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2024 CW

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VK2CCCSO QRP 40MI am so glad that I did not trust the propagation forecast, and chosen to work on 40m. 40m had an amazing opening the first night. In just a few hours I had the same number of QSOs worked as in the previous year's contest on the same band. Despite of only being a part time effort due to family commitments, it was great to work many expeditions and regulars
VK2IGSO LOW 10M10m-only entry this time - good practice for the ARRL-10, HI HI. For solar maximum, conditions were a bit 'ordinary' for most of the contest. Local propagation around VK seemed non-existent - I didn't hear any zone 29 or 30 stations, but I heard their pile-ups. In the evenings and mornings here the band was full of stations up to nearly 28200 kHz. There were lots of intra-EU and intra-NA QSOs, and the resulting distant-end QRM made it difficult to work the usual EU countries which are worked easily outside a contest. (Some EU stations seemed not too hungry - they'd hear part of my call and ask 'VK?' but then go back to CQing.) Didn't hear Africa or South America, and very little from the Caribbean. Overall, conditions didn't improve until Sunday night here, when EU stations were heard on the long path and Caribbean stations on the short path and Monday morning was good into NA, the Pacific and Japan. Still an enjoyable contest thanks to the managers running it, and the stations who answered my calls - hope to hear you all next time
VK2NASA HIGH ALLSunSDR2 PRO Antennas: Hex Beam
VK4AFUSO HIGH 20MGood conditions on 20M.73 Daniel
VK4PDGSO QRP 15MTotally enjoyed this years CW Contest. It was a pity that I only remembered to get on the air at the end of the contest. Thank you very much
VK4TTSO LOW ALLUsed 'SD' by EI5DI worked vy FB
VK5DCSA LOW 10MAlways enjoy working a bit of DX during this contest. My little backyard station makes it a challenge but enjoyable all the same. Thanks for putting it on for all amateurs
VK5GGSO QRP ALLA part-time entry. A lot of fun and great to hear the bands full of activity. Rig was an Icom IC-7300 at 5w and a DX Commander 'Classic' fan-vertical antenna
VK6DWSA HIGH ALLGreat conditions this year
VK6GXChecklogOnly QSO, Local Thunderstorms prevented further operation in the time available
VL2GSA HIGH ALLFantastic band conditions with the low bands being very quiet for me
VL2USA LOW 20MFT-2000, Cubical Quad 20-6m, 100Watts
VL3ESA HIGH 160MMy TH6DXX support pole failed 6 days before the contest. It and the 40m rotatable dipole were hanging on the tower by the coax cable. The rotator had large backlash and the indicator pot was worn and unstable. One support truss wire on the TH6 had broken 12 mths earlier and the 40m dipole had lost the end element piece due to hitting trees. The station was in quite a mess, so this was never going to be a great effort. My brother and I managed to lower the TH6 to the roof and make safe in 2 hours. The next 5 and a half days I spent rebuilding it, removing the 17/30m passive elements which destroyed the pattern and gain on 15m anyway. They were way too long and heavy. Added cap hats to the 40m dipole to shorten it, so it would no longer tangle with the trees. Got the whole lot back in the air on a new G-2800 rotator which had arrived 3days prior to the mishap. Plans were in place for the tower rebuild before the incident, but not soon enough as it seems. I got everything back in the air 5 mins after the contest began. Then did some VHF/UHF builds for the local field day which was on the same weekend. 10m was in fairly good shape and nice to hear. 15m performance was so much better and I need to work out how to make the 17m elements 'invisible' to 15m. Decided to work some 160m on night 2. I was exhausted from the re-buiild at 60 years old (1.5 hrs perched on top of the tower in 28deg C has taken its toll). Some great signals from the Europeans, K3LR was only just audible but managed K1LZ who was louder and a VE. No new ones on top band unfortunately but ZA was a new one on 10m so that made the contest. My 40m rotatable dipole is still my best RX antenna on 80 and 160m. Point end-on to my local noise source and the noise drops by 10 to 15dB which is very very useful. Murphy stayed at my place all weekend so hope others did catch any of him
VL6KSA HIGH ALLNot a full-time effort as life got in the way. Due to antenna issues, just 20m & 10m. 10m had poor conditions on the Sunday. IC-7300, 120W from Emtron DX2, 80m OCF dipole @ 6m
VP2EBBSO HIGH 20MGreat contest, great fun all weekend and enormous pile ups until partial island blackout 4 hours from the end. Struggled on back up power. Anguilla is a beautiful island - thanks for all the QSO's! 73 Bob GU4YOX - VP2EBB
VP9IMULTI-TWONo M2 LP category, so operating where legal limit is less than 1500W (i.e, VP9, VP2V, and others) are at a competitive disadvantage. We have to submit as M2 HP, when operating 100W is definitely not the same as a 1500W station calling a multiplier in a pileup. CQWW has the LP category in MS, why is M2 never updated to include LP, when it has become such a popular category?
VU2GRMSA LOW ALLThanks to the organizers for conducting the contest.. Look forward sprint contests too
VU2LYEChecklogCONSIDER THIS AS CHECK LOG ONLY
VU2MZTSA QRP ALLFirst license 12-2022 GREAT FUN
VU2YQSO LOW 10MEnd Fed antenna
VU3SPDSA LOW ALLVU Contest Group, worked with my newly installed CobWeb Antenna at 35ft above the 3rd floor on the 10m and 15m Bands, Great to work some EU, Asian and IoTA stations
VY1JASO HIGH ALLRebuilding station. This contest only inverted V @22 ft and vert gp at `15 ft to base. Omni-7 TT rig with Really great RF2K-S loafing at 750W. 222f
VY1KXSO LOW ALLOnce again it was a pleasure to take part in CQWW CW
W0ETTSO HIGH ALLOnly part time effort. Very good bands, especially 15m. Glad to work many old and new friends - enjoyed all the good CW. 73 Ken, W0ETT Colorado Rig: IC-7300 and HL-550fx with 400w to TH7DX at 23m
W0MNSA LOW ALLPretty good 10 and 15 conditions
W0PSYSA HIGH ALLTS590SG, KPA1500 venerable TA-33 @ 35 Feet and an OCF dipole for 40. My usual S&P made for great fun. Those sun gods were sure doing their magic. Thanks to all for the Q's
W1ASTSO HIGH ALLJust returned from hospital stay & got on the air for a short time. The bands were HOT. Wish I had more energy for more time!
W1DYJSA LOW ALLHurt leg Friday night -- Quit, only 1+ hour of operation
W1HISSO HIGH ALLAntenna for all bands: Inverted-V, apex at 50 ft height
W1HRBSA LOW ALLFirst license 07-2022 Date of first licensure: July 6, 2022
W1QKSO LOW 15MAwesome 15M band conditions and activity. Thanks for the contacts. Thanks to the WWROF for sponsoring the contest and processing the results. 73, Dan - W1QK
W1RMSA HIGH ALLStill doing it after 58 years
W1TOSA HIGH ALLSome time when I wasn't operating at K1TTT
W1WEFSO HIGH ALLAt 87 I have to decide if the leg cramps I get from sitting for a long ime are worth it anymore. I just love CW and contesting and hate to have to make this decision. At least I can still do CWTs! JACK
W1ZZSA LOW 10MFTdx10 running 80 watts into a 10 meter LOOP antenna, about 17 feet high
W2IYSA HIGH ALLMurphy struck Saturday afternoon....station was off the air until Sunday afternoon. Better luck next year!
W2LPLSA HIGH ALLWas only able to put in a few hours, but had a blast. So much activity on all bands
W2MSASA LOW ALLCQWW DX CW 2024 was fun, I beat my highest score of 88k in 2022 and made up for my low score of 3k in 2023 with a new score of 182k. I still needed help with some of the speed demons out there, but I did find many bad spots when listening to the stations sending. I operated S&P on 10, 15, 20 & 40 with my Icom 7300 and EFHW antenna and took many breaks throughout the weekend. I'm hoping to run in a contest one of these days when my skills are up to par. 73, de W2MSA
W2NPTSA LOW 10MSingle op is member of FRC, thus 100% of score to FRC
W2NTNSA HIGH ALLGreat to see all the activity and good operators! This was again a very enjoyable part-time operation for me using the 80-10 dipole antenna. Always nice to see folks from around the world, working together to make the contest a success!
W3RESA HIGH ALLOperated at NT3V part of the time. Family funeral kept Saturday full of other activities. evening
W3RJSO LOW ALLIC-7300 40 meter inverted V @ 30 feet 80 meter EFHW wire @ 20 feet
W3SQSA HIGH ALLHeavy snow lost all dipoles and then power
W4EESA LOW ALLGreat CW activity
W4GOSO QRP 10MPortable operation on SOTA summit Big House Mountain, W4V/LX-016
W4IPCSA HIGH 40MOperator age 22
W4VICSA HIGH ALLThanks for the Qs. 73, Vic W4VIC
W5GCXSA HIGH 40MGreat Conditions, Dipole played Well
W6SCSA HIGH ALLFun times! Glad to be a part of another sunspot cycle peak
W7DRASO LOW ALLwhat you can do with an hw16 and a dipole up 25 feet

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