Wonderful contest. I had my Hexbeam broken and I had to use (with tuner, of course) on 10, 15 and 20
meters my Inverted L for 160. You know that it is not the best setup. But anyway I enjoed my time!
73 de Giovanni 3V8LL

Thank you ARRL - IARU HF, 73

This is my very first contest I joined using my very first HF rig and 40m EFHW antenna in a bamboo
mast in Palawan Island, Philippines. Encountered three brownouts during the 24-hour contest. Still
managed to get some contacts, praise God. Thank you!

Casual Operation from Sri Lanka. Only operated a few hours to hand out contacts. Couldn't accurately
provide zone in every contact.

QRV from Kasumigaura city Ibaraki-pref..
100W

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

11/7/2026

Nice contest as always, 73 Vlado

Icom IC-7600, Dipol 40/80,bazooka 40,Mosley 3 el. (14-21-28) 4.el 28mh

My 1st contest

First IARU HF World Championship SSB entry.

Very cool and fun contest! I will be doing this next year.

17

Was a lot of fun Saturday, the band was unusable unfortunately Sunday. It was fun whilst it lasted,
many good contacts were made.

I was able to participate for a few hours Saturday afternoon once I got the
usual summer time work done around the house.  It was very nice to hear so many
familiar calls on tha air again and especially good to work many of the WRTC 2026
teams.  I was able to work a few on 15 but the majority was on 20.  Conditions from
my location seemed to be pretty good this year compared to last year.  Thanks for
all the contacts and hope to see you again next year!

CHECK LOG !!

The number of MB** stations captured is very small.

IARU zone 44. QSO breakdown: 11x1pt (same zone/HQ), 3x3pt (same continent diff zone), 2x5pt (diff
continent). Multipliers: 20m=4(zone44,zone49,B8HQ,BV0HQ),
15m=6(zone44,zone49,zone50,DX0HQ,BV0HQ,R1HQ). Total score 30x10=300. Corrected exchange fields for
HQ stations per IARU format.

17

First time participating the contest. 20m efhw, yaesu ft-891 with straight key, decode only by ears,
running 14w, field.

Great contest, despite the propagation difficulties. Good luck and 73!

SunSDR DX2
Antennas: Optibeam OB9-5

This was a symbolic participation, limited by the time that family and work allowed. It was also
marked by several technical difficulties: for some reason, every time I transmitted, the virtual COM
ports started “talking” to each other and I had to restart all the software. On top of that, the
VE7CC cluster once again showed instability during the contest when used together with DXLog —
maybe some configuration issue, but the truth is that it had always worked perfectly until
recently.

Despite all this, I managed to use the contest to fill a few missing bands for some DXCCs and to
contact several HQ stations that do remarkable work to be on the air for this event.

73 to all, and good contacts.

Very good propagation during the contest.

Great contest

Hard to work the WRTC station, because the close distance

K3 + PA @ 100 W - Optibeam OB10-5M

This Contest was funny! I used only an inverted V Trap Dipole. But ist IS enough to have some Fun!

My personal best (points), tnx and gl for WRTC!

Made 194 WRTC-QSOs, thank you and congratulations to the winners, participants and supporters!

Worked through the nigth, ending with headaches, makes it difficult to operate over hours :-(.
vy73 DD0VS Harald

Checklog

Antennas:

This year, I spent more time with the contest. It was fun but DX signals were weak on my horizontal
loop and sometimes really difficult to decipher (in particular on lower bands with lot of splatter
from nearby thunderstorms).

Thanks for the organisation!

73, Michael, DF2RQ

Rig: K3; 80W out
Ant. vertical

FT-817 WITH 5 WATTS + INDOOR ANTENNAS

This was one of my first cw contests operated under my personal call sign. I only run S&P on 40 m
for 4 hours to get the feeling and timing.
Nice I am happy with my results and hope to get better in what Iam doing.
CU next time on the bands

We took the opportunity to introduce our newly licensed ones into the
Contest

This time operating portable with only one Antenna (Doublet) and 100W.

--

IC-705 Quad Vertical ZS6BKW-2x32m

primarily chasing the WRTC stations

Best personal IARU HF result ever!
Inner-city QRP station with mediocre antennas achived 332 QSOs
in 19 hours time in seat, mostly S+P CW, but 46 phone
and 13 running this year. Only one Carrabean station,
South America completely missing, but East Asia came in nicely,
as did USA even beyond East Coast.
I accidentally did 7 S+P QSOs that broke rule 6.3. I like that rule,
as it makes us contesters better neighbors of other hams.
I'd wish ARRL log checking would enforce it more.
Personally, I'll mark those evil 7 ones with "X-QSO".

sri, due to personal conditions I was only able to participate for an hour. It has been my very
first CW contest participation and I appriciate the patience of my partner calls.

my first log submition for this contest  worked only MB Stattions !  Nice fun 73

Log is for WRTC

Worked only WRTC 2026 Stn's
fb condx on 20m, ufb OP's, ufb Speed, ufb Fun!
TU

I worked MB5O on 40m CW but unfortunatly forgot to log this contact

IC-703, K3/10, 5 watt; spiderbeam, 40 m lambda/4 vertical,
80 m delta loop; 160 m invL
Tnx the organizers for the event and all who digged my tiny sigs
out of the noise. I have no clue how the WRTC competitors digged
10 and 15 m could have been better here in the North. Score down
from previous events. Anyway, was great to participate.

Difficult propagation for 5W and Stealth Attic-Dipole

Many thanks to the team of DA0HQ who reminded me of the zone
number.  In my excitement to work them as my first contact.

IC7400   100W   Dipol  and Vertikal

Antennas:

Op: DL7GER DL2PR

RIG: SDR TRX 5W in to 2x8,3m dipol Antenna @ 11m o.G. via home
made LC Tunebox

tnx for all the IARU and WRTC QSOs

tnx, see you 2027

After receiving my license certificate an hour
before the contest started, i was able to make
my first QSOs under the guidance of Helmut DG6MDG.

TRX: Kenwood TS-2000;
PWR: 100 W ;
ANT: FD4, GP, FB-53;

Zereo time to be more active

Nice contest again but conditions not really good, only sometimes.
Anyway, could work some good DX at 15m and 40m and many stations
from Great Britain.

Thanks to all and see you next year.

73 de Chris

Had much fun to work as many WRTC stations as possible also because my
son (DL3JAN) was member of a WRTC team.
It was a great contest, fine weather not too hot this weekend.

IC7610, ant:W3EDP @15mtrs

Had fun with my humble station. 80W@G5RV

100W into a 3-band endfed on balcony / roof of the house.It was fun! Thanks for all who decoded my
little pistole in CW, esp. the WRTC stations listened very very deep! Thanx :-)

Flexradio 8600
Antennas: Wire Dipols and End-feed

Diesmal nur ein ppar Stunden, sorry :-)

Mostly chasing WRTC stations with mobile whip and 50W. Great ears, great OPs. And luckily good skip
on Saturday (incl. 10m).

I could only stay for a very short time. Thanks for organizing it. It was fun.

73 Marcel DM3FAM

WRTC onlinelog not complete. Missing 50 qsos from WRTC

Antenne EFHW 23m long

first contest with my son Julian

THANK YOU

Great contest! Thanks to everyone for the QSOs. 73 and good luck to all participants. Mabuhay from
DX7HQ!

Thanks to the organizers and everyone who worked me. It was a great contest. 73 de E75YZ.

5W to 8m high Dipole

Great contest and super good contacts.
A thunderstorm at an altitude of 2228m stole a few hours
73 Tomo

Many thanks to all participants for this funny contest.

Trying to get all the WRTC special calls

Generated from Log4OM ADIF Export.

Sin equipazo ni antenón, participé con mucha ilusión.

Brick 2 SDR
CobWeb
Dipole 40 and 80 m

Portable JN00aa

Kenwood TS-430S Dipole Windom 80 watts

20 PH 7/11 1202 27 E7HQ 59 ARABH
20 PH 7/11 1205 27 TM0HQ 59 REF
15 PH 7/11 1216 27 DA0HQ 59 DARC
15 PH 7/11 1222 27 SN0HQ 59 PZK
15 PH 7/11 1226 27 TM0HQ 59 REF
15 PH 7/11 1227 27 F5LIW 59 27
15 PH 7/11 1308 27 IP0A 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1314 27 OE0HQ 59 OVSV
15 PH 7/11 1318 27 OP0HQ 59 UBA
15 PH 7/11 1320 27 HB9HQ 59 USKA
10 PH 7/11 1326 27 S50HQ 59 ZRS
10 PH 7/11 1329 27 ED0HQ 59 URE
20 PH 7/11 1333 27 MB7M 59 27
20 PH 7/11 1335 27 PG6HQ 59 VERON
20 PH 7/11 1337 27 HB9HQ 59 USKA
20 PH 7/11 1341 27 R1HQ 59 SRR
20 PH 7/11 1343 27 S50HQ 59 ZRS
20 PH 7/11 1345 27 DA0HQ 59 DARC
20 PH 7/11 1347 27 MB2H 59 27
20 PH 7/11 1349 27 9A0HQ 59 HRS
20 PH 7/11 1353 27 HG0HQ 59 MRASZ
20 PH 7/11 1357 27 MB4F 59 27
20 PH 7/11 1600 27 II1X 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1603 27 YT0HQ 59 SRS
20 PH 7/11 1608 27 EA3AQ 59 37
20 PH 7/11 1614 27 IQ2MI 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1615 27 OM4AIM 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1619 27 LZ0HQ 59 BFRA
20 PH 7/11 1622 27 IP3F 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1624 27 SN0HQ 59 PZK
20 PH 7/11 1626 27 OE0HQ 59 OVSV
20 PH 7/11 1628 27 EA3CI 59 37
20 PH 7/11 1629 27 F5LIW 59 27
20 PH 7/11 1632 27 R6DG 59 29
20 PH 7/11 1649 27 IK8NSR 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1650 27 EA1L 59 37
20 PH 7/11 1657 27 CS5HQ 59 REP
20 PH 7/11 1658 27 OL7T 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1856 27 ED0HQ 59 URE
20 PH 7/11 1858 27 YR0HQ 59 FRR
20 PH 7/11 1859 27 HG8R 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1900 27 PA6X 59 27
20 PH 7/11 1901 27 IO3E 59 28
10 PH 7/11 1902 27 DA0HQ 59 DARC
10 PH 7/11 1903 27 SN0HQ 59 PZK
10 PH 7/11 1906 27 OM5ZW 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1912 27 MB3B 59 27
10 PH 7/11 1913 27 DK3EE 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1924 27 PH6HQ 59 VERON
15 PH 7/11 1925 27 DK0PO 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1928 27 OZ1HQ 59 EDR
15 PH 7/11 1930 27 DM2YL 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1932 27 OM5ZW 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1937 27 DJ7M 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1941 27 DM0Y 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1949 27 DH1UK 59 28
15 PH 7/11 1952 27 DL0AH 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1954 27 S51CK 59 28
20 PH 7/11 1957 27 UT7KZZ 59 29
20 PH 7/11 2001 27 ES9A 59 ERAU
20 PH 7/11 2002 27 MB7K 59 27
20 PH 7/11 2004 27 EA6UR 59 37
20 PH 7/11 2005 27 MB5O 59 27
20 PH 7/11 2007 27 MB4L 59 27
20 PH 7/11 2151 27 SN7D 59 28
20 PH 7/11 2152 27 IO6T 59 28
20 PH 7/11 2153 27 OR1X 59 27
20 PH 7/11 2155 27 CT7BJG 59 37
20 PH 7/11 2156 27 II1HQ 59 ARI
20 PH 7/11 2158 27 OH8K 59 18
20 PH 7/11 2202 27 ED4Y 59 37
20 PH 7/11 2206 27 4O1HQ 59 MARP
20 PH 7/11 2209 27 II2S 59 28
20 PH 7/11 2210 27 IK0PHY 59 28
20 PH 7/11 2211 27 MB5X 59 27
20 PH 7/11 2213 27 OT8M 59 27
20 PH 7/11 2219 27 VY2TT 59 9
20 PH 7/11 2220 27 MB2N 59 27
20 PH 7/12 0729 27 HA5JI 59 28
20 PH 7/12 0731 27 SP7MC 59 28
20 PH 7/12 0734 27 OH2HQ 59 SRAL
20 PH 7/12 0737 27 YL7X 59 29
20 PH 7/12 0739 27 SK9HQ 59 SSA
20 PH 7/12 0743 27 DL0AH 59 28
20 PH 7/12 0747 27 HG0R 59 28
20 PH 7/12 0750 27 SV3RPQ 59 28
15 PH 7/12 0754 27 IN3BFW 59 28
15 PH 7/12 0756 27 ED0HQ 59 URE
40 PH 7/12 0803 27 OP0HQ 59 UBA
40 PH 7/12 0805 27 MB2S 59 27
40 PH 7/12 0807 27 MB4L 59 27
40 PH 7/12 0808 27 MB3K 59 27
40 PH 7/12 0810 27 GR2HQ 59 RSGB
15 PH 7/12 0823 27 IQ2MI 59 28
20 PH 7/12 0846 27 UZ0U 59 29
20 PH 7/12 0849 27 F4EMI 59 27
20 PH 7/12 0850 27 OP0HQ 59 UBA
20 PH 7/12 0851 27 YO8WW 59 28
20 PH 7/12 0853 27 UZ7C 59 29
40 PH 7/12 0927 27 M0MCV 59 27
40 PH 7/12 0927 27 OT0A 59 27
40 PH 7/12 0930 27 GR2HQ 59 RSGB
40 PH 7/12 1025 27 TM0HQ 59 REF
20 PH 7/12 1027 27 SN7R 59 28
20 PH 7/12 1036 27 OZ1HQ 59 EDR
20 PH 7/12 1112 27 MB4Z 59 27
15 PH 7/12 1114 27 9A0HQ 59 HRS
15 PH 7/12 1133 27 S50HQ 59 ZRS
15 PH 7/12 1148 27 IK2YCW 59 28

SD Begali-HST K3

Thanks to everyone for the QSOs! 73!

ICOM 7300
PA = 95 wtts
ANT = INV Dipol

73!

SOAB SSB LP

Flex6400
Antennas: Vertical

Concours sympathique et dynamique durant 12 heures passes devant
la station avec une bonne propagation. YAESU FT 897, 100 Watts HF
et une bote d'accord manuelle MFJ-969 dans une antenne G5RV.

OMs et SWLs de JEF F1GKS.  A l'anne prochaine !!!.

I am very happy with this little participation from my hill with 100w and a vertical antenna.

Excellent propagation, lots of people.  
I'm happy to have been able to participate in this 2026 edition.  
I had a few issues with HF reception on 40 and 80m, but I was able to mainly work in CW.  
No operational antenna for 160m at the moment, hopefully for the next edition.  

Thanks for the contacts - 73.  
Created with DXLog.net Version 2.6.31

Nice run this year, still with only 10W - Thanks everybody for the QSOs :)

First participation off the contest
IC-7300
Vertical Antenna 14-28MHz

yl young operator

Roasting in the shack with no AC — it was over 37°C here in Albi, and the propagation definitely
wasn’t on my side. Even so, every contact felt like a small celebration. New Zealand, Galápagos,
and Cayman were the cherries on the cake. Already looking forward to the next one, when I’ll be
back home operating as PY3RK.
Best 73, F4WEM

On Saturday afternoon, temperature in the shack was 37C (99 F)!

Please Note My Call Sign is in WALES.

The W is not needed anymore.

G3DXX

Flex 8600
Antennas: 160m Inv V dipole

As conditions have been poor my expectations where low.
However I was knocked out by hearing a station in China and actually working Japan with 5W. It made
my contest. Thanks for those who requested repeats

Although, US and Canada did not happen. Great fun and rewarding with 30 DXCC

Band conditions much better than predicted. Very enjoyable contest.

not able to make a full-time entry, and no suitable
antennae for lower bands, but good fun

A fun weekend. FT710, 5W, 75ft longwire

Flex AU520
Antennas: Hexbeam / Doublet

Flex 6300
Antennas: Dipole

I only entered as the WRTC26 was being hosted by the UK - so aim was to work as many WRTC26 MB4
callsigns. 

From GM Scotland to South East G was a challenge and only bands usable where 40 & 80 Meters and
openings where few - with restricted location and only a 6BTV ground mounted - see QRZ.com for this
call. 

Big thanks to the UK WARC26 team - From the Contest director, to the tent and aerial  erectors  to
the YouTube Live Stream Team - 73 Kit GM4EMX Aberdeen

Great contest - 73 from the UK HQ team

YL

ICOM756pro 100w
delta loop, GP, dipoles

Rig : FTDX101-MP, RF2K-S(max 900W),testing DXE NCC-2 RX Ant Phasing Controller-looks good, 
			doublet JC-5 Stockcorner ATU under the Roof, 

         Antennas : 2x36m@24m doublet (160-10m) , SteppIR DB18E 2el 40m shorted and 3el 30 to 10m (
trombones ) 

          Soapbox : Was fun , had only time till Sunday morning about 00:0Z, relatively low QRN on
160/80m, some shot US openings on 10m

Tnx, cu, vy 73 Andy
HB9CVQ, DK2VQ, AK4IG

https://www.qrz.com/db/HB9CVQ

I had to wait until my family left for the UK until I could install the OCF dipole at the roof of my
house. It really took me some time to put it up there, but now I at least have a permanent antenna.
Had fun with my IC-7300mk2, even thoug I invested quite some time to solve a CAT-problem. The
contest was real fun, luckily my family was away and now one was disturbed by SSB or CW. The whole
contest (and my house) were powered by solar and battery. Not on purpose, just because there was
enough sun and battery to get through the night.

ELECRAFT K3 100 (Power 80 Watts), Dipole

RIG: YAESU FTX1
ANT: Vertical JPC12

160m 3x vertical

Okay, this was an achievement for me, working from a noisy environment (water pumps and elevator
motors nearby), with a very compromised Comet ToyBox antenna with no proper radials. Honestly, the
big savior was the FT-710 and its DSP filters. It is even a miracle I was able to do any contacts at
all.
Either way, it was a lot of fun, and I hope I wasn't a pain to the operators I contacted.

Converted from HF_CW.adif; TIME_OFF used because TIME_ON data was inconsistent.

nice to work all the WRTC stations!

Buongiorno Amici
Scusate se ho inviato questo file con pochissimi QSO, tuttavia ho voluto seguire la procedura
indicatomi per capire se e' tutto OK.
Per me è una grande opportunità per un prossimo contest.
Rigrazio tutti per la collaborazione e per la possibile risposta che accetto molto volentieri.
73 da Maurizio Gardelli
I2XGD
maurizio.gardelli.cr@gmail.com

poche ore, ma mi sono divertito, saluti a tutti i colleghi che mi hanno
collegato.

JUST A FEW HOURS FOR THE FUN AND TO GIVE AWAY CONTACTS TO THE WRTC BOYS.

Flex6600/Sunsdr2dx
Antennas: Verticals

I started the contest on the 20-meter band, which seemed the most
open, but after the first hour I had only made 41 QSOs, confirming
that propagation was terrible.
The 80-meter, 160-meter, and 10-meter bands were closed for me.
My final score was much lower than the previous year's.

iaru2026
Buongiorno egreggi colleghi OM, con mio grande rammarico ho effettuato questo contest nonostante su
tutte le piattaforme log per contest davano come codice ITU 28 dell'isola di Lampedusa errato.
Il codice corretto é ITU37 CQ Zone 33 AFRICA ITALY.
Ho dovuto perdere tanto tempo per informare i partecipanti al contest che il codice ITU 28 fornito
da varie piattaforme che si usano per lo svolgimento dei contest era errato.
Ha buon fine ho completato il contest ed ho inviato il log dei contatti da me effettuati nel
rispetto delle regole e dei partecipanti.
73 e grazie da 
IG9ITO Op. Roberto Is.Lampedusa ITU 37 Cq Zone 33 IOTA AF-019

Amazing contest....congratulations at all WRTC teams

FLEX-8600
Antennas: Yagi

73

Elecraft K2 @ 5W and windom antenna; poor propagation

ONLY CHECK LOG

ic 736 70 w ant. vert. ez.military on balcony of condo!....

Ho notato scarsa propagazione. mi sono divertito con il mio filo random e
100 watts.

IARU HF contest 2026

BEATIFUL CONTEST

just a few hours with 50W and dipole but a lot of fun thanks to high partecipation and good
conditions

FLEX 6600
Antennas: EXBEAM, DIPOLE 40/80

Holiday stile contest!  Just a vertical GP and 60w. 73 de Sauro

I took part to test a homebrew vertical antenna, running 5W exclusively
on the 20m band (except for 10 QSOs on 40m) in the Single Operator QRP CW
category. I had limited time, but I really enjoyed operating portable
with my KX3 and vertical GP antenna. It was a great contest; I plan to
tackle the next edition seriously. 72 de Gian IS0ESG QRP

CHECK LOG

I worked the contest for less than 5 hours for bad propagation on 2 band
ssb.Many thanks to all stations that I met during the contest.Hoping
better condx next year.all the best ,73's

Flex Maestro at home and Flex 6400 + vert 10 15 20m and delta
loop 40m+80m at IB9T contest site!

Just a few QSOs. This time I also tried my hand at phone, after years of CW-only participation. Many
people participated and propagation was not at all bad. Thanks for organizing !

thanks

VERY FUNNY TU 73

WRTC

Many thanks, 73

his is my first time participating in this contest. It wasn't easy in the QRP category, but I had
fun.
73 by IV3ICH op. Alessio

IZ1CQD QRP SINGLE OPERATOR

Tnx for nice contest .73

Unfortunately, during the contest, I discovered that the Saturday evening
storm had damaged my antenna, and I had to end operations earlier than
expected. Few contacts, QRM and QSB made them difficult sometimes. See
you at the next events.

Good propagation and excellent operators! 73'

This log shoulb be considered CHECK LOG.
You should allow self-spotting as you did in other ARRL competitions.
There are a lot of tricks runned by some "major" competitors.

cw keeps us young

I joined contest partially.CNDX was so so.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: Mobile Whip

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest

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Tnx FB Contest !!

I enjoyed the contest.

ANT  10&15M-14mH 4ELE    20&40M-14mH DIP    80M-13mH DIP
RIG  IC-750A    PWR < 5w

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: IC-7600 + IC-PW1(500W)
ANT: DP + 3ele Yagi

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Appreciate all staffs and partner STNs very much

I enjoyed the contest.

Many thanks to picked up my very weak signal & QSO with me.

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.

It's been several years since QRVed the contest, always funny having QSOs.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I'm always QRV on the car .
Using Mobil Whip.

bit noisy condx
Could NOT find any WRTC2026 station

I enjoyed the contest,
See you next year.73  Yoshi

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the IARU contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed this contest.
Thank you for QSO.See you next contest. 73!

Many thanks in the contest.
I am very glad to make many QSO's with HQ stations.

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

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

FTDX5000 & VD(10mh)
I enjoyed the contest.
I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed contacts. Thank you.
Using 50W + Dipole and Loop

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

V-DP,22mh150w

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

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.

Thanks for the contest!

I enjoyed the contest.

2026 IARU HF World Championship participation log.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed HF QRP operation very much.

I enjoyed the contest.

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I participated a little bit.

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

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I used an EFHW (End Fed Half Wire Wave) antenna with a long wire of about 3.3 feet (about 10 m) to
QRV. I'm grateful to the many people who picked up the signal.

IC-7610 100W Yagi DP

Tx Power 50W

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
POWER:100W

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Using whip antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed first IARU Test!!

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.

Please use this record in a 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.

RIG is TS-850S and ANT is GP/DP
Power output is 50 watts or less

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
First trying to move a park :
Much excited !!

I could only participate for a short time this year.

PWR=50W  ANT(40m:Twin Delta Loop) (160m/80m:LW/DP) (15m/10m: 4ele YAGI)
Age=52 / RIG: IC-7300M

I enjoyed this contest.

I enjoyed the contest. 73 & 88

The conditions on the high bands were terrible.
And I could hardly log any stations from North America.
Even so, I had a great time.

I USED POWER LESS THAN 5W.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I eijoyed the contest. Thank you.

Rig : IC-705 QRP 5W
Ant:4ele,DP

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 to all the staff members.

I enjoyed ,VY TNX

2026 IARU HF CONTEST thank you very much. from  JN1IFX

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

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300M (50 watts), Loaded DP.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you for QSOs ! QRP Labs QCX+, their 50W Amp, Delta Loop Antennas.

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.
FTDX-3000D/DP

I enjoyed the contest.

This was my first time joining this contest.
I operated from my balcony antenna.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest by QRP.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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.

Operating from home after a few hours with team W2FU.  Great fun
keeping up with WRTC online.

Why on club field for IARU?

Good fun.  On a part time basis, hosted two other ops that used their own calls 
via a remote. Hope to entice others into DX and contesting fun.
Thanks to all the WRTC guys for the effort to make the Ham Radio Olympics
a super event. Am looking forward to the next WRTC. 73  de  Dallas aka DW

SkookumLogger; K4 + KPA1500; 12-el tribander, 2-el 40, wires, all about 60f
t up; W1FV 9-circle RX array.

Remote opr.

5w to 53 ft sloper mounted to 32 foot Jackite kite pole.

Flex 6600M
Antennas:

"Greetings from warm and sunny Florida."

I am in the process of learning all new software in change from Windows to macOS and ran out of time
figuring out how to connect laptop to radio. Probably missed some manual band changes as a result.
Used 500W to temporary 10-40 EFHW @ ~9-10M high strung up on Cape Cod, MA. After many decades using
beams I am impressed by where a 20 meter piece of wire strung from a pole on the deck can be heard. 
Turned on spotting to help find WRTC stations.

Icom 7300, OCF DIpole ARC @ UCF

All contacts were made with 100 watts output and an indoor antenna (Cushcraft A3-S mounted in the
attic above my garage at about 15 feet AGL).  The antenna's direction is fixed, pointing
approximately 45 degrees from North.  Propagation conditions to Western and Central Europe were very
good from Vero Beach, FL!
Best 73,
Dave - K4VV

Just a couple of hours with my home's Rain Gutter radiator...

Not a bad total for the limited time I was able to operate, and for the band conditions.

Operated from Bethany Beach, DE.

Good time in contest.  Worked about 40 of the 50 WRTC stations.

very fun contest

POTA P2R US-1174 Montana de Oro State Park

Had a fun time in the contest.  Bands did not really want to cooperate on 10 or
80 which is unfortunate.  This is one of the first DX contests where I actually
called CQ and got some responses.  58 of my calls came from calling CQ with 235
coming from S&P.  I think there was only 5-10 calls that I could hear, but
they couldn't hear me.

Rig - Yaesu FT-767GX
Antenna - 40m EFHW about 17' off the ground on both sides

Just goes to show you that you don't need the newest gear or largest
antenna to do well and all you need is an iron butt and caffeine.

I had no Elmer, I had to figure out most of the software and contest rules and regulations myself,
but I managed to upload the log, so I'm satisfied with that. It's been great, Larry 73s

My first time ever messing with this contest. Had a good time!

Ten Tec Eagle at 95 watts to wires. Decent DX sigs on 15 and 20M, enjoyed the contest. Thanks for
the Fun! 73, Dan  ke0tt

TO ALL RADIO OPERATORS you are second to none. Thank you for all the contacts, and FRIENDSHIPS we
make every day. DE KE2AY

Operated from FM29jw

Points: 24
Multipliers: 9

24 Points x 9 = 216 Total Points.

Thank you for the 2026 IARU HF World Championship Contest.

Flex8600
Antennas: SteppIR

Conditions quite poor in the first few hours, so much so that I suspected my antenna system was
lying on the ground, even having worked 9K2 S9 just hours earlier.  As feared, 28 MHz saw little
activity here until late afternoon US time when South America came up as expected. There was a
murderer's row of HQ stations from Europe across the 14.250 area for 24 hours straight, quite a
testament to 20M band. Did not find the Caribbean contest stations usually found in the ARRL DX
Tests in March.  With the sunspot cycle heading down this contest in mid-summer will likely become
even more of a struggle than this year, but glad to have this opportunity again.

I enjoyed the contest.

Only operated about one hour near the end of the contest period. Hopefully my QSO was helpful to
about 60 entrants who were more serious about this contest. In the short time I operated the
conditions did not seem very good. N6KB operating as KH6KB

CHECK LOG !!

Too many ops I know are WRTC. Had to give them a few Q's

This was an interesting contest for a few reasons.  My computer
had been having a months-long disagreement with my radio gear and
software that kept me mostly off the air since April.  Twice the
computer was sent back to ASUS for repairs, and they never found
a problem.  This contest was part of my troubleshooting as I
slowly rebuild the system and reconnect peripherals.  Right away,
it seemed like my problems might be back, because N1MM behaved
strangely.  Some troubleshooting and advice from folks on the
N1MM groups.io list showed that it was my fault.  I chose the
WRTC contest instead of the IARU, so the first half of the
contest was spent struggling with a disfunctional contest
profile.  Once that was discovered and the log was moved to the
right contest, it was time for a friend's birthday party.
Afterward, things worked nicely, conditions were better for my
station, and I doubled my contacts before declaring a personal
victory and going to bed.  During the day on Saturday, the WRTC
contestant stations seemed to be just on the edge of copy, and I
was wishing for a tribander or something with a lower angle of
radiation.  Saturday night evened the odds for me, and my wires
did well for reaching many of the contestants.  I had a nice run
on 40m, even though I was rusty and out of practice.  It was fun
and very satisfying to be operating again, and I went to bed a
happy ham.

Hadn't planned on operating very much in this year's contest, but did - and had great fun!

Had trouble with my radios so just a part-time effort
mostly to work the 50 WRTC teams.  Got all 50 then got
49 on 15 CW missing only MB3B for the sweep.  Excellent
quality WRTC ops.  A pleasure to work them and IARU was fun
as usual in this 50th anniversary of the original Bicentennial
Celebration event in 1976.  Tnx for the qso's!  73  Bob, KQ2M

20 was the band for this one here in SW MT. It was open all
day to EU from 1200z to 0600z although the HQ stns had the
the strongest signals. Did work some others but judging from
not hearing a lot of the EU the HQ stns were working the band
was not open wide enough to hear the low power stns. Was
also the case U.S.A. to U.S.A.  15 had vy little prop. 0 on 10.

This was a lot of fun! I've never had so many QSOs in such a short time! I marked myself as "fixed"
but I'm not sure if that's correct. I was at home, using my portable antenna and portable radio on
battery power several hundred feet away from my shack so I could have a saltwater ground. It would
be great to have that type of situation clearly explained as "fixed" or "portable" in the FAQs

QRV from POTA NO-3363.

A few HQ-contacts for fun from my cabin

SUNSDR
Antennas:

LX7I – IARU HF World Championship 2026 from "Radio Luxembourg"
First serious SO CW HP Unassisted entry – Preliminary World #2

The IARU HF World Championship has always been a special event for me. Until now, however, my
participation had mainly been as part of DA0HQ & E7HQ teams or simply to enjoy being on the air.
Yes, the most memorable effort and lifetime experience happended in Boston 2014 - N1K, as Top-Ten
finisher with my mate DK9IP. This year marked my first serious Single Operator effort at all. The 
strategy was finly tuned to CW only - I simply like the music.

The contest became even more special because it shared the weekend with WRTC 2026 in England. While
operating from Luxembourg, it was exciting to follow the world's best contesters competing under
identical station conditions, while unfortunately not being myself a direct part of it. 

First of all, my sincere congratulations go to my friends Braco E77DX and Sven DJ4MX for their
outstanding WRTC performance.  Now it is official - Bronze Medall! So much happy for my favoured
tandem. Silver Winner Manfred DJ5MW and Uli DM5EE and SSB Winners Mirko 9A6KX and Davor 9A1UN make
me proud and happy as well. 

Congratulations expecially to the Top-Tens of WRTC, who showed a kind of excellence in a very close
race among the best contesters of the Word.  

::

Preparation for this contest was very different from CQ WW or ARRL DX. There was little practical
experience available for a serious SO CW Unassisted operation from Luxembourg. During the weeks
before the contest, I spent considerable time analysing logs and propagation, bilding operating
strategy and setting realistic expectations.

Our target before the contest was around 3.800 QSOs, while fully aware that Roger, EA3M announcing
to operate EF6T, would once again be competing at the level of his European record and all-time
second world-wide. That made him the natural benchmark and inspiration from the very beginning.
Vlado, VE3JM showed up greatly as an excellent additional push. Thanks both of you!  

One of the official objectives before the contest was to establish a new ITU Zone 27 record, hold by
respected OQ5M (ON5ZO). Although this appeared to be an easy achievable goal, it served as an
important benchmark for measuring the true potential of LX7I in a serious 2BSIQ effort. The previous
Zone record was ultimately improved by almost 50%, comfortably fulfilling that objective. Looking
back, however, the Zone 27 record became only part of the story, as the overall result developed
into what is very likely a preliminary second-place finish worldwide.

One number perfectly summarizes the operation:
During the first fifteen consecutive operating hours, the station produced 3.044 QSOs, averaging 203
QSOs per hour. The two best clock-hours reached ~236 QSOs, but even more impressive was the
consistency. Maintaining almost 200 QSOs per hour over such a long period confirmed that the 2BSIQ
operating concept worked
exactly as intended.

One of the most interesting observations came from comparing the operation with EF6T. 

Throughout the first half of the contest, the QSO difference remained surprisingly small despite
EF6T's well-known Atlantic advantage. On the traditional North American openings, the operation on
20 and 40 metres largely compensated for that geographical benefit.

The decisive difference only appeared on Sunday morning and increased actually to the end of
contest. Almost the entire final QSO gap was created on 15 and especially 10 meteres. From the
southwestern edge of Europe, Roger could exploit productive short-skip propagation into Europe that
simply never developed to the same extent from central european Luxembourg. I repeatedly tested 10
meteres whenever conditions appeared promising, but every attempt confirmed that remaining on
productive 20 metres generated the higher overall rate. Looking back, that proved to be the correct
operating decision.

Another important lesson concerned multiplier strategy.
Unfortunately, a DXLog software issue prevented HQ stations from being tracked correctly as
multipliers during the contest. I noticed that only an hour before the start and could not fix it.
Because previously worked HQ stations could not reliably be identified, efficient HQ multiplier
hunting became considerably difficult. This did significantly affect multiplier efficiency and
influenced intended Search & Pounce strategy throughout the weekend.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Roger, EA3M. Beyond yet another truly
extraordinary performance at EF6T, Roger has been setting benchmarks in EU contesting for many years
and continues to inspire operators across Europe. It was a pleasure to exchange a few messages
before the contest, knowing that we would once again be sharing the same battlefield. Competing
against an operator of his calibre is both a privilege and a source of
motivation. The friendly rivalry, the mutual respect and the opportunity to measure my own
performance against one of the very best make contests like this especially enjoyable.

The live online scoreboard added even more excitement to the weekend. Although software and Internet
connection issues prevented my own score from being reflected accurately, following the race at the
top made the contest even more enjoyable for competitors and spectators alike. Many thanks to the
owners of
contest.run and contestonlinescore.com for maintaining this tools for us!
One particularly satisfying aspect is that this pure Single Operator CW Unassisted operation reached
a level comparable with top ranked Assisted and even Multi-Single entries. Although these categories
cannot be compared directly, they nevertheless provide an interesting benchmark for overall
operating efficiency.

Perhaps the greatest satisfaction comes from confirming that the extensive pre-contest analysis
proved to be fundamentally correct. The propagation behaved largely as expected, the operating
strategy worked, and the final difference to EF6T was explained primarily by propagation geometry on
the upper bands rather
than by operating technique.

This was my first serious SO effort in the IARU HF World Championship. To finish, according to the
preliminary results, very likely second worldwide, behind Roger EA3M at EF6T operating once again at
his exceptional record level, is something I consider a real milestone in my contesting journey.
Even more valuable is the experience gained and the confirmation that careful preparation, realistic
planning and focused 2BSIQ operation can produce a truly competitive result at the highest
international level.

Although the WRTC was taking place at the same time, my own operation naturally left only limited
opportunities to follow the competition beyond the live standings. Nevertheless, it added a unique
atmosphere to the entire weekend and made this IARU Championship really unforgettable.

My sincere thanks go to Philippe LX2A for once again making the outstanding LX7I station available
and for all his trust, confidence and support. He is restles in putting enormous strength into
engineering/advancing stations variety and performance: A few brand-new Heavy Duty rotators and a
couple of long-boom
Yagis waiting already to be integrated into setup. It will be surely more than exciting to
experience the future difference.  

Finally, my heartfelt thanks go to everyone who called LX7I, to all HQ stations, WRTC organisers for
excellent Olimpics and to every participant who made this year´s IARU HF World Championship such an
memorable event. More than anything else, this weekend was about the enjoyment of CW, great
operating, fair competition and the unique spirit of our worldwide amateur radio community. The high
operating standards, camaradery, patience and sportsmanship heard across all bands made every hour
behind the radio a genuine pleasure.

Every single contact was appreciated. Thank you for your high-speed calls, your patience, and for
making this one of the most enjoyable contest weekends I have ever experienced.

I now look forward to meeting all
of you again in the next pileups.

73,
Suad – DK6XZ aka E77XZ @LX7I 



LX7I
All band - CW
QSOs (with dupes) - By time

 BAND   CW SSB DUP  HQ   Z POINTS AVG
-------------------------------------
  160   40   0   0  12   5    100 2.5
   80  178   0   8  18   8    526 3.0
   40  917   0  45  25  25   3261 3.6
   20 1618   0  92  28  42   6200 3.8
   15  986   0  51  27  33   3962 4.0
   10  187   0   8   9  11    547 2.9
-------------------------------------
TOTAL 3926   0 204 119 124  14596 3.7
=====================================
        FINAL SCORE: 3 546 828


| Hr |      160 |       80 |       40 |       20 |       15 |       10 |    Total |
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| 06 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 07 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 08 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 09 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 10 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 11 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 12 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      118 |      118 |        0 |      236 |
| 13 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      104 |      117 |        0 |      221 |
| 14 |        0 |        0 |        0 |       76 |      107 |       16 |      199 |
| 15 |        0 |        0 |        0 |       98 |       93 |        5 |      196 |
| 16 |        0 |        0 |       19 |      135 |       48 |        0 |      202 |
| 17 |        0 |        0 |       98 |       47 |        0 |       56 |      201 |
| 18 |        0 |        0 |       54 |       65 |        0 |       63 |      182 |
| 19 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      129 |      108 |        0 |      237 |
| 20 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      124 |       96 |        0 |      220 |
| 21 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      127 |       72 |        0 |      199 |
| 22 |        0 |        0 |       63 |       91 |       20 |        0 |      174 |
| 23 |        0 |        0 |       98 |      109 |        0 |        0 |      207 |
| 00 |        0 |       19 |       99 |       56 |        0 |        0 |      174 |
| 01 |       36 |       70 |       96 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      202 |
| 02 |        4 |       76 |      114 |        0 |        0 |        0 |      194 |
| 03 |        0 |       19 |       80 |       32 |        0 |        0 |      131 |
| 04 |        0 |        0 |       68 |       43 |        0 |        0 |      111 |
| 05 |        0 |        0 |       71 |       47 |        1 |        0 |      119 |
| 06 |        0 |        0 |       78 |       35 |        0 |        0 |      113 |
| 07 |        0 |        0 |       17 |       48 |       32 |        5 |      102 |
| 08 |        0 |        2 |        4 |       56 |       32 |        0 |       94 |
| 09 |        0 |        0 |        0 |       81 |      103 |        0 |      184 |
| 10 |        0 |        0 |        0 |       44 |       35 |       45 |      124 |
| 11 |        0 |        0 |        3 |       46 |       56 |        5 |      110 |
| 12 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 13 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 14 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 15 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 16 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 17 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 18 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 19 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 20 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 21 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 22 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 23 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
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Horizontal 80m loop and Kenwood TS590SG on 40m
Vertical with elevated conterpoise on 20/15m
Icom IC-7100 on 20/15m from my car far from RFI

K3 5W INTO LW

Rig FT77 100W
Ant 40m-dipole 20-15-10m Vert
UCX log 73 Svet 75 yrs

mobile from a parked car with 20-50w. jut a few hours fun....

I operated from a POTA park # GB-5475 Barford Road Pocket Park outside WRTC Headquarters in St.
Neots, England. I used a portable 20-foot carbon fiber mast with a Spooltenna 10 to 40 EFHW antenna.
There were no benches or picnic tables in the shade and it was so hot, I had to operate in the
shade. I wound up sitting and lying on the ground! I was able to work 4 WRTC stations (3 on
40-meters and 1 on 10-meters) in the short time I had to operate. It was fun but I had to get back
to my volunteer duties at WRTC!

GLOUCESTER AMATEUR RADIO AND ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (GARES)

Had  a great time, especially chasing WRTC stations. 73

Pity the England World Cup game was played during the contest. Missed
over 3 hours contesting!

WRTC and GR2HQ.  80m & 40m CW were flying, everything else very tough at ~40 miles for the WRTC
sites with just a long wire.

First iime entry to WRTC - limited time period. Great fun!!

Just some CW practice, chased all the WRTC stations and some of the HQ stations.

Well done to all the WRTC competitors, you make us proud.

Casual entry perhaps 10 hours active overall.
Doubled points compared to 2025. Still could not establish a good Run frequency so all contacts
S&P.
Only 4 WRTC2026 stations logged on 80m
Yaesu FTDX 101MP 100W into EFHW for 10-80m, rising from 6 to 10m. Not the usual antenna but thought
the End Fed might be better for WRTC station as they were close.
Lots of activity overnight after watching England v Norway!

Basically due to lack of preparation and not intending to participate in the contest, I didn't have
antennas other than the 4 element monobander for 15m so a single band CW entry was the order of the
day.
Saturday, conditions were incredible, huge signals from all directions but strangely no JA's. The
rest of Asia was loud as was EU and Africa but managed to hold a frequency and run most of the
morning. NA was loud, especially the West Coast and the band stayed opened well past 01:00 UTC.
Someone threw the switch and turned off the propagation as Sunday was the polar opposite, poor band
conditions with deep QSB but a handful of JA's made an appearance although signals were unstable. 
Finished with 1070 QSOs in around 15 hours of operating. 
The station performed flawlessly, I felt loud on the band and broke pile ups for mults quite
easily.
Thanks to those who called and apologies to the WRTC teams, but due to my locality and 15m band, the
distance isn't favourable but I did manage to work a couple of the MB calls.
CU in the next contest....73 de M2L (M0BJL)

Good to play a part in WRTC too.

Converted from QRZ Logbook ADIF export.

First hour was good, but then pace immediately declined, though was still able to get 100 QSOs in 7
hours (I think my best ever speed for 100 Qs).
Strange propagation, worked 3 VE before ever seeing a K - but in theend K was somehow my (joint)
most worked country, with 10 QSOs. 20m and 10m were very, very difficult - struggled to work YU on
10m!!
Could hear some good DX, JA and BY, but not well enough to work - wouldn't have been able to hear my
callsign. Also heard a 4L, but right on a birdy so impossible to copy well.
People seemed to struggle with copying my call - including worked before stations, but not for the
reasons I expected (I thought people would trust SCP too much and think I was still M7NMP) but I do
assume some issues did arise from the fact that my new call is not in SCP.
I only worked 4 of the WRTC stations as they were only going to be workable on 40/80m (but I only do
40m) but 40m was doing what 40m does best, lots of QSB, so not worth the effort - sorry!
Went to sleep at 2140 UTC (and watched the world cup match!!) with 20,000 points!
Morning was horrible, got to rig at 0715 UTC and worked a K on 40m. I then went to 20, nothing of
note except hearing a PY.

Antennas:

Very enjoyable - thanks to all.

It was fantastic working all the contestants, a real honour.

Many thanks for organising the contest!
This was my first attempt at a contest using CW other than the CWT activity run weekly by the CWOps
team. 
I have 25W and an EFHW, and I am happy with the results I achieved in the time I had available.

"N4A/250 at K3TW celecrated America;s Semiquincentennial. Birthday."

super ops at wrtc

2026 Jul 11 IARU Radiosport

Enjoyed the WRL WRTC on line score board very much. Great contest.

QRP - 5W Max to a short INDOOR Wire.
"Outside" antenna down for QTH painting.
SO ... Using an INDOOR end-fed wire.
Used 5W for DX, and 1/2 Watt for USA-&-VE.
Ended up with 10 Countries, (5 in Europe).
Tnx to all for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

Limited time in the chair since it was my birthday on Saturday. My station was a BuddieHEX and Flex
6500 @100 watts, from Friday Harbor, WA. The bands did not cooperate early on. 10m was dead. 15m was
doable but no one was hearing me. 20m came alive late in the day. A fun contest.

Got a late start Saturday morning but don't think I missed much.
Couldn't get a run going as I believe everyone was looking for
the WRTC stations which is a good thing. 15 meters was open to
Europe but too long for the MB stations to the PNW.  Worked some
on 20 meters and by 1800Z started hearing the MB calls on 15.
Worked many of the WRTC stations on the available list and then
had a minor run to Japan on 15 meters starting at 2100z.  Around
0000z 20M was wide open to europe from the PNW and cleaned up all
of the WRTC stations on the available list.  Had a great Europe
run on 20M until about 0530z with a few Asia at the end.  Band
seemed like it was closing by 0600z so quit and went to bed.
Worked 48 unique WRTC callsigns; a few on multiple bands or modes.

IC-7300,Heil Pro-Micro Headset, Hy-Gain TH-5 Tri-Bander @ 72 feet, and a G5RV Inverted Vee @ 70
feet. 10 was dead to me, and I only worked a couple of JA's. Operated from my 90 year olf fathers
shack in Morgan County, Utah, while visiting parents. I more than doubled my 2025 Utah record for
SO/Assisted-LP-SSB only, and picked upna few "first time ever worked DX entities, Always a fun
contest. I dedicate this effort to my late Paternal Grandmother, Louis Williams, November Five Proud
Senior Citizen, who was licensed at age 79, and who made contacts all around the world from
Bogalusa, LA. until her passing at age 92. 73, de Chuck November Seven Many Zebras Walking (In
Utah... NOT Wyoming!!!)

For the first 10 hours or so, band conditions were very poor on
the higher bands.  The noise was normal, but signals were very
weak.  I couldn't hear anybody.  Conditions improved later, just
in time for me to go to sleep.

Awful band conditions.  :-P

Great contest, had time to stop and take care of chores and animals also a short nap. Had to shut
down for hours due to lightning in the area. Wasn't going to do the contest but dove in and waded
around and made about 526 contacts. Hope I did better than last year. JB/NL7WA

Great band conditions. A++++++ CW operators!!!!!! Really enjoyed the conte
st!

Another great opportunity to enjoy this aspect of the hobby. Had to unplug for a couple hours due to
a lightning storm.

WInd took down my 160m dipole and 10m never quite opened up for me.

I had radio problems during the day and little time after remedy.
However, I enjoyed the contest and look forward to next year
with a working radio.

Again FUN!!

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

Conds bad on 10m. Good operators from the WRTC teams.
Till next year
RIG: FT-991A 100W, EndFed 23m long in 8m high

OE5TXF was only chasing the WRTC (MB*) Stations and OE0HQ, hence the small number of QSOs made and
the miniscule score. However it was great fun working all the MB stations. Their operating was just
superb... super slick and no time wasting!

Moderate cndx, but difficult in the end.

Just working GB-stations and some others for fun! 1000 QSOs netto!

Nice contest but the DX propagation was rather poor.
15 m was poor and 10m was even worse this year.

73 de OH1SIC/SM5SIC Göran

CHECKLOG

antenna indoor magloop 30watts

IC-7610, Butternut HF9V. Just a quick visit in contest!

Antennas:

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

Flex 6500
Antennas: FD4, ECO 3x3

SunSDR2 DX
Antennas:

TCVR: TS590SG 100W OUT
ANT: 3 el tribander + ENDFED 42m + Vertical 15M

TXR FT-817/5W + vertical ant V7+

Using 15w out of KX3

Antennas: CP6

CLAIMED SCORE CALCULATED MANUALLY by specific IARU_HF rules, IARUHF@iaru.org
135*QSO -2*DUPE, suma(bands) diff.rcodes=(zones+HQ) = 80, sma points= 273, score =21840

FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom 1500 - 1200W
6el./10, 5el./15, 4el./20, 3el./40, dipol/80,160, beverages

QMX 4W LW33m

Flex 6600
Antennas: Fan Dipole, Tribander Yagi, muliband verikal

I broadcast for a short time because I had other activities as well, such as Flora & Fauna
operations.

Thanks to all participants for nice contest, also to WRTC for a wonderful event.
73, Harry

RIG: FT-991A, OUTPUT 90 W. ANT: END FED 5 BANDS.

TRX Drake TR7  80W  Ant Doublet 2x17 m Inv V

TNX, 73!

Antennas:

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

IARU HF Championship
New log correct

It was a good contest with much activity. I liked it.
And I like working mixed. Till next year.73 Leon  ON5WL

Yaesu FT-891 with 80 watts and a (shortened for 80 meters) End-Fed Half-Wave wire antenna for 80 to
6 meters. The purpose of participating in contests, is hunting stations without the use of a cluster
and using a station as small as possible.  I do a lot of band hopping. I don't find scores very
important

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIOSHIP

Dipoles

IARU   contest Year 2026

QMX+ @ 5W, RSP1A for N1MM Spectrum Window via electronic T/R
switch, Winkeyer, Begali Sculpture Mono, ANT: 80 - 10M: 2 x 16m
doublet, 12m up, CG3000 autotuner, 160M: doublet as T-antenna fed
with a L-network tuner.

Working from a garage, using a short end-fed antenna for 40/20/10m strung between two antenna masts.
The rig is a KX3, running from a 12V external battery. (No electricity in the garage complex).

Nice to try new HQ End Fed 40-20-15-10

Nice contest with good conditions

100W  dipole icom 7300

It was nice to find the 20 and 15 meterband in very good shape. Could easy work around Europe with
my multiband doublet with 600 ohm line. It was nice to work some calls on multiple bands. Alex
IV3KKW was my most worked R1 official. See you all next year!

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces to
maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was more
than one station active on the same band and mode combination,
preserving the integrity and spirit of the competition.
proud that, through the dedication of many volunteers, operators
and station hosts across the Netherlands, we were able to
represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio community once again
in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank the IARU and all
participating stations worldwide for their support and the many
QSOs.

flexradio aurora 510
Antennas: SteppIr 2 element.

This is a merged log of PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ
and PH6HQ as discussed with Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ.
HF World Championship was a special edition for the Dutch HQ
team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands, it was no
longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ station
callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

It was a sunny afternoon outside in the field with my IC705 and linked dipole from SOTA beams. All
bands busy, patience was needed with qrp, but great fun

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

FT991A 100 all dipoles

EQUIP FLEX1500 transceiver
ANTENNA G5RV junior (inverted V, top at 9m, lowest at 4.5m)
First I took part with IARU HF contest.
I had blown up my PA a few days earlier, so had to use only 5W (QRP)
Enjoyed taking part. Outside it was here some 29C
I also took part in SLP5 (SWL contest) that is caried by your big contest

Flexradio 6600
Antennas:

All QSO's with 5 watt / dipole 73

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

The 2026 IARU HF World Championship was a special edition for the
Dutch HQ team. Following regulatory changes in the Netherlands,
it was no longer possible to operate the traditional single HQ
station callsign PA6HQ as used for more than 25 years. To ensure
continued participation in this prestigious event, VERON
organized the national HQ effort across multiple callsigns:
PA6HQ, PB6HQ, PC6HQ, PE6HQ, PF6HQ, PG6HQ and PH6HQ.
these challenges, the Dutch amateur radio community joined forces
to maintain a coordinated national HQ operation. At no time was
more than one station active on the same band and mode
combination, preserving the integrity and spirit of the
competition.
volunteers, operators and station hosts across the Netherlands,
we were able to represent VERON and the Dutch amateur radio
community once again in the IARU HF World Championship. We thank
the IARU and all participating stations worldwide for their
support and the many QSOs.
again next year.

Conditions were not so good. Happy to give so many participants points.

My first contest! Thanks everyone for the QSOs.

CLASSE A

CLASSE A

2026
V-YAGI FULL


YAGI
+ K3
ELEM YAGI AT 18M
32M
HIGHT

1/2WAVE SLOOPER
DIPOLE AT 14M HIGHT
TRIBAND AT 14M HIGHT
CENTER

Great contest. 

Many thanks, 73!

CLASSE A

Check-Log

73"

Sorry for only one QSO. The noise floor was S9 at my QTH.

TKS FB Test.

ZS-1, VERTICAL ON 10 METER

TNX 73!

Kenwood TS-990s, SPE Expert 1.5K-FA+TB

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

73 ! TNX

TNX 73!

TNX 73!

TNX 73!

2025-03-06

ANT= wire tribander (80-40-15) + ATU on other bands, ASL 120m
RIG= Xiegu G90 running 20W + PA running 90W on 80m band
73! Thanks for contest, CU next year!

GL! 73!

096273globus@mail.ru

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

73@GL

I took part in the contest just to support WRTC participants. Propagation on 15 and 10 meters was
poor overhere so most of QSOs on 20 and 40. Almost all MB-stations were loud enough. I catched all
50 and it was my goal!

TNX for Contest ! 73 !

Good Luck!

Nice contest!

irk_romanenko@mail.ru

73!

100w dipole

!00 w., dipole for 10 m band on the window

RIG: "AURORA AU-510"; PWR: 500 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!
Thank you for the contest !

GOOD CONTEST

127591

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

73 DE RC3C

73!

TNX 73

TRCVR-TS-590SG + AMP 150W
Ant - MFJ-10-20-40m
GL es 73!

TS590S.  DELTA 80M. DELTA 40M. SAY 5-9.

TNX 73!

TNX 73

73!

jUST FOR FUN THIS TIME AND TO GIVE POINTS TO SITE-IN STATIONS

Tnx! 73!

TKS FOR NICE CONTEST,

TNX 73!

73! TNX

TNX 73!

73!

TX: FT817ND 5Watts ANT:Verticales

73!

No.

73!

Yaesu FTDX-10, wideband dipole 25mh, Delta Loop on 160m band, 50/50/10mh

TX 5W, ANt MAGLOOP INDOOR

TKS 73!

Rig G90 pwr 5w, Ant ECO 7+

73!

It was very nice to join WRTC party!

TS 2000, LW

FT 897D
Dipole

73!

Operating as S21PL from Bangladesh during the IARU HF Championship was an exciting experience.
Conditions were variable but offered good propagation on 20 m and 15 m. Worked several HQ
stations and enjoyed solid signals from Europe and Asia. The contest was a great opportunity to
represent Bangladesh and connect with operators worldwide. Thanks to the organizers and all stations
for the QSOs — looking forward to next year’s event!

Excellent conditions, low noise; operated with a WOLF2 at 70W using a vertically oriented fan dipole
antenna for 20m and 15m. An excellent experience.

The evening thunderstorms forced me to go QRT for four hours.:(.

FLEXRADIO 6600
Antennas:

Hi, we represented Seychelles HQ Station, story is attached below, including photos:

https://www.sara.sc/latest-news/sara-proudly-represented-seychelles-in-the-2026-iaru-hf-world-championship

Thanks

ICOM  IC-7300
80 Watts
Windom

YL-Operator

Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA CL-33 and Inverted Dipoles

Antennas:

FTDX3000-DIPOLES

FT710, ant. 750V

Generated for IARU HF Contest by IARU-GEN software (c) SP7DQR

op.SP9BRP

RIG: FTDX 3000 abt 50Wtts. Ant.: Lw for all bands with MFJ-948

TRX FTDX101D , ANT FD5

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

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

Generated for IARU HF Contest by IARU-GEN software (c) SP7DQR

wietne zawody! :-) Niestety nie miaem wicej czasu w ten weekend...

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

Generated for IARU HF Contest by IARU-GEN software (c) SP7DQR

Hello,

First 24 QSO have wrong frequency, I had problem with RIG-PC connection.

SP3RKK

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I had so many problems with my callsign because it is not in the callsign database. Even after
receiving it correctly the first time people had their doubts. It’s so much easier to listen.
Never had any problem with MB stations. It was a pleasure to work WRTC stations. Lots of fun.

Generated for IARU HF Contest by IARU-GEN software (c) SP7DQR

S,op ALL Band LP
FT 1000 MP Field V 100 wat
Ant.Multi dipol

Generated for IARU HF Contest by IARU-GEN software (c) SP7DQR

RIG: WOLF WF-100D
PWR: 100
ANT: G5RV

trx: FT857D `80w
Ant: Inv. V

IC7100
Delta for 40m  on 80m and 160m as LW
Internal FSK in IC7100
No using PC in Contest!
OT29

trx FT897 80w, ANT DELTA LOOP

First IARU HF World Championship. Operated from JN99PR using a borrowed Yaesu FT-710 and an EndFed
antenna with 100 W. Happy to make my first HQ contacts and several CW QSOs. Thanks to everyone for
the QSOs! 73, SP9KM.

trx IC730 60w, ANT DELTA LOOP

DX70 60W ANT DELTA

ALINCO DX70 60W,ANT DELTA

FT-710, ANT=GP7dx

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FTDX10; GP5SP 80-40; HEXBEAM 20-10;

I only found time a few hours before the end of the contest. Propagation looked poor at my location.
Thanks for the contest.

3 ELE YAGI
80 WATTS

Interesting relaxing contest with good activity
bearfoot with 70W and inverted Vs

TNX 73

73

73 DE TA3GO

IARU HF World Championship 2026 Summary.

This year, I competed in the low-power SSB category, aiming to beat my own national record of
614,864 points, set in 2017.

Overall, conditions were good: the 10-meter band surprisingly yielded 243 contacts (QSOs), the
15-meter band was once again open 24 hours a day to various destinations, and the 20-meter band
served as the primary operating band. On the 40- and 80-meter bands, I did not achieve results as
strong as in 2017—likely due to bad propagation  and, of course, the inherent challenge of
operating with 100 watts.

Regarding the 2026 WRTC competition in the United Kingdom, I managed to contact 39 of the 50
participating stations. I congratulate all my friends who qualified for such a magnificent event.

I am satisfied with the results and with having—unofficially—broken the records for Costa Rica,
ITU Zone 11, and North America. 😃

Thank you for your contacts and 73

TI1K

Participé únicamente durante unas 12 horas en el HF IARU Championship, pero disfruté muchísimo
la experiencia. A pesar de que la propagación estuvo bastante difícil durante gran parte del
concurso, fue muy gratificante lograr cada contacto y compartir el espíritu de la radioafición con
estaciones de todo el mundo. Gracias a los organizadores y a todos los operadores por otro excelente
evento. ¡Nos vemos en el próximo concurso!

We took lot of pleasure, thanks !

Tnx all fer Contest, 73 de ua0acg

RIG: FT-817 POWER 5W; ANTENNAS: 15/20/40M INVERTED VEE.

TNX! 73!

TNX 73!

TS-590SG and 3-el. SteppIR

TNX 73!

There was the storm starting weekend that broke my Moxon, but after 3 hours I revived him on lower
height!
Worked in-between lightning pauses.

Thank you for the test!

tnx

TNX FOR TEST. 73!

73!

tnx

VY TKS FOR FB CONTEST IARU-HF 2026.73!!!

TNX 73

73!

Most of the WRTC stations were weak on 20 and 15 and therefore very few SSB qso. 40m was better and 
I was too late in the morning for 80m. 10m band brought no WRTC stations signals at all. Poor
conditions. 
I was running 1 KW into a pair of Hex beams and 3 el wire beam on 40m.
73, Igor UA9CDC

Transceiver - IC-718 (100 Watts)
Antenna - Hustler 4-BTV

TU

73!

UR5WAW - 14 yo, UR5WEW - 14 yo

IC-746 + Dipole

Antennas:

Flex-6400
Antennas: Windom, Spider

HOMEMADE TRX 1 WTT ANT IV

ICOM-718

TNX! 73!

SUNSDR2
Antennas: dipole

73!

IARU HF World Championship 2026 – V55HQ from Namibia

After many announcements and calls for participation, Namibia was once again represented in this
year's IARU HF World Championship under the HQ callsign V55HQ. Unfortunately, despite our efforts,
only two operators were available for the event: Michael (V51Q) and Mathias (V51F, aka DJ2HD). No
additional amateur radio operators were able to join the team this year.

That did not discourage us. Several days before the contest, preparations were already underway.
Every antenna was carefully inspected, all feedlines were checked, the equipment was tested, and the
trusted Win-Test logging software was configured. Everything was working perfectly.

We were ready. But would the ionosphere be ready as well?

That was our biggest concern. The days leading up to the contest were marked by exceptionally poor
propagation conditions—describing them as "bad" would almost be an understatement. Nevertheless,
we remained optimistic and remembered the words of our late friend Martin, V51W (SK):

"We will open the band."

Unfortunately, this time it simply wasn't meant to be.

Despite having sufficient power, an excellent antenna system and plenty of motivation, the bands
never really came alive. Looking back, it quickly became clear that we would finish well below both
our expectations and the results achieved in previous years.

The contest actually started on a positive note. The first QSOs gave us hope that conditions might
improve as the hours passed. Sadly, the opposite happened. Signals became weaker, openings
disappeared, and many bands sounded almost deserted.

Mathias V51F, an experienced contester and former operator at the German HQ station DA0HQ, quickly
realized that no miracles could be expected during this contest. This became particularly obvious
when comparing the signals from usually very strong stations such as DA0HQ, TM0HQ, 9A0HQ, and DK3EE.
Although their signals were readable, they were far below the levels normally experienced under
average propagation conditions.

By the end of the contest, we had logged 754 QSOs. Considering that we were only able to operate for
11 hours and 1 minute, this was still a respectable result under the prevailing conditions. The
remaining contest hours were largely spent listening, searching the bands, and hoping for even the
shortest propagation opening.

The clear winner was the 15-meter band, followed by 10 meters. Both 20 meters and 40 meters produced
only brief and weak openings, while 80 meters and 160 meters were practically unusable throughout
the contest.

There were only a few memorable propagation highlights. We experienced short-lived openings towards
the US West Coast on 40 meters and Asia on 15 meters. Under normal conditions these openings often
last for hours; this time they lasted only a few minutes before fading away again. Strong QSB
frequently reduced signals to the point where they became unreadable. At times it genuinely felt
like we were fishing in the ether.

Despite the difficult conditions, several enjoyable contacts made the effort worthwhile, including
the Pakistan HQ station, a number of stations from Japan, and several contacts with the US West
Coast. One encouraging fact was that, by the end of the contest, all six continents had made it into
our log.

From a technical perspective, the station performed flawlessly throughout the entire weekend. We
operated a single station featuring a 38-meter tower carrying an Optibeam OB17-4 as the main
antenna, complemented by several wire antennas for 80 and 160 meters.

Our primary transceiver was an Icom IC-7300, with a Yaesu FT-101MP serving as backup. An OM Power
amplifier provided reliable output power throughout the contest without a single technical issue.

Although this year's propagation conditions were among the worst we have experienced in recent
years, we still enjoyed every minute on the air. Amateur radio contesting is about much more than
scores and rankings. It is about teamwork, perseverance, technical preparation, and making the very
best of whatever conditions nature provides.

We sincerely hope that the ionosphere will be more cooperative next year and that V55HQ will once
again be active from Namibia.

If you are interested in joining the V55HQ team for the next IARU HF World Championship, we would be
delighted to hear from you. New operators are always welcome. Please contact us well in advance via
our QRZ.com page.

Finally, we would like to thank every station around the world that called us despite the
challenging conditions. Every single QSO reminded us why amateur radio remains such a fascinating
hobby.

73, TNX, and see you in the next IARU HF World Championship!

Michael – V51Q
Mathias – V51F (DJ2HD)

Operators of V55HQ

V55HQ – Station Information
Callsign: V55HQ
Contest	IARU HF World Championship 2026
Country:	Namibia
Operator:	Michael (V51Q), Mathias (V51F / aka DJ2HD)
Stations:	1
QSOs:	754
Active Operating Time:	11h 01m
Best Band: 15 m
Secondary Band:	10 m
Equipment:	Icom IC-7300
Backup Transceiver:	Yaesu FT-101MP
Amplifier:	OM Power
Main Antenna:	Optibeam OB17-4 @ 38 m tower
Low Band Antennas:	Wire antennas for 80 m & 160 m
Continents Worked:	All six continents
Contact:	QRZ.com – V55HQ

Operated partially 20m CW only . Hope to have more time next year

Flex-6600
Antennas: Fan dipole in inverted-V

QSO Count=439

A few hours of fun.  Not best jof conditions but 20 was open and active

Band conditioms were good for IARU I had a good opening into
Europe.

I rather like this contest. However I do not like the adjustment
of when the Z day begins/ends. It turns it from two opportunities
day-time operation to one. I was eventually out in the car, with
the good ol' 1/4 wave antennas. The prop fcst was overall poor,
however I heard a goodly number of HQ Club stns, and some known
contest stations. Fortunately there were others. I'd recently
operated in a M/M at a contest stn so understood why I was freq.
not heard or well understood. I've identified some antenna work
that may assist in the future. Tnx to all who worked me. 73, John

I was aware of Chris, VO2AC, VE3FU, and Gerry, VE1RM, W1VE, being judges in WRTC 2026. Mike, VE9AA,
I was especially thinking about you during this contest, noting everything you wrote in the groups
io list server of the Maritime Contest Club (MCC), https://www.maritimecontestclub.ca/,
https://groups.io/g/maritimecc. I had just returned from about ten days of business travel and
assessed my family commitments I decided that I had time to participate. Jet lag from Europe was
good to wake up without an alarm at 06:15 UTC to get a few more Qs. Despite getting a certificate of
proficiency in amateur radio way back in 2010, and despite organizing the 2020 ITU Zone 9 RAC
participation, The Canadian Amateur, p. 29-31, July-August, 2020, I did not know about WRTC 2026.
Having found about WRTC 2026 from the MCC over the past few months, my station seemed to be calling
me; I couldn't resist the call. I made as many contacts as I could with the 50 WRTC teams; I got 30
teams. I also got 14 HQs. Propagation to the teams was good from my QTH, but I didn't get any ZLs or
VKs. From my point of view, all the contacts with the teams are anonymous, but I know that I would
be making CW Qs with ops who are famous in the community of amateur radio. It was great to think
that the judges Gerry and Chris might have heard my call sign. However, it was also great to get CW
Qs with people I know, Ron, VE9VN, and Vlad, VE3JM. Ron and Vlad, I didn't say hi for two reasons,
first, I didn't want to slow you down, and second, the only way I can send your name is to program a
keyboard macro with your name for N1MM Logger Plus and my K1EL WKmini. I am tempted to program HI
DAVE, because Dave, VE3KG, always says hi to me. Regarding my ongoing development of CW skills, I'm
mainly working on my ears. Unlike my terrifying experience of running at 7 wpm in the ACQP as
VE9RAC, in this contest, it was only S&P. I set my keyer to match the speed of the DX, usually 30
wpm. I liked having no serial number in this contest. I cannot hear most things at 30 wpm, but I can
hear my call sign and if it is incorrect, as well as a question mark, a shortened question mark
which I just heard in this contest, AGN, and the ITU zone after the DX sends it often. There was one
DX's zone I was having trouble hearing. I kept hearing 2N and then I realized, right, cut numbers,
zone 29; I remember Mike, VE9AA, writing long post about his opinion on cut numbers. I used low
power this time. I found it interesting to get the teams' responses to my call sign. Some of them
have extraordinary ears. I remember cranking my keyer up to 34 wpm to match the DX and having to
send my call sign only once. Only a few teams needed me to repeat my call sign. I think the DXes
like getting zone 9s. I found I have to keep the speaker wire away from the coaxial cable at the
back of my ICom IC-7000. I use the program fldigi to decode some CW, if it has a high SNR and the
code is computer-generated. This soapbox is a more of a blog about my journey into CW, from Code
Quick, to the SKCC, and a variety of techniques. Mike has mentioned CWops, which I am moving toward,
73, Brent, VE9EX, W1IY

QRP 5 watts with a Small portable vertical antenna along the Restigouche river, solar power, thanks
to all ,Ve9vic

Put in a big effort with this contest.  1200-2200 before sleep.
Then 0500 to finish with a few breaks inbetween.
IC7300, VK6APK amp & 80m OCF dipole @ 12m.
Happy with the result. See you next year!

My License issued: 14 Jun 2024

First time jumping into the IARU HF World Championship 2026 for a couple of hours—going in as a
complete rookie. 
Already learning a lot and having a great time on the bands!

IC-7610 with a DX Commander Signature 18 Nebula Vertical and a
Carolina Windom Compact 80 at 45 feet

1/3 YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB (KD2RD), 1/3 FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB (N2TX)

Operated remote station in Pompano Beach FL.

Was a fun contest and enjoyed working the WRTC stations with
great operators.  Stayed with CW due to the band conditions.
Tried to work all WRTC stations heard on the bands for fareness
to all.  Congratulations to all in the contest!

Unfortunately, after reviewing our operation, we
discovered that one of our multi-single operators
mistakenly made 24 QSOs that did not comply with the
10-minute band/mode change rule for the Multi-Single
category. As instructed, we are sending our full log
of all contacts made during the contest. However we
are not claiming QSO points or multiplier credit for
the 24 QSOs. The following 24 QSOs should be
disregarded and removed for scoring purposes.
OP0HQ, 2026-07-11 1210z  disregard
PA6X,  2026-07-11 1212z  disregard
W0EWD, 2026-07-11 1346z  disregard
OM8CW, 2026-07-11 1347z  disregard
K1LZ,  2026-07-11 1349z  disregard
TM0HQ, 2026-07-11 1349z  disregard
VY2TT, 2026-07-11 1434z  disregard
9A0HQ, 2026-07-11 1435z  disregard
PH6HQ, 2026-07-11 1436z  disregard
PJ4PA, 2026-07-11 1437z  disregard
SN0HQ, 2026-07-11 1437z  disregard
E77EA, 2026-07-11 1438z  disregard
OM5ZW, 2026-07-11 1441z  disregard
TF3W,  2026-07-11 1442z  disregard
EI5KF, 2026-07-11 1442z  disregard
F6BEE, 2026-07-11 1445z  disregard
OK5WA, 2026-07-11 1446z  disregard
ZF5T,  2026-07-11 1448z  disregard
K4BAI, 2026-07-11 1449z  disregard
HG0HQ, 2026-07-11 1459z  disregard
NU1AW/0, 2026-07-11 1523z  disregard
IV3KKW,  2026-07-11 1627z  disregard
SN7D,  2026-07-11 1627z  disregard
HD8R,  2026-07-11 1716z disregard

Was a challenging contest, band conditions were just awful from my QTH. Nonetheless, had a good time
operating.

Got on for a short time just after midnight local.
20m was in great shape and 40m was decent.
Found 7 of the WRTC competitors at the bottom of
40m and 9 HQ stations overall.
Thanks for the QSOs and 73, Ron (W8RU).

Antennas:

After 60 plus years of contesting I finally did
something new.  I thought I had one hour left in the
contest after the 6th QSO past the finish someone
said"  the contest is over".  Thank you !

Good Contest.  Great to see a lot of European Stations back in
the mix.  Conditions on the bands were pretty good. Only
complaint was that this contest is very difficult to score.

I wish there was a mobile category because that's all I do. But it was a good time even with some
bad QSB at times.

This IARU GiG was another mixed-bag from KN6NBT's Ramona QTH.
Considering the lower SFI, the decision was made to run LP and
not QRP this year.
Running remote found me up against some irritating 1-second internet dropouts
requiring me to "read thru the dropouts". The last 5 hours of the contest
mostly resolved that and is where a majority of the contest happenings happened.
Even if you were S-9, with the dropouts, multiple repeats were needed.

There were some surprisingly nice (for the left coast) openings to EU
on 15 and 20 meters, altho 10-meters was a complete no-show.
I couldn't make 40-meters happen until 05:00z when things
began to happen.  20-meters was THE band off and on in
the IARU contest.
Thankfully there was a plethora of JA stations participating this year,
altho outside of Japan there was very little Asia activity.
The VK/ZL participation was also disappointingly low as was SA.

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

Only I was as search and pound, because i don't have good antennas, and about 80 w, but I enjoyed
the contest

Objective ws to work as many as posssible WRTC and HQ stations on
a very limited time. Thanks for the Q's

Hermosillo Contest Group Member

Part time operation but enjoyed

walau hanya 2 stasiun saja tapi saya suka

be better next

TNX FOR EXCELLENT TEST! USED PAPER LOG. HPE CU es 73! JANIS

I work with BRICK2SDR 16 Bit + XIEGU GPA + ACOM 1000 with 400 watt.

FT 897D 100W ANT HEX-BEAM &DIPOL

TX-RX FT991A, 100W, ANTENNA DELTA-LOOP, N1MM SOFTWARE

Setup Icom IC-7100, 80W, Diamond CP6 trap-GP.  73 & DX, Szigy.

Nice contest

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

TNX QSO!

uSDR, 5W;vy LW

OPERATOR AGE:18

Icom 7300, 41.5m long wire antenna, 100w

CHECK LOG
I was in SOTA activation in ref. YO/EC-584
Rig (tr)uSDX at about 3W, ant EFHW

CHECKLOG

QMX+ 3-5 WATTS, DIPOLE 80M, HORIZONTAL DELTA LOOP 40M (40-10M)

CHECKLOG

My last operation from Z3, as my longterm QRL assignment is now
completed and I am returning back to SV. Very few QSOs due to my
QRP setup and compromised antenna, but mainly because I was busy
packing my things.
QRT

Conditions were favourable on Saturday on 15 and 20 mtrs but poor
on Sunday, especially 10 mtrs.  Hope there will be improvement
next year.

Sadly I did not hear any WRTC stations from Auckland New Zealand

Challenging conditions on 80 metres, but fun anyway. I had limited time to take part, but any time
on air was better than none! One suggestion though - would the QRQ stations furiously calling CQ at
35wpm or more, please leave a gap between their CQ's, so those of us trying to call them can at
least send a 4 character callsign before they call CQ again. A number of stations were not doing
this, and it reduces their chances of a QSO . As the Romans used to say - "Festina lente - hasten
slowly." A little more time listening between CQ's for those QRQ experts wouldn't go astray!
Thanks and sincere 73 to everyone who managed to work me.
Tony ZL2F (ZL2AGY in disguise.)

Due to family commitments, I could only operate only  4.5 hours in total. Always great fun but not
easy to be heard in EU from the southern tip of Africa!
Thank you for the Qs!
73 Raoul ZS1C

What a fun contest!
Sadly conditions were not great on
Saturday and most of Sunday. Signals
were weak and the noise high so I was
grateful for every contact. Thanks to
everyone who could dig out my QRP
signal!
See you all next year!

What a great weekend! Lot of friendship, contest, food and watching WRTC competition on socreboard.

Atilano gave us, one more time, a perfect host, station, etc.

73/DX

ZW5B Team