CQ World Wide DX Contest
CQ World Wide DX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments | HA6NL | SA LP ALL | ICOM756pro 100 w 3 el yagi GP-s dipoles | HA6PJ | SA LP ALL | RIG: FT-757GX, DIPOLES, GP | HA6VA | Checklog | RX: FT101 TX: 40W GU19 Ant: Dipole | HA7I | SA QRP 160M | FTDX3000 5W INV-L, K9AY, N1MM logger | HA8CQ | SA LP ALL | Transceiver : IC-746, Ant's : wire dipoles for all band | HA8RT | SO LP 20M | Licensed: 2012.10.31 | HA9RP | SO LP 20M | CHECKLOG 100W GP | HB0/DF4SA | SO HP ALL | Due to heavy QRL workload I was afraid I was going to miss CQWW entirely this year and had been unhappy about that for months. However just a few days before the contest the opportunity arrived to squeeze in a short visit to HB0 between two business trips and I got all excited. As I needed to be back in Northern Germany on Monday, a 48h operation was out of question but I was going to try the new 24h Classic category. I had not operated SOAB for several years, my equipment was scattered all over Germany and I didnt even know if it would still work, but hey, at least I was going to be in there and have fun! Propagation from HB0 is special due to the high alpine mountains. As much as my location at over 1000m above sea level produced great runs to the West, the mountains to the East are around 2000m high and very hard to beat. I missed almost all the multipliers to the East and could not get much of a run going during the morning hours, while in the afternoon the 10 minute rate often exceeded 250 QSO/h. In retrospect I probably should not have spent any time for searching all those unreachable multipliers but should have just called CQ 24hrs straight. Something to learn for the future! The 24h category anyway requires a much different approach and I believe a good strategy is a lot more important than in the 48 hour "endurance" class. It will be interesting to watch it develop during the coming years. For this year my strategy could best be describes as "make as many mistakes as possible" :). I like the new category a lot and it sure helped motivating me to go on this last minute trip. However I have to admit it was a sad moment when I had to switch off in the middle of the heat at Sunday afternoon 15:00 UTC when my 24h period was over. I just had gotten _really_ into it and it felt like leaving a good party much too early. But then I knew there was a 900km drive on the motorway ahead of me and indeed when I finally reached Hamburg it was exactly 23:55 UTC - end of the contest. Perhaps I should have participated the final 8h as DF4SA/m :). After more than 10 years of operating from DX locations with "anonymous" callsigns it was a nice change to finally bring DF4SA on the air again. I enjoyed very much meeting old friends and thanks to everybody who said hi. The scenic mountain landscape in beautiful winter conditions with around 30cm of fresh snow, and the warm welcome by the local radio amateurs sure helped making this not only a radio experience but a mini holiday and much needed escape from day-to-day worries. My sincere thanks to HB0TW, HB0WR and HB0BB for their kind help and hospitality! CU all next year from (?). 73 Con DF4SA | HB9ARF | SO LP ALL | K3 100 Watts Antennas - Force 12 C-4s / Inverted L for 3.5 and 1.8 MHz | HB9CA | M2 | Another entry into with pretty much the usual operators. Good fun as usual but the result is slightly lower than expected | HB9CBR | SO QRP ALL | This year from my home station - using a KX3 and very modest wire antennas - partly indoor (Alex-Loop and Wire Loop) . Still i was heard all over the world again See you next year - 73 Bruno HB9CBR | HB9CEY | SO QRP 40M | ELECRAFT K2, VERTICAL ANTENNA | HB9HQX | SO LP ALL | ELECRAFT K3 (Power max. 90 Watts), Dipole | HG0R | SO LP 10M | nice contest, good activity | HG4F | SO HP 20M | Rig.: ICOM 7700 + OM 3500 HF + KT 34 XA Best 73! | HG5D | SA LP 40M | Rig: FT-2000 Rx: Vertical | HG8C | SA LP 10M | IC735 60 Watts out, EX14 HyGain up 40m | HK3CW | SA LP ALL | Casual contesting for new band and modes | HS0ZAR | M2 | Home Calls of Operators: HS0ZAR = K3ZO HS0ZDY = SM3DYU HS0ZKX = NO2R HS0ZGD = LA7JO HS0ZDX = G4UAV | HS0ZLN | SO LP ALL | Homecall HB9BXQ. First Contest outside HB9. QTH Bangkok TNX to HS0HSC/John! | I0LTX | SO LP ALL | vy gd test | I2BPP | SO QRP 15M | I2BPP November 2013 | I4JEE | SO LP 80M | Good Prop. this year, but not as the last 2 Y. . Low noise on the 80 mtr. band Poor stations received on my qth - ASIAN, USA and LATIN AMERICAN, but my new antenna (receiving coaxial DIAMOND ) can do well but I'm happy just the same Really happy with what I got greetings -. Mauro (I4JEE) | I4MNY | SO QRP ALL | Mi sono divertito anche se a volte il qrm era davvero rilevante | IG9W | SO HP 40M | Tks to all,but for all contest time I had so many qrm by 9 plus !!!! Sorry to every stations for impossible contacts....at next time !!!! have a nice day! 73's by Emilio IG9W-IZIGAR | II9P | SO HP 10M | Nice to work 10 meters single band from mountain top QTH at II9P. I had the opportunity to work via southern paths overlooking the sea with not common propagation via long path to Pacific and JAs during the late evening. Signals coming from Asia, in the morning, are very strong in this QTH. Wasted some time with blackouts and excessive S&Ping. Hope to join CQWW CW next year! | IK1BPL | SO QRP ALL | Dichiaro che, durante il contest, ho operato dalla mia stazione, con 5 watt e osservando pienamente ,lealmente il regolamento del contest | IK2AIT | SO LP ALL | I was active on Sunday only but had a lot of fun with only 70 w to a simple wire antenna that, to my surprise, worked from 10 80 m. 73 Gio IK2AIT | IK2AUK | SO LP ALL | TS 940S, ANT: ECO7+ -Trap Dipole CWA 40/80 | IK2GWH | SA QRP ALL | RTX: FT817 ANT: G.P & DIPOLES | IK2SAI | SA HP ALL | This was a fantastic contest. Very good condx. Great Fun! | IK2XDE | SO LP ALL | Strange propagation from my side, but great contest | IK3IUL | SO LP 20M | FLAE B7 | IK4EWX | SO LP ALL | Great ten meters, paid with bad 80meters | IK5RUN | SO LP 80M | Nice Contest , 2 Phased Vertical and K3 | IK6BSN | SO HP ALL | Ottima partecipazione peccato poco tempo da parte mia | IK7FMQ | SO HP 10M | GOOD PROPAGATION. BAD METEO | IK8GYQ | SO LP ALL | Big Contest!!! 73 de Carmine ik8gyq | IN3QBR | SA LP ALL | ic 756 pro3 20mt wire with atu | IQ2CU | SO LP 20M | TS-2000 95 W ANT. VERTICAL | IQ2DN | MSH | Control log | IR4B | SO HP 10M | Almost 19 hours on air, only 10m., I simply enjoyed operating this CW test with generally good propagation. First day I was almost always on multipliers search, but very low rate, second day a better rate. Power out closely measured at 500W with LP-100A wattmeter, Antenna 3 el Ultrabeam, rig TS590, one tetrode tube amplif. I declare I operated within our power limit | IR4X | MSH | Our antenna's setup is still in progress. Great result with only a wires on 40 ,80 and 160. Happy to have Ruslan RK4YJ enjoyed our team on Saturday | IT9/K7RC | SA HP ALL | Operated from home using Remote Ham Radio | IT9NVA | SO LP 20M | nice contest, only 50 watts with inverted dipole home made. tnx all stations worked me | IV3BCA | SA LP ALL | GOOD CONTEST RIG KENWOOD 870 100 WATT Yagi 40/20/15/10 Rotative 80 Dipole 160 SOFTWARE QARTEST | IV3DLW/P | SO LP ALL | thanks Giuliano | IV3DRP | SO QRP ALL | FT 817 ND 5w G5RV jr | IV3KSE | SO LP ALL | RIG: KENWOOD TS 140-S ANT: DIPOLE (40-80)Vertical 12AVQ (10-15-20) | IW0EYT | SO LP 160M | log |
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