Contest done on a part-time basis only, with focus on 10m. No computers used for logging or sending;
using manual paddle and paper log only.

Thanks all, only some EU and RU station called me, can't
understand why, only big QRM and close all RX for me.
TS-590s and 2 el. Quad antennas.

Checklog onlyo\Clublog\5P5Q_ARRL_DX.cabrillo.txt

Power 5W  RIG: K3  ANT: 10m:7ele 15m:4ele 20m:3ele 40m 2ele 80m:DP 160m:DP
Thanks for many QSO. I  enjyoued many QSO.
10m was very good condx. 160m had NO QSO.   QTH Kasumigaura-city Ibaraki-p

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

I enjoyed the contest.

I was enjoyed it with the contest.

I enjoied this contest. TNX !
TS-570SG, 60W, 12mH Mobile Whip

RIG: FT-450DM
ANT: Dipole

RIG: FT-857DM
ANT: Dipole

OP 9A2VR

Enjoyed the contest!  Thanks for sponsoring it!

First contest in about 8 years.  Now from Idaho vice Whidbey Island and in HOA, so just a 50ft wire
hanging out of my attic vent and running 20W.  I was surprised to get anyone at all.  Thanks to the
DX who worked copying my weak sigs.

Thanks for good ears and antennas (and sometimes, patience!)
copying my 5-watt QRP CW sig from New Jersey, East Coast USA!!
This was a very good year!  Most exotic QSO was YJ0A, Vanuatu!  I
felt very lucky there was no pileup at the time; patience was
required, and much appreciated!  Also enjoyed working New Zealand
and Japan, as well as KH6 and KL7.  Teaching music classes and
playing a jazz gig Saturday night kept me from participating as
much as I might have otherwise, but I'm still very happy with 366
Qs and 197 mults on QRP.  Made a big difference to use 5 bands
80-10, instead of just 40/20 last year ... added some new antenna
elements since then!  Rig: Hermes Lite 2 with Quisk software
transceiver running on Raspberry Pi as rig-in-a-box at base of
homebrew 5-band 1/4 wave fan vertical, with 32 radials.  Physics
and nature area amazing!!  Thanks for a great classic contest!!

Bands seem to be in good shape especially 10m where I had a good
run to Europe.  Could not make run on Sunday afternnon on 10m or
15m, so mainly chased DX to push me above 1000 QSOs.  160m and
80m were fairly good.  Thanks for all of the DX stations to make
this year's 2023 contest a great contest.

First time on the air in three years, since the 2019 contest in fact. It was fun working the bugs
out of the station and contacting good folks still practicing the hobby. '73'

UNASSISTED
SINGLE OPERATOR

I did not have much of a goal for this contest. I
wanted to do it from my home station, which I did,
but I knew going into it that I would not do very
well given my antenna situation. Such is the
apartment life.
.
I did not take the contest super seriously, and
operated off and on during the weekend. I was S&P
the whole time. If anything, my goal became to
just collect DXCC entities for LoTW.
.
Rig: Icom 7300
Antenna 1: MFJ 1782 Mag Loop on back balcony
Antenna 2: Ultimax-100 End Fed hung vertically
from front balcony (facing ESE)
Antenna 3: Ultimax-100 End Fed hung vertically
from back balcony (facing W but blocked
by a building, so radiates mostly
N/S).

Operated as a Little Pistol from the home station with a barefoot IC-7300 and simple wire antennas. 
Dipoles  at 45 feet on 80 and 40, quarter wave wire vertical ground plane at 20 feet with 4 sloping
counterpoise wires on 20. On 15 meters used the 40 meter dipole as a 3/2 wave Novice Special.  On 10
meters used the 80 meter dipole set up for resonance high in the band as a K8SYL (QST July 2002) 7
/2 wave coax fed doublet.  The K8SYL worked extremely well on 10, the pattern has some gain in all
the right directions! Conditions to Asia and the Pacific were extremely good.  At times 10 meters
was wide open to everywhere at once!

CHECK LOG ONLY

Good propagation to NA in recent years!

ARRL DX CW 2023

Great propagation. This was a fun  few hours entry using my remote station

We lost more than 6 hours by Blackout and finally was necessary
to work very fast in order to recover time, but was enjoyable.
TNX and Vy 73 to all.

SunSDR2DX
Antenns: Vertical

Lot of fun despite not so good conditions on 10 meters.
Thanks to D4C guys and their amazing station.

100W, balcony-vertical

Just having some hours of fun by good conditions

FT-817 WITH 5 WATTS + VERTICAL INDOOR ANTENNA

Only a few QSO's. But good conditions.
73 DF5BM Uwe

10m, 15m and 20m of course great. But for me the 40m band was the ultimate superstar. The condx were
insanely good. From Europe/DL with 100W on a dipole hanging just a few meters above the ground to
the entire North American continent. And this on two consecutive days. In 43 years of amateur radio
I had never experienced anything like this.

FT 817 - Dipole - Junker-straight-key

excelent conds mni pleasure :)

IC-7610 + Hexbeam + ZS6BKW

only 12h of operating time but great activity and great fun!

SINGLE-OP 160M HIGH CW DJ3TF
Took part on topband only during both my sunrises. Used the QTH and equipment of DL0AO. Mostly weak
Topband-signals from NA here into Middle-Europe. Sorry, no one from the 6-/7-/0-call-aerea.

I worked only with a smal wire Antenna on my Balcon

Elecraft K4D, KPA500, Kelemen dipole, OBI-9/5 Beam, 500W max

28 MHz  did a GREAT job on both days - 18th and 19th!!  this really pushed my 10m scoring.
TNX to the arising cycle 25  !

Fantastic conditions on 10 m; tnx to all OPs for this great
operating fun; 73, Hans, DK3YD

good fun as usual, single band 40m, 100w, ZS6BKW up10m

IC-703, K3/10, 5 watt
spiderbeam + 40 m add-on, lambda/4 verticals for 40 m and 80 m
Thanks the organizers for the contest. This year no real show stopper
by another heavy hurricane as last year. Nevertheless, it was stormy just
the day setting up the antennas. Eventually, they went up but I dared to
install the 160 m vertical. Anyway, 80 m was noisy and I guess so would
be 160 m.
That was somewhat different from last years, main activity was on 15 m
and 10 m whereas 20 m was lacking at least for me on activity and signal
strength. It was amazing that the west-coast stns were often pretty much
stronger than the east-coast ones. So far in the past, as a qrp stn, I was
delighted to get any west-coast stn in the log, now there are plenty. First
time for me to encounter such a propagation. Only 20 m and partly 80 m are
really down from previous years. With that propagation the score should
have been higher. Have to work on a better strategy for the next time.
Anyway, an enjoyable endeavour which will certainly be remembered.

Thanks for the great activity !

IC-705 5 Watts, YP-3

Wow.. that was awesome. I choose 10m/SBLP because of high SFI and was
amazed how much activity and how many really big signals from
stateside were present. Managed to work 51/63 multipliers in approx.
4h30min on the air with 100 Watts and a 3-element Yagi. 10m will be my
favourite band during cycle 25 when it comes to DXing. vy73/55 and
thanks to all who made it into my log, Tom

21 MHz and 28 MHz excellent conditions for QRP station (5 watts)

tnx fb contest wid ufb 10m condx

tnx fer nice contest - see you next year

Propagation on 10m was a hamfest!

Tx: KN990 with 12Watts, Ant:65m Loop

Endfed wire antenna, straight key.

5 watt into Outbacker on balcony

stumbled in, found great condx, stayed a while to spend some points.
tnx for the vy good ears of all the excellent CW-OPs in NA.

Antenns:

Rig: Kenwood TS-890; Pwr. 80 W
Ant. MP1 on balconay abt. 28 m over gnd.

Yaesu FTdx3000 - Icom IC-2KL - SteppIR - Loop

IC7610, ant:W3EDP@15mtrs

vy73 ans cuagn in the nest Year 2024 de Micha, DL5DRM

Tnx for organizing the contest. First, my plan was to work unassisted but when 
I was close to work all 48 states I switched to assisted. 

Finally I failed !  Missed only the  2 Dakotas. Where are those? 

vy 73 dl5mae Wolfgang

Thank-you for organizing the contest.

Vertical R5 Cushcraft IC7300 PWR 80W

rig ic706, 50 watts out, homemade dipole 2x10 m, up 8 m,
straight key
fine contest, lots of states on air

Bavarian Contest Club

Wire Antennas only.
Strangely it sometimes appeared as a European Contest..CQ calling
from EU on dead bands ..  straaange

many thanks to all for the Qs. Had some great fun on 10m.

Rig: ICOM IC-705, Tuner mAT-705 DIY antennas, as there is no
space for large antennas here.
direction north (W/VE): LW (length only 4 m)
south (balcon): dipole (length ~7 m)

KX3; 4Elm;AV640;Dipole; 25m up

Thanks for the nice contacts!

First partizipation and still new to CW. Was big fun, 10m and 15m were great.

Awesome condx, even with only 50 watts some west coast stations were workable. This year was my
first participation in the contest. See you next year - with more power, hi.

Station Location - near Currimao, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

DELTA LOOP 100W

FT-817 and multiband dipole

PERFECT PROP  AND EASY ,TNX TO ALL

FLEXRADIO 5000
dipolo DX-B Alpha Delta o hy gain avq 14+expert
1k
jmmaot@eresmas.com

KENWOOD TS 590SG
MOSLEY TA33-warc

Icom 7300
eaxBeam
Dipole Bazoka Cuco 40-80

Rig IC-705 5 watts into dipole.  Great thrill to be heard in 160m from
this QRP setup!

Station:  TX/RX Yaesu FT-897D (abt. 100 W output).
Ant. G5RV Jr. at 5 meter over a 8-story building.
Logging/Keying Software NA v10.69 + home-made Accu-Keyer.

FB CONTEST AS ALWAYS TNX QSOS AND COMPETITION 73 DE ED1R TEAM

2 short fun runs, and some visiting friends on other bands. Great
fun, beaming away from the EU wall of sound for a change! :) POut
was 200, KW stuck from other test and kept it for consistence.

Hi, many thanks for QSOs. A lot of fun. Very good propagation.
Rig: TS-590sg. Antennas: Portable Spiderbeam at 10m high.
Verticals for 80 and 40m. It is a field day style portable
operation. 73s. Doug, ED3Z (EA3ICJ).

Yaesu FT 897
Eco 3 elem.
Dipole 40 - 80 m

I apologize, I don't understand English very well.
and maybe i was wrong about something


pido disculpas, no entieno muy bien el ingles.
y posiblemente me haya equivocado en algo

10m was amazing.  Our new OB17-4 worked great.
Had to revert to 80m dipole, as our 4sq developed a fault after 1hr.
160m vertical was out of commission too, hopefully ready for next weekend.
Thanks all for the Qs

Great conditions on 10 metres !

Business-trip to Balti, Moldova.
Only ICOM IC-705, 10 W,
JPC-12 Ant.

TS430S PWR 100W ANT GP

TNX

5 watts QRP

FT 757GX , 100W , random wire / camping La Faloise ,Oise , France.

Top band wasn’t too bad this time… Out of my city lot in Versailles with  2 multi-band home-made
sloping delta-loops tailored merely for 80M to 10 M, reaching out to East Coast barefoot was as
always kind of exciting!

Back to HF after 2 years. Nice to work so many new states with my multiband vertical (R8) raised at
only 2 meters agl. My CW skills are still low but really appreciate more than digital QSO.
Vy 73 de Franck, F4CIB

I missed most of the contest because of a vacation trip. Note to self:
Must coordinate holidays with contest calendar!

I moved to France a few months ago, and this is the first chance I have had to put the new callsign
on the air. My main challenge was finding all the boxes with the radio gear and putting together an
antenna this morning. Ynx everyone for contacts. I'm sure the antenna situation will improve as the
year goes along. 73 - Jack

Nice contest with pretty good cndx on 10m !

FTDX 3000 - DIPOLES

Amazing to fill West Coast with my GP and no take off to the US

Just for fun. Tried to make 1 QSO = 1 mult !! 73

For the fun....

LOG F8AAN

ANT= R7 VERTICAL 10 TO 40 500 W ...JUST TO SEE THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS
ANTENNA R7

Nice 10 m conditions

I really enjoyed this contest.  See you next year! 73 to all!
John

Apologies to US contestants as I unfortunatley had the KW setting in the logging software - it
should have been 100

Flex 6600
Antenns: Dipoles & Yagi

WOW What superb condx's great for Qrp operating, missed a
few mults, but very much enjoyed the contest and saying
hi to friends. loads of very big signals even EU off
the back of the beam hi. looking forward to seeing
the results & the big scores. 73 de Derrick G3LHJ

It was good to see the bands open and plenty of activity, thanks
to all. 73's

Part time operation only

Amazing conditions on 15m & 10m (particularly the latter) but 20m pretty poor.

Exceptionally good conditions on 10m.

HAD A GREAT TIME WORKING NEW FRIENDS
THANKS TO ALL STATION WHO I WORKED FOR THE QSOS AND THE POINTS.

Nice condx.

What superb propagation on 40 15 and 10m.
My wires and verticles rarely get the US West Coast but this contest they were strong.
I manually counted the multipliers.

Simple 2-el quad on elevated site, some good runs on Saturday
but Sunday was slow

Great to hear so many W/Ve stations on 10m . Just missing ND and ID for a clean sweep of all US
states. Great contest great condx.

Great contest and thanks to everyone for hearing my weak signals!

Flex 6400
Antenna: Hexbeam

K3, SSPA 180W o/p 22m long doublet @ 10M for 80/40m, TB31Jr Dipole @ 12M for 20/15/10M
Just giving points away. 
Excellent conditions - all states except ND & SD worked on 10M with a dipole!

Great to hear ten meters so busy again.

It's good to be back!

good conditions...great fun!

Jusat played around S & P trying to wolrk all stgates on 10m not a SERIOUS EFFORT

Great condx - disappointed to not have more time. 73 Chris

Flex 6400. 100W into Inv V dipole. Great 10m condx.

So I hadn't really planned to operate at all in this, but I was in the process of experimenting with
remote operating my Yaesu FT991.
Not real remoting you understand (not like some of you chaps), but operating from the comfort of the
living room instead of outside in the shack!
Also I had to work this weekend so that rather spoilt things but I did manage 6.5hrs total.
Had a few problems hearing things at times and there also seemed to be a little lag at times, which
sent my poor little brain into a spin!
But conditions seemed so good it reminded me of when I was first licensed on 10m.

Rig = FT991 @ 5 watts
Antenna = Cushcraft A3S @ 25ft
Operation 95% S&P

And it was only at work at 3am Monday morning I realised I never even wound the tower up!

RIG: Kenwood TS-2000 80watts + MFJ 941E VERSA TUNER

28 MHz was excellent!

ICOM 756pro 100w
HF4V GP, dipoles

IC-746, wire dipol

IC-7000, vertical

More QSOs and multipliers than last year.
Using only wire antennas.

Elecraft K3  100 Watts
Force 12 C-4s ( 2 elements on 14/21/28 MHz shortened Dipole on 7 MHz )
Kelemen Dipole for 3.5 and 1.8 MHz

RIG: IC-7851,  OM2000A+   ANT: HEX-Beam HX-5Bi and 2x34m inverted V
center fed dipole for 40-160m using SAMS antenna matching system

This was my first ARRL DX contest. It was great. For next
contest, I will try to upgrade my antenna.

73 de Claudio

Rig ELAD FDM DUO 5W Ant Calculated tap 40m long 10m high

Great conditions but my setup, of verticals and wires, did not
allow to take advantage of them. Great fun anyway!

Italian Contest Club

just to test remote setup ;-)

rtx...590s...100w
ant...mag.loop/vert

A beautiful Test, I had so much fun, thank you all de Stefano II3O - IV3IPS.

80/40 - half wave dipole homemade
20/15 - vertical Hygain AV620
10 - 1 el. Deltaloop

ottimo contest alla prossima

This was my first CW contest.
I hope I haven't made too many mistakes because my ear is pretty rusty
and I'm certainly no wizard at using the straight key!
My 100 watts and my antennas (only monoband dipoles) are certainly not
ideal to be able to compete in a contest like the ARRL CW.
The propagation, fantastic (Saturday with SFI at 343 and SN 99 and Sunday
with SFI 167 and SN 109), certainly helped me.
However, I had a lot of fun in the few hours I was able to dedicate to
the contest due to the usual Sunday family commitments which naturally
take precedence.
We'll see if next year I can have better equipment.
Congratulations for the contest.
'73 de IK1HZZ - Giorgio

Particularly good condx on 10 meters, nice contest to catch some states missing. Thanks to ARRL and
all fellows on the bands. I enjoyed!
73 de IK1YRA CW Carlos Wenzel

When I started in 1955 as i1ycz I had no 10 metres. So I enjoyed the
opening. 73 Gio 1k2ait

ik2wxq ALEX  S.OP 10M LOW POWER

I'm sorry: very little time to spend in radio.

Yaesu FT-897 EFHWA
All the best and thank you all!

Nice contest as usual. Good openings on 10mt and 40mt. Great team working together.

It was the first contest with my new contest callsign - IR0A. Unfortunately I lost my antenna for
80m and 160m a few days ago. Because I didn't have time to go to Sardinia to repair the antennas, I
was working remote from Prague. So I participated the contest only on 40m&up. Total ON time was only
24 hours, but the result is in my opinion perfect, for the fact that I went only with 25 years old
Cushcraft R5 vertical and deltaloop on 40m and about 500W. Thanks to all for the QSOs and a lot of
fun in ARRL CW contest! CUL in any other contests from Sardinia.

Another great contest weekend!
Excellent propagtion on 10-15m with consistent
and strong signals from west coast.
Not very good conditions on 160m whith noisy and
generally weak signals.
20M was open here for 2hrs after the contest started
allowing good runs together with 40m.
My best ever in ARRL DX, and new claimed country high.
Thanks everyone for QSOs, and to ARRL organizing this
event!
73's Luca

K2SSS ARROGANT RUDE WITHOUT RADIANTISTIC... IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT REPRESENT THE BOSNIAN PEOPLE AT
ITS BEST

@Home: Yaesu FTdx5000MP + balcony telescopic stylus at 11th
floor. 73 Giu, one of IB9T

best contest in cw tnx

Thank you!

FT 817  5W  G5RV

ITALIAN CONTEST CLUB

TX: AEG Telefunken; RX: Softrock Ensemble. Ant T2FD. Grea Contest, lot
of fun. Many thanks to Propagation!

CE fer Peace

CNDX was FB. I lost 98QSO data BCSE of ope-mistake. VY SRI

I enjoyed the contest.

50W and 5mH IV/Moxon antenna operation .

I enjoyed the contest.

Part-time effrots. Nice openings on 10mb.

I enjoyed the contest

I enjoyed the contest.

Conditions were great. I could
enjoy this contest with small
antennas and low power.

Thank you for QSO.
See you next contest 73!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: 1/4 wave vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

SOSV

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Condx was not good but I have enjoyed the contest.

Enjoyed in Hi-band

Good Condition. Enjoy Contest.

We were only two operators, but we enjoyed the ARRL DX competition
in the multi-operator category for a short time.
Thank you.

I enjoyed the contest.

Tnx FB Contest !!

I enjoyed the contest.

ICOM IC7300 100W
Inv VEE, Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

SOSV

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Good propagation.

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
100Watts

I enjoyed the contest. Appreciate all staffs and partner STN very much.
Next time I will try by way to improve performance of my ANT and SKIL.TU!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I operated with an IC-7300M into a 2el Phased Array at seaside.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Fun to have QSOs. Thanks.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest on 10m.

I enjoyed the contest.

Nice to work almost all states from W1,2,3 but RI,VT,DC on 20-15-10m.
Never happened before in years!
And as always just used inv.v for all bands with 50watts.
Mni tnx to the sun that makes condx come alive!
73's Akira, JA8RWU

I enjoyed the contest.
See you next year 2024.Yoshi JA9CWJ

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.
I QSOed 29 stasions in 2020.
I QSOed 19 stasions in 2021.
I QSOed 29 stasions in 2022.
I QSOed 27 stasions in 2023.
It is very difficult to QSO with U.S.A. stations using low
power RIG.
I think it is very good a new low power categoly in sigle band
category!!
When the sunrise time at the westcoast in the U.S.A. , I could
heare the very week singal of U.S.A stations 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.

GOOD DX

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: ICOM IC-7300 50W
ANT: Mobile Whip
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Thank you.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Due to the good propagation of the 10m band, I was able to make a QSO with a station on the east
coast. It was exciting.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations.

I enjoyed the contest.

FTDX5000(200W) & VD(10mh)
I enjoyed the contest.
I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

V-DP,22mh100w

FT817 long wire with ATU
I like CW. I do love QRP http://kurobe3463.blogspot.com/

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
RIG:TORIO TS-890S
ANT:Dipole Antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Vy Happy.

I enjoyed the contest.

I really enjoyed this contest.
Thanks,

Rig:FT-991A Output:100W
Ant:Vertical(6.5m Length) + ATU(CG-3000) 6m Hight

I enjoyed the contest.

Not full time operation, but I enjoyed the contest very much.
Thanks for all QSOs.

Thanks for joining contest
TX IC-7610 1000W
ANT:4ELE,

Many thanks to all stations!

Great east coast run on 10 and 15m after a decade.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I had enjoied so much.TNX

I enjoyed the contest.
IC-705 + wire & GP ANT
10w qso is cool.

I enjoyed the contest. The high-band condition was so good.

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.

RF out 100W

I enjoyed the contest.

Rig: TS-890S(50w Remodeling)
OATH: I swer PWR down QRP 5W.
ANT: 19.8mH V-DP(CD-330V)

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

RIG: YAESU FTDX-3000D
ANT: Dipole
Operator's License: Japanese 1st class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Difficult 160m at 100W so 160m's QSO data submission at Check log.

I enjoyed this contest using a wire delta loop with ATU.

TNX FB QSO es HPE Cu AGN

FT-817ND  DP Yagi

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: Kenwood TS-890S 100W
ANT: Zepp 10/15/20m
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class
Condx ford US was really goog! Thanks for a nice contest!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
200 W

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 send this for checking log

I enjoyed the contest.

Using whip antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Good propagation condition on 15m!

tnx

RIG: YAESU FTDX101MP
ANT: Shortened Dipole
Operator's License: 1st Class

This is my first time submitting my log to ARRL contest. Hope
everything is OK.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: YAESU FT857DM
ANT: Inv Dipole
Operator's License: Japanese 1st class
This is my first ARRL 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.

TNX  Everybody !

I enjoyed the contest.

Tnx cu next test

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

I enjoyed contest QSO with W and VE stations.
Thank you.

200W claimed
age as of 75
I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Great experience.

I really enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed participating in the contest for the first time.

I enjoyed the contest.
I participated with my own vertical antenna from the bank of the Tama River.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET WAS(CW). A LITTLE MORE.

Very tough for me, 100w & LW,
but enjoyed my contest.

Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.

The condition of the high band was good, so I was able to fully enjoy it.

I used less than 5W.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Many thanks to all who were patient with me pulling QRP calls.
Every QSO is appreciated. (^_^)
Operating QRP & homebrew antenna was great fun,
but sometimes (often) frustrating...
10m band was exciting. TNX QSO CUAGN 73

The condition was good. So 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 got band new WAS! TU

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest. 73

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Tnx contact

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300M (50 Watts)
Loaded DP
..

Thank you! Enjoyed very much.

I enjoyed the contest.

During this contest, it was awesome condition on 15m. I thought, I may be complete WAS award in one
contest, hi.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest because
I made  QSO with many east
coast stations.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Enjoy the contest

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Portable: Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Pref.

RIG: YAESU FTDX5000MP+VL-1000
ANT: DP,YAGI

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Sorry. I sent zone numbers for the first 5 hours of the start.

Good condition
IC-7600 KPA500

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
very nice condition!

I enjoyed the contest.

Highband condition is
VY GOOD !!!

IC-7300 1/2WL GP Antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

It's been a long time since DX contest.
Very enjoy.

Tnx cu next test

Just operated casually.  Had some great openings on 10m.

This was a outstanding contest. Best conditions for me in many, many years. Still lots of work to do
antenna, coax and station wise but moving forward. My thanks to N1IC Steve and Brad W0CO for getting
me up and running on with N1MM. It did a great job. Still lots to learn. PTL and God Blessings to
all the great ops. bb uk

Checklog

Until the last few QSOs upon QSYing to 20m., most QSOs were with the
IC7300 barefoot (a couple of QSOs with an old FT757GXII barefoot). The
four 20m. QSOs were with the T-730 kW. amplifier tailing the IC7300.

Almost all QSOs were keyed with a Bencher Iambic paddle and a
homebrewed 8043 Electronic Keyer. In response to one very slow Morse
signal (Brazil) a Vibroplex presentation (gold) bug was used...and
another Vibroplex Japanned-base bug.

NO automatic Morse keying or Morse reading devices were used - in fact, never have been used (yet)
in 60+ ham career. (On one
problematic QSO the little KX1 Xcvr was turned on in attempts to
decipher the guy's call sign but the KX1 couldn't read the Morse atop
the QRM.)

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

Just me.  No Internet.  I partied like it's 1964.

My new QTH Easton, Maine FN66BP
YCCC

Great band conditions on 10M!

Two stations we encountered were sending serial numbers
initially. IU0HMB originally sent serial numbers. I heard him
send 117, 118, and then 119 to us on our first contact with him
on Friday night on 40m. I tried to tell him he should send power
but I'm not sure he understood because he sent 120 to the next
station.  When we worked him later on 10m and 20m he was sending
100 so he figured it out at some point. As soon as I heard him
send 100 On Saturday, I went back and changed the 40m QSO to 100
but depending on what he does with his log, it could still be 119
(). DJ4DY initially called me while I was running on 40m
Saturday evening and sent 126 so it was clear he was using serial
numbers too.  I asked: PWR WATTS WATTS  He then replied 700.
Not sure what he'll put in his log.  I've used 700 since he did
send it to me and that's the correct exchange info. KE2D

Strictly S&P, and I had a thoroughly great time. The bands were in stellar shape. 80 meters was
magical on Saturday night and 40 was almost as good.  My G5RV thought it was a 2 element Yagi.

5w to 53' sloper, apex @ 30'. Great conditions. my best dx contest venture as a qrp station in
several yeats (given my time constraints). Hopefully we will have conditions like this for awhile
now!

Wasn't sure I'd be into it.. but then I got totally into it!

Propagation reminded me of the late '50s  WOW

Forty watts max into a Magnetic loop antenna on my apartment third floor balcony.
Thankfully there are a lot of contest stations out there to do the heavy lifting.

03/2021

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. As the
only CW op, I (N3UM) did SOHP U in the 2023 ARRL CW DX test.
I hoped to beat my best ARRL CW score at K3CCR, 965 K in 2018.
I did that; 0.984 X the Qs, but 1.32 X the mults for 1.3 X the
score. Low Kp and high SFI helped. At 0Z start 20 M was thin. I
ran for 26 Qs, 58/hr. Rate died, so I clicked spots for 46 more
Qs at 55/hr. Better on 40 M; 192 Qs 0130-0439Z, 61/hr, most EUs,
just 45 running. I clicked for 55 Qs on 80 M 0443 to 0530Z QRT.
Back at 1307Z I clicked 8 mults in 6 min. on 20 M. Then on 15 M
1318-1504Z I clicked for 120 Qs at 68/hr, nearly all EUs. I got
84 10-M EU Qs at 67/hr by 1642 and quit to eat. Back at 1919Z I
got 25 10-M Qs by 1945Z. Then on 20 M I got 108 Qs 1951-2127Z,
55 of them running at 84/hr. I got 20 10-M Qs by 22Z and quit to
eat. From 0036-0133Z I ran for 61 Qs, 63/hr, and clicked for 28
more at 56/hr by 0208Z. Then 46 Qs at 56/hr on 80 M, 20 Qs on
160 M, and a last 5 Qs on 80 M by 0409Z QRT. Back on 20 M at
1301Z I clicked for 4 mults in 4 min. Then on 15 M 1310-1508Z I
clicked spots for 82 Qs and ran 1512-1558Z for 71 EU Qs at 93/hr!
On 10 M I clicked for 21 Qs in 23 min. and quit to eat at
1630Z. Back on 10 M at 1854Z I got GU & TF mults. Then on 20 M
1902-2146Z I clicked EUs for 133 Qs at a steady 49/hr till the
bandmap was clear and I had 1157 total Qs. I wanted 1200 Qs, AND
QRT by 23Z to avoid a late supper. Since 15 M was open to SA, I
beamed S to get 43 PYs & LUs. Only ~12 were spotted. BUT, there
were 30+ JA spots! I got 31 JA Qs 2207-2244Z, + 15 SA and 2 NA
Qs, for 1204 total at 2255Z QRT. Rare mults; 9N, OX, V8, & ZD7.

Licensed 66 years and still contesting

remote at RHR W2/Quaker site

"Ten meters is BACK!"

Only two hours to play. Only S&P. Springtime garden awaits.

Fun contest. Got to try out my new 160M antenna and amplifier.
Dabbled a bit on 80M but log submission reflects only 160M
operating time. Propagation to EU was better for me on Friday
late into Saturday morning.  Saturday evening had lack of static
crashes from storms. 73 es 88  Karin

Great conditions except on 20.  Loved the openings on 10 meters.

First time seriously doing a CW Contest with available free time.  What a blast!  Great way to pick
up the speed.  Had to listen close to some of the 30+ senders.  Yet, they  slowed down! 

Great time
Burt K4SRQ

The contest is still just as much fun as ever.
Over the years things have really changed - some better,
some not so good. Spotting has really hurt the low power stations.
In the old days searching the bands (S&P) was the way for a Low power
station to beat the pile-ups by getting in early to the rare DX.
Now you get one or two calls before the spot crowd jumps on the DX and
Low power is a distinct handicap. On the other hand, there are so
many more DX stations on the air now, it opens up the field and
there is enough DX for everyone.  The only stations I couldn't get
were stations who couldn't hear me - V85RH, 9N7AA, YB, 9V1YC.

I wish ARRL DX CW contest was everyday !  sat on 10 meters most of the day and worked everyone I
heard. 73

10 METERS LIVES!!! GREAT CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM NTX.
PROBABLY MISSED QUITE A FEW QSO AND A COUPLE MULTS.
WENT FOR LUNCH SUNDAY FROM 1600 TO 2000Z
VERY ENJOYABLE NONE THE LESS.
THANKS TO ALL FOR THE QSOs 
ICOM 7610
AMERITRON AL82
MOSLEY PRO57 @ 70 FEET.
73,
BG

This was my first contest after a six year absence from ham radio. It was great fun. I worked only
20, 15 and 10 off and on and very casually. Between the good band conditions and all the great ops
out there, my 100 watts to a ground munted trap vertical managed to be heard a few times.

160 m. inverted L was my only antenna.  Could run 1.5kW on 160
m., 1kW on 15 m., but only 100W on 10, 20, 40 & 80 m.  Line noise
was a limiting factor on 160 m., but I did work 5 JAs and a few
EU.  Time operating was 20 hours, 52 minutes (1628 minutes).

The following stations worked a K5VG Clean Sweep Less 160m:
==8P5A CR3DX E7DX KP4AA PJ2T SP8R TI7W V3T==
(I didn't operate 160m this time.)

Great turnout, especially on 10 meters.

Conditions could not have been better.  High bands were
open well into darkness and the low bands were
also very good.  With activity so spread out, it was
easier to find a run frequency.  Amazing rates from Europe!

Wow! Great Conitions!

Did S&P except for the last 15 minutes when I called CQ. Did 10 meters single band and it was
interesting. Saturday EU was coming through great. Sunday was slow until the last couple of hours
when JA's were coming in like gang busters.

Ten was fun. Wow.

Really wonderful conditions for this point in the new cycle, as many have expressed.  I regret
starting the contest 3 hours late due to Friday discovery of a bad section of hardline on the tower,
feeding one of my primary 20m antennas.  By the time I dragged up a new hardline, built/sealed the
splices and climbed down after sunset, the contest was well underway-- but I had a great time
anyway!

Best conditions I've heard in 9 years or so. 10 meters on Saturday morning was
filled with signals, I found a clear spot in the "boonies" above 28150. Called
CQ once and I had an instant pileup larger then any I've had before. Many Eu
callers, all about the same strength, on the exact same frequency. Most were
running 100 watts or less, still very strong. I strained to pull out partial
calls, and asked for fills. Interesting how many stations ignore the "xx" and
call anyway.

Sunday morning was also great on 10, which stayed open to Europe most of the
morning. 15 and 20 were good too, and 40 for that matter. I even managed to
hear and work a few Eu on 80, and one on 160. JA was strong on all bands.
One mark of great conditions are the 6 band QSOs, which I had with P40N, KH6LC,
KP4AA, KL7RA, T48K, PJ2T, and JA3YBK - lots of 5 band QSOs too.

Thanks to everyone for the QSOs, especially the folks in Japan (562 QSOs) and
Germany (99 QSOs).   73, Dana
-----
Station: Elecraft K4, KPA1500, running about 1200 Watts most of the time
Antennas: 160m inverted L over 70 radials, 80m top loaded vertical over
those same radials, 40 meter vertical, 20 meter 4 element yagi at 55',
5 element 15 meter yagi at 45', 5 element 10 meter yagi at 48', A3
tribander at 40' for quick direction changees.

Ten is your friend. History repeats itself. The good old days are back
(it's about time). I was not planning to operate in the contest, but
Saturday morning changed my mind. Ten meters was Rockin' and Rollin'.
I decided to not cq, but just chase multipliers on ten meters running
low power to a dipole up about 25 feet.

remote @ K6MTU

OPERATED 15 MTRS ONLY. BAND WAS WIDE OPEN IN THE MORNING. SIGNALS POUNDING IN. IN THE AFTERNOON LESS
STATIONS HEARD.

Outstanding contest! V85RH returned my call at 23:59:47
near the end of the contest.  I hope it counts!

Had a great time in the CW contest.  My best score ever with the
new StepIR Urban beam.  Has some problem with rotor control.
Everytime the rotor droped out I would have to go outside to my
XYLs wood shop and cycle power on remote rotor.  Seem like CPU is
crashing on Rotor-EZ.  Need to investigate more.  Anyway
conditions were very good.  I had some RFI on 20M causing
mouse to drop out.  Again cycle of mouse brings it back on-line.
More work to be done on that.  Maybe switch to wireless mouse is
the answer.  I raced a couple of my PVRC chapter members tracking
each other in the online scoreboard.  Watching scores in the
scoreboard is a real modivator for the chapter.

4-Watt 20 Meter QCX+ with Attic Dipole

Society of Midwest Contesters

Fun contest. It was really fun to run stations on 40 and 10 meters with 100 w and dipole. Thanks for
having it. 73 Matt ka0pqw

Good to see 10 meters open!

I ran QRP using a stealth end-fed in the heart of Philadelphia.

10 meters was the star of the weekend!

100 watts to wire antennas up 35 to 45' (11 to 15 M) high. Thanks for the fun!  73, Dan  ke0tt

Operated from FM29jw

Duplicates - removed from submitted Log below:
20230219 1828 21025522	9A3TR 599 KW
20230219 1248 28013464	IO2O 599 500
20230218 1823 28007945 ZF5T 599 100

133 QSOs x 3 Points / Contact = 399 Points.
399 Points x 48 Multipliers = 19152 Points.

Thank you for the 2023 ARRL International DX Contest, CW.

First time CW contester.

Few QSOs on each band

FM18cc26 Carolina Windom 40 IC-7300 100 watts max power Lake Anna State Park cabin 1

Mountain Topper MTR3b on 8AA batteries (10.4V) @ 2W to 67 ft EFHW inv
L up 35 ft

No amp, stealth dipole, but nice to see ten open

Why is the ARRL violating the Cabrillo standards?

First participation in this contest after getting my CW skills up to par!

Lot's of fun!  Found more time to work the contest this year.  The bands were full of signals and I
saw a rewarding improvement over last year's score.  Can't wait 'till next year!

Enjoyed great condx from AZ and early 10-15-20 meter band openings to EU and strong afternoon
openings to Asia and Pacific.  Mostly H&P here using 200 watts, 2 verticals, and an Alpha-Delta
40-80-160 dipole 30’ up.  TKS for all the Q’s.

Wow, even though we had an x class flare and other awful
negative propagation influences from the sun it turned out
lots of fun only using low power.  It was like old times working
5w JA stations. Some  QRP guys had real gud sigs in MT!

I have never seen 10 meters so busy and so open with DX. What a great time!

This was a part-time effort for me amidst family commitments.  However, it was enjoyable contest. 
It was good to see 10m playing so well with these terrific band conditions!

My efforts on a Flex radio and dipole.  Hopefully I'll have some better antennas set up for next
year!  :)

Rob (KV8P)

I re-located my ten meter antenna from the shack to the attic
over the garage.  Everything was set to go but then I had a very
high SWR on ten at the beginning of the contest.  I checked it
several times on Saturday but the same thing.  So, Saturday was
spent on 15 meters.  For the heck of it, I check the ten meter
antenna Sunday morning and it worked!!!  So, Sunday was spent on
ten.  I worked all of EU and, unfortunately, the garage door as
well.  One more issue to resolve.  The noise on 80/40 Friday
night was terrible but decent signals.  The noise went down
Saturday and things were back to normal Sunday.  Really surprised
to work Zone 23 (JT1) and Zone 24 (BD1) Sunday morning.  Tons of
fun and can't wait to do it all again. Thanks - 73  tom    Rig =
TenTec Eagle @ 100 Watts.  Antenna = an Isotron-80 for 80 meters,
a mag Loop (40 thru 15), a 10 meter dipole, all in the attic
above the garage.

Wish I could have operated more.  Super conditions.

cAN'T REMEMBER HAVING SUCH GOOD CONDX - WAS TO BUSY SOME TIMES AND HAD PROBLEMS WRITING WITH PENCIL
ON PAPER AND USING KEY AT SAME TIME, STARTS TO GET DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE 84 YEARS OLD....

VY much fun. Friday and Saturday the SFI was vy high which
creates an extraordinary CONDX but makes it very difficult for
QRP operation because of the number of stations. Sunday was more
down to Earth (only SFI 170 hi hi) and the possibilities to run
were much better. All in all a great contest. Enjoyed very much
the vy good race with my DR OM Marian (SP7M). See you all next
year if still orbiting the sun.

Happy to put Base Esperanza in the air from Antarctica Argentina, for a non-common multiplier

73

I got sucked into ths contest. Amazing conditions on 10m, but I
didnt manage to find SD or ND on any bands. I went to bed, took
my kids mountain biking for 2 hours and had sunday lunch with my
family afterwards. Hardly a serious effort. I do like the mix of
rate and hunting for Mults in ths contest so thanks to everyone in
the US who takes part. I never found anyone CQing from SD or ND
though!

DX nodes: AR-Cluster 6: arc6.ddns.net:7373, DX Spider: dxs.ddns.net:7300, CC Cluster:
dxnode.ddns.net:8888

First time giving points away in the contest!

apologies but my few 160m contacts don't seem
to have been logged by the logger.

Delta loop first night, dipole second night.

Great conditions, enjoyed the contest. Thanks for running.

Remote to my station in GM from our holiday in Lanzarote EA8

I sent 5nn 400 in error to w3LPL, N1RM, KD2P, W3FIZ. Was stored in macro.

10m in great shape

Great conditions on 10 Meters with Europeans well over s-9! Picked up many new countries on 10.
Station was a 1/4 wave fixed mobile, 5 watts with old TS-850. All contacts "hand made" hand key and
paper logs. Weather was nice for February in Kansas - 60 degrees, light wind and sunny.

I only operated for about 2.5 hours over two days, but had fun
doing it. I learned my station isn't as bad at working DX as I
thought it was.

Great to work ZD7BG on St. Helena.  Used the 'pea shooter' dipole setup had great results in limited
 operating time.  Worked well into Europe, South Atlantic, and west to get KH6, KL7, and JA.

19TH ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST

Why is ARRL deviating from the cabrillio standard for SOAPBOX comments and Multi-club score
allocations?

Great to hear all the JA stns on 15 m

I was on for almost three hours overall in several stretches. Very little time and more frustrations
after the ice storm and loss of the 80 meter antenna and one of the two Yagis for 40 meters and one
of the two tri-band Yagis for 10/15/20. Clearly the bands were fantastic for 15 and 10. Some
incredible scores.

Now THAT was a fantastic contest!  
This hobby never ceases to amazes me.  783,597 points on a wire antenna and an R8 vertical.  Fun
times!
Bands were hoppin and tons of absolutely fine operators!
Not once did I hear any intentional QRM or pushing and shoving.  That really was impressive!
Thanks to the ARRL for managing this great contest!  
Best 73's!
Bob Crossland, N3FR

A Wonderful surprise after the propagation guru’s gloom & doom forecast of a major CME event never
materialized. With exceptional SFI numbers for the first half of the weekend it was a challenge to
decide on which bands to be on, since several were open well at the same time. This was my 69th year
in a row participating in this event, including one back during the fantastic cycle 19 SSN peak when
I guest op’s at W3DHM, a super station of its time. This past weekend wasn’t quite as
breathtaking as back then, but it certainly ranks up there with the best I have witnessed. Thanks
for all the fun over all these years. It helps keep me going!

73 de Sig, N3RS

Amazing opening to KL7, KH6 VK & JA on late afternoon Sunday 19 Feb 2023
All difficult for small station in SE PA.
Rob N3RW

2023 ARRL DXCW

Check Log Only

Just part time.  Had some great runs to EU on 20m.  5 over 5 worked great.  Also some very slow
times.

QRP, NON-Assisted, "Full 5 Watts" to a 20 Foot end-fed wire,
thrown into a tree out my window - my only station antenna.
No internet or other assistance used, just S&P "tune and find".
The upper bands were quite good with great conditions on 10m.
My goal was to better my last years results, which I did, and I
even set a new personal best record with this years # of QSOs.
I managed to put 27 European contacts in the log, a few Africa,
and 40 QSOs with Japan. VERY pleased to work our Expedition
Outlaws at PJ2T, and KH7M on all 4 bands I use, and managed
to even get VP2V/AA7V on both 10 and 15 meters. TNX guys!
My hearty congratulations and THANKS to all for your patience.
Most copied the exchange perfectly, with only occasional
repeats required, a testament to your stations and your skills!
There's NO Contest like a CW Contest! Pure radio fun!
GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS! -73- John N6HI

10 was wild!

NEW TOP-LOADED 160M VERTICAL FOR BOUVET, BUT ONLY WORKED THE CARIBBEAN!

SF=343, then 167, then 169  Mus be a typo somewhere.  Never heard 10m
so good.  I didn't go all out, just had fun.

Happiness is being called by Mongolia when you think the band is
just about dead on Friday!  And then India on Saturday!  The rest
of the contest was fun too- Europe was fantastic!

The 2023 ARRL DX CW contest brought back fond memories of contesting during the late 1960s and early
1970s. Propagation condx, at least here in SFL, were excellent, with 10m being strongest for me,
although 40 and 15 were also strong. 20m was surprisingly weak during the weekend. Only managed a
few Qs there. Nevertheless, even at QRP power on the other bands it was easy to make Qs worldwide
including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Argentina, Alaska, and Russia. ANT: non-rotatable 80-10m
EFHW up about 35 feet. Rig: KX3/PX3, Logging: N1MM+. My final totals were my best in recent memory,
by a lot. Loads of fun!

I have participated in this event since the 1970's and this may be my best score for this event yet.
10 and 15 meters were incredibly good. thank you for the contacts. I hope to be back next year.

73,

Steve N7VS

Great conditions, lots of fun. Decided to do a SB 10M entry. Lots of
EU SA and Asia to choose from. Great to see 10m open world wide with
great signals that this little pistol station could work. Limited time
though this weekend. Entertaining house guests this weekend, so my
presence was required with family. Fun contest, especially now that
sun spots and SFI are solidly on the rise. 73 Gene, N9TF
Rig, K3S 100 watts, to 6BTV ground mounted, eight 32' radials.

Remote opr.

This was really fun, despite some anntenna problems.

Would love to see a rule forbidding self spotting on the DX Cluster.  I got really tired of seeing
stations like N3RS, N2IC, AA1K, N8UM, WY3A, AA3B, K2NV, WA2CP and several others doing this!!

Switched from DX10 to K3 at contact 131.  K3 not connected to
N1MM so frequency just shows as 21000 for those 20 contacts.
May have dupes and/or frequency errors especiall in those last
20 contacts.  That will also screw up my claimed score.  I have
paper trail to help correct those potential logging errors.

Family came for a weekend visit. My shack is in the guest room! Contest time only after visitors
returned to their home and everything was tidied up! 

It seemed like propagation was awesome and I'm thankful for the time I was able to participate.
Thanks for the Qs and I hope you hear me in the next one.

73, Will, NQ2W

RX/TX: TS-890S
Ant.:High End Fed LW
Power:100 W
ASSISTED with
CW Decoder
of TS 890S
Thanks for Contest

14 YEARS OLD OPEREATOR

Nice contest, thanks

Limited entry, 20m only. Superb condx to CA/WA/BC on Sunday. Tnx agn for QSOs.

10/15m open till late but close almost same timing so lots of multipliers
missed.
20m was not productive as you can see both Qs, SPs.
No 160m and poor 80m brought large traffic to 40m so highest Qs count,
surprise!
Sunday QSO rate was better than Saturday on high band, however, I fell
asleep on last hour.

Big thanks to OH2BAH for letting me use his QTH again

A great contest! Good propagation conditions on upper bands. Some of the states were still difficult
to get. A bit limited time available for operation.

What a propagation on 20-10m!

SORRY FOR MY DUPES I GOT AN TROUBLE WITH MY LOGGING PROGRAMME
I RECOGNISED IT AFTER SOME TIME ...IT WAS TOO LATE.

Break 2023-02-18 from  0430 to 1340
Break 2022-02-19 from  0209 to 2359

ELECRAFT K2-5W, ant. LW 42m

fb log EI5DI

PWR 100W Ant Trap Dipole

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

100W SunSDR2DX, FB-33 tribander, 80m horizontal loop for 80 and
40.

Amazing conditions on 10 and 15 meters. See you again in the phone section.

TS590S ANT piece of wire 2Om long from my window.

FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom 1000 - 1 kW
dipol 160/80, 3 el./40, 10 el. LP/20-10, beverages

This was my first serious CW 2BSIQ operation in HP and it was simply amazing. But the whole story
starts few years back when OK2ZAW introduced in OL7M the 2BSIQ RTTY operation. When I tried it, it
piqued my interest - the added dimension of synchronization is a greater challenge for operator
skills. The next step was to try it on CW as inspired by CT1BOH. One year ago, I started
training/improving my cw skills with the goal of 2BSIQ. And I told myself I want decode CW
touchtyping - without looking on keyboard. This was also new challenge. It took me 9 months to adapt
the touchtyping skill and start real 2BSIQ one-keyboard touch typing training on
N1MM/MorserunnerMode. I must say I still have limitations at around 37WPM and the operation is not
yet smooth. In training, I am able to achieve an hourly rate of around 280. I don't understand the
guys making 400 rates and 10k QSO in the CQWW. My respect. 

Returning to the contest, just before it started, I had some issues with setting up the N1MM for one
keyboard 2BSIQ. Finally, the AHK script helped me out, and it was all ready in time. The test itself
went well from the beginning. The conditions were nice on low bands and excellent on high bands :-D.
The 2BSIQ was going well, but at times when there were multiple stations of the same tone and same
strength, it was sometimes too difficult for me, so please forgive me for my hesitations and
repeated requests. The best 60m rate was 230 QSOs, which pales in comparison to the rates achieved
by the 400+ guys, but it's still a nice success for me. Also, OK is not a rare multiplier, so even
in peak hours, I made many CQ calls.

In the end, I must say it was a great coincidence, one of the best propagation conditions I have
experienced together with one year of preparations. I was very pleased with this. This is my
personal QSO record together with best hourly rate record. However, I lost around 100 QSOs on the
second night due to a COM port problem and 100 QSOs on the first evening when taking a break too
early, so there is still room for next time improvements - as always :-).

I would like to thank all the callers for their patience with a 2BSIQ beginner. I will continue my
training to get even better for next time. Also, thanks to Pavel OK1MU for the whole weekend support
and to Honza OK2ZAW for the reliable technical solution provided by his QRO.CZ ham parts company.

See you on the bands! 73, Standa OK1CID - OK7W




Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: OK7W
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: OK7W
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0000       0     18     85      0      0      0    103    103    2.3
0100       0     26    103      0      0      0    129    232    5.2
0200       0     42    106      0      0      0    148    380    8.5
0300      18     17     89      0      0      0    124    504   11.3
0400       0     23     81      0      0      0    104    608   13.7
0500      35      8     79      0      0      0    122    730   16.4
0600       0      6     56      0      0      0     62    792   17.8
0700       0      0     25      0      0      0     25    817   18.4
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    817   18.4
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    817   18.4
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    817   18.4
1100       0      0      0     35     16      0     51    868   19.5
1200       0      0      0     47     61      0    108    976   22.0
1300       0      0      0      7     76     80    163   1139   25.6
1400       0      0      0      0     78    126    204   1343   30.2
1500       0      0      0      0     78    127    205   1548   34.8
1600       0      0      0      0     83    135    218   1766   39.7
1700       0      0      0      0     73    101    174   1940   43.6
1800       0      0      0     29    102     74    205   2145   48.3
1900       0      0      0    106     95      0    201   2346   52.8
2000       0      0      0     61      7      0     68   2414   54.3
2100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   2414   54.3
2200       0      0     25      0      0      0     25   2439   54.9
2300       0      2     54      0      0      0     56   2495   56.1
0000       0     34     70      0      0      0    104   2599   58.5
0100       0     72     96      0      0      0    168   2767   62.2
0200       5     15     54      0      0      0     74   2841   63.9
0300       6     14     71      0      0      0     91   2932   66.0
0400       0     23     59      0      0      0     82   3014   67.8
0500      23      1     43      0      0      0     67   3081   69.3
0600       0     24     14      0      0      0     38   3119   70.2
0700       0      0      1      0      0      0      1   3120   70.2
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   3120   70.2
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   3120   70.2
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   3120   70.2
1100       0      0      0     34     10      0     44   3164   71.2
1200       0      0      0     30     19      0     49   3213   72.3
1300       0      0      0      0     35     76    111   3324   74.8
1400       0      0      0      3     24    101    128   3452   77.7
1500       0      0      0      0     49    101    150   3602   81.0
1600       0      0      0      0     41    103    144   3746   84.3
1700       0      0      0      0     75     89    164   3910   88.0
1800       0      0      0     10     74     87    171   4081   91.8
1900       0      0      0    102     76      0    178   4259   95.8
2000       0      0      0     76      8      0     84   4343   97.7
2100       0      0      4     56      0      0     60   4403   99.1
2200       0      0     18      1      0      0     19   4422   99.5
2300       0      0     23      0      0      0     23   4445  100.0
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Total     87    325   1156    597   1080   1200   4445

Gross QSOs=4614        Dupes=169        Net QSOs=4445

Unique callsigns worked = 2177

The best 60 minute rate was 230/hour from 1551 to 1650
The best 30 minute rate was 236/hour from 1614 to 1643
The best 10 minute rate was 270/hour from 1625 to 1634

The best 1 minute rates were:
 7 QSOs/minute    6 times.
 6 QSOs/minute   26 times.
 5 QSOs/minute   96 times.
 4 QSOs/minute  229 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  398 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  570 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  517 times.

There were 2085 bandchanges and 1246 (28.0%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   4      2603
   5      1359
   6       468
   7         3
   8        12

------------ M u l t i p l i e r   S u m m a r y ------------
Mult     160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
          87    325   1156    597   1080   1200   4445  100.0
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Total     87    325   1156    597   1080   1200   4445

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands    1116
2 bands     390
3 bands     318
4 bands     198
5 bands     127
6 bands      28

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

K3LR        K1LZ        K3PH        W3LPL       N4UU        N2BA        
WY3A        VE3JM       AA3B        K9CT        WG3J        AB3CX       
K2AX        W8FJ        N2AA        NE3F        W2YC        K4PI        
VA2WA       N4WW        W1DX        K1TTT       AA5JF       K1RX        
K1ZZ        W4RM        W1QK        W3RE        

------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs     15     49    315     68    279    390

FT817 5W LW42m

What a fantastic weekend! CONDX on all bands (except 160m) were excellent. I made more QSOs than in
2015 with PA (that time assisted, SO1R) when CONDX were also great. The strange thing was the 20m -
after the first day I ended up with only 80 QSOs in the log. West coast stations were S9+20, but
beacons like K3LR were S2. Things improved on Sunday evening, but I still got a very poor result on
20m even from a multiplier perspective. The last 3 hours of the contest were slow and very tiring,
which I explain by the lack of new stations :-)
More and more stations unfortunately believe that everyone uses assistance and identify themselves
very rarely. This is very frustrating for most searchers. The biggest extreme of selfishness for me
was K3ZA, who only gave a CALL after 3 minutes after I started listening to him. I consider this
behavior to be a very bad trend in modern contesting.
Thank you all for calling me or answering my call!
73! Martin, OL5Y

Radios: SunSDR MB1 and IC-756 (1st version)
Accessories: microHAM ARCO, MK2R+, Station masters, Stack masters, switches...
ANT:
160: Inv. V @ 19m (63 ft.)
80: Inv. V @ 19m
40: 3-el Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25m (82 ft.)
20/15/10: 3-el Spiderbeam @ 20m, 4-4-6-el Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25m (82 ft.), 3-4-6-el Yagi (AD-346) @
16m (40 ft.)
SW: N1MM+

Rig:FT-991A, Ant: End Fed 5B.

TNX, 73!

It has been a few years since I last participated. Sad the contest pins seem no longer available.
This grandpa always look forward to the vist of his 19 months old granddaughter I couldn't spend the
entire weekend in the shack. Nice to see 10m coming to live once more.

There was good activity on 80 m on saturday but less on
sunday. So I have less qso and multipliers than in 2022
I made some qso on 10 m those are checklog.
I liked working in this contest.
Till next year.  73 Leon  ON5WL

Always a pleasure to join this contest.
Celebrating carnival with my grandchildren
so only some hours to participate.

Nice contest ...10m was super beaming " The States "  with 100W
and Hexbeam

A very nice opening on Saturday, conditions were great !
On Sunday the band was ok but not like saturday, but fun to work all of you !
16 hours of operations ended with 1344 qso's.

Transceiver : Kenwood 890S 
Amp : Acom 1200S
Antenna: home made 6 EL OWA 15 m high.

CW is still my favorite mode !
CUAGN SN  OT4A Theo

Rig is Elecraft K3 - 99 Watt
Ant is Dipole up 23 meter

Sorry program refused to change so had to give wrong power in the
contacts; did not understand why I could not change to 300 W. Last
year operated with 300 but lost the power this year so back to
standard 300 W. Thankful for the good reception may stations
showed as I operated just with single 2 x 20 m doublet as the
beam came out of the tower and hass not been replaced yet. Hope
next year better. Should have changed standard msg.

Nice condx on 40 with low power and a dipole.

Working with 100 watts and a Circo Midi Loop. Good activity great ops.

To increase the challenge, I changed from N1MM with Spectrum Display to SD to enter the non-assisted
catagory. I made some mistakes at first but quickly got the hang of SD. Really amazing propagation
on 10M and what a difference compared with last year.

Rig: FTdx3000 @ 5W, antenna 2 x 16 m doublet up 12 m.

Great operators and many thanks for your patience!

Great to work QRP again!!!

Could not be on longer, but wanted to show up.
PI4COM

used SD for post-contest logging

Good conditions and very good operators. Used my MFJ-loop on the top of the roof of my apartment at
a height of 13 meters directed to USA. Used 70 W.

Was fun on 10m, thanks all fb qso, vy 73

Some very nice conditions on 10m! Nearly managed to work WAS in a single afternoon with 100W and
dipole antenna. Worked many skilled CW operators. Thanks y'all !!
73's de Paul PA3DSB

I had a blast with 10 meters open en full of US-stations. What a
joy!

Great conditions on 10m and 15m. I was able to work so
so many States on these bands this time. It was big fun.
Thanks for the enjoyable contest and see you hopefully
next year. 73's, Walter PA3EZC

Enjoyed the contest, my setup FT-1000-D, ANT EADELTA-7B and endfed for 40/80m.

With 100 Watt from the city with just a 100 feet doublet fed with 450 ohm twinlead.On saturday condx
were amazing and 10 and 15 meters were full with multipliers. Sunday was a workday but I had fun
seeing so much CW activity.
73,Rob/PA3GVI The Netherlands.

SO SB 10M HIGH PWR
Thanks to KE0A for calling me and giving me the last missing US multiplier!
I had a great time working so many NA stations on 28MHz.
Did not hear any stations from YT, NT, NU, MB.
On saturday I could only raise tower to half of its maximum hight due to strong wind.
FT1000mp + Drake L7 + 3 el tri band yagi.
Thanks, Mark, PA4M.

Started out on 10M. to give away some points
The band turned out to be open much longer than I expected, so I stayed on 10M also on sunday
A good way to practise my (beginner) CW-contesting skills, S&P only
Tnx to all stations and see you next year!
73 de Claudia PA5CT

highly extended band spread on 15 meters

Spent a lovely few hours during one of my favourite contests.

Enjoyed participating with the great conditions on the higher bands. I hope to cuagn next year! 73
es GL de PA9HR

It was a big strugle as little pistol to compete with the big
guns on the air. My working conditions are an Elecrafr K3/P3 mod
100W and antennas a broken ZS6BKW on the roof of the appartment
building and on the balcony a 4 band Hustler mobile whip. With
this combination it was possible to score 178.164 points with a
total of 404 Q's  and 147 mults. There are moments during this
contest that I was thinking back on the years that I was part of
one of the M2 teams in Bonaire. Still dreaming of big towers,
Amps, multi receiving antennas and good friendship in the teams
of PJ4G, PJ4A etc. Thanks for organizing and su next contest. 73,
Hans/PC4E

Great condx on saturday with an SFI of 340+!! 10/15/20m were on fire. Really enjoyed this contest!

Enjoyed the contest a lot, unfortunately not able to participate
all weekend.
bands, except 160 mtr which was a bit dissapointing. But overall,
good practice and fb skills from US and Candian op's
next year

CHECKLOG

Hello ARRL Team and contesters,

It was great fun to work DX despite my small station.  TNX large antennas and great receivers from
contest stations in the USA and CANADA signals were very strong here on 40m on Friday evening and on
10m on Sunday afternoon. I was impressed.

In my first QSO I gave wrong PWR info, sorry for that. I Gave LP, hi..

73 es GL
PE1FJN
Marc

Conditions where incredible good. At Saturday evening, we could work westcoast on 10m for several
hours. I managed to work 49 states on 10m with small station.
Thanks you all for the activity.

All QSO's in storm made 5 watt

Rig: Yaesu FT-991a 100
Ant: 12AVQ vertical at 9 Meters

Semi serious entry (40-10m). 10m was so good I could not stop ...
Loud West Coast signals, that was fun ! Saturday (saw a lot of
10m JA spots from US stations) was a bit better than Sunday.
Thanks to all who called me. See you next time.

FUN - First time with Longwire and 70 W - cu next year with new Antenna 73

Ten became great again - after many quiet decades
Hope that it gets as good as it was in early 1959 when I started DXing !

CABREUVADX

PY1PP,PY1AX,PU1ONX

nice contest, although 3 solar flares on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday caused radio black-outs for several hours.

Tks FB Test.
I see You next year.

Tnx!

IC-7300, ANT-G5RV

73

GL! 73!

Enjoyed working in competitions. Good luck to all and see you again.

TS-590S - 100 watts
ant - 1 ele loop

TS-870SAT, ANT-DL

TNX QSO! HPE CU AGN! 73, de Alex RA3RLJ

IC756PROIII, Delta Loop 160
73!

TNX 73!

Tnx&73!

73

My antennas during ARRL on photo.
40, 20 was amazing to Westcoast.
Thanks for calling in.
As expected on low band was very poor prop.
73 from Moscow!

TS590. DELTA 80M.  DELTA 40M. INV V 160M. SAY5-9

73! de RL3A contest team

TNX 73!

mike73@rambler.ru

TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_100w, ANT_VERTICAL,DIPOLES

SDR-1000

73

No.

TX 5Watts, ant - Magloop indoor

TNX 73!

FT-897,  9.3m vertical by UA1DZ.  73!

TNX 73!

TNX FROM GOOD CONTEST!CU AGN 2024!

TNX for contest. 73!

What a blast, 10 was fantastic all weekend long. I was a little sceptical
about the conditions because of Friday's X2.2-class solar flare. Fortunat
ely the prediction that a CME would reach Earth on Monday seems as correc
t also. I can't remember when I've logged so many stations from the west
coast in a 12:54-hour run from this station. There will be some really
big scores, thanks everyone for the QSO. Roll on Cycle 25!

Working from home, with my FT-2000, AirspyHF+ and vertical
antenna. A lot of signals on my spectrum, but many didn't hear
me. A little school of patience.

In a limited time to participate in contest I enjoyed very much every minute.

Unlimited

Problems with the CAT function and a lot of local interference. Finished well before the deadline.

During this year's contest I experienced the best propagations on
28 MHz in many years. The stations I could hear were only from
the USA and it was a real joy to enter the competition with QRP -
never thought it would work the way it did. Absolutely incredible
propagations - thanks for all

Always nice to participate in this contest. Aurora made US-sigs very shaky at times.

Rig: QCX-trcvr 5W Ant: VS1AA

Used SD

Sending a picture from my latest Flora Fauna activation.
It was a nice test, first time with only 100w on 10m CW. 
A bit hard to get trugh some time with my 100w and a dipol.

FTDX 3000 ANT MULTI-DIPOLE 160-80-60-40

RIG: FTDX 3000 50-100Wtts. Ant.: Lw for all bands with AT MFJ-948

MarconiMM

TS-590, ANT: GP-80

Great activity on 10m

FT-950 95W  W3DZZ ant

SES BY 550YRS OF MIKOLAJ KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICCUS) PWR 100W

18.02.2023

IC735 100 W

straight key only, worked from my summer-house, yaesubft-847, m3 ele yagi at 10 m

RIG:AVALA 01
PWR:500W
ANT:G5RV

LOG TO CHECK

TRx Icom IC-735, Ant. dipole

100 WATTS ANTENA VERTICAL

trx: IC7300 100w
Ant: Quad H 81,5m

IC7100
Delta for 40m on 80m and 160m as lw
Internal FSK in IC7100. No using PC!

FT897 80w ant GP

Hi there, TU fer nice TEST, 73.

rig-IC746 ant-GP pwr-100W

I  MISSED  VERY  MUCH  FRED LAUN  K3ZO .  EVERY  MOMENT DURING CONTEST
I  THOUGHT  I  WOULD HEAR FRED/K3ZO  CALLING ME. R I P !

Pantelakis.anton@gmail.com
Use multiple lines if needed.

The following is edited in Cabrillo as the log did not accept what was sent:
KL7U TX
VO1OK NL
Unfortunately, Cuba have serious problems with their mains network, because
of this we had 6 hours of power break. Our back-up generator gave up after
20 minutes at low power levels.

73

Sun & Fun, holiday operation from Playa Garza, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It's on the Pacific & our
rental house has a view of the ocean. 40M CFD fed with 450 ohm ladder line, a K2/100. Antenna only a
modest 10M above ground but about 200M ASL. Not a contest station by a long shot, but I once hit 180
Q's per hour!

TNX!73!

ICOM-718,ANT-INV VEE,LW 80 METRS

TNX & 73!

TNX 73!

Solar flare made the first day propagation really amazing with SF over 300. Unfortunately I could
participate only limited time. Even with KW I had to que for a long time because 100W EU stations
were served first. This and relatevly short lasting openings over the North Pole make contesting in
ARRL from CQ zone 17 to be not very interesting.

Licence number AP-20-02368 Date of issue 27.08.2020

TNX 73!

73!!!!!! TS-590 100WTTS + ANT DELTA 80M

FT-991 OCFD 10-80

TNX 73

TNX 73!

73!

FT-857 ANT.DELTA

IC-775DXII

SDR TRX SunSDR2DX 100W
Antenna: AV-640

IC 746 + WIRE

IT WAS MY 1ST TIME PARTICIPATIONG IN THIS CONTEST. WOW, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK POINTS FOR
WAS. PROPAGATION WAS PERFECT, ALTHOUGH TOUGH FOR USA WEST COAST AND MIDDLE & WEST PART OF CANADA. CU
NEXT YEAR!

ft-897, ANT balcony dipole with latches at 14,21,28 MHz, you can quickly switch the lengths of the
elements. The fact that the ant is indoors is a minus, there is no way to hang a good ant in space.
Well done operators who heard me, the stations were mostly with me Eastern States. Farthest
Correspondent VE7UF British Columbia 9100km

Antenns:

uv5evp@ukr.net

ICOM-718

ICOM-718

TNX! 73!

awsome conditions actually worked against me as everyone kept
their antennas on EU!

K3, verticals and wires.

QSO Count=174

100% Search&Pounce unassisted.  Enjoyed the great conditions.

Just a few QSOs on Saturday and Sunday afternoon to
waste a little time having some fun. One hundred
percent S & P

FT-950

I worked only 10 M, just for the novelty, and what a weekend on 10M - the band was already hot when
I showed up at 8AM both Sat/Sun, and stayed hot until dark.


I came back on Saturday, too late in the afternoon for the grey line,and found a ton of JAs on my
bandmap, which I could not hear. I came back on Sunday 2 hours earlier, when it was still light ...
same bunch of JAs on the bandmap, but some of them were S9!!!!


I worked 31 of them in a long string over the next hour ... I'd heard many times of that happening,
but it never happened to me before, in all my contesting years.

100W with an IC7610, and my 3-element triband Yagi at 40 feet

Time spent at radio - 1.0 hr

CHECK LOG ONLY

No shortage of DX this time
Those who started hamming and contesting recently
will have had an extrordinary time this weekend

Improving cx add to the fun. Great weekend!

I had a lot of fun operating the Dx Contest. Rig used FTdx10
Antennas Classic 33 and ARRL Loop Skywire

My first Q (40m) and last Q (15m) were both with ES5RR, purely by chance!

Used  "SD"  by EI5DI worked very FB

Better condx but still not like "the old days" hi!

Conditions great on HF but 40 not so good and 80 poor
Used SD as logging program as usual

Glad I was draw into this contest for a few contacts.  Still got confused by 
NF/NL but had lots of fun.

PLEASE CONSIDER THS AS A CHECK LOG ONLY.

Very simple set-up: 88 foot wire end fed by balanced line against radials on the ground.  The wire
is draped over a 30 foot painter pole which is leaned against an arbor vitae tree.  Wanted to run my
amp but it was causing computer problems so used low power.  Had to limit power to 40 watts on 10
meters.  Massively high flux on Friday night and Saturday made it extra fun.  Thanks for digging me
out!

A lot of activity this time.  My Tentec had a tough time separating
stations !!

Rig was a Yaesu FTDX10 running 5 watts into a 59-foot-long "random wire" antenna about 33 feet high.
A 9:1 unun and 13-foot-long counterpoise wire on ground helped the rig find a decent impedance
match. Relatively new to contesting, I am still "learning the ropes". Thankfully, I was belayed by
lots of great hams from all around the world.

Wow.  That was a great contest!  Plenty of activity on all bands, but I easily made twice as many Qs
on 10 m as on any other.  Solar flux spiking on Saturday really juiced things up.  I found
wall-to-wall signals on 10 that day.  Like mini pile-ups every few 100 Hz.  One highlight was
working a 5 W station in the Philippines. Amazing.

Lazy-H vertical antenna, center height 9 m (30 ft).

Remote from Japan.

Thanks for the contacts. 73 - Dan, W1QK

none

On Friday morning I wasn't very excited about doing the contest, so I set a goal of 1000 Qs. My
amplifier had died on Tuesday, and I hate running low power...I like to make it easy. On Wednesday
however I was offered another AL1500 from the widow of a good friend, but I couldn't pick it up
until Friday morning.  Well, I don't literally pick up AL1500s...I have to take the 35# transformer
out after removing the 31 cover screws, and carry it in two 35# halves.  I reassembled it at home
and it fit right in and worked fine. I was no longer depressed over being weak! (I was thinking
signal strength but double meaning...hi)

I still had no intention of making an all out effort, because I've had difficulty with leg cramps
sitting for hours on end. (I hope the flights to and from Dayton in May aren't delayed on the
tarmac...I return home via Tampa). I started on 40 and thought I'd "swarm" the band moving up the
band from the bottom up as Dean Straw once called what I did, but  that was a long time ago. That
must have been in a CQWW but this time I found mostly W's running, so I found a spot and ran on 40
for an hour before going to 80 kind of early. There was NO-ONE at the bottom of 80, just noise.
Thought I may as well try it so I called CQ and a great pileup ensued. I love pileups and I love to
run. Listening on my beverage which I finally got around to walking a few days ago in our
irresistable spring-like weather, and transmitting on the 4 square was the best combination of
antennas and I had a great run of about 200 Qs. After enjoying what I love doing best, running, I
decided that's what I would do for the rest of the contest . I raised my goal to 2000 Qs.

At 11:15PM local I decided I needed to sleep after a long day. Unfortunately I couldnt sleep for
more than a few hours so I got up around 5AM, showered and had breakfast before going to 40 when I
knew 20 was probably already open. I picked up a few mults including the loudest JAs in years, and
then went to 20 to run a bit before going to ten at sunrise.  I grabbed a spot right at the bottom
of the band, and ran, ran, ran. It's always exciting when a good mult calls in , but I wasn't swayed
from doing my thing and sticking with running.

After every 3 hours at most I made it a point to walk around a bit, and even fit in a few short
naps. I wanted to make sure I didnt have my usual leg cramp  butt in chair problems. and I felt
great throughout the rest of the contest. I also made it a point to drink constantly...no not what
youre thinking, but water, Swiss Miss hot chocolate and decafe tea. I have a Keurig and water supply
right beside me and can make tea or hot chocolate while running.  In the past, I would drink alot of
coffee during a contest, but about a month ago I gave up coffee at a friend's suggestion and havent
had a leg cramp since. I think the problem was dehydration which isnt helped by the diuretic effect
of coffee, but I've gotten to enjoy a cup of decafe tea with honey more than I ever liked coffee.

Sunday conditions were a repeat of Saturday. With everyone spread out on 15 and 10, it was still
hard to find a hole to operate in, and I wasted alot of time way up high in the bands with a slow
rate, I finally made an "it's about time"  discovery  about how to use a radio after 70 years in the
game! I found that with a 200 hz filter B/W or even 150, I could squeeze between two stations and
run near the low end of the band without QRM or "QSY remarks"  and get great runs going again. I
raised my goal to 3000 Qs but had my doubts.

I quit on Sunday after really enjoying my SO unassisted runs (as opposed to SO Distracted as a
famous guy once called it). I missed most of the juicy DX that I see others talking about but I kept
telling myself not to start chasing DX.  Did I mention that I love to RUN?  My best score since
2012.

  1.8      34       22
  3.5     207      44
   7       398      61
  14      735      72
  21      695      68
  28      996      83
           3065    350     3,218,250

7610   AL1500   XM240    TH6    80 wire 4sq    160 InvL    550 ft Eu bev
          Jack W1WEF

Great conditions, like old times, especially 10 meters. Personal best
effort in this contest. Thanks to all for the contacts and
multipliers. Go FRC!

MY FIRST ARRL INTERNATIONAL CW CONTEST. MY LOG SHOWS ACTUAL
POWER VS ABBREVIATION FOR THE DX STATION IE KW=1000, ATT=100,
9TT=900 EXCEPT FOR V3T. HE SENT"NN" SO THAT IS IN MY LOG. UNSURE
WHAT NN ABREVIATION REPRESENTS BUT SURE THIS IS WHAT HE SENT.

This W2NTN contest participation was during only part of the
first day of the contest, from Cape Cod Massachusetts, using 100
watts and an indoor wire antenna.  Many thanks to the DX station
operators who worked hard to copy my weak signal.

13 countries in 38 minutes. It isn't much in terms of a contest, but with my 100 watts and a wire,
I'm pleased.

Wow! What a rush to be back in the fray, albeit in limited fashion, after
more than 20 years off the air. There should be an HOA restricted "all
wires" category for poor bastards like me who didn't plan anything to do
with radio when they purchased a house after relocating out west. Interesti
ng conditions to be sure, and Nevada is apparently a rare mult judging from the number of times I
was asked to QSY to other bands. Already made plans to travel back east for the SSB contest in a few
weeks...can't wait!

Expected to just poke around, but got caught up in the better propagation.  First time hearing so
many JA'a at home, and the 10m antenna is broken.  Such is life.
Normally do not use spots, but went assisted and decided to try to work stations on five bands for
the grins.  For the Carrib stations I may have got some on 6 bands, they were mostly what I could
hear when I was on 160m.  Did not get the fire lit until Saturday, so I missed a lot on Friday night
in the early part of the contest.

So many good ops on the air.  Thanks for playing along.

Band conditions were great.  Thanks to all the great ops who copied
my
QRP!

I'm just getting back on the air after a 7 year hiatus. While I knew I'd never  have a high score, I
still had a lot of fun by just spending a few hours making contest QSOs. I'm still amazed by how
well my 100W transceiver and end-fed random wire antenna can do. 25 countries with about 3 hours of
work!

Great time on Ten meters, really enjoying the hobby and nice to get some ATNO on 10 during this
contest.

first cw contest

ARRL CW DX CONTEST    SINGLE OP UNLIMITED (ASSISTED)

Very good band conditions for the weekend; nice to have sunspots again (my seventh solar cycle as
licensee).

40m was in great shape Saturday night.
I wish I had more time this weekend. Thanks for
the QSOs and 73, Ron (W8RU).

Great Band Conditions

I just thought I would take a peek around the band.
then found out I had more time.  I sure wish I had
taken this one seriously right from the start.
73  BoB WA1FCN

One must have some masochistic tendencies to attempt to run Europe on 10 meters from far west Texas
with low power and only two elements at 30 feet but I could!I was surprised to find a slot in that
east coast wall. Now towards Asia, I could keep a run going several hours. What fun!

our neighbors 17 goats got loose so I was gating them in my yard over night.  hihi.  Amp went out
again so low power most of the time with only a vertical right now.

Operated remote from Tokyo, Japan

Really enjoyed the contest this year.  Still had time for church, visiting family, lunch out with
the wife on Sunday and the gym on Saturday and Sunday.

Fantastic 10m and 15m conditions. A very fun contest this year.

Great conditions kept me in the chair all day, Sunday.

Best band conditions since I entered this contest.  First JA QSO in over 40 years.

I enjoyed just operating 10 Meters for this contest.  Worked 1/3 of my
contacts 28.1 MHz and above.  Worked four 5-Watt QRP stations during the event as well!

GREAT CONTEST ESPECIALLY WITH 10 METERS OPEN ALOT!!

Another fun contest, thanks for all of the QSOs.
Most of the bands seemed quite good and crowded this weekend.
Not much on 160 Meters and 80 Meters didn't seem to have a lot of DX stations.
At least that is what it felt like up here in Oregon.
Too much large family stuff to make a major go of it.
See you in the next contest.
Bill

Flex6300, Hamsticks, CW-Skimmer

Friday on 80M only to add to my 80m DXCC toals. Got a few.
Was part time for the rest of the contest. S&P only DX for CQ
These contests help keep my cw up.
As always lots of fun and contest online score board keeps BIC
and motivates you to pass up the op above you. HI HI.
Thanks for the Q's es bcnu, 73.

12 Hours - Townhouse Indoor Cobweb

WAS GREAT FUN HAD N1RO AS A GUEST OP dave DID A FANTASTIC JOB looking forward to next year  already

The contest conditions were very good. I ran low-power, assisted. My station consists of a Yaesu
FT-DX-10 into a Hustler 6-BTV ground-mounted vertical. This is my first contest with that
combination and they proved to be excellent in this mode. I had no problem contacting any station I
called. Great DX operators with Big signals on all bands. The N3JFP ARRL DX Contest logging software
ran flawlessly throughout. Can't wait to go again on the SSB Contest.

Great propagation, and loads of fun!

Skookumlogger, Flex 6600M, 40M EDZ @ 50' fed with ladder line

Just a couple of hours using a good 10m and 15m opening on sunday, great to catch some states and
stations with a really modest station

My First time CW contest....thank's for the opportunity

FT991A 90W, 2EL/CQ fix AZ300, 6M agl!, 73 Szigy.

ICOM IC-730, PWR 100W, INVERTED VEE ANTENNA

RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4

FT450 D 100W
ANT : HEX BEAM

trs. FT991A ant.EFHW tnx all QSO's

RIG: FT-897  100W
ANT: GP

assisted (cluster!)

nice condx on full weekend just do the best with my limited antena setup 73 to all see agn next year

THanks everybody.....I enjoyed a lot the contest....Best Regards

73s de Rei YV8AD (YV4BOU)

Could not make the Saturday. Sunday AM conditions poor
but improved PM. Enjoyed the contest.

Great fun operating QRP from Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman!

A most enjoyable weekend - great to have the higher bands
opening again. Thanks to everyone who worked me - hope to
see you all again next year.