CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| K2YSY | SO LP ALL | COMPUTER MONITOR DIED AT 1842Z ON SUNDAY. END OF CONTEST FOR ME! |
| K3MZ/4 | SO LP ALL | THE BEST I HAVE EVER DONE. I RAN ONLY 90W. |
| K4IE | SO LP ALL | COULDN'T MAKE A MAJOR EFFORT ON EASTER WEEKEND: BUT HAD SOME FUN ANYWAY |
| K5IID/8 | SO LP ALL | A GOOD TIME AS USUAL. JUST WISH THERE WAS SOME WAY TO KEEP THE SOLAR ACTIVITY UP ALL THE TIME! |
| K5PI | SO LP ALL | A PART-TIME EFFORT FROM W5KFT IN BETWEEN STATION PROJECTS. NICE TO HEAR SO MANY |
| K5TR | SO LP ALL | IT WAS FUN DOING A LOW POWER EFFORT. IT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO WORK ON MY TWO RADI |
| K5TWJ | SA HP ALL | THIS WAS MY FIRST SOLO CONTEST EFFORT. I HAD JUST BEEN APPROVED FOR MY VANITY CALL: K5TWJ: ON THE MORNING BEFORE THE CONTEST. I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT MY SCORE: BEING A FIRST-TIMER. IT WAS A PLEASURE MAKING QSOS WITH ALL: AND I HOPE TO COMPETE NEXT YEAR. 7 |
| K5ZD/1 | SO HP ALL | SPENT MY WEEKEND PAINTING THE ROOM FOR THE NEW BABY! |
| K6ACZ | SA LP ALL | TOO BAD WPX SSB WAS SAME WEEKEND AS EASTER. COULD NOT OPERATE AS MUCH AS I WANTED. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: ICOM IC-746: 100 WATTS TO A MFJ-1786 MINI LOOP ANTENNA ON 10/15/20 METERS AND A CUSHCRAFT R-7000 VERTICAL ON 40 METERS. |
| K6CSL | SO LP ALL | Working Asia, Europe and South America with such a limited antenna system. I run low power to preclude interference to my neighbors. I live in one of the only 2 mobile home parks in Stanislas County CA that will even allow amateur radio in the park. |
| K6OWL | SO LP ALL | FUN: FUN: FUN! BAD QRM AND QRN ON SATURDAY. BEAUTIFUL CONDX ON SUNDAY. |
| K6VO | MSH | GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET BY BROTHER: KA6CCF: DOING SOME CONTESTING. |
| K7VI | SO LP ALL | CONTEST STARTED GREAT THEN GOT REAL TOUGH (PROPAGATION-WISE) UNTIL NEARLY 0000Z ON SUNDAY: THEN IT GOT GOOD AGAIN. CAN'T BELIEVE HOW HARD IT WAS TO MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH 100W TO A VERTICAL FOR QUITE AWHILE ON SATURDAY. WHEW! ENDED WELL. |
| K8EP/1 | SO LP ALL | THANKS TO FORCE 12 FOR DOING AN EMERGANCY ELEMENT REPLACEMENT JOB IN 3 DAYS WHEN MY TEMPORARY TOWER BLEW DOWN THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE CONTEST.TALK ABOUT FIRST CLASS SERVICE. CONDITIONS WERE NOT THAT GREAT SAT TO EU BUT IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY ON SUN. HAD FUN |
| K8FK/4 | SO LP ALL | GREAT CONTEST MANY THANKS!! |
| K8KHZ | SO LP ALL | I CAN NOT USE THE COMPUTER FOR 15M. TOO MUCH RFI. |
| K9FOH | SO QRP ALL | Once again the K2 held its own against the big guns. |
| K9OP | SO LP 20M | My thanks to all the US stations for their QSOs. If not for them 20M would have been even quieter during the day! Had a great time! |
| KA1EKR | SO LP ALL | FIRST TRY AT LOW POWER SINGLE OP TRIBANDER/WIRES: WILL NOT BE THE LAST: WILL DO BETTER NEXT TIME..LOTS OF DX & GOOD FUN. |
| KB6RHM | SO LP ALL | FIRST TIME ENTERING CONTEST |
| KB9WQJ | SO LP ALL | EASTER WEEKEND IS A HECK OF A TIME FOR A CONTEST IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY THAT EXPECTS TO SEE YOUR FACE. TIME TO OPERATE?..WHAT'S THAT? |
| KC0CZI | SA LP ALL | FIRST CONTEST WITH NEW KENWOOD TS2000 ADDED SEVERAL NEW COUNTRIES TO MY LOG WORKING THESE DX CONTESTS FROM THE MIDWEST IS ROUGH EASTER WEEKEND PREVENTED CONSTANT PARTICIPATION PROPAGATION WAS FAIR AT BEST. |
| KC7UP | SO HP ALL | SO MUCH NOISE CAUSED BY STORMS THAT ONLY I WORKED A TOTAL 8.5 HOURS. |
| KD2HE | SO HP 15M | MY SCHEDULE DID NOT ALLOW FOR SERIOUS OPERATING TIME. IT WAS LOTS OF FUN ANYWAY. |
| KD6PQF | SO LP ALL | LOCAL QRN ALL DAY SUNDAY: BUT SATURDAY WAS FUN. LOW POWER ENTRY 100W TRIBANDER SINGLE ELEMENT |
| KD7ORP | SO LP ALL | BAD CONDX: BUT STILL FUN! T/S CATEGORY IS GREAT. |
| KF2O | SO HP ALL | EASTER WEEKEND BAD SCHEDULING...SHOULD HAVE ADJUSTED BY A WEEK |
| KH7R | MM | WE WERE PLEASED TO BREAK THE 13 YEAR OLD OCEANIA RECORD WITH JUST A SKELETON CREW: AND TERRIBLE CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. LITTLE SLEEP WAS HAD! - KH6ND: ONE OF THE OPS AT KH7R. |
| KJ9C | SO LP ALL | OPERATING MOBILE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH COLORADO ROCKIES. BEST LOCATION WAS MOLAS DIVIDE: HEARD ALMOST ALL CONTINENTS AT ONE TIME... BUT HAD TO KEEP MOVING TO MEET XYL AT DURANGO AIRPORT. GOTTA KEEP THAT LOCATION IN MIND FOR VHF PARTY. JUST MADE A FEW QSO' |
| KK4RV | SO LP ALL | GLAD TO BE BACK AFTER A TEN YEAR ABSENCE! |
| KL7RA | MSH | AURORA OVERHEAD WOULD GO BRIGHT AND THE BANDS WOULD FADE: AURORA WOULD FADE AWAY AND THE BANDS WOULD COME BACK IN 5 MINUTE CYCLES. |
| KM3T/1 | SO HP ALL | FIRST TIME SOAB IN THIS ONE...LOTS OF FUN! SO2R NEXT TIME. |
| KO4MR | SA HP 10M | JUST A MODEST EFFORT THIS YEAR. CONDITIONS ON 10M WERE GREAT ON FRIDAY MORNING: BEFORE THE START OF THE CONTEST. BUT: A SOLAR DISTURBANCE TRASHED 10M ON FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY ALTHOUGH THE BAND DID OPEN OVER THE NORTH POLE BRIEFLY ON SATURDAY MORNING |
| KQ5U | SO QRP 15M | IT IS AMAZING WHAT 5 WATTS CAN DO. FIRST CQ CONTEST. |
| KR1G | SO HP ALL | COMPETITION KEEPS GETTING BETTER EVERY YEAR: AND *ALWAYS* LOTS OF DX IN THIS TEST! |
| KR4TG | SO LP ALL | HAD TO STOP AND GO MANY TIMES DUE TO T-STORMS. AWFUL CONDX ON 80 ( QRN ) VERY FEW STATIONS WORKING DUPLEX ON 40 - SIGNALS VERY STRONG BUT NOT FOR US STATIONS. THANKS FOR THE FEW WHO KNEW HOW TO MAXIMIZE Q-RATE BY RXING BOTH SIMPLEX AND DUPLEX AT THE SAME |
| KS7T | SO HP ALL | ALWAYS CAN FIND A NEW PREFIX TO WORK IN THIS ONE AND ITS ALWAYS GREAT IF CAN RETURN THE FAVOR. CONDX STRANGE HERE - BUT GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING! |
| KS9K | SO LP ALL | WOW! INTERESTING TO SEE MANY OF THE EAST COAST CROWD CROWING OVER THE GREAT CONDITIONS THIS CONTEST WEEKEND. FROM HERE: IT WAS DEFINITELY A MIXED BAG. THE CONDITIONS DIDN'T SEEM AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR: SINCE I COULDN'T FIND |
| KT0R | MSH | GREAT CONTEST ! THANKS FOR ALL THE Q'S |
| KT3RR | SO LP 10M | SINGLE-OP SINGLE BAND 10 METER LOW POWER SSB NON-ASSISTED 1782 PTS X 432 MULTIPLIERS 20:41 HRS OPERATION |
| KT8O | SO LP 15M | IT WAS GREAT WORKING ASIA AT 12 MIDNIGHT!! |
| KX7M | MSH | DUE TO SOME ERROS IN LOGGING SOFTWARE WE MADE 4 QSOS ON 2ND RIG: ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT NEW MULTIPLIERS. THOSE QSOS ARE STILL IN THE LOG: TO KEEP OTHER STATION FROM BEING DINGED AND HAVING POINTS REDUCED: BECAUSE OF OUR MISTAKE. THOSE QSO'S ARE (EXTRACTED |
| KX8R | SO HP 20M | ONLY OPERATED 20 HOURS DUE TO FAMILY EASTER OBLIGATIONS. COULD ONLY OPERATE ONCE EVERYONE ELSE WNT TO BED: BUT STILL HAD A GREAT TIME. |
| KY1B | SO LP ALL | GOOD RESULTS CONSIDERING IT WAS EASTER WEEKEND. |
| L99D | SO LP 10M | I WORKED THIS CONTEST FROM A MOVIL: 50 WATTS IN A OUTBACKER ANTENNA WITH HEAVY RAIN DURING ALL THE WEEKEND: BUT I COULD GIVE MY MULTIPLIER TO SOME PEOPLE. |
| LT1D | SO LP 10M | MY FIRST WPX CONTEST. |
| LV5V | SO HP 15M | MURPHY WAS PRESENT WHEN I CHOOSE MY OFF OPERATION TIME HI HI GOOD CONDX ON 15 METER HERE IN THE SOUTH HOPE BE AGN IN 2003 - BEST 73 GEORGE |
| LX1NO | SO HP 10M | OUR NEW-BORN DID NOT ALLOW ME FULL-TIME OPERATION. SOME MAY HAVE HEARD THE EXTRA NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND.. |
| LY1FW | SO HP 10M | BAD PROPAGATION: ESPECIALLY TO STATES SIDE. WORKED JUST 82 U.S. STATIONS: ALMOST |
| LY5A | SO HP 40M | MAIN TARGET WAS TO BREAK VERY OLD LY 7MC RECORD. IT WAS VERY EASY:) |