CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| KK4BZ | SO LP ALL | Icom IC-746 and a 134 ft OCFD wire antenna at 10m in trees |
| KK4BZ | SO LP ALL | Icom IC-746 and a 134 ft OCFD wire antenna at 10m in trees |
| KK4CS | SO LP ALL | Great contest |
| KK4CS | SO LP ALL | Great contest |
| KK4QKP | SO LP ALL | Lots of fun...wish i had more time on the radio! |
| KK4QKP | SO LP ALL | Lots of fun...wish i had more time on the radio! |
| KK7PW | SO HP ALL | Good fun! Go WWDXC! |
| KK7PW | SO HP ALL | Good fun! Go WWDXC! |
| KL2ZZ | Checklog | Checklog only |
| KL2ZZ | Checklog | Checklog only |
| KL5IO | SO LP ALL | First license 03-2022. ROOKIE |
| KL5IO | SO LP ALL | First license 03-2022. ROOKIE |
| KM4SII | SO LP ALL | Operator age 19. Another fun contest operating my home station remotely from my dorm room (obviously with no roommate or else that would put SSB out of the equation) at Auburn University. I only intended to do a casual effort, but soon found myself sucked into the contest vortex! As always, I was SO1R with simple wire antennas. Some of you may have come across me running (and occasionally during search and pounce) and though to yourself: 'Wow, Mason sure sounds a lot different than I remember!' As I'm sure those of you that gave me a call when I was calling CQ could tell, I was giving a trial run of W1VE's DVK software. Why use a DVK synthesizer, you might ask? Well, I struggle with some vocal cord issues meaning I lose my voice easily. Thus, for the past several years, a full-out SSB contest effort has just not been possible. However, thanks to the DVK, I was able to make it through the weekend and not completely lose my voice! While searching and pouncing I used my own voice since a synthesizer simply cannot replace a human voice when it comes to clearly repeating a miscopied callsign or serial number where different phonetics, pausing, and inflection is a must. But for running, the DVK does the trick just fine! As those of you that worked me at the beginning of the contest may have noted, the audio from the software 'out-of-the-box' is a bit choppy with a number of the characters getting cut off. So after the first hour of the contest, I took nearly an hour off playing around in audacity to fix the audio files so that everything came out cleaner. It still needs a little work, but after that, things sounded a good deal better. A few of the comments from fellow ops included 'hello robot' or 'thanks computer!' Many of the ops responded with a chuckle and gave me their serial number in a voice mocking the way the DVK sounds. Quite entertaining! Enough about the DVK, though. Conditions this weekend were quite good, although 20m Sunday morning was notably poor. Thankfully, 15m and 10m made up for that at the time. 10m was quite exceptional Sunday afternoon with booming stations from CT, D4, South America, VK, and KH7 etc... all coming in at once! 15m on Saturday morning was also quite good to SE Asia with Thailand in particular coming in very strong. However, after sitting in the large pileups for those stations for a while, I decided to move on despite how enticing the unusual DX was. I was able to run on 80 and 40m, but other than a little bit on 15m on Sunday, my high band QSOs were almost completely search and pounce. I was able to hit my goal of 1,000 QSOs just before I had to go QRT an hour before the end of the contest. Thanks for the QSOs! de KM4SII - Mason Rig: Flex 6300 Antennas: 80: 80m dipole sloping from 70 to 40 ft 40: 40m dipole sloping from 70 to 50 ft 20: 20m delta loop at 60 ft 15: 40m dipole sloping from 70 to 50 ft 10: 20m delta loop at 60 ft |
| KM4SII | SO LP ALL | Operator age 19. Another fun contest operating my home station remotely from my dorm room (obviously with no roommate or else that would put SSB out of the equation) at Auburn University. I only intended to do a casual effort, but soon found myself sucked into the contest vortex! As always, I was SO1R with simple wire antennas. Some of you may have come across me running (and occasionally during search and pounce) and though to yourself: 'Wow, Mason sure sounds a lot different than I remember!' As I'm sure those of you that gave me a call when I was calling CQ could tell, I was giving a trial run of W1VE's DVK software. Why use a DVK synthesizer, you might ask? Well, I struggle with some vocal cord issues meaning I lose my voice easily. Thus, for the past several years, a full-out SSB contest effort has just not been possible. However, thanks to the DVK, I was able to make it through the weekend and not completely lose my voice! While searching and pouncing I used my own voice since a synthesizer simply cannot replace a human voice when it comes to clearly repeating a miscopied callsign or serial number where different phonetics, pausing, and inflection is a must. But for running, the DVK does the trick just fine! As those of you that worked me at the beginning of the contest may have noted, the audio from the software 'out-of-the-box' is a bit choppy with a number of the characters getting cut off. So after the first hour of the contest, I took nearly an hour off playing around in audacity to fix the audio files so that everything came out cleaner. It still needs a little work, but after that, things sounded a good deal better. A few of the comments from fellow ops included 'hello robot' or 'thanks computer!' Many of the ops responded with a chuckle and gave me their serial number in a voice mocking the way the DVK sounds. Quite entertaining! Enough about the DVK, though. Conditions this weekend were quite good, although 20m Sunday morning was notably poor. Thankfully, 15m and 10m made up for that at the time. 10m was quite exceptional Sunday afternoon with booming stations from CT, D4, South America, VK, and KH7 etc... all coming in at once! 15m on Saturday morning was also quite good to SE Asia with Thailand in particular coming in very strong. However, after sitting in the large pileups for those stations for a while, I decided to move on despite how enticing the unusual DX was. I was able to run on 80 and 40m, but other than a little bit on 15m on Sunday, my high band QSOs were almost completely search and pounce. I was able to hit my goal of 1,000 QSOs just before I had to go QRT an hour before the end of the contest. Thanks for the QSOs! de KM4SII - Mason Rig: Flex 6300 Antennas: 80: 80m dipole sloping from 70 to 40 ft 40: 40m dipole sloping from 70 to 50 ft 20: 20m delta loop at 60 ft 15: 40m dipole sloping from 70 to 50 ft 10: 20m delta loop at 60 ft |
| KN2M | SO HP 20M | Spring snow storm created intense static over S9 for many many hours Sunday making QSO impossible at times |
| KN2M | SO HP 20M | Spring snow storm created intense static over S9 for many many hours Sunday making QSO impossible at times |
| KN6NSK | SO LP ALL | First license 03-2021. 03-2021 |
| KN6NSK | SO LP ALL | First license 03-2021. 03-2021 |
| KN6ODG | SO LP ALL | First license 03-2021 |
| KN6ODG | SO LP ALL | First license 03-2021 |
| KO4DJG | SO HP 20M | First license 05-2020 |
| KO4DJG | SO HP 20M | First license 05-2020 |
| KO4ENU | SO LP ALL | First license 06-2020. rookie, first time on this contest! |
| KO4ENU | SO LP ALL | First license 06-2020. rookie, first time on this contest! |
| KO4EZG | SO LP ALL | First license 07-2020. Rookie, 1 July 2020 |
| KO4EZG | SO LP ALL | First license 07-2020. Rookie, 1 July 2020 |
| KO4IJH | SO LP ALL | First license 10-2020 |
| KO4IJH | SO LP ALL | First license 10-2020 |
| KO4SGC | SO LP 10M | Operator age 12. 2009 |
| KO4SGC | SO LP 10M | Operator age 12. 2009 |
| KO4UHE | SO LP 10M | I'm a new HAM and this is my first contest |
| KO4UHE | SO LP 10M | I'm a new HAM and this is my first contest |
| KO4VFA | SO LP ALL | First license 12-2021. CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE 12-06-2021 |
| KO4VFA | SO LP ALL | First license 12-2021. CATEGORY-OVERLAY: ROOKIE 12-06-2021 |
| KO4YJA | SO LP 10M | First license 03-2022. IM NEW FIRST TIME WAS FUN AND ENJOYED STILL LEARNING |
| KO4YJA | SO LP 10M | First license 03-2022. IM NEW FIRST TIME WAS FUN AND ENJOYED STILL LEARNING |
| KQ2M | SO HP ALL | Great activity and challenging but at times spectacular propagation. My heart goes out to the Ukrainian people. Thank you for the qsos and the mults! 73 Bob, KQ2M |
| KQ2M | SO HP ALL | Great activity and challenging but at times spectacular propagation. My heart goes out to the Ukrainian people. Thank you for the qsos and the mults! 73 Bob, KQ2M |
| KR1A | SO LP ALL | Did not try to rotate the vertical this 'test |
| KR1A | SO LP ALL | Did not try to rotate the vertical this 'test |
| KR3L | SO LP ALL | First license 06-2021 |
| KR3L | SO LP ALL | First license 06-2021 |
| KS7T | SO HP ALL | Is the sun trying to communicate to earth? It sent out another flare the day before another contest this year. The wpxssb was no exception, but despite rough going on 20 Sat. morning condx were far from a wipe out as EU came in to MT. from 1600z to 2300z on 20 and even some on 15. There was a noticeable absence of little pistols, though especially from JA and EU |
| KS7T | SO HP ALL | Is the sun trying to communicate to earth? It sent out another flare the day before another contest this year. The wpxssb was no exception, but despite rough going on 20 Sat. morning condx were far from a wipe out as EU came in to MT. from 1600z to 2300z on 20 and even some on 15. There was a noticeable absence of little pistols, though especially from JA and EU |
| KT7G | SO LP ALL | I had a bad fan in the laptop and the mouse would randomly not control the flex. I stopped when a friend diagnosed it, so I would not kill the laptop. better luck next time |
| KT7G | SO LP ALL | I had a bad fan in the laptop and the mouse would randomly not control the flex. I stopped when a friend diagnosed it, so I would not kill the laptop. better luck next time |
| KU4FX | SO HP ALL | TB-Wires |
| KU4FX | SO HP ALL | TB-Wires |
| KV4ZY | SO LP ALL | Casual operating just for fun |
| KV4ZY | SO LP ALL | Casual operating just for fun |