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EW7DKSO LP ALLANTENNA(s): vertical UT1MA
EW8DXSO HP ALLKenwood TS-950SD, PA-500 Watts; Yagi, Dipoles
F/G4BJMSO HP ALLQTH nr Niort, Poitou Charentes, France
F2DXSO HP 80MLess than 24 hours of traffic because the 80m band was totally dead in this side of Europe during the daylight (not a single signal Saturday and Sunday for more than 11 hours)! The rate was often very low with 40 QSOs per hour, leaving ample time to cross the band for new prefixes. American friends, where were you? I have reached only 145 of you while the majority of the US signals on 80m were S-9 (last QSOs 1 hour and a half after my sunrise). Thank you to those who called me. Setup: TS-850 + kW + full-size 4-Square + 8 beverages 180 to 200 m long.
F5GGLSO LP ALLic706 80w ant g5rv 6m up
F5IYJSA LP ALLwith the help of my daughter, 11 y old.
F5MPNSO QRP 20Mgood contest 2010
F5ULSO QRP 40MDeceiving result! The propagation was not very good but Saturday was at least going on, but night and Sunday were rain, thunderstorm, wind et all! Transceiver Elecraft K2, 5 watts to vertical 30 feet whip, at 85 feet agl.
F5VHESO LP 15MTCVR 5w out, ANT diamond quad 15m up gnd
F5VKTSO HP 15MPoor condx. No good openings to NA or JA on 15m.
F9KPSO LP ALLVERY VERY ENJOYED BY THIS CONTEST FOR ME VY BAD CONDX ON 80 M 15 M OPENING VERY NICE WITH MANY AREAS ALL THE BEST FOR ALL STATIONS AND FOR MANAGER WPX HOPE CUAGN NEXT YEAR 73/88 YOUR FRIEND PAUL F9KP
FM5BHSO HP 40Mnice contest , very good week-end best 73 FM5BH Laurent
G0MTNSA HP 20MWorst ever points per QSO. :)
G2HDRSO LP ALLGood contest.considering the conditions Used SD for logging. It is s very good program.
G3JJZSO LP ALLRIG - IC756 PRO III ANTENNAS - 85' LW Disappointed by the conditions, but at least had a few QSOs on 10m. Some of the signals were so weak, a lot of imagination was required to get the exchange!!
G3LHJSO QRP ALLVery enjoyable contest as ever, condx good, not very much from the East/Oceania & nil from W/VE on 15/10M cu next year 73 Derrick.
G3LIKSO LP ALLConditions were not the greatest but enjoyed myself Lots of QRM from the QRO people in Europe that made conditions difficult on LF Only part time as had visitors etc
G3MZVSO HP 40MAfter 50 years of contesting I was determined to get one million points for the first time and started as an all band entry. Age caught up with me - need my sleep - so I reverted to single band - good old 40 meters. Conditions on 40 were awful but a good time was had again.
G3PSMSO HP ALLUsed SD for logging again. A nice simple program for single operater unassisted.
G3RSO LP 160Monly 3hrs
G3YMCSO QRP ALLA slightly smaller entry this year as I couldn't spend the whole weekend. Conditions in general were poor, with very little outside Europe worked and the lower bands very noisy. But made up by having excellent sporadic E on 10m and 15m. Reasonable attempt under the circumstances with my small QRP station. 73 Dave
G4DBWSO QRP ALLElecraft K3 5 watts output Rotary dipole and G5RV dipole
G4IUFSO HP ALLRubbish conditions most of the time.
G5ESO HP 20MGood fun, but very poor condx. Usual deliberate key click guys heard again.
G6CSYSO QRP ALLOther commitments restricted operating time to giving away a few points. Running 5W from an IC-7400 to a trap vertical. Very pleased to work some stations on sporadic-E on 10m.
G6NUMSO LP ALLRunning FT1000 100W with only W3DZZ @ 30ft (need to get the tribander back up in the air) Conditions generally good with openings on 10m and 15m 80m & 40m very noisy on Sunday evening Managed to improve on last years score with an aggregate of 24 hrs operating, 3 hrs more than last year
G7NSO HP 15MFT2000, SPE 400w, SteppIR 3el beam #20m. Win-Test 4.4. Condx up and down through-out the contest, good fun especially when 10m open up later on saturday night. Ken..G0ORH
G7TMUSO LP ALLRadio: Icom IC-706mk2G, running 100 watts Antenna: Loft mounted, half-size G5RV + LDG AT-100 Pro Auto ATU Contest logging software: Homebrew written in VB6 for WinKey cw keyer Tnx for running the contest, with very busy bands and reasonable conditions!
G8MIASA LP ALLGood conditions on 15m and 10m
GM1FSO HP ALLFirst airing of my new short contest call; would like to have been QRV for more than 4 hours but too many family commitments - next year!
GM2VSO HP 20MDisappointing conditions - too much auroral activity. 73
GM4FFFSO HP ALLOperated for a few hours. That was a portable station running on a generator. Propagation wasn't good, but I have enjoyed the spent time.
GM4SIDSO HP ALLEnjoyed the contest but disappointed by so few QSOs with USA.
GM4UBJSO QRP 10MA hard slog on 10m QRP with deep QSB on Saturday but good conditions Sunday pm until 1900z when someone put the switch off, however 6 meters opened up late to OX and TF yet 10 remained dead! Most enjoyable again thanks t o all who worked me, see you next year.
GM4UYZSA LP ALLDidn't get as much time on the air as I had hoped due to other commitments. Enjoyed what I did though....
GW0VSWSO QRP 10MA new band for me and hard going. I copied far more than I could work!
GW3KDBSO LP ALLFT1000MP MK5 FIELD 100Watts Vertical,Dipoles,Inv.L,Doublet all ants.at 50Ft.
HA0GKSO QRP 40MRig: Homemade transceiver 5 Watts output Ant.: Dipole for 80 m, GPN4B vertical for 40,20,15 and 10m
HA1FFSO LP 80MFT 1000MP ,pyramiden 80m antenna , 100W
HA25NARSO LP 15MNice contest and activity
HA2MNSO LP ALLThanks for Qs! Cu next year! Rig TS-530SP 100W ant end-fed 21 mtrs long
HA5KDQSO LP 10MRIG: FT-920 PWR: 100 Watts ANT: vert.
HA5LZSO LP ALLRunning: FT-2000 100w on HyGain Vertical up 40m Time Off 29.00:00-29.02:00 storm in this area Time Off 29.10:00-29.13:00 REST PERIOD Time Off 29.20:00-30.03:00 REST PERIOD Time Off 30.10:00-30.14:00 REST PERIOD Time Off 30.19.00-30.23:59 storm in this area Many thanks for the nice contest!
HA5NBSO LP 20MTS 950 SDX, 100 W, GP and DIPOLES
HA6NLSA LP ALL3 elements tribander yagi dipoles ICOM756pro 100 watts
HA6NNSO LP ALLMember of MOM RADIOCLUB
HA7VKSO QRP 10MI had to finished by the reason of storm and lighting. The QRP was very interesting experience. The less than 5 W push me the big fighting many times.
HA8BESO QRP 160MRig: FT-817ND Ant: Vertical(28m) Rx ant: EWE Nice Contest, Tu!
HB9AASO LP ALLTS-870 ( 100 Watts ) Antennas: Force 12 C-4s / Inverted L / Butternut HF-9vx
HG2WSA LP 40MUnfortunately, a strong lightning storm and had to stop contesting

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