CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| VK1NS | SO LP ALL | Great comp - many thanks to all who contacted |
| VK2M | SO HP ALL | Surprised by some of the 10m openings late into first night. Definitely improving conditions |
| VK2MTM | SO LP ALL | yaesu 991a with dipole antenna |
| VK2PW | SO HP ALL | Thanks to organisers, great conditions especially on 10m Good luck all competitors |
| VK3G | SO LP ALL | 10m - IC7610 into mobile whip vertical 15m, 20m - IC7300 into AH-740 vertical Antennas on roof of apartment |
| VK3IO | SO HP ALL | For this contest, I only had time for a search and pounce operation and I hardly did any CQ'ing myself. Consequently my score was low, but I was happy to possibly be a new mult for someone. Mostly good conditions and signals here, except for 80m, where USA was poor and so I had no contacts to USA on 80 or 160. For the next ssb dx contest, it should be noted that here in Australia, we can only operate from 3779 to 3800, when on LSB. I was again only using my 160m dipole on all bands and so was surprised for the big signals from Europe and USA, especially on 10 and 15 metre bands. Cheers, until next dx contest, from Ron |
| VK4A | MSH | Conditions are certainly on the improve |
| VK4OTZ | SO QRP ALL | Operator age 14 Operator age: 14 Great contest! Not as much on 40m as I was hoping for |
| VK5RS | SO HP ALL | Thank you - it was great fun |
| VK5Y | SO LP ALL | First license 05-2021 |
| VL6K | SO LP ALL | Part time effort again. 6m was open! IC7300, 80m OCF dipole @ 6m, 50W |
| VU2EII | SO HP ALL | First license 06-2021 06/14/2021 |
| VU2MB | Checklog | Check log |
| VU2MZT | SO LP ALL | First license 12-2022 ROOKIE |
| VU2SMS | SO LP 10M | FT747GX,100W, TB WIRES |
| VU3TPW | SO LP ALL | First license 09-2020 date of issue of license : 28/09/2020 |
| VY0ERC | SO HP ALL | This was a case of 'if it could go wrong, it did go wrong'. We had high hopes of achieving our best finish from Eureka. We had a new Spiderbeam to build and install on a telescoping pole which improved the antenna situation considerably, although it took too long to complete and so didn't go on the air until Saturday morning. The time lost in building the Spiderbeam meant that the 40m antennas were not installed. The amps were in place to give us a bit more punch, but the primary NCL-2000 began arcing early Saturday afternoon. The backup HF600 was slow to get going. It seems the safety switches were stuck open, but that problem was solved. Finally, after years of surviving on a diet of mostly 20m, activity on the high bands was possible. Aaaand then there were the ionospheric conditions. No getting around the impact of elevated A and K indices. It was a pleasant surprise that we got out as well as we did. Finally, for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon it was possible to run, with contacts throughout Europe. Not so much success into southern North America (aka everybody else on this side) or to the Pacific, but VU2ZMK was a fun pickup. South America was at times strong and easily worked. Many thanks to Erik and Ramina, my non-ham fellow scientists that provided an extra pair of hands from time to time. Thanks also to VE1RUS for organizing the Spiderbeam acquisition and providing moral and technical support from the south, and to all those who have supported VY0ERC with equipment donations, financial donations, and in general, good vibes! The interest and support from amateurs around the world make it possible to put this station on the air. Thanks all for the QSOs and see you next time! |
| VY2LI | SO LP 10M | Solar hangover killed 10 meters here! |
| W0BF | SO LP 10M | Was just playing around. Great signals from VK/ZL finally. Also great signals from West Africa but just a short opening to Europe , at least for me ! Just worked 10 meters. Love that band ! |
| W0JOP | SO LP ALL | Use multiple lines if needed |
| W1AST | SO LP ALL | Wish I had more time to operate |
| W1BBU | SO LP ALL | Known errors in received numbers. Consider use as a check file |
| W1JGM | SO HP ALL | Contest: CQWPXSSB 67 248 49 3.7 132 253 112 1.9 Total 329 798 243 2.4 |
| W1KBN | SO HP ALL | Operator age 19 OP BDAY 04/2003 |
| W2XX | SO LP ALL | Part time, made a few QSOs whenever I passed by the radio over the weekend |
| W3AZT | SO LP ALL | 9' whip antenna |
| W3FOX | SO HP ALL | Fun contest as always. Good conditions most of the time. My goal this year because of other obligations this weekend was 500,000 points or or 500 contacts. I actually beat both of those goals operating 17.1 hours. Ran 1KW with a Hex Beam on 20, 15, and 10 and 90 watts with dipoles on 80 and 40 |
| W3FR | SO HP ALL | First license 12-2020 |
| W3MLJ | SO HP ALL | Operator age 17 A few hour OP just to play around a little |
| W3POT | SO LP ALL | First license 01-2023 01/06/2023 |
| W3RE | SO HP ALL | Enjoyed this contest. I spent time at NE3F as well. Limited time this weekend. Nice to work CY0S and HH75RCH with my friends in Sable and Haiti Looking forward to the CW version!! |
| W3RFX | SO LP 20M | My second CQ WW WPX and it was great |
| W4CWO | SO LP ALL | I am uncertain of scoring, did the best I could. My first CQ contest. Thanks |
| W4ETA | SO LP ALL | Fun run for my first SSB WPX contest. Great time and thanks to everyone I worked! |
| W4KW | SO HP ALL | Tnx for the contacts, 73's, Bert |
| W5GAI | SO QRP 10M | Op time 11.7 hours. Propagation was not as good as the ARRL DX CW, also lots of noise on 10M. Most QSOs were US and South America. EU was weak, JA was rare, worked 2 in last minutes |
| W5GCX | SO HP ALL | Good Conditions |
| W5KY | SO LP ALL | ICOM 7600 DX Commander ABV |
| W6AWL | SO LP ALL | QSO Serial 1-4 where lost |
| W6US | SO LP ALL | Great contest!!! Lots of activity on all the bands. There are still a LOT of stations that are not IDing at least once every 3 contacts. That does not save time, especially for S&P stations who may have to wait a few minutes to find out it is a dupe.... Most of the beginning contesters will do unassisted S&P and this will discourage them |
| W7IBI | SO LP ALL | This is still a great ride even after 32 years. Let's do it again in '24 |
| W7MTH | SO LP ALL | Operator age 16 100w 3 ele yagi on 10m. 80-10efhw @ 80ft everywhere else |
| W8BO | SO LP ALL | First time I have entered an SSB contest The new rig, the Icom 7300 made this a pleasant experience |
| W8HF | SO QRP ALL | Extremely high winds knocked out power several times but didn't knock out antennas! |
| W8IDW | SO LP ALL | Area power outage from 2 pm Saturday till Monday evening prevented full participation |
| W8OMG | SO LP ALL | First license 12-2021 |
| W8RKW | SO LP 10M | First license 11-2021 Rookie Overlay: Licensed 11-30-2021 |
| W8ZDT | SO HP ALL | S&P for 3 hours Saturday afternoon. High winds power went out, seemed like a good time to quit |
| W9DCT | SO HP ALL | First license 04-2022 |
| W9GNW | SO LP ALL | First license 06-2022 |