CQ World Wide DX Contest
CQ World Wide DX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments | EA5IIK | SO LP ALL | Overlay 24 hours. FT 757GX, 2 elem Yagis | EA7GSU | SO LP 80M | I have operated following and in the limits of the rules | EA8AQV | SO LP ALL | Yaesu FT-857D Dipolo Windom 80 vatios | EA8NQ | SO LP 10M | Station description: TX/RX: Yaesu FT-897D (?100 W output); Logging Keying: NA v10.69 + home-made Accu-Keyer Antenna: G5RV Jr. + 80m loading coils, on top of a 8-story building | ED1R | M2 | Bad conditions on High Bands, CU at the next year. 73 de ED1R Team | EF8O | SO LP ALL | IC-756PROIII GPA-50 (vertical) dipole for 40m | EF8R | MSH | The generator has stopped at 9:00 AM Sunday. So, 45 minutes without electricity, 5 hours - only 1 run with low power | EF8S | SO LP 160M | Cable connection failure in the beginning, no contacts on Saturday morning | EI2KM | MSH | Please note that QSOs with EI6IL and EI6FR were deleted. This was done because these stations joined our effort for periods of time | EI5DI | SO LP 80M | In 2014 I did SOSB/80 HP (Unassisted) and set a new EI record, and #3 World, with my own call from the EI9E contest station in Co. Wexford, using its new 80m 4SQ antenna. For 2015 I tried LP SOSB/80 Unassisted from the same location - with K3/P3 barefoot (100w), Begali HST II paddle, WinKey USB, 1963 Drake 2BQ speaker, my HF contest logger (SD), and my comfortable office chair (no arms) that I take everywhere I can when contesting. It was a pleasure to operate in a quiet environment, with full break-in and no noise from amplifier fans or relays - and no sore head or ears from ill-fitting headsets. The Drake 2BQ speaker has a wonderful resonance on CW - I've not found anything better. Of course, it's harder with LP but that's part of the challenge. The 4SQ is amazing, with instant switching between four prime directions. Some compromises are necessary, and coverage due South and into the Caribbean isn't so good, but probably better than with a single 80m vertical. The EI9E location is electrically very quiet, and I used the 4SQ for receiving most of the time, even though both K9AY and Beverages were available. One highlight was being called by VK4MA on 3500.25 at 6pm on Sunday for a double mult - in the middle of EU chaos. Here's the 2014/15 scores for comparison 80m SOSB HP 2014 - 2018 Q, 27 Z, 92 C, 394,723 (27 hours) 80m SOSB LP 2015 - 1519 Q, 20 Z, 79 C, 252,251 (30 hours) - Claimed 73, Paul EI5DI | EI5KF | SA HP ALL | Slept too long Sunday morning. Sunday had s5 QRN over 4-5hrs. Enjoyed the contest | EI7M | MSH | Bands lively but propagation playing strange tricks with us most of the time. It looks like our cw skills and station are improving just enough to cancel out the general decline in conditions! We had the pleasure of hosting several guests both old and new - thanks to them for making the trip over and making a huge contribution to our effort | ER2RM | SO LP 160M | TNX FOR FB CONTEST | ER5DX | SO LP ALL | ICOM 706 100W 2EL QQ,IV-DIPOL | ES4MM | SO LP 15M | TKS fer CONTEST ! | ES5TF | SA LP ALL | Very nice contest, propagation was very nice, too. Hear you after new year! Rig Kenwood TS-2000, ANT tribander JP-2000, PWR 100W | EU1AI | SA LP 80M | Tnx for contest | EU6AA | SO LP ALL | Rig - FT-840, pwr=100W, Ant - Delta Loop 168m. 73 and CU next year | EW1TO | SO LP ALL | 08.02.2013 | EW2BO | SO LP 10M | ICOM-760 PRO + YAGI 5-EL 10M MONOBAND | EW2EG | SO LP 80M | TRX-US2II, PWR-80W, ANT-Inverted V | EW8OG | SO LP ALL | 70 watts IC-746PRO | F/E72T | SA QRP 20M | TO8M (logged as heard) might be count as MTPL FM | F4EGZ | SA LP 20M | After One year and 6 months to learn CW, first contest. And what contest!!! I need to progress my speed brain decoding. Rig 756pro, antenna Yagi 6 ele mono band. | F4FHZ | SO LP ALL | K3/100W, 9.50m vertical long wire with CG3000 at his foot | F4FLO | SO LP ALL | FT-1000D - 50W - dipoles - Czech military key | F4GFT | SA LP ALL | That was fun! | F4GOU | SO QRP ALL | TX/RX : Yaesu FT 817 Pwr: 5W Ant: LW40 / vertical 5/8?????? | F4VQT | SO QRP ALL | 2W QRP with FT-817 into a G5RV wire antenna. Best result in six years. Very disappointed by performance on 10m and 80m but made up by some good DX on 15m. 73 to all that worked me! | F5GGL | SO LP ALL | TX FT1000 ANT KT34 + L Inverted + G5RV | F5IQJ | SO QRP ALL | ELECRAFT K2 - 5 W - ANT. VERT. GAP TITAN | F5PHW | SA HP ALL | Fantastic as usual. Propagation was not as good as last year. The first time that I am called by KH6J (I logged first KB5J) Had fun. 73 | F5RD | SO LP ALL | Transceiver - FT-897D 80 Watts Antennas - Center-fed 2x20m on 80 to 10m, Ground Plane on 20/15m, 2 elements HB9CV on 10m Software - MixW 3.1.1h demo Thanks to all who worked me. See you again next year. F5RD Bernard | F5VBT | SO QRP ALL | IC-703, K3/10, 5 watt Spiderbeam, lambda/4 verticals for 40+80 m Thank you for the contest and all who dug my QRP signal out of the noise. Here it was mainly an European contest, only slightly more than 10% were dx contacts. Highlights were when K3ZU, K5ZD, W1MU, and K8MFO came back to my CQ on 80m. Second day was very very slowly going. Anyway enjoyed the contest | F6BUL | SO LP ALL | A very speed nice contest. Thanks to all contacts | F6CWA | SO LP ALL | I have many pleasure to make this contest TS850S and 18HT tower + inverted L top band Hubert / F6CWA | F6DZD | SA LP ALL | FT857 100W LONG WIRE ANTENNA 160 TO 10 METERS ROTATIVE DIPOLE FB13 | F6GOX | SO HP 10M | Sunset 1616z, Saturday, XE1MM 1654z, N7AT 1655z, Sunday FO5RH 1614z | F6IRG | SA LP 10M | 50 Watts - 4 elt Delta Loop | F8AVO/M | SO LP 20M | Mobile TS140 + Diamond HL-20CL, 25 Watt | FY5FY | SO QRP 15M | RIG IC7200 5W OUTPUT ANTENNAE YAGIS | FY5KE | SO HP 20M | First SOSB 20m experience at FY5KE. Pretty good conditions. See you next year ! | G0EFO | SO HP ALL | Very good conditions but very noisy throughout 15m a joy with lots of surprises on 10m! | G0LHZ | SA LP ALL | Great fun despite storm damage to my higher band antenna! | G0MCV | SO LP ALL | great really enjoyed it | G0WAT | SO LP 40M | GREAT FUN | G1N | SA LP 40M | A 24 hour category for us older guys would be very nice in the SO section. As always a super contest with loads of DX | G2NF | SA HP 15M | Some wonderfully Bad/WIDE signals on the band as usual | G3LHJ | SO QRP 20M | Usual very enjoyable weekend for what time I could put to it. I'm carer to Xyl at present after a bad Hip Op she had . Condxs not so good as last year, 20M folded about 20:00Hrs VK or ZL this year . cu next year all being well | G3NYY | SO HP ALL | Condx on all bands good to N and S America and Africa. No signals heard from JA or VK or ZL. Most unusual. I often had to repeat my callsign many times before it was correctly copied. Is this a feature of computer reading of Morse? This has gotten worse in recent years. Radios Kenwood TS590S Kenwood TL-922 linear amp antennas 100 ft doublet. 20m dipole. 15m delta loop. |
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