Remote operation from 4U1GSC shack.

nice to meet you guys again

My first ARRL CW contest

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoied this contest. TNX !
IC-7000M, 50W, 12mH Mobile Whip

I pleasant the contest.

Bad condx, multiband vertical&100W were prescriptive equipment. Thank you all for your patience, 73,
Zvonko

Hi guys!

First of all I would like to thank 9A7A guys to give me opportunity to work from this fantastic
contest superstation. Special thank to Sam 9A3OS who was my liaison officer to other guys, to Vinko
9A3TR for preparing the station and N1MM software prior the contest, Darko 9A5X, Eugen 9A7V and all
of them for nice hospitality and taking care about me all the time during the contest. Guys I hope I
have fulfilled your expectations representing the station on the band right way.

Start on 40 was in big pileup but relatively slow regarding my ability to adapt quickly to new
environment and sound of the station. Sorry guys to wait for my response sometimes. The 3 el. 40
yagi is doing great job, so after my adaptation the rate grows up quickly. After a while I switch to
80 and 160 to try full size vertical and inv L antennas. The 300m NW beverage at 9A7A is grate - big
signals like on yagi but with very reduced noise - grate job guys. I enjoy switching between 80 and
160 till the morning and finished first night at 40.   

After the morning beauty sleep I started on 20 clicking bandmap spots and trying to develop run.
Unfortunately miss 15 opening around 1200z. So missed lots of 15 mults first day. After that 20 was
gret till local evening - 24m long yagi doing well. Second night low bands were in good shape but
with weaker signals than first night. I was very tired and may be I fell asleep sometimes on the
chair in the morning. Sorry if you call me without reply.

After the Sunday morning break I started more concentrated and take care about 15. So I made missed
mults and some runs on 15 too - 6 over 6 stack work great. Sunday afternoon 20 was good but with
slower runs. I finished contest on 40, 80 and 160 with some good openings and one new mult on 160.

All in all I enjoyed great time working from this fantastic station and in company with great 9A7A
guys.

Congrats to competitors, 9A5Y and others - it was nice to follow livescores standings. Respect to
E7DX guys for their special E7/9A5K activity.

Best 73
Sale, 9A3XV

TNX QSO ALL.

FT-897 100W
DP
DP

40 meters not very good Friday and Saturday, better on Sunday.
15 meters decent on Saturday, not so on Sunday.  20 meters was
not as good on Sunday as Saturday.
Thanks for the Qs.

Well that was very much fun as I was not really planning to operate in the contest.  But when CR3DX
returned my call I was drawn in. :)  Nice to add to my DXCC totals in LOTW.  Only 60 watts with 16
foot high OCF dipole and vertical antenna. 
73
Don

ELEVATED 19' WIRE VERTICAL @ 29', 3 COUNTERPOISE WIRES @ 10'

Elecraft K1's, old Swan 350 w/weak finals, and a ts-130...all
wire antennas 25-35 Ft. up, 5430 MSL, DN35rw.

Just a 160 DXer looking for some new band countries and I did work four new ones... hope they
confirm via LoTW. Thanks for the Q's
73,
AB9M

Great top band conditions Friday and Saturday evenings, but not
so good Sunday morning.  Last minute effort Sunday afternoon to
Europe resulted in a few more multipliers on 160m.  Thanks all
the QSOs.

MY FIRST CW CONTEST!

Started out as an effort to support some of my traveling friends.  Wanted to pick up a few others to
be fair.  Bands actually were decent so next thing you know I am making contacts in unexpected
places.  Of course each and everyone was a new to my personal list.  May have worked harder than I
planned, but it was great fun!

Fantastic conditions on 40 and 80 meters - really enjoyed it!

A radio club banquet, teaching a ham cram, and family time meant almost no
A radio club banquet,

Thanks for putting on this very interesting contest.  Hopefully
this will finally push me over DXCC!

The Condx on 15m was much worse than 2018 and expected.

Submitted to allow other stations to confirm their contacts

my participation in the contest was not planned. The previous day was that I knew the date of the
competition. I arrived at the house 1 hour after starting the contest to start downloading the
latest version of n1mm and prepare everything. On this occasion, I worked with two callsigns and in
two categories.
It's been a long time since I made so many contacts in the 15-meter band. definitely the propagation
was on my side. I still do not understand how I got so many contacts.
My modest station (th3mk4 at 14 meters high and radio yaesu ft920) work without problems.
For the first time I made a very improvised session of Facebook Live showing my friends the
operation.
enjoy the competition and the way of operation
until next time
willy
xq3sk

Muy buen contest, los 20 metros estuvieron poco ruidosos. 
Una alegría trabajar estos concursos.
Gracias

YAESU FT-857D 5W, MA5B and G5RV...

Una vez más disfrute de este súper evento el ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW, agradezco a  todas las
estaciones  con las que compartí, felicito  al directivo de este evento hasta pronto co6rd Op.rey.

Nice contest for a QRP station outside NA! 73 to all

Very good contest and had a lot of fun.

Over 90 QSO'S in my first hour on 160m. Great.

I didn't participate for the full period, but nonetheless a very enjoyable contest.  20m was my most
productive band, not bad considering that I had to lower my mast on the Sunday due to high winds! 
My 100 Watts + Hexbeam seemed to work well.

Elecraft K3 - 100 Watt
10 mtr vertical feeded through Diamond BB7V Balun and
mounted on hotel balcony 22 mtr ASL in Porto Moniz

TNX for Contest Call 73 awdh Heinz DB8AH

Glad to work several stations from the westcoast. 73s de Doc

Elecraft K3, 80w & vertical

Thanks for all the good ears, running 5watts on a dipole / mini-beam.

QRP 5 W

IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Dipol for 80m
17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m

TS130v > TL120 (100 W) > 2 Element.Mini-Yagi MFB23
11m high

Nice to work al these state side stations.
Wished they were there as multies last week at PI4A in our PACC contest
The Call, areas in USA and VE are multies in PACC
We had a nice set up at PI4A with 2 mobile cranes were we put a 4 ele for 40m and a 2 ele for 80m
on.
PSE look on QRZ.COM at PA1TT
HPE cu you next year in PACC

Just for fun on the AIR  160 was a challenge

Only a short test for me

Contestclub: bavarian contest club
please use this club, thanks

my focus was on the lower bands this time (40,80,160m) with very limited time during the 48 h
contest time (almost no 20m QSOs).
due to family obligations I could only operate during eve/night hours,however I used the opportunity
to test my 40m- DELTA Loop (horz pol) compared to the Bobtail curtain (used in the past) ... the
result was very clear : this time  85 QSOs on 40m ,before 2x QSOs on 40m (propagation could only
slighty change the factor)....as expected (but never quantified in my location)....

80 and 160m was in a good shape as well ....
in a summary:I had a nice time in the arrl cw dx contest again althoug time constraints ....

73,DJ8UL (AF5RR)

IC-7800, ACOM2000A, 750W, Dipol for 80m
17 Ele. Yagi Optibeam OB17-4 10m,15m,20m,40m

A few QSOs using our club call; Hans, DK3YD

conds reciprocal to good fun

IC-703, K3/10, 5 watt; spiderbeam + 40m add-on, lambda/4 vertical
for 40 and 80 m, inv L for 160 m
Thanks to the organizers for the contest and all who digged my qrp
signal out of the noise. This was for me a first one, no idea what
I should expect. There were stns coming back on first call, which
I could hardly copy and others which were really strong but never
recognized my sigs and cq-ed in my face. Unfortunately, 10 m was
absent and 160 m very noisy without any hopes to copy any US/VE stn.
Also 80 m was noisier than I would have wished. Nevertheless, a
valuable new experience even when it went sometimes very slowly.

Fun !! Fun !! Fun !! CU AGN de DL2YAK

yaesu ft-817nd, 5watt, magnetic loop indoor, g4zlp-interface

nice to see what with 200W is workable at the 2nd radio...

IC7300, 26mtr endfed @15mtr

Thanks for all contacts!
TS-590S with HyEndFed
vertical out of the roof
through kitchen window.

Great contest, good condx on 80m, see you next year !

FT-991A + SteppIR (20-10m) + LW (160-30m)

I like this contest very much. Good activity and it is a own tradtion
to take part here... this year 160m again and the condx were good
enough.  Much better on the 2nd day and I worked my 48 state for WAS
160m with ND. 73 Olaf dl7cx p.s. antenna is a 27m high INV L with 4
elevated radial in 3m height, 240 m bev into northwest.

dear all,
I'm so sorry, I had one double qso with N5DX; the first was at 22.37 UTC and the double at 23:03
UTC.
I couldnt dlete this qso; I know it is not countable. In the final result it is without points.
Shall I delete it? maybe no
It will be a pleasure to get informations about handling of double qso.
73
DL8UKW, Uli

was active only on 15,20 and 40 meters.  Condx where quite good.  Missing folks from DC, NE, SC, SD
and WV.  Was a lot of fun.

vy73 Kurt, DL9FBF

Made a lot of fun but i hoped for a single QSO to WY or ND. Had a single NV QSO but later i saw this
one is based in another state but surelly gave NV... i hope for at least this 3 states for WAS.
Dealing with the bad condx in middle EU is not easy, only a short opening on 15 for 1h.

Just4Fun on my Wire Antenna :-)

Surprise Endfed 13m and 50 Watts great OPs

FT817 and multiband dipole

For me only condx on 20 and 40m. Always fun but no luck on getting ND, SD and NE for my was award...
maybe next time! tnx for all the patience to work my 100 watts.

100 W

Very nice way to operate CW.
I love USA contest.

Many thanks
EA2CIA

Kenwood TS2000
ENd Fed HSW8010

My first participation in this contest. I enjoy it very much. Thanks for the qso when i stay in run.
Vy 73

Thank you for another year for this fabulous contest. Good operators and strong signals in low
bands.
We heard in the next edition.
73, EA5XA

This time only SA40M LOW. Good propagation, but the crowded band and fast QSB made some QSOs
extremely difficult. 73 and thanks to all who participate!
Mikel, EA2CW

E-MAIL: ea3egb@arrl.net
RTX: ANT. 9 ELEMENTS (10-15-20) - DELTA LOOP (40-80)
RTX: ICOM 7000    100W

This year try monoband 40 meters but 500+ qso's in other bands for fun.
See everybody next year.

What a great time!!! 
Even been a little pistol (Cushcraft R8/Icom IC-7300) !
Thanks to all who called.

Mo
EA4MZ(EF4R)

SD WinKey K3

The ARRL DX contests are always enjoyable; this was no exception.
Great LF conditions, with the newly-repaired NW beverage proving
invaluable. 15m was open for a good while on both days, better on
Sunday with some great WC signals before the band closed. One of the
highlights of the weekend was a QSO with NR4M on 10m - they were in
here for some considerable time (in/out for at least 30 minutes) and
at a decent strength, but absolutely nothing else from NA; very like
"spotlight propagation" that we sometimes get on 6m. Anyway, the last
two storm seasons here have resulted in an awful lot of expense and
effort to keep the station running, so it was great to be on - thanks
to all for the QSOs!

Tks for Contest

ew4am@tut.by

Used FT990  100w + LW 42m

TS430S 100Watts ANT GP

Antena SAY3-9

TNX

double-grounded-loop on 160M
contest logging/driving sw is ED5DI

Just for fun, for QRP fun !
Tnx Big Guns, you've helped a young french OM to discover QRP style contest.

Rig : SunSDR 2 Pro + dipoles + 5W

Unexpectedly 15m opened up on sunday! Much better propagation than last year.

Rig Yaesu FT 817/5w/Ant ZS6BKW

ic7700 pwr 100w Ant (OM) G5RV , Bazooka, Linverted

LOW POWER, DIPOLES.

Happy to take a part on this magic event, during the ARRL CW party. A
lot of fun during this 19 hours. Due to limited space and a lot of
neighbors, QRV only 80 m to 15 m with a modest setup (DB18 & inverted
V on 80 m) This vintage TS-850 & Alpha 89 make the job since more than
25 years ago. See you in the pileup, during the SSB party!

73 DE FRED F5NBX

Lot of fun even poor propagation cndx

Thanks for a nice contest - Rig:TS570D - PWR:70W - ANT:GPA 50 -

Full remote operation with one op in French Guina and two ops in
Paris.

GREAT WEEKEND FABULOUS EVENT
CONDITION BETTER THAN THE PREDICTIONS

CHECKLOG

CHECK LOG

Great contest with same condx's, even 15M saw a bit of
activity, 20M plus 80/40 were the main activity was ,
did not here anything of KL or KH6, during the day time
the EU KW boys were very loooud, but managed qrp OK,
missed a few States, even the local VT hi - cu next yr

IC-7600, G5RV at 15ft, trapped verticle for 20/15m.
Very limited time available.

Not a serious entry. Just came on for short periods. in between
domestic commitments. 160m came good on Sunday after 2200z. Great to
have a decent opening on 15m during Sunday afternoon here in the UK.
Nothing heard on 10m.

difficult conditions QRN

Antenna's either poor or faulty, did my best.

Icom 7400 and Ground Plane antenna, First ARRL International DX CW contest submission in 55 years as
a 100% CW Op! Enjoyed much FB operating with plenty of patience shown when conditions were adverse.

Good condx on 20m on Sunday, zero on 15m.Thanks
for great  contest! 73 Mike

Just a stroll to work the big signals before Sunday lunch. I will try to get up
earlier next year and work more on 40m. I am very much a manual CW op and loved
the days when genuine reports were given, and maybe even a little chat, but
computers rule the world now.

I was busy with a radio course hence only did
80m prior to the course. Plamas TV QRM in the
evening so I cannot operate then.

GLAD TO GIVE OUT SOME POINTS

Doublet up 25ft and HF6V so I was surprised to be able to run on 20,
and 40m at the end where I had a 163-hour for the final hour. Great fun!

Unable to do more. Family commitments.
Submit as checklog.

Fair prop

Limited time but lots of activity spoiled by lots of Key Clicks from some Eu stations! K3 to 22m
long doublet at 8m

Little pistol, Inverted-L with ONE radial, small RX loop

For once the propagation was just right. Great conditions on 20 and 80
160 and 40 pretty good too. 10 was the disappointment (but predicted)
A great contest with good activity and plenty to keep you awake!

That was a good workout. I used a bit of SO2R but mostly to check the
state of other bands before changing. Of the nightime bands, 40m was a
bit disappointing until the last two hours. 80m and 160 were both
great. And the daytime bands I heard nothing on 10m but 15m was open
on both afternoons here plus 20m was very good although lost
propagation early on Sunday.

trying the new sotabeams contest console very pleased
SD worked flawlessly

First attempt.  Just giving away  points searching and
pouncing. Best heard CA, AZ, MT, OR
SD log worked well.

CLUB  Drowned Rats Radio Group

Good fun.  Mainly testing my new QCX running about 2 watts on 20m to a home made hexbeam.  Thanks to
everyone who heard my signal.

Quite a few multi Toned/Carrier stations from central EU creating wide signals; SN8B;HG6N;YT3X the
worst.

Excellent low band conditions. 1500 more QSO's than 2018 with virtually same antennas. Nothing heard
all weekend on 10m but we looked often enough. Many many ESP contacts on 15m. ARRL DX CW is one of
our favourite contests and we'll be looking forward to next year.
Antenna's VDA on waters edge for 10,15,20, phased verticals for 40m,
titanex vertical for 80, inverted L for 160m.

Conditions on 40 seemed better than usual, though HF was mediocre except for useful openings on 15,
especially on Sunday. I live in the city so I could only hear the strongest signals on 80. Apologies
to those who called, but I didn't hear.

Only managed 5 hours due to a bout of Montezuma's
Revenge.

I had not much time to take part in the contest. The propagation was
good so I could operate nowadays rarely heard states this time. Many
thanks for QSOs and hope to meet you next time, Rig TS-530SP 100W
ant end-fed wire 21 mtrs long above flat roof.

ICOM 756pro 100w
3el yagi GP-s dipoles

trx: TS-590SG
pwr: 100W
tx ant: 22m vertical
rx ant: EWE

E-MAIL: ha9rp2011@gmail.com
IC730, VERTICAL

About the same number of QSO than last year but with more multipliers. Good conditions on 80 meters.
Station TS990 + amplifier with wire antenna only.

Elecraft K3 + amplifier KPA500
Antennas - Dipole for 3.5 MHz / Inverted L for 1.8 MHz
Force 12 C-4s ( 2 elements on 14/21/28 MHz shortened Dipole on 7 MHz )

Single Op, Single Band 40m, PWR 100 W in GP HF2V antenna

Greetings from South America,  Another of my Ecuador contest operations is now in the books.  I
threw in the towel an hour early, as 20 meters died pretty quickly around 2300Z here, which is the
same as EST and I just wasn't up to fighting the noise on 40, which is almost always about S7.  My
original goal was to shoot for a million points, but missed that, probably due to horrible
conditions the first night and likewise Sunday a.m.  Saturday conditions were excellent on 15 meters
during daylight, and when the Europeans were through and people quit pointing their beams at Europe,
I had some good runs of 120-130 an hour.  I ran 100 watts from my K3 into to a Mosley TA32 Junior on
20 and 15 and into a Butternut HF2V for 40 and 80.  The beam is mounted on a 30 foot bamboo pole, so
it's not all that high, but the house sits at 8,000 feet in a valley between two 17,000 foot
mountains.  The valley points right at the US, so I never have to rotate it for the ARRL DX contest.
 Thanks to all MWAers who broke the pile ups.  I worked several MN stations on two or three bands
and WA0MHJ and N0IJ on all four bands.  Tomorrow I will take down the antennas and pack up.  I'll
should be back in Minnesota Wednesday evening.  Thanks to all for your contacts and your dit dit
greetings!

I participated in this contest for the first time.

I wish you good luck.

73 de Claudio

TRX ELAD FDM DUO 5W antenna wire Calculated tap 39 m long 10 high

A lot of stations! Equipment: Drake TR7A and inverted V ,pwr abt 80W.
500 Hz filter and PBT are not sufficient! 73 to all

IC746+all bands antenna=2m antenna mast plus AH-4 automatic tuner

VERY BEAUTIFUL CONTEST !

Very few qsos because I was not near my station. 73 Gio ik2ait

TS-590SG   ANT.  VERT

very difficult because qrm
there is always fun

Best condition ever on low bands.
See you next one
Filippo IZ1LBG

UNFORGETTABLE DURING THE FIRST NIGHT WE HAVE HAD A BAD SIGNAL IN BAND. WE ARE VERY SORRY OF THIS AND
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE QRM. AS SOOS AS WE HAVE BEEN REALIZED THAT OUR EMISSION WAS NOT GOOD WE HAVE
IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. Good cndx on 160 and 40. A good surprise on 15 meteres with
some West states but of course the western EU stations did a better job. Thanks for calling us. 
IR4X team

IR4Y OP.IZ4DLR
Thanks for the great fun!

very funny contest

Contest veramente bello, molta presenza stazioni USA e Canada,
propagazione buona, solo 100watt Antenna GP e IC-736.

rookie

HI
my name is Paolo
My call sign Is IV3BCA
Bad Propgation tu all band.
QSO only on 20 meters....
TNX fer the contest
Running Icom 746 Pro 80 Watt
Beam Fritzle FD4 (40 meters)
3BAnde Mosley 3 elements 20/15/10
Mail ib3bca@iv3bca.it
73 and TNX ter Contest.

W3DZZ dipole homemade at 12 meters (40ft), FT-1000MP MARK-V, N1MM

tks om

lot's of fun 73 de IZ2FME N2FME MM0FME MIKI

SOCWLP

CNDX was so so. I enjoyed contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

It was short time participation.
But I enjoyed so much. Thank you for many QSO.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Condx is not so good.

71 yrs Old

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Condx was not good but I have enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Tnx FB Contest !!

ICOM IC7100 100W
12AVQ Triband Vertical, Inv Vee

RIG:IC-756PRO
PWR:100W
ANT:Inverted Vee

SOSV

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7600 + JRL-2000F(500W)
CD-78jr (dipole for 80m)

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I could participate in this contest for a short time.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

This is Check LOG to avoid partner station uncount.
I enjoyed the contest. TU!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Enjoy!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Fun to have QSOs. Thank you.

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 entry on a single-op 160m lowpower.
I QRV on a single OP low power. This yerar the condition was
very poor as an last year.
I QSOed 4 stations in 2014.
I QSOed 12 stations in 2015.
I QSOed 9 stasions in 2016.
I QSOed 5 stasions in 2017.
I QSOed 38 stasions in 2018.
I QSOed 15 stasions in 2019.
It is very difficult to QSO with U.S.A. stations using low
power RIG.
I strong desier to low power categoly in sigle band!!
When the sunrise time at the westcoast in the U.S.A. , I could
not heare the singal of U.S.A station in top band.
I used my MV (Micro Vertical antenna) 12mHigh on my blcony +
Elecraft K2  tranceiver.
My MV antenna was only 3.6m length and it was up only 12m
high from my balcony of my small condminium.
I was surprised that I could QSO many U.S.A. stations with
my MV antenna!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations!
I enjoyed this contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Long Wire & AH-3(tuner)
FTdx5000(200w)
FTdx5000(200w)

Great ears !!  Thanks for patiently listening to my weak signal.

I enjoyed the contest.

I had a very good time.It was
my first time.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contes.

TNX QSO

RIG is IC-7300M (3.5M-28M)
ANT is GP and DP.

I enjoyed the contest.

Poor condx on both high/low band. While I was working on 20m, the antenna SWR rised. I found the
coil bobbin of the trap in my duoband yagi melt down!

3.1. Single Operator (use of spotting networks is NOT PERMITTED):
3.1.1.3. CW only
3.1.1.3. CW only

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I vy 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.
thanks for many stations
propagation of High-Bands was no-good!!

I enjoyed the contest.

CU AGN!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

FTDX-3000 DP YAGI

I enjoyed the contest.
I participated for the first time in this contest
I participated for the first time in this contest

This is 1st entry of int'l contest by CW for me.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

5W with mobile whip
Thank you for picking up my weak signal.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

I enjoyed the contest.

I HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

I enjoyed the contest.

200W    INV

I used power less than 5W

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Every QSO is appreciated. I enjoyed to operate running 5 watts QRP and homebrew antenna. CUAGN 73

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks a lot for your effort.

Rig: FT-2000(100W) Ant: Vertical

My first taking part in.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300M (50 Watts)
Loaded DP

I enjoyed the contest.

Propagation was poor !

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Bad condetion .

I enjoyed the contest.

.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
FTDX-3000/DP

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: YAESU FTDX5000MP+AMP
ANT: YAGI,DP,EH

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 have no time for entry this year.

I enjoyed the contest.

I used QRP(5W)RIG

I try to submit this log 1st time

I enjoyed the contest.

unknown

ARRL DX CW '19 was pure joy, between
incredible operators around the world
with excellent ears, and first contest with a
new Icom 7610.  Thanks all for the great
fun, see you next year and 73!

QSOs   Points   Mults
160m     2        6       2
80m     58      174      37
40m     99      297      50
20m    238      714      75
15m     43      129      25
10m      0        0       0
440     1320  X  189  =  249480

SkookumLogger K3S KPA1500 OB40-2 2XA-3B-12L wires

Worked a few friends and explored changes to my 160m antenna.

Noted some extremely wide signals. The winner was WO4O (several bands), followed by N4WW (20m) and
LU8DQ (15m).

My favorite contest. Yet year-in, year-out, I seem to contract a dread disease for this particular
weekend (a bad cold this time). Butt in chair time: ~25.5 hours. Arrrrgh!

With so many stations calling CQ with their autokeyer faster than TTY at 50 or more WPM, I'm really
having a hard time distinguishing between ... or .... (S or H), and between .... or ..... (H or 5).

I believe they are costing themselves a lot of invalid contacts and a significant loss of points due
to penalties because the stations they work enter the wrong callsign in their logs.
I frequently don't call a station and move on when I am not sure of their callsign.
Dick - K2GMY

great way to spend a Sunday!!!

TERRIFIC RUNS. FUN WORKING QRP STATIONS DURING CONTEST

I had limited time, but still had lots of fun in my favorite DX contest. A few LP contacts and some
unexpected low band surprises made it all the more fun. I S&P'd the whole time.

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and
W3GB did Multi-2 in the 2019 ARRL DX CW. Feedline to our 40m.
beam is shorted atop the tower. The 40m. dipole a few feet over
the shack roof loaded fine, but any power > 500 W. glitched one
logging computer. At 00Z start N3UM tried to run on 40 but got
only 15 Qs in 0.5 hr, so he clicked spots and did better, 111 Qs
on 40m. and 21 Qs on 160m before QRT at 0331Z to sleep. W3GB
clicked mults on 20m. 00-01Z then stayed for the late shift till
0638Z, getting 128 Qs on 80m. and 65 more Qs on 40 and 160m. for
353 Qs and 189 mults at QRT. N3UM came in at 12Z to find our new
log computer useless; dead power supply. He ran 92 EUs on 20m.
at 78/hr 1230-1341Z, until W3GB came and took over 20m. while
N3UM did a quick re-connect and bootup of our recently retired
old Win XP box. Then N3UM got 84 Qs and over 40 mults on 15m. by
22Z, surprising with SFI only 72. W3GB did better on 20m, 209 Qs
and lots of mults by 22Z. W3GB then did 40m. while N3UM took a
break and then stayed for late shift. He got just 67 Qs due to
high QRN and weak low-band signals 04-0620Z. Just 24 hr. earlier
W3GB saw better conditions and got 96 Qs 04-0640Z. Daytime Sun.
was (no surprise) slow; our best 1-hr. totals were 41 and 44 Qs.
But, we had fun chasing rare and/or distant mults on 15 and 20m.
like 9G, HB0, JA, KH2, PY0F, V5, VK, ZL, and then RI1ANL on 2
bands at a Russian Antarctic base. We got 15% fewer Qs than we
did in 2018 but claimed only 8% fewer points because we got 8%
more multipliers. With the computer failure and our fallback
40m. setup ~10 dB down in Tx, we were pleased with the results.

Conditions were all over the place!  Like someone was turning off
the switch at times.  Open one moment and closed the next.  80/40
were excellent on Friday, not much on Saturday.  Better Sunday.
Fun time!

working Japan on 160 meters was the highlight of this contest

100W using an EDZ and Inverted L.

My 50th year of participation.  160 meters on Friday night made the difference. This year was almost
all low band ops.  20 produced a number of QSOs on Sunday around mid day and 15 had its moments.  10
meters was flat for the entire weekend.  So it was the wire antennas for the low bands that saved
the day!
73

MY 100W WAS BRUTAL ON MOST OF MY CONTACTS.  THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME.

Amp quit halfway through!  Found 100W worked well.

Eric_Rust@baylor.edu

BANDS GOOD.

Best DX signals I ever heard on 80 meters.

Best low band conditions ever!  The price was no signals on 10m.

Please my log is check log

Better conditions than last year here. Lots of fun.

Part time home station effort.
Also was remoted into the NA6O@N6RO M/M.
Fun contest. Good participation.
Good Friday 40m opening at sunset here

Missed not having 10 meters.

Fun contest.  Not much on 10, 15 was a little better but
hardly great.  20 was fantastic most of the weekend.  I
heard/worked many strong Eu stations on 80.  40 had its
moments but I have bad QRN there.  160 was 160, not as
many JA as I have worked in the past.

Thanks for the QSOs; gave my new KPA1500 a work out.

Dana, K6NR

4L@60' on 20, 5L @45' on 15, 40meter 4 square
Top loaded 80m vertical, Inverted L on 160; both over
70 radials.

This was my first CW contest

remotely - K6MTU

RIG: ICOM IC-7600, F-12 C33 YAGI AT 75 FT FOR 20 MTR BAND
SINGLE BAND ENTRY AS I CAN NO LONGER SIT IN FRONT OF THE RIG FOR 48
HOURS. SINGLE BAND ALLOWS ME TO TAKE NICE LONG BREAKS WHEN THE BAND
CLOSES. WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE BAND OPENED TO OC/AS AND I WAS WORKING
EU AND I WAS ABLE TO WORK SOME ZL STATIONS OFF THE BACK OF THE BEAM.
AM ALWAYS SURPRISED WHEN CAN BREAK THRU THE EAST COAST WALL FROM NV
TO WORK WEAK EU AND AF STATIONS.

I just operated here and there on 20 meters. I had some problems
with my computer interface. Nevertheless, it was good to get in
the contest for a little while after having been in Eastern
Europe.

Thank you to all stations worked. Having three receive antennas helped on 80
meter band. I wish I could have operated more time during the contest. K7QBO

Not a full effort this year. 20M Sunday AM was open well to EU.
NV being a mult in demand allowing me to run rate for a bit over
an hour which was a real kick in the butt, reminding me of being
A35WZ in 1986 as the reciever would go intio white noise at
times. Thanks to the guys who persevered to end up in the log.
IC-746, AL80B 750W, 3ele 20M @ 13M, 40/80M Inv Vee, 160M Inv L

Was getting a bit "rusty" on CW. So many FB ops.. had a ball! (tho I'll be hearng CW in my head for
awhile GRIN! 73 Gary K7ZD

A fun weekend! I managed to stay in the char for 42 hours.  No rig problems this year.  The only
issue was a strange RFI on the beverage antenna the first night on 160.  On the second night it was
gone.

QTH in this contest was Lebanon, Ohio, USA.

CW OPS ARE THE BEST FOR WEAK SIGNAL QSOs

Sure would be great if SB Assisted, high and low power were categories

Thanks for the QSOs

73, K9GS

Had fun! Glad the K index was zero for most of the contest.

19.04 ARDXCW

Hearing is not very good. Probably many missed calls.  BUT I had much FUN !
NOW that log has been submitted, I have spent nearly as much time entering paper log into cabrillo
format and getting log submitted as I did working contest . IS THERE A SIMPLER WAY ?

Vienna Wireless Socity (VWS)

Glad to see 15 meters open!

What a great way to spend a cold and rainy weekend in Tennessee. Thanks to the ARRL for sponsoring
the contest and thanks to all of the DX for taking our calls. We really enjoyed the global amateur
radio camaradrie. 73 Carl KB9DKR

First Contest

the IC-7610 made this contest must easier than in past years for me.

first contest log submitted for score !

Not a barn burner for a score but exhilarating to operate, just the same. Worked over 20 new ones
for the DXCC, most notably, AH2R in Guam all the way from Florida! Had a blast for the time I had to
devote. 73

Nothing spectaular but for conditions being what they were, I'm happy. Rig IC-718 Cobb Web @ 20 ft
or 6BTV on ground.

Great Fun  Band Conditions were not as bad as Solar Flux would indicate.

The propagation advantage of the east coast during this part of the solar cycle is amazing. So is
the bullying of east coast stations who use this advantage by simply ignoring who the dx is calling.
I know it's a dogfight, but really? CT seems to be the worst.

Great contest with excellent conditions on 20 & 40 meters.  Short opening on 15;
some barely audible stations on 10.

Lots of fun on a cold winter weekend. 20 and 40 turned out to be
the money bands. Good activity on both 80 and 160. No openings on
10M.

73

K3/10 driving a Ten Tec 405 amp to 50 watts.  Ant is a pair of 45' x 45' inv ells parallel 75'
apart, fed with equal ladder lines and a tuner.  Enjoyed a decent run of 80M DX this year, thanks
for the fun.  C U next time, 73, Dan  ke0tt,  MN

Didn’t spend much time in this contest, but enjoyed it!

First time operating this contest in years. LOVED IT!

2019 ARRL DX CW

Portable QTH - FM29jw

102 QSOs * 3 Points / Contact = 306 Points.
306 Pointes * 38 Counties = 11628 Points.

Thank you for the ARRL International Contest, CW.

Exciting contest weekend with 2019 ARRL International CW DX!
Thanks to organizers and operators!  -Good DXing & 73 de KF4QFJ, Jerome

This was my first ARRL DX CW contest.  I had a great time and will be back next year!

A lot of Stations just constant CQn and not listening.

SOME NICE OPENINGS, BUT NOT ENOUGH

160m  single operator single band

5 watts to HexBeam 20M single band

I had the great idea to do a single band on 10-meters. That was a bad idea, after a day I had
nothing, finally I accepted reality and started  S&P'ing on the other bands to the end of the
contest.

GREAT conditions helped to partially overcome the damage and loss
of my 40 - 160 antennas to a massive icestorm 3 weeks before the
contest.  Wonderful to hear and work so many friends.  Thanks for
all the qso's and mults and special thanks to all the DXpedition
stations.  73  Bob KQ2M

There sure is a difference between how well JA hears USA and
other countries in Asia and YB land especially BY and YB
many of them getting answers but keep cqing. Happens often
not just in this contest but many others, too. Even s9 guys hr!

At the bottom of the sunspot cycle, I didn't have high hopes for the contest this year, but the
bands were in great shape, especially on Sunday. Operating from Nebraska, a fairly popular
multiplier, I had the pleasure (and displeasure!) of being on the receiving end of major
"cluster-created" pileups...always an interesting phenomenon. Call CQ multiple times without answer,
then finally have a single QSO and on the very next CQ, instant, and completely unruly, pileup zero
beat on my frequency. Twenty minutes later, no calls. Rates from 0 to 120/hr in an instant. Things
would be so much nicer to have just one call per CQ for the duration of the contest! (Dream on!) But
I won't complain! Thanks to all who patiently waited (and didn't call incessantly!)  100W, IC-7610,
Optibeam OB16-3 at 70 ft, Butternut 40/80 Vertical, N1MM Logger.  73, Greg KT0K

Great Contest! Fantastic 160 and 80 condx. Nothing broke and all the smoke stayed in the boxes! 

K3/P3, Acom2000a, Skyhawk at 70' and 2el 40 at 83', vertical dipole on 160m and inverted V for 80m

Thanks for all the QSOs!!

Came down with flu on Friday & main antennas broke. Not my year, hihi!

Fifteen never did open up to EU here.  That made 20 much more
crowded with folks way up the band.  Lots of QSB both days.  40
had lots of QRN all night.  But, it was a ton of fun even with
the measly setup here in the condo.  That mag loop keeps amazing
me.  Hope to see you all once again next year.
Q's.
in attic above garage

Amazing what you can work on 80 with a low inverted vee.  Had a blast as single op and look forward
to next years contest.  73, Pat - KZ5J

Nice contest, but on 80m some stations would benefit to listen more and call less and also use
narrow filters.
Noted a number of stateside stations calling cq, but not able to hear callers despite good
conditions and solid signals. Think these stations would benefit from narrowing the rx bandwidth and
also do some more listening before calling cq again. This is particularly important on 80 m where
noise and weak signals are the rule.
73 de Olaf - LA3RK

No Comments - Located far north in Norway -

First time running as SOSB20, nice CONDX but somewhat short from
down here. Planned the participation using the WSPR profile of
beacons for the past two week between US-Argentina, vy good
match. Looking forward for next year already, it was very fun
despite the lower part of the solar cycle.

Thanks for patience. I use always only LOW POWER (up to 100 watts) or less. My antennas is 2 crossed
dipoles/InVee up 30m + delta loop west direction.

I use always only LOW POWER (≤100W) or less. My antenna is simple sloper, direction to North.

That is my favorite contest.But this year I was ill-just can not sit on the
chair,because of strong pain in my leg - the nerve of my spine-back is damaged
already 4 months.And most the time I was working upright on the station...!
But even that my health problem,I was feeling myself happy!
Thanks very much for the W/VE reports to my QRP signal-good operators!
73! Rumi  LZ2RS
RIG:  K3   5 Watts
ANT: inv Vee Dipoles  and 4 el 3 band Yagi / A4S / at 32m

Beat my score from last year, onwards and upwards, 73

One of my favorite contests offer some good rates on the first day but slowed down on day 2. Many
thanks to G0DWV and  his wife Tina for being my host this this event and offering amazing
hospitality

Heard W3LPL 10m sunday late afternoon 6pm, but he had deaf ears!
horrid signals from EU....NOT GOOD.
DC,WY,UT,NT missed entities.
One of my favourite contests......Ken G0ORH - M3i

FTDX5000 + Hexbeam at 50ft. Op Darren G0TSM

! day effort
Working on Sunday.
Bands in nice shape and glad to beat last years full effort score.

Was quite difficult with 100W and modest antennas
against the KW Stations, but still enjoyed getting a
reasonable number of QSO's.

Only a short time to operate Saturday afternoon.

Another contest that I couldn't give as much time to as I wanted.  Only operated about 9 casual
hours due to family commitments and a bad cold I got the day before the test.  Thanks for the qs.

15TH ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST

This is was my first "real contest".  I am finishing the CWAcademy Level 2 course to get my speed up
and man am I glad I did that for this contest.  I intended to spend a few hours and see if I could
get 40 or 50 contacts.  This was the perfect weekend as my wife and my oldest went away for the
weekend to visit our youngest daughter.  I had the house to myself.  
I finished with just under 400 contacts.  I switched over to running about midway, a few hours into
that, I threw out my notepad and relied entirely on my logging program (Skookum).  I know I could
have done a million things better but I had a blast.
Thanks for putting this on and lighting up the bands this weekend.

73
N1XF

Non-competitive
Just testing propagation

Conditions were much better than expected. I spent my entire time packet
pouncing as I do not run in CW contests. It was amazing fun to work DX stations
with 100 watts on 80 and 40. I went to 40 meters at 4 PM local to work EU
stations on both days. I never bothered to check 10 meters as I did not want to
waste time there. It was amazing fun to try to change the band map to all red.
I came close a few times.

Thanks to all the DX stations in Europe with good ears who answered my calls and
made it all such fun.

I never had so many stations call me by name before, Usually it's 2 or 3 for the
entire contest, but this time it ws more than 10.  My head was so big I had trouble
taking off the head phones.  Actually, I suspect that more stations were running
QRZ in the background during the contest this year.  But it was gratifying
to believe that I had finally become a contest celebrity.

Heard or saw spots for many Owls - K2RB, KA2D, K2QMF, KS2G, N2GA (worked the African
that I never got)and K2QMF.

When are you people going to separate SO1R from SO2R entries?    When are you people going to allow
multi-ops to split their score between various operators for different clubs?   Welcome to the 21st
century!   Maybe you should take off your stuffed shirts and actually see what other contest
sponsors are doing.

Only part time. Conditions seemed good on all but 15/10.

My best contest effort in a while. I have been experiencing reduce vision effectiveness over the
past two years, consequently I missed the deadline to have my log accepted. Too bad, our club can
always use my CW effort for club scores. Still, had a lot of fun runnng low power with minimal
support. I do need to get my station more automated to reduce stress with vision issues. Must try
Field Day next!

2019 ARRL DXCW

REALLY AT THE LOW IN CYCLE...LOTS OF WEAK SIGNALS THAT USUALLY WOULD BE
STRONG. STILL NICE TO MAKE A FEW CONTACTS IN LIMITED TIME..

best ever 160 meter low power results

The last time W1LWH and I operated together was during one weekend of the 1959
ARRL DX Contest, so for the 60th anniversary we decided on a reprise.  Our
average age then was 17 - you can do the math.

N4ZR is the better of the two stations, but still pretty modest except for the
big amp.  That's what you do when you know the antennas are likely to remain
modest.  The situation was also complicated by line noise to our West that ran
S8-S9 on all bands where we couldn't point the beam away.  That meant that we
had real difficulty running, so probably 90 percent of our Qs were S&P.  I'm
telling myself that when we get that cleaned up - and the power company*is*  on
the case - our low-band results should improve dramatically.  Even on 20 and 15,
we were only able to work the big guns from JA, and that was it for Asia.

160 was a real surprise.  W1LWH improvised an L network to let us feed the 40M
full-wave sloper on 160.  Even without a receiving antenna, he managed 31
countries on that band, an amazing total. Now if I can get the inverted L up and
finish the K9AY loop receiving antenna, we should be in good shape.

Ran QRP, 5 Watts to a 20 foot End Fed Wire, tossed
into a tree out my window. I missed this one last year,
so it was great to be back! Somehow worked WAY more
EU than South America! 14 QSOs with Europe, more
than I really expected with current solar conditions.
THANKS to all for your patience, and providing contest fun!
GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS!  73 John N6HI

Lots of good activity

Just some quick testing first night.  Spent most of the weekend doing
my taxes instead of operating!

TIME ON 18 HRS 8 MINS, K3S, KPA1500 - LOTS OF ICE EVERYWHERE

LIMITED TIME AND POOR CONDITIONS ADD UP TO FRUSTRATION.
USING SD MADE LOGGING EASY.

1st CW contest with my Hytower. Works very well on 80M and even
on 160M. Fun!

Lots of fun! Really nice openings on 40 to EU that even this
compromised station could partake in! Except for 10m, the
bands were in good shape. 73 Gene, N9TF
Rig K3S 100 watts to 2 element triband at 37', short 40/80
dipole at 35' sloping, W8AMZ short 1/2 sloper at 35' apex.

1ST TRY - JUST LOOKING FOR DX NOT SCORE - GOOD TIMES ESP 80M WITH JUST 20' LONG WIRE UP 15' !!!

Part time operation this time - missed most of the Sunday morning opening to EU.

Good CW Weekend

Fun Mode Weekend! With four 200' towers and Dreamland-stacks of aluminum for the high-bands, for
ARRL CW 2019 it was clearly the wide-open 40-80-160M bands that captured our imaginations this
weekend. What a thrill ride! 73 KL2A

Unsurprisingly, condx were not awfully great. 15 seems to be the new
10, HI! Got bored and decided to cut this operation in half. 23:09 on
air, 51 minutes break time in between. Tks fer the QSOs!

Best QSO was VY1AAA who called me, Thanks!!

We had HORRIBLE QRN here first night, steady S7-S9 with constant crashes S9+20DB. Had trouble
getting calls right the first time, even had to go K3? to K3LR, Hi!

Much better noise level second night but activity was sparse.
Ended up with a slightly higher score than last year despite the QRN.

Thanks to everyone who called!

73
Dan K8RF/NP2J

Rig: K3S & AL82 to pair phased Inverted L's spaced 1/4 wave

Ron WQ6X cobbled a team together at last minute
as N6KI spent most of weekend at Yuma Hamfest
(Hey, stop putting nice hamfests on contest weekends !)
Our remote OPs faced lots of challenges with the typical
crappy internet speeds we suffer with in the USA....
some good runs into EU from Left Coast at times.
Both stations not manned most of time but still more
fun than running MS category for times when 2 bands
were open and we had a couple of OPs either BIC or remote
You can read more about this event at the WQ6X Contest BLOG
http://WQ6X.Blogspot.Com

A few dozen Q's is not exactly big-gun performance but not bad for my "MacGyver" vertical consisting
of some scrap PVC pipe and a few feet of No. 22 wire scrounged from a discarded string of Xmas
lights.  You never know what might work until you try it.  You will make contacts and have fun in
the process.  As Thoreau wrote, "Some men fish their entire lives without realizing it's not fish
they're after."

Pwr was always 150 but I sent KW by mistake between 0001 and 0310
16 feb.  I made the necessary changes in the cabrillo file.

Just having some 45 minutes of CW fun on 40m close to the end of the contest.

RIG FT-857D
ANT Wideband Folded Dipole @ 8m AGL

73 de Chris

just a few QSOs between antenna works

Handing out points on Sunday is fun. Condx fair but 20m closed early.

Sent Exchange 4TT or 400 ! --> for 400W

Please consider in the log check. Cabrillo Format allows only one sent exchange :(..

Contest was great fun, also when having limited time!

73,
Ron OE6MMD

TNX nice condx on 20 m

Hr IC-7300 + 5el tribanderbeam in 30 m on top of a small hill
73 de Pasi OH3WS/OG3A

Part time operation; Thanks for QSOs!

God bless America!

Good contest, gave me platform to test my RX loops. My TX PWR level was not enough compared to those
alligators with excessive pwr, clicks, harmonics. Argh.

Only few hours but nice pile-ups!

My first semi-serious attempt to do 80m single with my modest one GP station. Very pleased with the
result, got everything I heard and AA7A on one morning in broad daylight really made my day ! CU
next year!

Check log, testing the RX loop

Participation time very limited due to visitors... Cheers/73,
Zaba OH1ZAA

The propagation on 15M was much better towards NA than I expected.
The East Coast was coming in with rather strong signals on late
Sunday afternoon roughly about one hour before the sunset here.

However the highlight of the contest was once again the night time
15M propagation over the North Pole to the West Coast. This time
around the local midnight on Saturday/Sunday night I managed to
log K7JR, K7RL, W6YX, N5CR, VA7ST, NA6O, W7RN and N6ZFO. Thank you
very much for pulling me out of noise. It was much easier after
your antennas were pointing towards EU instead of Japan :) I heard
dozens of other West Coast stations but they were doing only S&P
and never called CQ :(

ARRL DX CW 2019

SINGLE BAND ENTRY WITH LOW POWER, ANT TRIBANDER AT 11M

FT1000MP-MarkV, PA ACOM, 1kW
Ant 10el LogPer, 2x3 el. stack

Kenwood TS570   PA HM   3000W   Zeppelin   2x36m    RX  K9AY

FT897D 100W, ANT 3EL YAGI 11m UP.

Sorry for no condition on 10M. I used: FT991A + AL811H (600W out) just with GP for 14 and 21MHz and
inverted L 10+41m for 1,8 to 7 MHz

MY SETUP :
MY RIG : FT-2000D
PWR : 500W  (ACOM 1010)

MY ANT :
Invert L : 160m (up 10m) (39m wire + 138m radials)
Invert V : 80m + 60m + 40m (up 14m)
3.el.TRIBANDER - ZY-33 - 14/21/28MHz (up 15m)

Rig:FT-897D Pwr:<100Watts, Ant:LW34m/8mUP, My AGE=86Years SRI GB OMs.

Rig{s} IC-756PROIII-100W, Antena[s] 3el. YAGI, Windom FD5

ARRL International DX Contest CW  2019-02-16  00:00 UTC - 2019-02-17 23:59 UTC

Rig K3, 100W out, 3 el tribander

It was awesome contest as always, supported with very good CONDX (respecting current sunspot cycle
phase). I was surprised what I can do with LP and multiband antennas. I made 28 of my US friends on
5 bands and 85 on 4 bands... 
It was very interesting to compare all my antennas headed to the same direction. I was playing with
instant switching of all beams I have got (3-el ECO, 2/4-el Quad Cubex and 3-4-4-6 el. yagi by
Antenna Depot). I already know that Cubex does not work well on 20/15/10 but I was little surprised
that on 40m 2-el. quad was always weaker than 3-el. yagi at the same height (25m / 82 ft.). It
confirms that I definitely have to rebuild the Cubex to other dimensions (I like StatusQuad design -
http://www.statusquad.it/eng/). BTW the AD-3446 works VERY well and mechanically is also very well
done.
Thank you all for calling me or answering my call! 
RIG: SunSDR MB1 + IC756, microHAM MK2R+, Station masters, Stack master, switches... 
ANT: 
160: Inv. V for 40/80/160m @ 19m (63 ft.)
80: Inv. V for 40/80/160m @ 19m, Delta loop (apex up, corner feed)
40: 2-el Quad @ 25m, 3-el Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25m (82 ft.)
20/15/10: 3-el tribander ECO @ 20m (66 ft.), 3el tribander ECO @ 12m, 4-el Quad @ 25m, 4-el Yagi
(AD-3446) @ 25 m (82 ft.)
SW: N1MM+

FT-277ZD, max  output 100 watts, Dipole inverted V.

Yaesu FT-950, 100W, G5RV

Not really the best propagation but we have to do with...

Yaesu FT-950 100w - Ant R8 Vert.

One of the nicest contest of my life.
The new IC7610, great CW ops and relax
entry as at 15C (60F) temperature a walk
with my grand children had priority.

I had fun with 100W and 13m end-fed wire.

Antenna Indoor Diamond BB 6W  
Sorry but could only hear Europe

Rig: Elecraft K3 / P3, SSPA: 600 W
Ant: 80 m Vertical Loop and HexBeam

with corrections from notes

What a big difference on this side of the world working the arrl cw
contest with my low pwr and wires. S&P was the solution to get
some points. Enjoyed the few hours I was on the air. See you next
time. pa0jls (ex pj4ls)

Very nice to work qrp in the QRO violence

I had great fun in 23 QSO's with 4 watt and 2 watt
In 12 QSO's I could use 2 watt and in 11 QSO I used 4 W
The exchange 599 002 or 599 004 can lead to some confusion (hi)
It is great to get the reaction 2W FB
Thank you for this fine contest

used SD for post contestlogging

Wkd with just an inverted V dipole (center height 30ft above ground), with two 9 ft legs and 100W
max CW output. Condx on 15m were moderate for few hours. Most of the time the band was closed in the
NA direction (anyway for me). Nevertheless wkd some stations. Most stns I copied could detect my
small signal. Just a few I called many times but no reply. Thank you all fr fb qso73 Eric - pa2reh.

Bad CDX, low power and only a vertical antenna, thanks to all
operators for your patience!

THANKS NICE CONTEST
300 watt from solid state home made power amplifier

Sorry, something came between me and the contest. Better in 2020

Had little time to operate as to work, but enjoyed every free moment I could spare to the fullest.

Initially I was going to support our clubstation, but health issues during the last  two weeks kept
me from doing that.
So I decided to work on collecting some states on 40m where I just recently installed an Inverted-L.
Note any higher than 5m is not allowed by local regulations and   neighbors only just accept it. To
give it a push I decided to fire up an old amplifier  and make 400W. Well that does make a
difference as reverse beacon showed during  several A/B testing on abt 25 skimmers a difference of 8
dB on average.  Saturday did  offer several states on 40m as well as also 20m.
On Sunday even 15m offered an opening of abt one hour. In total this weekend was about 
experimenting and setting things up in the shack, which worked FB.
Antennas:
10/15/20:  2el Yagi FB-23 @ 12m AGL
40:        Inverted -L
Rig:  TT ORION
PA: 400W

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: DX
CALLSIGN: PD1B
CLUB: 
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NO
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-POWER: 150W or less
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 4050
OPERATORS: only one
NAME: Bert
ADDRESS: Gagelstraat 17
ADDRESS:                             
ADDRESS-CITY: Hollandscheveld
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: DR
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 7913 BR
ADDRESS-COUNTRY: NETHERLANDS
EMAIL: pd1b@live.nl
CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7532.0
QSO: 14010 CW 2019-02-16 1657 PD1B          599 25     W4KZ          599 PE       
QSO: 14011 CW 2019-02-16 1700 PD1B          599 25     K1IR          599 MA       
QSO: 14000 CW 2019-02-16 1710 PD1B          599 25     K1IR          599 MA       
QSO: 14014 CW 2019-02-16 1727 PD1B          599 25     W3LPL         599 MD       
QSO: 14018 CW 2019-02-16 1735 PD1B          599 25     WO4C          599 AL       
QSO: 14022 CW 2019-02-16 1739 PD1B          599 25     VE3YAA        599 ON       
QSO: 14027 CW 2019-02-16 1747 PD1B          599 25     NO6T          599 CA       
QSO: 14037 CW 2019-02-16 1754 PD1B          599 25     K1RX          599 NH       
QSO: 14044 CW 2019-02-16 1802 PD1B          599 25     VA2WA         599 QC       
QSO: 14050 CW 2019-02-16 1806 PD1B          599 25     K8CX          599 OH       
QSO: 14052 CW 2019-02-16 1807 PD1B          599 25     VE2BWL        599 QC       
QSO: 14056 CW 2019-02-16 1809 PD1B          599 25     CJ3A          599 ON       
QSO: 14001 CW 2019-02-16 1813 PD1B          599 25     N2NT          599 NJ       
QSO: 14002 CW 2019-02-16 1818 PD1B          599 25     K6XT          599 CO       
QSO: 14004 CW 2019-02-16 1820 PD1B          599 25     K5TR          599 TX       
QSO: 14008 CW 2019-02-16 1823 PD1B          599 25     AA9A          599 WI       
QSO: 14011 CW 2019-02-16 1828 PD1B          599 25     W2RE          599 ME       
QSO: 14013 CW 2019-02-16 1830 PD1B          599 25     N1UR          599 VT       
QSO: 14015 CW 2019-02-16 1834 PD1B          599 25     N2RC          599 NY       
QSO: 14018 CW 2019-02-16 1840 PD1B          599 25     K3PA          599 KS       
QSO: 14021 CW 2019-02-16 1848 PD1B          599 25     W3IUU         599 MD       
QSO: 14030 CW 2019-02-16 1903 PD1B          599 25     KU2M          599 NJ       
QSO: 14038 CW 2019-02-16 1912 PD1B          599 25     KU2C          599 PA       
QSO: 14024 CW 2019-02-17 1204 PD1B          599 25     K1ESE         599 ME       
QSO: 14030 CW 2019-02-17 1215 PD1B          599 25     N1MM          599 CT       
QSO: 14039 CW 2019-02-17 1222 PD1B          599 25     VE3NNT        599 ON       
QSO: 14041 CW 2019-02-17 1227 PD1B          599 25     K1KP          599 MA       
QSO: 14043 CW 2019-02-17 1231 PD1B          599 25     W3LL          599 MD       
QSO: 14003 CW 2019-02-17 1707 PD1B          599 25     K3LR          599 PA       
QSO: 14004 CW 2019-02-17 1708 PD1B          599 25     K1LZ          599 MA       
QSO: 14005 CW 2019-02-17 1710 PD1B          599 25     W2FU          599 NY       
QSO: 14006 CW 2019-02-17 1711 PD1B          599 25     W9RE          599 IN       
QSO: 14007 CW 2019-02-17 1713 PD1B          599 25     KI2G          599 RI       
QSO: 14008 CW 2019-02-17 1714 PD1B          599 25     NR4M          599 VA       
QSO: 14009 CW 2019-02-17 1715 PD1B          599 25     KD2RD         599 NY       
QSO: 14012 CW 2019-02-17 1723 PD1B          599 25     KU2M          599 NJ       
QSO: 14012 CW 2019-02-17 1728 PD1B          599 25     W1VE          599 VT       
QSO: 14013 CW 2019-02-17 1729 PD1B          599 25     K1RM          599 CT       
QSO: 14024 CW 2019-02-17 1737 PD1B          599 25     W8MJ          599 MI       
QSO: 14025 CW 2019-02-17 1741 PD1B          599 25     K2VV          599 MO       
QSO: 14025 CW 2019-02-17 1742 PD1B          599 25     KG5HVO        599 AL       
QSO: 14029 CW 2019-02-17 1749 PD1B          599 25     N0NI          599 IA       
QSO: 14034 CW 2019-02-17 1753 PD1B          599 25     K1DG          599 NH       
QSO: 14069 CW 2019-02-17 1809 PD1B          599 25     K9CT          599 IL       
QSO: 14113 CW 2019-02-17 1811 PD1B          599 25     WB9Z          599 IL       
QSO: 14114 CW 2019-02-17 1811 PD1B          599 25     N0AT          599 MN       
QSO: 14124 CW 2019-02-17 1813 PD1B          599 25     AA0AW         599 MN       
QSO: 14001 CW 2019-02-17 1818 PD1B          599 25     N8EA          599 MI       
QSO: 14005 CW 2019-02-17 1826 PD1B          599 25     WK2G          599 PA       
QSO: 14008 CW 2019-02-17 1827 PD1B          599 25     AA3B          599 PA       
QSO: 14015 CW 2019-02-17 1830 PD1B          599 25     NA8V          599 MI       
QSO: 14021 CW 2019-02-17 1839 PD1B          599 25     VE2FK         599 QC       
END-OF-LOG:

SUNsdr2 QRP 5W into Hyendfed 40m 20m 10m at just 5m above the ground
Impressed by receiving capabilities of some stations, TNX for copying my QRP signal. 

Till The Next Time
73
PE1FJN
Marc

All QSO's made with 5 watt and a dipole antenna. QSL is via bureau. 73, PE2K

FT-991A with 2 x 20m wire and home made tuner

2 hours of S&P. Had fun working the "usual suspects". Thanks and
see you next year.

FT897D 100W Dipole. Enjoyable weekend!

checklog

Nice to give some points to our K and VE radio friends.

OP PY2XIZ

Very Good Contest!

Excelente o Contest, é a primeira vez que participo do ARRL CW Contest no mês de feveiro; já
participei de outros, mas nunca no início do ano, até participei do CQ 160m, que foi o primeiro,
mas foi muito bom.

operator PP5BK

Less than 4 hours on the air and only active on 10, 15 and 20
meter bands. It?s always nice meenting old fellows on the air. 73
and I hope to be on the air during the ssb weekend.

For the first time I decided to play CW on the ARRL DX. Very surprised with the conditions of
propagation and especially with my evolution in the modality. 73 from PY2XV

FLEX-3000, Windom. Tnx nice Contest!

TNX73

Just before the contest, the wind turned the antenna on 90 degrees. Thanks to everyone who heard me.
Aleks R1CAA

e-mail: r3lc@mail.ru

GL! 73!

TX/RX/ANT - K3, PA-1KW, 5ele yagi fixed NA+4sqr+delta

400078

Key

Tnx for nice contest! 73!

Persian Gulf, Grid: LL75, IC-7000, 50W, Ant: Dipole

IC756PROIII, Delta Loop 160
73!

73

rc7b_4k8m@mail.ru

I have simple ant: InvV for LF and GP for HF. Sorry, 10M and 15M bands was closed. On the 20M band
good propagation was only a few hours -from 11:00 UTC till 14:30 UTC. Anyway, I was very glad to
participate in ARRL-CW contest. Many thanks to all, who made QSO with me.  Val RK2M

RL4F@RO.RU

I use Expert Electronics MB1 jn first time. Fantastic radio with full automatic PA OM-2000A+.

TNX 73!

TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_100w, ANT_VERTICAL,DIPOLES

IC-760PRO PA-300WT AD-335

73!

TRX DDC SDR ZS-1, Power Amp.Tokyo HL-45B (50 Watts), Ant 2-el quad "RQ-25" up 12m on ground

73!

IC756PRO3 100w  XL222 35m up
73!

TS-590s 100wt, Spider 5 band

Thanks a lot for the Contest and activity

TNX! CU AGN 73!

there were a lot of technical problems during the contest

Icom 706 pwr 100 watts

RW3RN-CHECKLOG!!!!!

Good Luck! 73!

Regarding that I have no plan for the Contest, 
I worked only on Sunday for 6 hours and 700 QSOs 
was the result. I was sorry I did not participate
full contest ! Next year !

I've got opportunity, to use S50E contest location for Saturday
by day, so logical choice was 20m band, with 5el beam and
FT-2000D and 1,5kW linear amplifier. Maybe I began a little too
late, because when I start, signals from USA were already there.
This was my first ARRL DX CW contest, with HP and relative good
working conditions. From time to time, rates were high, and I
ended with cca 370 QSO in the log. Signals slowly vanished, so it
would be torture, without need! Weather was nice, temperatures
too high for this time of season. Hope to be there next year.

Always fun to participate in the Contest!

SMCCE@TELIA.COM

Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA and Dipoles
I forgot to start the CAT control during the first 31 QSOs!

very nice contest. First time a sent in logs and participated for real not only a couple of QSO's
Very goog contest to start with due to the simple exchange messages.
And no one should complain about sunspots, you could work NA from SM land more or less the entire 24
hours :)

IC-735 pwr 75W out, ant W3DZZ 25n up, m-band vertical 40-10m

Thanks to Mirek SP4MPG who let me operate from his station.
It was SO2R style operation.
Thanks to all friends from the USA and Canada for QSOs

FT757GXII ant balcony GP

TS-590+HM AMP 500W, ANT:DELTA LOOP

TRX Icom IC-735 100W ant. dipole

RIG:IC746PRO
PWR:100
ANT:DELTA LOOP; GP5
SW:fil2cbr conventer

ic730 50W, ant DELTA LOOP 42m
Congrats very nice contest for my 50w

73 de CO8ZZ Raul, OH2TA Pekka, SM0DRD Gran and SM5SIC Gran.

TNX & 73's TO ALL COMPETITORS
FROM ISTANBUL

IC-7600, 7 EL 3 BAND (20,15,10) HOME MADE YAGI

73 DE TA4RC

Condtions were fair! Closed to EU record but missed some qsos Tks for
qsos See you again Oli

A bucket-list event in many ways. First trip to a Caribbean island, first time operating a pileup
from the other end, first time operating a 48-hour contest, and many more.

Ever since I was a teenage ham, I dreamed of operating in a DXpedition. Combining that dream with my
interest in contesting lead me look for a DX location to operate the ARRL DX CW contest, somewhere
close to the USA. My first choice of YS fell through which lead me to search the Internet for rental
shacks. I was very fortunate to hook up with Laurent, FM5BH, who has a Top 10 producing station in
Martinique. Laurent has a fantastic station in his home; it's not a hotel or AirBnB, but part of his
home. He doesn't rent to casual tourists, only hams! I received advice from Laurent and a number of
his other guests from the past. Thanks for all the advice!

Leading up to the contest, I operated casually, entered into two CWT mini-tests, while familiarizing
myself with the station. Every time I got on the air there were huge pile-ups. I worked mainly
simplex pileups to train for the contest. I also worked a few split-frequency pileups, especially
when working EU. 

While not operating, I enjoyed a few visits to the beach and went snorkeling  where I saw lots of
beautiful fish and sea turtles. Laurent guided me to some great local restaurants as well. The day
of the contest I headed out to see Mont Pelee, the island volcano. On the way back, in the last mile
before returning to the shack, my car was hit from behind in a roundabout. I spent two hours dealing
with the other driver and the rental car company filling out forms and replacing the car. That was
some un-needed stress, but I tried to remain calm and brush it off - I was not going to let it spoil
my weekend. I came back and tried to take a nap before the start of the contest but I was too
excited!

I won't elaborate on band conditions or specific events in the contest, but I will say that this
station is incredible. I was loud on every band and had no problem holding a run frequency.
Fortunately, the pileups weren't bad at all but I had a very good rate. The only time it got
somewhat difficult is when I was spotted, then the pileup suddenly grew! The station is fully SO2R
capable but this operator is not. Instead, I used the second radio to monitor band conditions, which
lead me to the 3 (!) Q's on 10m! It also facilitated quick band changes, as I could prepare radio 2
while operating radio 1. It was like I was given the keys to a Fereri but used to driving a Chevy! 

I operated 37.5 out of 48 hours, sleeping 2-3 hours each night and taking a number of 20-30 minute
naps when I felt it necessary. My goal was to make at least 4,000 Q's, something I've never done
before. A few more Q's and I could have had a score over 4M. 

Thank you Laurent for the use of your station and thanks everyone for all the Q's. It was the trip
of a lifetime. 

73, Tom
FM/K8BKM, aka TO8T

73

TNX!73!

TNX FOR FB CONTEST 73!

YAESU FT-840,ANT LW 160 METRS,INV VEE FOR 160,80,40 METRS

My rig FT-450 100 Watts, my antenna dipole, 73!

tnx

THANKS FOR NICE CONTEST!

TNX 73

FB TEST! TNX! 73!!!

SO2R

SUNSDR2

FT-857D

80m - dipole, 40,20m - delta, 15m - BEAM, 3 el. 73's, Good Luck!

FT1000mp  . .

IC 746, ANT-DELTA LOOP

TNX 73!

TRCVR: IC 746, PWR: 70W, ANT: GP 20, 40, 80, 160M, Dipole 160M

Icom 706mk2g and wires http://www.us7ign.com/?p=1380

uv5evp@ukr.net

ut3nf@ukr.net

SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO, KXPA100.
Antenns:
160,80,40 - dipole Up18m, fider 70m.
20,15,10 - Spider Up 10m, fider 30m.

Equipment: IC-756PRO, a home made tuner;
Antenna: a home made wire V-beam, arms 42m, up 52m, cable 75 Ohm, balun 1:9

For a long time, the ARRL Contest remains my favorite competition. This year I decided to work on
the Top band. The band condition was not the best, but I was pleased with the result. Thanks to
everyone who called me.

CLUB: UKRAINIAN CONTEST CLUB

TNX for good contest!

Rig FTDX 1200, Ant 2-el Quad, Pwr 100 w

e-mail: uy5bt@ukr.net

TNX 73!

73!

15m single band entry at the bottom of the cycle. Hmmmm. built a
wire yagi fixed on USA that worked pretty well. the view out the
window was great! KX3 and SPE1.3k amp make a nifty travel package.

my greates contest event and result I've ever made

K3, verticals.

Remote operation 500W solar powered.

What an amazingly fun contest!  I only got my license last spring, started
learning CW last summer, and began to know what I was doing last fall.  To have
made all these contacts (including New Zealand - WOW!) with only 5 Watts and a
homebrew magloop is *AMAZING*.  My 10 year-old son and I worked Jamaica
together, so I said I'd enter us in the multi-op category. :-)  Thanks so much
for a fun contest!

Not a serious effort
SD works well as usual

FT-950+AL-811H+AT2K
80m dipole, 40m delta loop on 40m 20m and 15m

Back in my home QTH after a year in an apartment while we built the house. Now the rebuilding of
VE3HG contest station begins with a new FlexRadio 6600 which BTW was out of the box and on the air
within 15 minutes with most of that time spent getting my home network up and running. Spent last
week in -5 degree C throwing up a Par End-Fed 20/40 wire and a RadioWavz 40-10 Windom. Both were at
about 25' and both work very very well considering I'm rebuilding my 50' tower with a TA-33 with
40-meter extensions and I'll be using that setup by mid summer hopefully. The Flex 6600 is an
amazing piece of gear. I've run Flex 1500 and 3000 for a long time but nothing prepared me for the
ability of the 6600 to S&P across a very active 40-meter band and listen to one signal at a time
even those which were very weak and were surrounded by kilowatts on either side and there never
being a signal I couldn't hear clearly if it was detectable above the noise. I know some of the
other top-of-the-line rigs have this capacity but this is the first time I've experienced. The
overall feel is the 6600 is very much like my 3000 but on steroids. I can understand some don't like
the new technology but I'm thrilled and will be working on the station for the next few months.

My development as a CW contester continues.  Had limited time as
I tried to fit
before one disappears from the
the SSB version from VY0!

SINGLE VERTICAL WITH LOTS OF RADIALS FOR TX MADE THIS FUN

Good condx considering recent times
Very happy to work so many countries this time
First time with updated SD LOG seemed to work better
than older versions for some reason

I had a lot of fun operating this years DX Contest with my
venerable old IC-751A tricked out with a narrow FL-53A  second
filter. 73 Gerry

fun, a lot of good ops and receiver.

Conditions really poor in VK2 except for 40m
Always nice to work so many US stations but where were
all the VE's ?

Low Band conditions were extremely good with very low noise levels.
However 15m was very poor, open mainly to the Pacific.
Radio: TS-990S. Antennas; 40m 4SQ array, 80m Dipole, 20/15m 4 el Yagi.

Used "SD" by EI5DI worked very FB

Conditions on 40M down here were good through about an 8 hour window on both nights for me.Plenty of
big signals but most satisfaction was from digging out those calling down in the noise. With an
invee and 150 watts it was great fun. After 50 years CW is still my go to mode.

LP openings on both 20 and 40 - not there outside ontest!

11 * 9 IN :13

First time I've actually submitted a log for contest activity. N1MM+ made working the contest a
smooth operation.

20Mtr was reasonable and 80 not too bad for my low to the ground (16ft) antenna but 40 mtrs was
awful. I heard a lot of Europe but they did not hear me.

My wife interupted me every 15 minutes it seems. Putting the headphones on seemed to attract her to
talk to me while wearing them. It was so annoying!

using 100W to a trap vertical and homemeade G5RV. Had a good time

Best Low Band results ever

Remote from Japan.  Used dipoles and a K3.

Thank you for sponsoring the contest.

GREAT CONDX ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALL DAY SUNDAY.  NEVER WORKED SO MANY ZL
STATIONS ON 40 IN THIS CONTEST BEFORE.

FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB

Enjoyable contest. I improved considerably on last year's showing
(same 480W and dipole). I was impressed with conditions Saturday
morning (local time) -- nice and quiet with good copy on DX sigs.
Usually JA is difficult path for me on 40M. No trouble this time
-- first call several JA's. Best of the morning was BG (China) on
first call around my sunrise. Also nice to work a couple VK's LP
~ an hour before my sunset on Sunday. Thanks all for the Q's.
73, Rich, W2EG

Conditions on 15 meters were unexpectedly good, especially to northern Europe between about 12-14Z!

We enjoyed operating the DX contest periodically between ARISS
SSTV image downloads.  Thanks to all who participated in both
events!!!

Rookie - First Licensed: March 1, 2016

Great contest, my best score ever. 73 Bill w3akd

The all-wire antenna station at  W3HKK included an IC7610-TenTec Centurion amp at 800w out, plus
SAL-30  and  305' Beverage rx antennas, plus N1MM+ software. Age of op=77 yrs.

Operating style was a concession to  the mounting years:  ie casual  S&P,  focusing on 160m ( 52'
1/4 wave INV-L), then 40 and 20m (  2 el phased vertical arrays), with a little help from 80m ( qtr
wave INV-L)  and 15m ( the 20m PA works great there too.)  

CNDX: 160m  was fair at best into EU.  80m seemed good but I always tend to minimize time there in
favor of 40/20.  40m was again my main band, closely followed by 20m.  Cndx to Asia were only
marginal this year, however.  And  prop to EU  became watery post 11pm here in Ohio. 15M was a
shadow of its former self, and 10m did not produce a single contact.

Still, being able to  move from band to band kept things interesting enough to produce  just under
22 hrs of operating time, which didnt seem too fatiguing.  
Using N1MM+'s  spots  for new calls and new multipliers facilitated things on Day 2, rather than
tuning in one direction.

For the bottom of the sunspot cycle, this was a very successful contest and  great fun.

Would be great if CQ station acknowledged with TU + Callsign
instead of dit dit. DX spots are great for locating DX outside of
contest but in contest they create poor operating practices.

tiny station almost no antenna

FT-840 100w. G5RV up 11m 
Not too bad for first "competive effort", with 100w and a wire,no filters for RX, and no automated
sending.

Got a very late start and was only able to put in 12 hours, but it was still a bunch of fun!  (W2RU,
op @ W4CB)

K3S, Acom2000A
SkookumLogger for the Mac
160:  100' tower and DXE Beverages
80:  Dipoles at 50'
40:  CC 40-2CD at 102' + dipole at 40
20/15/10:  CC A-4 at 106', A-3 at 47'

The clock says 14 hours on, but it seemed like a lot less.  First time I have used
spots in quite a while, and it helped keep my interest in it.  Got on "for a few minutes"
Saturday, and decided to stick.   Enjoyed operating the low bands.  Discovered a
new problem exists in antenna switch, so a few minutes spent fending off Murphy.
Heard more EU stations on 160m than ever before from this QTH.
And even worked a few surprises on both 160m and 80m.  Most fun I have had
operating in a long time.

K3  3Watts

Conditions on 160-15 surprisingly lively, but never heard any DX on 10.

About 20 minutes before the contest, we decided to operate this contest! I did
not even know it was on.  Eric asked me if I was operating the contest? 
 What contest I said? I did not hesitate ... we got it all configured. Started
late and got bugs out of the remote logging with N1MM connected to Remote Hams
VSP at KJ0D's QTH.
 
Using an internet link to remotely control W5FMH South Texas Remote DX Club
station had the usual problems with delay kind of made it challenging...
anticipating the correct instant to transmit, occasional dropouts but not that
bad. I have become more accustomed to operating remote than being in front of
the rig.
 
N1MM says we were operating for 17 hours but it was more like 10... we were
sporadic.

Thanks to everyone that worked us!  73,  Eric KJ0D & Pat KJ5Y

The most ham radio fun I've had in years!!

You don't need to score this as I know there are mistakes. You can just use it for checking other
logs if helpful.

W6MOB

A hex beam that can't rotate is a bummer.

I threw up an inverted vee for 80 to try working some DX.Horrible
noise and poor resonance. Only worked one of the two XEs heard.

Fun enjoyable contest.  Bad line noise to Asia.

I operated most of my hours from the great station of K8AZ, but I got on for a short time from home
to work a few stations on top band.

10 Watts And a vertical But had to make some Q's for DRIFTLESS ZONE CONTESTERS

Missed my sleep times beacause of too much activity!!

Thanks to all with good ears and patience to copy my 5 watts!
Great fun!

great to hear the clanging of CW tones from around the world!

Glad I entered all bands this year !

ICOM 7000, TEN TEC 238C, KT-34 @ 50 FEET, INVERTED L, 120
RADIALS, BUG. N1MM+.

nice opening to europe in last 2 hours of contest

What has happened to our beloved 10 meters?  I heard literally nothing on 10 and I checked several
times!  Had a lot of fun though and that's all I care about at my age (72).  hihi.

Operated remote from Tokyo, Japan

Saturday morning had some of the best 20 meter propagation that I've seen in a long time.

Thanks to AA8UL, my wife, for encouragement and bringing me chow. Thanks to K2XT and KD8IK for
encouragement and technical support.

Very rough time on 40m.  Really glad 15m opened up on Sunday.

Don't forget to check those "dead" bands! You may not make many contacts, but almost every one will
be a new multiplier.

Flex6300, Outbacker Ant, CW-Skimmer

Band conditions were better than expected!

Limited to my 4BTV vertical because of downed antennas but still had enough avtivity to make me
happy.

With a cobweb antenna 40-10M,in the attic & 50W, S&P you can work the world. Full 100W next year!

Well, that was pretty fun.  Personal best score and personal
best QSO total (by only 30 Qs).  160 was amazing both nights.
My 160M line beats my normal 80M line.  My 80M line is like
my typical 40M line.  (And my 40M line like my normal 20.)

15M was tough from here.  Much better on Saturday, but very
short openings both days.  10M...yuck.  No 6 banders, but 60
5 banders.

73,
Chad WE9V
http://www.we9v.com

I'm not very competitive but I did have fun - in fact it was a blast!  Tnx to all for the QSO's

using wire in HOA... Shoe Clerk category... Still had a great time
 with the EU Guys! thanks for your patience... 73  dick wn7s...

Not much of a CW op but had some fun and made some Q's.

All sorts of fun this year.  Choose to run at 50 watts.  Very
much a challenge with my dipole at 30'  Added a 40 m vertical
Saturday afternoon, and that really helped with the DX.  Hanging
it up and what the heck, but the JA's came roaring in on 20 m
just at the end.

Single Op, 40m High Power,single transmitter

Being one of the NX6T [remote] operators
left me little time as WQ6X.
Sunday morning after inspecting
the termination resistors on the
WQ6X Lazy 8JK sloper I spent the 11:00 - 12:30
running the FT-1000mp the antenna with disappointing results.
Switching to the CHA-350 vertical provided enough low-angle
radiation to work central & South America as well as the
South Pacific. Look for a writeup on BOTH WQ6X and WQ6X@NX6T
events in the WQ6X Contest BLOG:
http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com

QRS for us Old Timers please!

Just learning CW, did not start out to make any / many Q's... got the bug and started. But had not
logged the proper exchange for the first bit so entered as Check Log. Can't wait till next year !

Filling in a few hours after before my Birthday party

Becuase I don´t have interface I made by hand the contest and it´s not very easy. hi hi

Conditions were better than expected except 15M and 10; even though,
i managed to get the 2nd Best score ever.

FT-817ND 5W,  Dipole

My first ARRL DX CW Contest. I love to participate in QRP
contest, so I took all band for QRP participation, although in my
class I am limited to 80, 40, 15 and 10m band, and the only
possible band to work with in Indonesia right now is 40m band. At
first I thought I want to participate in single band single op,
but then I changed my mind to submit the log to all band single
op so that I can participate in QRP sub category. So I run QRP
just for fun and making as many US contacts as possible.
video can be watched on youtube channel BUSHCRAFT HAM RADIO

TRX - SunSDR, Pwr - 5 Wt, Ant Inv.V (10m up)
Tnx & 73!

ICOM IC-730, PWR 100W, ANTENNA DIPOLE

73 & thanks for fun !

RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4 & LW 41m

The ARRL CW DX contest is not easy for the European radio amateurs, but here all the contesters have
to do the best. THE propagation in 160m was not very bad. I didn't work with a relative new FT950
transceiver. I really like. There was no antenna - anymore and I used for RX/TX the inverter L
antenna only. That's why not many US States managed to win. Congratulations to the organizers. 73
YO5AJR Miki.

FT-950 + PA 500 W
Ant. A3S

Rig : K3 @ 99 watts

         Antennas : 160 - Inverted L 35' up / 90' horizontal, 80/40 - inverted vees @ 45', 20 - 6 el
@ 50', 15 - TH3 @ 50'

          Soapbox : Good to see PVRC out in force for this one.

	Thanks to YS1MAE, YS1MS and Club de Radioaficianados de El Salvador (CRAS) for making this happen.

	These folks are some of the nicest I have ever met in my ham travels. El Salvador is a beautiful
country, yet off 
	the beaten path for most tourists. It is politically stable now, unlike the situation in
neighboring Nicaragua. 
	I'll probably never return there unless things drastically change. 

	Mucho fun in the sun playing radio. SO1R operation 
	running wide open, so I missed a few mults that should have been pretty easy. 
	Despite my contributions to a local shaman, 10 meters never opened at all. Everything worked
perfectly except for the operator. 
	I had planned to sleep 3 hours per night, but overslept by 3 hours on Sunday. My station is very
simple. 
	All my equipment fits in one suitcase (with wire antennas and clothes for a month) and a carry on
Pelican case for the K3. 
	The antennas were provided by YS1YS. Thanks for all the Qs. I leave here for Belize in a few days.


	See you as V31NC in ARRL DX SSB from the beach at Placencia!

I was operating from the village. No noise, no QRM but no power on my side....Thanks to all. 
73,Acim

nice contest excelent propagation both days on 20 15 and 40 mts
many thanks to the persistent ops that made it through some huge pileups.
that some ops are skilled enough to call a little up or down from my
frequency (just not pile up skilled operator) so I could hear them
hope see again on a ssb part 73 YW6CQ OP  YV6BXN mel

Condx seemed quite good from here with lots of activity (hearing much of th
Condx seemed quite go

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ENJOYED THE CONTEST AND COMPLETED MY WAS!

LF condx good, MF OK and HF poor.  Still, I enjoyed making 650 QSOs and picked up a new state on 80m
towards WAS, so it was worth it!
My friends ZM1A, ZM4T and I had a little competition this weekend.  Jacky and Holger beat me by a
big margin but we'll be interested to comparee RBN data to see how
our stations compared, beaming the same way with similar power.  I was mostly S&P though, not CQing
as much, so I expect they'll also win the "Number of spots" challenge too!
Stn is a K3 with Alpha kW amp, loop on 80 + 40, 2 ele tribander and 5 ele mono on 15m.

All but one QSO with 100W. 15m was marginal, 20m was great on Sunday evening.
Amazed by OPs who heard my low power, low dipole signal on 80m.

Well this was a contest to remember! First off I had just been diagnosed
with cancer the week before and was scheduled to start chemo and radiation
treatment on the Wednesday before the test when the radiation machine
broke down and gave me the weekend as a respite! I then connected my
computer to the rig and just could not get the keying function to operate.
I was about to call it a day and give up on the test when I remembered
that I did still have a straight key available and decided to use it for the
test using the N1MM logger only as a logging aid. So ended up making a few
less contacts but still had a lot of fun.  The lack of sunspots sure made it
hard on the high bands with nothing at all on 10m and only a few 15m contacts.
Made up for it on 40 and 80 though.  Used an inverted L on 80m, a pair of
phased MOXON antennas on 40m, a 4 el yagi on 20m, a 3 el yagi on 15m and a
5 el yagi on 10m (not that it helped!). Rig was an ICOM736 with 100 watts
barefoot. Thanks for all the fun and hope to make it to next year's test!