. Maybe I began a little too late, because when I start, signals from USA were already there. This was my first ARRL DX CW contest, with HP and relative good working conditions. From time to time, rates were high, and I ended with cca 370 QSO in the log. Signals slowly vanished, so it would be torture, without need! Weather was nice, temperatures too high for this time of season. Hope to be there next year. |
SG3O |
Always fun to participate in the Contest! |
SM5CCE |
SMCCE@TELIA.COM |
SM5CSS |
Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA and Dipoles I forgot to start the CAT control during the first 31 QSOs! |
SM6TKG |
very nice contest. First time a sent in logs and participated for real not only a couple of QSO's Very goog contest to start with due to the simple exchange messages. And no one should complain about sunspots, you could work NA from SM land more or less the entire 24 hours :) |
SN100L |
IC-735 pwr 75W out, ant W3DZZ 25n up, m-band vertical 40-10m |
SO4M |
Thanks to Mirek SP4MPG who let me operate from his station. It was SO2R style operation. Thanks to all friends from the USA and Canada for QSOs |
SP3BES |
FT757GXII ant balcony GP |
SP3GTS |
TS-590+HM AMP 500W, ANT:DELTA LOOP |
SP8CGU |
TRX Icom IC-735 100W ant. dipole |
SP9BNM |
RIG:IC746PRO PWR:100 ANT:DELTA LOOP; GP5 SW:fil2cbr conventer |
SP9KJU |
ic730 50W, ant DELTA LOOP 42m Congrats very nice contest for my 50w |
T48K |
73 de CO8ZZ Raul, OH2TA Pekka, SM0DRD Gran and SM5SIC Gran. |
TA2BS |
TNX & 73's TO ALL COMPETITORS FROM ISTANBUL |
TA3AER |
IC-7600, 7 EL 3 BAND (20,15,10) HOME MADE YAGI |
TA4RC |
73 DE TA4RC |
TM6M |
Condtions were fair! Closed to EU record but missed some qsos Tks for qsos See you again Oli |
TO8T |
A bucket-list event in many ways. First trip to a Caribbean island, first time operating a pileup from the other end, first time operating a 48-hour contest, and many more. Ever since I was a teenage ham, I dreamed of operating in a DXpedition. Combining that dream with my interest in contesting lead me look for a DX location to operate the ARRL DX CW contest, somewhere close to the USA. My first choice of YS fell through which lead me to search the Internet for rental shacks. I was very fortunate to hook up with Laurent, FM5BH, who has a Top 10 producing station in Martinique. Laurent has a fantastic station in his home; it's not a hotel or AirBnB, but part of his home. He doesn't rent to casual tourists, only hams! I received advice from Laurent and a number of his other guests from the past. Thanks for all the advice! Leading up to the contest, I operated casually, entered into two CWT mini-tests, while familiarizing myself with the station. Every time I got on the air there were huge pile-ups. I worked mainly simplex pileups to train for the contest. I also worked a few split-frequency pileups, especially when working EU. While not operating, I enjoyed a few visits to the beach and went snorkeling where I saw lots of beautiful fish and sea turtles. Laurent guided me to some great local restaurants as well. The day of the contest I headed out to see Mont Pelee, the island volcano. On the way back, in the last mile before returning to the shack, my car was hit from behind in a roundabout. I spent two hours dealing with the other driver and the rental car company filling out forms and replacing the car. That was some un-needed stress, but I tried to remain calm and brush it off - I was not going to let it spoil my weekend. I came back and tried to take a nap before the start of the contest but I was too excited! I won't elaborate on band conditions or specific events in the contest, but I will say that this station is incredible. I was loud on every band and had no problem holding a run frequency. Fortunately, the pileups weren't bad at all but I had a very good rate. The only time it got somewhat difficult is when I was spotted, then the pileup suddenly grew! The station is fully SO2R capable but this operator is not. Instead, I used the second radio to monitor band conditions, which lead me to the 3 (!) Q's on 10m! It also facilitated quick band changes, as I could prepare radio 2 while operating radio 1. It was like I was given the keys to a Fereri but used to driving a Chevy! I operated 37.5 out of 48 hours, sleeping 2-3 hours each night and taking a number of 20-30 minute naps when I felt it necessary. My goal was to make at least 4,000 Q's, something I've never done before. A few more Q's and I could have had a score over 4M. Thank you Laurent for the use of your station and thanks everyone for all the Q's. It was the trip of a lifetime. 73, Tom FM/K8BKM, aka TO8T |
UA0DBX |
73 |
UA0KBG |
TNX!73! |
UA0ZAM |
TNX FOR FB CONTEST 73! |
UA1CUR |
YAESU FT-840,ANT LW 160 METRS,INV VEE FOR 160,80,40 METRS |
UA2FBQ |
My rig FT-450 100 Watts, my antenna dipole, 73! |
UA3QGT |
tnx |
UA5C |
THANKS FOR NICE CONTEST! |
UA6CC |
TNX 73 |
UA6HFI |
FB TEST! TNX! 73!!! |
UN6LN |
SO2R |
UR0HQ |
SUNSDR2 |
UR4LIN |
FT-857D |
UR4RWW |
80m - dipole, 40,20m - delta, 15m - BEAM, 3 el. 73's, Good Luck! |
UR5WCQ |
FT1000mp . . |
UR7EC |
IC 746, ANT-DELTA LOOP |
UR7HCX |
TNX 73! |
UR8GX |
TRCVR: IC 746, PWR: 70W, ANT: GP 20, 40, 80, 160M, Dipole 160M |
US7IGN/P |
Icom 706mk2g and wires http://www.us7ign.com/?p=1380 |
UT0EM |
uv5evp@ukr.net |
UT3NF |
ut3nf@ukr.net |
UT4LW |
SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO, KXPA100. Antenns: 160,80,40 - dipole Up18m, fider 70m. 20,15,10 - Spider Up 10m, fider 30m. |
UT5UQV |
Equipment: IC-756PRO, a home made tuner; Antenna: a home made wire V-beam, arms 42m, up 52m, cable 75 Ohm, balun 1:9 |
UT5UT |
For a long time, the ARRL Contest remains my favorite competition. This year I decided to work on the Top band. The band condition was not the best, but I was pleased with the result. Thanks to everyone who called me. |
UT7NI |
CLUB: UKRAINIAN CONTEST CLUB |
UT7NY |
TNX for good contest! |
UX2LX |
Rig FTDX 1200, Ant 2-el Quad, Pwr 100 w |
UY5BT |
e-mail: uy5bt@ukr.net |
UY7LM |
TNX 73! |
UZ1WW |
73! |
V31DJ |
15m single band entry at the bottom of the cycle. Hmmmm. built a wire yagi fixed on USA that worked pretty well. the view out the window was great! KX3 and SPE1.3k amp make a nifty travel package. |
V31HE |
my greates contest event and result I've ever made |
VA3RKM |
K3, verticals. |
VA7GI |
Remote operation 500W solar powered. |
VA7UNX |
What an amazingly fun contest! I only got my license last spring, started learning CW last summer, and began to know what I was doing last fall. To have made all these contacts (including New Zealand - WOW!) with only 5 Watts and a homebrew magloop is *AMAZING*. My 10 year-old son and I worked Jamaica together, so I said I'd enter us in the multi-op category. :-) Thanks so much for a fun contest! |
VE1JS |
Not a serious effort SD works well as usual |
VE2EZD |
FT-950+AL-811H+AT2K 80m dipole, 40m delta loop on 40m 20m and 15m |
VE3HG |
Back in my home QTH after a year in an apartment while we built the house. Now the rebuilding of VE3HG contest station begins with a new FlexRadio 6600 which BTW was out of the box and on the air within 15 minutes with most of that time spent getting my home network up and running. Spent last week in -5 degree C throwing up a Par End-Fed 20/40 wire and a RadioWavz 40-10 Windom. Both were at about 25' and both work very very well considering I'm rebuilding my 50' tower with a TA-33 with 40-meter extensions and I'll be using that setup by mid summer hopefully. The Flex 6600 is an amazing piece of gear. I've run Flex 1500 and 3000 for a long time but nothing prepared me for the ability of the 6600 to S&P across a very active 40-meter band and listen to one signal at a time even those which were very weak and were surrounded by kilowatts on either side and there never being a signal I couldn't hear clearly if it was detectable above the noise. I know some of the other top-of-the-line rigs have this capacity but this is the first time I've experienced. The overall feel is the 6600 is very much like my 3000 but on steroids. I can understand some don't like the new technology but I'm thrilled and will be working on the station for the next few months. |
VE3KTB |
My development as a CW contester continues. Had limited time as I tried to fit before one disappears from the the SSB version from VY0! |
VE3PN |
SINGLE VERTICAL WITH LOTS OF RADIALS FOR TX MADE THIS FUN |
VE3ZY |
Good condx considering recent times Very happy to work so many countries this time First time with updated SD LOG seemed to work better than older versions for some reason |
VE7BGP |
I had a lot of fun operating this years DX Contest with my venerable old IC-751A tricked out with a narrow FL-53A second filter. 73 Gerry |
VE9VIC |
fun, a lot of good ops and receiver. |
VK2BJ |
Conditions really poor in VK2 except for 40m Always nice to work so many US stations but where were all the VE's ? |
VK2GR |
Low Band conditions were extremely good with very low noise levels. However 15m was very poor, open mainly to the Pacific. Radio: TS-990S. Antennas; 40m 4SQ array, 80m Dipole, 20/15m 4 el Yagi. |
VK4TT |
Used "SD" by EI5DI worked very FB |
VK6IT |
Conditions on 40M down here were good through about an 8 hour window on both nights for me.Plenty of big signals but most satisfaction was from digging out those calling down in the noise. With an invee and 150 watts it was great fun. After 50 years CW is still my go to mode. |
VK7GN |
LP openings on both 20 and 40 - not there outside ontest! |
W0BH |
11 * 9 IN :13 |
W0FK |
First time I've actually submitted a log for contest activity. N1MM+ made working the contest a smooth operation. |
W0MN |
20Mtr was reasonable and 80 not too bad for my low to the ground (16ft) antenna but 40 mtrs was awful. I heard a lot of Europe but they did not hear me. |
W1AST |
My wife interupted me every 15 minutes it seems. Putting the headphones on seemed to attract her to talk to me while wearing them. It was so annoying! |
W1CVE |
using 100W to a trap vertical and homemeade G5RV. Had a good time |
W1DYJ |
Best Low Band results ever |
W1NN |
Remote from Japan. Used dipoles and a K3. |
W1QK |
Thank you for sponsoring the contest. |
W2AAB |
GREAT CONDX ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALL DAY SUNDAY. NEVER WORKED SO MANY ZL STATIONS ON 40 IN THIS CONTEST BEFORE. |
W2DLT |
FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB |
W2EG |
Enjoyable contest. I improved considerably on last year's showing (same 480W and dipole). I was impressed with conditions Saturday morning (local time) -- nice and quiet with good copy on DX sigs. Usually JA is difficult path for me on 40M. No trouble this time -- first call several JA's. Best of the morning was BG (China) on first call around my sunrise. Also nice to work a couple VK's LP ~ an hour before my sunset on Sunday. Thanks all for the Q's. 73, Rich, W2EG |
W2MV |
Conditions on 15 meters were unexpectedly good, especially to northern Europe between about 12-14Z! |
W2NTN |
We enjoyed operating the DX contest periodically between ARISS SSTV image downloads. Thanks to all who participated in both events!!! |
W2XK |
Rookie - First Licensed: March 1, 2016 |
W3AKD |
Great contest, my best score ever. 73 Bill w3akd |
W3HKK |
The all-wire antenna station at W3HKK included an IC7610-TenTec Centurion amp at 800w out, plus SAL-30 and 305' Beverage rx antennas, plus N1MM+ software. Age of op=77 yrs. Operating style was a concession to the mounting years: ie casual S&P, focusing on 160m ( 52' 1/4 wave INV-L), then 40 and 20m ( 2 el phased vertical arrays), with a little help from 80m ( qtr wave INV-L) and 15m ( the 20m PA works great there too.) CNDX: 160m was fair at best into EU. 80m seemed good but I always tend to minimize time there in favor of 40/20. 40m was again my main band, closely followed by 20m. Cndx to Asia were only marginal this year, however. And prop to EU became watery post 11pm here in Ohio. 15M was a shadow of its former self, and 10m did not produce a single contact. Still, being able to move from band to band kept things interesting enough to produce just under 22 hrs of operating time, which didnt seem too fatiguing. Using N1MM+'s spots for new calls and new multipliers facilitated things on Day 2, rather than tuning in one direction. For the bottom of the sunspot cycle, this was a very successful contest and great fun. |
W3SA |
Would be great if CQ station acknowledged with TU + Callsign instead of dit dit. DX spots are great for locating DX outside of contest but in contest they create poor operating practices. |
W3TT |
tiny station almost no antenna |
W3WHK |
FT-840 100w. G5RV up 11m Not too bad for first "competive effort", with 100w and a wire,no filters for RX, and no automated sending. |
W4CB |
Got a very late start and was only able to put in 12 hours, but it was still a bunch of fun! (W2RU, op @ W4CB) K3S, Acom2000A SkookumLogger for the Mac 160: 100' tower and DXE Beverages 80: Dipoles at 50' 40: CC 40-2CD at 102' + dipole at 40 20/15/10: CC A-4 at 106', A-3 at 47' |
W4KAZ |
The clock says 14 hours on, but it seemed like a lot less. First time I have used spots in quite a while, and it helped keep my interest in it. Got on "for a few minutes" Saturday, and decided to stick. Enjoyed operating the low bands. Discovered a new problem exists in antenna switch, so a few minutes spent fending off Murphy. Heard more EU stations on 160m than ever before from this QTH. And even worked a few surprises on both 160m and 80m. Most fun I have had operating in a long time. |
W4ZGR |
K3 3Watts |
W4ZYT |
Conditions on 160-15 surprisingly lively, but never heard any DX on 10. |
W5FMH |
About 20 minutes before the contest, we decided to operate this contest! I did not even know it was on. Eric asked me if I was operating the contest? What contest I said? I did not hesitate ... we got it all configured. Started late and got bugs out of the remote logging with N1MM connected to Remote Hams VSP at KJ0D's QTH. Using an internet link to remotely control W5FMH South Texas Remote DX Club station had the usual problems with delay kind of made it challenging... anticipating the correct instant to transmit, occasional dropouts but not that bad. I have become more accustomed to operating remote than being in front of the rig. N1MM says we were operating for 17 hours but it was more like 10... we were sporadic. Thanks to everyone that worked us! 73, Eric KJ0D & Pat KJ5Y |
W6AZ |
The most ham radio fun I've had in years!! |
W6MOB |
You don't need to score this as I know there are mistakes. You can just use it for checking other logs if helpful. W6MOB |
W6SFI |
A hex beam that can't rotate is a bummer. |
W6UE |
I threw up an inverted vee for 80 to try working some DX.Horrible noise and poor resonance. Only worked one of the two XEs heard. |
W8WA |
Fun enjoyable contest. Bad line noise to Asia. |
W8WTS |
I operated most of my hours from the great station of K8AZ, but I got on for a short time from home to work a few stations on top band. |
W9ET |
10 Watts And a vertical But had to make some Q's for DRIFTLESS ZONE CONTESTERS |
W9RE |
Missed my sleep times beacause of too much activity!! |
W9WR |
Thanks to all with good ears and patience to copy my 5 watts! Great fun! |
W9YK |
great to hear the clanging of CW tones from around the world! |
WA1FCN |
Glad I entered all bands this year ! |
WA2ALY |
ICOM 7000, TEN TEC 238C, KT-34 @ 50 FEET, INVERTED L, 120 RADIALS, BUG. N1MM+. |
WA5ZKO |
nice opening to europe in last 2 hours of contest |
WA6KHK |
What has happened to our beloved 10 meters? I heard literally nothing on 10 and I checked several times! Had a lot of fun though and that's all I care about at my age (72). hihi. |
WA6URY |
Operated remote from Tokyo, Japan |
WA7CC |
Saturday morning had some of the best 20 meter propagation that I've seen in a long time. |
WA8KAN |
Thanks to AA8UL, my wife, for encouragement and bringing me chow. Thanks to K2XT and KD8IK for encouragement and technical support. |
WB0POH |
Very rough time on 40m. Really glad 15m opened up on Sunday. |
WB2NFL |
Don't forget to check those "dead" bands! You may not make many contacts, but almost every one will be a new multiplier. |
WB7QMR |
Flex6300, Outbacker Ant, CW-Skimmer |
WB8AKW |
Band conditions were better than expected! |
WB9VGO |
Limited to my 4BTV vertical because of downed antennas but still had enough avtivity to make me happy. |
WC5D |
With a cobweb antenna 40-10M,in the attic & 50W, S&P you can work the world. Full 100W next year! |
WE9V |
Well, that was pretty fun. Personal best score and personal best QSO total (by only 30 Qs). 160 was amazing both nights. My 160M line beats my normal 80M line. My 80M line is like my typical 40M line. (And my 40M line like my normal 20.) 15M was tough from here. Much better on Saturday, but very short openings both days. 10M...yuck. No 6 banders, but 60 5 banders. 73, Chad WE9V http://www.we9v.com |
WM8Z |
I'm not very competitive but I did have fun - in fact it was a blast! Tnx to all for the QSO's |
WN7S |
using wire in HOA... Shoe Clerk category... Still had a great time with the EU Guys! thanks for your patience... 73 dick wn7s... |
WO2X |
Not much of a CW op but had some fun and made some Q's. |
WO9B |
All sorts of fun this year. Choose to run at 50 watts. Very much a challenge with my dipole at 30' Added a 40 m vertical Saturday afternoon, and that really helped with the DX. Hanging it up and what the heck, but the JA's came roaring in on 20 m just at the end. |
WP4JBG |
Single Op, 40m High Power,single transmitter |
WQ6X |
Being one of the NX6T [remote] operators left me little time as WQ6X. Sunday morning after inspecting the termination resistors on the WQ6X Lazy 8JK sloper I spent the 11:00 - 12:30 running the FT-1000mp the antenna with disappointing results. Switching to the CHA-350 vertical provided enough low-angle radiation to work central & South America as well as the South Pacific. Look for a writeup on BOTH WQ6X and WQ6X@NX6T events in the WQ6X Contest BLOG: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com |
WR4I |
QRS for us Old Timers please! |
WV4P |
Just learning CW, did not start out to make any / many Q's... got the bug and started. But had not logged the proper exchange for the first bit so entered as Check Log. Can't wait till next year ! |
WW2R |
Filling in a few hours after before my Birthday party |
XE1AY |
Becuase I don´t have interface I made by hand the contest and it´s not very easy. hi hi |
XE2B |
Conditions were better than expected except 15M and 10; even though, i managed to get the 2nd Best score ever. |
YB0ANN |
FT-817ND 5W, Dipole |
YD3KNJ |
My first ARRL DX CW Contest. I love to participate in QRP contest, so I took all band for QRP participation, although in my class I am limited to 80, 40, 15 and 10m band, and the only possible band to work with in Indonesia right now is 40m band. At first I thought I want to participate in single band single op, but then I changed my mind to submit the log to all band single op so that I can participate in QRP sub category. So I run QRP just for fun and making as many US contacts as possible. video can be watched on youtube channel BUSHCRAFT HAM RADIO |
YL3FW |
TRX - SunSDR, Pwr - 5 Wt, Ant Inv.V (10m up) Tnx & 73! |
YO2MJZ |
ICOM IC-730, PWR 100W, ANTENNA DIPOLE |
YO4RST |
73 & thanks for fun ! |
YO4SI |
RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4 & LW 41m |
YO5AJR |
The ARRL CW DX contest is not easy for the European radio amateurs, but here all the contesters have to do the best. THE propagation in 160m was not very bad. I didn't work with a relative new FT950 transceiver. I really like. There was no antenna - anymore and I used for RX/TX the inverter L antenna only. That's why not many US States managed to win. Congratulations to the organizers. 73 YO5AJR Miki. |
YP5A |
FT-950 + PA 500 W Ant. A3S |
YS1/AA4NC |
Rig : K3 @ 99 watts Antennas : 160 - Inverted L 35' up / 90' horizontal, 80/40 - inverted vees @ 45', 20 - 6 el @ 50', 15 - TH3 @ 50' Soapbox : Good to see PVRC out in force for this one. Thanks to YS1MAE, YS1MS and Club de Radioaficianados de El Salvador (CRAS) for making this happen. These folks are some of the nicest I have ever met in my ham travels. El Salvador is a beautiful country, yet off the beaten path for most tourists. It is politically stable now, unlike the situation in neighboring Nicaragua. I'll probably never return there unless things drastically change. Mucho fun in the sun playing radio. SO1R operation running wide open, so I missed a few mults that should have been pretty easy. Despite my contributions to a local shaman, 10 meters never opened at all. Everything worked perfectly except for the operator. I had planned to sleep 3 hours per night, but overslept by 3 hours on Sunday. My station is very simple. All my equipment fits in one suitcase (with wire antennas and clothes for a month) and a carry on Pelican case for the K3. The antennas were provided by YS1YS. Thanks for all the Qs. I leave here for Belize in a few days. See you as V31NC in ARRL DX SSB from the beach at Placencia! |
YU1YV |
I was operating from the village. No noise, no QRM but no power on my side....Thanks to all. 73,Acim |
YW6CQ |
nice contest excelent propagation both days on 20 15 and 40 mts many thanks to the persistent ops that made it through some huge pileups. that some ops are skilled enough to call a little up or down from my frequency (just not pile up skilled operator) so I could hear them hope see again on a ssb part 73 YW6CQ OP YV6BXN mel |
ZL/G3WZD |
Condx seemed quite good from here with lots of activity (hearing much of th Condx seemed quite go |
ZL2AIM |
Checklog\Ian\Documents\Ham\HRD logbook archives\ZL2AIM ARRL Inter DX contest 2019 |
ZL2RX |
ENJOYED THE CONTEST AND COMPLETED MY WAS! |
ZM4G |
LF condx good, MF OK and HF poor. Still, I enjoyed making 650 QSOs and picked up a new state on 80m towards WAS, so it was worth it! My friends ZM1A, ZM4T and I had a little competition this weekend. Jacky and Holger beat me by a big margin but we'll be interested to comparee RBN data to see how our stations compared, beaming the same way with similar power. I was mostly S&P though, not CQing as much, so I expect they'll also win the "Number of spots" challenge too! Stn is a K3 with Alpha kW amp, loop on 80 + 40, 2 ele tribander and 5 ele mono on 15m. |
ZR2A |
All but one QSO with 100W. 15m was marginal, 20m was great on Sunday evening. Amazed by OPs who heard my low power, low dipole signal on 80m. |
ZS2NF |
Well this was a contest to remember! First off I had just been diagnosed with cancer the week before and was scheduled to start chemo and radiation treatment on the Wednesday before the test when the radiation machine broke down and gave me the weekend as a respite! I then connected my computer to the rig and just could not get the keying function to operate. I was about to call it a day and give up on the test when I remembered that I did still have a straight key available and decided to use it for the test using the N1MM logger only as a logging aid. So ended up making a few less contacts but still had a lot of fun. The lack of sunspots sure made it hard on the high bands with nothing at all on 10m and only a few 15m contacts. Made up for it on 40 and 80 though. Used an inverted L on 80m, a pair of phased MOXON antennas on 40m, a 4 el yagi on 20m, a 3 el yagi on 15m and a 5 el yagi on 10m (not that it helped!). Rig was an ICOM736 with 100 watts barefoot. Thanks for all the fun and hope to make it to next year's test! |