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Call	Category	Comments
OH1MN	SO QRP 10M	JUST OUT TO CHECK CONDX
OH1SIC	SO LP ALL	73 de OH1SIC/SM5SIC Goran
OH1TM	SA HP ALL	Quite nice cndx this time! I sometimes even forget that I am a little pistol! FT-1000mp, 600 Watts, Butternut HF9V
OH6QU	SA HP 15M	After a long, dark and cold winter in Finland I find it difficult to motivate myself to participate in CQ WPX CW because it is finally sunny and warm weather outside. Well, this year I didn't have that motivation problem - the national weather forecast told that during the contest weekend it is hardly 10 degrees Celsius and rainy. I am still in lack of antennas and a station automation for a serious multi-band operation and therefore I decided to participate the contest in SO(A)SB15 HP-category. The 21 MHz band is my favourite as it is not too crowded and my stack of three Hy-Gain TH7DX antennas are performing very well on this band. On the other hand my QTH is located at 63N latitude which normally means I am not blessed with those regular openings towards North America and Japan as they do in Central and Southern EU but you just have to live with it. As expected at this stage of the solar cycle the band didn't really open for me towards North America around 11 to 14 UTC. Saturday I only managed to work KC1XX during this time window but Sunday there were around thirty North American stations audible. Most of them didn't move my S-meter but they were still workable. Thanks for your patience for making the QSOs! The fun part of the contest was nearly around the clock ES- propagation within the EU area and Polar Path openings towards North America, Pacific and Japan on all three nights. The contest starts at 3 AM local time. Around that time the 15 m band was still partly open towards North America and Japan! For example during Saturday/Sunday night I managed to log AH6KO, KH7M and KH6TU after the local midnight. I am really looking forward to the next solar cycle maximum to see how good this Polar Path propagation gets with more sunspots boosting the density of ionosphere F-layer. The contest setup was FTdx5000 + OM2500A / 1.5 kW and 3 x Hy-Gain TH7DX. Tnx for QSOs! Jari OH6QU & OG6A
OH7KBF	SA HP ALL	CQ WW WPX CW 2019
OK1DSA	SO QRP 20M	Great conds, great contest... Thanks to all who heard my QRP signal. RIG: MFJ-9020 ANT: INDOOR half-size G5RV in a loft of my house KEY: straight Junker
OK1JOK	SO LP 160M	FT1000 MP MK5F ANT.INV.L PC 486 DX
OK1LL	SO LP 15M	FT897D <100W,3el Yagi.Everythings in the contest was under the rules
OK2BOB	SO LP 10M	My rig: IC706 70W , ant. LW 10 m on balcon at 2nd floor. Sorry, but my TRX was qrt during 40 minutes,
OK2FD	SO QRP ALL	Great condx for EU QSOs but not for DX
OK2PBG	SO LP 20M	CQ WW WPX CW Contest 2019-05-25 00:00 UTC - 2019-05-26 23:59 UTC Transceiver FT950 ( Power 100W ) vert. GP , FD4
OK2SWD	SO LP ALL	VERY GOOD CONTEST WITH MANY STATIONS. SEE YOU AGAIN FRIENDS. TCVR: 70 W, ANT: LW 40 M MULTIBAND
OK2TSG	SO QRP 40M	Good fun. FTDX3000D, 5W, wire antenna
OK5E	SO HP 40M	TRX FLEX-5000A + PA FL2277B, 400W ANT DUAL ZEPP 2x33m, VERTICAL GP-TDX
OK5SWL	M2	VERY GOOD CONTEST. SEE YOU AGAIN FRIENDS. TCVR: 70 W, ANT: LW 40 M MULTIBAND
OK5Z	MSH	2x IC-7610, IC-781, IC-775DSP
OL4W	SA QRP 80M	KX3 5W LW42m
OL6D	SA LP 80M	Fuly remotered K3/100W - vertical 80m via own equipment @remotehams.com OK1DWQ-G station
OL6P	SA HP 20M	I operated SO2V with IC7610 and N1MM
OL7C	MSH	A great contest
OL9R	SA LP 80M	dipole 32mH, FT1000MP MARKV Filed
OM2DT	SO LP 20M	TS590sg, LW
OM3CDN	SO LP ALL	FT-277ZD, max output 100 w, Ant: End Fed 5 Band
OM4ANO	SO LP 20M	TNX FER FB CONTEST.73!
OM5WW	SO LP ALL	pwr: 100 w, ant: multiband DL
OM8LM	SO LP 40M	TS590, Ant GAP TITAN DX, PWR 100W
OM8ON	SO LP ALL	FT-2000 Dipole
ON5JT	SA LP ALL	Good opening in 10 and 15 M low noise level FT5k @ 100W ANT: HF2v, FB53, Hexabeam
ON5SV	SO LP 15M	Always good moments spent with CW friends
ON5WL	SO LP 80M	The propagation was good on 80 m and I could make a lot of qso. 10 m was open for Europe and I made many qso for fun. I enjoyed the contest. Till next year 73 Leon ON5WL
ON6AT	SO LP ALL	Yaesu FT-950 90w - Antenna
ON6NL	SA HP 40M	Just to be there for some hours. Arrived late Friday back from 3X. IC7610+ACOM1K dipole at @)m up
OP5T	M2	First time that we could enter the M/2 category
OT2X	SO LP ALL	Good conditions. Nice to enjoy the contest. Best 73 OT2X
OZ3SM	SA LP ALL	Rig:Elecraft K3/P3 100W Ant: 80m vertical loop and Hexbeam
P40X	M2	Sporadic-E propagation in EU and NA not good for us DX over long periods cost us many good hours on 20 and 15 and so QSO totals are somewhat down compared to 2017. Anyway, we truly enjoyed providing one of the three unique Aruba mults
PA2A	SA HP ALL	Both days 10 and 15 meters were open, what a surprise!
PA2CHM	SO LP ALL	bandconditions better than last weekend due to birthday party only a few QSO's hope to see u all nexttime used SD for post-contest logging
PA2REH	SO QRP 10M	With just 5W CW, 10m with vy gd Es, was fun, all 73
PA3DTR	SO LP ALL	Nice contest. Longing for better conditions and more time to spend
PA4J	SA QRP ALL	First time in this contest using Yaesu FT817nd with wire dipole under the attic, fishing pole in the garden both on 20m. On 15m indoor magloop diy. Thanks for the contacts 73 Jan PA4J First licensed march 14 2017 (PD0JBZ)
PA9CW	SO QRP ALL	Vy nice contest, and a lot off activity. See you next year. PA9CW, Tonnie
PA9M	SA QRP 10M	Nice to have openings on 10M. Super spor E in Europa for two days!!
PC3T	SA LP ALL	I had a blast and that is what matters
PD0WR	SO LP ALL	CW Rookie
PE2K	SA QRP ALL	Hi, All QSO's made with 5w and a dipole. QSL buro. 73 Adriaan PE2K
PF5X	SA HP ALL	Had some nice runs on 10m (sporadic E). Conditions for DX were mediocre at best. Was active on 40-10m for about 12 hours
PG4I	SA LP 10M	Put up a simple groundplane at the start of the contest, it worked very well! Surprised to see such good shortskip propagation on 10. With a bit of luck and patience even made 2 QSOs with Brazil!
PS7DX	SO QRP 15M	Windows antenna
PT8CW	SO LP ALL	Nice Contest!

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