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6F3A [photo/doc] |
This was a dxpedition to Perez Island NA-153, Yucatan, we have problems with 2 radios. We were 4 operators and we had to wait for our turn in the other 2 radios. |
7K1CPT |
Power 50W QTH Asaka-city Saitama-pref. Portable operate. Built Dipole Antenna on the Riverbank and QRV.. |
7K1MAG/2 |
I enjoyed the contest. I have operated in JA2 area. |
7K4AEA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
7L4FCN |
I enjoied this contest. TNX ! IC-7000M, 50W, 12mH Mobile Whip |
8J7M |
I enjoyed the contest on 20m. |
9A1TT |
5 ops operated remote from 5 countries. A great test of this single radio / single antenna station. We'll be back :-) |
9A2KI |
nice band condition on 40 and 20m bands ( for 80m cannot say because my dipol antenna is too low for DXs only 20m up - very QRM fom big guns EU stations.... |
9A9CW |
73 TNX |
AA7V |
CHECK LOG |
AC4G |
I elected to go Low Power: 160m - 87w; 80m - 95w; 40m - 100w. Friday night top band was is terrific shape and to my surprise, I worked many EU's with my 87w. Saturday night not so good on top band, but 80m was great to make many QSOs. Saturday morning I was surprised to work JT on 40m. Sunday morning was even more surprising as I QSO'd many JA's on 80m and a VR2 with 95w and no callers. Heard V85, but he could never hear me. I was receiving him S3-5 which was amazing for several minutes. Overall, thanks to many who had patience with my repeats just to make the logs. To those who were impatient, patience is a true virtue. Wish had more time, but time is hard to come by these days. Thanks all QSOs and best 73 from middle-TN. Until next year.... |
AD5A |
My first venture into LP in a while. I picked a good time to do it. Excellent low band conditions. 20m was also good with many QRP stations worked, 15m was not great and 10m was non-existant for me, but I missed an opening on Sunday afternoon to central and south america. It was an enjoyable contest. |
AF5SW |
1st ARRL INT. DX Contest CW |
AG5S |
I am submitting this log as a CHECK LOG only, Not for competitive score |
AH2R |
Our score is better than the last year's one. But we disappointed the condx of 10m and 15m. |
BD7LPD |
Rig: FT-817 Ant: 10 meters wire Key: UNI- 715 (A small paddle) Battery: 98Wh(8800mAh @11.1V) Logger: Writed on the paper, then generated Cabrillo log on 'b4h.net'. |
BG6TVZ [photo/doc] |
(no comments) |
CR3EE |
Elecraft K3 - 100 Watt TRIBander for 20-15-10 meter Dipoles for 40-80-160 meter |
CT1DRB |
This year choosed 40m just to test my magnetic loop antenna, with 100w wor ked 36 states, not so bad indeed, next year have to improve antennae. Best 73 all |
CU8AS |
ENJOYED SD LOG ENJOYED SD VERY MUCH |
DF5RF |
Running the K3 at 100W this time with dipole, vertical and tri-bander. 80/40 was better than expected, 15 was disappointig. There was a lot fo activity, thanks to everyone! |
DJ1AA |
IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Monoband Dipols Inv V for 80m & 160m 17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m |
DJ2IA |
IC-7300 100Watts Quad or Vertical |
DJ3GE |
100 Watt from TS130v + TL120 >> tuner AT130 >> 2 Ele.Mini.Yagi 11m high. |
DK0AE |
IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Monoband Dipols Inv V for 80m & 160m 17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m |
DK3YD |
Thanks to all US amateurs for an enjoyable ARRL DX contest; 73, Hans |
DK4LX |
Great contest, conds fair, mni 599 rprts, IC7600,100w, ZS6BKW, 3ele ya 20-10m |
DK7HA |
IC-703, K3/10; spiderbeam; lambda/4 verticals for 40 m and 80 m Thanks to the organizers for the contest and all who dug my qrp sigs out of the noise. This year 15 m was really absent here in the north not to talk about 10 m. Unfortunately, the heavy storm over Europe hit my antennas, which limited somewhat my effort. Nevertheless, it was as usual impressive how fast the US/VE stns, up to the west-coast, normally caught my call, thanks. |
DL2LDE |
150W and Sloper dipole Antene! Great Contest! Tnx! 73! |
DL4XU |
Kenwood TS-890, 100 Watt Ant. MP1 on balcony abt. 30 m over gnd. |
DL5CL |
TCVR: IC 7300, ANT: W3EDP |
DL6HCC |
Again it was a pleasure to take part, i had lots of fun ! |
DL7CX |
good activity on topband... I miss the category single band assited ... so only count for all band. |
DL9GRE |
More U.S. HAMs should call cq ! Not only KWatt-stations ! |
DM3XI |
Thank you for the contacts, OMs! |
DM4L |
We did great asuming the conditions. Also 40m was good. Almost nothing on 15m. But it was fun taking part as a team. |
DR4A |
Saturday very poor conditions on 15m and sunday real desaster. 20m and low bands were fair. |
DR4W |
Put some fresh meet in the air on sunday night. |
E73RB |
GREAT PROBLEM WITH LOCAL QRM,IT WAS IMPOSIBILE TO WORK |
EA1AER |
FT817 and multiband dipole |
EA2GM |
Thanks to all stations!!! Best 73!! Javier |
EA4BAS |
ICOM 7300 Dipole G5RV Long Version |
EA4M |
Testing my new call in a great contest like this was very funny.I wish to spend more time but I had to work in saint Valentine's dinner as I'm chef..... Thanks for a great contest.... See you next time... Bye 73 de Rick EA4M |
EA5XA |
One more year participating in my favorite CW contest. Unfortunately, we are at the bottom of the solar cycle. The 10 meter band closed and the 15 meter band with few conditions. I hope to repeat next year. Thank you all for answering my call. 73 - EA5XA Amadeo |
EA6NP |
ARRL member, looking for NE to complete WAS award, but no luck this time.... |
EA7X |
We had lots of fun like always. Sorry for not being able to copy very well on 160/80, but have no room for Beverage antennas at this site. 20/15 meters closed 2-3 hours earlier than in NW EU. Southwesternmost part of Eu is not always the best place to be at this time of the year. Nice dogfight with EI7M at the scores on line. Good score, mates, congratulations. Thanks to everyone for calling and to Pepe, EA7PP, to bear with us. 73 de EA7X @EA7PP, Jos Ramn |
ED8M |
SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO, SPE 1.3KFA, VERTICALS |
ED8W |
True old style SO1R operation. Enjoyed the contest and huge pile ups. Thanks everyone for a QSO. Big thanks to Mari EA8LF and Manolo EA8DO for allowing me to use the station and for their great hospitality. ED8W station plays very well and all the improvements made by station owners paid off. Looking forward to be QRV from ED8W soon. Miro OM5RW |
EE5X |
TS 130S , 100W , Inverted Vee multiband and 14 Mhz Moxon . |
EI7M |
Absolutely terrible weather from Storm Dennis, even for Ireland! Winds gusting to 120kph meant all telescopic towers were down at storm-safe height, impacting badly on 40m with the 3el very low. Antenna directions were controlled by our automatic wind alarm for the whole weekend - headings were not optimum (mostly set too far north) but near enough to be ok; in fact we may have accidentally benefited from Auroral conditions at times. We had lightning, hail, torrential static rain and even a little snow, quite an adventure! Low band conditions were excellent but we somehow missed mults on 160m. 15m was in good shape, although signals were mostly weak there were some good peaks. We even explored long path on Sunday and at some point in the weekend a W7 (WA) did say we were working that way. Not one signal heard/seen on 10m throughout the whole weekend. It was a very enjoyable weekend, especially with our visitors Olof G0CKV, Tore SM5DZB and Tomas SM0CXU. Thanks to all for the QSOs, running NA is a delight. |
EU1AI |
Tnx for ARRL Contest |
EU4U |
ew4am@tut.by |
EU6DX |
Used FT897d 25w + LW 42m |
EU8A |
73 |
EW1TO |
FT-991A 100W ANT LW GP |
F4CIB |
First ARRL DX CW. 2nd CW contest. Had great time on low bands with only 80m shorted dipole & R8. No QSO on top band (no antenna) and no QSO on 15 & 10 (no signal from NA) 73 de Franck, F4CIB |
F4GFT |
Easy does it |
F4VSE [photo/doc] |
100w from an ICOM IC-7300 into a 7 element multi-band yagi. Just for fun and to work some new US states. 73 de F4VSE |
F5GGL |
trcvx IC7700 pwr 100W ant steppir 3elts |
F5IQJ |
ELECRAFT K2 - 5 W - ANT VERTICALE GAP TITAN |
F5JU |
DIPOLES. |
F5MUX |
Thank you all for these 20 hours of pure happiness, even if the weather conditions were not optimal with this storm Dennis and the 4 power outages. |
F5SSI |
This little log just to permit to US stations to confirm their logs. I use only QRP power with home made kits and End Fed antenna. |
F6BNH |
great pleasure to operate in arrl ds contest because of propagation use only 20m but assisted and glad to work all states see you next in phone and if god will see you next year 73's |
F6EPO |
Pleasant propagation with many countries, at sunrise on the 80m only with only 90w and g5rv |
F8OOI |
Great contest but the propagation was a little rough. next year! 73s to all! |
FJ/W2RE [photo/doc] |
(no comments) |
G0AZH |
fun contest with some new ones |
G3NKS |
Very limited time and high local noise. But great fun. IC-7600 100W, G5RV for 80/40m, trapped vertical for 20m. |
G3PHO |
Could only operate for short periods over the weekend so not a serious entry! 20m was excellent on Sunday as was 80 on Saturday. Please to work a few USA/Canada on 160m but my low doublet cannot compete with the Big Guns on that band! Nothing heard on 10m. |
G3RKF [photo/doc] |
Desperately seeking SD for WAS. No luck, but great fun anyway. Thank-you ARRL for organising us. 73 to All the Team, de Terry G3RKF |
G3SNT |
ICOM 7400 100w and Multiband verticals for all bands |
G3SWC |
Not a serious entry, just a dabble- good fun! |
G3XSD |
CHECKLOG ONLY |
G3ZGC |
Mostly seraching. Nice to work CO and CA which are quite a disttance for me. |
G4BJM |
Amp problems so part time. Fixed on Sunday so had a good run to the end. |
G4BSW |
Only limited time spent but great fun |
G4BUO |
Very much a part-time entry and I was away both days so had no chance to work 15m. But ARRL CW is one of my favourite contests, so having helped Jamie M0SDV set up at M6T, I returned home and wanted to spend a little time on the air. I moved to this QTH last summer and there is plenty of work to be done, antennas are low-profile at the moment but I was amazed how well my doublet with its centre only 22ft high performed. This site slopes to the west which certainly helps, and I was able to run on 80, 40 and 20. Unfortunately no time to put up an antenna for 160. It was great to work many old friends in W and VE. |
G4DBN |
I used my Elad FDM-DUO barefoot single band 160m QRP at 4.6 watts into a tee antenna laid over a tree at 30ft with 130ft top, fed against a counterpoise consisting of a 30ft mast and 2m beam. Very pleased to make nine QSOs, there are some very good receive systems out there. Sad that there isn't a single-band QRP section to enter! Huge fun, and to the folks that pulled me out of the noise, thanks for having great ears. |
G4IUF |
Sat morning great conditions. down a bit Sunday. Enjoyed using SD |
G4LZD |
First ever ARRL contest |
G4NBS |
K3, 250W, 22m long Doublet or 20M Dipole @ 8M |
G4NXG/M |
Better conditions than expected and pleased to work Wyoming to complete my WAS on CW all-time. |
G4OZG |
Elecraft KX3, 10 watts, 80/40 trap dipole at 25 feet and a homemade 20M vertical at 8 feet with elevated radials. Perhaps should have used 5 watts and entered QRP. I had a problem with the log so hope it all works out ok! |
G7VTU |
With GALE force winds used just a 40m vertical, hard going at times. TNX for contacts. |
GM9A |
Winds up to 70mph, torrential rain, thunder and lighning made for bad contest condx. My beam was only 20 feet and just over the shack causing rf and assorted computer problems, so not a serious effort. Ended up trying to work as many states as possible - managed 53. |
GW4OKT |
Had to to take my vertical (40m) antenna down on Saturday night, due to high winds, so used 20m dipole! Made 192 Qs in All Bands, 81 Qs on 40m. |
HA2MN |
It was a real fun to take part in the contest. The propagation was acceptable, some new-to-general-log stations were also met. Many thanks for QSOs and hope to meet you next time. Rig TS-530SP 100 W ant end-fed wire 21 mtrs long - above flat roof. |
HA3DX |
Rig: YAESU FT2000 PA:HENRY 3K Premier Ant:205BA Thank's to All for QSO's Best regards from Hungary! |
HA4XH |
Rig: YAESU FT2000 PA:HENRY 3K Premier Antenna: Delta loop vert. polarized for 3,5MHz(NW-SE) Preselector from HA5IW improved significantly my RX quality and it solved the usage of my TX antennas with SDRPLAY RSP2. RX: 200m BOG for 300 degree made the different and my best score ever on 80 mts. Amazing condx Saturday morning. Never heard USA on 80 mts so clear. Thanks for nice QSO's! Bigest thrill was VY0ERC from NU, W7ZI from Oregon, WD0T from Soth Dakota and K0IDX from North Dakota as new states. |
HA4YF |
IC-706 5x41m centre fed wire 100W RF in an industrial neighbor (ALCOA) I have left out decades, multies were FLA, CAL ... HI |
HA6NL |
3el yagi * GP-s ICOM756pro 100w |
HA8CQ |
ICOM-746, Wire dipols |
HA9RP |
E-MAIL: ha9rp2011@gmail.com |
HA9TA |
E-MAIL: szalkotibor@gmail.com |
HB9AMO |
Better score than the previous years. Only few QSOs on 15 meters, 10m band was dead. My station is TS990 + amplifier and only wire antennas. No beam antenna available here. Great conditions on low bands, finally it was fun. |
HB9ARF |
Elecraft K3 100 Watts Antennas - Kelemen Dipole for 3.5 and 1.8 MHz Force 12 C-4s ( 2 elements on 14/21/28 MHz shortened Dipole on 7 MHz ) |
HB9CBR/P [photo/doc] |
I was activating a mountain in the Swiss prealps - while doing SOTA (summits on the air) on "SCHAFEGG" HB/BE-165. As the bands were crowded with contest stations i thought why not give it a try myself. Transceiver: KX2, Ant: INV-L 11.2 meters long, mounted on a 6 meter pole, power out was 5 watts/QRP. The 20 meter band was just fine to work some US and Canadian stations. I was only active for about an hour and only worked 22 stations. Thanks for copying my weak signal! Vy 73 s de Bruno HB9CBR/P on SOTA activation HB/BE-165 |
HB9CIC |
This year too, again excellent contest. Perfect to improve personal skills in CW. Limited propagations, no contacts on 15m and 10m. |
HB9DDZ |
Nice Contest.Only wkd with 100W, GP and LW.Never call CQ.Wkd mni of my new friends of CWOps. See you next year again. |
HB9LG |
Last chance before dismantling the 80/160m antennas on Sunday morning at HB9CA's QTH; not enough time/energy for an all bands participation, I settled for SOA 80m. The 400m Beverage did an excellent job in RX, the Vertical in TX was OK, I wished I had a more directive TX antenna. As I recently took over my father's (SK) license HB9LG for our club, I decided to use it; it just has a special sound to me so I was proud to bring back on the air. The cqcontest.net scores were extremely tight, that was really fun ! Marco HB9CAT |
HB9TSW |
1kW, 2el Yagi |
HC5DX |
Jim and I were hosted by David, HC5DX, at his fine location 8,300 feet (2400m) ASL. Great weather, great food, and great station! (M/S) using one rig. It was Jim's first contest doing "RUN" instead of S&P...and now he likes it! I was delighted with the discipline exhibited by most NA stations when we'd call out a partial call and callers would stand by...impressive! Thanks to everybody who worked us...what a trip!!! 73, de N4CW/HC5CWT |
HF2020PZK |
ic730 50W, ant inw v, Hand key |
HF5WIM |
I had a great time working W/VE stations on 40M using new vintage callsign HF5WIM (previously SP5DDJ). Working stations with 100W output were easier because I have mounted 2 element wire Yagi couple of days before pointed into States. 90% of stations called respond immediately even if the sigs were little above noise level. |
HI0LT [photo/doc] |
A big thank you goes out to my friend Tino HI3CC for making it possible to have a good call sign and not have to use HI3/KC1XX all weekend long. This was a higher score than I imagined would be possible from this QTH. I am staying at the Sosua Inn, in the town of Sosua, DR. It has a beautiful shot to the north right over the ocean but it is a city and the man-made noise on the low bands is absolutely incredible. I am on the fourth floor of the building with a beautiful view over the ocean to North America but the building is also filled with LED lighting and solar heaters etc. The Austrian owners of this place have been a tremendous support throughout. I have access to the roof and I was able to construct a 4 meter wooden tower with a steel mast to support a tri-bander that I brought from home. I strung 2x40 meters of wire across another roof and to a parking lot on the adjacent side. That was fed with open wire line. This antenna was used on 40, 80 and 160. On the roof, there is lots of solar power, and air-conditioning units that run all the time. I also have a power line on the street that looks like a very bad corroded mess. I apologize to the people that were calling me on the low bands that I could not hear but it was almost impossible to hear stations through the S-7 to S-9 noise I still managed to work a lot of stations on 80/160. Thank you so much for your patience with me on the low bands. I must also admit that operating by myself is a very different environment and I am definitely not used to it. Operating from home with large antennas in a multi contest is 180° out from this experience. When I went to 20 on Sunday afternoon and I got spotted, the pileup was so overwhelming that twice, I had to just get out of the chair and turn the volume down. At this point I was tired and I could not copy a thing anymore. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and I appreciate all the callers and multipliers. Again, a huge thanks for supporting our crazy hobby to my OE friends Gabi, Arnold and Kevin of the Sosua Inn. Their hotel looks amazing with Antennas on the roof. Tino, muchĂsimas gracias por tu ayuda con HI0LT. Bob, WA1Z thanks for spending lots of time on the phone trying to get my computer straightened out and my networking set up. VY73, Matt HI0LT (KC1XX) |
HL3AMO |
Not a Good propagation for simple long-wire antenna. |
I2BPP |
I2BPP RTX ELAD FDM DUO 5W QRP Ant. calc. tap wire 39m long 12m high |
I2RBR |
Equipment: KWD TS430S at less than 70W with 7MHz inverted V and Daiwa 518 tuner. 73 to all |
I2WIJ |
WAS worked in just one afternoon: amazing! |
I3LGP |
IC746+all bands antenna=2m antenna mast plus AH-4 automatic tuner |
I5CDF |
Very beautiful contest, incredible signals in low propagation conditions! |
I5NSR |
Excellent Contest, unfortunately the sun is in minimum activity, with a few hours of activity I have worked in many states, with wire antennas in 80 and 40 meters and an old TA36 for the other bands. See you next year ... |
II2S |
Thanks to the Patuzza contest Team! |
IK1JJM |
ITALIAN CONTEST CLUB |
IK2AIT |
I gave my call to 61 stations, not bad but almost. 73 Gio |
IK3SWB |
I ran this contest after a long time. Great participation. Unfortunately the propagation did not allow using 10m and I did few QSO on 15m from my QTH, not so clear to NA. Anyway, low bands was quite crowded. Thank you! Set up: Ten Tec Orion, Titanex V160HD & DHDL (for low bands), LZA 9-5 yagi. |
IK4AUY |
qth locator: JN54MI. Power out 500W, ant: inverted V dipole. Great conditions on 80m. Really enjoied. |
IK4MTF |
I worked during the contest with a Microvert Antenna for 20m band, only 1,5m long on a balcony at 4th floor of a building. Few hours but a lot of fun! |
IK4ZGO |
Station IR4X |
IR4E |
FANTASTIC CONTEST...no good condition...after 18 utc prop go down... some om not ask qrl before call in frequency...i was on "my"freq and some people begin cq contest without ask qrl or listen that the freq was in used...hi black list for me ...incredible some italian station....fortunaly few call: iz2flx and io2o call in my freq after 10 mintues about usa spot me in the freq. Also IT9RZU called on my freq...but i go on... the best was SM0HRP...TO HIM I WROTE A BAD EMAIL... 30 MINUTES call on my freq with 59 over signal and do not listen my qrl pse qsy... another big K1VUT after him called me ...done qso he qsy from 14030.5 to 14030.6 wowooooo...thanks so much... |
IR4Y |
GREAT FUN AS ALWAYS. THANKS. |
IT9DSA [photo/doc] |
Con molto ritardo, mi sono divertito, molta presenza di OM USA e Canada, solo 100watt Antenna G5RV e TS-140S |
IU1LCU |
IU1LCU ROOKIE ALL BAND HIGH POWER SINGLE OP |
IW3ILM |
I love this game. |
IZ2FME |
LOT'S OF FUN BUT CAN'T OPERATE AS I WOULD... JUST A FEW HOURS, BEST 73 DE IZ2FME N2FME MM0FME MiKi |
IZ3KMY |
livio.chiavegato@alice.it |
J35X |
Low power ( 100 W ) sucks in contests. Was run off of my CQ frequency at least 25 times by folks with a higher power than mine. Some knew I was using the frequency and just persisted and some did not know. RQ6Q and OH3X I can remember. 10 over S-9 signals. They obviously were not hearing me. LOL. I just moved on each time. LOL. It's frustrating though. Conditions were poor. Lots of weak sigs to try and pull out. Guess my signal was weak too because I was DUPED at least 25 times by folks who were already in my log but thought they were not and did not want to miss the MULTIPLIER. i just worked them again instead of giving them QSO B4. It never ceases to amaze me that I call for one station and many answer. What am I supposed to do? Drop the QSO I am trying to complete and QSO you? That would be highly unfair to everyone. The faster I finish a qso is the faster that I get to you. W9CIR and W9DX were not logged as QRM took out their signals and I guess they left. N4DX and a few others did not wait around to give me a requested repeat of their section/state report and were not logged as a result. This I find is happening too regular now. Otherwise, this time around, I found this contest experience to be frustrating and not as enjoyable as others in the past. Maybe it was my choice of category to blame. SOSB 80 LP . Thanks to the many stations who had the time and patience to contact me for the contest. It's appreciated. Good luck and 73. Derek - J35X |
JA0AVS |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA0BJY |
CNDX was fairly good. |
JA0BZY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA0IND/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1AVI |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1CRJ |
Thank you for QSO. |
JA1PIG |
CONDX SEEMED TO BE POOR |
JA1QIF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1TBA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA1UHJ |
Condx was not good but I have enjoyed the contest. |
JA1UOA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA2HYD |
Tnx FB Contest !! |
JA2KKA |
ICOM IC7100 100W Vertical Inv VEE |
JA3AVO |
SOSV |
JA3GZE/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA3LIL |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA3QOS |
High-Band condition were not good. |
JA3UWB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA3VOV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA4ENY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA4TUJ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA5CBU |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA6FCL |
Enjoy! |
JA7LLL |
Fun to have many QSOs more than last year. Thank you. |
JA7QVI |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA7SUR |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA8CXY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA8DJY |
Condex was not so good,but enjyoyed |
JA9EJG |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA9FHB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA9LNZ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA9LX |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JA9MAT |
I enjoyed the contest. See you next year! See you next year! |
JE1GZB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE1ILP |
TX: IC7300S, ANT: HF40CL |
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. I QSOed 29 stasions in 2020. 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! |
JE2DOD |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE3ECD |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE3EDJ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE4IVN |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE4JPQ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE6TUP |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JE6WGT |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1GZZ/2 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1LMB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1OPO |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF1TEU |
Due to poor propagation, I had QSO from the West Coast. |
JF1VNR |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF2AIA/4 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF2FIU |
Thank you all stations! |
JF3KCH |
FTDX5000(200W) & VD(10mh) I enjoyed the contest. I enjoyed the contest. |
JF3LOP |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF3PGW |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JF3ROH |
Thanks for the QSO. |
JG1LFR |
Thanks for patiently listening to my very weak signal. |
JG1LHB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JG1XIO |
I really enjoyed this contest. Thanks. |
JG2RFJ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JG3EHD |
RCVR;HRO-50T1 XMTR;Homemade Final6146 40Woutput ANT;InvisibleWhip 35mH |
JG6SRL |
Tnx the contest. |
JH0ILL |
RIGIC-7610 / ACOM 1000 ANT 2/4ELE YAGI |
JH0OXS |
3.1. Single Operator (use of spotting networks is NOT PERMITTED): 3.1.1.3. CW only 3.1.1.3. CW only |
JH1EYM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1HMC |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1KYA |
I vy enjoyed the contest. |
JH1LEM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1OGC |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1TJH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1UES |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH1VMM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH2GZY |
Thanks nice QSO. |
JH2KKW |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH3TCC |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH4CES |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH4FUF |
I enjoyed the contest. see you next year !! |
JH6IAG |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH6QIL |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH7IQQ |
I enjoyed this contest using a wire with ATU. |
JH7IXX |
I enjoyed this contest. |
JH7UJU |
FT817ND, 5watts. DP YAGI |
JH7VTE |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH7XGN |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH8CXW |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH8GEU |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH9CEN |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JH9FCP |
I enjoyed the contest. But condition was not good. But condition was not good. |
JI0WVQ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JI1ALP |
IC-7610 DP YAGI |
JI1HSV |
A struggle, worst contest conditions ever experienced. |
JI1NZA |
Condition of 40M at nights was good. I had more QSO than last year. |
JI1RSF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JI3KHN/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JI4WHS |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ0SFV |
using mobile whip ant. Thank you for picking up my weak signal. |
JJ0UJW/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ1IVX |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ1QLT |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JJ3JJL |
FTDX-5000MP 050W 2EL-YAGI,4ELYAGI |
JJ3TBB |
RIG is TS-850S and ANT is GP Power output is 50 watts or less |
JJ7ATA/1 |
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 |
JK7BEJ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK7DWD |
Many thanks to all who were patient with me pulling QRP calls. Every QSO is appreciated. (^_^) Operating QRP & homebrew antenna was great fun, but sometimes (often?) frustrating... CNDX was good. TNX QSO CUAGN 73 |
JK7UST |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JK8VPQ |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JL1EUP |
All Asian DX Contest |
JL1QDO |
Rig: FT-2000(100W) Ant: 4Band Vertical & Micro Vert(80m) |
JM1PIH |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JM2LEI |
I like DX QSO and contest. |
JM7GTK |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JN2QYN |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JO1WIZ |
IC-7300M (50 Watts) Loaded DP |
JP1GUW |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JP1JZR |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JQ1CIV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JQ1EPD/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JQ1TIV |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR0BQD |
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JR0GXA |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR1AKD |
Enjoy the contest |
JR1AQI |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR1LEV |
I enjoyed the contest. JST-245/DP |
JR1MEG/1 |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR1UJX/2 |
I enjoyed this contest with a FT-817 + ZS6BKW. |
JR2AWS |
RIG: YAESU FTDX5000MP+VL-1000 ANT: YAGI,DP,EH |
JR2BCF |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2EKD |
I enjoyed the contest by QRP. |
JR2PAU |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR2PMT |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR3GPP |
Thank you for listening to my weak signal !! |
JR3RIU |
Thank you for QSO. IC-7600 KPA500 |
JR4DAH |
I used QRP(5W)RIG |
JR6CSY |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR6IKD |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR7ANB |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR7ASO |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JR8NOD |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JS1NDM |
I enjoyed the contest. |
JS2KHM |
The contest was bad ondition. Very egrettable. Very egrettable. |
K0AL |
It was a great contest with tons of participants. Operating from the big gun station of K0AL made it even more fun for a couple of Hams normally restricted to using HOA-type antennas. Thanks Al for making your station available to us. K4EU & W2XYZ |
K0AU |
Surprisingly good conditions on all bands for the bottom of the sunspot cycle. S5 to Europe and S9 to Japan on 20M and 40M from the West Coast and strong South Americans on 15M. |
K0GEO |
What a privilege to work such incredible CW operators. Talk about fun! Thank you for the QSO's and BCNU next time. 73. |
K0JJR |
QSOs Points Mults 160m 0 0 0 80m 27 81 20 40m 55 165 37 20m 255 765 74 15m 52 156 28 10m 0 0 0 389 1167 X 159 = 185553 |
K0WOI |
First time I've operated this contest in a long time, was a lot of fun. Will be even better when the solar flux increases! |
K0XP |
I thought conditions were pretty poor, then remembered this was 160m I was working. Europeans who could be heard on the west coast with simple wire antlers were few and far between. The lack of Asian and Pacific participants was particularly disappointing; we west coasters rely on them to provide multipliers we don't get from loud Europeans. |
K0XX |
Great fun, as always. Tougher from three-story townhome in an HOA. Used a 67' long inverted L fed with homebrew 49:1 transformer for 40m-10m, manually bypassed transformer for 80m. Ran TS-590S at 100w.Thanks to all for pulling me out of the mud. 73 John K0XX Missouri |
K1GQ |
SkookumLogger K3S KPA1500 OB40-2 2XA-3B-12L wires Being fresh meat on Sunday generated some challenging pileups on 20 and 40. I was unable to spend enough time overnight to leverage the very good condi tions on 160 and 80. Digital operators seemed to be occupying more than their usual segments of the CW bands, I suppose to "prove" they can coexist with CW. Six bands with PJ2T, VP2MSS, VP9I. |
K1QO |
K3 at 95 watts into my wire antennas, one OCF oriented E to W, one OCF oriented N to S and a Delta Loop all put up in the winter here in Northern NH ....just a grandmother trying to have some fun on the radio and all that DX in one weekend what's not to love. Thanks everyone for putting up with me.... I tried calling CQ for tiny periods of time but geesh...CW is NOT a primary language for me and when someone continually comes back to me at 38-40 WPM and it's some wierd call sign what do you expect!!! 73/88 de Ann K1QO |
K2MFY |
Only stayed on 20 meters. Finally got some great openings to Europe in the morning and JA in the late afternoon. Who needs sunspots! |
K2MRK |
100 watts to a 66â?? end fed wire up 15â??. 6 hours of operation. Not too bad considering. |
K2RR |
STILL THE GENTLEMEN'S BAND, PROPAGATION SO DIFFERENT FROM 80M |
K3ABE |
ftdx-1200, al811, atr30 and g5rv at 30 feet |
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 operated Multi-2 in the 2020 ARRL DX CW. At start, 40m. was good to EU; N3UM got 253 Qs 00-04Z, 201 of them running. On 80m. it was slow but steady; W3GB hit all workable spots on the band map, mults first, and got 148 Qs by 0544Z QRT, with 142 mults on both bands. At 1421Z Sat. 20m. was good; N3UM got 54 Qs and 47 mults in 1 hr, mostly EUs. He then had a non-radio obligation till 0040Z. W3GB got on 20m. 1640-2300Z for 163 Qs and 44 mults. At 23Z we had 91 ctys on 20m, 86% of our final 106. After 0040Z we were both on. N3UM got 86 Qs on 40m. by 02Z, 25 running. Then from 02-04Z he found 160m. good; he got 100 Qs and 53 ctys. W3GB made 87 Qs on 80m. and 13 on 40m. by 05Z QRT. N3UM got on 20m. Sun. AM 1350-1630Z. He had meant to run EUs, but never did since clicking spots was so fast; 186 Qs at 70/hr! There were no good run freqs anyway. Many of the CQing EUs were 100W, some even 5W. From 18Z to the end, each of us jumped among 3 bands, 40, 20, and 15m, and for no reason we each made exactly 117 Qs. W3GB was on 18-00Z and got the most Qs and some rare mults on 20m. N3UM was on 1915-2230Z and got the most Qs on 40m. We each got ~half of the 15m. Qs and mults. Our claimed score in 26.5 hrs. was above ours of 2019 in 30 hrs, but a bit below 2018 in 29.5 hrs. |
K3TW |
"Band conditions were excellent for QRP (5 watts output)." |
K4EES |
I had a ball! |
K4PV |
All, I had a good time, however, with flu / cold symptoms........ Still trying to get a better understanding of operating SO2R with the Flex 6600M and the Power Genius Amplifier... Regards. Jim K4PV |
K4WI |
Strange contest indeed! Nothing at Friday evening startup. Saturday morning a lot of noise coming from the north but no signals. Called CQ Test for hours.... nada! Jumped down to 15 mtrs and it was wall-to-wall S-9 signals.... so why is 10 so dead? Finally at 2130 I heard and barely worked PJ2T and PY2UDB for a grand total of two worked for the day! Sunday morning still npisy to the north but at 1530 ZF1A blows in at 20/9... a good sign. Caribbean stations starting showing up along with a few South Americans. But at 2030 10 was completely dead again... Stuck around hoping for ZL/VK but nothing. The Solar numbers were quite bit better than CQWW CW end of November but worked way more then than this week end. Go Figure! Anyway thanks for the Q's 73's Cort K4WI |
K5DD |
Rig: Flex 6600M Antenna: Hy-Gain AV680 |
K5XU |
Ran 100 watts and a wire for all contacts. |
K5ZD |
Great first day, but then we ran out of new people to work. This contest is hard when you don't have 10 and 15 meters to work with - no matter how good the low bands! |
K6FA |
It was fun to be back, been off for a few years. |
K6ICS |
Confused by number cuts. |
K6NR |
Very much enjoyed the good 80 meter conditions, especially on Friday night. Thanks for the QSOs everyone. Dana, K6NR |
K6WSC |
That was fun. Here in AZ, Saturday brought a nice early morning opening to Europe. The 20m opening to Europe on Sunday morning was fantastic. In the gray line, itâ??s fun to have enhanced low band propagation to Asia all the while stations in the eastern US fall away. Itâ??s a great time to reflect on how the love of radio unites us across the globe in this wonderful hobby. 73, Bill K6WSC |
K7ABV |
had fun as usual, however , my 40 meter 2 el beam went belly up, would not load, so something wrong, now need boom truck sometime to see what is going on..so I used my trusty vertical for 40 meters, worked ok for the most part..kinda miss the beam, but, in time should get it fixed or replaced...tnx for all the q's again...contesting since 1957 and still enjoy it... |
K7ACZ |
Rig: IC-7610, Ant: F12 C33 yagi at 80 ft 10 & 15 mtrs dead. Made a few QSO on 40 but not enough to use. |
K8GL |
Super contest! Thanks for the QSO's. Thanks to the QRP stations for calling in. |
K8RCT |
Wow, the bands really opened up this weekend. Both 40 and 15 meters were surprisingly active. It gives me hope for improved conditions going forward in 2020. |
K8TS |
Conditions up and down, but mostly up, good participation, couple ATNO. |
K9GY |
Had fun! |
K9LA [photo/doc] |
I wanted to see how many DXCC entities I could work on 40m and 20m with my vintage Viking Ranger II (50W out) and Drake 2-B. The 40m antenna was an inv-vee at 45ft and the 20m antenna was a small tri-bander at 40ft. Ended up with 79 (claimed) entities. I sure wasn't first in any of the pile-ups. There were a number of weak signals that were running a kilowatt, and I couldn't work them (JT, DU, P3, 4X, etc). I also couldn't work some "common" entities (FJ, PJ7, YV, GI, OX, etc) - they couldn't hear me. 10 more dB from an amp would have certainly helped! |
K9VER |
Had a blast and a new high score for me.. |
KA0PQW |
fun contest just didn't have much time this weekend. Thanks for having it. 73 Matt ka0pqw |
KA3PCX |
1st cw contest, fun! |
KA3TTT |
I worked my first DX! |
KB2MMI |
just trying out first CW contest! |
KB4IRR |
I was at Bunch Hollow Conservarion Area in Carroll County Missouri. It was fun! |
KC4LZN |
Wow, 10 was open... that was fun! |
KC6ZBE |
Here's hopping for some propagation. Always loved CW. Hope everyone had fun! 73! |
KD2KW |
Represents more time in the operating chair than anything else. |
KD8W |
Got some DX!, had fun, tnx for sponsoring. |
KE0TT |
K3/10 driving a Ten Tec to 50 watts out. Wire antennas. Wow, I don't recall 80M going long and strong like it did Sat night.... worked stations in South Africa, Guam, Japan, and many places in between. Was a fun surprise. Thanks for the Q's, and C U next time. 73, Dan ke0tt |
KE1VT |
KE1VT Log 100w |
KE5LQ |
2020 ARRL DX CW CONTEST |
KF2O |
low bands terrific. remarkable improvement from conditions one week earlier |
KF5ALL |
ALL NOT RLL |
KF7E |
first time with N3FJP logger. 20m Sunday was super. |
KH6AQ |
100W to an inverted-vee up 45' |
KH6FHI |
change Hawaii to State rather than dx entity |
KM7DX |
Fun contest with some amazingly good operators. Some of the faster operators challenged my copying abilities. Seems the faster operators could have slowed down a bit from time to time and that would enhance both stations to increase scores. Thanks for a great contest!! |
KN3O |
KX3 with AX1, 15 watts out from apartment balcony. At least I submit contest log again after moving to CA. |
KP2BH |
Third contest as qrp station on 160. Very good propagation to North america and very very low noise.upgrade to my inverted l antenna radials work.73's |
KQ2M |
Wonderful propagation for bottom of the cycle and a great JA run on Saturday evening! Thanks to all the DXpeditions for their mults and qso's Great to see old friends again and make new ones. Tnx for the qso's! 73 Bob KQ2M |
KQ7TJ |
Made some nice DX with only 90 Watts into 20 M Dipole and multiband Dipole for 40 M. Most exciting contact was getting through the pileup to ZM1A. |
KS7T |
Sunday was way better than Sat. here sigs really picked up on 20 and was wkg 5 watt JAs like in the old days but no lp EU on 40 and only big gun JAs - that doesn't jive with the theory about no sun spots but 15 being almost dead and 10 being totally dead here does, hi! |
KV8Q |
What a good event without any sunspots. I couldn't believe the JA's on 20 meters around local sunset times. It's hard to believe that I am actually heard with this antenna setup here in my condo. It's not like the days when I had gain antennas but it's still lots of fun. Thanks - 73 tom Rig = TenTec Eagle @ 100 Watts Antenna = Mag Loop (40 thru 15) and an Isotron-80 in attic 12' above garage floor and an indoor 10 meter dipole. |
KW8N |
Got in some good practice with European runs. |
LA3RK |
Short entry. 80 meter antenna blew down late saturday evening. |
LA8OM |
MY ONLY OPERATIONAL ANTENNA WAS THE 40M/80M TRAP DIPOLE, THUS I JOINED IN BRIEFLY EARLY MORNING AND LATE NIGHT TO HAND OUT SOME POINTS. IN MEAGER CONDITIONS, ONLY THE BIG GUNS COULD BE HEARD. SET-UP: K3, EXPERT 1.3K-FA, ALPHA DELTA DX-DD DIPOLE. |
LQ3D |
From South America, the condx were very dicile, I could not make the contest all the hours allowed for my category, I only operated the hours where I calculated the propagation window to be able to communicate with the W and VE zones. My antenna is a 3 ele yagi for three bands raised to 71 feet, power used 300 watts, icom 746 pro, N1MM and bencher key. This contest is one of the most beautiful together with the CQWWCW and the WAE CW! Thank you very much to all the colleagues who work in the ARRL and thanks to these HAMs we can hold these contests! 73 ed LQ3D-LW3DG |
LU1DZ [photo/doc] |
El primer Multi-single Argentino, se hizo desde Adrogue. LU1DAY Team Este concurso de radioaficionado era organizado por la ARRL. Consistia en comunicar con la mayor cantidad de estaciones de posibles de Estados Unidos. Categoria multisingle, significa, varios operadores y una estación. Viernes de febrero del año 1965, pasada la media tarde en la casa de mi padre Don Urano Silva - LU1DAY en Adrogue, cuando arribo Jorge Bozzo LU8DQ, acompañado de su amigo el Ingeniero Raul Jorge Naveiro LU8DLK quien seria el cuarto compañero en el debut de las aventuras concurseras. Para nuestra sorpresa lo unico que trajeron armado era la fuente de alta tension para el lineal y un OFV "diferencial" variable en 9 MHz y mezcla de Xtales para cada banda y un transmisor Globe Chief con 2 x 807. El resto..., todo listo para empezar a cortar el chassis, hacer los agujeros, construir las bobinas, etc. Mamita querida...!!!. No obstante ello empezamos en horario con 100 W y pasada la medianoche entraron en servicio las 2 x 813 en reja masa en 40 m, con mas de 2,5 KV para una potencia que suponiamos cercana a los 600 Watts de salida. Para ese entonces la potencia maxima permitida era de 1.000 Watts de entrada medidos en la etapa de salida E . I = Watts. Globe Chief La conmutacion TX/RX la realizabamos a mano con una tecla de luz convencional y un relevador Monico. Fue esta la primera ocasion en la que escuche una estacion W en 160 m y para mi sorpresa, no fue la unica que logramos comunicar. Despacito, despacito arrimamos el bochin a 3.000 QSOs entre los dos fines de semana. En ese entonces anotabamos en unas planillas los multiplicadores por bandas y con un receptor separado con una antena secundaria, le tomabamos el pulso a las demas bandas para acertar el momento justo al cambio de banda. Lamentablemente las planillas despachadas por el correo de Bernal el ulltimo dia permitido, nunca llegaron a destino y luego pudimos observar con gran desencanto que hubiaramos logrado el primer puesto mundial en la categoria Multi Single. Ya para el a¤o 1.966 estuvimos mejor preparados. Las bobinas estaban mejor hechas y montadas y el alambre largo terminado se convirtio en una V horizontal con el agregado de un segundo brazo en la posicion adecuada, y en esta ocasion los operadores de LU1DAY recibimos el titulo de "Operador del Mes" una distincion propuesta por el Departamento de Comunicaciones de la ARRL a la vez que alcanzabamos el tercer lugar en el mundo y primero en America del Sur. En esta oportunidad iniciamos nuestras experiencias con una antena vertical de 5/8 de longitud de onda para 160 mts, es decir unos 105 m de altura, levantada con un globo que algun amigo habia hurtado en el Servicio Meteorologico y que muy secretamente trajo envuelto en papel madera como una maravillosa contribucion a este esfuerzo alocado. Recuerdo que los Ws llegaban S9 + en el instrumento, casi increible en esa banda. Para elevar el globo, cuando podiamos utilizabamos gas helio y sino hidrogeno que era peligroso pero mas barato. Tomabamos todas las precauciones al manipularlo y habiamos dejado algunos metros de soga de nylon entre la punta de la antena y el globo propiamente dicho. La tierra estaba construida con una serie de jabalinas distribuidas en el terreno y un alambre de 1/4 de onda que durante la noche desenrrollabamos saliendo de la casa por la puerta principal y que llegaba hasta el cordon de la vereda. Siempre uno montaba guardia en la entrada, no fuera cosa que algun trasnochado o madrugador terminara enganchado y por eso pudieramos perder algun QSO...!!!. Que lindo se veia el compas del Morse en el tubo fluorescente que le habiamos adosado...!!!. Recuerdo que una noche mi abuela llego gritando que habia "una luz mala en el cielo", pobre vieja que susto se pego. Los a¤os, mas de diez, se fueron sucediendo y nos aventuramos a otros concursos como el CQ WW, WAEDXC, All Asian, etc., siempre con el espiritu de competir para divertirnos y si fuera posible, haciamos todo lo necesario para lograr buenas ubicaciones finales. Apegados a las reglas, respetando las divisiones de modos y bandas y sin exceder la máxima potencia autorizada, lograbamos buenas ubicaciones, plaquetas, diplomas y medallas que aun hoy enorgullecerian a cualquier concursero de alma. Por Alberto Urano Silva ex LU2DKG y LU1DZ (sk).- De los mensajes de Uranito Hace unos años llevo con orgullo la distintiva que fue de mi amigo y maestro de radio, gane varias veces el concurso y siempre lo dedico a la memoria de mi amigo Alberto Urano Silva. Gabriel Cornejo - LU1DZ |
LU6UO |
QRN STORM. Generally condx fine between 13.00 z to 23.30 z here. |
M0BPQ |
A part time entry for me fitting around visitors and my six year old son coming into the shack to paint my face whilst I was on the air. I realise that my cw is getting rusty so apologies to those I had to get repeats from. Lots of fun and looking forward a more serious effort in the SSB leg with the Scouts at GB2GP |
M0HOM |
Unexpected outcome with a single Inverted L! TU all. 73 |
M1DDD |
60 ft EFLW fed at top via 9:1 UNUN at 6m AGL. Sporadic storm conditions (Storm Brendan in UK). Great activity and signals. Part time effort SnP only |
MM0T |
10 did nothing, 15 did little, 20 was ok but conditions on 40 and 80 seemed better than usual. Sadly, Storm Dennis bust my doublet at about 21:00 on Sunday. Working with simple antennas this year, hoping to do better in future. |
MW0IDX |
Easy to participate with SD logging S&P only. Furthest West I worked was Indiana & Texas |
MW6M |
What an amazing contest. Fantastic propogation right across North America to the West Coast both days, and great pile-ups with Hexbeam, dipoles and 100W. Really enjoyed it 73 Rich GW4BVJ/MW6M |
N0AX |
I'd like to thank the ionosphere for staying relatively quiet this weekend, since that let us take advantage of what little flux there was. I'd also like to thank 10 meters for a cameo appearance on Sunday. We had a terrific weekend, worked a lot of folks, ate well (especially on Saturday due to K7JOE's rib eye roast) and didn't manage to break anything. A very good contest at the solar minimum! |
N0CC [photo/doc] |
This was a first shot in the ARRL DX CW. Intent was to have fun and fill in some blanks for the DXCC-CW. I fulfilled that goal, especially the fun part. Conditions were pretty good and the new linear performed flawlessly. I'll be back next year. |
N0HF |
Marv W0PSY setup his station here to try out his new KPA500 and use my antennas, we were originally going to do M2 but couldn't get things ready in time, so after quite a few years away from contesting he returned with a good showing. single op I worked on some improvements, he's my close neighbor we'll be doing this more often! |
N0JK |
Saturday was very slow on 10 M in the ARRL CW contest with almost no spots and few contacts reported by contestants. Not surprising with a sunspot number of zero and the solar flux of 71. But Sunday 10 Meters popped open ! I was surprised to find 10 Meters open to the Caribbean Sunday morning. ZF1A was coming in with a 559 signalâ?? at 1725z. I called a bunch but... and also heard 8P5A later in and out of the noise; but no luck with either for a contact. My 5 watts with the 1/4 wave whip were not enough this time. It was nice to hear some DX signals on 10 in the contest. The opening appeared to me to be sporadic-E. Usually direct F2 on 10 is very loud. These signals were not with considerable QSB. ZF is also pretty close in to Kansas for direct F2 on 10, but a good double hop Es range. Stations within one hop Es range of the DX stations in the southeast USA did much better. DX Maps is consistent with Sporadic-E. After striking out on 10, I dropped down to 15 Meters. Many very loud Central America and Caribbean stations. I worked a very loudâ?? V47T at 1829z on 21.026 MHz. This was with the 1/4 wave 10 M whip and no tuner, so power was probably a watt or so. |
N1AIA |
Someday I'll have good antennas. |
N1AM |
Great contest this year |
N1EN |
Sadly, sometimes work must take precedence over play.... |
N1ILZ |
Lots of fun in my first CW contest |
N1MM |
We had a few hardware issues. Nothing major but isn?t there always something? That said our antennas worked GREAT! The 4 element SteppIR at 70 ft was fantastic! We were beating big stations in pileups. The 3 element 40 KLM was better than I ever expected. The best performance it has ever given us. The 80 vertical was as good as I could have hoped for a single element full size vertical. If we could hear them, we worked them. The 160 vertical worked quite well, many contacts and mults for a limited time on the band. On the down side, we were without the beverages. Thankfully listening conditions were mostly quiet. Both of the 2 wire beverages were taken down by the heavy winds, ice and MANY trees that fell on them. Anyone need firewood?? In the visible portion of the property here with a bit over 9 acres, we lost over a dozen trees. Lots of clearing to be done? I hope everyone had a chance to get on and play a bit! |
N1NN |
16TH ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST |
N2EY |
Could only do a few hours but great fun. |
N2FF |
Lost 80 dipole in a wind storm so used the tunner in thenK3 to get some RF into the 40 meter dipole and made 5 QSOs on Friday night. Lost about three hours of prome time Saturday moring trying solve the frozen mouse problem on the new 2 week oldwireless mouse. Finally checked the battery whiich was only 0.8v. Wow! Had to run off to Staples for new AAAs. Conditions were much better than expected after that as I packet pounced for a total of 15.2 hours. The madenening thing was to hear so many JA stations on 40 Saturday night and not be able to work any of them. Seems I have no lobes going NW on that band. I havve never worked JA EVER on 40. Thanks to all the folks with good receeivers who heard my 100 watts. |
N2JNZ |
running 1 watt to a ZeroFive 40 meter vertical |
N2OO |
Tons of Fun as usual! |
N2TO |
Yaesu FT-857D, Envirotronic Iambic Paddle, 20M vertical half wave end fed wire antenna with qtr wave counterpoise, MFJ-901B tuner. Thanks to all the ops who worked me on 20 Meters. |
N2WK |
Worked 94 DXCC's in 21 hours. Lots of fun, great conditions. Thanks for all the Q's. |
N3FB |
My first attempt at a CW contest. I was intimidated at first, but overcame the fear and had a blast! |
N3RN |
Could have doubled my score, but I will never be quick enough for this contest. |
N4ARY [photo/doc] |
Wow, my first ARRL DX CW! What a blast to work so much DX in one day with my simple 100W station and some wire in the trees. I lasted as long as I could. Can't wait for the next great contest! |
N4BAA |
Super Inter-galactically STELLAR feeling to be somewhat back on the air. and a tuner, but oh so nice to see so many familiar calls on the air! See you soon with all the antennas hooked up.... racing OLD MAN WINTER and lost the race.....Plan to have them ALL hooked up very soon.. (Weather permitting)!!! GO SMC!!! |
N4BP |
2020 ARRL DXCW |
N4EFS |
Check Log only |
N4UM |
500W to a severely bent 135 ft. end fed stealth wire at 20 feet in an HOA. Too old to pull an all-nighter. Total operating time was 10.5 hours with about 6 spent the first night on 160/80/40 and the remainder on 20 and 15 the next day. Heard nothing on 10. 15 was flakey. 20 was in good shape. |
N5JJ |
Fun weekend but Sunday afternoon was brutal. Thank God for the JA's. |
N5PV |
I worked this contest for a few hours with a marginal setup and had better results than expected. I used a 40 meter dipole that was supported in the center by my kid's play house and on the ends by a wooden privacy fence. Some points of the wire were only 4 feet above the ground, but I managed to work 22 countries on 40 meters! |
N6AN |
QRP portable operation on the Caltech campus grounds Saturday and along the LA river channel in Studio City Sunday. Log was created from a paper log. I entered each frequency manually, but N1MM did register them. |
N6HI |
Ran QRP (1/2W Saturday, 5W Sunday) to 20 Foot End-Fed Random Wire. Popped in and out of my station, likely missed some good times, but I was lucky enough to make some 15 meter contacts, and I made WAC on Sunday. (EU and AF can be challenging from Arizona with my station). For a part-time effort, I was pleased with the results considering the solar conditions. Thanks to all for your patience and the QSOs. Some amazing operators heard this year, as always in this great contest. GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS! 73, John H6HI |
N6IC |
I can feel the new cycle coming... time was actually 8 hrs... |
N6RO |
Allow SINGLE BAND UNLIMITED category, as most other major contests do. |
N8BJQ |
QSO'S FROM 0108 TO 0146 INCLUDED FOR CHECKING. LOG IS 20M ONLY |
N8II |
Conditions were the best I can ever remember on 80M into EU! 160, 40, 20 were also better than expected. It was great to top 1000 Q's on 20 with LP. 15 was marginal to EU both days with a 15-20 minute run on Sunday. |
N8JLM |
This was a fun contest, as I tried to get a couple more countries in CW. |
N9RV |
Great low bands! |
NA4CW |
Just DXing on 160 a bit. Logged it by hand since I didn't plan to make many Qs. |
NA6MG |
CHECKLOG |
NA6O |
Best part was having new CWop K6KM jack in with me for an intense training session at the start of the contest. Great way to teach and great way to learn! |
ND9M/KH2 |
Operated portable from Clipper Landing at the Guam Naval Base. |
NN5T |
I have a mixed feelings, can't wait for the next solar cycle but 160/80 is so wonderful with zero SSN. |
NP2X |
9A1A nominated for the worst key clicks of the contest... |
NR0R |
QRPp 100 milliwatts Every contact I made was using 100 milliwatts output power. Milliwatting makes each QSO more challenging, but each QSO also becomes MEGAFuN! |
OA4SS |
Ten meters never opened from Peru. |
OE1VMC |
RIG YAESU FT-857D ANT 80m Inverted-V 2x17m at 8m AGL ANT 20m Quarterwave Vertical at 6m AGL 80m Mults = MA NH PA VA NC MD PE, No. of QSOs = 11 (15x33 Pts) 40m Mults = DE MI PE ON, No. of QSOs = 4 (15x 4 Pts) 20m Mults = ON DE NY MI VA NC, No. of QSOs = 6 (15x18 Pts Raw Score: 63 Qpts x 15 Mults = 945 one or more QTHs in the copied exchange not recognized Log received at: 2020-02-16 23:33:12 UTC |
OE2BZL |
Hello the following message is wrong: "Operator: SINGLE-OP Created from Number of operators question (Answer: Only one) Assisted: NON-ASSISTED Created from Spotting assistance question (Answer: No) Power: HIGH Created from Highest power question (Answer: More than 150W)" But in my log file I corrected and resubmitted: CATEGORY-OPERATOR: Only one CATEGORY-ASSISTED: No CATEGORY-POWER: More than 150W To me it looks like that during repeated submissions the corrected file was not uploaded again. 73s, Knut OE2BZL |
OE2S |
only part time operation due to other obligations and some station repair work. Nice condx on the low bands. |
OH/M0CFW |
Thanks to station owner Seppo OH1VR. This time I was given an access to his station whole 48 hours during the contest. My target was making more than 1k qso and beat OH6NV score in 2009. At the end both are achieved. I have to admit I missed sunrise on Saturday as I was so tired and had some napâ?¦.. It was too late for 160/80 but 40 was better than during night. Great rate on 20 (but not like 200 of course) till 20z, then bits and pieces on 80 and 40 makes approx 700 Qs at 24 hours. At that times it is likely to reach 1k Qs. Sunday started more or less same, difficult night time, again some nap but awake at sunrise. I did not feel better propagation during sunrise, signal level was almost same as night time and not much increase of multiplier. 20 started ok in the afternoon but quickly deteriorated and I felt 1k Qs is unlikely. I decided to go out for walk as it was nice weather after heavy storm in the morning. An hour later start again on 20 and rate went back up very slowly. I was staying on 20 a bit longer till 21z and reached 1k. Then got nice rate on 40 and 80 afterwards. I missed 15m openings if any. I checked every half an hour during day time in OH time but heard only EU/AF station. 73 Kazu M0CFW, MJ5Z, JK3GAD |
OH1XX |
In Sunday at 0407Z went an 1-hour QRT due high wind wet static QRN. Still some EU-stns have a terrible clix. Also someones came 500Hz below start a contest call with clix. In last hours got a EU-jammer from S.West direction, but not missing anything, only three Q's. My TX-ant. a single 3-bands top roof vertical, and RX-ant. a HI-Z8 160M 8-square. 73's Hannu OH1XX |
OH2KI |
First night ok, then few QSOs. |
OH2PQ |
Thank you to OH2BAH for letting me use his station again |
OH5MQ |
RIG: Kenwood TS-520S PWR: 80 W ANT: 80 m horizontal loop |
OH5UQ |
TS590 + PA 500 W 40 GP |
OH7KBF |
ARRL DX CW Contest 2020 |
OK1DKR |
TOO BAD THAT 15+10MB WERE DEAD ON MY SIDE. |
OK1FKD |
ELECRAFT K2-5W, ant. LW 42m |
OK1WSL |
PWR 100W Ant Trap. Dip. |
OK2LF |
ARRL CW 2020 |
OK2MBP |
Rig[s] IC-756PROIII-100W, Antena[s] 3.el.YAGI,Dipol 2x40m |
OK2PBG |
ARRL International DX Contest CW 2020-02-15 00:00 UTC - 2020-02-16 23:59 UTC |
OK5ET |
FTDX3000 + PA 400W, 21m Vert +4 small RX ANTs |
OK7KW |
IC756 + tribander |
OL6D |
REmote Flex3000 + RF-KIT 1,3kW + 4SQ |
OM2DT |
TS590sg, LW |
OM3CDN |
Rig: FT-277ZD, max output 100 watts, Dipole inverted V. |
OM5WW |
PWR : 100 W, ANT..: multiband deltaloop |
ON5WL |
The propagation was good on 80 m and there was much activity so I could make many QSO.I worked Arizona. I enjoyed the contest. Till next year. 73 Leon ON5WL |
OZ1DTF [photo/doc] |
I have moved to a small QTH surrounded by noise sources so limited possibilities. Despite using just 13m L-shaped end-fed wire and low power I had fun thanks to good conditions on 40. As I am now an "old-timer" it is nice to sharpen the brain with some CW. 73 de OZ1DTF (ex. SM5CDY). |
OZ3SM |
Rig: Elecraft K3/P3, SSPA: 600 W Ant: 160-30 M Vertical Loop; 20-10 M Hexbeam |
P40SW |
Great event! Bands were pretty good! Kilo Three Scotch Whisky.... |
PA0JLS |
Another contest during a heavy storm. Inverted L (GM0ONX) and vertical OK. Expirenced a lot of problems to get throug the high pwr European stations. Worked my way thru and had fun on the keyboard. Conditions OK on all bands except 10 and 15 mtrs no signal at all. Tnx for the Q's su all nxt time. 73 Hans /pa0jls |
PA0O |
ARRL CW the mother of all contest 40 year ago we were using PA0GN handwritten log and dub sheet ... Nasty Dennis again storm and rain |
PA0RBA |
GREAT OPS, GOOD ACTIVITY! 73 FROM HOLLAND, RIENUS, PA0RBA |
PA0RHA [photo/doc] |
As always nice/good contest |
PA0VAM |
Lots of activity at the lower (40m & 80m) bands. Realy enjoyed it. |
PA0ZAV |
Fun to work qrp on 20m with the g5rv antenna |
PA2CHM |
used SD for post contest logging |
PA2REH [photo/doc] |
Almost no condx on 15m. but managed to wordk some stations with only 100W and dipole. SRi for some dupes, signals were vy weak. Thanks to all for qso, gd dx, 73 |
PA2RU [photo/doc] |
I had lots of fun during this contest. 10 was dead ;( on 15 only some signals from inside the EU and South America , but nothing from North America.. No antenna for 160m |
PA3DRL |
ic-7300 |
PA3GCV |
FT-1000-D, ant. Endfed 20,40,80m.at 10m. See you all next year. |
PA3GYK |
arrl cw qrp |
PA4J |
Thanks for the contacts.Equipment usd : FTDX3000 & wiredipole under the attic. |
PA4WM |
Stormy weather this weekend prevented the crank-up tower to be raised, but I had lots of fun participating some hours on 80m to 15m. Worked most of the states, but never heard WY Nevada for instance. Nice contest and lots of activity. 73 Martin PA4WM |
PA5GU |
Big spread-out on 20 meters going as far as 14,200 |
PD0HF [photo/doc] |
(no comments) |
PD1B [photo/doc] |
START-OF-LOG: 3.0 LOCATION: DX CALLSIGN: PD1B CLUB: 26 CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW CATEGORY-OPERATOR: ONLY ONE CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NO CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-MODE: CW CATEGORY-POWER: 150W or less CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CATEGORY-OVERLAY: NOVICE-TECH CLAIMED-SCORE: 6603 OPERATORS: PD1B 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+ 1.0.8152.0 QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0828 PD1B 599 25 AA7A 599 AZ QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0834 PD1B 599 25 K1IR 599 MA QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0837 PD1B 599 25 N2NT 599 NJ QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0840 PD1B 599 25 W3LPL 599 MD QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0844 PD1B 599 25 K3LR 599 PA QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0852 PD1B 599 25 K4TCG 599 TN QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0858 PD1B 599 25 N4WW 599 FL QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0912 PD1B 599 25 K1ZZ 599 CT QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0917 PD1B 599 25 NR4M 599 VA QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0920 PD1B 599 25 K1IRE 599 MA QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0926 PD1B 599 25 AA4LS 599 ME QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 0957 PD1B 599 25 K3ZO 599 MD QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 1001 PD1B 599 25 K1JB 599 ME QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 1013 PD1B 599 25 W2YCE 599 NJ QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 1022 PD1B 599 25 N5DX 599 NY QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 1026 PD1B 599 25 KI1G 599 RI QSO: 7000 CW 2020-02-16 1029 PD1B 599 25 K1TTT 599 MA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1150 PD1B 599 25 KQ2M 599 CT QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1153 PD1B 599 25 KC1XX 599 NH QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1155 PD1B 599 25 N2RC 599 NY QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1200 PD1B 599 25 NY6DX 599 NY QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1207 PD1B 599 25 W3LPL 599 MD QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1210 PD1B 599 25 AA4LS 599 ME QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1211 PD1B 599 25 W2FU 599 NY QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1215 PD1B 599 25 W4CB 599 VA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1216 PD1B 599 25 K1IR 599 MA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1219 PD1B 599 25 KU2M 599 NJ QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1220 PD1B 599 25 W8FJ 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1222 PD1B 599 25 K1KI 599 CT QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1225 PD1B 599 25 KR2AA 599 NY QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1226 PD1B 599 25 KI1G 599 RI QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1243 PD1B 599 25 K1ZZ 599 CT QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1248 PD1B 599 25 N3RS 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1250 PD1B 599 25 N9NC 599 NH QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1257 PD1B 599 25 W2JU 599 CT QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1302 PD1B 599 25 K9RS 599 DE QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1306 PD1B 599 25 K3WW 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1638 PD1B 599 25 N7DR 599 CO QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1645 PD1B 599 25 K9MA 599 WI QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1647 PD1B 599 25 W0WP 599 IA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1651 PD1B 599 25 K7ZS 599 OR QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1653 PD1B 599 25 N4YDU 599 NC QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1657 PD1B 599 25 AI9T 599 IL QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1658 PD1B 599 25 K3PH 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1700 PD1B 599 25 K3WU 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1701 PD1B 599 25 K1RO 599 NH QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1708 PD1B 599 25 W9VW 599 IN QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1731 PD1B 599 25 N0IJ 599 WI QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1735 PD1B 599 25 K1LT 599 OH QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1736 PD1B 599 25 K9CT 599 IL QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1743 PD1B 599 25 AA1K 599 DE QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1745 PD1B 599 25 AB3CX 599 NY QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1746 PD1B 599 25 VE3JM 599 ON QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1751 PD1B 599 25 K3UL 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1753 PD1B 599 25 N9RV 599 MT QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1755 PD1B 599 25 VE3VN 599 ON QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1800 PD1B 599 25 W7RM 599 OR QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1805 PD1B 599 25 W6AYC 599 CA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1806 PD1B 599 25 K2AX 599 NJ QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1808 PD1B 599 25 WA2FZB 599 NJ QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1810 PD1B 599 25 K8AZ 599 OH QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1813 PD1B 599 25 NO6T 599 CA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1817 PD1B 599 25 N6NWE 599 NC QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1821 PD1B 599 25 K7QA 599 UT QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1824 PD1B 599 25 N4UU 599 FL QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1826 PD1B 599 25 N1PGA 599 MA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1828 PD1B 599 25 NE3H 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1830 PD1B 599 25 NR4M 599 VA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1832 PD1B 599 25 W8MJ 599 MI QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1835 PD1B 599 25 N2MM 599 NJ QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1840 PD1B 599 25 AA3B 599 PA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1843 PD1B 599 25 WX0B 599 TX QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1857 PD1B 599 25 VE3EJ 599 ON QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1904 PD1B 599 25 N0NI 599 IA QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1908 PD1B 599 25 K5GN 599 TX QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1910 PD1B 599 25 W9RE 599 IN QSO: 14000 CW 2020-02-16 1914 PD1B 599 25 K0EA 599 MN END-OF-LOG: |
PE1F |
Just a few QSO's with a very poor end-fed antenna, but as always with the ARRL DX contest, I had great fun ! 73's from the Netherlands, Francesco - PE1F (ex I0VFB, HB9TWZ) |
PE1FJN |
50W into HyEndFed |
PE2K |
All QSO's made with 5 watt and a dipole antenna. QSL is via bureau. 73, PE2K |
PF5X |
High-band antenna down due to high winds. So very few QSos made on 40m late Saterday morning. |
PJ7/G4JEC |
Initial antenna problem significantly impacted operating time. Still good fun regardless of the very limited time active. |
PS2T |
Always a pleasure to work disciplined North American pileups |
PT8CW |
Very Good Contest! |
PU4YJS |
EXCHANGE KW |
PY2UDB |
Reasonable condx on 10m on Sunday. Enjoyed my participation. 73 |
R3LC |
e-mail: r3lc@mail.ru |
R3PIQ |
GL! 73! |
R3VL |
SO1R; TX FT-450D 100 w; ANT: YAGI-2el, W3DZZ |
R4WT |
FT-2000 IV |
R6CW |
TS-590S - 100watts ant - loop |
R7AC |
tn! |
R8OM |
super1825@mail.ru |
RA3XCZ |
IC756PROIII, Delta Loop 160 73! |
RA7M |
73! |
RC7B |
FT-950 + PA + Vertical GP 73! |
RJ3A |
73 |
RK0UN |
rk0un@mail.ru |
RL4F |
RL4F@RO.RU: |
RM3F |
just for fun |
RN0D |
it is necessary to implement TCI in N1MM+ |
RN2FQ |
TKS FOR NICE CONTEST PWR_100w, ANT_VERTICAL,DIPOLES |
RT4O |
73! |
RU0LAX |
p.o.Box 130 |
RV7C |
TNX! CU AGN 73! |
RW0UM |
73! |
RW3AI |
Rig XIEGU G90, pwr 5 watts. Ant ECO vertical |
RW3DIA |
TNX 731 |
RW3YB |
TNX 73! |
RW4CLF |
My power is 1000 watts. I'm send were exchange is "K" |
RX6AOB |
150w |
RY4A |
TKS-contest |
RZ4AA |
TKS-contest |
S59MA |
FT-920 + G5RV, 33ft AGL. check, if antenna works OK. |
SG3O |
Nice to try 40M entry this time, surprised to hear W- station at noon local time. |
SM0HRP [photo/doc] |
Nice contest. A storm weather came along again ( 25 m/s) and all antennas had to be nested down on the 90 feet crank ip towers ( 3 towers). Puh...:( We have had storms every third week but no snow. This is very tiring. Conds were bad first night but improved a little 2nd bight. 20m was the money band. I am running a remote contest station for SO3R see more at http://remotedxandcontestblog.sm0hrp.se/. Lot of testing to make it 100 % reliable with 4G internet access on a remote island can be some challanging. |
SM5CSS |
Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA (20m), Inv Vee (40m), Inv Vee (80m). |
SO3AK |
I'm very happy. I did ,on 80 meter band, 104 qso and 27 states on 5 hours with very simple equipment .I used FTDX-3000 only 100W and delta loop antenna mounted only 12 to 8 meter above ground. |
SP1AEN |
RIG: FTDX3000D abt 100wtts; ANT.: LW for all bands |
SP2WDW |
Lots of fun with 100 W and a compromise antenna. Hats off to all those friendly people who managed to copy my signals across North America. |
SP3GTS |
TS-590, GP-160/80, 2xBev |
SP4AAZ |
FTDX 3000 |
SP5CJY |
IC7300 100W TX ANT T-vert.19m RX ANT Bev, SAL30 |
SP6BEN |
IC 735 100 W |
SP9R |
73`s! |
SQ2ICX |
3 BAND |
SQ3PMX |
E-MAIL: sq3pmx@wp.pl |
SQ9FMU |
rig-IC746 ; ant-GP ; pwr-100Wtts |
TA2BS |
TNX & 73's TO ALL COMPETITORS FROM ISTANBUL |
TA3AER |
IC-7600, 7 EL 3 BAND (20,15,10) HOME MADE YAGI |
TA4PR |
Thanks for contest |
TA4RC |
73'S DE TA4RC |
TM10GFT |
suprisingly good propagation |
TM5EE |
Too much dupes ... One hour lost ! |
TM6M |
Lots of work in progress ! So we're not able at moment to work all bands! 80m was the band who worked! Conditions were good first night! Fair second night! Tks for qsos cu next contest Oli RIG : FT1000MKV , Slopper , 1 beverage |
UA0KBG |
TNX!73! |
UA0SBQ |
RIG: IC-735 POWER 100W; ANTENNAS: INVERTED VEE. |
UA0SE |
73! |
UA0ZAM |
TNX FOR FB CONTEST 73! |
UA1CUR |
ICOM-718,ANT-LW 160 METRS,INV VEE FOR 160,80,40 METRS,DIPOLE FOR 20 METRS |
UA3QGT |
tnx |
UA6CC |
TNX 73 |
UA9XX |
TNX 73! |
UN4PD |
UN4PD@MAIL.RU |
UR4CW |
single band |
UR5AO |
Sumy 40035 UKRAINE |
UR5EDX |
IC-775DXII |
UR5FA |
KX2+Delta Loop 40m |
UR5TGK |
UKRAINE |
UR7EC |
IC-746 + DELTA LOOP |
UR7HN |
TNX GD Contest! 73! |
US7IGN/P |
icom 706mk2g, wires |
UT4LW |
SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO, KXPA100 Antenns: 160,80,40 - dipole Up18m, fider 70m. 20,15,10 - Spider Up 10m, fider 30m. |
UT7NY [photo/doc] |
Thanks for nice job! |
UT8AS |
TRX - MiniYES + PA 150W Out, Ant - 1-el Delta Loop 85m |
UV1IX |
kovalenkoid@gmail.com |
UX1CL |
TNX! 73! |
UY2IG |
73! |
UY5VA |
73! |
UY7LM |
TNX! |
UZ1WW |
73! |
V31HE [photo/doc] |
Due to missed PC link I made all QSO's with PALM double paddle. A complete new experience. Anyway, I had much fun all time. Andy V31HE |
V4/K3VX |
What a Hoot! |
VA3AMX |
Thanks for all who had patience to work me. The setup on my city lot is a K2 @5W receives very well. I was able to hear regions of the world that I was not able with my previous mediocre. But I evening! (I was happy). It was VA3AMX - Eric |
VA3RKM |
K3, wire and verticals. |
VA3SB [photo/doc] |
Operated remotely from Europe (Geneva) using RemoteHam software. Worked very well. My apologies for the number of repeat requests as the hotel was having some internet connectivity issues throughout the weekend. Fun contest nevertheless. Thanks to all for the Q's. See you in the next one. 73 Serge VA3SB |
VA7GI |
Solar power remote. Limited sun reduced operating time and power to 100W. 73 VA7GI |
VA7RN |
Unfortunately after the first hour I suffered an equipment failure. |
VA7UNX |
Thanks for a great contest! |
VE2ESU |
150 Watts |
VE2FK |
Bravo to all those 5 wts that did not send /QRP |
VE3PN |
Bit cold to fix 160 ant(-22?C)so did 80M ZONE 18,19 A SURPRISE |
VE3VHB |
CHECK LOG ONLY. I didn't record power, so guessing k or kw for all! |
VE3ZY |
Once again it took me a while to remember that I should be working DX, not North American stns. Apologies to those North Americans I worked. |
VE4DL |
This is my first time in the DX CW contest, and first CW contest without a better pair of ears in the room. I'm quite happy with the results. |
VE7BGP |
I had a lot of fun operating this contest. I had the opportunity to compare the Vintage IC-751A with my recently obtained IC-756 Pro. Both are great Rados. 73 Gerry |
VE9VIC |
Thank to DX for their patience, my low OCFD at 30 feet(15 m) did very good, 73 ve9vic. |
VK2GR |
Great 20m and 40m conditions on long and short paths. Very poor 15m conditions. monoband Yagis for 20m and 15m. |
VK4TT |
Used "SD" by EI5DI worked very FB |
VK6IT |
Good openings to NA on 40M but first night lost 3 hours of prime opening time due to power outage. Always good fun though and a credit to the many whose patience enabled copying my 150watts and Invee. Long live CW. John VK6IT |
VK7GN |
I do like long path on monay morning my time! |
VU2PTT |
Great conditons on 20m - unfortunately could not spend much time. |
VY0ERC [photo/doc] |
(no comments) |
VY1KX |
Band conditions seemed pretty good and it was nice to make a few contacts on 15 m, the first in a long time. I used SD for logging and it worked well for me. |
W0AAE |
I am a 15 year old amateur radio operator |
W0BF |
As a 55 year ARRL member , I fail to see why there is NO power difference if I want to submit a single band entry. To have to compete with HIGH POWER contest conglomerates is ludicrous !! This will probably be the last entry for me in ARRL DX contests ! I will concentrate on CQ Dx contests where I have a chance !! |
W0BH |
100 * 75 IN 2:04 |
W1AST |
Great fun, wish I could have spent more time working it! |
W1AZ |
I recently moved to a retirement village and haven't had time to get any outdoor antenna. Our duplex has a loft with just enough room to tape a 20m dipole to the ceiling. I was surprised that it worked as well as it did. The rig was an Elecraft KX3/KPA100 combination with the antenna connected through an Elecraft balun. |
W1IG |
Thanks for the patience on the DX side. Conditions were fairly good. Running FT817 at 4 Watts into an Alpha Delta DX-LB Plus with N1MM Logging it. |
W1NU [photo/doc] |
Enjoyed getting in op-time when life around the house and family allowed; using just my ears and fist slowed things substantially as some of the 'number heavy' calls are rather difficult to accurately transcribe at speed and I found myself hung up for several minutes on occasion. Lots of fun seeing the bands so alive despite the difficult conditions. |
W1QK |
Thank you for sponsoring the contest. |
W2AAB |
S&P ONLY. 100 WATTS, WIRE ANTENNA. FEWER QSO'S THAN LAST YEAR, BUT MORE MULTIPLIERS. 40 METERS WAS HOT! |
W2EG |
SOSB 40; 480W to end-fed wire up ~15M. Condx best by far on Saturday. Nice to work BA, JT, and JA (a tough path from my QTH) as well as other AS and OC, all near my sunrise. Nice run Saturday eve an hour or so before my sunset. Didn't quite make 100K points, but pleased nonetheless. My end-fed wire is snagged in tree bark (where I can't reach it), so good it was dry wx, otherwise lossy to tree. I enjoyed the test and thank all for the Qs. 73, Rich, W2EG |
W2MKM |
Amazing conditions especially on Friday night and Saturday 15M to SA was great and only using a multi-band Doublet at 45' with a KW. Signal to noise ratios at my place were amazing and easy to work guys with S3 signals. Special thanks to K1BDO author of Slice-Master 6000 who helped me get my Flex 6400M configured with N1MM+, CWSkimmer and SmartSDR 3.x so that I could get my local spots showing properly (what I needed and not) and that made all the difference. Great fun! Ed W2MKM |
W3SM |
Operation from station in WMA (01040). |
W3TB |
Too much personal stuff going this weekend to get in a lot of time, but at least I got here and submitted a score! |
W4/LZ5KF |
First entry using N4BP's remote station. Lot of fun despite restricted time to enter the contest. Initially planned SB160 but spotting assistance put me into the all bands category. No worry, fun was there and I will come again next yaer, for sure! Thanks for the party! |
W4DD |
Saturday on 10M was dead, dead, dead, but things were a little better on Sunday. |
W4GHV |
IC-7610 & EFHW |
W4HVH |
THANKS! |
W4ZYT |
Excellent low band and surprisingly good conditions on 20. |
W5GCX |
FT450D + 6-BTV Vertical |
W5THT |
Happy Mardi-Gras (local celebration date conflict) |
W7XI |
TAKES SOME OF THE FUN OUT OUT SINGLE BAND ASSISTED TO BE THROWN IN WITH ALL BAND FOLKS ASSISTED. |
W8DXU |
Poor propagation made this contest much more difficult than usual for QRP stations. I sincerely appreciate the patience and persistence of the many DX operators who took the time to ask for repeats. Even though I slowed you down, you made an extra effort to give me a contact. Your courtesy and respect make me proud to be associated with such a great international fraternity! |
W8KNO |
Rotor inop and pointed East. Got to play! |
W8LVN |
Lots of fun, despite only having 80 meter dipole and 40 meter dipole. The 80 was used on 20, the 40 on 15. It is fun working JA on 40 and 80 with wire dipoles only. It was fun being called at the end by UW1, DM2, OK7, Rl3, SQ8. Mostly S&P given low power. I should have called CQ more on 40, maybe 80 even though I have only 100 watts. -- Worked about 24 hours, which is more than originally planned. Time was limited due to Valentine's day celebration and a errands. -- More antennas next time. |
W8MJ |
I submitted my log an immediately you've taken away 8 Mults from my claim score of 2,543,310 and reduce it down to 2,497 + even before log checking. Why are you doing this?????? Please explain. I am waiting a reply to my email. Thank you. |
W8WA |
Great contest... good Asian openings Saturday and Sunday. Parkinson's Disease issues prevent me from putting in a full effort so search for counties with limited runs. |
W8YV |
Fun contest as always. |
W9RE |
Conditions were great from 160 to 20 with a lot of activity. Thanks to all arou |
W9YK |
always great to hear those CW tones from around the world - life is good! |
WA1FCN |
This was an enjoyable contest. Think I may do this again next year! This might me the most Qso's in any contest ever. |
WA4EMU |
SD LOGGING SW, EASY TO USE, UP TO DATE |
WA4JQS |
had to work the weekend so only got to play a few hours but was fun 28 mts open for a short time sunday morning to SA.only heard one VK and ZL.. 73 Tony WA4JQS |
WA4PSC |
I fit a few hours in over the weekend between work and family visits. I really like this contest for the obvious reason: it is nice to have DX looking for NA Qs for once! Weather over the last few months doomed my Beverages through the woods which came down three times, the last time I had not repaired yet. This really reduced my fun on 160-40, but the condx were excellent from here. Towards the end N1MM locked up and just started spewing my call...I apologize to whomever I QRMed before I shut it down. Cheers & 73, Howie / WA4PSC Elecraft K-line 160M Carolina Windom w/ lots of CM choking... |
WA5RR |
QRP this year so the going was a little challenging. My goal was to beat my 2013 score and I have done it. Here's hoping I place better this time! |
WA6KHK |
10 mtrs dead as usual. Some openings to Europe. |
WA6URY |
Operated remote from Tokyo, Japan |
WB0TEV |
Just chasing a few band slots on low bands. |
WB7QMR |
Flex6300, Outbacker, cwSkimmer |
WB8JAY [photo/doc] |
Didn't have much chance to operate, but did have a lot of enjoyment using my Heathkit HW16/HG10B setup to make some dx contacts. It was old school operating. Tune in station, zero beat VFO and transmit. Also, used the old vibroplex bug to make with the dit-dahs. Like I said, old school! I remember the days! Dan - WB8JAY |
WB9TFF |
I could have keyboarded all night! Super easy to s&p. I got Paraguay ATNO and many new band countries on 15m. Japan was not too easy at 23:57 utc Sunday in the pileup. Antarctica was a cool surprise, too. I had fun. |
WD6DX |
Rig: FT-817 QRP. Antenna: G5RV Jr @ 15 feet. Thanks to all the stations that took the time to dig by 3 watt signal out of the noise. |
WN7S |
In HOA - hard digging out the 100 watt stations. Still had great time... Hard getting a spot on 40... 73 dick wn7s |
YL3FW |
Tnx & 73! |
YO2MJZ |
ICOM IC-730, PWR 100W, ANTENNA DIPOLE |
YO4BEX |
TCVR HOME MADE 100W VERTICAL ANT |
YO4SI |
RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4 & LW 41 m |
YO5AXF |
YAESU FT-897D 100W, W3DZZ ANT. |
YV6BXN |
Conditions I thought were excellent from 15mts down to 40 mts Score is down by about a 1/2 from last year but was a real experience, since I used a R7 Vertical and dipole an only 100 Watts. in fact I'm quite surprised with the good propagation and no sunpots 73 dx |
ZF2AN |
Second day the contest log crashed. Fatal error, couldn't restore, no secure copy. So I had to start again. Very sorry |
ZL3X |
Great fun as usual, nice to have Tim G4YBU join us as guest op. |