I enjoyed participating in my first digital contest :)

Best QRB is 15728km for VK3AUX at QF22

My first contest ever, here is to hoping I show up ok lol, had lots of fun though

Thanks for sponsoring the contest! Enjoyed it!!

My Tracking timer in my log program did not work.

This was my first time participating in this contest.
I enjoyed the time I spent and learned quite a bit.
Thanks to everyone who puts this together!

NICE TO WORK ARRL INTER DIGITAL CONTEST

QTH: Torrejon de Ardoz
Locator: IN80GL
Transceiver: Yaesu FT-817ND
Power: 5 W
Antenna: wire (8 m long) + remote tuner (LDG RT-100)
Software: WSJT-X

rtx Icom IC-735 50w
ant: Windom all-band
digi: RigExpert Standard, WSJT-X v2.5.4

I enjoyed the contest.

I very enjoyed the contest.

Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: Mobile Whip

Good Condition. Enjoy Contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
TNX FER QSOs 73

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

use wsjt-x
Assisted by CTESTWIN

I enjoyed the contest.

73　Makoto　Tsuda　JH1HHP

I enjoyed the contest.

ANT: CD-330V V-DP 19.8mH
RIG: FTdx-101DM
OATH: I swer PWR down QRP 5W.

I enjoyed the contest.
see you next year !!
TS-890S/100W+21mh6eleYAGI etc

I enjoyed the contest.

FT-817ND DP Yagi

50W EF+ATU @9m

I enjoyed this contest.
The 20m and 15m bands were open, but the 10m was difficult and the 6m
was unfortunately not audible with my equipment.
I was surprised that there was a time when it was open for 40 meters.
During this contest, there were times when I couldn't face the
walkie-talkie due to the effects of static.
I would definitely like to participate again next year.73.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

My first digital contest on HF even though I am the designer of
the RIGblaster. I am part of the N4SVC SARC club, an amazing club
with the best station I have ever seen and a bunch of good guys.

K4KZM used a dipole with Palomar Balun on 20 meters and a Greyline
Performance - DX Flagpole which worked well only on 40 meters.  The
Cabrillo generation of WSJT-x did not work and the file had to be
created manually. My first contest!

All QSOs were made with my QRP-Labs QDX transceiver and a rotary dipole at 20 ft.  Unfortunately,
the solar storm played havoc with my plans for a bigger score.  See you next year!

Seemed like less stations on this year.   I did not put in as
much effort.  Less stations stuck asking for signal not in
contest mode.  Conditions Saturday not that great.  One more
contest in the season ARRL VHF.

SFCG Digi-Decibels

My first digi contest, there are some subtle differences to get used to!  But as always, fun.

First contest I've played in a long time (years).  I had a blast and look forward to the next one.

Operated from KH6YY contest station on the north shore of Oahu.

This year did not make my goal of 100 contacts. The 15 meter band was open with limited contacts on
20 meters and no activity on 40 meters.

Operated when not at work during the weekend.
Yaesu FT-710/TennTennas 160 ft. EFHW

This was a lot of fun.  After much frustration early on, especially the kind from a brand new
computer and having to install drivers, I was able to get into a good groove and put in 13 hours on
Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday.  No joy from 80 or 160, but I did get some good DX out of this,
including some surprising contacts in Belgium and The Netherlands.  I more than doubled my score
QSOs from last year (370 this year from 154 last year) and I'm pretty sure I was SO2R last year as
well.  All-in-all a great weekend.

Very little time to engage. Fun contest as always!

Portable operation w/Xiegu G-90 into ground spike vertical running 20 watts.

Worked five bands QRP with just indoor antennas--highlight was working
Honduras and Puerto Rico on 10m running 4w into a pair of indoor hamsticks!

It was a nice contest.  Used this contest for recharging in the quiet.  Got away from XYL, turned
the volume off to not hear the digital. Only sound was the clicking of the mouse and maybe a bell or
two alert to remind me to log the contact. Worked wonders.

I was ready on time for this one with WSJT-X fully integrated
with N1MM and started out pretty well.  Soon thereafter, things
bogged down for me.  Signals and propagation seemed weird.  After
dinner things picked a bit but nothing too hot.  I tried to work
the far away stations for the points but there were times when I
only heard close stations.  So, I would alternate between working
far stations and working just whoever I could.  Im sure I was
hampered by not having a directional antenna more than anything.
I did not stay up late but got up early Sunday morning and I had
a pretty cool run of Japanese stations and worked Australia and
the Philippines around dawn. It was a fun time and will certainly
do this one again.  I chased Rick (NN4RB) and Ken (K4XL) on
Contest Online but could never get close.

SFCG Digi Daredevils

Conditions not the best. Lots of terrible operators. Many ops would answer
me on my direct freq, and then procede to call CQ on the freq I was cqing on.
Based on conditions, in my humble opinion, many ops, both DX and domestic
were definitely running HP. I've been a ham for almost 50 years, DXing and
contesting for 30 of those years, and one learns how to read propagation
characteristics. I would bet my ham radio license that 20 to 30% of ops
I heard in my 5.5 hours in this comtest, were running HP. Many ops still
have no clue how to set up there station to operate digital via sound card
and rig processing! so much splatter at times. Digi is much more tame during
non-contest times. Yes, there are a couple bad apples even then, but a contest
brings out the worst lids when they haven't bothered to READ the simple directions
on how to operate their rigs and the digi software. OK, I'm down off my soapbox now.
73 Gene, N9TF. 100 watts to 6BTV ground mounted.

First time in Digi contest.

Thanks to our PCs. Stormy Sunday, lost at least 3 hours of operating time. 88 Alena

SO1R      IC7610, KT34 and dipoles
Very nice contest. Hunting DX and no
wories about countries, continents or counties.
8 hour class makes it possible to stay at peace
during a busy family weekend.
PLEASE designate FT4 frequencies off the usual ones!

Nice to join again. CU next year!

tnx fer qso, cuagn, 73

73

LABRE-SC

CABREUVADX

QRP (TR)USDX + HOMEMADE MAGNETIC LOOP ANTENNA. POWER OUTPUT:
3.5W ON 15M BAND, 1.5W ON 10M BAND.

Damn it was hard! GL to all!

TX 5 Watts, Ant Magnetic Loop (indoor)

Operated with an Icom 7300 at 75 watts and a home brew 80-10m EFHW.

I operated the VE3EID station located in Sprucedale, ON, Canada,
remotely.  The station was operated from my home in Marlborough,
MA, USA.

It was a wet rainy weekend on Vancouver Island so the Digital
Contest passed the tine by. 73 Gerry

My first ARRL digi. Running 90 Watts from a SunSDR2Dx with WSJT-x
to a 22m wire doublet up 8m. Ran for 8 hours during my Sunday.
Path to NA was open most of the time on 20m but flares kept
closing 15m so made very few QSOs to EU. Good activity although I
was surprised how few were using FT4 which can give nearly twice
the QSO rate of FT8. Thanks to all organisers and participants.

for the VHF Contest happening the following weekend. Good
conditions on the higher bands very late after local sunset. A
number of stations never provided their grid, only a signal
report.
FT4!

Operated a second station in the 8-hour category for ARRL IDC.

Limited in operating time by thunderstorms and other priorities.
I learned halfway through the contest that a new version of WSJT was
available which did not require interchange of signal reports, only
grid squares.

My log program has the sequence numbers all mixed
up. I believe the total QSO count is ok tho.    I felt
like a Newbie stumbling around most of Saturday.
It took many repeats to get some guys to send their
grid. I felt propagation was only fair.
73  BoB WA1FCN

Great experience with a ATNO 4 me :-)