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7K3LGC  
500w 4xFO16 H/Vpol
 
AA4MD  
100 watts JT65C 3.6 m dish,Flex 6400, DEMI transverter.Thanks to all for making this newbie's first
contest effort a success.  See you next time.
 
AD6FP  
200w and 8M dish.
 
CX2SC  
PSE, Please confirm if the shipment is correct, thanks
73!
Ric CX2SC
 
DF2ZC  
Big fun during the contest though I had only little time during the first leg. Too bad some "easy"
DXCCs were not worked or even copied here, such as CT, EA6, EI, GM, OM, SV, ZS for example.
 
DF3RU  
432  ________  16x8,5WL Yagi, Pre BF981 ,1KW
 1296  ________  6m dish F/D 045,Pre MGF1302,700w HF
 2304  ________  6m dish F/D 045,PreDB6NT ,80W HF__
 5760  ________  6m dish F/D 04 PreDB6NT, 40W HF____
 
DF7KB  
Not sure that I calculated score correctly . . .
Please help - just in case.

Thank you, Wolf
 
DG7YBN  
260w  single GTV 70-19 ele. DG7YBN
 
DL0EF  
100w x 10m dish
 
DL1KDA  
I did allready send a WRONG log. I am very sorry but i entered 33 DXCC and 32 DXCC is right. Please
delete the wrong log and take THIS for real. Sorry for the inconveniences.The old and wrong
confirmation Number is: 4398038.arrl-eme-----
I hope a PDF is okay for you as a log File. If you have problems to read or do want any other format
please let me know! vy 73 de Alex, DL1KDA
 
DL2FCN  
750W 3 X 11 H
 
DL7APV  
750w 
128x11el (33.8dBd) Hor pol
8x11el vert pol
 
DL8UCC  
700___  ___4x_28el_V__432-9WL
 
DL9LBH  
144 - 4 x 11 Flexa Yagi - 750 w
432 - 4 x 23 Flexa Yagi - 500 w
 
EA8DBM  
1 KW__  __6.5m dish, Cavity LNA HB9BBD
 
ES6FX  
400w 4.8m dish
 
F5JWF  
TX Power	Antenna	 	EIRP
1296	250w	3,7m dish	190kW
2320	170W	3,7m dish	537kW
10368	45W	3,7m dish	4MW
 
F5KUG  
350w 3.6m TVRO Dish
 
F6ETI  
300W 3M DISH
 
F6HEO  
800 W          4 x 11 elts F9FT
 
F6HLC  
I do not count JT65b qso.
 
F6KRK  
__250W__  ____3m dish__-----
__250W__  ____3m dish__
 
G3LTF  
432 - 600w - 6m dish
1296 - 400w - 6m dish
2304 - 300w - 6m dish
3400 - 90w - 6m dish
5760 - 40w - 6m dish
 
G4CCH  
Good choice of weekends. Exceptional signals. Lost time due to need for sleep, so may have missed
some stations.
 
G4RGK  
DF7KB on 24/11 is a DUPE
NC1I on 28/10 is a DUPE
 
G8RWG  
Had to replace my power divider half way through the second weekend but apart from that Murphy
stayed away.
 
G8TTI  
First entry to contest hope to do better next year, missed first weekend. Good fun .
1X9/400 only. 
73
Dave
G8TTI
 
HG1W  
16x32EL, 1KW, 0.5dB-----
16x32EL, 1KW, 0.5dB
 
HG5BMU  
4x8el H Yagi, SP200preamp, FT817, FUNcube SDR, SignaLink usb audio ,400W PA
 
I2FHW  
Antenna:	16x29 elements yagi	
Power	1000W at feed-----
Antenna:	16x29 elements yagi	
Power	1000W at feed
 
IK1FJI  
500w 3.2m dish
 
IK3COJ  
This is my 27 year to which I participate in your beautiful contest. Also this time I had fun even
if I have not participated for a long time. During the night I am used to going to sleep and
therefore I lose a good part of the time.
Thanks for the organization. Aldo Pico ik3coj
 
IK5VLS  
400w___ ___Dish mesh 4 meter
 
IW4ARD  
1000w 4x11/11 cross home made YU7EF
 
JA6AHB  
Total score =328500-----
Band	 	TX pow	 	Antenna	 	 	 	 	 				
432		500		7m dish								
1296		400		7m dish								
5760		100		3m dish
 
JA9BOH  
700w - 4x17H/V
 
JE2UFF  
This year, the band condition was poor. But I enjoyed this contest.
 
JH4JLV  
1000w 6x24el FO

Worked DL9KR
 
K1DS  
All digital, single Yagi portable.
 
K4EME  
432 - 1000 watts - 8 x FO33H / 4 x FO22V
1296 - 500 watts - 3m dish, VE4MA Feed (original)
 
K4SQC  
Good time!  The last Sunday in November UTC was a real challenge as a single QSO required the use of
both vertical and horizontal polarization.
 
K5DN  
1296  __500W__  ___4m Dish-----
1296  __500W__  ___4m Dish
 
K5JWF  
TX Power	Antenna	 	EIRP
1296	250w	3,7m dish	190kW
2320	170W	3,7m dish	537kW
10368	45W	3,7m dish	4MW
 
K6KLY  
1.2 kw - 4 x 18xxx
 
K6MG  
500W 5M DISH-----
Operated portable from NV and OR.
 
K7ULS  
50 - 1x7H - 1000w
144 - 2x12H - 350w
 
KA0RYT  
1300w 1 x CC 17B2 modified
 
KA1GT  
Duplicate contacts (4) shown and marked in log but not counted on QSO totals above. So I made 88
total contacts, but only 84 (11 + 73) shown above and claimed for points. I did work VE4MA twice,
but once in W7 (Arizona) and one in VE4 (Manitoba), so both claimed for points.
 
KD7UO  
1KW 4X9LFA HOMEBREW
 
KJ7OG  
325	 2X 12 Element Yagi__, Rotable Polarity
 
KL6M  
432 __1000w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(29dBi)___________
902 ________ ___________________________________
1296 ___500w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(39dBi)___________
2304 ___180w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(45dBi)___________
3456 ___100w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(47dBi)___________
5760 ___40w__ ___30 FOOT DISH__(43dBi)____________-----
432 __1000w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(29dBi)___________
902 ________ ___________________________________
1296 ___500w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(39dBi)___________
2304 ___180w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(45dBi)___________
3456 ___100w_ ___30 FOOT DISH__(47dBi)___________
5760 ___40w__ ___30 FOOT DISH__(43dBi)____________
 
KN0WS  
432 - 400w 6m Dish
1296 - 300w 4.8m dish-----
432 - 400w 6m Dish
1296 - 300w 4.8m dish
 
LA6TPA  
Not much time this year.
2 X 12 H 1kW
 
LZ1DP  
1kw - 4x5wl DJ9BV
 
LZ1DX  
FT-736, 100W, 5m dish.
 
LZ1OA  
500W 4X3M YAGIS
 
LZ2US  
1000w 3.6m dish
 
LZ4OC  
Tx Power 1K			
Antenna 4 x 9 el  H / V  - 8,8wl
 
LZ5D  
800W 4X11 YAGI
 
LZ6Y  
144	1000w	4x12E. H (3wl)
 
MX0CNS  
60w 9el DG7YBN GTV
 
N0AKC  
First time operating 70cm EME in contest!  Lots of equipment issues both bands caused my score to be
way down.
 
N4HB  
1kw - 2 x M2 XP20
 
N4QWZ  
144 - 1000w 16V/16H I0JXX Xpol
432 - 275w 28el M2 H
 
N9HF  
144 - 1kw - 4x12
222 - 800w - 4
 
N9JIM  
125W 4.6M DISH

Please note  team W6YX used the call sign  N9JIM  on 3cm for the 2018
ARRL EME contest.      We are only officially entering the contest
single band (3cm), multi operator, all mode.   However,   our team did
put 5 bands on the moon for the event.

I'll  follow up with check logs on 23cm, 70cm and 2m.  AD6FP/K6MG will likely  submit a 13cm log,
perhaps as a check log, or a full contest entry.-----
125W 4.6M DISH

Please note  team W6YX used the call sign  N9JIM  on 3cm for the 2018
ARRL EME contest.      We are only officially entering the contest
single band (3cm), multi operator, all mode.   However,   our team did
put 5 bands on the moon for the event.

I'll  follow up with check logs on 23cm, 70cm and 2m.  AD6FP/K6MG will likely  submit a 13cm log,
perhaps as a check log, or a full contest entry.
 
NA5C  
this was my 1st ever EME contest and had a blast, small station with 2) 10 element LFA yagis and 800
watts in a city lot. The moon is a challenge like no other.
 
NC1I  
N1DPM array - 144 - kw - 4x9H 
NC1I array - 432 - kw - 48x15 with full polarity rotation
NC1I array - 1296 - kw - 4.5m dish w/KL6M feed-----
N1DPM array - 144 - kw - 4x9H 
NC1I array - 432 - kw - 48x15 with full polarity rotation
NC1I array - 1296 - kw - 4.5m dish w/KL6M feed
 
NX9O  
222 single band is a lonely way to EME!Maybe I'll try some other forgotten bands like 902 or 3.4G.
 
OH1LRY  
Hope I got the states / provinces right, they are not so familiar to me.
I was not sure how to treat VE4MA, as he was in different QTH in October and November. I counted him
as two QSO's in 1296.
73 de Petri OH3MCK
 
OK1CA  
500 W	10m dish and horn with septum
 
OK1DFC  
Excellent activity during botha legs of contest.
 
OK1KIR  
350 W (SSPA)	6 m dish
 
OK1TEH  
Hi,
I tried to run ARRL Contest as long and much as it was possible, 90% of time in CQ. In the end I
worked 32 contacts for 64 000 points which is exactly the same like in ARRL Contest 2016 and
probably the maximal possible result which I can obtain at very noisy Prague's background with my
single yagi (up to 30 000 people in 3km radius)...

My current equipment is still the same: single 23el home made DK7ZB yagi 5,7m long, 3m long 1/2"
Andrew cable to relay/LNA box with OK1VPZ's LNA ATF54143 about 0,4dB NF and 16m long h1000 cable in
shack, where I use 800W SSPA made by OK1VPZ with about 735W output for very long time JT65 operation
so I call it 1 horse power output;) At the antenna dipole came about 600W.

I hope that this year was the last time when I had been active in ARRL EME Contest with such a QRP
setup and If health allow, I hope to be qrv 70/23cm with bigger station from different QTH in late
2019, but still lot of work have to be done and I fight with lack of free time... but finger
crossed..

Decoded or heard and called but not finished were:
K4EME, W4ZST, I2FHW(CW), KL6M(CW) DF7KB, 4Z5CP, PA3CSG, S59DGO (S51LF), OK1YK, K5DOG, VK4EME (missed
final rgr because of his moonset:(

73 & tnx all for your patience with my small station & noisy RX!
Matej, OK1TEH
http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/eme_log432.htm-----
Hi,
I tried to run ARRL Contest as long and much as it was possible, 90% of time in CQ. In the end I
worked 32 contacts for 64 000 points which is exactly the same like in ARRL Contest 2016 and
probably the maximal possible result which I can obtain at very noisy Prague's background with my
single yagi (up to 30 000 people in 3km radius)...

My current equipment is still the same: single 23el home made DK7ZB yagi 5,7m long, 3m long 1/2"
Andrew cable to relay/LNA box with OK1VPZ's LNA ATF54143 about 0,4dB NF and 16m long h1000 cable in
shack, where I use 800W SSPA made by OK1VPZ with about 735W output for very long time JT65 operation
so I call it 1 horse power output;) At the antenna dipole came about 600W.

I hope that this year was the last time when I had been active in ARRL EME Contest with such a QRP
setup and If health allow, I hope to be qrv 70/23cm with bigger station from different QTH in late
2019, but still lot of work have to be done and I fight with lack of free time... but finger
crossed..

Decoded or heard and called but not finished were:
K4EME, W4ZST, I2FHW(CW), KL6M(CW) DF7KB, 4Z5CP, PA3CSG, S59DGO (S51LF), OK1YK, K5DOG, VK4EME (missed
final rgr because of his moonset:(

73 & tnx all for your patience with my small station & noisy RX!
Matej, OK1TEH
http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/eme_log432.htm
 
OK2AQ  
** Log Corrections ***
40w 1.2m offset dish-----
40w 1.2m offset dish
 
OK2D  
800W 4X21el
 
OK2ULQ  
1296  _800 W _  _3,7m solid disH
 
OK2VSO  
500W 12X10el
 
ON5GS  
Thanks for yet another nice contest with a lot of moon time and a happy gathering of famous and new
callsigns. Strongest signals SM4IVE, SM6CKU, OK2DL, SP6JLW, OK1DFC, HB9Q, OE5JFL. I was really
happy to work RN6MA running only 5 watts in a 3m dish. See you next month for part 2! 73 Dirk ON5GS
 
OZ1FF  
50w, 2.4m dish
 
OZ1LPR  
Quite ok activity. But wish the contest would be more in daytime. There is missing quite a few
regular people due to timing of the contest. But workinf contest on 10Ghz EME is always fun. I
concentrated on 10Ghz only this year.
 
OZ9KY  
144 - 1000W 2X10 DK7ZB
1296 - 300W 1.4M DISH
 
PA2V  
432 1000watts  4 x 27el Yagis
 
PA3FXB  
Great activity! It's the first time I reached the 100 QSO milestone :-)

Good luck with the logs!

73!  Jan  PA3FXB
 
PA5MS  
Was running TS-2000 + MGF1801 cavity pre-amp, 4x11el 2.2wl F9FT antennas and 400Watt at feed. Only
QRV for less than 1 hour due to many commitments / buisy QRL-----
Was running TS-2000 + MGF1801 cavity pre-amp, 4x11el 2.2wl F9FT antennas and 400Watt at feed. Only
QRV for less than 1 hour due to many commitments / buisy QRL
 
PY2RN  
73 to all, thanks for QSO and please confirm via LoTW.
 
R9WL  
thx for contest!
 
RA3AUB  
Thanks for fine test! 73!
 
RC4I  
Togliatti Contest Club
 
RD3FD  
500w 4x14 DK7ZB

Weekend 2 and 3 logs combined with this entry (BJJ)
 
RK9JR  
500 W    H-POL DJ9BV 4x16el 4 wl
 
RM8A  
500 wt_  4X13 Hpol
 
RN4AT  
Many thanks to the organizers for the competition. Very nice and interesting to take part! 73! Yuri
RN4AT
 
S51ZO  
I send noe also text file.....
YV 73 Joze S51ZO
 
S59DGO  
1kw 4x30el 8.5wl DJ9BV Yagi-----
I made a mistake when sending a log. The log is in two files. Sorry.-----
Report of S59DGO, 70cm EME contest team:
Because I (S51LF) had some problems with my 70cm setup , I decided to use few equipments of the
radioclub 70cm tropo contest setup. Since the club's colleague Stojan-S56FQC joined me in the
contest, we decided to QRV with the club sign S59DGO on multi op/single band category.
In the first leg ARRL EME contest, we ended up with the QRV in the first hour,  because we have
crached one of the yagis (dipole) at 71deg elevation with the support rope of the tower. Result of
this was blow up glitch resistor in the HV power supply of tube amp and failure GaAs-FET on the
LNA..
In the 2nd leg of contest, we were accompanied by rain and a strong wind, which "corrected" azimuth
on the rotator control .. Azimuth I set up using Echo mode and with strong signals of big-guns..HI
At elevations lower than 20 deg, we have big problems with city noise.
All together, we made 41 QSOs from 22 multipliers.
Setup:
TS590SG - Xvrt "Menina" 432/21MHz - LNA 22dB/0.4NF +BPF & notch filter and abt 900w at feed point.
antenna: 4x 30el 8.5wl BV Yagi

for S59dgo contest team,
73 de S51LF-Leon
 
SM4GGC  
My Rig: TS-2000, PA 250W at feed, 3 m dish with Septum feed, LNA G4DDK at feed-----
My Rig: TS-2000, PA 250W at feed, 3 m dish with Septum feed, LNA G4DDK at feed
 
SM7THS  
Worked in total 71 QSO and 37 multipliers in ARRL both parts on 70cm. with a lot of new stations in
log.
The first activity with the new dual polarized antennas and I did work some stations with only V
antennas that was not possible with the H array and XE2AT, Alvaro with TX horizontal and RX
vertical.

First part the rain was quite heavy at the beginning and it also gave this seasons first snow so
some SWR cased me to reduce the output power.
On Friday evening Before part 2 I lost elevation indication but it was only a bad connector and
quickly sorted out.
Besides from that everything worked without problems and propagation seemed to be quite good for
most of the time and I experienced higher activity then prevous years.
 
SP3XBO  
1296 __300 W_ ________dish 3,6m__________________
2304 __350 W_ ________dish 3,6m__________________
5760 ___20 W_ ________dish 3,0m__________________
 
SP6ITF  
300W 4.5M DISH
 
SP6JLW  
432 1.5kW 8X32el. YAGI
1296 1.2kW 6.5m dish
10368 400w 4.0m dish
 
SP6OPN  
1.1KW 6.5M DISH
 
TA1IFV  
21el Single yagi and 35W
 
TA2NC  
only one leg..and low degrad levels...and small station..-----
I wish contest dates should be optimized not to conflict with CQWW contests.
 
UA1OEJ  
1KW 18EL H / 6.3WL
 
UA3MBJ  
QRP=9w Ant-20el-----
QRP=9w ant=20el
 
UB4UAA  
400W__ __4X7.5_
 
US7GY  
Band         TX Power              Antenna 
     144             800W                4 x 2,2wl 
     432             500W                4 x 9 wl-----
Band         TX Power         Antenna 
     144             800W                4 x 2,2wl 
     432             500W                4 x 9 wl-----
Equipment Description 
    Band         TX Power         Antenna 
     144             800W                4 x 2,2wl 
     432             500W                4 x 9 wl
 
VA7MM  
200w 3m dish-----
200W 3M DISH
 
VE3KRP  
200w__  ___3.1m DISH
 
VE4MA  
Only operated on 1 evening during Microwave Contest weekend. The contest is poorly structured for 5
Plus bands of activity in one weekend.

You certainly need to operate both CW and WSJT in order to be successful . Many stations that
"traditionally" I work on CW, I worked on JT...because that is where I found them First.  I am sure
you will find that not so many logs will be purely CW or WSJT
 
VE4MA/W7  
250W 1.5M OFFSET

With the smaller antenna and power I had fewer CW QSos.  It is actually easier to work them on JT
with a low QRP station.  Sitting there listening to CW..."trying to figure out who the hell is it"
on CW takes time!  Many CW capable stations are showing up on CW and that is where I caught them
first. 

Monitoring the Logger for JT and Some CW spots was usefull. I did not solicit QSOs on there..but
that appears to be a successful strategy. I missed about 10 stations that I had heard/ decoded.  I
gave it more effort since USA participation on 1296 was very poor.  I expect 2 "new" stations from
AZ to be active next year with more power/ antenna "
 
VE4MAW7  
250W 1.5M OFFSET

With the smaller antenna and power I had fewer CW QSos.  It is actually easier to work them on JT
with a low QRP station.  Sitting there listening to CW..."trying to figure out who the hell is it"
on CW takes time!  Many CW capable stations are showing up on CW and that is where I caught them
first. 

Monitoring the Logger for JT and Some CW spots was usefull. I did not solicit QSOs on there..but
that appears to be a successful strategy. I missed about 10 stations that I had heard/ decoded.  I
gave it more effort since USA participation on 1296 was very poor.  I expect 2 "new" stations from
AZ to be active next year with more power/ antenna "
 
VE6XH  
This was my first ARRL EME contest. I was on 144 MHz for the final weekend. Worked 56 stations
including 39 new initials, 32 new grids and 7 new DXCC. Very good conditions. Everything worked
well, including the new array.-----
This was my first ARRL EME contest. I was on 144 MHz for the final weekend. Worked 56 stations
including 39 new initials, 32 new grids and 7 new DXCC. Very good conditions. Everything worked
well, including the new array.-----
This was my first ARRL EME contest. I was on 144 MHz for the final weekend. Worked 56 stations
including 39 new initials, 32 new grids and 7 new DXCC. Very good conditions. Everything worked
well, including the new array.
 
VK2CMP  
400W 2X18H + 2X18V-----
400w 2x18 2hx2v
 
VK4CDI  
432 - 500w 4x28 Yagi Hpol
1296 - 250w - 4.9m dish septum+choke
3456 - 15w - 3.6m dish septum+choke
 
VK6KCC  
2x13H 200w-----
2x13H 200w
 
W0XG  
Fun as always. Had bad noise from neighbor's LED floodlights. Tracked this down between contest
weekends. Neighbor very cooperative. Info on bad bulbs sent to ARRL lab for possible testing.
 
W1PV  
432 - 1 kw - 12' dish - Loop Feed
1296 - 500w - 12' dish - Septum Feed
 
W1XM  
First EME contest! Not quite sure of category - one station and one band, but multiple human
operators over time.
 
W2LPL  
Fun as always. Noise level higher then last year due to increase in LED lights all around town. Lots
of activity but only put in a few hours.-----
Fun as always. Noise level higher then last year due to increase in LED lights all around town. Lots
of activity but only put in a few hours.
 
W3CJK  
700W 2X9 M2
 
W3HMS  
1296  __Db6NT…420 watts …..3 m dish__
 
W4TAA  
1kw 4x9LFA
 
W8PEN  
First time EME contest and new to EME.  Do better next time I hope.
 
W8TN  
Not as good as last year due to limited time available.  Band conditions on 2nd weekend not as good
as last year.  Still had FUN!
 
W9VW  
1kw - 4x12V&H-----
1kw - 4x12V&H
 
WA3RGQ  
1296 - 200w - 3m TVRO
2304 - 200w - 3m TVRO
3456 - 100w - 3m TVRO
 
WA6PY  
Equipment:	
					
144 MHz: 4 x 4 WL yagis CC3219  VE7BQH mod, LNA with MGF1801, 1.2 kW out							
							
432 MHz: Cross Yagi 8 WL,  LNA's MGF1601, PA 1.2 kW out							
							
1296 MHz:  3.6 m dish  W2IMU feed circular polar, Cavity input two stage LNA with ATF35076, 1 kW at
the feed							
							
2304 / 2320 / 2424 MHz:	 3.6 m dish W2IMU feed circular polar, Cavity input two stage LNA with
ATF35076, 100 W at the feed							
							
3400 MHz:  3.6 m dish  Septum feed circ polar, 3 stage HB LNA with NE32584,  150W SSPA  120 W at the
feed							
							
5760 MHz  3.6 m dish septum feed circular polariz, three stage HB LNA with NE325S1, 80W SSPA							
G_antenna = 42 dBi,  Feeder Loss 1.8dB, 60W at the feed							
							
10 GHz	3m dish  Chapparal Feed, TWTA  25W, LNA NE3512S02,  Moon Noise 2.1 dB
 
WD5AGO  
2304 MHz : 300W, 3.3m HB dish, HB Feed, HB LNA:  (+12 dB echoes, 14 dB SFU)
 
YL2FZ  
144  _250W___  __4X10H____________________________
432  _200W___  __4X16H____________________________
1296  _10W____  __DISH 1,8 M__