CQ World Wide DX Contest
CQ World Wide DX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| UX8ZA | SO QRP 20M | 5 WATTS, GP |
| UY2IG | SA LOW ALL | 73! |
| UY3U | SA LOW 20M | IC-756PRO3, 4 el. yagi |
| UZ1WW | SA LOW ALL | 73! |
| VA1CC | SA LOW ALL | GREAT CONTEST- SOME PROPAGATION INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY...VERY CROWDED BANDS BUT GOOD TO SEE 15M OPEN...LOVE THIS CONTEST. 100 WATTS AND A VERTICAL ON BALCONY APT. DECK.4 STORIES UP. THANKS..BRIAN- VA1CC' |
| VA2AM | SA HIGH ALL | Strong attenuation both days for 160 m, 80 m signals were down by +30 dB also affecting 40 m but nice to see 15 m band opens during day light |
| VA2CO | SO LOW ALL | 80 and 40 meters were imposible to operate, every one was cutting them selves. A grate CACAPHONIE, one on top of each other!!!!! Also, too bad 10 meters did not open at all!!! |
| VA2SIB | SA LOW ALL | Boy do I need a better antenna and an Amp for SSB contest! |
| VA3DKL | SO LOW 20M | Licensed 2018-06-13 |
| VA3KRT | SO LOW ALL | GOOD FUN |
| VA3MW | MULTI-TWO | We started 2 hours late due to a Thunderstorm that parked overhead. VA3MW was local to the station and VA3CW was connected via FlexRadios SmartLink to the Flex 6600. The concept works well as VA3CW could also monitor the PGXL Amp and the Antenna switch even while remote |
| VA3RTG | SO LOW ALL | 28-09-18 |
| VA3SB | SA LOW ALL | Thanks for a fun contest. Lots of activity. Glad to see 15 meters come alive. See you in the CQWW CW contest! 73 Serge VA3SB |
| VA4HZ | SO LOW ALL | Always a challenging contest. It is good to see 15m and 10m coming alive again. Hi-light of the weekend was catching VK4QA on 40m |
| VA6RCN | SO LOW ALL | Lots of stations overdriving their radios resulting in distortion and splatter |
| VE2IDX | SA LOW 40M | Traveling to a remote destination is very challenging always, especially due to COVID-19 restrictions. I came to Zone 2 after 21 hours of hard-driving through the mountains of Northern Quebec in 5 days before the contest. I was installing 4 phased verticals on the shore of St. Lawrence River on the first day after my arrival and an 18-meter tower for stretching 6 elements wired Yagi to Europe on the second day. Strong snowstorm with wind 57 km per hour on the following night has bent 18 meter`s tower in the middle under 90 degrees and on 3rd day damaged mast was put down to the ground, disassembled, and damaged aluminum pipe was aligned to the curved portion back by the hydraulic press. Fortunately, this press was available in the closest mechanical shop. After that repaired mast was pushed back to 18 height and 6 el. Yagi on 40 was stretched between 2 towers. 2 beverage antennas to EU and W6 were installed the same day later as well. I should say that weather conditions in Zone 2 this time of the year were challenging, 5 days before the contest I had 3 strong snowstorms with wind 57-65 km per hour, such weather at this time of the year is very predictable here. One day before contest all was prepared and I was enjoying operating before the contest. However Uncle Murphy did not sleep and one hour before CQWW I had one more challenge - sparks in the high voltage module of the power amplifier. Got a full package of pleasure - sparks, strong burned smell, and definitely not sufficient time for repair because it happened one hour before the contest. I`ve decided to operate in SOSB (A) 7 MHz LP, the I really enjoyed by CQ WW operation from Zone 2 as always, see you in the CW part from Zone 2 in the next 4 weeks. Equipment/software used: YAESU FT-1000MP radio, N1MM+ Logger. 40 meters antennas: 6 elements wired Yagi at 45', 4 phased verticals on the shore of St. Lawrence River RX antennas: 2 beverages to EU and W6, 80 meters length each. 73, Igor VE2IDX, also VE3ZF |
| VE3BFU | SO LOW ALL | THANKS ENJOYED THE CONTEST . WHAT A GEAT HOBBY WE HAVE DURING THIS TOUGH TIMES |
| VE3BY | SA HIGH 40M | First contest in 15 yrs, felt good |
| VE3EL | SO LOW ALL | Great Contest! Helps beat shut-in due to Virus!! Good Grief! |
| VE3KTB | SA HIGH ALL | In recent years I have operated CQWW mostly from VY0ERC. This year, thanks to COVID I'm in ONS. However, this effort had much in common with those northern efforts. First of all, the shack underwent a complete remodel and it was just put back together. Then, on Friday the crew showed up to install the XYL's long awaited concrete patio (it was supposed to happen in August) which meant that I had to dig up the coax and the SteppIR vertical's control cables and disconnect them to get them out of the way. Had to do the same for about 20 radials. After the crew finished on Saturday, I had the chance to restablish all the connections and radials. This of course meant struggling through on a low droopy wire until that point. Once the vertical was up and I diagnosed a few gremlins in the reconstructed station, it got more interesting. All in all, happy with the outcome |
| VE3OJN | SA HIGH ALL | Really good contest as always, spent more time in it than usual |
| VE3PN | SO HIGH ALL | Tx Audio cables went intermittent AGAIN!! time to fix |
| VE3TL | SO HIGH 20M | Back on the air after 7 years silence. Great to restart with this Contest |
| VE3UTT | SA LOW ALL | K3 / Optibeam - Remote Really miss the amp in this one. No QSOs between 22 Conditions were a surprise on 15 and 10. Hope all had fun |
| VE3ZZ | SA HIGH ALL | Great contest as always..Great also to see the higher bands open! |
| VE4GKM | SO LOW ALL | Licensed Feb 22, 2018 |
| VE5CPU | SO HIGH ALL | Nice to work some DX despite solar conditions! |
| VE5PV | MULTI-MULTI | Many tnx to everyone who worked our station. 73 de VE5PV |
| VE5SF | SA LOW ALL | Interesting Conditions. A look at solar weather website showed why propagation to Europe was limited from western Canada. However good runs to the USA help keep the fun going ⦠73 |
| VE6CSX | SA LOW ALL | Couldn't hear Europe for the entire contest. S. America stations were in great command and didn't come back to me. However, I had a good time and got a new country or two. Nest time I'll try high power, even though I'll only have 300 watts |
| VE6FI | MULTI-TWO | Poor propagation to Europe because of Aurora. It would be much easier from the east coast. But we made the best that we could. Everyone was very polite. It was fun Denis |
| VE6IVN | SA HIGH ALL | Lots of fun again this year |
| VE6ZC | SO LOW ALL | Difficult conditons, but much better than 2019. Welcome back, solar flux! |
| VE7BGP | SO LOW ALL | I had limited time for this contest this year. The wx was nice sunshine so I got in some Cycling also. Rigs used classic IC-756Pro and vintage IC-751A. 73 Gerry |
| VE7DX | SA LOW ALL | multiband dipole and 550 foot loop ..no beam |
| VE7EMI | SO LOW ALL | Had a good time overall but new OCFD just wouldn't work for me. Made most contacts on my 43 ft vertical |
| VE7GL | SA HIGH 40M | Just playingn around, conditions were horrid with anything over the pole |
| VE7WNK | SA HIGH ALL | Great 15M CDX, would have liked to get some JAs tho |
| VE7XT | SA HIGH ALL | Nice to hear some signals on 10m and some great signals on 15 meters. We missed all the dxpeditions especially to the Pacific and Caribean. Hopefully next year things will be better and more hams will be able to travel. 73 Richard |
| VK2BJ | SO HIGH ALL | Conditions here in VK2 very patchy and 80m almost unusable due to QRN. Some good openings on 40, 20 and 15 but 10 very poor. Didn't seem to be the ususal amount of wall to wall band occupancy but this may have been conditions. As always it was good fun |
| VK2BNG | SA LOW ALL | Yaesu FT-2000 with Wire Antennas QTH: Sydney QF56LE |
| VK2CZ | SO HIGH 20M | Day 1 had great conditions compared to day 2 which was much thinner to say the least. Putting in time snared some rare countries and mults for me, heard but missed Zone 23 and 11 |
| VK2GR | SO HIGH ALL | Lots of low band QRM due to electrical storms along the east coast of Australia |
| VK2HAO | SO LOW 40M | Date first licensed: november 2019 |
| VK2PN | SO HIGH ALL | Just a little try and to give out some numbers. Thanks all 73 Patrick |
| VK2PW | SO HIGH ALL | Thank you to all those who entered the contest and also to all the organisers. It was a wonderful contest and always a pleasure to hear the bands open. 73 |
| VK2PX | SO LOW 20M | Actual TX Power: 100 Rotatable Dipole |
| VK3MH | SA HIGH ALL | Great propagation on 15m, 20, & 40m. Was primary looking for Cape Verde and ended up with 56 countries including working K3LR over the north pole on 20m |
| VK3TZ | SO HIGH ALL | A very part time effort doing a bit of dxing along the way |
| VK4DH | MULTI-TWO | 15m radio would not enter correct frequency into the database |