CQ World Wide DX Contest
CQ World Wide DX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| KE0TT | SO LOW ALL | Ten Tec Eagle 50-80 watts to wires. Thanks for the Fun!73, Dan ke0tt |
| KE2EGF | SA LOW ALL | Operator age 11 |
| KE4S | SA HIGH ALL | At the times I worked, the propagation gods must have been on strike. 20m and 40m were the most productive, and my low band antennas did their usual half-vast efforts. Still, I have not spent this much time in a contest in quite a while, but I had an enjoyable time. Thanks for the contacts |
| KF0GVX | SA LOW ALL | Operator age 15 Had a lot of fun this year. AMDG. 73 KF0GVX Ryan |
| KF3G | SO LOW ALL | 137 QSO's X 49 Multipliers UTC Date Time Band Thank you for the 2025 CQ World Wide DX Contest, CW |
| KG5EIU | SA LOW ALL | 1st CW Contest |
| KG7MVH | SA HIGH ALL | Really enjoyed the contest and making contacts. Thank you! |
| KH2/JA1KPF | SO QRP 15M | Radio: YAESU FT-817ND Antenna: Magnetic Loop |
| KH6J | MULTI-MULTI | Well, that was a thrilling weekend! A big thanks to Alex, KH6YY, and Tracy, KH6CAT, for inviting us into their slice of paradise, for their hospitality and use of such a fine station. Jim, N6TJ, put together the crew. 160=K1ZM, Jeff 80=N6TJ, Jim 40=NH7T, John 20=N5OT, Mark 15=N6AA, Dick 10=N6AN, David Kimo, KH7U, and Stuart, NH6N, provided operator relief and lots of problem solving. Kudos to Bob, N6TV, for all of the software related work including antenna switching, radio setup and logging software. N6TJ, NH7T and KH7U are regulars here, N5OT returned after ~30 years, N6AN was here last year. Jeff enjoyed his first visit. Dick, as is well known, has been everywhere at least once. Everyone earned their BIC honors, with special mention to N5OT/NH6N on 20 where QSOs were logged during all but three hours. Also of note, 20 exceeded last year's result with more QSOs/(highest hour rate), zones and countries. Jim raised last year's bar in similar fashion. Dick and Jeff surpassed 2024 QSO totals. John saw 40 give fewer Qs, but more mults. Dick upped the QSO total on 15 with a reduction in mults. 10 was a different band this year, despite some good rates, and finished down 100 Qs, 3 zones and 38 countries. Europe, with a few exceptions was a reach too far. Despite the solar instability, multiplier bells rang frequently as DX called in or heard us calling them. Our final result exceeded last year's total despite weaker conditions. Tracy treated us to the traditional post contest hamburger lunch. Yum! Thanks to the travelers who put multipliers, exotic and common, on the air. And congratulations to all the operators who turned on their radios, those setting new records and those who got on to make a few Qs. 73, David N6AN P.S. It was an honor and thrill for Mark and me to operate with two mentors and heroes from our formative years. Thank you, Dick and Jim! |
| KJ4QIS | SO LOW ALL | My 8 month old watched and rooted for me! :) |
| KK4R | SA HIGH ALL | I had a few hours to do S&P on Sunday, and conditions seemed excellent. My plans went sideways and instead of going to NR4M for a multi-op, I ended up spending extra time out of town and dealing with the fact that my wife's car got totaled. She's OK, but the insurance company just told us the car was a total loss. We're still working it out and are short one car |
| KK4UZK | SA QRP 40M | Had another fun year! Less Europe this year and more islands and Caribbean. Thanks for the Q's! 73, Jordan, KK4UZK Rig: (tr)uSDX Ant: Homemade Dipole @ 35' Pwr: 5W |
| KK7PW | SA HIGH 20M | Thanks to all for the Q's. Go WWDXC!! |
| KK9V | SA HIGH 15M | Not enough CQing, to much S&P. Nit enough BIC time. Lots of fun |
| KL7NL | SO LOW ALL | more qrn noise from Christmas lights... still fun |
| KN2D | SA LOW ALL | Didn't expect to operate as long as I did. It was great fun! |
| KO3ZDE | SA LOW ALL | First license 08-2024 |
| KO8Z | SA HIGH 15M | 15m single band entry using a DX engineering 43ft vertical in the 'Black Hole' of Michigan Really had a great time this year ! |
| KP4AA | SA HIGH ALL | SO2R/ 2BSIQ |
| KQ2M | SO HIGH 10M | Much too busy to operate this year. Made it on for 2.1 hours on Sunday - cndx seemed better than last year. Tnx for the Qso's! 73 & Happy Holidays! Bob, KQ2M |
| KQ4MHE | SA HIGH ALL | First license 11-2023 |
| KR7D | SA LOW 10M | Thanks for the QSOs. (This submission correctly states 10m instead of my previous submission with All Band.) |
| KS7T | SO LOW ALL | It may not be the only reason hams are drawn into contesting but it is one of the major reasons in any competition and that is seeking a good challenge. So once again the sun has has provided us with not 1 but 5 M class solar flares during this contest. Kindly, it waited til after the contest to have an X! |
| KT0A | SA HIGH ALL | First license 10-1968 |
| KU2C | SA HIGH ALL | K4D, SPE 2Kfa, 2 Skyhawk tribanders, 2L 40M, Vee for 80m and vertical dipole on 160M Great contest, conditions not as good as last year but had fun and nothing broke. Thanks for the QSOs! Pete//KU2C |
| KV8Q | SO QRP 10M | Conditions were not very good Saturday and no better on Sunday. EU opened an hour later on Sunday. I'm always amazed at what good ears folks have being able to pull out my liittle peanut whistle Never heard a JA but heard plenty of folks working them. Heard two KL's but no joy there either. At times, rope-burn might be more fun. I might go back to 100W next time with the cycle going downhill. Thanks - 73 tom Rig = TenTec Eagle @ 5 Watts. Antennas = Mag Loop (40 thru 15), an Isotron-80, and an indoor 10 meter dipole, all in the attic 12' above garage floor |
| KX7L | SO HIGH 40M | I had other obligations during the day this weekend, so I decided to attempt a single band 40m entry this year. Conditions seemed pretty poor on Friday night, and not much better on Saturday night/ Sunday morning. Had fun anyway! Thanks for the QSO's! |
| LA1K | MULTI-TWO | :) |
| LA4SI | SO LOW ALL | Homemade converted format from an Excel log. Hope OK for checklog No QSO on 160M |
| LA5FJA | SO LOW ALL | Flex8600 Antennas: OB 15-7 |
| LA6IHA | SA HIGH ALL | Bad condx on day one, better on day two |
| LA9GY | SA HIGH ALL | QTH is in the far north of Europe and there is often aurora borealis. Probably good for all those who are outdoors and want to see the green northern lights dancing in the sky. But I sat inside with my HF radio and would rather have good conds |
| LB1TI | SA LOW ALL | Difficult condx this year compared to last year, 40 and 80 were great at the end |
| LC7X | SA HIGH ALL | SUNSDR DX, SDC log from Yuri. Antennas: Yagi, Dipole, Vertical. Started late on Saturday and set up the radio and logging. The main goal was to test the station in Norway using remote. I worked 440 QSOs from our vacation home in Cartagena, Colombia. A lot of fun and good learning! I operated mostly S&P since I wasn't completely confident in how the remote setup would perform with the internet connection. Great experience, and plenty of new things learned |
| LN8W | MULTI-MULTI | thank you for the contest and all QSO in the log. We had huge problems with the aurora, and flutter, but we achieved a good amount of QSO and pileups. Thank you on behalf of the LN8W Team 73s LB3RE Rag QSL via LA9GX |
| LT7D | SA QRP 10M | CONDX really good, severe noise by 2200Z of Sunday. Able to meet plans and goals. Really vy much fun, see all ya next year |
| LU2PWY | SA LOW ALL | First license 02-2024 I had little time in operation I only dedicated myself to searching for some DXCC |
| LU7YS | SA HIGH 20M | Another excellent year for me in the CQWW CW. Once again, I operated solo in the 20-meter band, high power, and enjoyed very good conditions that allowed me to work a large number of countries and many CQ zones. My station performed flawlessly, and this year I was able to fully put my Flex 6600M to the test — it behaved exceptionally well. I hope that next year we can operate as a team from LU8YE. 73, Sergio – LU7YS |
| LW4DYI | SA LOW 10M | It was nice to spend some hours to revive the feeling of a CQWW after almost 20 years since the last one I took part of |
| LX7I | SO HIGH ALL | Thanks Philipe (LX2A) for the opportunity of operating his high-performance station, his trust in me and the support all over the 10 Months of preparations. I am honored to have such a friend. This contest with epic character was an incredibly strong emotional experience, since I was for the first time using the advanced 2BSIQ technique in WW DX - which amazed me from the very begining. A pure excitment. Thanks to the fellow contesters for connecting the world and the committee for taking care of the most important event of the year |
| LY2AT | SA LOW ALL | AGE:77 |
| LY2NK | SO HIGH ALL | Tnx,73 |
| LY4L | MULTI-TWO | Participation in the contest was intended as training for WRTC2026, so we operated as M2 Low Power without spotting assistance |
| LY5W | SO LOW ALL | New LY Record claimed |
| LY7Z | SA LOW 80M | K3 by Elecraft 100W into vertical on 26m Spiderbeam pole with 6 radials and Dipole @15mh |
| LZ1IQ | SO LOW ALL | FT77 - 100W Ant Vert 40m-dipole UCX log |
| LZ3SM | SA LOW 10M | Limited time operation |
| LZ5B | SA LOW ALL | tnx fer QSO! 73! |
| LZ5R | MULTI-ONE HIGH | Once again we lived a true radiosport party — a spectacular weekend with friends, building yet another wonderful international team effort. This time we didn’t only have Manu LU9ESD on site for a couple of weeks ahead of the contest, but also Velimir K3JO, who arrived one week early to fine-tune the station and prepare for a competitive Multi-Single entry — our favorite category, the most strategic one, and the one we truly enjoy operating. Velimir and Manu split the tasks, each focusing on their area to meet the deadline. Velimir worked inside the shack, finishing the last details of the long-term upgrade we’ve been implementing at the station. Meanwhile Manu was outside in the antenna field, including the solo installation, in just two days, of a full-size 160m wire 4-square stretched between three towers — something that completely transformed our Top Band capability. With the simple dipole we had until a few days ago, such a multiplier count would have been impossible. We also added a new 40m 4-square, an excellent addition for our inband stations, which once again delivered a fantastic performance and accounted for 36% of all our QSOs. We installed additional Beverages and two DHDLs for NA/EU and JA, which helped us a lot while listening through the heavy QRN caused by the storm that dumped rain almost the entire weekend. Our first 24 hours, despite the strange propagation (nothing like SSB weekend), were very interesting. We managed to keep ourselves ahead of everyone on the scoreboard, something mathematically almost impossible from inside Europe — but made possible thanks to the hard work of our inband and multiplier stations combined with the Run, producing an excellent flow of QSOs and multipliers during Day 1. Propagation did not give us any real chance to chase the EU record, but based purely on the Live Score, it seems we may have finished with the best EU score. We only managed to beat our own 2022 M/S personal best by a very small margin — but we’ll take it. Regardless of propagation, we had a wonderful weekend with our friends from Romania, who drove several hours to join us. For the first time we were visited by YO3XX, a great asset to the team. Also for the first time, Luka YT3WA, Velimir’s nephew, operated with us after driving from Serbia. Luka is a young operator, licensed only for a short time and new to contesting, but with his enthusiasm he is quickly becoming an excellent CW operator. We also had the pleasure of welcoming YO9WF and W9GZU, two excellent operators who are now regulars at LZ5R, and of course Nick LZ3ND, our only remote operator this time from his QTH in Germany, doing a fantastic job on the inband once again. Our local representatives on-site were LZ1NK, LZ1YQ, LZ1UK and LZ3ZZ, who not only handled their operating shifts but also demonstrated some of their culinary skills, giving some well-deserved breaks to Elena, our official cook, and Peter, the house caretaker who kept our wood-burning home warm all weekend long. A big thank-you to OM7M, E7DX, IO4M, and all those who — as everyone should be doing by now — posted their scores and breakdowns on Live Score. It kept us entertained, focused, and motivated throughout the entire contest. It was also incredibly fun to watch the unbelievable battle between N6MJ and KL9A for that long-desired world record — which both of them achieved. Chapeau to all the SOAB HP participants for the amazing results, and special congratulations to Milen ND3T (LZ5DB) who, despite not getting the result he expected, still managed to secure the U.S. SOAB HP record operating K1LZ remotely from his home in Bulgaria. Thanks to everyone for the QSOs, and to our entire team for sharing yet another fantastic weekend of pure radio! 73, Krassy K1LZ on behalf of LZ5R team |
| LZ7CC | CHECKLOG | TRX FT-710, PWR 100W, ANT OCF Dipole 40/20/10m |