CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| VK2IG | SO LP ALL | Got the 5-band spiderbeam back up and running, so this is the first time operating multi-band in a few years. Very enjoyable contest with some memorable propagation: 20m LP to EU in our late afternoons, 40m SP to NA in the evenings, & 20m LP to NA/Caribbean/SA on the Monday morning here just before the end of the contest. Some interesting echo effects rendered some faster senders unreadable at times - sometimes it's advisable to QRS on those longer paths. -:) Look forward to participating again next year |
| VK2PW | SO HP ALL | Only a few numbers given out. Bit of fun! |
| VK4DRK | SO LP 20M | First time WPX entry |
| VK4QS | SO QRP 15M | Hi There, I had a great time for the hours that I put into the CQ WPX CW Contest. I decided to operate as QRP station, and for the first time used a 3 Element TH3 Junior Yagi at 7 meters off the ground. Instead of my normal Operational mode to Contesting, I adopted a much calmer approach for what I now call ZEN QRP CW. Whereby its ok if the station I call does not hear me as QRP to make contact. There is another station just up the band waiting for me to contact them.... Once this mindset was adopted I found the contest to be amazingly rewarding as each contact was a Victory over the tyranny of distance with QRP Power levels. Thanks to the organizers and the score counters etc, without you we have no contest. Thanks also to CQ AR Magazine, Cheers Mike VK4QS |
| VK7GN | SO HP ALL | Up at the remote shack for Sunday - very good conditions -difficult to work through the pile! |
| VL2B | SO HP ALL | Conditions fantastic |
| VL2G | SO HP ALL | Excellent band conditions for the weekend |
| VL2N | SO HP ALL | Condx not great. Limited time due medical restraint Thanks all who called |
| VL6K | SO LP 10M | Not in it to win. Just trying to make a few contacts on 10m. Lucky to get a few QSOs on other bands too. IC7300, no amp, 80m OCF dipole @ 6m |
| VR2XAN | MSH | WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SERIAL NUMBER SERVER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTEST AND WE HAVE SOME DUPLICATE AND OUT OF SEQUENCE SERIALS |
| W0BF | SO LP ALL | Did not intend to submit this log. Did not try to be competitive at all. Was just making casual contacts checking propagation which seems to have been terrible lately. But you want it , so here it is , received numbers may not be very accurate cuz again , I really didn't care ! You cud just consider this a check log ! |
| W0DCX | SO LP ALL | I was mostly QRP but had to pump up power to 20 watts to snag a few distant stations. Yes, indeed, going from 5 watts to 20 watts CAN make a difference to the receiving ear |
| W0FLS | SO LP 15M | A short effort. . .still had a good time! |
| W1MVY | SO LP ALL | As always, this was a fun contest! It is great to experience how the bands change over the course of the weekend with so many signals. Thanks to all who participated and helped my increase my CW speed! |
| W2CG | SO LP 40M | Only S&P from vacation QTH in No. Carolina. Had trouble with 20m antenna |
| W2XX | SO LP ALL | Just playing around, S&P effort as time allowed this weekend. Conditions weren’t great for a single wire element and low power from the Southwest desert region. Tried to get a run going a few times but never took off |
| W3AVP | SO LP ALL | My 6 week old daughter was eager for my attention during this event! |
| W3HKK | SO HP 10M | No EU heard hr in OH. Poor cndx overall. What a diff fm Oct/Nov'22 contests when 500+ qsos made on 10m |
| W3TB | SO LP ALL | W3TB, Franklin TN |
| W4/CT7AGR | SO LP ALL | Address given above is home address of my son N4DPS whom I am visiting. my home address Rua Jose Maria Nicolao 3 10B 1500-374 LISBON PORTUGAL |
| W4EE | SO LP ALL | More BIC but lower score than 2022 |
| W4GHV | SO HP ALL | IC-7610 & EFHW |
| W4IU | SO LP ALL | FISRT TIME IN A CW CONTEST... I HAD LOTS OF FUN DOING IT. THANKS!!!! |
| W4KAZ | SO LP ALL | Running a test on a new antenna for portable ops. And testing new radio. All good fun |
| W4QDV | SO LP ALL | Great contest with some super great operators! |
| W4VIC | SO HP ALL | Thanks for the Qs. 73, Vic W4VIC |
| W5LVC | Checklog | K2 @ 5W into EFHW @ 25 ft POTA activation TX K2991 - Bonham State Park |
| W7LKG | SO HP ALL | Token effort. Thanks for the contacts |
| W7QDM | SO HP ALL | I wiped out one QSO. Hope this didn't mess up the QSO numbers |
| W8KNO | SO LP 20M | A family wedding keep me off the air |
| W9KHH | SO LP 15M | Difficult with dipole at six feet but enjoyed the chase helping ops with their thousands of QSO's |
| WA1FCN | SO LP 10M | I thought I would try a relaxed. not so serious category so I picked SB 10. Wow that was too relaxed. I am not likely to pick this again. One nice QSO was KH8W, nothing else to mention. 73 BoB WA1FCN |
| WA2CHV | SO LP ALL | This contest was a welcome change from riding the John Deere in my backyard Serengeti. Only 'in the seat' for a handful of hours. Great fun though. Ran barefoot at only 100 watts |
| WA5ZKO | SO LP 15M | Didn't have much time to operate and stayed on 15m for short duration |
| WA6KHK | SO HP ALL | First test of JK ant at 80'. Not many S. American stns |
| WA6URY | SO HP ALL | Operated remote from Tokyo, Japan |
| WA8KAN | SO LP ALL | Great Memorial Day weekend contest. Thank you to all that served in the military |
| WA8MDC | SO LP ALL | Memorial day weekend here in the states and with family visiting not much time to operate |
| WA9LKZ | SO LP ALL | FLDIGI HAD USB PORT ISSUES COULD NOT RESOLVE IF COMPTER OR RADIO |
| WB0B | SO LP ALL | Divided time between WPX-CW operating and family events |
| WB0POH | SO LP ALL | Had amazing conditions. Worked a couple of new countries and several rare (for me) entities. I did the entire operation on a battery-only operation at home in prep for POTA activations |
| WB7QMR | SO LP ALL | Flex6300, Hamsticks, CW-Skimmer |
| WB7UOF | SO LP 15M | Fun in SE AZ |
| WB8YHD | SO LP 20M | Put in a few hours and got some of the kinks out. Good warm up for Field Day and get a few DX contacts into the log. Thanks for everyone's patience and I apologize ahead of time for any incorrectly copied exchanges. Still learning. 73, Frank |
| WD6DX | Checklog | I made SOTA activation for Briones Hills W6/NC-371 and did not plan to participate in the contest, but some station started calling me and asking for number. One station convinced me to make one QSO in the contest |
| WF4V | Checklog | First CW WPX. Had a great time and worked a few new ones |
| WK9M | SO LP 40M | The usual team was busy this time I used this as a chance for me to practice copying numbers that I'm sometimes weaker on. Hopefully I have all of your calls right & see you on the next one in full force maybe then. :) |
| WP3X | MSH | All remote ops with KP4AA as local sub and chief engineer |
| WQ6X | SO QRP ALL | This was the 1st WQ6X QRP WPX contest - EVER In between sleeping and OP-shifts with NX6T, as WQ6X I found 18 hours to run remotely from KN6NBT's QTH in Ramona California. This QTH is where the exiled tower trailer from NX6T in Fallbrook is now living happily. The same 3-el Stepp-IR and Mosley Shorty-40 was reprised at 55' atop the motor-crank tower. For 80-meters, a double-bazooka at least got us on the band - barely. 80 & 10 meters were BiG disappointments for this GiG. On the PLUS side, having 15-meters open until well after 05:00z and 20-meters open to somewhere all night, were AWEsome! A K3/0 mini in my Alameda office allowed me to get started shortly after the contest started. Then, for the rest of the weekend, I ran the NX6T and WQ6X remote operations using a standard K3/0 box at W7AYT's QTH in Concord (CM78xx). If my signal seemed a bit uncharacteristically choppy, we can blame the random bursts of internet-pulsing. While running QRP was indeed a challenge, I am indebted to those kilowatt stations who sometimes stood by and gave me a momentarily QUIET frequency to slip my QRP-signal into. LooK for a write-up on this soon at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com |
| WR1TC | MM | Tested our WRTC station setup in the backyard |