I am recovering from extensive surgery so I was not sure how much BIC time I could tolerate.  I
originally decided that I would only work 80 meters and try to complete the last few states that I
needed to complete 5BWAS using LOTW.  I still have enough brain fog from the anesthesia that any
running was out of the question so the effort would strictly be S and P and highly limited in
duration.

I'm just getting my feet wet with contensting.  First SS ever.  Lots of really good operators out
there.  Enjoyed making the contacts.  Doug, SCV

First real attempt at SS. Had loads fun operating QRP working the
loudest stations in my SP limited hours.  Operating was mostly in
dark hours so limited me to the low bands.

I enjoyed the contest a lot. Wish I had spent more time.
I was also working toward the USA 250 Award on QRZ and was hopeful I would verify a lot of contacts
for that in the Sweepstakes.
I was excited to reach 187 contacts in the CW Sweepstakes !

Sadly, so far only 7 of my 187 Sweepstakes QSO's have been confirmed on QRZ.

PLEASE encourage amateurs to upload their contacts to QRZ, eQSL, etc. as many hams work toward
awards there, too.

Charlie,  AD0CH

Had fun in my first SSCW in many years. Tried for the Clean Sweep but came up short with no TER or
NB ever heard. Operating in the Unassisted category definitely makes a Sweep challenging.

( 884 * 2 ) * 85 = 150280 IN 17:35
SWEEP AT 0234Z (5:34) WITH K5UV IN OK
HESSTON COLLEGE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Submitted 11 Nov 2026

QRP 5W to a 53foot end-fed sloper up 30 feet.

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

"CW is aliive and doing very well!"

Total time on 06:11 - my very first sweep with 85 mults looking forward to my coffee cup from ARRL,
HI HI..  Thanks to KP4JRS for the 85th mult/sweep and thanks for all the QSOs from everyone else. 
73 Tom/K4NMR

Ran low power except for one station who did not copy multiple attempts, I needed this state on WAS.
Increased the power to 400W - using wire antenna.

Tried to get my 80 m. Zepp fixed and up for 80 and 40 the day of
the contest, violating my rule to never do antenna work the day
of the contest.  I needed to replace the feedline.  I failed due
to an unusually good job I did sealing the center insulator.   As
a result, all 80 and 40 m. QSOs were with 100 W. into my 160 inv.
L.  It works, but not particularly well.  So limited on 80 and 40
m., I only operated 15 hours.  10 meters was pleasantly
surprising Saturday afternoon.  Missed NS and TER.  Worked 2 NL,
4 NB  and 5 AK, so what was going on

Very limited score with search & pounce and my HOA Rain Gutter radiator!

Lots of good operators with fine receivers to pull me out.

Power supply for radio failed 2 minutes before start of
contest.  That created some panic!
Bands were OK, but ran out of people to work.

@ K6MTU
Fully remote

Running my vintage CW rig: 75A-4 receiver, CE 100V transmitter -
100 watts to 160M dipole at 60 feet.

This is a check log.  I sent the wrong precedence.

The Grand daddy of contests, ARRL SS CW is great to operate.  I
was able to work a clean sweep.  The rare ones this year were EWA
and UT also QC was a late comber.  Got TERR early on.  ONN was
also not an issue this year got ONN early on.  I am looking
forward to SSB in a couple of weeks.

Always fun !

fun contest

Great time! 100W into OCF dipole.

This contest proved itself fun as usual. Propagation was pretty good, a bit light on 10 meters as to
be expected on the downside of the sunspot cycle. Where oh where was VY1 / VE8, was anyone operating
from there this year ? Propagation between my Alabama QTH and KL7 was good, so I would have expected
to hear the Yukon. Already looking forward to next year's contest.

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

First time doing ARRL SS CW (maybe first time for any CW contest)! Even earned free pizza for making
a minimal amount of contacts. : )

AC6ZM sent A after his number, then sent U after his call in the
exchange. I marked him as X-QSO.

Fun contest every year. This was the first time I completed a sweep with only one QSO per section.
Thanks to all that participated. CW forever!

First time participating in the AARL SS CW edition. Great fun!

Annual maintenance of the Indiana station. No idea why I went U class, never clicked on a spot.

It's been decades since I was in a contest other than FD, thoroughly enjoyed it, and the exchange
for SS is somewhat "conversational" and makes it a cranial challenge, I loved it.

Didn't work that many but it did get me interest peaked.

My goal was to get a Clean Sweep which WV. K8II was my last sectionn. Thank you

As always, we had a great time in SSCW this year.  The team was the same it has been for a since
2021: Me: KV3T, Don: K7CS, and Mike: N9BOR.  Things started off slowly, which I learned later was
due to some surprise solar activity early Saturday afternoon, but by hour 3 we were off to the
races.  At the end of the first shift (8pm / 5 hours in) we had 81 of the 85 mults, including TER. 
VY1JT was very busy at the beginning of the contest but handled the pile up with ease.  They weren't
loud here, but I got right through.  We thought MB would be the last mult to get, but I was able to
get through to VE4GV Sunday morning fairly easily.  They were jumping on and off, and whenever they
were on they were not very loud and buried under callers.  However, at about 1pm on Sunday they
happened to jump on and start calling while I was turning my hexbeam from east to west and I was
fortunate  to hear them loud and clear with no pile up.  Worked them in the clear and they were as
S9+20 here.  Oddly, our last mult this year was EWA (K9JF), which we didn't work until 5:30pm Sunday
night on 20M.  They were also quiet and had a hefty pile up.  But, even more oddly, immediately
after working that mult, Don (who as operating) returned to our CQ frequency just a few megs away
and they very next contact was another EWA (W7GB).

I'm the only op that does SO2R on this team, but the SO2R was really helpful this year.  In the
first few hours I was able to pick up almost all the mults without stopping CQing.  The SS exchange
is a very difficult one for SO2R and I'm sure if I had bigger antennas it would be even harder. 
This year was the first year with a second amp, full filtering and a triplexer, so it is now a true
fully featured SO2R station (finally).  It is about as far as I can go without more land for
antennas.

After the last few weeks I was prepared for propagation to be in the gutter, but it turned out to be
not so bad.  We only worked two stations on 10M, HI (PAC) and PR.  They were loud and in the clear,
so the band must have been open, but no one was there.  Probably because there is no mult for
additional bands.  Since 20 and 15 were open, there was no reason to use 10.

It felt like there were a lot of newer hams on the air this year.  I worked a couple of 24s and 25s,
and lots of teens (like me).  I also worked a TON of stations with no entry in the call history, so
while a lot of them had checks from the 60s and 70s, I assume that means they haven't operated SS
for the past few years.  Maybe that is a promising discovery?

At least in claimed score, this is the highest SS yet, with our second best being 2024.  We were
hoping to hit 800 (and we did if you count the dupes) but our final count was 793.  We will see what
the UBN does to our final score.

All in all, a really fun contest.  Still my favorite.  The exchange is a challenge and makes the
contest unique.  I hear and believe others that it needs some changes, but I hope whatever they do
it doesn't take away from what makes it so unique.

Exchange "Checks":
Check   QSO Count
38      1
41      1
48      1
50      1
51      2
52      3
53      3
54      11
55      13
56      14
57      20
58      18
59      22
60      17
61      22
62      27
63      30
64      19
65      19
66      20
67      28
68      22
69      30
70      30
71      25
72      24
73      10
74      20
75      22
76      33
77      30
78      26
79      18
80      14
81      13
82      11
83      10
84      3
85      8
86      11
87      5
88      4
89      9
90      4
91      13
92      7
93      5
94      5
95      3
96      3
97      2
98      8
99      3
00      3
01      4
02      3
03      0
04      2
05      4
06      1
07      1
09      1
10      1
11      2
12      2
13      2
14      1
15      3
16      2
17      8
18      4
19      7
20      4
21      7
22      7
23      4
24      3
25      2


Looking forward to CQWW DX CW in a few weeks.

Even with the A & K up where they were, the bands were in pretty
good shape.  I am impressed with the good ears out there,
especially on 80 meters.  This antenna system, the best that I
can do in a condo, makes me happy to have as much fun as I do
with this hobby.  I fell 45 Q's short of my goal; but, remember,
there is always next year.  Enough activity to keep me from being
bored on Sunday afternoon. Nevere hears a VY1 but saw them
spotted now and then.  Oh well!  I'll take my 84 and be happy.
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.

Band conditions seemed kinda "meh" on Saturday, so progress was
disappointing.  I got a late start on Sunday, only to find that
things were much better.  Managed to get all US sections except
LAX and EWA!  The largest metro area on the west coast, and the
section right next to mine.  Go figure.  As usual, came way short
of working all the Canadian prefixes.  One of these days...
Thanks for all the QSOs!

My very first CW QSO ever!
Used a EFHW wire spread indoors through the upstairs rooms.

Antenna was SB1000 by Wolf River Coil at 3ft elevation and using a 17ft whip and two 34ft radials.

Another great ARRL CW SS is in the log!
Beat my last year's score by almost 3k points!  Very happy with that!
The bands seemed very behaved this year.  Very pleased with the openings on 
15 meters for sure!
Thanks to all the fine operators for the contacts.
So, till next year, 73's!
Bob, N3FR

This one is for Lisa!

2026 ARRL CW Sweepstakes

15 meters seemed in good shape most of Sunday with strong signals into Alaska

ENJOYED CONTEST. MESSED UP ON LAST CONTACT, DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL I GOT READY TO WRITE FILE THAT I
HAD NOT HIT ENTER ON LOGGING PROGRAM AFTER THE CONTACT SO TIME IS PROBABLY OFF. SORRY ABOUT THAT

Flint Peak operation, 1900' ASL. KX-3 and 10 meter half square. Used the
radio tuner for a match on 15 meters. Hand sent and logged on paper.
The battery died 35 minutes in! That's what I get for bringing one battery
and using most of it for SOTA in the morning. It was fun while it lasted.
Why are some operators dropping their call from the exchange It's required
per the rules. I had to ask one station for it as I needed the fill while logging his
exchange. I wish there had been time to operate on Sunday, but, sadly, no.
Sounded good on the bands. Thanks for the SS fun! 72, David, N6AN.

QRP 100mW to a 20-Ft INDOOR Wire,
Tnx for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

NOTE THAT I SENT CK = 73 TO K1KM BY MISTAKE

Things got so slow that I was tempted to quit many times. Activity in
this contes sure aiin't what it used to be.

Great start even with high K index on Saturday. But could tell
the adverse affects on the low bands later.  Sudden wind and rain
storm  Saturday night and the power went out just after 0500Z.
Power back on for Sunday morning but was difficult all day.  No
MS or TER on the air for the sweep.  But decent score for me
anyway.

This log reflects the exchange I sent for each QSO.  I changed my precedent to
reflect the power I was using since I discovered my 15 meter radio was set for
100 Watts instead of 5 Watts.

Time constrained by wifes recent gall stones attack.  Antenna at 6 M AGL
facing east and could not be rotated

Signals are all so weak.  Is everybody QRP
No clean sweep.  Missed EWA and TER.
Contesting effort was cut short by
neighbor who reported TV interference (which was probably an
internet failure, unrelated to my transmitting).  Talked to other
neighbors, and none of them have any TVI.

I have realized (now post contest) I operated with the wrong precedence for the entirety of the
Sweepstakes weekend. 

I operated with precedence “A” and I was supposed to be operating with precedence “U”

Yes, I was low power, but I utilized a telnet cluster in N1MM and I didn’t read the rules enough
prior to understand I was doing it incorrectly. 

I am unsure if my score, log, or anything I have submitted will be totally disqualified, but I
understand if this does occur.

I apologize to those who may have me removed from their log and taken out their final score. 

73,

Seth, NU1D

ARRL November 2026 Sweepstakes

FT-950

QSO Count=429

SS was a lot of fun I managed to get 3 qso's with my vintage QRP
HW-8

Sorry, only one Q. limited by prop & health

Competing with CW skimmers and faster PC-generated speeds certainly brings new challenges to
contesting these days! 
I believe I held my own with my old AEA Morse Machine MM-3 and Brown Bros CTL-B key, though.

It is always very enjoyable to see hams working together to make
events like this a success for all.  For W2NTN this was a
relatively short 80 and 40 meter operation using a dipole
antenna,and was an opportunity to test a temporary receive
antenna.

W3TB in Franklin, TN       Tennessee Contest Group

When you forgot this was happening and only got 7 hours of contacting in :O

40 Meters only. Sunday was fantastic!

Thanks to K0EJ for his hospitality! I operated from his station in Soddy Daisy, TN while visiting
the Chattanooga area with my family for a high school regatta on the Tennessee River. 

I had a great time and was pleased to claim an unassisted clean sweep.

IC705 running 5W to an EFRW up 30 ft.

I have a mistake in my SS entry.  At all times during the contest I sent my Precedence as "A", low
power unassisted.  My submitted log shows that is the exchange I sent to all my contacts.  However,
I was actually assisted, so my precedence should have been "U".  In the final listing of scores,
please make sure I appear in the low power, unlimited category.

Sorry for this screw-up.

73,
Rusty, W6OAT

Congratulations! You've successfully uploaded your ARRL CW Sweepstakes contest log. Your
confirmation number is 29u87d43.arrl-ss-cw.

KF8FPT is a fairly newly licensed ham and was learning the ropes
of contesting.

Limited time, but lots of fun. Thanks for the QSOs and 73, Ron (W8RU)

CLEAN SWEEP!!!! Got all 85 mults! Still using only a vertical.

Flex6300, hamsticks, SDC skimmer

This is my first time using TLF as my logging program.

ANT is ARRL EFHW 10~80 m wire

This was another WQ6X QRP Sweepstakes remote from Ramona.
This year ROCKED over the 2o25 Sweepstakes Cw GiG.
Band conditions on 10 & 15 were way better on Saturday.
Sunday was largely about milking 20-meters and then ending on 40.
The challenge this year was an intermittent Shorty-40 yagi.
To make it work, it has to be positioned just-so and then left in that
position for the rest of the time on 40-meters.
80-meter participation was a disappointment.  WQ6X was being heard in the
Midwest, however only a couple dozen stations were willing to play on 80.

 A major problem this weekend was internet dropouts.
If I asked you for multiple repeats, it was due to signal dropouts,
not your often S9+ signals.  Thank you for your patience.
Only a handful of stations (who shall remain nameless) gave up on me.

Read all about this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com