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OZ7BQSO QRP ALLRig K2@10 Watts. Antennas Dipole for 10-20 Meters and vertical for 40 and 80 Meters
OZ7NBChecklogchecklog only, just for fun or participating. thank you!
OZ7RQSO HP 20MThanks for a great contest I was using old Yaesu FT 901DM and Vertical Antenna
OZ8SWSO HP ALLvery good condx nice contest
P40ASO LP ALLPoor conditions from South America, but it was still a lot of fun
P40LM2The southern Caribbean was not necessarily the place to be for this one. The high bands were disappointing much of both days with the bands opening far later than usual and with heavy QSB and ESP level signals much of the time. Our apologies to those we had difficulty copying. The challenges of light signals with heavy QSB were compounded by noisy band conditions and ongoing issues with inter-station interference. Thanks to all who stuck with us! We had a terrific start for the first five or six hours (over 300 Qs the first hour), but for much of the remainder of the contest our hourly rates with two radios were below our single radio rates from the prior year due to the combination of the poor conditions and low activity levels out of North America. We embarked on this operation with a number of goals in mind: 1) To complete work on the installation of the towers and antennas started in February (the new antennas generally played very well; the one disappointment was the arcing problems we experienced with our new Sigma 80 dipole that pretty much knocked us off of 80 meters, except for an hour or so at low power on the second night, costing us a fair number 6 point Qs); 2) To try out and gain experience with the Win-Test logging software (excellent, with particularly powerful features for a multi-op station); 3) To try out and gain experience with the new Elecraft K-3 radios (excellent receivers); and 4) To force ourselves to work on the inter-station interference issues (hence, the choice of the multi-two category) that have plagued the station despite two levels of band pass filters and coax stubs (new more remote beverages installed before the contest were a huge success (40 meters receive was almost exclusively with the new beverages); but the other problems continue more or less). Congratulations to the 6Y1V and ES9C teams on their great results, as well as to the several excellent multi-single efforts. There were many hours we could hear the new 6Y1V station with its high stacks running European stations that we could not hear, especially on the high bands. We had a great time visiting with many local ham friends on the island both before and after the contest, including Jean-Pierre and his wife Christine (P43A and P43C), Joop (P43JB) and Lissandro (P43L) and his wife Lissette As always, thanks for all the QSOs! 73, John (W6LD/P40L), Andy (AE6Y/P49Y), Ed (W0YK/P49X), and Denny (KX7M)
PA0FEISO LP ALLBig fun!! A great pleasure to participate! Thanks for UFB Contest and cuagn in 2009.
PA0FLESO LP ALLJust my first cqwpxcw contest. I like it hi.
PA0MIRSO LP 80MA busy weekend operating the clubstation and my own, going for the 80 m only from home in spite of the local QRM and short nights.
PA0RBOSO QRP ALLI HEREBY DECLARE THAT MY OUTPUT POWER FOR ALL CLAIMED CONTACTS WAS 5 WATTS. RIG: ELECRAFT K2, OUTPUT 5 W. 10/15/20M: 2-EL. CUBICAL QUAD 40M: HORIZONTAL WIRE LOOP 80M: WIRE DIPOLE
PA0WKISO LP ALLNice crowded bands Using SD logprogram
PA1BSO QRP ALLI had a great time working with 5 Watts down to 25 milliwatt. Thank you for activity during this fine contest.
PA1TTSA LP ALLExcellent band condx, for 10 and 15m Exsteme good and long opening on 20m to (also West Coast) USA, TNX Guys for working me!
PA3ARMSO LP ALLOnly goal here was to make more QSO's than last year (679 in 2007). Started serious contesting 2 years ago with the challenge to use LP/dipoles only. First time I made more than 1000 QSO's with below set up. What a feast on 10 (15) but 20 in particular which was "open" to US till early morning. Best moment wkg B4TB on 20m Sunday evening high in the band. Cu in 2009
PA5VKSO LP ALLNice contest, cu next year
PA8TWNSO LP ALLThis was my very first contest in CW. It was hard work, but it was fun!
PG2AASO QRP 20MNice 10m short skip this weekend!
PI4AAGSO LP 80MPI4AAG is the callsign of the VERON Section Broningen
PI4WLDSO LP ALLOperating the clubstation for activity Hope next year will inspire other members to participate YT0A QSO number received missing due to computer error
PT8CWASO LP 40MDelta Loop Antenna beamed to Europe at 75 watts output power. Nice Contest!
PX2WSO HP ALLHorrible conditiions.
PY2IAXSO QRP ALLPoor propagation for QRP operation in PY2-land this time. Operation with FT-817D dipoles 80/40m and vertical 20/15/10m.
R35NPSO LP ALLQTH 82N 28E ZONE 40 IC735 100W, GP-14MC DIPOLE-7 AND 21MC
RA1QNSO LP ALL100 w w3dzz-ant
RA3BBSO HP ALLTX/RX ICOM-756 PA GI-46B out 400 watt Ant A4S on 14/21/28 mHz and Dipole on 7 mHz
RA3BQSO LP ALLThank you for the exciting contest!10 meters band emazed.
RA3DBKSO QRP ALLRIG: YAESU FT-817ND ANT: GAP TITAN DX
RA3XEVSO QRP 15MThanks for the nice test. 73!
RA6DBSO QRP ALLCool contest.
RA9AFZSO LP 20MRadio <homemade>-50W.Ant: Delta-14Mgz. Soft:MixW 2.14 R
RA9XUSO LP 20MFT-450 ant CZ-56
RL6YXXMMTS850S, TS950SD, PA-450W, 6EL KT34XA, INV.VEE. WT, PCs, Beer.
RN0CWSO LP 10MSee you next time
RN3DBASO LP ALLTRV IC-756PRO3; ANT 1.8-7 MHZ - DELTA; 14-28 MHZ - SPIDER;
RN4CASO LP ALLIC-756PRO3; YAGI 3EL 20M; 3EL 15M; 5EL 10M; DELTA 40M
RU2FMSO QRP 20Mh.m. QRP CW trcvr 5wtts, ant vertical
RU3PUSA HP ALLICOM IC-746PRO, 100 W Ant: R-Quad RR-33, Delta loop 80M
RU3XYSO LP ALLIC-746, Delta loop, Sloper
RU6HJSO LP ALLTRANSIVER UW3DI. ANTENNA GP. POWER 50 WATTS.
RU9CXSO LP ALLEquipment Description: TRX IC-750as PWR OUT 10 WATT ANT DELTA LOOP ALL BAND's
RV2FW/1SA HP ALLThanks to all calling me. It was my first experience in tribander category. Nice propagation on 10 meters! I love WPX Contest- CW forewer!
RV3BZ/3SO LP ALLYaesu FT-857 Ant Inv.Vee
RV3DBKSO QRP ALLTX 4 Watts, Ant Magnetic Loop (indoor)
RV3MRSO LP ALLIC-718, inV
RV4LCSO LP ALLMy equipment: IC-718, dipoles. Sorry, my PA was out of work.
RV6LFESO LP ALLNice contest! What a happiness to be a mult! Really help especially at the end of the contest!
RW3AISO QRP ALLIcom 7800 pwr 5 watts, Ant: CP6, LW 120m
RW3DOXSA HP ALLTRCVR-IC718 PWR-085W MY ANT -LW on7mc es GP HU-GAIN AV18-VS ANT GP ON BALCONY!!! GOD BLESS TO YOU ES FAMILY.
RW3TASO LP ALLICOM IC-746PRO, 100 W, IV/GP
RW4WZSA HP ALLRIG: FT1000MP MARK V ANT: 5 BAND GP SOFT: MixW 2.18

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