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VE3DCMULTI-TWOWhat a great contest again this year, we more than doubled our score from last year and had a lot of fun with the better band conditions especially on 10m. Running M2 was a lot of fun but made us decide whether to run 10, 15 or 20 at the same time, what a tough decision eh! Most of the operators only gave a part time effort but did very well operating when they could. Great contest, lots of fun working all that DX, thanks to all the operators for being there and the ones that worked us, hope to see you in the next one. 73 Rick VE3BK
VE3EDYSO LOW 160M*****____ Used my TS-940 and self designed Mobile Screw Driver Antenna , which again this year performed wonderfully under the poor band and WX conditions.Hoping to place 1st again for the 4th year in a row in the CQWW 2011 Contest.___******
VE3FDTSO LOW ALL6 years ago, when I came back to this great hobby after 25+ years of a "hiatus", I resolved to keep learning and improving. Every CQWW contest since has been my "personal best"; this year is no different. (Well, CQWW CW is still to come...) And despite the very high cost in time and effort of making "rare" multipliers with my lowly set-up. However, I see a serious (unsurmountable?) problem ahead: will the trend continue when the solar cycle is past its peak? Hopefully, by that time I will have some decent antennas in place and will not be startled by compliments like AD1C's and K9ZVZ's of being 59+ when I was running on 10 meters: the problem being that my hexbeam was pointing to Europe at the time
VE3FTMSO HIGH ALLSo many stations, so little time !!
VE3GTCSO QRP 10MQRP maximum power used 5 watts Another Great CQ WW contest. I usually don't work SSB contests but conditions where so good on 10 meters that I just jumped in late on Saturday morning and worked 10 on and off for the rest of the day and again on Sunday. QRP was working well, the BIG signal stations where relatively easy with few repeats but still much patience to wait out the bigger pile-ups. The not so BIG signal stations required many repeats and even more patience to wait out the pile ups and occasional QSB
VE3IQSA HIGH 10MIt was great to see wall-to-wall QRM on 10m
VE3KKBSO HIGH 10MHaving 200+ an hour runs into EU, great....Having T6RH call me during one of the runs: PRICELESS. Tnx, Rob
VE3LCSO LOW ALL10 metres was like picking fruit off a tree. Great Condx
VE3OMSO LOW ALLActual Power Used - 75 Watts
VE3OTLSA LOW ALLIcom 756Pro2 100w, windom dipole @ 70 feet. Great band conditions, reminds me of band conditions in early 80's
VE3OXSO HIGH ALLFirst time I used my afterburners (1KW) in a contest, nice. VE3OX
VE4KZSO HIGH 20MThanks to CQ, organizers, participants, and Ol' Sol for a great weekend!
VE5CPUSO HIGH ALLA couple of hours to chase some DX and make a few calls
VE6LBSA HIGH ALLGood conditions (for a nice change!)
VE6WZSA HIGH 40MA casual effort which began with no intention to submit a score, but after the first night, because 80 and 160 were so poor, I decided to play on 40m only. About 13 hrs total air time. 40m was not great with rather poor EU long path signals at my morning, and fewer Asia than I would expect. I did have fun, and thank everyone who called me. Ftdx-9000d, Acom 2000a, HB 2el Yagi @100'
VE6ZCSO LOW ALLBest 10 metre showing ever and a personal best score. Maybe Cycle 24 will show us great condx after all!
VE7ABCSA LOW ALL10 Meters in a word "WOW"
VE7BGPSO LOW ALLI had a lot of fun participating in this Contest 10 was open to many DX Countries for many hours of this Contest. I used a couple oldie Classic radios FT-757GX & the Venerable old IC-751A both still great radios that were introduced in the '80's. 100 Watts can be sometimes a Challenge as you can hear em but not workem
VE7IOMULTI-MULTIVE7FO's newbies Spook The Bands VE7IO and VE7FO have undertaken an HF Operator training program for our club. We had 10 newbies signed up for this but only 8 could make it. Each op received a thorough briefing on the S&P and Run protocols while listening to stations running. After a couple of demo Qs by the mentor they dove in. Some even gained enough confidence after a while to start running. Altogether they worked 73 distinct countries in all Continents. Now I have to explain to them that 10m isn't always as good as this. Jim VE7FO
VE7RSVSO LOW ALLGreat conditions for me, managed to work some new countries and was also my first experience operating on 10 meters with the band being open. Highlights for me was working Mongolia and Israel, with 100W and a g5rv up in the trees; all I can say is wow!
VE7TVHSA LOW ALLFirst contest, many lessons learned. Many Japanese and Russian QSLs, thanks guys! And special thanks to everyone who made the event happen. Tom Hlavac VE7TVH
VE7VAWSO LOW ALL100 WATT MAXIMUM POWER
VE8GERSO LOW ALLThe bands were wide open, had a lot of fun and see you next year!!!! 73
VI6CRSO LOW ALLVI6 is special prefix for CHOGM 2011, regular call is VK6CR
VK1XYZSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100W
VK2ERPSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100
VK2LAWSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 90 CQWW DX LP SO ALL BANDS
VK2MWGSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100
VK3SMCSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100watts
VK3TDXSO HIGH ALLLoving the return of ten meters! Is it 1958 again? Thanks to all the great ops. I enjoyed every QSO!
VK3TZSO LOW ALLPart time effort but great to have the bands in good shape. Too much noise in the city for a decent score
VK4ATHSO QRP ALLActual TX Power: 5 Watts Thanks Again for a great Contest this year, The propagation was wide open here in southeast VK4 My new TXCVR Performance was great, Really good DSP on QRM
VK4BLSO LOW ALLAlways a great contest But when 15 meters comes to life watch out! With 100 watt rig and stealth vertical wire antennas from temporary QTH Almost DXCC in a weekend (97) added some new ones and had lots of fun Special thanks to all those who took time to get me in their log Hard to wait till next year to see what that brings 73 AL
VK4EJSO LOW 10MMagnificent Conditions On 10 Meters Amazing Long Band Openings Until After My Midnight. Cycle 24 Is Full Of Surprises. Lost Operating Time Due To Severe Storms
VK4FATTSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: Using 40m &10m vertical antennas My first CQWW
VK4HGSO HIGH ALLAwesome to exchange with C5A long path on 10 meters with my Hexbeam. In the log are ST2AR, TS2A, TX5A. See you in 2012
VK4MONSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 30W
VK4VDXSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100
VK6DUSA LOW 10MGreat to finally see 10M open again so well, what a buzz!
VK6WXSO LOW ALLGreat to be back on HF again. Yaesu FT-100D, 100W, High Sierra Sidekick & Bushcomm SWC-100. I was portable at Mount Barker Hill and Mount Barker Community College. Very difficult to be heard when stations don't listen
VK7BENSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100W
VK8HPBSO LOW ALLActual TX Power: 100 watts Only opeated a short while due to a couple of severe thunderstorms plus had to assist the xyl with her wishes
VO2NSSO HIGH ALLsd works fb, and would recommend it to anyone
VP5DXMULTI-ONEGREAT CONDITIONS ON 10 METERS. HAVE NOT SEEN IT THIS GOOD IN 10 YEARS. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN
VP9ISO LOW ALLAwesome conditions on 10 and 15m, its great to see the sunspots back
VR2XMCMULTI-ONEJohnny VR2XMC and Dave VO1AU teamed up on Lamma Island in Hong Kong. Using 500w and a very small antenna from a beachfront hotel, they made a small score, but had fun
VU2LBWSO HIGH 10MA part-time effort on the WW Phones conest after many years. Spent all the time I had on 10 meters in S&P. Great propagation! Thanks for the contest!
VY2TTSA HIGH 15MSOHP15 Assisted
W0CEMSA HIGH 20MWOW, EVERYBODY MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS CONTEST. LOTS OF SIGS & QRM
W0ERPSA HIGH ALLLots of Fun

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