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2016 SSB

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N0UUSA HIGH 80MGreat year to try first 80M Phone contacts since 1953!
N1FZOChecklogTHIS IS A CHECK LOG ONLY
N1HO/4SO LOW ALLOperated from my summer QTH in Hendersonville, NC
N1IXFSO HIGH ALLSometimes it's better not to make any comments... well one exception - Thanks to those who worked me!
N1TYHSO LOW ALLAlways a fun contest. Time limited this year due to family events
N2AJOSA LOW ALL42318
N2AMWSO HIGH 20MCould only operate 3 hours this year
N2CWSA HIGH ALLWest Creek, NJ location used by the W2GD 160m Team also
N2IIESO HIGH ALLHad Fun. Band Conditions could have been better
N2MTGSO LOW ALLOperating time - 12 hours
N2SRSA HIGH ALLNew antenna setup seems to be working
N3IQChecklogConditions seemed poor during the limited time I could be on. Log is without changes due to dyslexia, old age, stupidity, or Alt-N notes. Station: K3/800w SSPA/multiple antenna choices played well
N3KFSA HIGH ALLTough conditions for just wires. Amp burned up the power relay. Go FRC!
N3MWQSO LOW 20MThanks, those who showed patience completing low power contacts with me
N3OUCSA LOW ALLHad a great time even though my vertical blew down during a storm
N3REH/4SA LOW ALLTHIS WAS MY VERY FIRST CONTEST, AND IT WAS FUN!
N3RSSA HIGH ALLHorrible Conditions! Pleased with the results. Mostly S&P
N3TTTSA LOW ALLRig died Saturday morning
N4EFSSO HIGH ALLRookie, Licensed June, 2016
N4NTOSO LOW ALLEnjoyed a brief effort. Always great fun!
N4TZ/9SO LOW ALLonly one QSO from calling CQ - VP8NO on 10 meters. at least the band noise was down, too!
N4YHCSO LOW ALLBand conditions at times were not great for contacts
N5MKY/8SO LOW ALLUSE OF THE ITU PHONETIC ALPHABET WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
N5YTSA LOW ALL599 DX Association
N5ZYSO LOW ALLRadio is Icom IC-9100. Antennas are double-bazookas mounted in inverted V in my attic 16 foot above ground. See QRZ for photos
N6AJSO HIGH ALLFirst real contest since retired. Won't be last
N6ICSA HIGH ALLMessed up the log at first with cw entries that were all ssb. Delighted to find ops on 10
N6IVSO LOW ALLGlad the bands were open
N6RVSO LOW ALLRough contest! No polar paths, high A index and low SFI! Worked mostly stations south of my QTH!
N6YMM/7SA HIGH ALLI enjoyed CQWWSSB despite miserable weather and band conditions!
N7EO/4SA HIGH 15MFT-5000D, M2-KT36XA
N7MZWSO LOW ALLKenwood TS-950SD,Heil BM-10 and G5RV above my Apt. Band cond. poor!
N7ZGSO LOW ALLHorrible conditions. Good time to give the classic category a try
N8BISA HIGH ALLPoor conditions and a visit by Murphy! Some improvement day two. Still had a good time...already thinking about strategy, equipment, and conditions going forward. Definitely need to improve the ability to hear the weak ones particularly as conditions get worse....long before they get better!
N8FESO LOW ALLI picked the worst part of the contest to get on but that's when I could operate. better plans for next year, I hope
N8FYLSO LOW ALLAfter observing the "less than optimal" band conditions, I don't feel so bad about not having ANY antenna up for the first 20 hours of the contest! My wire fell down 2 weeks ago and didn't have opportunity to get it back up until Saturday. Sometimes life gets in the way of radio, and sometimes its the other way around!
N8JDMSA LOW ALLROOKIE 2016-07-19 AS KE8ETB
N8MWKSO LOW ALLdidnt hav alot of time to devote this year but still great fun
N8MZSA HIGH ALLAlways a fun contest
N8YXRMULTI-ONE LOWGo MRRC GO!!!
N9BTSA LOW ALLCould hardly hear any European stations. I miss the sunspots
N9OQT/0SO LOW 20MOperated just a few hours while activating NPOTA
N9TFSA LOW ALLFrom the perspective of this low power, low and small antenna contest station, band conditions were terrible this weekend for the CQWW SSB contest. Heard lots of DX that did not hear me. Best get used to these poor conditions for a while as we slide our way down to the bottom of this sunspot cycle. It was definitely frustraiting to hear DX stations and not be able to get into their RXer. If not for the solid North/South propagation to Central and South America on 15 and 20 meters, this contest would have been a bust! Conditions on 40 and 80m Saturday night really fell off to my QTH even to the Caribbean and Central America. Only a few EU and North Africa stations were heard on 40 early and then the band faded almost to oblivion for a time. In all my previous DX contests, I have always worked many Italian stations, to the point where Italy is usually the largest contributor of EU contacts in my log. This contest I have ZERO Italy stations in my log. Many were heard on 20 meters, and many were called over and over again with no luck. I noticed many EU stations were working other EU stations while many U.S. stations were calling and getting through. Well, I've been through sunspot bottoms in the past and made it through OK. This is just another one to wait out and make the best of. Looking forward to CQWW CW. Even in poor conditions, low power and low hanging small antennas, I feel a bit more competative with CW, and should be able to be heard in a few Italian and other DX stations receiver! Operating Conditions, K3S 100 watts to a 2 element tribander at 37 feet, 40/80 meter short (100 foot)) dipole at 35 feet, and a shortt (67 foot) 160m half sloper at 35 feet. 73 and CU in CQWW CW, Gene N9TF
NA4CWSO LOW ALL5-1/2 hrs exploring new antennas, radio, USB interface & software
NE4EASO HIGH ALLGreat Fun!
NF4ASA HIGH ALLPart time effort....plenty of activity even on 10 meters
NF7ESA HIGH ALLBEST TURN OUT OF OUR CLUB MEMBERS IN MANY YEARS
NH7AASA HIGH 15MMy 60th anniversary of entering this contest!!
NK4KSA HIGH ALLFor secretarial functions only. Do not use for contest
NM5WBSO HIGH ALLVery good propagation all 4 bands 40, 20, 15, 10 m!

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