CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| K0TC | SO HP ALL | No shortage of stations to work! |
| K0XP | SO HP ALL | Just playing around with my low wire antlers. Should have spent lots more time on 20, though. 80 sure was noisy until almost sunrise! |
| K1LT | SO LP ALL | Just a few hours Friday evening |
| K1WAT | SO QRP 20M | Setup: QMX - 3W - Dipole |
| K2CJ | SO HP ALL | Bit less than 4 hours - Holiday weekend + Grandson's 7th Birthday festivities! |
| K2MN | SO LP ALL | Used two indoor fan dipoles and 90 Watts |
| K2TV | SO LP ALL | operated running 25 watts to my third floor balcony magnetic loop antenna |
| K3CCR | SO HP ALL | 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 Assisted in the 2024 CQ WPX CW. I hoped to beat the 973 Qs and 1.84-M claim I got in 2024 WPX CW. Nope I got just 0.95 X the QSO pts and 0.97 X the WPX for 0.92 X my 2024 score claim. Not sure why. At 0Z start I ran for 116 of 176 Qs on 20 M, vs 19 of 140 in ’24. I then got 65 40-M Qs for a total 241 at 04Z QRT, vs 230 at ’24 QRT. Back at 1147Z I got 20 Qs on 20 M, 116 on 15 M, & 18 on 10 M by 1536Z and quit to eat, with 405 total vs 410 at ’24 lunch BK. I was then mostly behind until final QRT. Clicks on new spots gave good rates at times, poor at others. This year I got 51 more 1 & 2 pt Qs but 228 fewer 3 & 6 pt Qs. Back at 1822Z I hopped 3 hi bands for 107 Qs, 80 on 20 M, then broke for supper. On at 2207Z for 6 15-M Qs & 66 20-M Qs. Then 129 40-M Qs, 66 in a run at 77/hr. A pileup mostly 1-pt Qs, poor ops, and repeats. Then all 5 80-M Qs by 0254Z QRT. Back 1147-1510Z I got 100 15-M Qs, 31 20-M Qs & 2 last 10-M Qs. After lunch, from 1812Z I got 79 20-M QS & 25 15-M Qs usual slow Sun. PM. Final QRT at 2202Z few workable, run or click, and I avoided a late supper |
| K3GW | SO HP 40M | A wonderful way to meet and contact US Stations |
| K3KEK | SO HP ALL | SO many dx, thanks! |
| K3LT | SO LP ALL | Memorial Day weekend -- not the best time for a contest? |
| K3TW | SO QRP 40M | 'Conditions were best on the lower bands.' |
| K4PQC | SO QRP 80M | Not having much time to spend on probably the best and most fun contest there is... I made the mistake of choosing SB-80 not knowing that it would be the nosiest band at my QTH because of power line noise centered around the 80 meter band. hi |
| K5XU | SO LP ALL | Lots of very good CW operators this time |
| K6DF | SO LP ALL | The WPX CW is always a fun event, had a great time this year as well . . |
| K6FA | SO HP ALL | Only ran S&P as my typing skills are not good enough |
| K6NR | SO HP ALL | Uneven conditions with some very weak signals along with some very strong ones. 15 and 20 were the good bands, with strong signals from Europe on 15 in the morning and on 20 in the evening. 10 meters was not very good except to South America and some USA on Friday evening. Overall, great activity! Thanks for the QSOs - 73, Dana |
| K6ZH | SO HP 15M | Interesting condx. Could only put in a few hours, and I opted to do 15 meters only. BUT the band was open to somewhere in EU every time I got on the air, including late night local time! |
| K7QA | SO HP ALL | Not quite the condx we were hoping for in spite of the low A/K solar indexes. Propagation on the high bands seemed unpredictable and kept wandering all over. Deep QSB was brutal with tons of repeats. I guess this is to be expected as the cycle starts winding down. This contest is a 3 band affair out here. 160, 80 and 10 were a waste of time. 20 played well but 15 was not as productive as the past 2 years. Lots of loud mega stations but mostly ESP sigs. 10 featured only SW Es prop and OC with a big pipeline into KH6. Looks like the best 10m condx are over for cycle 25. Did manage to get Qs with the more interesting DX heard or spotted: 3D2 3W9 4O4 4L8 4K6 9J2 9K2 9H6 A62 A71 7Z1 E2 HS3 HZ1 JT1 OY1 TA3 Z33 ZD7 ZL7 & ZP6. Eastern EU stns really dominate in this one. 30% Run 70& S&P |
| K7VIT | SO HP ALL | Thanks for continuing and supporting the CQ WPX family of contests |
| K8APP | SO LP ALL | First license 10-2024 First license 2024-10 |
| K8LG | SO LP ALL | Operator age 19 2005 |
| K9CJ | SO HP 40M | Well am I low power or high power? Amp died half way through |
| K9GA | SO LP ALL | THANK YOU TO ALL |
| K9GY | SO LP 10M | Using my broken Cushcraft R-9 antenna which still works on 10m ugh! |
| K9HIM | SO LP ALL | Really enjoyed the contest. IC7300 90w Delta Loop |
| KA0PQW | SO LP ALL | fun contest the bands were good alot of the time |
| KA3DRR | SO HP ALL | My personal best score! Thanks for an amazing Radiosport event |
| KA3TTT | SO QRP ALL | First time from my new QTh with my OCF dipole. Still running QRP |
| KA6BIM | SO HP ALL | Other than 5NN, Please do not use cut numbers in serial numbers!! Word of advice: if someone is calling CQ at 21-25 wpm, you might want to slow down from your 40 wpm to give your call and report. You won't have to repeat it so many times.... Thanks for the Qso's Dave ka6bim |
| KB4DX | M2 | See comments in 3830 |
| KB6A | SO HP ALL | I did not give anyone serial number 104 |
| KC1QEM | SO LP ALL | First CW contest. Conditions only fair with a complete disappearance of 20 meters on Sunday afternoon . Wasn't gone long but... Still learning |
| KC1UEK | SO LP ALL | First license 02-2024 Just tried it out to sharpen up my cw skills, all transmissions were manual with a paddle. Good practice, lots of activity! |
| KC3M | SO HP ALL | 500w, 132' EFHW at 25', Stealth - Live at HOA, Ten Tec Orion 2 |
| KC9EE | SO LP ALL | 2nd contest in a row that didn't really go as planned. Fortunately, it doesn't look like it would have changed the standings in the Division. I had planned to take time messing with SO2R and knew that would diminish my score a little. What I hadn't planned on was being so weak on 15 and 40 into EU and JA. I had done a little work that I thought would improve 15. Well, it made the antenna far more matched to 50 ohm but did nothing to improve performance. Saturday evening after dinner, I had found the perfect combination of short and long skip on 40 and 20. From around 0100 to 0600, I had some very productive runs. Both afternoons were dismal for me. Too much absorption for short skip and I might as well have been QRP on 15 meters. I had planned to have new wires up before the contest, but I failed at that. Hopefully, the antenna work will be mostly done by the time IARU RadioSport rolls around. As for SO2R, I really only used it to run on 20 and S&P on 40. If ten had really opened up, I could have ran there, also. The RigSelect Pro worked very well with N1MM+ and the two Elecraft rigs. 73, Gary KC9EE |
| KD1MC | SO LP ALL | My first time in WPX, and it was a blast! Between the high activity levels, loads of mults, and the scoring structure, it was a ton of fun. I operated W1IMD remotely from Colorado, and as always, the Flex and yagis made it a joy to operate. Big thanks to Paul for making that setup available -- it's a killer station. This was my first serious attempt at SO2R in a high-rate contest, and I'm starting to feel comfortable with it. It really helped keep things moving during slow patches -- a mix of run/S&P worked best, depending on conditions. I operated ~27 of the first 31 hours, with about 4 hours of breaks, then took a 7-hour rest block and came back on at 7am ET. Band conditions were generally very good -- except for a bizarre moment Sunday morning when 20m completely vanished. I triple-checked my setup, but nothing was wrong on my end. Later saw the NOAA Space Weather report confirming a moderate R2-level HF radio blackout from 1618-1636z. 15m stayed open, which was a surprise. Great contest, can't wait to do it again. Thanks for the Qs! |
| KD2SGM | SO LP ALL | I know the log is late but perhaps it can be used as a check for other submitted logs |
| KD7KDO | SO LP ALL | :) |
| KD7MT | SO LP 20M | Little gun station using Inverted V Windom at 25 feet but very good contest grade transceiver. About 2 years experience doing contests....but 53 years experience in radio proving it is never too late. It only makes sense for me to do 20m given my limitations and you certainly hear the whole world on that band including great nighttime DX. Thanks to all the Europeans who were patient and pulled out my weak signal |
| KD8DEU | SO LP ALL | Just a token appearance here . . . was surprised how 15M lit up |
| KD9LSV | SO LP ALL | Operator age 24 Birthday 08-19-2000 |
| KE0IAT | SO LP ALL | Flex 6600 Antennas: Butternut, Inverted L |
| KE0TT | SO QRP ALL | 5 watts to wires. Reinforced that calling CQ with QRP = 3 Q's per hour |
| KE2AIZ | SO LP ALL | Operator age 10 Born 1/2015. half:) made some Qs. Fastest contest done from home station. I think my speed improved this weekend! |
| KE8JVX | SO LP ALL | First time CW contesting sorry for any errors or confusion |
| KF0GVX | SO LP ALL | Operator age 15 Had a lot of fun during the contest, propagation was good on 20 to EU. 73, AMDG. KF0GVX Ryan |
| KF0QFD | SO LP ALL | Operator age 14 Date of birth 10/08/2010 (October 08, 2010) |
| KF3G | SO LP ALL | Removed Duplicates: 14060 CW 2025-05-24 0110 KF3G 599 21 WO4O 599 110 14046 CW 2025-05-24 1841 KF3G 599 42 OL730PLZ 599 1829 Portable QTH - FM29jw Thank you for the 2025 CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest |
| KG0RD | SO LP ALL | Enjoyed this contest |