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W0ETTSO LOW ALLBest DX conditions since last solar cycle peak! - W0ETT Rig: IC756pro3 to HF yagis and low band verticals
W0RAASA LOW 10MDecided to work just 10 meters. What a blast. It was open from one end of the band to the other and one side of the world to the other. It was like the good old days. I operated strictly S&P and enjoyed myself immensely. It was fun busting some pretty good pileups. I hope the upcoming CQWW CW offers band conditions as good as this weekend. Thanks to the propagation gods
W0RUSA LOW ALLTen meters was fantastic!
W0UASO HIGH ALLAbout as much fun as you can legally have!
W1CSMMULTI-MULTIW1CSM = YCCC N4ADC = no club
W1DYJSO LOW ALLHarpswell: TS-450SAT; 80/40/20M Fan Dipole at 20ft
W1HISSO HIGH ALLOne wire antenna, 20 ft (6m) high & 70 ft (21m) long, for all bands
W1WBBSA LOW 10M**Non-entry band QSOs submitted as a checklog** This submission is only for 10M Band Category. Maximum power output: 100 watts
W1ZKSO HIGH 10MFinally, 10 meters packed up past 29Mhz!
W2AABSO LOW 10MFIRST EFFORT ON 28 MHZ SSB IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS. WORKED VK, ZL, AND E51, BUT NOT ONE JA! I HEARD THEM FINE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HEAR ME. ON TO THE C.W. WEEKEND!!
W2ANQSO LOW ALLGreat South Bay ARC (member)
W2CGMULTI-ONEStrictly a S&P effort. A rare early nor'easter hit Saturday morning, left 8 inches of snow and lots of tree limbs down. Lost power at noon, wasn't restored until the following Wednesday evening. Generator broke down. Shut down and went to warmer climates in North Carolina. Condx were great, hopefully will remain the same for CW Test
W2GPS/3SA HIGH ALLIt was great to have 10 meters open again. I was time constrained by family obligations each day but I still beat my best previous score by a wide margin. The new antennas worked well but I have work to do before the next contest. Thanks to all who supported me earlier in the year with erecting the new tower and with defending it before the AA county Board of Appeals
W2HCBSO LOW ALLHad alot of fun ran 25 watts and a g5rv
W3BGNSO HIGH ALL30 HOURS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY REALLY TAKES THE FUN OUT OF IT
W3RLSSO LOW ALLSubmitted so that others can get credit for my contacts
W3UA/1SA HIGH ALLSpent half the test running on power generator and without packet. Would you consider a "half-assisted" category?
W4AEJSA HIGH ALLCasual contester
W4DTBSA LOW ALLI am a 14-Year Old Ham from Chapel Hill, NC. This was my first major contest. Ran 100 Watts from a Kenwood TS-940SAT to a HyGain DX-88 Vertical I was also an Operator at N1LN, but that is logged separately (not included here)
W4HLNSO LOW 40M1st try at contesting! Was FUN!
W4PFMSO LOW ALLMother nature took her toll on my operation this weekend with a 4 inch snow, power outage and lots of yard to clean up. Hopefully I can give it a better try next year!
W4QNSA HIGH ALLPersonal best Score - 10m was the 'go to ' band S&P worked better then Running, 160m was a bust and will be next antenna improvement project
W4TKISO LOW ALLOne thing that bugs me is people who make long runs and do not give their call. It was a very good contest lot of fun good propagation
W4WEASO HIGH ALLMy first contest, had a blast!
W5COSO HIGH ALLFT-897D, SB-200, 90m long #16 random wire 4m above erth
W5CTMULTI-MULTISusan and I had an "open house" for this contest to invite new and inexperienced contesters to participate in a major contest. We had 21 attendees of which about a third were experienced operators. I believe that many of these new folks will move on to trying contests from their home stations. We used W5CT which ia the CTDXCC's club call. It turned out to be a very good contesting call. It was a lot of fun working with the new people. QSL via K5OT. 73, Richard & Susan - K5NA/K5DU
W5GFISO HIGH ALLCondx were great this year
W5GNSA HIGH ALL100% Spots, no Runs, Watched all Spots from USA Stations. Almost all spots were good, relatively few broken calls
W5THTSO HIGH ALLDuring Saturday on 10 meters some stations had echos on their signals
W6DVS/4SO LOW ALLACTUAL MAXIMUM POWER 100 WATTS
W6QUSO QRP ALLI'll bet there are no complaints about condx this year!! Congratulations to my long time friend Phil, N0KE, who got WAZ this year as SOAB from his station in western Colorado!
W6SA/7SA HIGH ALLWhat a difference sunspots make! Scored more than 5 time last year's score
W7IVMULTI-ONEThere were two excruciating nights on 40-80-160, but the days were fantastic with 10 and 15 wide open were fabulous! We were shorter-staffed than last year but had a lot of fun. Lots of things broke, but we'll be back up and running soon :-)
W7VJMULTI-ONEWow!
W7VSSO HIGH ALL59 01 sent to 1st QSO A52AB by mistake
W7WZ/4SA HIGH ALLZero to 100 countries on ten meters in a weekend! Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow...how long has it been since we could do that
W7XZ/6SO LOW 10M10 meter conditions excellent. Had fun despite missing Europe-West Coast "prime time" both mornings due to prior commitments
W7YAQSO LOW ALLPower Output 100 watts
W8RIDSO HIGH ALLJUST A BEGINNER AT THIS. HOPE I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. LET ME KNOW IF I MESSED SOMETHING UP
W8TOM/1SA LOW ALLOPS FROM MA FN42, YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB
W9/DO1FDKSO LOW ALLOperating from W9YT (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Using my W9/ call turned out to be a real test to everyone else :)
W9AKSSO LOW 10MWith 10 meters open, wish I had more to operate
W9IIXSA HIGH 20Mgreat contest conditions!
W9KVRSA LOW 40MI ended up working on adding a few new band countries due to a very limited operating schedule. It was nice to add a few new ones to the list!
W9RESO HIGH ALLBest rates I have ever had in 40 years of contesting!
WA1FCN/4SA LOW 15MWow what great conditions. Maybe I should of just picked sb 10 . it seemed like days of old hi hi. 73 Bob WA1FCN
WA3AERSA LOW ALL10 AND 15M BANDS WIDE OPEN!! MADE FOR MUCH MORE FUN & SUCCESS FOR THIS OP!
WA3DMDSO LOW ALL25 Watts Vertical Antenna
WA4OABSO LOW ALLBand conditions were the best in a long time, sure was good to hear 10 meters wide open
WA5IYXSO LOW ALL(2002) FT-847; (1977) 3-e Wilson mono Yagi @ 20' AGL; 15-m h.b. Yagi @ 14' AGL; 20-40-75 m fan dipole @ 14' AGL 10-m resurgence was THE big news - conditions forcing activity to well above 29 MHz for the first time since 2003. All my QSOs except for some 31 there were S&P, with short rates with that often near 1 per minute so dense were the signals. Getting Tunisia and Iceland were nice catches. The time between 15m opening to Eu and 10m doing so was c. 15 minutes, so most of the 15m activity was during the local afternoons

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