CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| WO8CC | MSH | CONDITIONS GOT BETTER AS THE CONTEST WENT ON AND WERE PRETTY GOOD BY THE END. |
| WR3O/4 | SO HP ALL | FAREWELL SUNSPOTS, SEE YOU IN A FEW YEARS. |
| WW2DDM/4 | SO LP ALL | HAD TO WORK IN MY OPERATION AROUND A VISIT BY THE GRANDKIDS. PLEASED TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY ON 10 METERS AND 40 METERS WAS "READ HOT" FOR QUITE A SPELL HERE. AS USUAL IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET THE GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS AC |
| WX6V | SO LP ALL | PRETTY MISERABLE CONDITIONS, BUT I HUNG IN THERE AND HAD FUN ANYWAY!! LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIME FOR ME TO START LOOKING AT BETTER ANTENNAS FOR NEXT YEAR. |
| WZ5V/4 | SO HP ALL | TNX TO TOMMY/WD4K FOR USE OF STATION AND CLUB CALL (WZ5V) |
| XE1V | SO HP ALL | LOST MANY HOURS FIXING COMPUTER WHICH BLEW OUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE CONTEST. STILL IT WAS FUN ! |
| XE2AC | SO LP 40M | DESPITE LOW OPERATING TIME, ENJOYED THE CONTEST |
| YB0ECT | SO LP 10M | BAND WAS NO GOOD ON 10 ! |
| YC1ANA | SO LP 15M | GREAT CONTEST HOPE TO BE BETTER NEXT YEAR |
| YI/S57CQ | SO LP ALL | DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS HERE IN IRAQ (NO KEYER, NO PADDLE, NO NOTHING FOR NORMAL CW WORK) I MANAGED TO WORK ONLY TWO CONTACTS USING UP DWN BUTTON ON IC-706! 73 FROM ERBIL, NORTHERN IRAQ, YI/S57CQ |
| YL2GTD | SO LP ALL | RIG TS-870 ANT, INVV-80/40 DELTA LOOP-15 |
| YL3AD | SO LP 40M | SORRY THAT JUST STARTED SO LATE! |
| YO4RLP | SO QRP ALL | ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK IN THIS CONTEST. THIS YEAR I HAD TRIED WITH ONLY 1 W OUTPUT IN A FD4 ANTENNA.. UNFORTUNATELY THE QRM-FAM AND THE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER FORCED ME TO STOP FOR TOO MANY TIMES. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! |
| YO5KAI | SO HP 15M | THANKS FOR NICE CONTEST. |
| YO9HG | SO LP 40M | TX-RX HOME MADE, 20 WATTS, ANT, W3DZZ |
| YR5A | SO HP 80M | NICE CONTEST, THANKS. 73! |
| YT6A | SO HP ALL | VERY POOR CONDITIONS. I HAD A LUCK WITH A LOT OF MULTIPLIERS WHO COME BACK ON MY CQ CALLS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CALL ME IN THE CONTEST. |
| YW1D | SO HP 40M | AFTER A BLACKOUT & THUNDERSTORM AT THE BEGINING OF THE CONTEST IT TURNED INTO A GREAT CONTEST. THANKS TO ALL WHO CALLED OR TRIED A QSO, IT WAS FUN EVEN WITH ALL THE TERRIBLE QRN ON BAND. NICE TO BE ON YV4A QTH AGAIN. |
| Z32AF | SA HP 80M | BAD WEATHER, SOFTWARE AND AMPLIFIER PROBLEMS. TNX FOR SSB AWARD - 2002. CU NEXT YEAR AGAIN. |
| ZC4VG | SO LP ALL | FIRST TIME IN WPX CQ COMPETITION DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS, THOROUGHLY ENJOYED WHAT OPERATING I COULD MANAGE. WILL DEFINITLEY MAKE A NOTE IN MY DIARY FOR NEXT YEARS. CONDITIONS NOT BRILLIANT, ALTHOUGH 28 MHZ OPENED FOR A BRIEF SPELL ON THE SUNDAY AFTERNOO |
| ZF1A | MSH | THIS WAS OUR FIRST M/S FROM ZF. CONDITIONS WERE BETTER THAN WE EXPECTED ALTHOUGH NOT REAL GOOD, WE HAD TROUBLE RAISING ANYONE ON 80 M EVEN THOUGH THE BAND SEEMED TO BE OPEN. AS ALWAYS, THANKS TO ANDREW AND THE GANG AT THE CARS FOR THE HOSPITALITY. |
| ZS1JY | SO LP ALL | MY FIRST CW CONTEST - IF LOG IS VERY INACCURATE, PLEASE ENTER AS A CHECKLOG. TRYING TO RUN FIRST CW CONTEST USING A HAND-KEY SEEMED LIKE A NON-STARTER. QUICKLY BUILT A TOUCH-SENSITIVE CIRCUIT TO DRIVE MY ICOM 706'S KEYER. RF INTERFERED WITH THIS CIRCUIT, |
| ZS6DX | SO QRP ALL | GREAT FIRST CW WPX EVEN IF CONDITIONS WERE NOT THAT GREAT HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA ! AFTER FIRST FEW HOURS I WAS STARTING TO WONDER HOW WISE IT WAS TO RUN QRP WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SOLAR CYCLE. |