CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| P49M | SO HP 10M | Due to visitors, my time was somewhat restricted. Next year I will compensate accordingly. Hi Hi. |
| PA3DMH | SO LP 20M | TVI brought me closer to my neighbours again.. Hi. |
| PA3GAB | SO LP ALL | Nice conditions and even a low windom antenna (20 feet) works on 160M. Less time than previous year but bigger score. |
| PB0ANR | SO LP ALL | Some strong stations were bad in receiving/operating, some low signals took me at first time |
| PY2DJ | SO LP ALL | This is my first contest WPX that I participate which I had opportunity to work several countries and special prefixes. |
| RK9CWW | MSH | All of the team enjoyed WPX very much with the exception of one operator, who absolutely lost is voice during the contest. That was the reason for our sometimes strange signal. |
| S50R | SO HP 15M | Nice contest! I was sorry that first day I was working only with LP 100W, so next day I tested the linears. |
| S51A | SO HP 15M | I am totally satisfied with my second contest ever. 73 and see you in the CW with longer boom! |
| S53R | SO HP 15M | Band died out and recovered again for at least 3 times Sunday afternoon. What a mess Papa Sun's making up there! |
| S57M | SA HP 160M | Nice contest but poor cond to USA. |
| S59ZA | SO HP ALL | Much better conditions than 1997. Nice to see 15 open to whole USA inc. W6/W7. USA on 10 meters only from Florida but a lot of South American multipliers makes this band interesting. |
| TS5I | MSH | This Dxpedition has been planned for the WPX contest from I5. Tnx to every guy for the non-stop pile-up during all the contest and thanks to the Tunisian friends for kindly hospitality. |
| U1BA | SO LP ALL | Good conditions,except for 10m band. My first CQ WW contest was in 1956 as UA1KBB, then since 1965, as UW1BM, later as U1BA. Every time had a great fun. |
| UA0SJ | SO LP ALL | I have many new contacts and have good DX. |
| UP5F | SO LP ALL | I was happy to use my special contest callsign first time. |
| VE3BMV/1 | SO HP 160M | Looked like another wipeout condx for the weekend, but the second night band opened to Europe to beat the record. TS870 mods and DSP helped to fight QRN, thanks to those who persisted. |
| VE3DO | SO HP 160M | Was propagation down or was there less activity? El-nino - el stinko this year! |
| VE3KZ | SO HP 10M | I don't know whether praise or pity is appropriate for any soul that tried to tame ten from this latitude. Could have used a fixed array pointing SE and worked 99%. Even when the band opened "directly" to Europe, the path for all but the CT's and EA's was still bent to due East. |
| VE3MIS | MSH | We fielded a record 23 operators for our second contest ever at the club station. Everyone had fun, including VA3PIE and VA3QMX who won the "VE3MIS persistent loggers award". |
| VE3STT | SO LP ALL | Higher bands opened nicely (especially 10m on Sunday afternoon). |
| VE3WIB | SO LP ALL | A personal best. Enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to the next one. |
| VE3ZZ | SA LP ALL | Lots of activity and reasonable conditions. What more could one ask? |
| VE7YJ | SO LP ALL | Doubled the number of DU's worked in the last 30 years during the last 30 minutes I was on the air. |
| VK2ARJ | SO HP ALL | A great way to celebrate the beginning of a new cycle, a veritable smorgasbord of "goodies"! We can look back and say "WPX was really great in '98". |
| VK3IO | SO HP ALL | Gave out numbers to those who were calling CQ, time permitting. Lot of fun, some new countries worked, great conditions on higher bands. |
| VK8AV | SO HP ALL | I can see where the poet got the inspiration for the expression: EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE MOST NOISE! He listened to a SSB contest. |
| VO1WET | SO HP 10M | Only my third major test. Hope to take part in many more. |
| VR98BG | SO HP 10M | Surprised not to work any NA on 28 Mc. |
| W0AH | SO LP 10M | Worked all continents the first 24 hours, but band barely opened the 2nd 24! |
| W2FGY | SO LP ALL | At age 82, I can't spend as much time on the air. |
| W2YR | SA HP ALL | Visit my station on the internet at http://members.aol.com/w2yr/w2yr.htm |
| W7YAQ | SO LP ALL | Lots of interesting DX out there. Got a late start Friday night but when finally got up to the shack and turned on the rig, it was tuned exactly on A61AJ who was booming through at 59+10. Promptly worked him on my first call for an all-time new one! |
| W8AEF/7 | SO HP ALL | It was a thrill working V8JA on 75 meters Sunday morning. Another highlight was the wild ride 15 meters came up with on Sunday afternoon. Europe was coming in at 120 degrees, Mexico at 90 degrees, South America, the Caribbean, Alaska, Hawaii and the South Pacific all at the same time |
| W8QZA/6 | SO QRP 40M | Got the boys on H4 on 40 meters with my 5 watts and low dipole. Three days later it becomes a new country, I'll never get them after that. |
| W9IW | SO HP ALL | My warmest thanks to Jim, W9IW and his dad John for their wonderful hospitality. Three hot meals a day, served right in the shack, and good propagation - what else could a contester want? The rates dropped a little while trying to eat the steaks during the 15 meter run (no DVP). Great experience to work the contest from this side of the Atlantic. |
| WB7OCV/2 | SO QRP 20M | Thought it was all over with when a cold front ripped through with 70+ mph winds! When I opened my eyes, I looked out the shack window and my vertical said Let's Go! |
| WB8TLI | SO HP ALL | Best score ever. Thanks sunspots and computer logging. |
| WF1L | SO LP ALL | KT34XA stopped working at 2300Z Saturday. Would not take power AND would not hear. Sunday while lowering the tower found that the coax had a huge slice in it. Center conductor pushed thru the braid and outer skin causing dead short. Rather than try to fix it, I went on the wire and did 15 & 10 also. |
| WI0WA | SO HP 15M | Several people asked what state I was in. When told to look a the callsign they said "Oh, IOWA!". This gave several of the G's a good chuckle |
| WO4O | SO LP ALL | My third time playing in this game SO/AB/LP; nearly tripled my 1997 score. I exceeded my goal, which was to pass the 987,936 points produced last year by USA leader WA4ZXA. |
| WS7V | SO LP ALL | Nothing but birdies on 10 meters until I disabled the garage door opener and plucked some LU's. |
| WV2LI | MSH | Thanks to all who worked us! 15 meters was great! Can't wait for 10 to fully open - come on sunspots! |
| WW4RR | SO HP 15M | Lots of fun, wish I could have put in more time in the contest. |
| WY9L | SO HP ALL | Thanks for a more level playing field. Used a tribander at 25 feet fixed on Europe with no rotor and a vertical for the low bands. |
| YB2LAB | SO LP 15M | The WPX contest is one of my favorite contests. |
| YB3ZES | MSH | It is our first international contest. Very excited. |
| YM2ZW | SO HP 20M | Did much better than last year but can not be satisfied. Lost a lot of US mults - a small 3 bander laying on the roof fixed to EU is not the best antenna for serious contesting. Although condx were not bad, never got a real pile-up. |
| YO5CMW | SO LP ALL | This is my first WPX contest. |
| YU7SF | SO LP ALL | This was my 23rd CQ WW WPX SSB contest and my 1996th contest log entry at all. |
| YV2IF | SO HP 160M | Propagation was not in 160 tunnel in my location. |