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N8BISA HP ALLThis is getting to be one of my more favorite contests
N8EVSA LP ALLRookie licensed 2/15/2018
N8IISO LP ALLGood condx on 75M but activity low 2nd night. Surprised to work D4C on 10M and run PU stations. 20M was a zoo, too many wide signals, too many with poor audio
N8PENSO LP 20MRookie licensed 2/12/2019
N8TCPSO LP ALLHad fun with what I could do
N8YXRMSLI had the flu just days before and was still getting over it
N9OUSO LP 40MIn a weekend planned for WPX, the XYL had other plans, and the weekend quickly became a weekend of "honey-dos" and family time (no complaints about the family time). Since I don't have a permanent station (every contest is Field Day for me!), I didn't even get a chance to set up the antenna and rig outside on the lanai until around 2200Z on Saturday. Chores done, kids in bed, I managed to get on the air just shy of 0145Z, on Sunday, with over half of the contest over! Since I only have dipoles, and since it was already late, I decided to concentrate only on 40m, which meant I didn't have to waste time changing dipole elements. Of course, this would be the contest where I hear that 20m was "The Place" to be! After 100 Qs of mostly S&P, I called it quits. It wasn't until 1800Z Sunday when I finally got time again, but the bands went from the complete chaos of the night to silence during the local afternoon. I managed to get 25 more Qs between other honey-dos before the competition was over. Still fun and added to my DXCC count any radio time is always appreciated. Here's hoping next year will be less honey-dos and more Qs!
NB4CM2Operation from W4MLB (PCARS) using NB4C
NC7MSA HP ALLFlex 6000 Mono Band antennas
ND0CSO QRP ALLTough conditions, especially for QRP. Why do people relay fills? Don't!!
NE4EISO HP ALLI had an accidental jump in my serial numbers from 134 to 144. I discovered the error at serial number 147. I then made contacts for serial numbers 135 thru 143. Then picked up serial number 148 and continued on. Thus the time of contacts will be out of order. I can be contacted by email for any questions
NF4ASO HP ALLMANY THANKS TO CHARLIE FOR THE USE OF HIS CALL ONCE AGAIN. IT WAS GREAT FOR THE FULL 36-HOURS. GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS..THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A LIMITED STATION
NF8MSO LP ALLJust handing out my mult for a bit. No serious effort
NG1RSA LP ALLThank you for sponsoring the contest
NH6PMSHMahalo for all the QSOs. Thanks to KH6YY for the generous use of his station
NL7DSO LP ALLGreat Contest
NO3USA LP ALLWho says you can't have fun with 100 watts and a longwire? Almost tripled last years point total and made over 550 QSOs! A great contest for both serious contesters and casual ones!
NR0DSO LP 20MTough one this year! I was sad to see 15M and 10M totally dead
NR5WMSHSTATION WAS K7RI
NR7DXSO HP ALLGood thing we can work stateside!
NT4ZSO LP ALLFun Contest!
NU5ASO HP 20MErrands and brush clearing and church and visiting Mom, etc. Was able to get on for just a bit more than just the last hour, but it was fun and I think a lot of guys needed this mult. Condx sounded fairly good at the end. CU full time in the CW leg
NU5DESO LP 20MPart time, as always
NV2KSO LP ALLMy favorite contest had a lot of fun this year thank you!
NX6TSA LP ALLThis is a reverse-call portable operation from W7AYT's QTH in Concord. Being that my WQ6X callsign was in use by the usual gang of operators (@NX6T) in Fallbrook, I reciprocated by running as NX6T at W7AYT's QTH in Concord, Ca. The FT-1000mp ran superbly throughout, altho a serial port problem on Friday disrupted the CAT connection between N1MM+ and the radio. On Saturday, some cable futzing shifted the com ports about resuming the RigExpert's CAT relationship with the FT-1000mp. Fixing a bad feeder line on the WQ6X Lazy 8JK Sloper brought it back to life, but for this contest, receive only - all QSOs were made with the Comet CH-250 vertical. Read more about my WQ6X / NX6T exploits at http://WQ6X.Blogspot.Com
OA4SSSO HP ALLCondx poor on Saturday, excellent Sunday afernoon, except for 10 meters
OE1HHBSO LP ALLGreat fun with verticals on balcony
OE2IJLSO LP ALLSorry not enough time for this ufb contest. Maybe next year. 73
OE2SSA LP ALLjust a part time operation from the home QTH
OE6MMDSA HP ALLHighlights: *High activity on low bands *AA1JD breaking through enormous european QRM (S9+20) on 40m despite weak conditions sunday afternoon * VK4KW S9 via LP gray line 40m Lowlights: * CAT - interface unrepairable broken Saturday night - Annoying, slowing me done and increasing band - change error rates /dupes. Sorry if any. *I only worked with delta loop and with 1 multiband vertical but sometimes feeding both of them -- not allowed for TB wires-- Nevertheless little chance on high bands, due to conditions. BR Ron, OE6MMD
OE6ZSO HP 20MStarted out as OE/VY2YY for OE0 but started anew as OE6Z after an hour - too tedious to do S&P and keep repeating the call 3 times ... fun contest, condx being quite good on the second day, surprisingly long opening to the states in the evening. Band was crowded but not as bad as in CQWW ... 73 Mike, OE6MBG
OG6NSA HP ALLJust made a few QSOs for fun
OG8TSA LP 20Mic-756Pro2 SteppIr 2El
OH0VSA HP 40MThank you for another contest to remember! How weak can the ionosphere get - no DX propagation on 40. CU on CW - Jukka OH6LI at OH0V
OH1XFESO LP ALLradio weather wasnt so good in north.... but i liked the fun
OH2LZCSO HP ALLRemote sofa operation for QSO fun. 80m loop, all-band use with tuner
OH2MZASO LP 20MExperimenting from the apartment balcony... Cheers/73, 'Zaba' OH1ZAA
OH2RMSO HP 20MHi, GVC2C might be a wrong call, should be 0 points Had fun Thanks
OH5MQSO LP ALLAntennas: 80 m horizontal loop for 80 and 80 meters, dipole for 160 meters
OH6UXSO LP ALLFirst time lisenced 1st of February 2017
OH73ELKMSHIt was our First WPX Contest
OK1BLUSO LP ALLBreak 2019-03-30...00.00-06.00 Break 2019-03.30...17.00-22.00 Break 2019-03-31...00.00-05.00
OK1JOKSO LP 160MFT 1000 MP MKF5 ANT.IMV.L
OK1NF/PSO LP 160MJust a brief operation from a SOTA summit. Great fun!
OK1XBFSO LP 80MIcom IC7000
OK2BRXSO LP ALLTRX-IC7300, ANT DIPOL-3BAND 3LE YAGI
OK2BVChecklogFor Check
OK2MBPSO LP ALLRig[s] IC-756PROIII-100W, Antena[s] 3el.Yagi, Windom FD5, Dipol 2x40m
OK2PBGSO LP 20MTransceiver FT950 Ant. vert. GP , FD4
OK2XDDSA HP ALLFIRST LICENSED 2018-04-30

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