CQ World Wide DX Contest
CQ World Wide DX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| K3TW | SA QRP 20M | Band conditions were good for QRP. |
| K3URT | SA LOW ALL | Could only work 10 hrs due to other commitments |
| K4GIG | MULTI-TWO | Location: Madison, AL Radios: Elecraft K3 w/KPA-500 and IC-7610 Logging Software: N1MM TX Antenna: Cushcraft MA-160V Vertical / Hustler 6BTV / RadioWavz G5RV RX Antenna: BOG for 160/80/40m This year the K4GIG Contest Station suffered storm damage in late July from a micro-burst/EF0 storm. Damage took out disocne/6m beam and G5RV used for backup. After all repeairs were made we waiting till this weekend to give everything a test. Friday evening went well on 40/20/15m with minimal issues. Saturday seemed to be a challenge with finding RFI issues from somewhere near the shack. Source of RFI was a Ryobi battery charger for mower....issue resolved. Sunday no issues one bit on 40/20/15/10m at all. Once the Mini 33A is received and assembled we will see better results likely |
| K4IE | SO HIGH ALL | A bit of rough going with othere things going on and some antenna problems but fun anyway |
| K4RCA | SO LOW ALL | My first WW DX contest. Fantastic fun and great operators everywhere! |
| K4TOB | SA LOW ALL | First license 07-2023 |
| K4XLG | SO LOW ALL | First license 12-2022 |
| K5GD | SO LOW ALL | Loads of fun and lots of good signals into Texas |
| K5GN | SO HIGH ALL | For this location, the first day was much better propagation on 10 and 15 but the whole weekend was very poor on 160-80-40-20. I was sad to see this as it appeared the contest would thread the needle between solar events. Alas, it was a direct hit. This is a new personal best score and includes some hours of rate well over my previous best hour. That made it a very good weekend on the air, indeed. Unfortunately, I found out Sunday night that I had been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 after we talked for more than an hour side by side on Thursday. This explains the sore throat Saturday night that I had attributed to hollering at the microphone. It also explained how poorly I felt Sunday -- almost quitting early because I was loopy and completely out of gas. This may have affected my get-up-and-go for the last 24 hours. It certainly was not good to sleep through European sunrise Saturday night/Sunday morning, but I really needed it. Hopefully I did not expose my station host, W5KU, as he was busy packing up and leaving on travel vacation and spent only a couple of minutes in the shack. Thanks to him for allowing me to help manage the station and make a few contest QSOs |
| K5LD | SA LOW ALL | 1st SSB contest from home using Icom 7300, acquired in the last year & a half. Didn't operate from home very long, as I operated with our local club as well. Conditions were great, especially 10 & 15 Meters |
| K5MWA | SA LOW ALL | First license 04-2021 first licensed 4/15/2021 |
| K5TIA | SA HIGH ALL | Hot Ten Band |
| K5VG | SA HIGH ALL | Highlight was the guy snoring on 3.749 for an extended period early Sunday morning |
| K6FA | SA HIGH ALL | Have not been on SSB in a few years. Mainly just trying to get my last Zone 34 which I did not hear and to finish off my DXCC - SSB which if at least 9 of the 16 that I worked will confirm via LoTW that goal will be done |
| K6JS/M | SO LOW 15M | Made some Q's while driving from S.F. Bay area to Lake Tahoe. Jim K6JS/M Icom7000 AH-1 Tuner 8' stainless steel whip antenna |
| K7NT | SA HIGH ALL | Enjoyed a very part time operation Friday night and Saturday (local time) testing the new Spider Beam, which will be used remotely. I set it up in my back yard at about 30' and decided to run about 500 watts. Conditions were tough in the US Pacific Northwest compared to what I was hearing from east coast and southern stations. Never really got much of an opening to EU but SOAPBOX: enjoyed working as many Caribbean and SA stations as I could. 73, Mike |
| K7VI | SA LOW ALL | First contest in 12 years. Had forgotten how much work 100W to a vertical is in a DX contest(!) but it's _great_ to be back on the air |
| K8CVM | SO LOW ALL | Participated a bit to help others |
| K8GL | SO HIGH ALL | Prop was not as good as expected. But a good time was had by all. Kudos to the activity from PY and LU. And thanks to the ops who identified often. Many of us do not rely on packet for ID'ing |
| K8LF | SA HIGH ALL | Had good fun but SSB is really a drag. Noise QRM. I did all S&P no running. Massive pileups. Looking forward going back to CW next weekend with SSCW |
| K8OZ | SA HIGH 10M | Just dabbling this year with 2-element Quad at about 50 feet. Propagation seems pretty good - at least before the contest...! |
| K8RO | SA HIGH ALL | First time ever for me on this contest |
| K9FRO | SA LOW 10M | Radio problems prevented me from operating. Only made one contact. Better luck next year |
| K9SJP | SA HIGH ALL | First license 10-2022 |
| KA0PQW | SO LOW ALL | fun contest but the condissions were only slightly better |
| KA2YRA | SA LOW ALL | Operated remote via W2OW in next town to me since I don't have antenna set up yet here in new home. Great contest, wish I had more time to participate |
| KA4JAM | SA LOW ALL | Operator age 13 |
| KA6BIM | SA HIGH ALL | Great conditions for first 27 hours of the contest. Then slowed way down until last 3 hours of the contest. Lots of Nice DX on! Thanks for the QSO'S Dave Ka6bim |
| KA9IVY | SO LOW ALL | A fun tryout for my IC 7300. Next time i need a better antenna system |
| KB0ARZ | SO HIGH ALL | I beat may score from 2022 by 12,114 points! What a great contest Thank you CQ Mag |
| KB2URI | SA LOW ALL | Personal Best Score, Q's, etc. That was the goal |
| KB6ODH | SO LOW ALL | Great contests. Thanks very much |
| KB9FPY | SA LOW ALL | The Best!!! |
| KC0V | SO HIGH 15M | Single-band 15m entry this year. Band was not great this year, but still had fun |
| KC1IXJ | SO LOW ALL | Operator age 22 2001, first cqww! hamstick magmount on car |
| KC1QEM | SO LOW ALL | The bands were just chock full of stations all calling over each other. Many stations were not verifying calls . There was some unpleasant behaviors' but this was the exception. I was most surprised to see absolutely no activity in the general portion of 80 meters. Several of the big contest stations were spilling all over the bands causing significant interference. This contest seems to be catering to these type of operations. I will carefully carefully consider any future participation |
| KC1SJK | SO LOW 20M | Operator age 16 |
| KC3NLT | SO LOW ALL | Fun times! Got some new countries for my LOTW and QRZ logs! Thanks! |
| KC3ROB | SO LOW 10M | First license 05/2023 First Licensed 05/2023 |
| KC3RRF | SO HIGH ALL | First license 03-2021 03-25-2021 |
| KC3SVR | SA HIGH ALL | First license 10-2021 10-21 |
| KC3TYX | SO LOW ALL | First license 04-2022 Licensed April 2022 |
| KC3VYE | SO LOW ALL | First license 4-18-23 4-18-23 license date |
| KC3WKU | SA HIGH 10M | First license 07/11/2023 07/11/2023 |
| KC4ABE | SO LOW ALL | First license 04-2023 Resubmitting for Club Name scoring. Club name not on the drop down list. NO! other change made. Respectfully Mike Grant (KC4ABE) |
| KC4YAO | SO HIGH ALL | First license 02-2023 |
| KC6NKK | SO LOW ALL | 1ST CQ-WW-SSB CONTEST |
| KC6ZBE | SA LOW ALL | Was a busy weekend here so causally operated when I could. Low bands went south on me on Saturday night unfortunately. Hope everyone had a good time! 73 |
| KC7HF | SO LOW 10M | Everything a 'First' for this Contest new vanity call, new home QTH, new radio, new antenna. Since the station kept working and I almost made my target QSO count, consider the event to be a success |
| KC8ZKI | SA LOW ALL | 7610 going on QTH. Old Elecraft K3 crushes it! 73' Lot of fun |