Just working a few stations, mostly on 10m, with low power into indoor antennas. Thank you all.

Limited-time entry, with wire antennas and barefoot radio.

I've enjoyed this contest, it was challenging with only 10W facing up to the big shots, some where
not very patient. But the ones who where are in my log, thanks for that. Has to do with my callsign
3DA0PA, the 3 is hardly heard and many think I'm in Germany. Worked with my IC705 and extended FM
dipole for 10m. 73's David

Thank you ARRL 73

Maybe emphasize in the rules that Region 1 stations shouldn't transmit above 7200 when using 40
meters.

Unfortunately, I was not able to operate as much as I planned. Generator failed quite often and I
got a very bad cough, why I did not operate on Sunday anymore.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I could enjoy the good contest.
Tnx for a fine contest again.
IC-7600, Dipole-Ant.

gave out some points, why not, conditions were not the best

FTSX10; RGv RAINGUTTER VER. 5 ANTENNA; LDG RT/RC-100 REMOTE ATU;
N1MM

This was on 10W and a 45” whip indoors.

Had a limited amount of time this year but had a good time operating during the contest.
Lots of really good operators on the air, and I was happy to get a few ATNO's
in the log this year.  Thank you to all the wonderful DX stations that participated
to make this a fun contest!

The condition was worse than CW mode two weeks ago.
20m condition was much worse than expected.
CU on next year.

Guinea Bissau   WOW!

DEAR ARRL
I am a yough op 14 yaers old
Today is my first took part in arrl dx phone contest.I have take part in contest for 1 year.At 0847
BJT I am on 28Mhz,suddenly I heared the station of USA I am very excited.I had never connected with
North Amarican station,and i conect 2 station of USA.
Since now I have conect AS,OC(GUAM,HAWAII,NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA),NA,SA(CHELIE,BRAZIL).There are all
at contest.Though I am 14,BUt I am very enjoy contest.I love AMATEUR RADIO. I want conect farther
and more station aon air!
BG5EIC Yi

Excelente contest en casa de nuestro amigo CE3WW, TNX Sergio.  Además, tuvimos de invitado a
CE4UFC(CB4A) , los resultados fueron muy buenos y fue un fin de semana de lujo

ARRL 2026

First contest worked with my 7 month old son on my side :)

It was very Funny. I look forward for the next contest

Thanks for having a nice time on air, with good propagation
this afternoon. Looking forward to meeting you again on the bands!
73, Bjoern

Sun Powered Transceiver!

5W + OCF-Dipole. More transatlantic contacts than off-contest in 3 years - mny thanks to the
friendly contest community for your patience!

Working conditions: Kenwood TS-480, 100W, Endfed Multiband Antenna. Had a lot of fun!

Missing last letter at my email address: dl1ka@darc.de

60 QSOs on 10 m with an oblong antenna and 5 Watts.

Ant three feet short vertical on balcony 9th floor

Not easy for me. Because my antenna has no tower, only 7m up.:-(

Hello, participating again in this fun contest. Many thanks to all the stations that gave me 59 and
state. Propagation wasn't great. But at nightfall I made better and more contacts than during the
day. I had a lot of fun. It's a contest I really enjoy. Thanks to everyone for contacting my
station. Talk to you soon. Regards. 73 from EA1CBX- CR6P
Workings conditions :
YAESU FT 710 AND 
ONE ELEMENT BEAM/DIPOLE WINDOM.
HF-62 SOLID STATE AUTOBAND HF AMPLIFIER.

Muy divertido, el poco tiempo que he podido participar me ha divertido mucho trabajando los pile up

QTH: Torrejon de Ardoz
Locator: IN80GL
Rig: YAESU FT-817ND
Power: 5 W
Antenna: Wire (8 m long) + Tuner (LDG RT-100)
Thanks to all YL & OM who listened and answered my QRP whispers...    :-)

Ant. Dipolo 40-80 and 3 bands Yagi --> 100 w on Yaesu FT991a

cx3acs@gmail.com

SD K3

Concours sympathique et très dynamique. Durant 10 heures de
trafic avec un FT 897, 100 Watts HF et un tuner MFJ 969 dans une
antenne G5RV, les résultats sont satisfaisants. Merci aux
stations Amricaines pour les points échangés. Pour ma part,
c'est la première année que je participe  ce contest et je
compte bien renouveler l'anne prochaine. 73  tous les OMs et
SWLs de "JEF" F1GKS

JUST GIVING SOME POINTS....

i give some points for OM's,  not a big participation this year

First participation, 73's from FRANCE !

73

Joined the contest on 40m for a few minutes only. Very crowded band.
Used a single 1/4 vertical and no receive antenna

participate with great pleasure. Big pile-up to manage. recover a
station for good operation. Feeling like  as  50 years ago. If
god give us another one i will be on on all bands and will enjoy to
do so, See you in next contest 73's Bernard

Just 4.5 hours operation in very poor conditions. LF especially tough.

First ever contest happen only by testing out new doublet antenna - which works really well!

I started with a kw but had amplifier issues so reduced to 500w shortly after the start - Conditions
were good from the UK with 15m the best for me and happy to get my 1st QSO on top band across the
Atlantic. Fun contest

did a single band entry for a change. not great band
conditions and a local station running ft8 at a Kw did
not help. pleased with 3 contacts into AZ.

Great fun contest

Part time casual entry this time, to test out new flex 6600m radio. Low 80m half wave dipole at 30ft
agl and 900ft asl. Conditions seemed low on Saturday morning and I missed most of the first part of
Saturday evening due to being called out on a coastguard cliff rescue so I only managed an hour
between 2,30am and 3.30am on my return to home. Managed to work some other low power stations I
think an dmost of the big guns heard me first call.  Hope to be back with a more serious entry next
year

ICOM756pro 100w
delta loop

2026

Radioaficionados Unidos

After a thorough analysis of the results of the last three years, I set out to participate with
everything and seek a new world record in 10 meters low power assisted. I hope I have achieved it,
but regardless of having achieved it or not, this contest leaves me many lessons and a fun weekend.

As a result of the activities implemented by the contest management of Liga Radio Bogota, greater
competitiveness has been achieved among several operators in the HK3 area. Thanks to ARRL for this
interesting contest. A good experience for operators like me who are just starting.

@hk4xray

Operando con un Xiegu G90 y 20W desde Honduras

Not bad, but propagation didn't help. Participation so and so

SPENT A FEW HOURS IN THE CONTEST, ALWAYS A GREAT FUN.

as always great fun, i love this game !

Operated only on Saturday after I did outdoor works in the morning,
then deicated from 12.30 to 20.30 to the ARRL, just for fun...
A side (main) goal was to chase 3Y0K in between the contest...
Propagatin was not the best, on 10m signals were generally weak, m
uch better on 15m where I had some good hours with a peak at 239/h, it was fun!
Thanks for QSOs, 73s
Luca IK2PFL

Yaesu FT-897 90W Endfed
All the best, thanks for the fun!

Yaesu FTDX10 - Vertical antenna - 100W.
I had fun for about 3 hours.
73! to all

IO3E ARRL DX SSB 2026

I worked the contest on 2 bands ssb(15-20M).A lot difficult from my side
to make qso with my 100w and bad propagation specially on sunday
afternoon.Anyway I say many thanks to all new/OLD big guns that I met
during the contest.Hoping better condx next year.All the best, 73's

thanks form my first ARRL SSB DX contest

CONTEST ARRL SSB

only half an hour but always nice to connect the big American stations

First time in a HF contest. Just a few contacts to chechk setup. I’ve a limited antenna setup, a
6m long verticsl stylus, impedence matching transformer at the base and a tunet to adapt. Tuner not
yet operational so I’m limited to 20m band. Log sent just aca form of courtesy to the connected
stations
73, Luigi

checklog

Great contest, great participation and fun. It's a shame I couldn't fully
participate in this round due to commitments. A good number of American
stations were present, but it's a shame about the poor propagation on
Sunday. See you next time, hoping to be more competitive. Thanks to all
the stations who had the patience to connect. 73 to everyone from IZ8GUQ
Giovanni

Operated very limited time though I enjoyed.

I enjoyed the contest.

I went on a one-night trip, so I participated in the contest
at the beginning and end.
Thank you for QSO.See you next contest. 73!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: Mobile Whip

I enjoyed the contest.

We enjoyed the contest.
The condition was quite not good, but it was enjoyable.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

ANT  10&15M-14mH 4ELE    20&40M-14mH DIP
RIG  IC-750A    PWR < 5w

GOOD CONTEST ARIGATO
FTdx5000  5EL IV

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest on 15m!

Snow falls 1st day evenig that makes my 40mAnt SWR incresed badly

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
But 2nd Shackhad operation final.

I entry on a single-op 80m. The condition was very bad.
I QSOed 20stations in 2026 year.
I QSOed 11stations in 2025 year.
I QSOed 42stations in 2024 year.
I QSOed 43stations in 2023 year.
I QSOed 30stations in 2022 year.
I QSOed 66stations in 2021 year.
I QSOed 34stations in 2020 year.
I QSOed 7stations in 2019 year.
JA 75m BAND has very heavy OTH lader QRM from CHIA.
That OTH lader transmit point near Foochow-city in CHINA.
I was using only 100W and small fishing rod vertical
only 10m length antenna in my balcony of my small aprartment.
We JA ham got a very narrow 75m band.
Please look for JA under a new 75m frequency!
3599-3612KHz,13KHz width
3680-3687KHz,7KHz width
3702-3716KHz,14KHz width
3745-3770KHz,25KHz width
3791-3805KHz,14KHz width

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest with low power.
Thanks to copy my weak sigs.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations!

I enjoyed SSB contacts on all bands. Thank you.
Using 50W + Dipole/Loop/Long wire+ATU

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Rig: TS-890S(50W Model)
ANT: 20mH V-DP(CD-330V)
OATH : I using Vol to lower output to 5w.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Great Contest !

I participated when I was free.

I enjoyed the contest.

FT-817ND  IC-905XG EH DP Yagi LW

I enjoyed the contest.

I participated for a short time. Thank you very much.

I enjoy the contest

FTDX-10  Mobile Whip 2m long  30mH

I joined the contest 2nd day only at 5w QRP. I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Dear DX station, I look forward to seeing you again next year! 73

RIG is TS-850S and ANT is vertical on 14MHz band
Power output is 50 watts or less

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Ant; Single Wire,End Fed Half Wave,10 meters High

This is my second attempt. I enjoyed it.
I want to communicate a lot with America.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.Thank you,73!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks a lot for your efforts.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Thank you to all the staff members.

I enjoyed ,VY TNX

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: YAESU FT-1000MP
ANT: KA1-DP
Operator's License: 1st.class

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thanks to Gaku,JQ1BVI I enjoyed casual operation and running on the
bands using each mono band yagis!(No "No Beam Challenge" this time :-)
10m was FB on the first day, so hoped good condx next early morning,
but was not.
Missed the last morning due to going back home on Sunday afternoon.
As always nice to see or say Hi! to old&new friends!
This operation is dedicated to the deceased Mr. Ide, JA1WSX.
73's Akira, JA8RWU/1

wire and 100w from Japan

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest. FT-991AM[5Wset]/DeltaLoopANT with FC-40..
Sorry for the weak signal. Your RX performance helped me. Thank's

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

It's the first time to join this contest.
I really enjoyed it. Hope to challenge more next time.
Thank you.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

We operated K1WAS in the contest.  But first we had to move our equipment etc. to make way for new
heating units.  The heating units were installed on the Thursday before the contest. Once the
installation was completed, then we had to rearrange and clean up.  Only then could we set up our
stations to operate.  Talk about pre-contest preparations!  
It was a pleasure to operate with a brand new heating unit to keep us all toasty warm - especially
this Winter!

First DX contest at the new QTH in Colorado.  Condx are challenging since we're in an HOA.  I'm
still working out the most effective antenna for this place.

HOA operation

"Too much QRM on the bands due to many signals with wide bandwidths and distorted audio."

Great contest too many distorted signals

20   3/7 1935 59 1500 om3gi 59 1000
20   3/7 1936 59 1500 w4nf 59 VA
20   3/7 1937 59 1500 da0bcc 59 1000
20   3/7 1942 59 1500 g6mc 59 1000
20   3/7 1943 59 1500 lz3zz 59 1000
20   3/7 1947 59 1500 wx3b 59 MD
20   3/7 1949 59 1500 iu8ria 59 500
20   3/7 1953 59 1500 ee5r 59 1000
20   3/7 1956 59 1500 hg5e 59 1000
20   3/7 2000 59 1500 yu5a 59 1000
20   3/7 2003 59 1500 om7m 59 1000

Worked Friday and Sunday, but put in an earnest effort on Saturday.
Nearly all S&P but the high bands offered plenty of stations to work.
I do wonder why more stations don't work split on 40m to avoid the mess
that is 7125-7200; only found two stations calling CQ below 7125 that
were listening above 7200. Used to be the norm and made things easier.

Plenty of band fills for some DX, an ATNO (*finally* got KH0), and
generally had fun.

Worked a few stations running 50, 25, or 5 watts. Hats off, gents; I
don't have the patience for that. Equally impressive were the multitudes
of JA's that I worked who were barely twitching the S-meter, but got me
first call and without any repeats.

Thanks, as always, for all the Q's!

All contacts were made with an indoor antenna and transmitting with 100 watts of power (ICOM
IC-7300).  The antenna is an original Cushcraft A3-S 3-element tri-band yagi (10/15 & 20 meters),
which is mounted within the attic above my garage at approximately 15 feet above ground level. The
antenna is pointed in a fixed direction of approximately 45 degrees.

Dave - K4VV

Great Fun. Last half on generator after extended power outage in my neighborhood.

First time using my Flex 6500 barefoot on SSB. Was very surprised at how well it worked and the
audio reports I also received.

Operating remote using my laptop from my daughter's place in Scottsdale.
Managed a few contacts between weekend family activities.

This contest fosters the TRANSMISSION OF GOOD WILL to every participant.

Just some fun for a couple of not-so-serious contest ops. Mission accomplished.

At 100 years old and still active on air.
Antenna is 132 ft OSFD At low power

This contest is dedicated to our life-long friend, mentor and
spiritual leader, John, N8AA, who became a silent key in September,
2025.

Only a PT effort.  Thunderstorms Friday night and still
tired from the CW weekend.  Thanks for the contacts!

Good contest.

Transceiver was an IC-705 running from its batteries.
Antenna was a "CB whip" magmounted on the roof of my truck.
Thanks to springish weather, I operated "BIDS" (Butt In
Driver's Seat), sitting in my truck.
Thanks to the many stations that pulled my QRP signal out
of the QRM, QRN, QSB, etc.

Society of Midwest Contesters

Only had aan hour this weekend but had to do something!!!

fun contest

Flex 6600
Antennas: 160 Inv-L, 80 4sq, 40 rotatable dipole, 10-20 tribander

My first real effort at the DX Contest. I put in only 5 hours but made 100 contacts, which I was
happy with using search and pounce. Time to upgrade my dx antenna!
73 KB2NCI

Thanks to all the big gun stations pulling my 100W signal out of thin air! Most impressed with my
three early Saturday evening (0130Z) 10m contacts with Australia.

Yaesu FT-100D in the home shack at 100w. Hex Beam at 30 feet on the roof.

After the blizzard of 2026 my antenna was partially on the ground. I'm still impressed by the
performance. This was a fun experience.

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jumped on for about an hour total to make a few Q's and chase some DX

submitting mostly for the other guy's credits  :)  Not sure how to
score my own.

Fun contest for our second remote operation with KD3TB logging-in from his beach house in Delaware,
and with KD3RF & KC3NNO at the transmitter site.  Money bands were: 10, 15, & 20 with good
performance on 40 meters.  80 very was very noisy and difficult to hear thru the noise.
 
We had a problem with the rotator at the transmitter QTH where the azimuth indicator was not working
and our make-do solution was to look out the window with binoculars to see which direction the
antenna was pointing. 
 
Antennas were an Optibeam OB3M tribander at 40 ft, and a Butternut HF-6V vertical.  Rig was a K4D /
KPA 1500 combo which performed extremely well.  Our goals for the fall contest season are to get the
rotator replaced, and to install a Butternut  HF-2 with a more extensive ground screen & radials.

EFHW, KW. Thanks for the contacts. 73

10 and 15 meters were great

Loved the contest! Connected to six countries & working towards that DXCC.  Thank you, ARRL!

Thank you to everyone involved with setting up this event. I was licensed in July 2025 and I'm new
to contests. I had no idea that my small station would be able to contact stations over 8,000 miles
away. I wasn't planning on participating because I assumed nobody would hear me. But I saw how
active the bands were, so I decided to try. I'm glad I did.

I may be a licensed extra taking all the tests as quickly as possible to not forget answers, but I'm
still learning and wanted to try to contesting. I started a little bit on the later side and aimed
for 10k points. Unfortunately, I did not hit that, but I am okay with my results.

I was working primarily from my house or my car in the driveway. While in my house I used my FT-891
powered with a power supply and an ATAS-120A antenna. Where is the antenna in my house? Attached to
an old metal dog crate with a car mount to be used as the ground plane about 1-1.5 ft off the
ground. It amazes me that I could make the contacts with this setup.

I did also make some contacts from my car in the driveway and neighborhood (same grid square). Same
radio and antenna just using battery power.

Surprising factor: just use an FT-891 with an ATAS-120A indoors attached to a dog crate and you can
make contacts all over the world apparently. Who would have thought!

Portable/mobile from the bayside. 1/4 wave vertical on a mag mount. Icom 7100 on solar panel/ LIPO
battery

I really enjoyed the contest. I worked many DX station that I wouldn't have been able to work if
there wasn't a DX contest like this. I even got a state that I needed which was Hawaii! I even got
to work NZ off my 10m speaker wire dipole. 

I'm 17 years old and have been loving the hobby! This contest made my day. I didn't work at it to
hard since I had a busy weekend, but the time I did was so worth it. 

73,

Caleb Shingleton
KF8EYE

Good time this year..... noticed many incorrect callsigns on spots. Caller beware.

The historic 650KHz activity on 10M the last two years was absent as expected, with a lower total
score. Still some surprise rare stations added some interest and excitement. Sometimes a fine line
between jumping into a pileup at a quiet time hoping for a quick pileup buster and violating the DX
station's instructions. Annoying and too frequent some NA stations transmitting their call sign
because they heard a pile up and not even knowing who they are calling.  II9P reacted angrily on
Sunday to some lid who had to ask what his call was after already exchanging information, "Why do
you call me not knowing my call sign?"  Great question. This poor practice causes excess QRM.
Probably the first time I've ever heard/worked these three: 7Q Malawi, J5 Guinea-Bissau, and TT
Chad. Thanks to those folks.

Elecraft k3 with a 450 ohm twin lead feeding a 178ft total in a
inverted V configuration at 34 feet.

Rig frequency output (IC-7300) was 100 Hz or so lower than transmitted frequency. Otherwise had fun
during this year's run of the contest.

First time I participate in a contest. Sorry if I screwed up this submission. I think my original
submission was missing the power tx from the DX station calling CQ. This upload should fix that.

I had a great time participating for the first time!!

18h

Had a lot of fun and most patient DX op award goes to 9Z4CT

Always fun to make DX Contacts

KL5NE in Alaska. The G1 storm yesterday and high Kp today made
this one rough. Openings were limited and after dark the bands
just fell apart. Nighttime operation was nearly nonexistent from
Alaska, so this was very much a work it while its there kind
of contest. Was fun though, lets do it again next year!

Been away a long time.  Had time for a few hours and had fun.
Did find all the things that I have to do to get the station back
up to normal - antennas, software, feedlines, and most of all: a
really good cushion for this old rear end...

Scored less than half of last year due (in part) to radio issues for most of Saturday. Propagation
was very poor overnight Saturday until about 1pm Sunday in Orlando.  Have nowhere to go but up for
next year!

I used the abreviation 'K' for any station claiming 1000 watts, KW, 1 KW, 1k, K, kilo, 1 kilo,
kiolwatt ect for power.

1st contest ever.  Bands were good on 10m and 15m, no luck on 20m or 40m.  Operated from backyard
with an FT-891 and ATAS-120A on a small tripod with some ground radials.  Fun time!

My antenna a homebrew New Carolina Windom 40-10m at 40 feet above ground. With a 100 watts of power
I worked all the 48 contiguous states for the first time in a contest.

Another great contest from my station at La Sierra... It was a part time operation as I had some
commitments with the YL most of Saturday. This was a bitter sweet event because I am selling my QTH
and this was my last contest from this location in PR. The equipment, most utilities, and conditions
were outstanding. Our internet service was intermittent on Saturday and I completely lost internet
all day Sunday. The lack of unreliable internet service was one of the reasons I remained in the
unassisted category. My congrats to D4K (IZ4DPV) for tentatively leading the category. I will be off
contesting for a while until I establish a new station at my Virginia house or operate from someone
else QTHs. 
Many thanks to my brothers of La Sierra Contest Group: NP3A, KP3N, KP4ZZ, WP4TZ, WP3A, and EB7DX for
the great times operating multi operator contests. We are not an affiliated ARRL club, just a bunch
of friends that get together to contest and have fun. I will be back to operate and vacation but not
to live hihi

73s de Jose, KP3J

I had a lot of fun at W1AW!

QTH Power 20W

Another disappointing Sunday due to the Sun again just like
the CW contest.  Unlike Sat. no JAs at all, not even the big guns
on 10. Sat. was wrking some 5 watt JAs and even a YE. No EU
on 10 both days. 15 had the EU prop. 20 did Fri nite and Sat. and
Sun. A.M. but vy short openings on the double hop to SW Mt.
Low bands had horrible QSB and QRN but got some qs on 40.

i had fun, could only do one band this year as we are doing a home remodel so had a 10m vertical up
at around 20 feet, glad brazil was in there or i would of had half the contacts, really hoped for
alot of EU, didnt happen, but still alot of fun.
thankyou to all involved.
kz4mkj.

DISFRUTAMOS DEL CONCURSO, LAS CONDICIONES ESTUVIERON BUENAS, NO COMO EN LAS MEJORES POCAS, LA
ESTACION SE PORTÓ MUY BIEN. EL OPERADOR FUE AGUSTIN LU2DUV CATEGORIA ROOKIE.

ARRL SSB 2026

Antennas:

6 Meters was open both days of the ARRL DX SSB and I operated portable
on 6. When 6 got slow, got on 10 Meters to hand out a few contest
contacts. Ended up with 26! I received FT8 psk flags from HC2DR on 6 with the 10 Meter antenna. 5
watts and mobile whip on car. Years ago, 6 Meter contacts were counted in the ARRL DX contests. That
would have been interesting in the 2026 DX SSB contest...

Lots of fun!

This was a great contest....
Yaesu Ft-710 100W M-90D Microphone 286 foot EFLW with max height of 45
feet.

Good time Saturday, Sunday, 10m not cooperating

Bands were open! Great Contest!

Great battle in multi-single. See y'all next year.

My club, The Columbia Amateur Radio Club (W4CAE) in Columbia, SC, an ARRL Club, is not listed.
Also, The Calhoun Amateur Radio Group (W4CEM) is also not listed.

corrected log

Lots of fun!

Portable from Flint Peak (SOTA W6/CT-225) running 5 watts from a
KX3 feeding either a 33' or 17' doublet fed with single twisted pair.
Coolest QSO, working J51A and being greeted by name. TU, Uli!

QRP, full 5W to a 20-Foot End-Fed Wire.
Part-time effort, QRP fun on SSB.
Fair condx Saturday, Poor Sunday.
Tnx for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

I just wanted to take a moment to THANK YOU, ARRL, for the opportunity to compete in this March DX
contest! I am returning to HF radio after a 15 year absence. This is my second contest, CQ 160 was
my first.

It brings back many memories of the loads of fun I had, when I last competed in a contest...back in
2010.

So many thanks and continued success in all that you do for amateur radio!

Vry best 73/DX from Alan...N6HPO, a stone's throw away from the Mt. Palomar Observatory/telescope

basic check log

QRP JPC-12 for the high bands,
I'll be a a POTA too,

A 100 % Hunt and Pounce, low power effort. IC-7300,Heil ProMicro Headset,Vectronics HFT-1500 Manual
Tuner,Homebrewed Half Size G5RV up 45 ' running N-S,and Homebrewed 15 Meter DX 1/2 Square up 22 ',
with S/W and N/E take off.A limited Op time , "100 Watts and Two Wires" effort. Tnx for the Q's! 73
de November Seven Many Zebras Walking

It always amazes me how far 100W and an end-fed
random wire will reach.

submitting as a check log, did not participate much

10m-20m open, but same stations on several bands. Curious lack of stations on this year.

This is the first contest that I have been in sense 2016. It was good to get back into contesting.
Looking forward to more. 73, Jim, N8JE

Had a great time. Thunderstorms delayed our start on Friday and Saturday morning. Propagation wasn't
as good for us as we hoped. But despite this and two of us being sick, we did better than last year.

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hello

It's always like a box of chocolates, as Forest would rationalize
when running low power to a ground mounted 6BTV on SSB. Conditions were
much better Friday night Saturday day/night. The magnetic storm killed
10m in the mmorning hours Sunday morning but started to recover about
about the time I had to think about QRTing and take care of house chores.
All S&P. Had a few 45/hr hours, but then that declined fast after all
the easy contacts were in the log! Got knocked off the air most of
Saturday afternoon when a wild slow moving front went through the area.
Lots of lightening, high winds, and driving rain. Made a mess in the
three season room that had to be mopped up. Had fun busting some pile
ups before some of the big guns in the pile made it through. Other
pile ups, not so lucky. You win some, you lose some. S01WS would have
been nice to fill in an SSB mode slot, but that pile was deep and
very unruley. All in all had fun, and got some SSB DX band fills.
73, Gene N9TF. K3S 100 Watts to 6BTV ground mounted 32 radials.

Poor conditions on 10 to Europe made it tough.

Thanks for making this contest possible. NO2D, Pete.

Had a great time operating QRP with my 3-band homebrew hexbeam up about 20ft. Worked the contest
Friday and all day Saturday and made 200 contacts 40-10m. My homebrew rotator worked well this
outing and I had reached my previous high score within the first 24 hours of the contest. I had a
family emergency on Sunday so I did not operate at all
On Sunday. Best contact was with a VK station on long path 20m on 5w! Also surprised with several
easy contacts on 40m late Saturday using my EFHW vertical. See you all again in a couple of weeks
for the CQ WPX contest!

Occasional operation to test new GXP 17-4 and 4 sq for 160.
Very high static on Saturday with lots of powerlines noise.
After a thunderstorm much quieter. Pretty  good conditions
GXP 17-4 at 120' works pretty well as a multiplier antenna.
Bent 4 sq on 160 let me work everythng I hear despite only 8
radials per vertical.

15 3/8 23:49 SM2M 59 1000
15 3/8 23:47 BI1DSA 59 100
15 3/8 23:41 JR7AQL 59 200
15 3/8 23:40 AL2F 59 500
15 3/8 23:32 LS4F 59 100
15 3/8 23:24 CW4C 59 100
15 3/8 23:16 CX5A 59 1000
15 3/8 23:15 LU3DX 59 1000
15 3/8 23:12 JA8RUZ 59 1000
15 3/8 23:09 JR4FLW 59 200
15 3/8 23:04 KL5NE 59 1000
15 3/8 23:02 JJ0PKS 59 200
15 3/8 22:59 JF2FIU 59 1000
15 3/8 22:54 JA7UES 59 1000
15 3/8 22:53 JA7QVI 59 1000
15 3/8 22:38 JA7NPV 59 1000
15 3/8 22:35 ZY2B 59 1000
15 3/8 22:01 JJ1LBJ 59 100
15 3/8 21:57 VP9I 59 99
10 3/8 21:51 HK3EA 59 100
10 3/8 21:48 KH0/KC0W 59 500
10 3/8 21:43 YE9XAJ 59 200
10 3/8 21:38 LU1XAW 59 100
10 3/8 21:33 WP4MTS 59 73
10 3/8 21:31 CX1RK 59 1000
10 3/8 21:28 FM5FJ 59 100
10 3/8 21:27 LS7X 59 100
10 3/8 21:23 HK3BIA 59 100
10 3/8 21:20 PT1M 59 1000
10 3/8 21:18 ZW2L 59 100
10 3/8 21:16 PU2UAF 59 5
10 3/8 21:12 TI3ATS 59 100
20 3/8 20:35 F5OHM 59 1000
20 3/8 20:33 OE1EMS 59 1000
20 3/8 20:29 F4HRM 59 600
20 3/8 20:21 4A7S 59 1000
15 3/8 20:11 EA1L 59 1000
15 3/8 20:09 TM4ZZ 59 1000
15 3/8 20:05 TM2Y 59 1000
10 3/8 19:41 CO2HZ 59 100
10 3/8 19:40 CB3W 59 1000
10 3/8 19:38 YV4GAC 59 100
10 3/8 19:32 CX2TQ 59 1000
10 3/8 19:27 EE7P 59 1000
10 3/8 19:25 CR2X 59 1000
10 3/8 19:24 TI5RTZ 59 100
10 3/8 19:22 ED8W 59 1000
10 3/8 19:21 CE3/N5NU 59 100
10 3/8 19:20 ZF1A 59 1000
10 3/8 19:13 EA8ZS 59 1000
10 3/8 19:09 LU9HMB 59 100
10 3/8 19:07 ZY2B 59 1000
10 3/8 19:05 XE2SSB 59 100
10 3/8 19:03 KP2M 59 1000
15 3/8 18:59 VP2ELX 59 100
15 3/8 15:31 HK3C 59 1000
10 3/8 15:18 XE1GCF 59 100
15 3/8 15:15 OK7O 59 1000
15 3/8 15:12 S50K 59 1000
15 3/8 14:31 TI1K 59 1000
15 3/8 14:30 HD8R 59 1000
15 3/8 14:27 P40L 59 1000
15 3/8 14:26 ZF1A 59 1000
40 3/8 14:05 DU7RAA 59 100
40 3/8 14:00 JA2HOL 59 500
40 3/8 13:57 JH1EAQ 59 100
40 3/8 13:56 JK1BBD 59 1
40 3/8 13:48 JH7UJU 59 5
40 3/8 13:44 JE1PWG 59 50
40 3/8 13:41 JJ1AEB 59 100
40 3/8 13:28 JA8NFV 59 1000
20 3/8 13:18 ZF1A 59 1000
20 3/8 12:39 TI2OY 59 1000
20 3/8 6:00 ZL100C 59 450
20 3/8 5:27 JG1ZUY 59 1000
20 3/8 5:22 J51A 59 500
20 3/8 5:19 LO7H 59 100
40 3/8 5:04 IO6T 59 500
40 3/8 4:48 CA4OMQ 59 100
40 3/8 4:44 I08V 59 500
40 3/8 4:41 5N7QBR 59 100
20 3/8 4:29 UI5R 59 1000
20 3/8 4:27 R9AE 59 1000
20 3/8 4:21 TI1K 59 1000
20 3/8 4:19 R4FCJ 59 100
20 3/8 4:17 R4GM 59 100
20 3/8 4:14 RX3F 59 1000
15 3/7 22:59 TT1GD 59 1000
10 3/7 21:51 JN3NOW 59 1000
10 3/7 21:49 8P5A 59 1000
20 3/7 21:34 EA5DFV 59 1000
20 3/7 21:25 XE2GRC 59 100
10 3/7 21:14 KP3J 59 1000
10 3/7 21:13 8P5A 59 1000
10 3/7 21:09 KH7M 59 1000
20 3/7 21:00 CR2X 59 1000
20 3/7 20:56 IO6T 59 500
20 3/7 20:52 IP4M 59 500
20 3/7 20:29 IO5O 59 500
15 3/7 20:23 CQ8M 59 1000
15 3/7 20:21 KP4PUA 59 100
15 3/7 20:15 PJ2T 59 1000
15 3/7 20:03 J62K 59 1000
15 3/7 19:58 J51A 59 500
15 3/7 19:53 CQ8M 59 1000
15 3/7 19:48 EI3JE 59 1000
15 3/7 19:47 ED2X 59 100
15 3/7 19:46 CN3A 59 1000
15 3/7 19:45 EA1CBX 59 500
15 3/7 19:44 CR6K 59 1000
15 3/7 19:43 ZM4T 59 1000
15 3/7 19:42 CR6T 59 1000
15 3/7 19:41 CT7AHV 59 1000
15 3/7 19:38 IP4X 59 500
15 3/7 19:37 II9P 59 500
15 3/7 19:36 TM7J 59 1000
15 3/7 19:34 EA5DFV 59 1000
15 3/7 19:33 9A1P 59 1000
15 3/7 19:29 ED8W 59 1000
15 3/7 19:29 ED7W 59 1000
15 3/7 19:28 CR2X 59 1000
15 3/7 19:24 TI5VMJ 59 1000
15 3/7 19:22 PZ5TW 59 100
10 3/7 19:19 ZW2A 59 100
10 3/7 19:18 PX5X 59 1000
10 3/7 19:14 CA6SNT 59 100
10 3/7 19:11 CE3CLF 59 1000
10 3/7 19:04 CX5A 59 1000
10 3/7 19:03 P43L 59 500
10 3/7 19:02 NP2J 59 1000
10 3/7 19:02 CX1AR 59 1000
10 3/7 19:00 HD8R 59 1000
10 3/7 18:59 KP2B 59 1000
10 3/7 18:58 PP5RT 59 1000
10 3/7 18:57 LU8YE 59 1000
10 3/7 18:56 PT5J 59 1000
10 3/7 18:55 CN3A 59 1000
10 3/7 18:54 FY5KE 59 1000
10 3/7 18:52 CE2ML 59 1000
10 3/7 18:51 P40L 59 1000
10 3/7 18:50 VP2EWE 59 1000
10 3/7 18:47 KP4AA 59 1000
10 3/7 18:45 LU1DK 59 100
10 3/7 18:45 LU3DX 59 1000
10 3/7 18:42 ZM4T 59 1000
10 3/7 18:41 TI1K 59 1000
10 3/7 18:40 PJ2T 59 1000
10 3/7 18:39 PJ4G 59 1000
20 3/7 11:57 TI1Z 59 100
40 3/7 11:53 V31MA 59 1000
20 3/7 11:39 HK3LRB 59 100
20 3/7 11:37 J62K 59 1000
40 3/7 11:32 JA7QVI 59 1000
40 3/7 11:28 YE9BJM 59 1000
20 3/7 11:25 JR1GSE 59 1000
20 3/7 11:20 KP2B 59 1000
20 3/7 11:15 CX2RA 59 1000
20 3/7 11:08 8P5A 59 1000
20 3/7 11:05 P40L 59 1000
20 3/7 11:02 CR6K 59 1000
20 3/7 10:59 PJ2T 59 1000
20 3/7 10:50 TM5C 59 1000
20 3/7 10:47 CQ8M 59 1000
20 3/7 10:44 VL4A 59 400
20 3/7 10:41 ED7O 59 1000
40 3/7 10:32 YB0NSI 59 500
40 3/7 10:30 JA7ODY 59 200
40 3/7 10:13 JA5WNH 59 1000
40 3/7 10:08 VK4A 59 1000
40 3/7 10:07 FK8IK 59 1000
40 3/7 10:03 JG1LFR 59 100
40 3/7 9:59 LP1H 59 1000
40 3/7 9:37 PT5J 59 1000
40 3/7 9:22 JH7MQD 59 1000
40 3/7 8:59 BH4RNX 59 1000
40 3/7 8:32 JA3YBK 59 1000
40 3/7 8:30 JA7NVF 59 1000
40 3/7 8:28 JQ1YUF 59 1000
40 3/7 8:25 JH4UYB 59 1000
40 3/7 8:21 ZM4T 59 1000
40 3/7 8:09 JS1OYN 59 100
40 3/7 8:03 4A7S 59 1000
40 3/7 8:00 JH7QXJ 59 1000
40 3/7 7:59 PZ5RA 59 1000
40 3/7 7:58 JR8VSE 59 1000
40 3/7 7:57 JA1BJI 59 100
40 3/7 7:55 AH2R 59 1000
40 3/7 7:54 JG1ZUY 59 1000
40 3/7 7:53 JA8RUZ 59 1000
40 3/7 7:44 JE1LFX 59 1000
40 3/7 7:29 CB3W 59 1000
40 3/7 7:28 PJ4G 59 1000
40 3/7 7:24 HD8R 59 1000
40 3/7 7:22 CR6K 59 1000
40 3/7 7:13 RU1A 59 1000
20 3/7 7:08 HD8R 59 1000
20 3/7 7:05 CN3A 59 1000
20 3/7 7:01 PS8NF 59 100
20 3/7 7:00 PJ4G 59 1000
20 3/7 6:59 JA3YBK 59 1000
20 3/7 6:58 IP4M 59 500
20 3/7 6:49 IP4X 59 500
20 3/7 6:45 LU3DX 59 1000
40 3/7 6:36 TI1K 59 1000
40 3/7 6:00 KH7M 59 1000
40 3/7 5:56 4A7S 59 1000
40 3/7 5:55 PR1T 59 1000
40 3/7 5:53 CO2XN 59 1000
40 3/7 5:51 CN3A 59 1000
40 3/7 5:46 J62K 59 1000
40 3/7 5:01 ZF1A 59 1000
40 3/7 5:00 8P5A 59 1000
40 3/7 4:57 KP4AA 59 1000
40 3/7 4:56 P40L 59 1000
40 3/7 4:55 KP2M 59 1000
40 3/7 4:54 PJ2T 59 1000
40 3/7 4:50 KP3BR 59 100
40 3/7 4:48 YV6BXN 59 100
40 3/7 4:45 HI3LT 59 1000
40 3/7 4:41 ED8W 59 1000
20 3/7 4:33 JH4UYB 59 1000
20 3/7 4:31 JE1LFX 59 1000
20 3/7 4:28 JJ0PKS 59 200
20 3/7 4:27 JA7NVF 59 1000
20 3/7 4:26 PJ4G 59 1000
20 3/7 4:25 ZM4T 59 1000
20 3/7 4:24 JR8VSE 59 1000
20 3/7 4:21 R1DX 59 1000
20 3/7 4:17 PR1T 59 1000
20 3/7 4:16 TI1T 59 1000
20 3/7 4:14 HI8R 59 1000
20 3/7 4:13 LY7X 59 1000
20 3/7 4:08 OA4AKC 59 1000
20 3/7 4:04 HC5K 59 400
20 3/7 3:59 CB3A 59 1000
20 3/7 3:57 RT8U 59 1000
20 3/7 3:55 LP1H 59 1000
20 3/7 3:54 KL7KK 59 500
20 3/7 3:53 KL5DX 59 1000
20 3/7 3:49 EA8ZS 59 1000
20 3/7 3:44 OK7O 59 1000
15 3/7 3:12 JA1BJI 59 100
15 3/7 3:11 JH1NBN 59 1000
15 3/7 3:07 UA0DAR 59 1000
15 3/7 2:58 JA7ODY 59 200
15 3/7 2:56 YB0NSI 59 500
10 3/7 2:50 JF3BFS 59 100
15 3/7 2:47 JG1LFR 59 100
15 3/7 2:46 KH0/KC0W 59 500
15 3/7 2:44 JH1EAQ 59 100
15 3/7 2:42 KL7KK 59 500
15 3/7 2:40 JH4UYB 59 1000
15 3/7 2:39 JQ1YUF 59 1000
15 3/7 2:38 JS1OYN 59 100
15 3/7 2:37 JR8VSE 59 1000
15 3/7 2:37 JH7QXJ 59 1000
15 3/7 2:35 VL4A 59 400
15 3/7 2:35 JA7NVF 59 1000
15 3/7 2:34 AH2R 59 1000
15 3/7 2:33 JE1LFX 59 1000
15 3/7 2:28 LU8YE 59 1000
15 3/7 2:27 PT5J 59 1000
15 3/7 2:26 JR1GSE 59 1000
15 3/7 2:25 JA2XLV 59 200
15 3/7 2:23 AL1G 59 1000
15 3/7 2:16 JG1ZUY 59 1000
10 3/7 2:08 PV2G 59 1000
10 3/7 2:06 D4K 59 1000
10 3/7 2:04 JA3YBK 59 1000
10 3/7 2:03 AH6AA 59 1000
10 3/7 2:00 AH2R 59 1000
10 3/7 1:58 VL4A 59 400
20 3/7 1:50 LP1H 59 1000
20 3/7 1:47 XE2GRC 59 100
20 3/7 1:41 VP2EAD 59 1000
10 3/7 1:36 JG1ZUY 59 1000
10 3/7 1:35 DU1EG 59 500
10 3/7 1:33 LP1H 59 1000
10 3/7 1:32 JM7SKE 59 500
10 3/7 1:30 CE2II 59 100
10 3/7 1:29 VJ2X 59 400
10 3/7 1:26 JJ1MBU 59 1000
15 3/7 1:17 JF9JTS 59 1000
10 3/7 1:16 JG1LFR 59 100
10 3/7 1:14 JK1AKC 59 1000
10 3/7 1:13 JA9PPC 59 500
10 3/7 1:12 JH7QXJ 59 1000
10 3/7 1:10 BD3TE 59 1000
10 3/7 1:09 CB6LR 59 100
10 3/7 1:08 JA7NVF 59 1000
10 3/7 1:05 JH1KRC 59 1000
10 3/7 1:04 JA7OWD 59 1000
10 3/7 1:03 JJ0VNR 59 1000
10 3/7 1:01 JE1RXJ 59 1000
10 3/7 0:59 JJ0PKS 59 200
10 3/7 0:55 JE1LFX 59 200
15 3/7 0:52 KP2M 59 1000
15 3/7 0:50 JA2AXB 59 1000
15 3/7 0:50 JH1OLB 59 500
15 3/7 0:50 JR3NZC 59 1000
15 3/7 0:48 JH7LRS 59 1000
15 3/7 0:48 7K4XNN 59 1000
15 3/7 0:46 9Z4BM 59 1000
15 3/7 0:45 PJ4G 59 1000
15 3/7 0:44 JA3YBK 59 1000
15 3/7 0:42 KH7M 59 1000
15 3/7 0:41 LP1H 59 1000
15 3/7 0:40 KL5DX 59 1000
15 3/7 0:39 KH6J 59 1000
15 3/7 0:37 R0CY 59 100
10 3/7 0:34 L71D 59 100
10 3/7 0:34 LQ5A 59 1000
10 3/7 0:33 LU3DK 59 1000
10 3/7 0:32 KH6CJJ 59 100
10 3/7 0:30 LT3E 59 1000
10 3/7 0:28 AZ6H 59 100
10 3/7 0:27 JA7QVI 59 1000
10 3/7 0:26 AZ1D 59 1000
10 3/7 0:24 TI1I 59 1000
10 3/7 0:22 LT5H 59 1000
10 3/7 0:19 CE3TL 59 100
10 3/7 0:19 PT5J 59 1000
10 3/7 0:15 JA7NPV 59 1000
10 3/7 0:10 JJ0PKS 59 200
10 3/7 0:09 JH4UYB 59 1000
10 3/7 0:06 AH2R 59 1000

RX/TX: TS-890S Ant.:High End Fed LW Power:100 W
Thanks for Contest!

Qrp 5w with end fed antenna 23m and 8m high. Condx not the best but fun.

Every one QSO was an adventure. ;)
Antenna 4 yard whip 10 yard over earth. 100Wpep

Short operation only.

Big thanks to OH2BAH for letting me use his QTH

ANT: inverted L 10+41m, top at 10m

FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom 1500 - 1 kW
6el./10m, 5el./15m, 4el./20m, 3el./40m, dipol/80,160, beverages

TNX, 73!

wire dipole

73 de SM5SIC Gran

Thank for organizing this contest, US and Canadian stations best heard in the morning in NW Europe.

Good conditions! Also fun for my small radio station. 73 Tjako

THX 2 CD

RIG: ICOM IC-7400
PWR: 80 W
ANT: 6-BANDS HEX-BEAM HOMEMADE AND HY-GAIN VERTICAL AV-640

Started max 100W, looked not enough ,so later on more power, but
i kept same exchange

TS590, barefoot, max pwr 80Watts.
Antenna horizontal multiband dipole for 15, 20, 40 & 80M bands.
Hvy QRM all day, but still enjoyed the contest!

Very limited activity in between household cores and trying to work 3Y0K ;-) Conditions on 10m were
very limited, but 15m and 20m were great. We could raise a few nice runs. Thanks for calling us !
73, Roy, PD8RW & Enno, PF5X

PI4YLC active with 2 yls and one yl on a short visit.
Slow start, but eventually we managed to get a lot of stations in the log.
We had fun! Tnx to all participating stations!
TRX: K3 ANT: FB-23, 40M low dipole, 80M Inv.L
Proud2B PI4YLC!

OPERATION QRP 5W YAESU FT 817ND
ANTENA 28MHZ

First Contest of Clube Paranaense de Montanhismo - CPM

599 100

I chose the wrong club. Actually, my club is Club Rio DX Group.

RIO DX GROUP

Magnetic Loop Antenna 10m to 20m

Rio dx Group

RIO DX GROUP

TNX 73!

73!

Ant. Yagi
TNX 73!

irk_romanenko@mail.ru

TNX 73!

TNX. 73!

73!

RM3F@UA3DPX

TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_100w, ANT_VERTICAL,DIPOLES

No.

73!

IT WAS A DREADED PASSAGE OF RADIO WAVE. MY APOLOGIES IF I MADE MISTAKES AND CAUSED YOU ANY
INCONVENIENCE.

73!

TNX 73

First time joining the ARRL DX Contest SSB, I am using my IC-7300
and CW80 antenna(inverted-V) and Cushcraft R6000 vertical
antenna, power can vary but not more than 100W.

Just for fun!

Antennas:

TS590+HM AMP, GP80, K9AY, Bev

FT 450D + ampli RANGER 811H and delta antenna.

ANT Delta hor. 30ft ab

This is my next 39 ARRL DX Contest SSB. I thank the many operators for their patience in receiving
my weak signals. I used a Yaesu FT dx 3000 at 100 watts and a single dipole antenna for the 20-meter
band, suspended 45 meters above the ground in an east-west direction. I will send my QSL cards at
the end of 2026. My log is already on LoTW. See you in 2027, when I will be operating under the
special callsign SP60DVP (https://www.qrz.com/db/SP60DVP) to celebrate 60 years on the air. 73
Krzysztof (KRIS) SP6DVP-3Z6V.

FT847 100 W , 3 ELE AT 10 M

TRx Icom IC-735, ant. wire dipole

100W, ant. 3 el. Yagi

FT897 100W ANT DELTA LOOP

An IV  Doublet antenna (80 - 10 m) and 500W !!!

ARRL DX SSB 2026

73

Thanks for the contest.

Limited time, condx not so good, but at least nice to give the Multi.

Realy great pleasure to participate to these beautifull moment. Thanks

Few qso for testing the contest call. Bad condx for my little station.

Spiderbeam 10/15/20m, Endfed 40/80m
Yaesu FT 101D, PA 500W

TS-590SG and 3-el. SteppIR

ICOM-718,ANT-LW 160 METRS,INV VEE

73!

rw0cv@yandex.ru

Limited Antennas

Absolutely horrible propagation for almost the entire contest. In the auroral zone where I am, it
hit us hard all weekend. 20m was the worst followed by 10m, with 15m being the best. Although the
"best" was very poor. 

Being as far west in North America as I am also doesn't help. It was disappointing to hear
easterners working EU and AF and not hearing a peep of those DX stations here. Even the Pacific and
Asia were really poor. Only a small handful of JA's in the log. 

All in all, a very frustrating event.

Flex-6600
Antennas: Fan dipole in inverted-V

Had fun participating again this year. Conditions did not seem to be as good as last year but I
still managed to work some atnos!

This was hard noisy work , some EU was very loud others in mush!

QSO Count=149

I had a lot of fun trying to work more DX I used my vintage
IC-751A towork a few

A challenging one to be sure. I had chosen SOLPSB on 20 m. Sat.
day took a big solar hit and finally achieved a bit of a "bounce
back". A review of the prop fcst Sat. evening suggested Sun.
would be lean. It was. I'd worked all the JA I heard on the Fri.
evening, and much of the Caribbean, so the dupe chk was running
full out. My very fun contacts, from the car in CN88 (100 W 1/4
wave genuine Hamstick), were Finland, South Africa, Galapagos
Islands, & Morocco. I was simply glad to be operating as
I'd missed a couple of contests due health & being stuck in the
apt. Thanks to all for digging me out.

My first ARRL DX Contest, It was a lot of fun. So many contacts from Europe. Was happy to work many
QRP stations, 1w and 5w. Zero station issues, 1 antenna for the contest, need to work on more
antennas for next year.

Quite remarkable conditions on 10m, with more DX stations heard than those from North America. Token
effort and leveraged the amazing RX sensitivity and low noise of my location to work DX QRP and
apartment style stations.  David VK2CZ operating as VJ2J.

Icom IC-7300 into Diamond mono-band mobile whip antennas clamped to my balcony handrail.

Hi Mum!

Part time, very busy weekend o other than radio!

Was not going to work this contest , but , great signals the first
evening from Asia and the Pacific got me going.  Few signals from
Europe for the most part but , South America made up for it.  Stayed
on 10 but checked 15 where more Europe were coming through so , maybe
, could have done better on 15 like I did for the CW contest !!

First time in ARRL DX Contest.

Tough one this year!  I operated out of an apartment, pushing 100 watts into a rain gutter antenna,
so-so propagation and limited time.  But enough whining - I had a blast in the limited time I had. I
even managed to make a few points while mobile.  Good times!

What fun! First serious single-op effort in decades. Joe (KE2AY) was nice enough to invite me to
give his newly resurrected station a drive in this one, and it's every bit as good a QTH as it was
when I operated back here in the 90s (1900s, not 1890s). The new 4-Square on 80 rocks, and I'm sure
this spring will see new aluminum for the high bands go up which will make this station a real
killer.

Thanks to everyone for all the QSOs and the laughs, and to Joe and his wife Judy for the amazing
hospitality.

Equipment list (nothing broke):
Yaesu FT-1000D (a survivor), Alpha 87A
160: Dipole at 60 ft.
80: Full sized DX Engineering 4 Square with 64 radials each
40: Dipole at 60 ft.
20: Force 12 C3S @65 ft
15: Force 12 C3S @65 ft
10: Force 12 C3S @65 ft

Part time from home.  Also operated at WT3Q.  Enjoyed 10 and 15.
Tried to run but was not successful either at home or at WT3Q.

Thanks ARRL for another great contest.

Great contest!

Just dabbled a bit on Saturday.
Not at all a serious contester and I haven't participated in one for years.
Had fun though!
73,
W4HIJ

Claiming Limited Antenna Overlay

Had a great time with this contest. 3x my last year score (raw at least), though not a real
competitor in this. 15 was fire and 10 was pretty good!. First year with my FT-710 and still
learning!

Lost alot of operating time due to lightening on Saturday. But Sunday was fun!

100 watts and a wire!

I spent a total of 14 hours at my home QTH but the most fun was 4 hours on Saturday working our club
call (W7MA) at the contest station owned by Mike Ritz, W7VO (former ARRL VP).  Mike is a gracious
contest host gladly sharing the mic and even feeding us breakfast!

During those 4 hours, I was privileged to be able to Elmer Silas Frugia, an enthusiastic 11 year old
who was studying for his license.  I helped him work the station and add a few DX QSO's to the club
log.  And I believe I convinced him to put study time into the General license as well as Technician
(he really liked that idea).  He will be a lifetime ham!  Not only that, but his dad will be
studying along with him. I noticed his last name on his study binder (of course he brought that!)
and recognized it.  So we looked it up on QRZ and discovered that 3 other members of his extended
family were already hams, including his Grandfather (K7FRU) who turned out to have been a customer
of mine for 20 years!  The Amateur Radio world is not as big as it otherwise feels!

73, W7BTM

Operated Single Band (10m)

Lightning in early March is very unusual for my area but not this year.

sub optimal conditions but still lots of fun!

Despite many other weekend activities, I still had a great time!

Many cool DX moments, but the best was the operator who just wouldn't let me get his call wrong. He
was very weak and I was beaming EU...I kept getting DA0PA or other iterations of a German callsign.
The other ops upbeat persistence kept me engaged.
FINALLY, I got it... THREE! 3DA0PA in the Kingdom of Eswatini, running 10 watts! I could tell he was
as happy as I was that we got it done. I will be ready next time!

Didn't spend as much time on this one.   Still struggling along with just a vertical.

I wasn't really planning on contesting but was working in the shop and managed to make a few
contacts between soldering stuff :)   Hope I helped a few guys out.

What fun!

Thanks for the great contest!

Thank you for another fun contest.
Unfortunately, 80 Meters was VERY noisy here making it tough to hear most stations.
Then last night the 80 Meter antenna didn't want to work for most of the evening Then it fixed
itself.
I didn't hear anything on 160 Meters, too much noise.
Lots of great DX to be had this time, much fun.
73,
Bill

I had much fun getting new DX entities - especially new islands.
I also made new
good DX QSO's on the 40 M band - phone accomplishments more-over.
Thanks
for this good PH (ssb) DX opportunity. I was glad that both the
15M and 10M
bands had good conditions. I plan to participate on this DX
contest again next year.

Please require all station to give their callsigns at least every
other QSO.  A lot of time was wasted waiting for DX Station to give
their callsigns.  Other than that one complaint it was a great
contest.

HFPack Portable

This was another QRP DX Contest from WA6TQT's Super station in ANZA
which turned out to be a "mixed-bag" as space-WX storms littered the
bands with noise.  Additionally, 75-mph winds on the mountain top in
Anza, forced us to park the yagi stacks pointing 45-degrees both afternoons
offering up only a low hung KT-360 yagi to rotate towards Asia.

The signal difference between yagi stacks and a KT-36 is quite dramatic.
Finally managed to run a brief JA-pileup in the last 20-minutes.
Overall, except for a nice opening to Europe on 15/10 Sunday morning,
when that was over the rest of the day was a HUGE struggle.

Stations kept thinking I was a WQ4 and/or that the last callsign letter
was "FOXTROT" - HuH  Wassup with that
While not a great contest, 65 countries made it to the QRP Log.
Read all about it at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com

Antennas:

First time joinning ASRRLDXSSB. Wish me luck.

Casual participation from Indonesia. 200W and simple antenna.
Thanks to all stations for the QSOs.

First ARRL contest, YF2BUW since July 2025

QRP INDONESIA

Nice Contest

ICOM IC-7300, PWR 100W, INVERTED VEE ANTENNA

ICOM 706MKIIG, 100W + ATU, homemade antenna 7m vertical + balun
email: bujorcd@hotmail.com       Galati City, Romania, EU

RIG: TS830S; ANT:DELTA LOOP VERTICAL

Special callsign active in all HF bands between March 1 and 31, 2026 to  mark 65 years since the
founding of the Campina radio club

this is my first dx contest,gl nesko

Propagation on various bands was changing from bad to worse over the day,
general 80 WAS SO SO 40 meters was the premiun band, 10 meters at least
from my location, was non-existent.20 and 15 were real nice.in late
afternoon both days Hope se my score on top ten, see again next year

Band conditions on 20 mtrs both days were not good

Used elementary antennas  -  GAP Titan Vertical and ZS6BKW dipole.
Very few heard sufficiently unfortunately and propagation to North
America was not good for long periods. Perhaps not a good contest for
me at this time of year with above gear.