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2E0OBO  
Many thanks to all US/CAN operators for their good ears. Excellent. 73 Bob
 
3D2AG  
Contest operated with paper log and manual paddle only. Rolling power cuts over 14 hours long during
contest period, severely limiting operating time. Only wire antennas used, 350W.
 
4K6FO  
using kenwood TS-590S and 2 el. quad antenna.
 
4U1A   [photo/doc]  
Due to a problem with the YAGI antenna, I used modified sloper EFHW (from http://MyAntennas.com) at
300 feet above ground. Worked great on all HF bands.
Appreciate for a wonderful and interesting test. Got a lot of fun...
73 de Sparky (4U1A)
 
7K1CPT  
5W
QTH Kasumigaura-city Ibaraki-pref.
 
7K1JFM  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
7K1MAG/2  
I enjoyed the contest.
I have operated in JA2 area.
 
7K4GUR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
7K4XNN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
7M3LDC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
7N2TRM  
Condx for NA was very good.
 
9A/N4XTT  
This was a remote operation via Remote Ham Radio.
 
9A2EY   [photo/doc]  
I haven't had time to install a better antenna in my new apartment. But this "street GP" antenna
made me happy with unexpected QSO's all the way to California.
Best 73 de Zeljko 9A2EY
 
9A4KJ  
Good band conditions,using SD logger WinKey all good
 
9A5CW  
Nice contest, just a simple setup on all band with dipole and vertical wire.
See you in the next contest.

73 Patrik 9A5CW
 
AA4VT  
Part time effort due to other commitments, but still managed to get almost 7 hours BIC time. All S&P
as I am still working on my confidence level to run with CW. Great band conditions this year. Had
nice amounts of JAs on 20, 15, and 10m. Got DP1POL on 15m and 8R7X on 80, 40 and 10m. Tested out my
160/80m receive pennants before the contest, but they didn't come online when needed. Fortunately,
80m signals from EU and Caribbean were strong enough without them.

Rigs: FlexRadio 6600 running SmartSDR, N1MM+ and CW Skimmer software (aka "my crutch"). RF-Kit
RF2K-S 1.5kW amp. 80m wire vertical, Optibeam OB4030 2 element on 40m @ 75 feet. SteppIR 3 element
for 20, 15, 10m at 90 feet.
 
AA9WP  
This was my first try at the ARRLDXCW contest and it was great
fun. Excellent band conditons made it that much more enjoyable.
CWOPS tranining and a few more watts made a big difference. 73
 
AB5SS  
Only had a little time Sunday morning to work the contest but it was fun.
 
AC1MT  
First CW Contest
 
AC4G  
My intention was to operate only 160m, but after checking the
bands, had to oprate all bands. I operated with high power.

contesting on 160m.  Friday night we had t-storms which made it
noisy, but the DX was still coming.  Saturday night, the band was
quiet and all kinds of signals were coming through.  My only
issue was not able to stay up all night Saturday night to work
the Pacific and Asia.  However, on Sunday morning was able to bag
a few JA's.
because propagation was so goog that I worked anybody with low
power that I received.  This was an enjoyable contet, but wish I
could have operated during the day Sunday to make more QSOs.

was operating 80m and my amplifier faulted-out.  With 15 minutes
left, I found a loose connector which appeared to fix the issue,
but more checking will be needed.
being present!  And thans for the QSOs.  It was indeed fun. Wow,
the propagation on 10m ws outstanding to say the least.  Thanks
Cycle 25!!
 
AC6DD  
Still setting up the station at this QTH.  It seems this has been
going on for a while. I was going to spend a few hours on the air
because of some home projects,  but then got sucked into 10 and 15
meters. Using a small tribander @50' and a vertical. FTdx101MP,
ACOM2000
 
AC6XT/6Y  
Operated form Kingston, Jamaica with K2, 15W, LW antenna.
 
AC9OT  
I had my fun all mobile between coming and going to work.
 
AD1C  
Remember when the solar flux was high, absorption was low, and all kinds
of records were broken  That was awesome.  (tribute to Chris Farley)
 
AE8K  
Still limited to the 10 meter dipole
 
BH6BEZ  
Operator Aged 16 
I have to say, ARRL DX CW contest is a good way for me practicing my CW, and what's more, make more
QSOs with NA stations. 
During this contest, the YL Operator aged 16, and working with NA stations with IC7300 100W and a
poor EFHW antenna.
 
CR2E   [photo/doc]  
https://www.qrz.com/db/CR2E

Single-element EFHW antenna 132' with 49:1 UNUN and FT-710
 
CT1DRB  
As always a very nice contest.
 
CT1EHK  
SunSDR2 DX
Antennas: OB9
 
DC2HB  
Checklog
 
DC4A  
Special thanks to all friends at DR4W who help maintain the station
and to all the guys in the rare states/ provinces! Every call from
there is a real highlight for me!
 
DF1OE  
Had a lot of fun with onla a BTV6 in the Garden
 
DF2RQ  
Only had time for a couple of hours but enjoyed it! Thanks for
organizing! 73 Michael
 
DF3SM  
FT-817 WITH 5 WATTS + VERTICAL INDOOR ANTENNA
 
DF5BM  
Good conditions! But only a few QSO's with my GP-Antenna.
Thank you to all for the QSO's! 73 Bob DF5BM
 
DF5EN  
TS-850S AT, 3-element tribander, 80/40 meter dipole
 
DF6LH  
sunSDR2pro 20W
Antennas: OCFD 41 m
 
DF7JC  
vy great activity, specially on 10 mtrs
 
DH0GDS  
Thanks to all kind OPs which responded tu my CQ: W8TK, N2NT,
K1ESE, K8AJS, K2AX, K3WJV, K0TG, W2FU and VE3JM. Ive had a
great time, even though some europeans were impolite indeed.
My rig: Icom 756 pro 3, 3-Band-Sloper, 100 Watt.
 
DH7AMF  
trx TS-870s, pwr 100 watts, ant. T- config.wire, 7m up gnd
 
DJ1AA  
IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Monoband Dipols Inv V for 80m & 160m
17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m
 
DJ2AX  
200w
 
DJ2IA  
IC-7610 100Watts 2-ele-Quad Vertical
 
DK0SU   [photo/doc]  
Thank you for all the contacts ...

10/15/20 & 40m bands were in great conditions

(Rig: TS-590S, SPE 1 K FA, X7 Beam, V80S Vertical, 160m EFHW RX Antenna)

CUAGN 73

The crew at DK0SU: DF7TV/Tom, DK7IT/Fred & DF7SA/Michael
 
DK2A  
Thanks for the nice Contest with many many Stations.

de DC8YZ
 
DK3UW  
I had just a little bit of time so only 1 hour on 40 m. I appreciated that despite the contest rush
some made a little comment, when realising I was 5 W QRP only.  And also thanks for the effort and
patience of some getting me into their log.

Rig Flex 1500 and 160 m delta loop fed with ladder line and Johnson matchbox

Martin
DK3UW
 
DK3YD  
Good CW activity an all bands, perfect conditions; 73, Hans, DK3YD
 
DK6YA  
5w angle-dipol from balcony. tnx fer all very good operators in cw
 
DK7HA  
IC-703, K3/10, 5 watt; Spiderbeam, 40m invVee, 80m lambda/4 vertical
Thanks the organizers for the contest and all who dug my qrp sigs out
of the noise. I could not materialize of the excellent condx others
reported. I was running out of stns to work. Nevertheless, was great
to work more west-coast stns incl. W6QU as a qrp stn from CA!
 
DK9PY  
I opted for the 40m single band assisted category, which was probably not a good decision given the
conditions on the high bands. I looked enviously at the high QSO rates that the guys ran on 10/15
and 20m. For this reason, the activity on 40m was probably lower than last year. Long periods
without pile ups and many hours with less than 40 QSOs/hour. Many dupes towards the end of the
contest. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun.
The station setup is competitive using a 2 el Quad full size @100ft.
73/Armin, DK9PY
 
DL0GEO  
I like this contest. CU next time.
 
DL2OM  
SOP 10 m high - 3 El. Beam. On Sunday afternoon the propagation shifted
slightly to South America which caused less yield US-Stations. But I
should not complain. In total conditions on 10 m were great.
 
DL2TG   [photo/doc]  
Hello, many nice contacts with my ZS6BKW antenna up 12m.Thank you all,cu next year, Fred DL2TG
 
DL3HAE  
antenna short Windom length approx. 68 ft
 
DL4ZA  
Yaesu FT950 - SteppIR - Loop
 
DL5CL  
IC7610, ant:W3EDP@15mtrs
 
DL5KUD  
ANTENNA LIMITED OVERLAY : ONE  DIPOLE ONLY at max HIGH of  25 ft.
Had a funfull weekend, at best propagation conditions for very long time
 
DL5MAE  
Much more fun  WITHOUT SPOTTING  SYSTEM (DX CLUSTER) than with DXCL-

My goal was not reached (again). ... Was missing again 2 states..

IDAHO and South Dakota

vy 73 de dl5mae Wolfgang
 
DL6HCC  
I had lots of fun, unfortunately due to private obligations not enough time ... Excellent dx
conditions ! See you next year :-)
 
DL7AUO  
Flexradio 6700
Antennas: Dipols only
 
DL7PIA  
Overlay: Limited Antennas
Age: 17
 
DL7YS  
Fb conds this year. Mni 5-band-QSOs and also some 6-bands were possible! 73 de DL7YS, Peter
 
DL8BEG  
Many thanks for organising the contest.
QRP works.
I had a lot of fun.
 
DL8SDC  
IC 7300 PWR 80W ANT R5 Vertikal
 
DL9GK  
100 W + indoor dipole
 
DL9MFY   [photo/doc]  
10m ufb Sunday, so I fired up again a qrp TRX and
10m of ant wire zigzag on mom's balcony added some QSO more.

Was not prepared for this extra TX activity on Sunday:
Had to tap the code with bare wire on a silver plate instead of key. See photo.
 
DM1T   [photo/doc]  
Lots of fun again, but we lacked the beer this time :-)
 
DM3F  
Thanks for the QSOs. Condx great to west coast on 10m.
 
DM5DM  
I work at SB category 15m, but the roboter set me on ALL-Band.
I can't find a way to change this or delete the first upload.

excuse my bad english

73 Volker DM5DM
 
DM7AA  
misteke i send nr but some station ask me to pwr and i send him 005, then or nr or 005 is correct,
log for checking.
 
DP1POL  
DP1POL is located at Neumayer Station III in Dronning Maud Land,
Antarctica. I have been working here regularly since 2002, and
this is my ninth participation in the ARRL DX Contest from KC4.
Conditions were good on the high bands, even though I lost part
of a band opening during the second night due to an ongoing
aurora. I could not make myself heard in North America on 80m or
40m. The final result is quite far away from my top score in 2014,
but I am still quite happy with it considering the circumstances.
Both contest days were full working days here at the research
station. The log will be uploaded to LotW, printed cards are
available via my QSL manager DL1ZBO.
Rig - Yaesu FT-450D, N1MM Logger+, Acom 2000A, Broadband Dipole
 
DR4S  
15h op time only. 73 Maik
 
EA2BD  
Limited Antennas Overlay
5w to EFHW wire antenna portable on a mountain top for fun! 73
 
EA2DDE  
FLEXRADIO 5000
dipolo DX-B Alpha Delta o hy gain avq 14+expert
1k
jmmaot@eresmas.com
 
EA3CX  
Just one hour with 100W and a Vertical ant to give some points, 73 Ariel EA3CX
 
EA3DMN  
TX RX   Yaeusu FT747gx
ANT  Wire Dipole
 
EA4BAS  
Icom 7300
eaxBeam
Dipole Bazoka Cuco 40-80
 
EA4CWW   [photo/doc]  
Thank you very much for all those who were able to peak me up) While using my small,ground floor
antenna, it is always a challenge for both parts to make a contact)) 73 de EA4CWW
 
EA4FME  
ICOM-7610
 
EA5Y  
Rig Icom IC-705 + dipole ant @ 25 meters high. Thanks a lot to all those patient correspondants that
could copy my QRP signal out from the noise across the Atlantic in 80m and 160m
 
EA8/G4HSO   [photo/doc]  
Casual holiday style operation - keyer locking up, multiple PC problems, CAT not working, incorrect
band logging, antenna fell down three times... much QRM from other holiday activities... Hopefully I
didn't cause a problem to EA8ZS just down the road from me also in the contest! Many NA stations
with good ears and deciphered EA8/G4HSO correctly first time. Good fun, many lessons learned. 15m
was fantastic! Hope to be on next year. 73 Peter EA8/G4HSO
 
EE5R  
14 and 21 MHz: horizontal magnetic loop, ~45 W
28 MHz: vertical EFHW (low), ~15 W
 
EF6B  
Lots of fun in the Contest and exceptional conditions.!
Been sending 400w to all despite I had used only that power in 84 QSOs out of 578, and they were
made in the Low Bands.!! The rest, in the Higher Bands, were made only with 90w out of my Remote
station.

Thanks all for the contacts.!

Josep
EF6B
(EA6BF)
 
EI8GP  
Great conditions
 
EI8X   [photo/doc]  
Great conditions.  1st time using this callsign EI8X.
Had no vertical for 160m, due to storm damage.  See you next year. Thanks
 
ES1TAR  
First ARRL DX Contest
 
ES4MD  
100W and wire loop antenna for 40m
 
EW1TO  
Tx TS430S, PWR 100W, ANT GP
 
EW6FL  
Hello! Please cancel my Limited Antennas operation. I have antennas above 50 feet. I confused feet
with meters.
 
F4CWN  
500 QSO just for fun !
 
F4WEF  
Thanks for the contest, had a great time. Propagation must have
been excellent because my antennas aren't. I'm still getting
moved in. One end-fed half wave for 40/20/10 and a severely
abused 80m antenna that served on other bands as well (but not
happily). I'm using window feed-throughs so although the exchange
was 100W, that was aspirational. Functionally, I managed 50W on
80m and 20W on the other bands. Looking forward to gettnig more
functional antennas in place, although this makes "room for
improvement" easy.
 
F5JU  
FTDX 3000 - DIPOLES
 
F5MMX  
TRX home made 100w
Wire antenna in trees
 
F5MQU  
Nice to participate for second time. Hope to hear you next year also ;) 73'
s
 
F5MUX  
Active a few hours over the weekend. Always surprised at what you can
do just with 100 W into a vertical antenna. Working the west coast on
40m, several hours after sunrise. Thanks for the fun, CW is always THE
magic mode! 73 de Lee, F5MUX
 
F5OIH  
SUNSDR PRO2
Antennas: Dipole / Verticale
 
F5SGI  
LOW BANDS WERE DISAPPOINTING. GREAT FUN, ANYWAY. THANKS FOR QS!
 
F5TVG  
Big propagation almost bands so it was a real pleasure
SD by EI5DI IS VERY SIMPLE TO USE.
 
F6IRA  
One of best propagation for ARRL CW contest ever on 10 meter.
 
F6KOP  
FTdx5000 Vertical Beam Mono Band Dipole
 
G0ATG  
I really enjoyed participating in the ARRL-DX-CW contest.
 
G3L  
Due to XYL poorly did not spend very much time on air
this year, but enjoyed the little bash, wonderfull
condxs, when did get on was amazed the waterfull was
packed with signal spikes hi,that was at 1500 hrs on
,Saturday ,
 
G3LVP  
I've only been licensed since 1957(!) whilst still at school. I decided that it was about time I had
a go at this contest!
 
G3OLB  
The best transatlantic conditions I've heard on 160m for a long while. West coast, including CA,
romping in.
 
G3PHO  
NO SPARE TIME OVER THE WEEKEND SO THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS ENTRY.. JUST GIVING POINTS AWAY :-)
 
G3RTU  
Had limited time to operate just on the Sunday.
Many thanks to all those I worked. 73's cuagn
 
G3SWC  
PART TIME OPERATING ONLY UNFORTUNATELY!
 
G3VYI  
Thanks for running the contest !!
 
G3ZBU  
SD logger
H/B ESP32 Bluetooth keyer
H/B Pic-a-Tune ATU
Great condx. Special thanks to the US stations
that asked me to QSY to other bands.
 
G3ZGC  
160m Saturday had no copy of W/VE from here. Sunday was the best opening
on 160m I have ever heard. 10m Saturday was excellent. Good Sunday further West
but not so good to the East coast. My aerial system is very basic.
 
G4BUE  
Although I only operated for 20 hours, this was my best ever 5W QRP score using wire antennas (a 132
feet doublet at 35 feet and a ground mounted multi-band vertical).  I am amazed that my 40m QSO
total was higher than 15m and the second best multiplier band especially on 80 and 40m amongst the
noise and QRM.
 
G4BUO  
Part time entry - I wanted to make at least 1000 QSOs but conditions
were good on all bands so I over shot. 160m signals were loud on
the second morning.
 
G4ENZ  
Flex 6600
Antennas: Hexbeam
 
G4GIR  
Fan Dipoles + QMX Transceiver @ 3Watts, the QMX performed flawlessly, just S&P, great fun.
 
G5D  
SOTA activation from The Cloud G/SP-015
 
G7D  
This was the first real trial of my new short, contest callsign. I found it helpful with the low
power and simple, wire aerial.

Many Thanks to the organisers,

73,  Graham G3XTZ / G7D.
 
GM2G   [photo/doc]  
This year's participation in the ARRL International DX CW Contest from Glasgow City was an adventure
marked by the thrill of overcoming noisy band conditions with a simple yet effective setup.
Operating 90 watts with a straightforward vertical wire antenna, approximately 10 meters in height,
demonstrated that even minimalist arrangements could yield substantial contacts under
less-than-ideal conditions.

Despite the challenges posed by the noise across the bands, the contest was an exhilarating
experience, thanks to the surprisingly good activity on 40 meters. It was a pleasure to connect with
so many fellow enthusiasts, each contact adding to the richness of the event. The sense of community
and shared purpose was palpable, even through the static.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to all who worked with me during the contest. The interactions were not
only a testament to the skills and persistence of the operators but also to the spirit of amateur
radio. Engaging with so many operators under such conditions was a reminder of why we pursue this
hobby: for the joy of connection, the challenge of the chase, and the satisfaction of making contact
against the odds.

To those who shared this slice of the spectrum with me, thank you. Your participation made the 2024
ARRL International DX CW Contest a memorable one for me, reaffirming my passion for CW and the
endless possibilities it presents, even with the simplest of antennas and amidst the noisiest of
conditions.
 
GM5D  
SOTA activation from White Hill GM/SS-289
 
HA0GK  
RIG FT817ND
POWER 5W
ANT. 6 BAND WINDOM
 
HA1VQ  
My first contest with UCX log
 
HA3DX  
Rig RUN1: YAESU FTDX3000, PA:HENRY 3K Premier,MFJ-989C tuner,
Rig RUN2: YAESU FT2000, PA: ME1200H,

Antennas TX:
5 el monobander Long John Yagis for 28-21-14 MHz,
Lazy-H antennas for 7MHZ (NW-SE/SW-NE),
2 el NVIS for 7 MHz (N-S) 
Single Quads for 3,5 MHz (NW/SE)/(SW/NE)
2 el NVIS for 3,7 MHz (N-S)remote tuned dipol (TNX to HA5IW)
Deltaloops  for 160m(NW-SE) (SW-NE) full size,verticaly polarized
Inverted L K2AV FCP for 160M 

Antennas RX:
Single wire Beverages,300m to 310 degrees, 100m to 285 degrees and 160m to 50
degrees,300m to 250 degtees(TNX to Jan OK2ZAW!)
Beverages complemented by a HA5IW preamplifier.
RUN1-RUN2 TX-RX filters,control boxes and antenna switches are all HA5IW
products


Due to deforestation, we lost our Beverage antenna towards the USA. We were only
able to build a new 300m antenna on Saturday morning. It works great.

First time ever in M2 category.
Nice activity and  enjoyable contest!

Thanks for all QSO's! 

The only problem was,In our Henry power amplifier, the vacuum relay broke during
the last quarter of an hour of the competition. Unfortunately, we lost a few
QSOs, but after all, after 40 years, this can happen. PA already repaired.
Vy 73's es DX!

Charlie HA4XH,
 
HA5MA  
EFHW antenna 20meters at 13mh.
 
HA5UA   [photo/doc]  
Good condx on high bands.Miss low band antennas.
RIG:IC-7300/Pa 1.5kW Ant:A4-S 40M vertical
 
HA6NL  
ICOM756pro 100w
delta loop
 
HA9TA  
ic-7000, vertical
 
HB9AMO  
More QSOs and multipliers than last year.
 
HB9ARF  
Elecraft K3  100 Watts
Force 12 C-4s (2 elements on 14/21/28 MHz shortened Dipole on 7 MHz)
Kelemen Dipole for 3.5 and 1.8 MHz
 
HB9BOQ  
Many were surprized and asked for repetiton of exchange (599 10)
:)
 
HB9CVQ  
Use my Log only as Check-log please.

I wanted to technical test various things here.
 
HC1MD/2  
My 100w to an Alpha Delta DX-LB short trap dipole next to the Pacific Ocean worked great!
 
HF5WIM  
Great conditions on 80M. Operated at 100W and G5RV @10m. This year target was to beat 2023
achievement in the same category. So my the best score went high up to 3300 points and 20
States/Provinces. Best 73's de Wim HF5WIM
 
HG5E  
VY1CO sent TER instead of YT. I changed it to YT in this log.
 
HG6L  
ICOM 756pro 100w
delta
 
I0GXK  
Just few hours operations, with a Yaesu FT-950 + SPE Expert 1.5k-FA into an HF9VX clone made by
IK0ISD.
Almost all States wkd/hrd, with only few exceptions.
 
I0KNQ  
my first cw arrl test  not many time free
 
I2WIJ  
very few time but stellar conditions.
 
I3LGP  
IC746+all bands antenna=2m antenna mast plus AH-4 automatic tuner
My antenna for the decametric bands is the body of the small pylon that supports the VHF antenna,
connected with an automatic tuner
Dupe contact 2024-02-17 0504 NJ4P
Dupe contact 2024-02-17 0732 WX0B
 
II2Q  
Considering the weekend SFI the expectations were high,
indeed the propagation on the high bands was excellent,
but expected more Qs than last year, which has not been the case.
This year the low bands were in good shape too, especially the
80m at the sunrise on Sunday. Also 160m produced some interesting
QSO (UT, AZ, CO, NV)
Had some minor issues due to cheap bnc connectors on the RX lines.
Thanks everyone to call-in
73' Luca IK2PFL
 
II3O  
Always a beautiful Contest, see you the next year and thanks to everyone !

73 de Stefano II3O - IV3IPS op.
 
IK0ISD  
pocho tempo disponibile sono comunque contento
 
IK1RAG  
only 100w, butternut hf6v
 
IK2AIT  
AT 88 I do what I can. I even had to put up an antenna and reduce
 
IK2QEB  
mi sono divertito
 
IK5OJB  
the best contest!
my rig: ic 7000 3 elem. yagi 100 watts
 
IK5RUN  
Very nice contest. Good prop.
 
IK6OIN  
Nice contest with many stations on the bands!
 
IK7FMQ  
Grazie a tutti per la pazienza. bel contest!
 
IO5T  
Thanks to all fellow Hams making so many efforts to catch our QRP signals. Lot of fun, good
propagation. See you soon de IK5TBK (IO5T) Stefano !!
 
IO8W  
sun sdr
Antennas: Yagi
 
IQ4FE  
Very nice contest, huge participation and a lot of fun.
 
IT9VDQ   [photo/doc]  
Just for fun, at home 100w and balcony stylus antenna at 11th floor!
 
IU3RHX  
FREQUENCY LOGGING WAS MALFUNCTIONING UNTIL 1700TU
 
IV3DRP  
FT817  5W  G5RV
 
IV3YNB  
Some QSO just for fun testing a new amplifier
 
IZ2FME  
not a lot of spare time to dedicate to the test but lot's of fun and
lot's of friends as usual, 73 de IZ2FME MIKY
 
IZ2OOS  
TX: Drake T-4XB made in 1967; RX :SoftRock RX Ensemble II; Ant T2FD.
Excellent contest, propagation and participation. What a joy without Internet connection, without
cluster and without log suggestions. But the real fun was using the analog VFO of the Drake, quickly
centering the frequency on the waterfall of the Softrock with the spot function of the Drake and
having the QSO done.
 
IZ5BBS  
cw keeps us young
 
IZ8GUQ  
Beautiful Contest made fantastic by an incredible propagation condition
that was missing for many years. Very happy with my participation,
absolute fun given the huge participation of the American stations which
make this contest unmissable and wonderful. Happy with the result
achieved which made it possible for me to obtain the WAS award that I had
always been chasing. See you at the next edition hoping to improve
everything. An affectionate thank you to all the stations that had the
patience to connect me. 73 to all of IZ8GUQ Giovanni
 
JA0BJY  
I enjoyed contest. CNDX was FB.
 
JA0EOK  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA0QBY/0  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA0VFN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA0XQO/1  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1AVI  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1BVY  
I enjoyed the contest
 
JA1CCX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1CHY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1CP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1CRJ  
Thank you for many QSO.
See you next contest. 73!
 
JA1CXC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1DBG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1GQC  
very nice condition on this time.
 
JA1IE  
I very enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1KPF  
Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: 1/4 wave vertical
 
JA1LEY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1PNA  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1QIF  
SOSV
 
JA1RRA  
I enjoyed the contest.
2019-01-01
 
JA1RVO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1RYC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1TMG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1UOA  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1WQX  
Enjoyed in LO-band
 
JA2EMP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA2HNP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA2HYD  
Tnx FB Contest !!
 
JA2KKA  
ICOM IC7300 100W
Inv VEE, Vertical
 
JA2KPW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA2XLV  
GOOD CONTEST ARIGATO
FTdx5000  5EL
FTdx5000  5EL
 
JA2YKA  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA2YNI  
We enjoyed the contest.
 
JA3AVO  
SOSV
 
JA3EQC  
Thank you nide CQ WW CW contest!
 
JA3JM  
RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical
 
JA3LIL  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA3RAZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA3VOV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4BEV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4DLF  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4GQD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4MLR  
Appreciate all staffs and partner STNs very much.
 
JA4OPW  
I enjoyed the contest and
Thank you for picking up my weak signal
 
JA4VNE  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA5CBU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA5EXN/5   [photo/doc]  
I attended at seaside. I used an ICOM IC-7300M(50W) into a VDA antenna.
 
JA5IVG  
Thank you to the staff.
TS590D/50W+L.W.
 
JA6CNX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA6CVR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA6ELV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA6FFO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA7KED  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA7LLL  
Fun to have QSOs for several intermittent periods. Thanks.
 
JA7MAD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA7SUR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA7UES  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA8CXY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA8RUZ  
Condx is improved.
 
JA8RWU  
I have backache, so I had to take a more rest than usual for the contest.
But having a good condx, I tried to take a seat as longer as possible.
After high bands open, having low back pain, I had to qrt to take a rest at
around 06-10z(1st day) & 07-10z(2nd day) for low bands open unfortunately.
As a result I had better scores than the last year as following summaries.
This time I could have much more runs for about 30% of total QSOs.
Never happened before in years!
I hoped for this situation even from a small station.
Heard some stations on 160m but no luck.
Mni tnx for picking me up and patience.
Many guys always there like: K3LR,K1LZ,N6RO,NR4M,K1TTT,ND7K,VA7RR,W7RM,N7DX,etc
and it's good signs about the bands open&close.
Sorry about N2IC's absence for CB0ZA this time, so I only worked NM on one
band :-)
Very nice to have a new category "Limited Antennas Overlay".
I have hoped for having this kind of a category and am glad the ARRL nicely
decided to do it like ARRL 10m contest.
MNI TNX!
Thank you for all the QSOs and nice to say(key) Hi! again to friends!

[2024]claimed
Band  QSOs  Sec
160     0    0
80    11    6
40    84   21
20   108   38
15   136   40
10   147   42
Total 486  147
Score: 214,326

[2023]claimed
Band  QSOs  Sec
160     0    0
80    16    9
40    38   13
20    79   26
15   101   34
10   152   42
Total 386  124
Score: 143,592

Pwr: 50watts
Ant: 160-80-40m Inv.V on the 11mtrs pole in the garden, 20-15-10m Inv.V on the
roof@12mtrs from the ground.
 
JA9CWJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
See you nex year ! Yoshi
 
JA9DTV/1  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA9EJG  
I enjoyed the contest.
TNX FER QSOs 73
 
JA9FHB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA9LX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA9PPC  
It was a lot of fun though I operated only 90 minutes.
 
JE1GUU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE1GZB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE1QHP  
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.
I QSOed 29 stasions in 2020.
I QSOed 19 stasions in 2021.
I QSOed 29 stasions in 2022.
I QSOed 27 stasions in 2023.
I QSOed 34 stasions in 2024.
It is very difficult to QSO with U.S.A. stations using low
power RIG.
I think it is very good a new low power categoly in sigle band
category!!
When the sunrise time at the westcoast in the U.S.A. , I could
heare the very week singal of U.S.A stations 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!
 
JE2LPC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE2QHK  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3DFY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3ECD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3EZK  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3OUU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3PTA  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE4JPQ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE5HTN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE6LZN  
100W into EFHW
 
JE6QQN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE6TUP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE6VOH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE7SRK  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE8PHS   [photo/doc]  
(no comments)
 
JE8UHY  
RIG: ICOM IC-7300 50W
ANT: Mobile Whip
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.
 
JF1EPL  
Condtion was good!.
I enjoyed DX CW contest.
 
JF1GZZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1HAJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
Thank you.
 
JF1JDG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1LMB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1OPO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1TEU  
QSO in the high band was exciting because the propagation were good.Thanks everyone.
 
JF1VNR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF2FIU  
Good condx!
Thank you all stations!
 
JF3GFH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF3KCH  
FTDX5000(200W) & VD(10mh)
I enjoyed the contest.
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF3KQA  
Out put 5W + single element loop.
Thank you for the contacts.
 
JF3NDW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF3PGW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF4IET  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF6CYD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG0EXP  
V-DP,22mh100w
 
JG1BGT  
I like CW. I do love QRP. https://kurobe3463.blogspot.com/
 
JG1FML  
I enjoyed the contest.
Thanks for ARRL All Staff
 
JG1LHB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1LMK  
RIG: Yaesu FTDX10 100W
ANT: Yaesu ATAS120A
Operator's License: Japanese 1st class
Condx for US was good.
 
JG1LMT  
I enjoyed the contest.
RIG:TORIO TS-890S
ANT:Dipole Antenna, Vertical Antenna
 
JG1SRO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1SXP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1UKW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1UQD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1WKM  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1XIO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG2RFJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG3SVP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG7PSJ  
Thanks for all the QSO.
Although I did not participate the contest fully, I enjoyed pleasant pile-ups.
 
JH0DAY  
Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.
 
JH0ILL  
Thanks for joining contest
TX IC-7610 1000W
ANT:4ELE,
 
JH0KFI  
Many Thanks!!
 
JH1APZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1BHW  
I enjoyed this contest.Thanks lot.
 
JH1HIC  
SO
599KW==5991000
 
JH1HMC  
I enjoyed the contest. High band condition is so good.
 
JH1JJV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1JNJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1KYA  
I vy enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1LEM  
I enjoyed the contest.
I am 72 years old
 
JH1NLF  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1OGC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1SBJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1TJH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1UES  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1VMM  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1WOY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH2JNU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH2LMH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH3DMQ  
Rig: IC-7300M
ANT: 19.8mH V-DP(CD-330V)
OATH: I swer PWR down QRP 5W.
 
JH3FTZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH3IEG  
I really enjoyed this contest.
 
JH3LCU  
Thank you very much for very nice contest.
 
JH4FUF  
I enjoyed the contest.
see you next year !!
TS-890S+21mh6eleYAGI etc
 
JH4HVL  
RIG: YAESU FTDX-3000D
ANT: Dipole
Operator's License: Japanese 1st class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.
 
JH4OHD  
I thoroughly enjoyed the contest, which I was looking forward to.
Thank you.
 
JH6IAG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH6JBQ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH6NBW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH6QIL  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH6TNH  
Everyone thanks for comming back to my call!
 
JH6WDG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH7IQQ  
I enjoyed this contest using a wire delta loop with ATU.
 
JH7IXX  
TNX FB QSO es HPE Cu AGN
 
JH7UJU  
FT-817ND DP Yagi
 
JH7XGN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH8CXW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH8DHV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH8GEU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH9CEN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH9DRL  
I enjoyed it.
2ELE HB9CV 12.5mH 200W
 
JH9FCP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI0WVQ  
Although it was a short participation, the conditions were good and it was
 
JI0XWS  
The date of receiving the license
2022.10.17
 
JI1HSV  
FUCHU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
 
JI1LET  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI1LNR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI3CJP  
I enjoyed the Contest.
 
JI3NOP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI4HCE  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI4WHS  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI7NUF  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ0PJD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ0SFV  
Using whip antenna
 
JJ0TWX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ0UIF  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ0UJW/1  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1BDX  
This year, propagation from Japan to the USA/Canada was very good on 10m!
 
JJ1GXY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1IVX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1ONK  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1PFC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1SWI  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1UBX  
TNX CU AGN
 
JJ2TKX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ2YDV  
cu next test 73
 
JJ3TBB  
RIG is TS-850S and ANT is vertical(7/14MHz) or dipole(21/28MHz)
Power output is 50 watts or less
 
JJ7PMS  
5W claimed
age as of 76
I hope to enroll net year
 
JK1BVN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1CNL  
I really enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1DAS  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1DVP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1DVU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1EJP  
I enjoyed participating with an indoor LW antenna and 10w output.
 
JK1ESR  
I enjoyed the contest.
PWR=50wattts
TWIN DELTA LOOP(7MHz)/DP(3.5MHz)/4ele YAGI(21MHz/28MHz)
 
JK1HIY  
LAST YEAR 12099 POINT.
 
JK1HZH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1JAS  
79 years old
 
JK1JGU  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1RWO  
This is my first time participating in a DX contest.
 
JK1SFP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1TCV  
I USED POWER LESS THAN 5W.
 
JK1VMC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1WSH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK3NQV  
RIG: YAESU FT-450DM
ANT: 12mh Vertical
Operator's License: Japanese 1st class
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK7CWL  
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...
It was excellent CNDX on 10m band. TNX QSO CUAGN 73
 
JK8NIP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JL1EUP  
All Asian DX Contest
 
JL1JJD  
I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks a lot for your efforts.
 
JL1LOF  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JL1NIE   [photo/doc]  
QMX 5W with vertical EFHW.
 
JL7GGH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM1BNF  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM1GHT  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM1PIH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM3FUW  
I got  new states !TU
 
JM6EBR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM7GTK  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM7SKE  
It was a lot of fun.
Goood propagation on high band.
 
JM8ONP  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JM8RWJ  
I enjoyed this contest.tnx
 
JN1CJS  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JN1FAO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JN1KMI  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JN7TAN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JO1KTD  
I enjoyed the Contest.
 
JO1PZR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JO1QNO  
Tnx contact
 
JO1VVT  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JO1WIZ  
IC-7300M (50 Watts)
Loaded DP
 
JO4MJU  
TNX QSO!ALL STATIONS!
 
JO4MTH  
Really enjoyed ths contest. I thank all the stations who copied me!
 
JO6NZN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JP1EWY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JP1JZR/1  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JP2XYT  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JQ1NGT  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JQ1TAR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JQ2NUD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JQ3GQI  
I really enjoyed this exciting CW contest with my HAM friends in North
America.
 
JR0BQD  
Participated in 10M using Hentenna and 100W,remembering that I participated in same band using
Hentenna and 10W 35 years ago(1989). The conditions were good and Hentenna worked well.
 
JR0ECQ  
.
 
JR0RBY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1ABS  
I enjoyed the contest QRP.
 
JR1AQI  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1DVB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1JRW  
Thenk you.
 
JR1JWR  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1LFT  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1MEG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1NWV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1USU  
Portable: Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Pref.
 
JR2AWS  
RIG: YAESU FTDX5000MP+VL-1000
ANT: DP,YAGI,EH
 
JR2PMT  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR2VFJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR3RIU  
Thanks QSO.
IC-7600 KPA500
 
JR4DAH  
I used QRP(5W)RIG
 
JR4FLW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR6CSY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR6IKD  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR6QXL  
Many thanks for picking up my weak signal.
IC-705(10W)+shaped"L"vertical DP
 
JR7ASO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR7NFW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR8QFG  
IC-7300 1/2WL GP Antenna
 
JS1BXH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
K0ARM  
CHECKLOG
 
K0PJ  
Great contest!
 
K1IM  
Simple vertical antenna in north Maine. Easton, Maine.
Barefoot
 
K2AX  
Incredible conditions made for a great weekend.
 
K2EKM  
5w to an end-fed 53 foot sloper (ground to 30' at apex). Could only
operate for a limited time, but enjoy this contest. One of my
favorite times for working DX with my compromise setup!
 
K2JF  
15 was great fun.. so active
 
K2LS  
WOW
Been doing this for 66 plus years. Probably the best conditions ever.
 
K2TNO  
Fantastic conditions. How can we arrange to have the solar cycle get stuck in this gear forever???
Hams who don't chase DX now will not be pleased if they catch the DX bug in a few years.
 
K3AJ  
This was a single radio operation. K3AJ operated from the shack. ND3D, K3WA and WT3K all operated
remotely.
 
K3CCR  
K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. As the
only CW op, I (N3UM) did SOHP U in the 2024 ARRL CW DX test. I
hoped to beat my best ARRL CW score here, 1.25 M in 2023. I did
that; 1.06 X the Q pts and 1.17 X the mults for 1.24 X the 2023
score claim. Very low Kp & high SFI helped; it was fun to take
full advantage. At 0Z start, 40 M was hot. I ran for 151 Qs by
0155Z, 79.5/hr. Then I clicked spots for 133 Qs 0159-0406Z, 63/
hr. Just 1 more 40-M Q by 0415Z, but QSY to 80 M got 67 Qs with
spots 0420 to 0512Z QRT, 77/hr. From 1350-1608Z I clicked spots
for 140 15-M Qs, 61/hr, then 36 10-M Qs, 83/hr 1613-1639Z by QRT
to eat. Back 1832-1907Z I got 31 more 10-M Qs, then 150 20-M Qs
1915-2136Z, 64/hr, and 50 15-M Qs in 52 min, till 2240Z. Good
rates w/spots; CQ sigs loud, ops skilled. Supper BK till 0017Z,
then got 92 40-M Qs by 0207Z, 23 in a run at 53/hr. Clicked agn
for 30 20-M Qs in 33 min, 0212-0245. Took a 30-min BK, then got
54 80-M Qs & all 24 160-M Qs by 0451Z QRT. Back on 20 M 1349Z,
41 Qs at 79/hr cleared the bandmap by 1420Z. On 10 M at 1424Z a
try to run got only 9 Qs. But, clicks got 107 more for 161 Qs by
1609Z start of lunch BK. At 1603Z, my score was 1.251 M, 1.3 K
more than my final 2023 score; fewer Qs but more ctys in 2024.
Back at 1844Z, 29 10-M Qs & 55 15-M Qs cleared the bandmaps. But
on 20 M, I got 80 Qs by 2245Z. Rate slowed; I quit then to avoid
a late supper. Rare ctys; 5W, 9V, CE0, FR, HL, TI9, & ZD7.
 
K3GW  
Amazing conditions
 
K3TW  
"It was great to work so many QRP, 5 watt, DX stations thanks to excellent band conditions."
 
K4EES  
None... Short, but great time
 
K4SXT  
Antenna is a stealth 29' wire vertical and a 66' inverted U with top at 25'-  both in same tree fed
together at base. It is invisible to my neighbors. Of course a hefty tuner is required (I use an
ATR-30).   All contacts were Search and Pounce - My experience has shown that a low power station
can use multipliers as an equalizer.  Besides, IMHO, a DX contest is for fun and my way is less
stressful -  I am too old now to be on the receiving end of the pile-up.
 
K5RX  
Had a terrible cold, so just wanted to make an appearance.  I
thought 500 Qs would be great, but was probably out of question.
Well, great conditions were the best cold medicine!  They were at
least as good as I've seen in my 56 years working this contest.
Managed to operate almost 23 hours.  Every time I sat down, I
found an abundance of stations to work.  For the first time in a
long time, I enjoyed a lack of line noise in all directions,
except some to the NW.  The only hardware failure was the NW
Beverage which quit working the day the contest started.
 
K5XU  
Great conditions!
 
K5ZD  
Wow.  Amazing conditions brought in new areas of the
world that we don't normally get to work.  Plus very
good low band conditions to build the multipliers.
 
K6NA  
As others have noted, conditions on all bands were out of this world-- maybe the best I've ever
experienced in 64 years of HF contesting!  The overall activity level was correspondingly high, too.
 My only regret is not planning for a full-time entry.  Onward to the next one! 73, K6NA
 
K6NR  
I was in Scottsdale, Arizona visiting my daughter and family but got
into the contest remotely using my station near Victorville. I could
not do a full effort, but got to experience the great conditions
everyone has been talking about. I spent most of my 9 hours on 15 and
10 where I had good EU and JA runs. Many stations of similar strength
were calling from EU making it hard to pick folks out.

Thanks for the QSOs - 73, Dana
 
K6QLF  
This is the FIRST-time entry into the ARRL Dx Contest as K6QLF
for the Amateur Radio Club of Alamda (ARCA)
This was a completely ad-HOC operation to demonstrate remote operating
for the Amateur Radio Club of Alameda (ARCA) monthly club meeting live
from the Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda, running as K6QLF, remotely
from the Ramona QTH.  50 QSOs demonstrates that a last-minute
remote operation can indeed be productive.  Come visit us at: ARCHAHam.Org.
Look for a writeup on this and other contests at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com
 
K7CTB  
Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.
 
K7EA  
Good times in cycle 25! Wow 10 meters!  Can't wait until 2035.
 
K7NJ  
Started late due to computer problems.  CW Skimmer didn't work right, so assistance was only by
telnet.

Operated total of 29:44 hours.

Conditions were excellent.  Band was extremely quiet. Saturday night had simultaneous openings to
Europe and JA. Instantaneously switched antennas and directions made this easy without needing to
wait for a rotator to move a beam, etc.

Antennas: 40M 8-Circle, 160M vertical with 40M tuner at base, 3 bi-directional Beverages.

Rig: K3S and ACOM 2000A amp.
 
K8GL  
WOW! Thanks for the contest!  A great weekend.
 
K8LF  
Good conditions.  Best I can remember.  No 160M antenna so lost
those Mults.  80M was better than expected.  Worked Antarctica
twice! Station worked great other than RF into remote rotor
control had to cycle power to rotor box about everyother time I
need to rotate antenna.   I was in and out casual kind of
operation but happy with score.
 
K8RXB  
QRP CW with attic dipole was challenging and fun
 
K8TS  
Just don't know how ops break 1 and 2K q's....
 
K9AXT  
4-Watt QCX+ with Attic Dipole
 
K9EI  
IC-7300 and 100 Watts for the best propagation I have experienced as a ham.  Antenna is an Inverted
L with 32 radials, and AH-4 ATU outside at the feed-point.  Wire is up at the 46' mark.  Mostly I
just went up and down the bands as a S&P, and running a little bit.  The EU pileups are CRAZY.  See
you on the next one.

Matt
K9EI
 
K9KE  
Society of Midwest Contesters
 
KA0PQW  
fun contest i thought i really did well with mystation. 73 Matt ka0pqw
 
KA1API  
Great Contest!
 
KA2IRQ  
Missed the last hour because of a nearby fire!  Would have beaten my previous score otherwise.  It
was a HOT contest!
 
KB4N  
Trying out my new RGO One using 5 watts and an 80 meter end fed half wave antenna. Kudos to all the
fb ops who heard me. Always nice contest to get a few new countries into the log.
 
KC2KZJ  
propagation on 15M was terrific.  from NJ i worked a lot of stations in europe on feb 18 using 100
watts.
 
KC4LZN  
Wow, conditions on 10 were just hot. Guess they were good
everywhere because there was no loss of DX to work in this
contest. Recently picked up the DX Commander Classic Vertical and
when one antenna didn't work, switched over to this one, mostly
for the transmit but was able to get through with the switch
between the beam, Windom and vertical. Blessed to have the
selection.Weather this weekend was nothing but rain and gld it
didn't include any lightning so time spent indoors was time well
spent. Along with, of course, keeping the rest of the family
entertained between times in the seat of course.Not a barn burner
but glad to provide extra points to the club. On to the next!
 
KC6EOA   [photo/doc]  
(no comments)
 
KC9TQR  
My first CW contest in awhile.  Sent by hand (straight key) and had a great time. Very enjoyable
contest.
 
KD2SRI  
12-15 watts!!
 
KD2YJX  
This is my second CW Contest, 100W on about 75' Random wire vertical
Yaesu FT-710 Thanks to KE2L for letting me borrow your Bencher Pdls.
 
KD9MS  
Europe. Loud. Asia. Loud. South America. Loud. What a great weekend!
 
KE0TT  
K3/10 at 5 watts to two selectable dipoles. Spent time on 10, 15, and 20M. Very good condx from
here. Enjoyed the fun! Thanks for your copy of my QRP sigs, always appreciated. C U next time, 73,
Dan  ke0tt
 
KE0YI  
Only operated for a few hours Sunday afternoon.  10 meters was open to Europe and the South Pacific
at the same time.  Had fun!
 
KE4EA  
My first ARRL-DX-CW, 92 Countries
 
KE4WKH  
Amateur radio fun and an excellent learning experience. QRP with a TenTec Argonaut VI 
to an endfed 80-10 wire antenna; straight key. (no keyer or macros yet) Thanks to the Hams in my log
entries, and to all. Enjoyed my opportunity to participate. 
73's, KE4WKH
 
KE5ES  
Turned on the radio and realized there was a contest.  I was
running 5 watts with a KX3 and switched to a Yaesu FT817.
Antenna used was a vertical sparkplug wire antenna.
 
KE6K  
Started planning a QRP run. About an hour into the contest I noticed I had not reduced my power
so....LP. Really good conditions Friday night local. Not as good the rest of the weekend but not bad
at all.
 
KF3G  
Operated from FM29jw

Duplicates - removed from submitted Log below:

QSOs: 260

260 QSOs x 3 Points / Contact = 780 Points.
780 Points x 113 Multipliers = 88140 Points.

Thank you for the 2024 ARRL International DX Contest, CW.
 
KG4GVL  
QRP all the way, running QCX+ 40 and QCX+ 20, one at a time.
Mixed conditions, but a lot of fun. I used a simple long wire
antenna, and each radio only transmits at just under 5w.
 
KH6RS  
KH6RS, Op K5JR @ NH6Y
 
KI4BXU  
Just missed 400 contacts (before log checking)! Search and pounce operations only. Trying to build
up my speed so that I can decode call signs quicker, but I still transmit at 20 WPM. Had to break in
a new IC-7300 and accessories because my old one was stolen (Grrrr!). Carolina Windom 40 antenna, 75
feet RG-8x coax, LDG AT-100Pro 2 tuner for 15 m, with a used Dell Latitude E7270 from Hamvention
2022 serving as a logging and keying computer. No spotting assistance because cellular coverage is
intermittent inside the cabin.
 
KI4DEF  
Rigs:
40/20m: Elecraft K3 (5W)/NorCal Sierra (1W) to 44 ft doublet up 35 ft
15m: Elecraft K3 (5W) to 135 ft end-fed Zepp up 40ft
 
KI5PGL  
Limited Antenna Overlay
 
KJ6HZ  
Great conditions and activity
 
KL7P  
40-20-15-10 fan dipole at 30ft did ok (don't tell the HOA). Haven't worked a CW contest in 30+
years. Either everyone else has gotten much faster, or I've gotten much much slower...
 
KM4CH  
This was a lot of fun. With only wire antennas I worked several new countries.
 
KP4/N6BDX  
This is an operation from Remote Ham Radio KP4/Palmas station.
 
KQ2M  
GREAT conditions! Great rates, LOTS OF FUN!
Had 3200 qsos by 00z and broke the 5,000 qsos barrier
using one radio/one amp all weekend.
Thanks for the qsos and the mults!  73  Bob, KQ2M
 
KQ6KC  
First CW contest (after 30 years).
Lots of activity on 20M
Running (vintage?) IC-738 at QRP. Home-brew EFHW.
Amazed by responses.
 
KR2H  
Excellent conditions. Put 30 JAs in the log along with China, ZD7,
FR,
and CB0BW/Juan Fernandez. All in all, nice surprises for my 100
Watts
and a wire.
 
KS7T  
I guess propagation forecasts are just that, forecasts and the
dismal forecast for this contest weekend did not match what really
took place on the air. It was like old times working 5 watt JAs on
10 & 15 and getting an EU pile up on 15 & I only ran 50 w.great fun
 
KV8Q  
Lots of fun with great conditions running ten meters onl;y QRP
with an indoor antenna.  Amazing what you can accomplish..
Thanks - 73  tom    Rig = TenTec Eagle @ 5 Watts.  Antenna = an
Isotron-80 for 80 meters, a mag Loop (40 thru 15), and a 10 meter
droopy dipole, all in the attic above the garage.
 
KX7L  
This contest almost slipped past me, so I missed the first day.
I decided to see what I could do on just 10m, and had some fun.
Nice to see all the JA's on Saturday night.  Thanks for all the
QSO's!
 
KY4GS  
YL, Rookie (Licensed April 2021), and Limited Antennas (endfed up
abt 25 feet).
 
LA6CF  
Sorry for all the dupes, I am too old for this stuff (85). Thought I was on another band....
 
LA9GY  
Only 31 QSOs.
I was planning on catching a lot of QSOs but instead I Caught a cold this weekend.
 
LC7X  
SUNSDR DX
Antennas: Yagi
 
LN5O  
FTdx10 + UY5ZZ Amp + dxlog software
 
LU1AW/D  
Initially started in category hipwr/ALL bands but after few minutes on 15M AMP went south. So I
reset and hours later re-started single band 10M low pwr with my old FT1000MP
Excellent conditions on 10M with my monobander
LU1AW/D
 
LW8DQ  
Este es el primer concurso del año, motivo por el cual sirvio para volver a juntarnos con mis
amigos para acondicionar "Los profesStation", si bien no se llego con los trabajos de mantenimiento
disfrutamos de la comida y la pileta en Enero.
Por tal motivo decidi salir en single Band, 10 mts. aunque la intencion era All Band y sumar points
para la clasificacion del WRTC 2026. Gracias por el esfuerzo para organizar dicho evento lo mejor
para todos en este 2024. 73 LW8DQ Mario
 
LZ1IQ  
Rig FT77 ant Vert 40m-dipole
 
LZ7CC  
RTX FT-991A, ANT OCF DIPOLE 40/20/10, PWR 100W
 
M0BPQ  
I wasnt able to operate much in one of my favourite contests of
the year, but great to get on the high bands when they were in
such good shape. Thanks to everyone I worked and see you in the
next leg!
 
M0DSL  
Antennas:
 
M0HOM  
1 quarter wave vertical for 7mhz, 2 elevated radials, works well on 21 also.
tu for all the Q's - M0HOM
 
M0IPU  
DXspider:  dxs.ddns.net:7300; AR-Cluster 6:  arc6.ddns.net:7373; CC Cluster:  dxnode.ddns.net:8888
 
M0KHX  
Limited Antennas Overlay: All calls made with end-fed wire antenna up
about 4m.
 
M0MDS  
Sorry log missed 1 hour Sunday PM..
 
M1DDD  
Approx 60' EFLW top fed 9:1 unun at 20'. S&P only
 
M3P  
Did just few hours on the Sunday. Especially good in the evening with some good run-rates.
 
M5M  
40m of wire as inverted-L did quite well on all bands - great fun.
 
M6W  
Condx don't get much better than this.
 
MM0T  
Another fun event. A strange undiagnosed problem limited me on 80M, but more anon. One of the best
ARRK DX CW events I can remember. Activity kept going right through with 20M open till just shy of
22:00. Here's to the next one!
 
MW0IDX  
10m in great shape this year follwed by 15m.
SD logging worked great!
 
N0GM  
The higher bands were as good as I've ever heard them.  Never talked from Texas to Finland on 15M in
the middle of the night before.
 
N0JK   [photo/doc]  
Conditions were great in the ARRL DX contest (Feb 17 - 18) on 10
Meters.  I was not going to work it much this year as looking for CB0ZA on 6, but decided to give it
a go Saturday afternoon. I operated fixed mobile QRP on 10 Meters. Radio 25 year old TS-850, hand
key, & paper log. Saturday afternoon was unseasonably cold, but logged CB0ZA to start the contest
off (10, not 6! Worked South Americans, Japan, Alaska, and OG1F and RU1A over the pole at 2315z!  I
have never done that before on 10M. Also worked 3 stations in China, copied V85RH, but could not
touch that pileup !  

Sunday morning was warmer and 10 open to Europe. Eastern and Western Europe strong. At 1810z found
7Q6M up the band with a loud signal on 28.145 MHz and logged. Western Europe got louder around
1900z. Worked 60 watt MD2C for an all time new one!" Then loud MW5B, MM2N and EI7M.  Was going to
call it a day - but saw spots for Japan around 2300z. Went out again, worked 16 loud stations in
Japan along with ZL4MDM. V85RH was much louder, but a huge unruly pileup. The low A and K indices
helped over the "over the North Pole 10 Meter propagation.
 
N0MII  
What a blast! Only operated ~3 hours; regret I didn't do more
 
N0OJ  
Excellent band conditions almost all weekend. 10m was especially
good on Saturday into Europe! 40m also was a nice band all
weekend.
 
N0VT  
Antennas:
 
N1AM  
New FDX10 did great work
 
N1NN  
20TH ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST
 
N1SP  
Bands were in great shape!!! Worked 8R7X while they were lonely and calling CQ!
 
N2CU  
Stationary mobile from the parking lot of the condo in Myrtle Beach. Lots of fun when conditions are
as good as they were.
 
N2DYT   [photo/doc]  
4th Floor Indoor Loop  - Flex 1500 - 5 Watts
 
N2FT  
I operated the contest with a stealthy 40m tree-mounted vertical with a loading coil for 80m and a
short temporary/portable parasitic vertical array for 20 - 10.  Here in the HOA, operating is a
struggle.  I can't even put up a dipole, but I don't qualify for the "limited antennas" overlaY
bucause I use vertical reflectors on 20 - 10 to try to get some gain. ARRL should not penalize HOA
residents that attempt to do the best they can in a hard situation.

Kind of like Tribander and Wires.  Makes me laugh.  No way I could put up a Tribander or high wires,
let alone a dipole.

Anyway, the broad prohibition of multiple elements for limited antennas seems unfair.  The limited
antennas overlay allows long wires of unlimited length, and they provide gain.
 
N2KTC  
I love the ARRL CW DX Contest!  It certainly builds my CW speed!
 
N2TO  
Thanks to the DX stations who heard and worked my QRP signal.
 
N2WLG  
Great conditions on 10 with my 40W and balcony mounted Buddipole!
 
N3AIU  
I ran high power through my 80m fullwave loop at 40 feet.  Unfortunately, my amp failed after 23
hours so I packed it in.
 
N3FR  
Well now, that was fun!
My highest score ever, for any contest!  And of course, it was CW!
Operated almost 29 hours, and this 73 year old body is a bit angry with me!
Bands seemed to be very cooperative, and my new Yagi loved it!  
Went to 20 meters Friday night and worked right through to morning, with a
steady stream of contacts!  What a rush!
Thank you, ARRL, for an absolutely fantastic CW contest!
And thank you to everyone who provided the Q's!
Best 73's.
Bob, N3FR
 
N3GB  
TS-890S, Buddipole @19', 10M dipole @12'
 
N3IQ  
Fun.  Band open early and late. Station played well.
Beat personal goals--(1000Qs and 100 Countries)
by a wide margin...thanks for an enjoyable weekend!
 
N3RN  
60 Countries on 10 Meters running a t_rusty IC-706MKII to a 102 inch CB whip up 10 feet. I love
conditions like this. Rob N3RN
 
N4BP  
2024 ARRL DXCW
 
N4IW  
This was my first ARRL DX CW Contest.  Sometimes it was like
shooting fish in a barrel and other times not so much.  In
particular, very early Sunday morning conditions were not ideal
and many of the stations I was hearing I had already worked the
day before.  I was able to spend more time Sunday afternoon,
primarily on 10 and 15 meters and this was extremely productive.
I found it strange that so many stations used very odd power
abbreviations.  I made the choice to log what I heard rather than
try to interpret them.   Some are real easy to figure out but NN,
73 and several others made me shake my head.  All of my contacts
were S&P.  Over all it was very enjoyable.  Locals that I heard
were K4XL, N3MN, NJ4Q, NN4RB, N2QT and W4WWQ.
 
N4NM  
Boy, was that ever fun! Larry, K4AB, had sent a note suggesting a few niche classes for this
contest, and I have to thank him for the suggestion of Ten Meter QRP, as an orphan class. QRP can be
a drudge, especially when conditions are poor, but it can be a delight when the band is hot, as it
was this weekend. I remember sometimes thinking smugly, "I bet you'd be surprised if I told you I
was running only 4.75 watts". It was, nevertheless, still challenging; and most Qs required fingers
crossed. But I was pleasantly surprised at how "normal" it felt. I was even able to get a run going
for an hour or so on Sunday morning when signals were strong enough; and I had a nice battle with
KY8Q on the contest scoreboard...our scores were only a few Qs apart for most of the test. That sure
makes it exciting, and it's a great incentive to stay in the chair.  

Many thanks for the great patience from other ops, who hung in through noise and QSB to complete the
tough ones. It's a reminder that radiosport is unique among competitive events in that success
depends on helping one's competitor!
 
N4XL  
TS590SG
 
N5GG  
Using FTdx10 and a collection of resonant dipoles @ 30ft in the backyard.
Wonderful weekend to chase DX! Thank you all for the QSOs and 73 de N5GG Colin
 
N5LOW  
slow cw, thank you all for being patient with my slow qso. I am excited to do this contest again
next year. 73 from Seabrook Texas.
 
N6AN  
Portable operation from four SOTA summits: W6/CT-225; W6/CT-029;
W6/CT-167; W6/CT-207. 5 watts from a KX3 with a 17' doublet fed
with twisted pair hung from an 18' mast. Conditions were
outstanding. I could S&P with good results and even call CQ and
get some answers. Sunday morning I only lasted 90 minutes on the summit
as a cloud blew over and got evertything wet.
My log suffers from phone logging on one app, then transcription to N1MM+.
 
N6DW  
Just a couple of hours on Sunday available, but the pickings were
rich.
 
N6GP  
Greatest condix ever on 10 for this contest.
 
N6HI  
QRP, NON-Assisted, "Full 5 Watts" to a 20 Foot end-fed wire,
thrown into a tree out my window, 15 feet max above ground.
No internet or other assistance used, just S&P "tune and find".
Great condx on the upper bands. 10m and 15m were VY FB.
My goal was to better my last years results, which I did, and I
even set a new personal best record this year for # of QSOs,
# of Entities, Mults, Europeans, and Africans in this contest.
I managed to put 98 European contacts in the log, a few Africa,
and 51 QSOs with Japan. VERY pleased to work our Expedition
Outlaws at PJ2T on 3 bands, and at KH7M on all 4 bands I use.
My hearty congratulations and THANKS to all for your patience,
and 254 great DX QSOs. There's NO Contest like a CW Contest!
Pure radio fun!  GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS! -73- John N6HI
 
N6KIN  
Used 100 watts to a Ciro Mazzoni "Baby Loop" antenna on 40m through
10m bands for this contest.   Great fun, and since I'm blinded by a
steep mountain immediately to my north, I believe I was making
long-path (or diffracted) contacts to Europe on 15 and 10 meters!
Thank you to all.  73
 
N6RSH  
Signals were FANTASTIC this time. Thank you cycle 25! I don't know when I had this much fun in a
contest (and I LOVE contesting).
 
N6TV  
SF=169, K=0 or 1 most of the weekend.  Best conditions I can remember.
Even the low bands were good.
 
N6VOH  
Band conditions were great,and really enjoyed this contest.
 
N7EPD  
WOW!  Going all band single op with conditions like that is
overwhelming!
 
N7FSV  
My first contest, after a long hiatus from radio. Fun event. Thanks all!
 
N7RCS  
This was the best ARRL CW DX contest propagation condx in years at my South Florida Atlantic Coast
QTH. Although I operated QRP (5w) it felt like I had a 1kw linear amp driving my KX3. I had my best
result ever by a lot, using just a single non-rotatable HyEndFed 40-10m EFHW sloper up about 30 ft.
The KX3/PX3 were powered by a 12V 9Ah Bioenno LiFePo battery. Lots of fun! Can't wait to see the
results!
Jim - N7RCS
 
N7WY  
K4D was DOA at the start, unable to use mechanical or PC keying!
used K3S first few hours, then tried K4 again the next day
K4 awakened Saturday AM, but audio out stopped abruptly twice
 
N8WS  
was a fun contest but I was in it to complete my 160 was by working Alaska. I then went to 10meters
and lowered my power to 1 OR 2 WATTS AND WORKED 7 MORE CONTACTS.
Was than running 1k....try qrp for more fun.
GL AND 73 
Bill N8WS
 
NC4JP  
Limited Antenna.
Half-wavelength OCF dipole at 25 feet.
 
ND0C  
Great conditions for QRP, especially on 40 meters with just a dipole!
 
ND9M  
My fan dipole is up only 15', but it worked quite well from the RV throughout the weekend.
 
NG2X  
Happy to achieve DXCC in under 24hrs with a vertical in the snow.
 
NG3Q  
Thanks for a great contest, conditions were great on 20m.  Quite a few long path contacts were made.
 I bought a new laptop and installed N1MM before the contest, not sure I was ready to go but a lot
of fun was had.  It has been over 10 years since I last did a contest. Worked 20m SOSB low power.
Station
FTDX10
2 element Cal-Av Yagi at 55 feet
Location: Rocky River OH
NG3Q Tom
 
NI0K  
80M single band entry. My new 80' high dipole worked a bomb. Conflicting commitments limited my BIC
time. I'm very happy with my station's performance on this one. 100% S&P.
 
NN7CW  
DL2LE is a valid contact. He used to be my rag chew friend back in DL.
 
NO2D  
Nice opening to EU on Saturday morning. Pete, NO2D.
 
NO9E  
Part time operation. N4PL took care of many 160m DX. 
Pretty good conditions on all bands and low local noise level.
 
NU7I  
Blind ham running 100 Watts from a Kenwood TS590SG to an Alpha FMJ vertical mounted on a tripod in
the back yard.
 
OE1CIW  
I was using Elecraft K3/100 and just different INDOOR (!) wire antennas in the attic of the house
(no permanent antenna installation allowed outside). Actually i have one wire antenna for 80 m, two
fan dipoles in different directions and two moxon wire beams for 20 and 15 m roughly to USA
direction. One fan dipole can be used for East/West directions from 40-10 m and the other from 10-20
m for North/South directions. All antennas can be quick selected from the shack.

DXLOg says TIME ON was 21:26 hrs. 

Well i have just reviewed the past weekend (2024 ARRL DX Contest CW) and i am still more than
impressed with the exceptionally good shortwave propagation over the weekend in general and at 80 m
(probably also at 160 m) in particular! I'm actually completely deaf at 80 m, but at 160 m it's
senseless, the antenna is a dummy load ???!

I actually don't have a really usable antenna at 80 m and yet I still got 38 (!) contacts in my log
with the USA and Canada. Even my CQ calls in the 80 m band were returned to me by several stations
one after the other - and that with my "dummy load" ??! 

Tnx to Victor VA2WA who had great ears ... he came back to my CQ call on 80 m and was spotting me in
the cluster (i didn´t know that because i was unassisted during the contest) so that´s why i even
got more stations in my log on 80 m!

I'm amazed that it even worked with such a bit of wire and at times it didn't work too badly! Yes,
ok, the operating time probably also plays a significant role, but I can't remember ever having it
go as smoothly and well as this weekend at 80 m!

It would be great if you could look at and analyze the scenario of the weekend - especially
regarding 80 m from OE to USA/Canada. Above all, WHAT happened so GREATLY well that the band
conditions were so magnificent at 80 m! There is already hope that i will still be able to get the 5
band DXCC finally ...

In addition to the usual disturbances that start slowly in the morning (usually on weekends too) at
80 m (I would also be interested to know what kind of QRM this actually is), the band was noticeably
not very "noisy"!

I suspect that it has something to do with the sun and subsequently with the earth's magnetic field,
but unfortunately I have far too little idea about it. Also the loss in the different layers was
maybe very low this time ... so signals were loud most of the time or possible to work for me at
least! 

Just because a lot of stations were QRV because of the contest, that definitely wasn't it alone. Of
course it helps when lot of stations are active ... anyway i don't think I've ever heard so many
loud and clear CW signals on 80 m from the USA/Canada before.

It would be ideal if there is a clear rule, so to speak, if the sun and the earth's magnetic field
show this or that constellation. If you knew this in advance, you could prepare for more difficult
conditions much better. I suspect that the low bands 160 and 80 m are very similar.

I also made MP3 files of the stations I worked on because I've rarely been able to enjoy something
like that before. After the ARRL Contest log submission deadline, I will probably publish a video or
individual MP3 files so that you can see what is still possible with a de facto "almost no
antenna".

I would be really happy if there were any ideas and/or suggestions on the topic - so far I have
neglected 80 m a bit, but I think this band will probably keep me a little more busy now ... i´m
hooked again ???

Tnx a lot for all contacts - especially on 80 m!
73 and gd DX de Michael OE1CIW
 
OE3MCS  
RX/TX: TS-890S
Ant.:High End Fed LW

Power:100 W
ASSISTED with
CW Decoder
 of TS 890S
Thanks for Contest!
 
OE7AFT  
A lot of fun, as usual. 
It is commendable of the organization to have introduced the new "limited antennas" overlay!
 
OE8DDX  
15 years old op
 
OE8TIR  
Great condx to the west coast - spent only a short time in contest but with fun.
K3 - doublet - 73!
 
OG1F  
FB contest,
 
OH2KI  
Several six banders logged.
It was hard to get any  W/ve on 160 m from North but not that Nord. Most claimed 100 W who topped
me.
 
OH2KW  
Nice contest
All USA states workes, few missing from Canada. 
Still, this time of the year the band closes here for the night.
So a good sleep possible.
 
OH2PQ  
Big thanks to OH2BAH for letting me use his QTH
 
OH3KAV  
Thanks for a nice contest! Propagation was pretty good, the upper
bands being open beyond the daylight hours and with some nice openings
to west-coast from European polar region! Nice to hear so many good
and skillful US/CA operators with good ears. I am amazed how many
stations could pick up the signal from my very modest station!
Thanks for a nice contest and hopefully we see again next year!
Rig: Yaesu FT-920, 100 watts. Ant: Cushcraft R-7000 vertical.
 
OH7GYN  
Multiband vertical, IC-7300, 100 W
 
OH7KBF  
ARRL DX CW 2024
 
OK1CZ  
PWR 5W, ANT OCF Windom 80m long
 
OK1DZ  
My first call is OK1DZD and second call is OK1DZ
IC756 1W out , ANT LW 34m
Straight key
 
OK1KUW  
IC 705, DIPOLE 80m
 
OK1OA  
ANT: 160-40m Inverted L 10+41m  10m above ground, 20-10m GP
 
OK1RCX  
Transceiver QMX 3W to dipole at 10m
 
OK1TRJ  
IC-7300 | 100 W | ant: 24m endfed @ 8 m agl | 73!
 
OK1UKC  
IC-7300, LW 42M, MFJ-993B (66)
 
OK2MBP  
Rig[s]IC-7600-100W,Antena[s]3el.YAGI,LW82m
 
OK4DZ  
Excellent conditions on highers bands! Cu Agn, David.
 
OK4RQ  
TS480SAT-100w, ant Vertical
 
OK7O  
FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom 1000 - 1 kW
6el./10, 5el./15, 4el./20, 3el./40, dipol/80, dipol/160, beverage
 
OK7T  
FT2000 100W, 3ele.Yagi tribander, Inv.V dipole
 
OK8CX/P  
I love to do summiting. So during an activation of Sisak OL/KA-194 GMA
I decided to make 1h ARRL Contzest...for sure in qrp als always. It
was amazing ... great opening on 10m and great operators on the other
side to hear my 5 watt signal so quick! 73 Olaf ok8cx/p
 
OM0M  
Category is SOUSB20 HP
 
OM2DT  
TS590 sg,Lw
 
OM3CDN  
RIG: FT991A, ANT: END FED 5B
 
OM3TBG  
TRX DRAKE TR7  - 100W  ANT Windom 41 M
 
OM5ALL  
two phased GP 4m up ground, FTDX3000
 
OM7AT  
TNX, 73!
 
ON4ZD  
Yaesu FTDX5000MP, amplifier ACOM 2100, antenna Mosley TA53M,
MicroHam MKII
 
ON5WL  
Good contest with good propagation but activity stopped
rather early in the morning on both days.
But I enjoyed the contest and I like to work CW.
Till next year.
73 Leon  ON5WL
 
ON6AT  
TRX FT-950 100w - Ant Cushcraft R8 vert
 
ON6FC  
Arrl DX CW
 
ON6WP  
saturday were much better conditions but still enjoy with my limmited station
 
ON8NT  
First CW contest, quite a learning experience!
 
OR5O  
Just use my log as checklog, as I no chance to make more QSO. 
I am living in the city (QRM), using a vertical antenna, with auto tuner at the base of the antenna.
And only 100 W. It was nice to have this small pilup.


Jacques ON5OO
 
OT4A  
Hi all, 

Just a bit more than 9 hours of playing radio on 10 m.
 
 Great fun again !

CUAGN SN

OT4A Theo
 
OX7AM  
This was my third ARRL DX CW from Greenland. 2022 was awful. 2023 was better -- but 2024 was
amazing! No green fairies in the sky this time!
I've learned a lot since I started contesting from OX back in 2018. It remains the silliest place to
go if ya wanna win anything. Propagation is extremely sensitive to even the smallest disturbances
from the sun. Usually I get at most five or so mults on TopBand - 80 isn't much better. Not this
time though!
We were blessed with a quiet sun. No aurora, no CMEs, no blackouts. I couldn't have wished for more.
Lots of fun on Saturday. Slower on Sunday. To be expected. I thoroughly enjoy the challenge as well
as providing the OX mult in the ARRL and CQWW CW contests. This particular contest has always been
special to me. It's a fun chase - I had all US states and all provinces (lacking the territories
except YT) withing the first three hours. That told me that it was gonna be good. I was right! I'll
have to do something pretty drastic to improve the station if I am ever to break 5 million. This
time I got almost 4 and I am happy and satisfied.
The station I'm working from has largely simple wire antennas and 1 kW. It is situated 300 aASL,
which is wonderful and likely makes up for some what's missing in the antenna department. Despite
the frustrations over the ofttimes misbehaving Evil Day Star - and all the hard work in -35 C to get
it all up and running - I keep coming back and I cannot wait for the next one!
Thanks to everyone who called and answered!
73 de OX7AM
 
OZ1DTF  
Having fun with 100W and 10m EFHW.
 
P49Y  
Amazing condx don't help us in the Caribbean, but make for a great
weekend anyway!
 
PA0RBA  
Good activity, working 100 w into magloop and GP, T U!
 
PA0ZAV  
Great to test my new fan dipoles on all bands except 160
 
PA1EJO  
100W on a wire at 12m above a garden, participated a few hours on Sunday.
 
PA2CHM  
20-15-10
used SD for post cvontest logging
 
PA2F  
antenna GPA-404
tnx for a great contest-weekend!
 
PA3CWN  
UFB ears all I worked !  Running 1 Watt or less down to 25 mW in some qso's 73 Oene
 
PA3DRL  
nice contest my rig ic-7300 pwr 300 watt ant 3el triband yagi 14 mtr above street level
 
PA3DTR  
I had a ball on 10 meters! even CA!!
 
PA3FGA  
Due to time constrains only able to participate 1 night.
The night from Saturday to Sunday was the lucky one.
Saturday evening added the 160M extention coil to the 80M inverted-L antenna.
Last year, it took the whole night to log 1 station due to the local noise level.
This year , I was more lucky, the first 2 stations were in the log before 00:00 UTC.
After 27 qso's Jack (man with the) Hammer entered the shack around 07:30 local.
Plan is to improve the stations RX for next years edition.
Diversity RX (nvis and short vertical) was a step forward this year.
Station: K3 + KPA500 + inv-L for 80M + Extention coil
 
PA3GPX  
So, this was the first time I entered a log for the ARRL DX CW contest. Spend about 4 1/2 hours,
mainly on 10 and 15 meters. Bands were nice and open, but it??s not easy getting trough with a
simple endfed longwire. My goal was to make 100 qso??s and that worked out. I had fun and I??ll be
back next year with a better antenna.
 
PA3GVI  
From the city where noise is high. Using 400 watt and a doublet( inverted V style) with the apex at
30 feet and legs sloping down to 10 feet from the ground.
Main bands were 40/20/15 with little effort on 10 and 80. Conditions seem pretty good. Many
west-coast coming through really nice and I was able to make 594 contacts with overal just a couple
states and VE-provinces missing. Great to see so much CW activity. Enjoyed it!
 
PA4WM  
Fantastic conditoions and bands full of NA stations. What a
pleasure. Hope to see you all next year at the sunspot summit.
 
PA5CT  
Shared the station with my OM PA3FGA. He was active on 160m, I
did a bit on 10m, just for the fun of it.
 
PA5MW  
One of my favourite contests fro  home QTH, using 2el @12m AGL.
 
PA7RW  
cuagn, 73
 
PC5D  
10W indoor dipoles 40/20/15/10 m
 
PD8MD  
It was a pleasure working this contest, many US/VE stations with good ears to copy my 100W signal
from FT991A . Here working only with dipoles at max 10 m agl. Best 73 and cu around de Anthonie .
 
PE2K  
All QSO's in storm made 5 watt
 
PJ2T   [photo/doc]  
(no comments)
 
PP8ZAC  
agu160145@hotmail.com
 
PT9DX  
Again a great contest.
 
PY2AXH  
Tkanks Big 73 TU
 
PY2KO  
first CW intl contest ever...tks!
 
PY2UDB  
Nice activity during the weekend, although Not too many Canadian stations.
Had to skip saturday because of a tooth-ache!
Even with limited antennas, good response.
 
PY7OJ  
TKS FB test.
 
R1QE  
ICOM-718, 100Wt. Ant. Balcony.  All band.10m.up
 
R2UZ   [photo/doc]  
Ivanovo dx club
 
R3LC  
73
 
RA0SMS  
Great propagation from East Siberia to the US. Nice to hear a lot of hams.
 
RA1OHX  
73!
 
RA3BQ  
I had real fun to work with USA and Canada stations using only 5w
output into Hexbeam (10-15-20) and Delta loop (40). QRP is
exciting exercise if condx is good.
 
RA5AV  
127591
 
RA7C  
Discovery TX-500, 5W, GP
 
RG5A  
TNX 73
 
RK3P  
TS 590S.  DELTA 40M . DELTA 80M. SAY 5-9
 
RL2Y  
73!
 
RL3A  
73!
 
RL6C  
Tnx 73
 
RM2R  
TNX 73!
 
RM2U  
mike73@rambler.ru
 
RM4F  
TNX 73!
 
RN2FQ  
TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_100w, ANT_VERTICAL,DIPOLES
 
RN4CA  
SDR-1000 100watt
ANT AD-335 10/15/20
 
RT2X  
73!
 
RU0L  
No.
 
RU1A  
It's one the best condx all time!
 
RU9AC  
73!
 
RV3DBK  
TX 5Watts, ant - Magloop indoor
 
RW4CLF  
TS-850S, 100 WAtt, ATU + LW@84m_Long
 
RX3QNE  
TNX for contest. 73!
 
S50R  
73 from S5 !
 
Still FUN after 50 years of operation! I made something over 1000 QSOs in 18 hours on 15M, all US
States (I am missing only Canadians: NT, NU, YT! A lot of OR, WA, and CA with FB sigs were on!
In the future, I'll work just for fun.  A lot of stations use more than "illegal" power (2X 4kW is
usual,  but 10-20kW AMPs are often in use !!) (does not matter that SO are MO !) 
73 and GL Leo S50R
 
S50U  
The goal was 1 QSO more than last year but unfortunately it didn't
work out. Reasons why not went according to plan is most probably
because the operator is 1 year older. :-) There will be some really
big scores, thanks everyone for the QSO. Roll on Cycle 25!
 
S51J  
Working from S50E contest location, using equipment from there,
like FTDX10, antenna 40MDY2, passband filter (because Leo-S50R,
was working on 15m) and computer with N1MM+ logger. Amplifier was
mine SPE Expert 1.3-FA, set to 500W, for security reason, not to
blow finals again HI! Unfortunately, antena rotator didn't work
(probably winter damage), so antena was directed toward north all
the time. Crazy situation! But where there is a will there is a
way!
 
S52ON  
Limited Antennas Overlay category
long and 10 m  high
 
S53WW  
Was hoping for better runs and more QSOs.
Aluminum tubes for 2x 5el. yagi only arrived on Wednesday prior to the contest.

Thanks to the great team (s51rm, s53rm, s53mm, s55oo, s57z), antennas were build
and mounted on the tower by the Friday noon.

Simulating the path toward the USA with TA suggested that the best combination
of the antenna heights would be at 6m and 12m AGL. Terrain actually slopes
downhill 5m from the tower, from 400m ASL very steep down to the valley at 50m
ASL, another two 250m ASL ridges 4km and 5km away, and then drops in the sea at
7km. TA said that on average the 12m antenna would perform worse then the 6m
antenna, and putting antenna at 15m would be even worse. In particular, even the
low angles would be the same as on the 6m antenna.

So I decided to run a little experiment and operate in vertical angle diversity
mode. On TX I used SM and always TXed on both antennas. On RX I bypassed SM and
fed the cables into the FTDX101 synced receivers (audio output set to SEPARATE).
I wanted the learn about signal dynamics, angle separation (would it help during
pileup) and to verify TA result on low angles. The outcome of the experiment was
very interesting to me. In short, bulk of the signals (90%) arrived well
(=almost equally) on both antennas and were steady. I would say 10% of the
signals had fast changes in the vertical angle of arrival - the extreme one was
station from Ohio, where O came on low antenna and H on high antenna. In only
few cases the signal was present (hearable) on only one antenna. And west coast
(=low angles) was better on high antenna (contrary to what TA suggested).

Long live ionosphere!

Robi/s53ww
 
S55G  
Just swipping a bit from time to tiime and on bands., ill with temparature ...-viroses..betewwn
toilet bedromm and shak.. hi. hi..
 
S56A   [photo/doc]  
It is 33 years since I run this contest with CW robot developed during EE PhD research.  It called
CQ all the time and made 200+ QSO without problems.  This time I spent 15 minutes on 15 meters doing
the same run while the rest was S&P for friends.  Excellent conditions but I never touched 160m band
despite N1MM Logger RED warnings. I just read the rules to claim my tribander as advanced antenna. 
Missing Ubiquitous old Moxon for 40m. Congrats to youngsters making over 5K QSO!  Also OC K1ZZ of
ARRL fame :-)
 
SD0W  
K3 - KPA500 - INV.DOUBLET UP 45FT.
 
SM5CSS  
Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA and Inverted Dipoles.
 
SM5TOG  
IC7300
Antennas: KT34
 
SM6USS  
Tnx fer QSO! 73 de Dennis
 
SM7JNT  
Happy to be a part of this fun competion and the stations in west
coast was coming in nicely. Was only on the first hours at the
start and first station in the log was K3LR what a nice receive
they did on my weak signal. Thank you all!
 
SN4D  
FTDX3000 FAN DIPOLE
 
SP1AEN  
RIG: FTDX-3000 <100Wtts. Ant.: Lw fora all bands with AT MFJ-948
 
SP2WDW  
Amazing activity and propagation to North America on 28 MHz!

My intention was to set up a testbed to simulate and verify remote operation over 4G, before I move
the radio to its target location. Since I no longer have antennas at home QTH, I decided to build a
quick and dirty, "temporary by design" 2-element wire Yagi at the last minute on Friday afternoon.

Day 1 was a lot of fun. I enjoyed a 40-minutes run period with stations responding to my 100W signal
from as far and wide as ME to CA at the same time!
Day 2 seemed harder, with fewer new stations to work and little return for my CQ runs, but I was
happy to confirm those last possible multipliers at last.

In my opinion, contests like this create the most magical moments of amateur radio. Thank you for
all the contacts!
 
SP3CW  
TRX: FT-1000MP / Dipole 2x 20m
On 80m - 100W
others - 15W
Congrats to "all ears" which were able to catch my QRP !
 
SP3GTS  
TS590+HM AMP 1KW, GP80, K9AY
 
SP5BYC  
only 1h  TS-480SAT + Inv V
 
SP6BEN  
IC 735 100 W
 
SP8CGU  
TRx Icom IC-735, ant. dipole
 
SP9DTE  
vertical ft100mpmarkv field 100watts
 
SP9GFI  
FT-950, ant delta 84 m
 
SP9KJU  
FT897 80W, ANT DELTA LOOP
 
SQ2RH  
HM HusarekDSP & GP7dx
 
SQ9FMU  
rig-IC746 ; pwr-100W ; ant-GP(7-28MHz) and LongWire56M
 
SV1CEI  
3 ELE YAGI - 80W
 
SV1ME  
My DXlog.net logging programm doesn't have any place to write in what club member i am. The log
submission doesn't let me to do that too. So if it is possible to complete in the log received that
my club is : Deep Blue DX Team . Thank you SV1ME
 
TA2IJ  
10m was very good. Icom IC 7410 100w 3 element 3 band yagi 72 feet high from the ground level. 73 de
Soyhan TA2IJ
 
TA3DJ  
TNX 73
 
TF2R  
Operated from QTH of Georg TF2LL
Ant. 40-20-15-10 meter = OB-19-4 up 25 meter
Rig = Elecraft K3s running 99 Watt
Thank you for a nice weekend with the key - 73 OZ2I Henning
 
TK5MH  
A working weekend for me unfortunately. It would have been nice
to have more spare time as conditions were good. No time to wait
for the 7's opening. Anyway a lot of fun !
 
TM7A  
As the setup is not yet complete, we operated with only two
tranceivers, sometimes in SO2V. No real Inband available yet. This
time, Murphy wasn't with us. There were no major issues, and the 2
stations worked flawlessly.  Thanks to all. 73, Michel - F6AGM
 
UA0KBG  
TNX!73!
 
UA0SBQ  
RIG: FT-817 POWER 5W; ANTENNAS: 15/20M INVERTED VEE.
 
UA1CUR  
ICOM-718,NT-LW 80 METRS, INV VEE
 
UA4PN  
to ALL Contesters TNX & 73
 
UA4UAR  
TNX, 73!
 
UD0O  
TNX 73!
 
UG3A  
TNX
 
UG4P  
kENWOOD TS590S ANT DELTA 160M
 
UK8IQ  
TNX 73!
 
UN4PD  
un4pd@mail.ru
 
UN7CAW  
TNX 73
 
UN8PT  
73!
 
UR4LIN  
FT-857 ANT.DELTA
 
UR5EJ   [photo/doc]  
Good afternoon
I made 201 QSOs, and received a response from you that only my 39 connections were counted. Please
review and add. I am re-sending the links in the journal in CABRILLO format
 
UR7EC  
IC-746 + DIPOLE
 
UR7HCX  
TNX 73!
 
US7IGN  
Icom IC-756PRO3, GP
 
US7UK  
Antennas:
 
UT0EM  
uv5evp@ukr.net
 
UT3PA  
tx 100 w, ant dipole
 
UT4LW  
Flex-6400
Antennas: Windom, Spider
 
UW3WF  
ICOM-718
 
UX1CL  
TNX! 73!
 
UX3IW  
73!
 
UY2IG  
73!
 
UZ1WW  
73!
 
V51MA  
Thank you for the DX support to V5 AF
 
VA2AN  
10 meters was wide open, I decided to operate single band
 
VA2NM  
This is ARRL DX CW 2024
 
VA3IIF  
Limited Antenna: QRP with single element wire antenna
 
VA3RKM  
K3, verticals and wires
 
VA3RSA  
I operated as Single Operator, Assisted, in the CLASSIC overlay.
I used search and pounce 100 percent of the time.
My Equipment, Antennas, and Software:
ICOM IC-7300 at 100W.
1) Vertical whip, 21.5 ft long, 4:1 unun at base 3 ft AGL. Two 14 ft
horizontal radials 3ft AGL.
2) Classic Windom - 66 ft horizontal wire up 25 ft with 23 ft long feeder.
Single wire feeder is at the 45' from one end.
Used 9:1 unun at base with 20 on-ground radials (14-39 ft long).
Palstar AT2K ATU and/or IC-7300 internal ATU.
Logging Program: N3FJP CQ-WPX-CW.
DX Cluster: VE7CC-1 and VE7CC "CC USER" program as a filter.
73, Rich, VA3RSA.
 
VA3SB  
What a fun contest. I could onlly put in a part time effort but
thought that the bands were in very good shape. Thank you for all
the Qs and see you in the next one.
 
VA3TNM  
QSO Count=1074
 
VA4ADM  
Yaesu FT-891 with Buddistick Pro antenna
 
VA7MG  
100% S&P
 
VE2EZD  
FT-950
 
VE2OWL  
Wow!   Just: Wow!  For the propagation during the weekend.  
Signals were coming in strong from Everywhere. 
My only deception was I wish I could have operated longer.
 
VE3PN  
Strange Broad signal took out @1815 to 1825 both
mornings about 20dB above noise,looking at EU
 
VE3RSA  
Awesome Conditions !   Especially nice to hear 10M so active. I decided to try a new experience and
go "QRO" with 50W this year as opposed to my usual QRP. Very odd having folks answer you on the
first call ! I could get used to this :-)

Thanks to all for the Qs and Mults - always a great way to spend time !

See you next year 

Tom VE3RSA
 
VE3ZZ  
Great contest with great conditions!!
 
VE4AKF  
used old faithful icom ic 751 A and cushcraft R 8 vertical mounted on
back chain link fence.  few radials strung in fence as well.  this
contest 40 meters opened up on one night really good  I was suprised
and seemed like the old days again. suprised with a 100 watts and a
vertical and did well this time.  Only spent fw hours here and there.
really did not puch time operating .  got sleep and rest from work all
week.
some operators good some need more experiance i think , but all in all
a good contest.     vertical only 40 to 10 meters here , all i can do
in small city lot ,but few hours and half decent conditions got all
over the place.
participate on the air,  how we keep our HF bands alive.   tony ve4akf
feb 2024 ARRL CW contest.
 
VE5SF  
Great conditions.  Never heard 80M this good before.
 
VE7BGP  
I  had a lot of fun operating the DX Contest this weekend. Rigs
used FTdx-10 and a Vintage FT-301D for a few contacts. 73 Gerry
 
VK2CCC  
Great conditions on 40m the first night, slow during
the second night. Thanks to all for picking my QRP
signal from the noise. It has been great working so
many of friends.
 
VK2IG  
40m operation (late afternoon through to just after midnight in VK2)
only this year to fit in with other things on the weekend.  On both
evenings we had summer thunderstorms - my apologies to those who had
to repeat callsigns and exchanges due to the QRN.  Thanks to all who
answered my calls, and to the contest managers for running the
contest.  Look forward to hearing you all next contest.
 
VK4TT  
used  "SD"  by EI5DI worked very FB
 
VK5GG  
QRP entry running 1 watt with a DX Commander vertical antenna.
 
VK7GN  
Good signals LP 20 especially!
 
VL2B  
Conditions great
 
VU2FGQ  
I did not read the contest rules carefully and sent sequential exchange numbers in the contest by
mistake.
Trying to submit my log as CHECKLOG.
 
W0BF  
Best opening to Europe in a long time !  Thanks to all that heard my
call.
 
W0OR  
Best CNDX EVER!
 
W0PWE  
Operated the contest with my home brew QRP transceiver. Output on 20M is 4 watts. Antenna is a
dipole at 50ft in the trees. I only operated Sunday for a short time and I stayed on 20M. Conditions
seemed pretty good as most everyone seemed to hear my QRP signal.
 
W1HIS  
Single-element wire antennas having max. height no greater than
50 ft.  Inverted-V for 40 & 80m.  Lazy-H vertical for 160m.
 
W1QK  
Thanks for the 15M contacts. Outstanding band conditions and
actviity enabled awesome runs.Thanks to the ARRL for sponsoring the contest,
processing the logs, and publishing the results. 73 - Dan, W1QK
 
W2/DL8CX  
After my experiences in the CQ WW 2023 I enjoyed another part-time
QRP contest activity from Midtown Manhattan with a Yaesu FT-818
and a horizontally placed magnetic loop antenna roughly 200 feet
above ground facing New York City's East River. Many thanks to the
operators on the DX side for their good ears. Great fun!
 
W2NTN  
This operation was single op, low power, from Cape Cod MA, rather than my normal NJ QTH.  We??ll
see how many got the correct location in the exchange.  The antenna was a temporary ¼ wave vertical
for 20-15-10 with some short radials on the ground, and an inside the attic inverted vee for 40.  It
was nice to see good propagation and lots of activity on the higher frequencies.  Once again, thanks
to everyone who worked to pull the W2NTN signal through, and thanks to ARRL for making this event
happen.
 
W2XX  
Woof. Crazy weekend. Conditions were so good I thought I was back operating from a real station
again ;)
Huge 10 and 15 meter openings to EU which just doesn't happen here in the desert. Was able to run a
bunch of
EU stations from my small Las Vegas lot with just 100 watts and an end fed wire with the highest
point at 22 feet.
 
W3BBO  
Very pleased with my setup. A K3 running at 60 watts to the gutter/downspout on the house.
Unfortunately this compermised antenna doesn't like 15 meters, but worked well on 10, 20 and 40
meters.
 
W3GX  
Heard numerous stations Saturday afternoon running frequencies,
calling CQ TEST over and over with their 30-40 word per minute
auto-keyers.  They went several minutes with few responses from
hunting atations.  I've been at this for a year and yet cannot
copy faster than 10 words per minute so I had no way of
responding to what sounded like noise.  I could have logged QSOs
for myself and earned points for these folks if they had just
slowed their auto-keyers for SOME of the time.  Instead, there
was no contest participation for me and fewer then optimum points
for the speed demons. Amateur contestors love to analyze and
graph every statistic under the sun, e.g., QSO rate per hour,
countries by the hour, QSOs per band, multipliers, and more.
Someday, a contestor will write in Contest Journal how he or she
made a percentage of his or her CQs at slower word-per-minute CW
speeds and how this strategy INCREASED his or her TOTAL QSOs (and
points) by involving the less-than-NASCAR-rated CW operators,
whose call signs otherwise wouldn't have been logged. He or she
will be hailed as "a CW Contest Pioneer" and "an Out-of-the-Box
Thinker." He/she will present slide shows to RATPAC and RSGB.
His/her "Speed Cycling" approach to contesting will be discussed
at contest club meetings and copied by many who strive for new
ways to boost their scores.  You heard it here first.  Feel free
to steal this idea and (hurry so you can) call it your own.
Meantime, I will continue my (painfully) slow progress toward
real 20-25 wpm (without any help from CW contests along the way).
 
W3HKK   [photo/doc]  
The modest all-wire W3HKK antenna farm produced my all-time high score - EVER! - after 68 years  on
the air, all with the same call,and  25 hours  in the chair  ( no small feat for an 82 yo
mind/body.)

This was truly a memorable contest, with memorable propagation.  Im sure, many of you out there are
thinking the same thing!  A moment to remember!

10m was my main band (Moxon at 22')  and working  BD3AX, BD4QA, BD1KV, and BA5CW within minutes of
each other Friday night was al all-time feat!

But using modest 2 el vertical phased arrays for 20 and 40m brought in some pleasant surprises,
too:
- hearing a loud 9N7AA on 20m Fri night, then working him thru the massive pile up was a thrill.
Then,Sunday mid-afternoon hearing Thailand, E28AM and working him  through another pile up was
another memorable qso.

Then   Sunday morning around 3 am local time, on 40m,  working ZD7W, CB0ZW and 3D2AG....back to back
to back was amazing!

But while this was an all-time contest score for W3HKK, it could have been much better,  Friday
night my N1MM+ logging program suddenly  lost all incoming spots!!!  So I lost the ability to scan
the band and look for  new mults for the rest of the contest.  I can only imagine how much better
the mults would have been without that glitch, undoubtedly caused  by stray rf.  I also had to pause
operations several times  when the mouse stopped "mousing".  Fortunately I could restore mouse
function by unplugging the mouse and  replugging it. which I had to do a half-dozen times.

I decided to reorganize the operating desk   a few days before  the WWDX test, which likely
introduced the rf issue.

My you-know-what was "dragging"   during the final  hours of the test. Kudos to the ops who managed
to put in the max operating time allowed.  I couldnt do that even in my younger days.

But its a blast  trying!   73 de Bob
 
W3RFX  
First timer in the CW contest. It was fun!
Lots of activity on 10 and 15 meters.
Thanks ARRL for another great contest.
 
W3TB  
W3TB in Franklin TN
 
W4HVH  
Thank you!
 
W4RKU  
Used a single 135 ft endfed antenna
This is a fun contest
 
W4YDL  
That was fun! Hopefully next year I'll be calling CQ!
 
W6OAT   [photo/doc]  
This was fun.  I had set three goals for myself: 1. To make at least 1,000 QSOs; 2. To score at
least 1M points; and 3. To do it all without calling a single CQ!  This entire weekend was just S&P.
 I'm sure I could have made lots more contacts and had a bigger score had I done some running, but I
wanted to see if reaching my goals was even possible.  It was, and I had a blast doing it.
 
W7WSV  
Great action-great fun.  Thanks to all, including Cycle 25.
 
W9SN   [photo/doc]  
My grandson Jake (KA4JAM) is 13 years old and less than 2 years
with license. He was completely remote from NC to my Flex 6600 as
well as Mike W9RNY in IL, while I was local. We ran a zoom
session the entire time and used N1MM chat window.  His first
major contest and he not only participated, but did a lot of the
running.  I was a little concerned about letting him run, as I
didn't want to overwhelm him.  Boy was I wrong.  Jake asked to
run and we let him dive right in. He stayed in the hot seat for
hours at a time, while Mike and I watched in amazement. At 13,
he's already doing what world class ops are doing. He made our
first and last QSO of this contest!  This contest was a blast.
Every band was amazing from working lots of 5 watt stations in EU
on 80 meters to the huge JA runs on 10-15 meters for hours.  I
was also surprised by the 0600z openings to EU on 20 meters.  Ops
with 100 watts were well over S9.  Incredible conditions and I am
sure many records will bust.  Thank you to everyone that made
this one memorable for grandpa and grandson!
 
WA1FCN  
My my my just like the good "ole days".
 
WA2VIU  
Had little time due to family obligations. Turned on radio Sat eve and hadn't even hooked up to
laptop, or downloaded logger yet. Heard KL7RA, and ironically, he may be last state (Alaska) that I
need for WAS, something I didn't expect in a DX contest. Didn't want to take a chance of losing him
while I set everything up. Called and worked him with my straight key and logged on paper. After I
set things up, transferred to regular logger. Was so happy, was ready to shut down after that one
QSO. Achieved all my goals in 1 minute of operating.
 
WA5ZKO  
great band openings on 10-20 on Sunday!
 
WA6KHK  
Getting used to using remote ham radio because we are moving and I have to take down my tower and
antenna.  Broke a million with 376 mults so not too bad.
 
WB0UVD  
Limited Antennas Overlay - ARRL 40m EFHW @ 20 ft.
 
WB2AMU   [photo/doc]  
With the sunspots being in decent shape, I decided to go 10 Meter QRP
for the DX CW contest from the New York City Long Island section.  I
used a simple 10 Meter dipole up 18 feet in a tree (please see photo),
which is nothing very special, but still effective.

To me, QRP operation on one band such as Ten Meters is an adventure,
and some surprises came.  In comparison to last year when I did low
power on 10 Meters for the event, I managed to come close to my
overall multiplier count, but fell a bit short in total number of
QSOs.

Europe was very good early Saturday and Sunday morning, beginning at
6:30 AM local time, with Saturday being the best of the two days.  I had a decent QSO run of 36 QSOs
in one hour for my QRP setup beginning at 7:00 AM on Saturday.

Some of the rare multipliers were above 28.1 MHZ, and I heard 7Q6M
from Malawi at noon local time on 28.144 but very weakly, beyond the
capability of my QRP signal at this point.  Fortunately, no major
pileup developed and about 45 minutes later, his signal was louder and
he was able to hear my QRP signal.  Thank you Don!

I heard Japan all three evenings here and was surprised at the
signals.  I was finally able to work JH7QXJ and JF1NHD about 20
minutes before the end of the contest, and they were both pretty
strong.  I can only imagine what my QRP signal must have sounded like
there and there was only one repeat of my callsign!  Thank you guys!

A shout-out to the New Zealand operators, Zl3X, ZM4T and ZL4TT for
pulling out my QRP signal during the evening hours here.  Hope for the
same next year!

KEN WB2AMU
 
WB5SKM  
Licensed 4/22/2023
 
WB6CIA  
CONDX were so good, only needed 100W and my longwire on all bands.
1AM PST on 20 meters my CQ got pileups of all Europe!  Best DX Test
so
far.
 
WB6JJJ  
Great band conditions this weekend makes for a fun contest.
Many of the 50 and 100 Watt stations were just as loud as the KW stations.
I had two dupes because of their lousy CW sending. I wish people would not play with the CW dot-dash
ratios so much.
Thanks for our QSOs.
Bill
 
WB7QMR  
Flex6300, Hamsticks or MadDog coil ant, SDC-Skimmer
 
WB8SAG  
Because of my wife??s health concerns I was unable to participate fully in this great contest. I
did find my time actually spent in this contest really does take your mind off other concerns as
this requires total concentration. Also, hoping to get my DXCC via LOTW?I??m only two countries
away! 73??s
Wb8sag
 
WC1U  
This is my first DX contest. I did not figure out that I was supposed
to record the power until the end. I guess I do not get any credit
for most of the QSOs, but I had fun anyway. ;>

I was using a homebrew 40m xcvr incorporating the xmtr from QST May
1978 page 16 and June 1978 page 25. The rcvr is my own direct
conversion design. Power output is 10 W (not quite QRP).
 
WC5D  
Cobweb Antenna in attic at 25 ft AGL Best Condx since '80s
 
WF4V  
Conditions were great. Many new ones for me.
 
WH6R   [photo/doc]  
(no comments)
 
WM0G   [photo/doc]  
I eagerly looked forward to this year's ARRL DX CW contest. I am a casual contester who prefers CW
contests and usually operates in the QRP category, relying on my Elecraft KX2 paired with a Hustler
All-band Vertical antenna. This setup has often landed me within the top 5 in my state and section.
However, I challenged myself for this year's event by competing in the Low-Power category, using my
FTDX-10 and the trusty Hustler Vertical antenna.
Operating in the early evening of the opening day, I found the bands in excellent condition,
primarily focusing on 20m and 40m frequencies. The airwaves were alive with activity, with huge
signals from seasoned contest operators operating super-stations worldwide.
The FTDX-10, equipped with its superior built-in filtering and sensitivity, proved to be a joy to
operate in this environment. With the FTDX-10's adjustable IPO (Intercept Point Optimization), APF
(Audio Peak Filtering), and adjustable DNR (Digital Noise Reduction) filter, many weak stations
previously buried in the noise became readable. Leveraging the radio's memory channels and wireless
mouse interface, I minimized the need to manually key in Morse code, maintaining a steady speed
between 30 to 35 wpm.
Communicating with Europe from the Northeast posed no significant challenge, and I was pleasantly
surprised to establish contacts spanning over 8,000 miles, including a ??new one? in Thailand.
While working Asia from New England presented its challenges, I successfully contacted stations in
Japan, China, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand, and several South Pacific islands. Another bonus
of working in this contest is that some rare entities, usually only found in DXpeditions, like Juan
Fernandez Island and St. Helena Island, were readily available on multiple bands during this
contest. 
Utilizing the N3FJP ARRL International DX Contest logging software on my computer proved invaluable,
offering a user-friendly interface and seamless integration with the DX Cluster, enabling me to see
real-time band activity, log QSOs, and monitor my contest performance effortlessly.
By the end of the contest, I had logged 256 QSOs, earning 768 Q points with 176 Mults in just 12
hours on the air. The first 8 hours alone yielded over 85,000 points, with an additional 50,000+
points added in the final four hours, resulting in a total raw score of 135,168. With 256 QSOs
spanning 92 different countries. It's an achievement I'm proud of, considering my modest setup. Now,
I await the final score after any adjustments for "busted calls." LOL!

OP: Jack Ciaccia, WM?G
Location: Nashua, NH: FN42gr
Station: Yaesu FTDX-10 and Hustler 6-BTV Ground-Mounted Vertical, 80m-6m
Entered as: Single Operator, Low Power, Assisted, Limited Antenna, All Bands.
 
WO7T  
My favorite band (10M) kept me quite busy with a few more QRP
countries picked up during this test.
 
WQ6X  
This is WQ6X's first ARRL Dx QRP run from Ramona.
This was a completely ad-HOC remote operation first from Alameda
on Friday evening and then from Concord on Saturday & Sunday.
While it rained and poured everywhere I went, staying indoors
to run Cw was the obvious solution.
Band conditions overall were AWEsome for this contest weekend.
When I could find a quiet "window", a non-inconsiderate amount of time
was spent running frequencies, until some KW station would move in on
top of me and call CQ.  They obviously heard me because when I called
them they immediately came back to me.  Whatever happened to LISTEN BEFORE
YOU TRANSMIT  QRP stations have rights too.
I was amazed at how many MULTI-stations took time out to call me.
This year's ARRL DX GiG may well have been my best ever - despite
Look for a writeup on this and other contests at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com
 
WU4G  
Skookumlogger, Flex 6600M, 40M EDZ fed with ladder k
 
WX0B  
Thanks to Jay and Sharon for their hospitality and use of the station.
 
XE1AY  
On Saturday and Sunday I had visit of my 5 years old granddaughter and I couldn't continue the
contest regularly
 
XE2F  
Only operated in two bands until PC crashed, managed to recover
to send the log, anyway broke my personal record on a CW contest TU FER QSOS 73
 
YE1GXQ  
So late in my ham radio life, I have decided to start contesting. This is my third contest and my
operating skills are really improving. I have a long way to go but contesting is a great tool for
increasing one's operating skills and knowledge of propagation. It is also a tool for optimizing the
station equipment to enhance more effective and efficient radio operation. Now that I am retired I
have time to really involve myself in this fascinating part of the hobby.
 
YO2IS  
Icom  IC 7300, 90W, Diamond CP6 trap GP. 73 Szigy,
 
YO2MJZ  
ICOM IC-7300, PWR 100W, INVERTED VEE ANTENNA
 
YO4LHR  
uSDR + 30W qro, 10-40m ocfd antenna
 
YO4SI  
RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4
 
YO5BDL  
Nice contest.i hope next time i will do better.73 de YO5BDL
 
YO5YM  
trs. FT991A/FTDX10 ant.EFHW tnx all QSO's
 
YO6CFB  
RIG: FT-897  100W
ANT: GP
 
YP5A  
FTdx-3000 + PA 500W
DIPOLE
 
YT0C  
born 23.05.2001
 
YU5R  
FLEX 6600
PGXL 1.5 kW
SO1R

160m: INV-L
80m:  GP
40m:  3 el short YAGI
20m:  5 el YAGI
15m:  5 el YAGI
10m:  5 el YAGI

Stuning 160m band conditions on Sunday sunrise greyline when I heard and worked
many stations without any RX antenna! Unfortunately, I was too tired and had to
sleep whole Saturday night, hence, low QSO numbers on low bands. Better luck
next time :)
 
YU7RQ  
arrl
 
YV6BXN  
NICE CONDX ON ALL BANDS TNX TO ALL 73
 
ZS1/VE3NZ   [photo/doc]  
My station setup:
IC-705 running 10W, GP antenna with elevated radials (above our salt water swimming pool :-)
Location 120m ASL hill side QTH at Bakoven, Cape Town, RSA. We got 180 degree sea view from 200 to
20 degrees.
I started to hear W/VE stations after 1100UT, but my 10 Watts did not get through the 13,000 km
path. Exception is K1LZ, which I logged at 1050UT. The good opening began at 1300UT and it became
fantastic just after our sunset at 1700UT. By then skimmers were picking up my signal from east
coast to west coast, from FL to BC.
It is very exiting feeling to have a pileup with 10 Watt and a minimalist antenna. My station was
probably running at the lowest power in the LP category.
I had great fun, thanks for the calls!

73' DX
BEN 
ZS1/VE3NZ
 
ZS2M  
Conditions were great Saturday
afternoon but Sunday was a struggle!
Very frustrating to only be able to work
US stations when you hear good DX!
 
ZS6BNE  
First attempt at Cabrillo submission
 
ZS6WAR  
QRP 20M Band