GARES CLUB
GLOUCESTER AMATEUR RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SOCIETY

Amazing Contest. Lots of great QSO's all over the world.  Rig FTDX10 with a Sigma HF vertical
Antenna Mounted 6 Mtrs off the ground, Ran 75 watts.  73 from Max in Wigan UK 2E0KDJ

Just giving a few points away, mostly on 10m.

Very enjoyable contest inspite of poor band condition. More thanks to ARRL Committee. 73

Pulled the plug early on the IARU HF Championship 2025.
Band conditions were worse than a broken SWR meter — just 24 hours of radio silence.
No propagation, no pileups, no fun.
We’ll try again next year and hope the Sun feels more cooperative.
Big thanks to the few signals that did sneak through — 73!Shalom

Amir 4X6TT

QRV from Kasumigaura city Ibaraki-pref..
Using K3/5W and Yagi

I enjoyed the contest.
I have operated in JA2 area.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

Lot of QRM on the first day still nice summer contest
I used SD logger and its very stabile and intuitive

Reupload log, wrong category selected

hf bands were in bad shape in ntx. 10 meters never opened.

Thanks for sponsoring the contest. Enjoyed it!

Not the best band conditions, best wishes from Texas & 73.

Only had a limited amount of time for this contest due to other
obligations in the afternoon and evening. As others have already
posted, band conditions were friggin horrible when the contest
started.  I miss the band conditions we had last year, that was fun.
I did what I could and then pulled the plug to do the other crap
I had to do that day.  It was frustrating this year.

this was my first ever contest entry. even though i have  been
licensed for 20 years and this was first personal contest and
deal with log by hand, anyway that was great fun!
rig ic - 7600 with ANT GP. ONLY 40m,
the band was super on 40 mtr during the night
first if all i want to thank arrl and iaru on this event got 25
qsos 1045 pts were also result that is achieved the my goal
,great contest, simple, fun, quick, low pressure,looking forward
for next year.

Used a temporary antenna for the contest and the S9 QRM nearly killed it... But luckly, there was a
rain fall which brought down the noise a little. Also, I guess this will be my last contest in my
19, before the the july birthday. Thanks a lot for all the stations answering me!!!

My first ever ham radio competition!
20m SSB only. Logged by hand on paper. <100W. Had a great experience.
Used a Yaesu FT-857 and the ARRL EFHW antenna.
Worked some stations over 8000km -- a personal DX record!
I was surrounded by buildings from over 300 degrees -- tough conditions!
Had a blast. Looking forward to future contests!

Very, very interesting

Rig. Yaesu FT-2000
Ant. Cushcraft MA-5B and
Moonraker GPA-80

K3/100 @ 100 W - homemade multiband inv V, apex abt 10 m agl, unstable condx
73 cu next test de Erwin

just 20 meter wire

Thanks for listening on my weak but QRP signal.
Got LU on 10m on first trial but didnt get DA0HQ @ 1om SSB.
DA0HQ (OP DA1DX): "too weak, call later", after 20min calling, i got
the QSO without any questions, tnx. Greetings to all participants.

Only 30min S&P

Antennas:

Thank you for the organisation - had fun but was nit able to participate the full contest because of
a family event. This year still without 160m but will be changed hopefully soon.

73, Michael, DF2RQ

many thanks for the organization
My RIG: QMX+

I gave points mainly to HQ stations :-)
looking forward to wrtc 2026. 73s

MANY THANKS TO THE ORGANISERS AND 73

THX FB FUN

Icom IC-705, J-Antenna 12 m, 5 Watts

My first IARU-HF contest. Lot of fun.

Flexradio 8400
Antennas:

Spending almost 18 hours time in seat, I had a lot of fun
in spite of conditions that reminded me of the upcoming solar minimum.
I'm one of the (few) people paying attention to rules generally,
but specifically lost 9 QSO points, 1 multi and 3% score
while searching and pouncing on QRGs forbidden by contest rule 6.3.
Well, that's what Cabrillo's X-QSO is good for.

FT817  5 Watt, 2 Ele Yagi MFB23,  Off-center-fed dipole FD3.

TRX 100 W, 3-ele Yagi, W3DZZ, LW 38m

Using one of our club calls, I called some HQ-Stations

Conditions were quite unstable, especially 10 m; thanks for the QSOs

Difficult propagation for 5W and Stealth Attic-Dipole

IC7400  100W  Ant. FD-4

SDR TRX - 5 Watt QRP to 2x 8,5m Dipol @ 11moG via SG230 ATU

Vertical Antenna + K3S, N1MM+

Some QSOs only

tnx, see you 2026

TRX : TS-2000 ;
PWR: 100 W
ANT : FD4

Nice contest again but 10m dead on both days and local QRM on 20m.
Anyway, a good result for me and could work some DX.

Thanks to all and see you next year.

73 de Chris

Only 3+ hrs operating time. 5 W into drainpipe stealth antenna.
Condx were weird, only 20 m really usable.

IC7610, ant:W3EDP@15m

Thank  you  to all for the contest. I had fun at pretty fair propagation
conditions. I did  S & P only. Radio equipment is troubled - no CAT connection
from Radio to Logger, all I did manually with ears and fingers: All ports are not working, keying by
my electronic keyer (self-made 1987), decoding by listening with own ears created in 1947. 
 Now, I´m in good hope ; the new PC will unterstand his new job 
                   with W-11 + N1MM-Logger, 
         And THAN - HURRAH it looks fine  on the monitor,
         a wonderfull sound goes through the headset,
          all are the familiy again in best feeling    
              ThANKS  TO ALL for the works
                            73 JO

DL5MY@t-online.de

TRX: FT-950 100W
ANT: FD4 as inv.V, 10m up in my garden

Lic.since 02/2023

I had fun.

Condx were not good here on the higher bands, especially on Saturday.
20 m proved to be better towards the evening and stayed open all night long.
Lots of fun in this great contest, along with some cold ones for the crew... ;-)

Tnx nice contacts!

TX: FTdx3000, Ant.: Aerial 51 Mod. 807 (thats why without 160m)

Thanks for the great contest!
But it was difficult conditions for me, especially DX.
A few more QSOs than 2024, but fewer points and fewer multis.

IC-705 with 6m wire on a 9:1UnUn

my correctly eMail Adress:

do9abc@darc.de

This year, I experienced very poor band conditions.  It sounded like those in the northern latitudes
had better propagation, but I slogged on and did the best I could.  Good luck to everyone, and thank
you to all who copied me.

Propagation is not good the band is very noisy very challenging,10m is dead 
and no opening on all band from europe country but over all its a good contest thanks for all qso de
DV1IIW Mabuhay 73!

THANK YOU!

The most challenging experience we've had due to poor propagation conditions. Many of us came to the
camp ground hoping we would all get busy but boy were we surprised! Where bad conditions were bad,
we compensated it with fellowship among friends instead. Still a wonderful weekend. Until next year!

We somehow forgot to add 3 more operators to E7HQ team in our log:
E78W, E71BX, E74OG

Can you please add them on your side?

Thank you

Tnx to all operators and managers for this really fun contest.

Catalonia Contest Club " C.C.C"

Icom 7300
Dipole 40-80 m.

I was losing my mind trying to find the mistakes after I read the info:"One or more Zones/HQs in the
copied exchange not recognized"... )) No success though - everything seems to be correct. Waiting
for the final score... 73! de EA4CWW

--

THANK YOU FOR THIS "CHANCE".
An appointment not to be missed!
MASSI EA5JQY
73!

ENJOY SD

EA7LHF (Y15) This was my first time to particpate the IARU
contest as a 15 years old teenager. Appreciate all the organizers
and all the OPs!!! 73

Kenwood TS-430S Dipole Windom 80 watt

Antennas:

Yaesu ft 991a / triband 10-15-20 and dipols

Flex 8600M
Antennas:

thank you to Ei5DI for SD

I had lots of fun during my first ever IARU HF
Championship! It was a great experience to join the
championship and work as many stations as possible. Thanks
to all who answered my calls -- see you in the next contests!

Tnx fro IARU Contest

TRX: RedPytaya-100Wt
Ant: GP80, SAM 3-40L, SAY 3-7

TNX

5w

Contest toujours aussi dynamique durant 11h de trafic.YAESU FT
897 et une bote d'accord manuelle MFJ-969,90watts HF dans une
antenne G5RV. Merci  tous les OMs pour les points changs.
tous les OMs et SWLs de JEF F1GKS.    A l'anne prochaine.

I take a great pleasure to be qrv with my little condx : Fan dipole @
6 Mters AGL  TRX IC7610 + PA 500 W. Thanks for fun  73

IARU 2025 contest for fun, during short time with IC-7300 + EFLW 27m !

F4GTT Denis mono op thanks to all contacted 73

IARU

IARU HF World Championship

Small participation from a modest setup - 100W from an Icom IC-7300 into a budget vertical antenna
installed in my backyard. Far from ideal conditions, but propagation was surprisingly decent and
made for an enjoyable contest. 
Great to be back in contesting! 
73 de F4VSE

TS590SG  barefoot / 18m vertical + CG3000 tuner
portable setup in the garden ;-)

FTDX101D 100w ANT STEPPIR  LONG FIL

FTDX 3000 - DIPOLES

The worst propagation I saw since a long time.

With broken left clavicle (when fixing antenna issues a week ago).

SD WORKED GREAT
SD GREAT
FRIENDLY CONTEST

Only part time operation.

After a 2 plus year gap due to ill health, disaster struk when
the beam rotator stuck on 270 and high wind took out the 160m
dipole.

not a serious attempt - just a few bursts of activity
in free moments

Thanks for a great contest.

A fun weekend even though 10m didn't open and there was not much dx.

Antenna came down overnight!

Log written up manually.

Spent six hours in various spells, trying to work as many
HQ stations as I could, and running when possible. Poor conditions.

Flex8600M
Antennas:

Flex 6600
Antennas: Hexbeam / Doublet

YET AGAIN,CERTAIN STATIONS CONTINUE TO OVERDRIVE THEIR AMPLIFIERS AND CAUSE SPLATTER.

My that was hard work....

Struggled a little with noisy bands at this QTH

RIG FT817ND
POWER 5W
ANT. WINDOM

Born in 2004. AGE 20

It was my first big contest. Thank you all. Great fun.

Rig: YAESU FTDX3000, PA:HENRY 3K Premier,

Antennas TX:
5 el monobander Long John Yagis for 28-21-14 MHz,
Lazy-H antenna for 7MHZ (NW-SE),
2 el NVIS for 7 MHz (N-S) 
4 Square for 7MHz (TNX to HA5IW es HA5VJ)
6-way 2 element vertical phase system for 80m by a HA5IW
Single Quad for 3,5 MHz (NW/SE))
2 el NVIS for 3,7 MHz (N-S)remote tuned dipol (TNX to HA5IW) 
2-ele. phase fed antenna system build for 160 m (TNX to HA5IW and HA5VJ)

Antennas RX:
Single wire Beverages,300m to 320 degrees, 300m to 250 degtees, and 160m to 60 degrees(TNX to Jan
OK2ZAW!)
Beverages complemented with a HA5IW preamplifier.
TX-RX filters,control boxes and antenna switches are all HA5IW products


Thanks for all QSO's! 

Vy 73's es DX!

HA3DX team

ICOM756pro 100w
delta loops, dipole

Just giving out some points. 50W output, EFHW antenna at 3 meters high. I enjoyed making some DX
QSOs, thanks for the opportunity!

Rig: Flex 8600, RF-Power RF2K-S PA 
Antennas: Endfed Inverted L Dipole at 15m for 160m & 80m, Dipole 40m, Hexbeam for 20-10
Log: SDC

Rig: FTDX1200 / Ant: only Flagpole w. CG3000 for 40/80m

RIG: Yaesu FT-DX10
ANT: V-Dipole 10-40m & End fed 80-160m

SunSDR2DX
ACOM700S Max.600w
5band Kelemen Antenna

Plik utworzony programem "Cabrillo Generator" - (c) SP7DQR

Bad Saturday till night, then some opening. Sunday only local

ONLY 9 HOURS OF OPERATING TIME TO TEST MY NEW HEXBEAM. WITH 516 CONTACTS
IN THE LOG I HAD FUN DESPITE THE SOLAR STORM

IB6A (IU6RVC)

Excellent start on 20 meters with 140 QSOs/hour, after which the
rate dropped to 50 QSOs/hour. In the evening, few QSOs on 80 meters
and only 7 on 160 meters. On Sunday, starting at 10:00 local time,
propagation opened on 15 and 10 meters with 170 QSOs/hour.
Unfortunately, I had to bring the end of the contest forward to 11:30
A few more QSOs than last year, but fewer areas and consequently a
lower final score. Total activity approximately 19 hours.

TU 73

We run as HP, no spot assistance, no 160m, kind of wrtc style but with
better antennas.
We will not compete in any category, will send log as checklog.
The propagation was one not in favor of Dx through the north paths,
with the exception of some narrow windows on 20m after the sunset,
and 40m in the night.
Big absorption during the daytime. At some point 15m was kind of
"working weekday" nearly empty.
A strong short path opening (sporadic-e) allowed nice rates on 10-15-20
in the last 2 hours with Europeans.
Nice to work the GBxWT field stations. They had good signals in north
Italy, most of the time.
Thanks everyone for the QSOs, especially those that QSYd on request.
73s
Luca IK2PFL, Stefano IK2JUB

HI FRIENDS THIS TIME ENJOY A LOT !
MORE PRACTICAL.
A LOT TO LEARN AS ALWAYS!
LUCA.

IC706 + FISHING ROD

TS-590SG 95 W  ANT. LW

NO SPOT ON CLUSTER NO PARTY. OM DON'T TURN THE VFO

HOST-CALLSIGN I3FDZ

FlexRadio 6600 / SUNSdr
Antennas: Vertical

sun sdr
Antennas: Yagi

Yaesu FT-950, MicroHam Microkeyer II, SPE Expert 1.3 K-FA Verr. II,
Vertical fourbander antenna

IARU HF CONTEST 2025 IT9CGR

I just finished assembling my QMX+ transceiver from QRP Labs. At first, I just wanted to check if it
was working… but then I started making QSOs one after another on 20 meters! I couldn’t believe
it when stations answered my very first call, running just 3 watts and an EFHW vertical antenna. It
was incredible!
At some point, I completely forgot I was even operating QRP. I was calling like I was a big gun
station! It was pure fun from start to finish.
Next year, I plan to dedicate more time to the contest and increase my QSO count, using the same
setup. If this was just a test run… I can’t wait to see what happens with a bit more planning!

Just few QSOs to be part of this contest.

I worked the contest only on 3 bands (10-15-20M).No good propagation to
reach dx calls like oceania,asia,west us coast, a lot european stations
on according my bad antenna system.Anyway I increase my last year score
but not my last 2023.Many thanks to all stations that I met during the
contest.Hoping better next year.All the best,73's

73 tnx very nice

IC-705, EFHW

I send 2 correction about my logs
A60hq ITU39
H2CGRC ITU12

iARU cONTEST

IU5RDA

PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST.

ITALIAN CONTEST CLUB

Icom 7300 with longwire

cw keeps us young

Beautiful and exciting contest, great participation and great fun. It's a
shame I didn't have a complete and high-performance setup and couldn't
participate fully. See you at the next edition with a complete setup.
Thanks to all the stations who had the patience to connect me. 73 to
everyone from IZ8GUQ Giovanni

In JA , night CNDX was soso..

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

ハイバンドのコンディションが良く楽しめました。

Thank you for many 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.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Tnx FB Contest !!

ANT  10&15M-14mH 4ELE    40M-14mH DIP    80M-13mH DIP    160M-0mH WHIP
RIG  IC-750A    PWR < 5w

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Appreciate all staffs and partner STNs very much

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Next year, I'm gonna try and make it!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

sosv

I enjoyed the contest.

Bad Condition

I enjoyed the contest.

Very poor condx and very tough to work DXs using only wire antennas.
No zones 4,8,27,37 heard.
Also very sorry about not having good sporadic E to work many
domestic stations.
I was feeling unwell due to the fatigue and jet lag after my trip
to Germany,so had rests 6+3=9hours and QRVed 15hours.
Nice to see many friends at Ham Radio(first time for me!) this time
and also to see again in the contest!
Thank you for all the QSOs!
Akira, JA8RWU

I enjoyed the contest,
See you next year. Yoshi

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.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you for nice QSO!
I am happy to have QSO with you every year!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: ICOM IC-7300 50W
ANT: Mobile Whip
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thanks(^-^)!!!!!

I like CW. I do love QRP. https://kurobe3463.blogspot.com/

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I operated it in a park on top of a mountain.
It was quite cold and we withdrew after a short operation.

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.
see you next year !!
TS-890S+21mh6eleYAGI etc

I enjoyed the contest.

TNX FB QSO! See you again!

FT-817ND IC-905XG EH DP Yagi

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoy the contest

I enjoyed the contest.

Tx Power 50W

Generated by ChatGPT

Condition of 15m was so bad.
I stopped chasing contest stations in two hours.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
POWER:100W

Using whip antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

Lig: YAESU FT-847 50W

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

cu next test 73

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
PWR=50W ANT(40m:Twin Delta Loop) (160m/80m:LW/DP) (15m/10m: 4ele YAGI)

I enjoyed the contest.

I worked less than last year.

I was operating mainly on 14MHz due to poor conditions on 21MHz and 28MH.
FT-1000MP had low internal noise and helped to receive weak signals.
The antenna used is a mobile whip and output is 60 W..

2023.2.28

I USED POWER LESS THAN 5W.

thx FB QSO.
I hope see you soon on the air
very fun time this time too

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest. Thank you.

FT-450, Wire Antenna
I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thanks to all the staff members.
I had a lot of fun.

I enjoyed this contest.tnx

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300M (50 Watts)
Loaded DP

I enjoyed the contest.
Thank you very much.

Thank you. I enjoyed very much. QRP Labs QCX+ and their 50W amp. Twin delta loop for 40m, Delta loop
for 20/15m.

IC-7300 / CarbonRod+AH730
BuddiHex 8mH

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I always enjoy this contest.  It is fun.

wire and 100w from Japan

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
FTDX-3000D/DP

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the IARU-HF contest. on all bands

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest by QRP.

I enjoyed the contest.

I managed to make s little QSO.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

TS-2000 Dipole Antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
It's my first contest overseas.
I'd like to challenge next time, too!

I enjoyed the contest.

Operated Remote Station out of FN30/Long Island
Youth, 26/11/2004

25 watts to a magnetic loop antenna on my third floor balcony.

Raw Beginner

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. In the
2025 IARU test N3UM and W5MPB operated Multi-1 HP Assisted. N3UM
did all CW, W5MPB all SSB. We did not expect to beat our 2024 IARU
claim; SFI was 130 this year vs 230+ in 2024, so we got 0.74 X the
QSO pts & 0.80 X the total mults for 0.59 X our 2024 score claim.
We alternated 3-hour shifts as before. EU gives the most 5-pt Qs &
HQs, but poor run rates; we both clicked spots. At start N3UM got
41 20-M Qs 1205-1312Z, then 16 15-M Qs and 26 more 20-M Qs for a
total 83 Qs by 1458Z. W5MPB 1504-1656Z band-hopped for 21 20-M Qs
& 17 15-M Qs. He then got 26 more 20-M Qs 1713-1750Z for a total
of 64. N3UM got 36 15-M Qs 1800-1932Z, then 55 20-M Qs 1942-2059Z
for a total of 91 Qs. W5MPB got 84 Qs on 20 M 2104-2355Z, the best
20-M total in any 3-hr. shift, SSB or CW. He also got 8 15-M Qs to
start & 10 40-M Qs at end for a total of 102, his best 3-hr shift.
N3UM 0002-0058Z got 33 20-M Qs, then 91 15-M Qs 0105-0247Z, 53/hr,
for a total 124 Qs, his best 3-hr. shift. W5MPB 0300 to 0502Z QRT
got 43 Qs on 40 M; when the band map cleared, he hopped to 20 M
for 7 last Qs and to 80 M for 6 last Qs on SSB. In a 1.9-hr "coda"
1000-1154Z, N3UM got 19 Qs on 40 M, 3 on 80 M, and 27 on 20 M.

"Conditions on the lower bands were much better this year."

IC-705, 16M OCF Dipole

Also operated remotely with the W4NF team--primary op on 80 meters.

40m dipole and 80m dipole. Bad conditions didn't help.
80m  was surprisingly good.

Band conditions here were not that great but still did pretty good..

This was the second year that K8LG and the team operated in the M/2 category for IARU HF.

Our team consisted of eight operators, including every licensed member of the Papay family: Grace
K8LG, Doug K8DP, Carrie K8CLP, John K8YSE, and Diane W8ZJB. This was the first contest where all
five Papays made at least one QSO during a contest.

Also on the team were Ian KI8AN, Kirsten KE8ZYD, and their dad, Tim K8LK. Kirsten and Tim did
fantastic work on CW and kept things going on 15m and 10m.

Huge thanks to my mom, Carrie K8CLP, for keeping the crew well-fed. 


See you next time!
Grace K8LG

5 watts to attic dipole for a short time, but lots of fun

Society of Midwest Contesters

fun contest

POOR BAND CONDITIONS

Operated for about 9 hours in total. Ran 800w into an OCF dipole at 60 ft.
Approximately 25% of the time I tried to run but wasn't loud enough (or hea
ring well enough) to keep a good rate, so I resorted to quite a lot of sear
ch and pounce.
This was my first time putting in more time than 1-2 hours in a contest, so
while I'm disappointed in my rate, I am pleased to have put in this level
of effort.

First actual contest using the RigSelect Pro SO2R controller. Actually, first actual contest doing
SO2R.  Not having an antenna for 15 meters hurt.  Failed at getting an antenna for 15 meters in the
air due to a shoulder injury.  Jui Jitsu at age 64 can be dangerous, lol.  Thanks to Jim, WT9U, and
Anthony, AB9YC, for being on the Scoreboard.  It was real incentive to stay in the chair, which I
needed to do as they built leads early while I played with N1MM+ and the SO2R controller set up.
Great contest despite the not-so-great conditions.  73, Gary KC9EE

Our multi-op team used the amazing W1IMD station for IARU. I stayed on site in my camper van and
operated locally, while K1ESE and W1ETI operated remotely. Conditions were difficult, leading to a
lot of W QSOs, but it was still a lot of fun. —N1CFO

KD2ZLA mobile in ITU 7 at Badlands National Park (POTA US-0005)

Great contest. Could not operate long due to nasty thunderstorms
poping up all day long.  Most of the day unplugged.  73 All.

none

First time contesting! Had fun with contacts!

There will be great tell callsign slow periodically to clear understand it

My first IARU contest.  Had a great time! Only had a problem with one call sign, after listening
many times: E5RM  It doesn't seem to exist, but the penalty shouldn't affect me too much.

100 watts to wires. Thanks for the fun! Made a surprising number of DX Q's this time...  73, Dan 
ke0tt

Thank You to the ARRL for making this event possible. To all Amateurs that contacted me during this
contest THANK YOU, the friendships we have is VERY SPECIAL to me. Again, to everyone that is
involved THANK YOU de KE2AY.

Operated from FM29jw

Points: 252
Multipliers: 32

252 Points x 32 = 8064 Total Points.

Thank you for the 2025 IARU HF World Championship Contest.

I was certain my antennas were lying on the ground during the day Saturday.  I was not being heard
well, and bad enough to make me question my entire dang system.  In contrast to 650 KHz of 10M
activity in the March ARRL SSB, I didn't make any QSOs on 10M this contest.  I did work my first
ever 3V8 station in my ham career, I believe. Nonetheless thanks to everyone for putting on the
contest and to all the participants.
Bill  
KF8N

Great conditions on 40 Meters . The other bands not so much.

Getting too busy in my retirement to radio

Lots of Fun,Lots of QRN(Thunderstorms),IC7300,80-10m OCF Dipole at 40ft

Hadn't planned on much operating, but definitely had fun while contesting!

Sometimes when u least expect it a band will open up better
for an area. This time it was to Europe when its anytime
between midnite and 4 a.m. there and late afternoon here in
MT on 20. Signals got louder than all day earlier but only for
the HQ stns. Very few other EU were heard. 40 was a disaster
to DX but did ok state side.

Casual operating just for fun.

Conditions were not good at all at the start of the contest.  The
static kept getting worse during the afternoon and then we had a
couple of pretty good t-storms late afternoon until sunset.  A
couple of brief power outages kept things interesting.  After
that, things settlerd down for the last ten hours or so.  Didn't
meet my goal but still had lots of fun.  Thanks - 73  tom    Rig
= TenTec Eagle @ 100 Watts.   Antennas = Mag Loop (40 thru 15),
an Isotron-80, and an indoor 10 meter dipole, all  in the attic
12' above garage floor.

The HQ-Contest remains one of our favorites - many thanks to everyone for a
great competition and a fun weekend! Big appreciation to the Contest Committee
and all involved in making this event happen. Propagation was clearly weaker
than last year, with solar wind and D-layer disturbances degrading MUF and
causing fade-outs, especially on Sunday. We operated a full-scale M/2 with
2x2 interlocked radios and high-performance antenna systems, maximizing the
technical possibilities within the rules. At the same time, full respect to
those entering with
WRTC-style setups -- serious dedication in preparation for WRTC 2026. It would
be great to see the M/2 category evolve, recognizing both high-end multi-op
and limited/WRTC-style efforts. The EU HQ-race remains a highlight, engaging
hundreds of skilled Hams and leading stations in support of "national entries."
Thanks for the race and congratulations to P44W (W2GD/AA4B)for the win.
See you in the next one! - Team LX7I

Thanks to Stewart G4AFF for hosting this WRTC2026 test event. One op on site (NP4Z) and one remote.
Station worked great, much appreciated!

Only a very part time entry this year as limited time to be QRV due to
other commitments.

Doublet to FLEX6400 using SDC contest software.

Poor condx at start but did improve later.

First ever HF contest I submitted logs to!

I'm happy with the result, got a few CW and SSB.

Found that my call can be annoying for others to copy, I had a lot of stations get M7NM and either
get the last letter wrong or just not get it at all.

Good fun, even though I didn't play contest for long.

Conditions not great - especially on the higher bands - 10m marginal some EU and DX.

Good fun chasing mults and HQ stations old skool unassisted.

73
Gordon
MM0GOR
MM1E

Bands were hard going until Saturday evening and then they opened.  This contest could be best
described as "moments of pain followed by moments of joy."

Between space weather muffling propagation and terrestrial weather threatening to zap the equipment,
we felt like we were fighting mother nature most of the time. Nevertheless, we managed to have a
great time and make over 1000 QSOs. Bryce, KM6VRX, handled all the phone QSOs and I did all the CW
and we hit a really good rhythm.

Other than the weather, the only glitch came late at night when I forgot about the band/mode change
time limit. While running on 80M, I saw an enticing mult get spotted on 20M so I jumped over there
to pick it up (I think 1 mult was worth 5.6 Qs at that point). Unfortunately, I still had about 8
minutes left on the timer for 80M. I wasn't sure what to do about it, since all the rule says is
that if you violate the timer it "may result in the entry being reclassified as a checklog". I think
that is a likely outcome since I wrote some code to detect band/mode switch violations, and I found
a total six violations in our log.

It's too bad, because we did pretty well, and I don't think that the band changes did much to
improve the score. It was more of a rule that we weren't used to and we didn't pay enough attention
to it. Hopefully we've learned the lesson for future multi-op efforts.

The station worked really well and it was great to hear the occasional "booming" comment despite
so-so band conditions.

Thanks for all the Q's, even though none of them may count for us.

73,
Rick
N1RM

Conditions were bland.  Worked about six hours and only used 40,  20 and 80 meters.  Really a fun
contest and some good ops.  Would like to work more time but kind of hard starting a contest at
7:00AM for me.  Not an early bird person.  Maybe next time.  Thanks for the q's and 73,  Rick, 
N5JJ.

I could have had more butt-in-seat but with the bands such as they were, I went to bed. When I got
back on they opened up quite a bit, without that 20m opening to  Europe the whole thing would have
been a bust. Times like this you wish you were on the East Coast and not in Houston, Texas. I had to
work extra hard but my 5th entry using a new radio and amp were worth it. Good fun, fine business.
73

QRP 5W max to a 20-Foot End-Fed Wire.
Most of my QSOs were with  1/2  Watt.
I used 5 Watts for some when needed.
Only worked 12 Countries in total, due
to limited time effort and poor condx.
Tnx for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

A limited time, 20 Meter SSB only effort, from my father's shack in Morgan, County, UT. His G5RV was
broken, so I operated during the day only, using my IC-7300, a Heil ProMicro Headset, and Dad's TH-5
Hy-Gain Tri-Bander at 72 feet height. I will forego any comments regarding band conditions, as I am
a Baptist Deacon. Thanks for the contacts November Seven Many Zebras Walking

Higher Band conditions el stinko.  All S&P.
Was on when band cdx stunk.  Was off when they were better.

First half of contest bands were terrible to EU and any other DX.
My first 10 hours of the contest I was only able to operate about
6.4 hours in 5 broken up time slots, for 240 Qs, (sneaking away)
due to house guests. After struggling through poor conditions in my
first 6.4 hours, I wasn't sure I would continue on after dinner when
guests had departed. I popped back into the shack around 01:40utc
and found 20m to be alive to EU as well as 40m. I decided to give it
another go and stayed in the chair until 07:26utc when I safely broke
through 500 Qs and over 100k points. Even pressing through a 20 minute
thunderstorm that passed through with lots of lightning and heavy rains.
Lots of rain and lightning static for a while made copying signals
quite rough, but I think I pulled everyone out and into the log. Even
worked a few EU HQs on 80m through all the noise! Only wish I had more
quality time to spend in the chair. When I got back in the chair after
dinner, I CQd better than 75% of the time, and was rewarded with many
more Qs than I expected. The last 1.5 hours was a grind though to break
over the 500 Q threshold. I kept watching spots for new calls and mults
and kept N1MM logger busy changing bands on the fly! All in all, it was
fun to play. 73 es thanks for the Qs! Gene, N9TF
Rig, K3S 100 watts to 6BTV ground mounted...No 160 wire. It has recently
succumbed to a fatal tractor mower accident. (XYL is fine!)

a little remote operation of the K2DLL station which is a TS-590SG a Cushcraft 
A3 at 200 ft and dipole for 40 and 80. Looking forward to next year and WRTC2026

At first, I wasn't going to do this contest but after a few contacts made with "hunt, pounce and
log", I got hooked and was going to stop after 50 contacts but decided to keep going. Other chores,
like letting the dog in and out, feeding the horses, dinner, getting the mail, all made stops to
this, but I still ended up with over 300 contacts. With more planning and nailing the radio room
door shut, I should be able to do more next year. Great fun for the weekend and staying at home!

Equipment failure forced me to quit at 0054z.

Rig: KX3  Ant: HF9V

Your robot is BROKEN and will not accept logs with "X-QSO" record, at least it won't accept this
one.

Thanks!

Nice to work with KX3 10Watts and a Trapdipol up 6m.

Again FUN!!

RIG YAESU FT-857D
ANT Random Wire 17m

ANT SteppIR DB-36 Yagi for 20m-15m-10m
ANT Fan-Dipole for 160m/80m/40m
TRX YAESU FTDX-5000MP with PA(SPE Expert 1.3K-FA)
WX mixed, TEMP 22C
647 contacts in OE1XTU log
OE1XTU Log status of 13.07.2025 1401 UTC

This was my first time in this world-wide contest and I appreciate the friendly environment, which
enfolded here. It was very exciting to work so many stations around the world.
73 de Martin OE3EGH

RX/TX:TS 890-S
ANT:  High End Fed LW
Power: 100 W

good operators in the contest- but bad condx. I hope next years for QRP operation with better
condx.So I decided for 100W with RIG: FT-991A - 23m EndFed

Best Regards from Voecklabruck

Thanks for the QSos!

First time ever to participate using my own call OG3B. Lots of fun, despite lousy 15m and
nonesistent 10m conditions.

Very poor conditions to North America. 10m was a disappointment
not a single QSO. Even 15m was very poor. 20m was the money band.
more than 300 QSOs less than last year and 75% EU. I hope that
next year we will have better DX conditions. It was fun at times
though.

Poor conditions on 15 and 10 meters. 18 QSO's, made accidentally on 15m SSB 18:48-19:07, are
deleted. 15m SSB was operated OH0HQ only.

I didn't know there was a contest going on until I noticed people calling cq contest. Thought I
should log these

I had some problems uploading my log and converting from adif to cabrillo

Thank you for hosting this contest

IC-7400, FinFet 1kW FET amp, HF9V 80-10m. Nice activity but spotty propagation!

Nice Weather, nice contest, after years, THX ALL

IC746, Roof Vertical 7.4m with an AH-730 beneath, 42m Long Wire Antennas.

IC7300

Rig[s]IC-756PROIII-100W,Antena[s]3el.YAGI,LW82m

I enjoyed few hours of this nice contest, thanks to organizers!

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

What a fantastic contest, enjoyed it, everyone behaved well, great bunch o
f operators. For me the easiest band was 40m, everyone was 5/9+ very strong
. 20m was on all the time but Sunday was a slow day with a very little DX.
Had a great time.

Rig: TRX Drake TR7 - 80W, Ant Doublet 2x17m

TNX, 73!

It was a good contest with much activity. I enjoyed it.
Till next year. 73 Leon  ON5WL

With the limited antenna systems, R8 vert, HM Skyloop, and
EndFed, I think it still turned out to be a good score. The TRX
is an FT-950 with 100W.

OPR Oz!aar - Villy - med egen call

Nice contest to check the new RIG, IC-7760
Excellent way to adjust all settings, thanks all

RIG: QRPLabs QMX+ PWR 5W, ANT: doublet 2 x 16m, 12m open feeders,
K1EL Winkeyer USB, Begali Sculpture Mono, logging: N1MM with
Spectrum Window via RSP1A connected via a home made internal PTT
controlled electronic T/R switch.

I Had great fun with my Ten-Tec 1320 on 20m and an Endfed
After 10 QSO's with full power of 2.4 W, I reduced to 240 mW
using the accurate PA1B 10 dB attenuator -hi-
So I made 44 QSO's with 240 mW and 11 QSO's with 2.4 W All S&P
The good condx and good activity led to a total of 55 QSO's
Thank you for the contest

Nice to hear so many stations

It was fun in this contest.
I hope again to work it next year
73 de pa3ewg, Henry

100W dipole just some points give away  73 Robert pa3geo

Flexradio 8400
Antennas: SteppIr

thanks for the organisation of such a big event, hope to hear you
all soon on the band! 73 de PD0HI

A huge thank you to all the amazing ham radio operators who
participated in the IARU HF Championships 2025! Your energy,
dedication, and love for the hobby turned this event into a truly
global celebration. Whether you were running a pileup, chasing HQ
stations, logging from home, or braving the outdoors with a
portable setup -- every contact made a difference and brought
our community closer together. It's inspiring to witness
operators of all levels, from every corner of the world, coming
together with the same goal: connecting, learning, and having fun
on the air.
Your effort, sportsmanship, and signal helped make the bands come
alive. From the first CQ to the final 73, you showed the world
what ham radio is all about -- passion, perseverance, and
people. See you next year, 73 ..

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RIG: ICOM IC-7400
PWR: 100 W
ANT: 6-BANDS HEX-BEAM HOMEMADE AND HY-GAIN VERTICAL AV-640

All QSO's with 5 watt / dipole 73

Due to circumstances beyond our control, PA6HQ did not happen
this year ...:-( Roy and myself decided to mount a semi-serious
effort as multi-single. Condition were not great at all. 10m was
absent most of the time or had very local Es openings. Many deaf
stations on the band we could perfectly copy, but they could not
hear us. Tribander, vert for 40 and inv. L for 80m. FTdx10 +
400W. We had fun ! CU next year.

TS590, barefoot, max pwr 70Watts.
Antenna horizontal multiband dipole for 15, 20, 40 & 80M bands.

ASSOC. RADIOMADORES FALCONS DX GROUP

CLASSE-A

CLASSE A

ARJAS

classe c
Deveria o final ser mais tarde para aproveitar o domingo

RIO DX GROUP

Tkanks Big 73 TU

I Partipate with antenna dipole tribanda 10/15/20m and antenna dipole wire to 40m.
My rig is IC718 with 50 watts and N1MM .
I entry only in Saturday a litte time.

Thank you for fabulous Contest, and untill next year.
73 de Luis PY2HA in  Guaruja SP.

SOTA PY2/SE-021, POTA BR-0262

nice contest with reasonable conditions. Not that many US/Canadian stations present.

TKS FB Test.

73!

ICOM-718,100Wt.,Ant.Delta Loop,80m.,all band

73!

73 ! TNX

73!

TNX 73!

Xiegu	x1m.	73!

TNX 73!

GL! 73!

TNX 73!

73!

SO1R; TX FT-450D 100 w; ANT: YAGI-2el, W3DZZ

TX/RX/ANT K3, IC-756, 2xPA-1KW,
10-7ele + 8ele + 11ele yagi, 15-3x7 stack + 5ele + 4ele yagi, 20-3x6 stack +7ele + 4ele + 3ele yagi,
40-4ele + 3ele + delta, 80- 4sqr + delta, 160-4sqr + delta.

ITU zone - 30

GL 73!

FT-891,ant.-dipole

TNX for Contest ! 73 !

SDR-1000, 20wt, dipol

FT897D
Dipole

TNX 73!

ITU zone - 30

RIG: "K3"; PWR: 400 WTTS; ANT: SteppIR 4 El
RIG:  KEY "Vibroplex "Speed-X Model 515"
TNX 73!

Yaesu FT-450, dipole
I declare that all contest rules and all the rules and regulations for
amateur radio operations in my country have been observed and adhered to.
I accept the decisions of the Contest Committee.

Tnx, 73!

TNX,73!

TNX,73!
Thank you for the contest !

Nice test, but terrible propagation!

RIG(s): KENWOOD TS-850S; ANTENNA(s): Inv.V

73!

In case of bad Antenna working I did not fully participate in IARU-HF 2025.
Thanks for contest. .
vy 73s from Moscow, RU

TNX. 73!

TNX 73

73!

73!

73!

RK3P TS590S   DELTA 400M. DELTA 80M. INV V 160M. SAY 5-9

73!

TNX 73
TNX 73

TNX 73!

TKS FOR NICE CONTEST,

73!!!

rig Elecraft KX-1, ant 2-el quad design KC6T

73!

73!

73!

TKS 73!

Rig G90 pwr 5w, Ant ECO 7+

73!

During the contest there was a strong thunderstorm - something
broke through the transceiver with static and the transmitter
went into protection mode. The "HIGH SWR" indicator did not turn
off on all bands! The old FT1000D needs repair again!!
I thank my friends: UA4CNJ for providing me with a hut on the
mountain, RW4CSM - for prompt diagnostics of my transceiver in
field conditions! All planet was heard, except for upper bands.

See you next year!

TS 2000, LW

Many thanks,  73!

Check log

Much better condx on Sunday but my new sleeping pill put me out 8h!

IC 7300
PA=80wtss
ANT Windom

YL-Operator

SK9HQ was using four different QTH's: SJ2W, SK3W, SM6MCW and SC7DX.
All stations were connected to a common network using DXLog.net.

I had five power failures during my operation and I had to close down in the night because of a
nearby thunderstorm!
Bad condx but good activity

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FTDX 3000; ANT-DIPOLES

FT 450 D + ampli pwr 400 w, ant. 3-el Yagi na 10 m,
dipole na 160 m i 40 m oraz delta na pozostae pasma.

sun sdr MB1
Antennas: INV L

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13.5m Vertical + CG-3000, 50 radials, FT-710

Operation with KX2 from a 20m high observation tower in
Gizycko. The antenna  was about 10m of wire downwards and 5m
wire sideways. Just half an hour since the tower's floor was a
crate very uncomfortable for sitting and transmitting. A few BY
and a few K stations showed that the antenna worked pretty well.

RIG: FTDX-3000 abt 50Wtts. Ant.: Lw for all bands

Pozdrawiam!
Jurek

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TS590+HM AMP-500, DIPOLE

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ICOM 735 + LW

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RIG: IC-746
PWR: 100
ANT: DELTA

LOG FOR CONTROL

TRX: Kenwood 140S, 100W
ANT: dipole, vertical
Many thanks for an interesting contest! I do hope to take part in its edition in 2026...

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73, Piotr

FT1000MP MARK V FIELD 100W, VERTICAL MULTIBAND and  W3DZZ

trx IC7300 + HLA300
Ant Delta 21m & Inv. V 40,80m

FTDX10 DIPOLE

TRX FT897 80W ANT DELTA LOOP

TRX FT897 80W ANT DELTA LOOP

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OT31 PZK

op.SP9BRP

Trx IC-7300+PA ,ant.GP7DX,Delta loop,Dipole.

First contest ever, im licensed since 2025-06-26. 
I have very harsh antenna conditions, so i was using rybakov antena on my gazebo (10th floor) with
QRP of 5W.

HomeMade HusarekDSP HF+6m transceiver, antennas 160+80m M dipol and
GP7dx

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PWR-100W OUT.

TRX FT897 80W ANT DELTA LOOP

TRX FT897 80W ANT DELTA LOOP

Excellent. A lot of stations. The conditions were good. I didn't want to run because of other plans.
I managed to save a few moments and gained a lot of DX and interesting QSO.

OT31 PZK

UNSETTLED IONOSPHERE CONTITIONS MOST OF THE TIME WITH STRONG QRN
AT 160-80-40 METERS IN THE EVENING (LOCAL) HOURS. NEVERTHELESS I
ENJOY IT LIKE I DO EVERY YEAR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE FOR ME
AND COPY MY QRP SIGNAL!

iInteresting contest with less QRM .A good test to see the
performance of the antennas.This time discovered that the 80M
inverted V did not cover annymore the phone segment.Something to
work on before starting anothert contest .On sunday morning
there was a powerfailure in my area untill 1600 .so it became end
of contest for me.Still used the same Kenwood 480SAT wiith 70W
out bearfoot.and the antennas mentioned on my QRZ com SV8TCK Henk
.

TNX 73

73 DE TA3GO

Sorry for the upload delay - I logged with simple log on smartphone and had no possibility to upload
from Corsica. Just came back from holiday and put it in a editor to upload just. 
My rig on Corsica was a ft818 and a 20m log endfed antene on a fiberpool in the garden of a friends
area. Not easy with qrp but much fun.

73 Olaf tk/dl7cx

This compact 2 el Ultra Beam (rotary dipole on 40m) is on the tower
since a couple of weeks. Inverted V on 80 m, no antenna on 160m for
the moment. Only 500 Watts and 14 hours in the shack. Poor condition
during day time but amazing in the night. Called during the night by a
few NA stations on 10m at 2130 GMT (2330 locale time in France) 73,
Lee F5MUX / TM29X

IC7300 , Dipol 2x 15m

RIG: FT-817 POWER 5W; ANTENNAS: 15/20M INVERTED VEE.

qrp

73

10m band got dead, about 30 mults have been lost. A thunderstorm with terrible lightnings threatened
all my 6 antennas and equipment but I went through all the trial, tks God!

TNX 73!

Many thanks! 73!

tnx

PWR 100 watts, 73!

73!

TNX & 73!

73 !

TNX 73

TNX 73!

TNX 73!

rw0cv@yandex.ru

TNX 73!

73!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, friends! It was a pleasant experience as always.

73!

FT-857 ANT.DELTA

IC-746 + Dipole

Antennas:

uv5evp@ukr.net

RMANUM

Flex-6400
Antennas: Windom, Spider

Good contest.

Icom IC-718

TNX! 73!

73!

Great contest, one of my favourites. For the first time I try my hand at HP, one radio, 400 watts of
power, one radio ts-590) Bad conditions did not allow to show a better result!) Thank you to
everyone who called 🙏 thank you for the spots everyone , your support was very important to me .
See you, 73!

Working from VE3KTB since he is gone for work, unfortunately had a busy saturday so couldn't spend
as much time working as I'd have liked! And conditions were a little challenging. Another reminder
to practice my CW.

QSO Count=394

VA6RCN/VA5 portable in Saskatchewan while camping and doing POTA

Maybe next year the HQ station will have the HQ status.
Still working out which station gets to be called "HQ" in this event.
This year it was VA3RAC. Although I expect they gave out many more contacts than us, we never heard
them.
Next year we will try to be on in the evening to work the lower bands as well.
73

Very challenging conditions. Noisy on the bands with poor DX propagation.

Our contest stations use Yasue FTDK101E tranceivers driving Expert 2KFA amplifies.  Antennas are
beams on two 100 ft towers. We had a few technical  issues before the contest but fortunately we
were  able to work around that. Our entry may end up being a checklog as we generally operate multi
multi high power to give more of our members the opportunity to operate.  Unfortunately this
conflicted with the Rules.  
Our club   supports the   contesters by having a presents using VE6AO  and look foward the the IARU
HF World Championship each year

73 from Calgary

Checklog

I enjoyed opoerating the few hours I got to spend in the 100th
Anniversary Contest

Poor conditions, no USA with long
path openings in both E/W directions. Using 7 element OWA yagi.

I heard lots of activity on 40m over the 2 nights, and couldn't help but join in. Thanks for running
the contest! 73

Conditions not great on the higher bands this time of year, but 40m & 20m were ok. 

A very casual entry. Rig was an Icom IC-7300 at 5w, and a DX Commander 'Classic' vertical antenna.

My usual few hours

Conditions good on most bands

IC-705 with 14 MHz Wire Dipole

An extremely casual effort.

Thanks for the 20M contacts. 73 - Dan, W1QK

I love to run, and this is a great contest for running if you dont care about score. Despite less
than great conditions. I managed 100 per hour average for my 7.5 hours.

1/3 YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB (KD2RD)

Thanks to all the other CW stations, your listening skill is a good example for me as a new CW OP. I
operated CW only and called CQ for the first time in a contest here, grateful to all those who came
back to me for a QRS QSO as I'm about 8 months into learning CW. My dad was visiting, he was a
radioman in the Coast Guard, so it was a treat to show him the fun of contesting. We sat down ain my
shack just as EU opened up on 20m to NA. TU 73 EE

PRETTY GOOD CONTEST THIS YEAR!!

W3TB in Franklin, TN USA      Tennessee Contest Group

20 meters was tough but I had a good time logging 10 contacts from both DX and local USA stations! 
73, Mike de W4MK

Did not hear any of the WRTC test stations.  Mostly S&P

keep on hamming - glad to be heard with wires

Thanks for the Q's

Made good use of available time!

Compared to the big guns, my QRP station was minimal.  An FT817
at 5W.  Indoor wire in the windowframe antenna, J38 key.  Enjoyed
it.  Condx were poor, still did well with QRP 72/73. WB9MII

Ran 100% CW unassisted and started out very part time with the goal of 100 QSOs but then I kept
getting sucked in for higher numbers.

Operated very old school in that I did not want online spotting to aid my score in any fashion so I
ran entirely in search and pounce mode.  As I grew closer to 400 QSO's I was so tempted to call CQ
but I avoided the urge and glad I stayed true to my word.

I heard nothing on 10 meters, and 20 meters was really poor until about 4pm local time (2000 UTC)
and then it really came alive around 6 pm local time (2200 UTC).  40 meters was in very good
condition despite QRN from thunderstorms.

Transceiver: Kenwood TS-180s (100 watts) with 500 Hz IF filter (45 years old) and  Active Audio
Filter: Hi-Per-Mite active audio filter (200 Hz bandwidth).

TX Antenna 160 and 80 meters: 68 foot base loaded vertical wire hanging straight down from a very
tall Sycamore tree with 55 short buried radials (2500 feet of radials)

TX Antenna 40 through 10 meters: EFHW mounted horizontally 20 feet above the ground.

RX Antennas: 3 small point fed pennants (pointing 40, 160, and 300 degrees).

Thanks for all the QSOs and really enjoyed working familiar calls / friends.

73, Don (wd8dsb)

This is our second year running the IARU contest from KP3J’s station using La
Sierra Contest Group call sign WP3Z. Our goal was to beat our numbers from 2024.
This year conditions were challenging and restricted our QSOs on 10 meters to
just 20 compared to the 500 plus QSOs we had in 2024. 20 and 15 meters were our
money makers.

The IARU championship is one of our favorites contests because we can operate
both SSB and CW, having a mix of operators together in one place and it is only
24 hours. We had a great time-sharing great food, radio stories and handling
equipment issues while watching & learning from our more experienced
operators and improving our skills in the process.

Thanks to all the stations for contacting WP3Z during this year IARUs
championship and to all the stations using the live score. Congratulations to
all the station in the M2 category but specially to P44W for tentatively leading
the category in the live score.

Looking forward to next year's IARU championship with all the infrastructure
improvements we have planned for KP3Js station. Sin Miedo!

This was WQ6X's 2nd QRP IARU GiG from Ramona, but the 1st-time Mixed mode.
The noise condx. were so horrible, that only 14 Ssb QSOs managed to happen.
Not surprising for low-mid SFI, 20-meters was THE band much of the time.

The contest began and ended on 40-meters.  As the E.Coasters fired up their coffee Sunday morning,
they put a couple dozen random 3-pointers in the log.

Again this year, JA / VK / ZL were LARGELY missing, as was most of Africa.
What was AMAZing was the QRP signal making it to central EU on 40-meters
in the mid-evening.  The less-noisy band openings seemed to be more on the "OTHER" side of the
planet, NoT so much on the Left Coast.

It would seem that WQ6X was the USA/NA leader in the QRP-Mixed category.
I guess that's worth something.

LooK for a write-up on this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com

Great contest but I must hold The Spider Web Net on 14.347 accountable.  I had been running on
14.346.5 for 90 mins when they asked if the freq. was in use. I replied and they heard me but
continued with their net.  when I called them out on it they gaslighted and told me that they had
been meeting there for 40 years and I was the one who was in the wrong.  At that point I wasn't
backing down and continued my run for another 90 mins. with them QRMing the whole time.  It really
had no effect on me as that time period was on of the highest rates in the contest for me.  It was
just very disappointing at how bad some people operate.

First contest with my new IC-7300.
Lots of fun putting the rig through its paces!

Hermosillo Contest Group member.

A great afternoon time making radio ;-)

NICE CONTEST - GL73

FT710 + R8

YAESU FTDX10

Glad to be in the contest again.

73

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

test

Considering that this is the first Iaru HF contest I've participated in, it was a super nice
experience and I'm looking forward to future contests.

TNX QSOs!

uSDR, 5W; 3 el.Q 20m; vy LW 40m
AMAIZING PROPAGATION

yo7ldt@gmail.com
Carcea, Jud. Dolj

Multumiri organizatorilor
73 GL
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USDX+,power 3W,antenna EFHW

No Europe Prop. No S.A. Prop. No Asia
Prop. No Africa Prop. !!!

partial contest operation, simple wire dipole, triband rigid dipole
ELAD SDR QRP device,40 and 20m band only. Thanks for QSOs I apologize
to everyone to whom I had to repeat the call sign several times. I called
stations dozens of times at intervals, especially SSB stations, and a
endless cCQ and there was never answer.See you next contest.

Had a blast on my 'Roll your own mini Dxpedition' to Saint Helena.  Went down to ZD7 after years of
working Gilbert, ZD7BG from afar.  Got to work him QRP from within visual range of his antennas. 
Finally got to 'be the DX' and I think I picked the perfect contest to do it for.

Special thanks to ZD7CTO who was my host for the operation.  He has a great station to work from,
and was a gracious host for the time on the island.

Conditions were good from the Southern Hemisphere.  But where which band was open to was not always
what I expected.  Eastern Asia/Western Pacific never seemed to open as expected, but Europe and US
were readily available.  

Was lucky enough to work Chris, KL9A at KM7W on 40m and 80m.  Had to work hard for the 80m Q, and I
am appreciative for him hanging in with me to get the contact logged.

Was also pleasantly surprised to put Zone 61 in the log with KH6TU and KH6CJJ.   In reviewing my
log, Zone 2 with VA5S, Zone 21 with RC9J, and Zone 39 with 4X1DX were the single contact Zones I
noted.  Thanks for the mults.

Thanks to all the stations who took the time to work me.  I had the trip of a lifetime to ZD7.  The
people of Saint Helena are truly Saints!

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