CQ World Wide DX Contest
CQ World Wide DX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| K6OK | SA LOW ALL | Part-time effort. The only antenna I had up is a 15m Moxon pointed to my northeast, so I worked mostly Zone 14, 15 and 16. Also used the Moxon as a non-resonant dipole on 10m at low efficiency. Kenwood TS-590, 100 watts. I could tell conditions were going to be good on the high bands because on Friday night at 0100 UT I worked three stations in Finland (OH) -- my sunset gray line to their local midnight. The next day shortly after my sunrise 15 meters and 10 meters were both open to Europe. The limiting factor for me, as a small station in California, was not propagation -- it was competing with so many other stations trying to answer the runners calling CQ. Calling over and over really slowed down my rate. On Sunday the propagation seemed to be one-way, I could hear a lot more stations than could hear me. They were also asking for a lot of repeats from other W's and K's, so it wasn't just me. Glad I spent some time on this contest. We all need to enjoy sunspots while we have them! |
| K6TA | SA HIGH ALL | KW |
| K6TUJ/7 | SO LOW 15M | CQ WW DX is without a doubt the best contest in the world, period! |
| K7ABV | SA HIGH ALL | Well ole ten meters was a hit again...low bands just not interesting to me so slept both nights...great time again..thanks to all for qso's |
| K7DD | SO QRP ALL | Gotta get a better antenna but it was sure nice to see 10M open |
| K7JA/6 | SA LOW 15M | Had to be away all day Saturday, so tried for "40 in 40." Didn't quite make it |
| K7RFW | SO LOW ALL | Due to conditions I was just trying for DX that I either had not touched, need for LoTW, or just felt like trying to contact. FT897D at 100 W, 40 meter E/W facing dipole up 25 feet feed by a MFJ 927 and 300 Ohm twinlead. Had S9/S9+10 QRM on 15 and 10 M and S5/S8 QRM on 20 M for 98% of the time, 40 M was solid noise. Always interesting how many S9+30 stations can not hear 100 W. Thanks to those stations who took the time to pull my poor station out of the swarm and my apologies to those who refused to give a second chance/DUP when conditions prevented a firm acknowledgement the first time. Hope to see you all next year, barring real life issues |
| K7XE/6 | SO LOW 15M | FT-990 & 2 EL BEAM @ 30 FT |
| K8BTT | SO HIGH ALL | 10 meters was great fun |
| K8GL | SO HIGH ALL | Wow! Thanks!A great time! |
| K8PGJ | SO LOW ALL | 100 watts |
| K9IDQ | SA HIGH ALL | Thanks, was able to reach 1937 country goal for 2012 ARRL DXCC award, finally |
| K9JU | SO LOW 15M | After repairing an "ugly" TR-4C on the bench, I had to try it on the air, while still on the bench and upside down! |
| K9JYX | SO HIGH ALL | First time contesting. Had lots of fun |
| K9LA | SA LOW 10M | OMNI-VI to 5-el monobander, 4-el monobander, T6 log periodic dipole array |
| K9MK/5 | SO LOW ALL | It was great to hear 10M sigs again! |
| K9MY | SA LOW ALL | Fun |
| KA1DBE/4 | SO LOW ALL | Glad to see 10 and 15 open and active. See you next year! |
| KA3DRR/6 | SA HIGH ALL | Want to thank my mentor time for time in the chair this weekend. I had a lot of ham radio fun in my first ever CQ World Wide DX SSB event and it was a big hoot. Good to hear 10m opening into Europe and 15m was lots of fun as well. Thanks for a great weekend! 73 |
| KA4OTB | SO HIGH 10M | Planned on being "All Band" until I hit the great opening on 10 meters--what a great time!! |
| KA5WRG | SO QRP ALL | QRP: Max power 5 watts |
| KB1TY | SO HIGH ALL | First contest ever worked. Biggest thrill - chasing weak stations on 15m on Saturday night. Learned a lot |
| KB3YSM | SO LOW ALL | Thanks! |
| KB5EZ/4 | SO LOW ALL | Great propagation. Fantastic DX |
| KB8KE | SO HIGH ALL | Great band openings - first time using an amp, 500W |
| KB8UUZ | SO LOW 10M | Had a great time on 10 meters! |
| KB8ZGL | SA LOW ALL | First CQWW Ever! It was awesome! |
| KB9YGD | SO LOW ALL | tnx everyone for a wonderfull time es c ya nxt yr de kb9ygd |
| KC0DEB | SA LOW 10M | Great activity on 10m! Open early and staying open late, what a Party! Why go anywhere else? I had a blast, and hope this will be the trend for a while.. Fingers crossed |
| KC0DMF | SO LOW ALL | Single Operator Low Power using a max of 100W |
| KC0IUY | SO LOW 10M | 10m only |
| KC4NPR | SO LOW ALL | 100 W |
| KC7QY/5 | SO LOW ALL | Nice to have 10M open for this contest. Managed to fill several need ones for the Diamond DXCC |
| KC8HQS | SO LOW ALL | Slow start but still fun. 10 meters was GREAT! |
| KC8IMB | MULTI-TWO | Saturday cndx were great, Sunday started slow but got better |
| KC9UHH | SO LOW 10M | First contest - thanks! |
| KD4ACG | SO LOW ALL | I'm a small station...100 watts max, a 10/15/20 dipole in the attic of a deed-restricted home, and a single part-time operator. I think of my participation in CQWW, as driving a Yugo in the Indy 500. Nevertheless, my results far exceeded my expectations. I made 75% more contacts than 2011, more than doubled last year's score, and worked some new countries and new zones. Worked JA on 10m...twice!! Worked 12 zones on all three of my bands, compared to just five last year. Heard zones 27, 38 and 40, but couldn't break the pileup. Having an unpredicatble schedule this weekend, I ran search/pounce exclusively. I wasn't sure I would have had the signal to properly command a frequency of my own, anyway. Still, I had fun chasing the mults. Ready for the next one! |
| KD6PQF | SO LOW ALL | THANKS FOR THE DX CONTACTS! |
| KD8CWP | SO HIGH 20M | Must have to do more contesting. Every year when I do this I have to retrain myself on it. Good time though. Thanks |
| KD8ONC | SO LOW ALL | First contest. Had a lot of fun but is more work than anticipated. Logged all contacts by hand |
| KD8TBS | SO LOW 10M | first contest ever 11 years old |
| KD9MS | SO LOW ALL | WOW! Wall to wall JA's and EU and some zones I didn't even know were there! I believe the high bands stole some of the thunder from the low bands but that's ok. It was great! I wish ol' Sol would act right and keep this going! My best moment was my first zone 27 followed by even more ot them! 73, Craig KD9MS |
| KE1V | SA LOW ALL | Trying out the new 2 el SteppIR |
| KE2D | MULTI-ONE | My 13 yr old son and I had a great time experimenting with N1MM software using assisted mode. 10m was wide opened as were 15m, 20m and 40m at the right times. Please consider extending the deadline for log submissions. Many of us on in the Northeast are without power and won't have it back for a while. I'm submitting this from work |
| KE4S | SO LOW ALL | Lots of fun, even with a hurricane coming |
| KE7WTM | SO LOW ALL | LOW POWER - 70 WATTS |
| KF0GX | SO QRP 10M | QRP - Power 3 watts |
| KF2O | SA HIGH ALL | great to see 10 meters wide open and spread out all the way to 29 Khz |
| KF5DVH | SO LOW ALL | Maximum Power is 100 Watts. IC-7000 to a Fan Dipole in my attic First contest by myself |
| KF5OXZ | SO LOW 10M | TS850 75 watts |