CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| M3RCV | SO LP 40M | At M8C most of weekend but good to give everyone the M3 prefix. |
| M4U | MSH | Good fun as usual Conditions marred by previous day aurora Good activity levels as usual |
| M5AEF | SO QRP ALL | Unfortunately I worked nothing new and I was not able to work all of the DX I could hear. I heard but could not work 4L0A, 9M8Z, ZX7A and a lot of USA stations. Very pleased to work SV9 and 9K2HN (odx 4566 KMS). All contacts were made with just 2 watts QRP |
| M5KJM | SO LP ALL | Interesting propagation, roughly NE/SW. As always thank you to Paul for an excellent programme |
| MM3T | SO HP 40M | Didn't run much due to small antenna but enjoyed S&P on a very noisy 40m band. Thanks to all who worked me |
| MM3ZYS | SO QRP ALL | Great buzz in the contest. |
| MU0FAL | SO QRP 20M | Maybe qrp was BAD idea but it was fun |
| MU0GSY | SO LP ALL | Enjoyed very busy contest As usual I get called back as 5U0GSY... Look forward to next year |
| N0MSB/3 | SO LP ALL | Conditions good enough that I heard much more than I was able to work. Thanks to all who pulled me out! Limited time to operate but quite enjoyable! |
| N0YO | SO LP ALL | First WPX in many a year. I had a great time and will be back next year. |
| N2CW | M2 | We did a contest training seminar and open house for this contest. Hoping to get more contesters active! |
| N2FF | SA LP ALL | Very noisy conditions and few stations on. |
| N2RRA | SO QRP ALL | Came in late and lost a few hours in between but had a great time running QRP. More operators should try it, 73! |
| N3JNX | SO LP ALL | GOOD CONTEST ! |
| N3KUN | SO LP ALL | Great contest, lots of activity this weekend, really liked having the whole weekend to operate. 73s |
| N3TXH | SO HP 40M | I had a limited amout of time to operate but maxium amount of fun, thanks CQ. |
| N3UM | SO HP ALL | Always my goal is to beat my score from last year - no go this time. Fewer QSOs, points, and mults than any of the 5 years I've done WPX SSB, 2003-2007 inclusive. Partly fewer sunspots, partly fewer hours (20 vs. typ. 27 hours) than in other years. Did OK in total QSOs, points, and mults on the low bands, but way off on 15 and somewhat down on 20 m., which was very crowded: typical spacing 1 to 1.5 kHz between stations, and at times guys would move in and start CQing 500 to 700 kHZ off. C'mon, folks, too close. |
| N4DXI | SO HP ALL | Come on sunspots, please!! |
| N4LS/7 | SO LP ALL | Thanks for the fun contest! |
| N4QV | SO HP 40M | Conditions were better than during ARRL Phone. It was fun running Europeans Sunday AM. Had many calling that I could not hear well. Need that Beam! Well, it WAS fun, until the neighbors were banging on the door, explaining in Spanish, that I was getting into their new "Home Theatre in a Box!" I went to look at it. It was a "Made in China" "White Van" product that wasn't FCC Type accepted. Try as I could, I could not get it accross, that the problem was in their unit, since my system is much closer to the antenna, and had no problems! I shut down the amp and went to S&P. I felt that I could have gone well over a million points without the intteruption and could have made a full time effort. Interesting moment: At 18 minutes into the contest I work, NJ4M (K1TO), our fearless leader and he gives me a serial# of 070! Whew! Guess I should not have been wasting time S&Ping Europeans! They were too busy working each other. All said and done, it was fun. |
| N4QWB | SO LP ALL | Set a goal of 200 Qs. Made 245! Poor conditions for the first part of the weekend, but a little better on Sunday. Snagging EA6SX calling CQ on 20m and getting 5D5A on 75m were definitely the highlights. Sadly, a VERY close lightning strike took out my rig interface early Sunday morning. At least the radio and PC survived! |
| N6QZS | SO LP ALL | Conditions didn't seem to be very good. |
| N6RNO | SA LP ALL | 1st time in WPX. Very limited operational time as I was actually rearrangin my shack (by XYL orders) during the contest. My home QTH is very noisy. Ran spotting as I did not want to spend a lot of time operating. Overall, this was a lot of fun. Next year, I'll give it more effort. Charging Forward Rick "The Rhino" N6RNO @ Tehama for California QSO Party, October 4-5 2008. Where will you be? www.cqp.org |
| N6RV | SO LP ALL | Fun just to sweep the bands a few times. |
| N6WG | SO QRP ALL | This outing was a real challenge. I had hoped from some help from the few sunspots that have shown up, but it was not to be. The whole weekend was a struggle for QSOs that in the past I have made easily. Just brings home how much we depend on good propagation conditions for any kind of useful score. In spite of poor conditions, at least for me, I added one new country to my bag, CN2R in Morocco. On the other hand, the expected opening to JA never occurred, so I wound up with only two JA calls in my log. Friday night was my most productive period, as I managed at least 10 QSOs every hour for the first 7 hours. Then I went QRT for some sleep. Got up early Saturday morning and proved to myself that the early hours are not productive, so slept in Sunday morning. After working up my score, I was happy to find I doubled my score from last year almost exactly, 44088 vs 22442 points. I only managed 30 hours in the chair, because I had to take some unplanned breaks along the way. Besides the poor propagation conditions, my other complaint was the number of stations with seriously over-processed audio. Some were so badly distorted that I didn't waste time trying to understand them but just moved on to seek other QSOs. I'm just glad this one is over. Now we can get back to cw contesting :-) My thanks to all those patient souls who stuck with me through many repeats until we completed our QSOs successfully. 73, Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude |
| N7RSE | SO LP ALL | This is my first contest. I thought some of the rules for scoring were not very clear. Rule (b) and (c) seem to contradict each other for stations in North America. The rules should be unambiguous for first time contesters. I guess I'll understand better after my results are officially scored. I also think the definition of a |
| N7SCL | SO LP ALL | Had a great time! Will be even more fun when I get a real antenna up. |
| N8AJN/0 | MSH | New antenna and amp made for even more fun this year. |
| N8CN | SO LP ALL | Nice to work this contest again. Have been out of it for 4 years. |
| N8QE | SO QRP ALL | Very limited operating time because I came down with a killer cold that put me in bed Saturday afternoon and most of Sunday. I had fun during the time I did operate. |
| N9BT | SO LP ALL | Bad band conditions Saturday discouraged me, but Sunday was better. |
| N9TF | SO LP ALL | JUST PLAYED FOR FUN WITH MINI TRIBAND (MA5B) AND ALPHA DELTA DX-DD WIRE ANTENNAS FOR THE TB-WIRES CATEGORY. I'M GLAD THIS WAS NOT A SERIOUS EFFORT, AS BAND CONDITIONS WERE NOT THE BEST HERE. I HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE CONTACTS WITH 100 WATTS. I HEARD SA STATIONS A LOT BETTER THAN I WAS ABLE TO WORK THEM. A COUPLE OF TIMES I CHECKED MY COAX TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TRANSFERRING RF IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ANTENNAS!! HAD FUN FOR LIMITED TIME TO PLAY. 73 GENE, N9TF. |
| NA0BR | SO HP ALL | HIGH POWER FOR ABOUT 30 CONTACTS; AMPLIFIER RELAY FAILED THEREAFTER! |
| NA0CW/6 | SO QRP ALL | I decided to use our new club call, NA0CW, and it was nice to get so many "Thanks for the new prefix" comments! Bad conditions but great fun! |
| NA2H | SO LP 40M | Had lots of fun! |
| NC4MI | SO HP ALL | Great contest. My best so far for this contest. I can only imagine what it will be like when we get some real propagation. NC4MI |
| ND6S | SO LP 10M | Where did all the Sunspots go? CU Next year...snorezzzzzz |
| NE4M | SO HP ALL | It was a Blast! |
| NE7D | SO LP 20M | Motorola FT1000MP Mark-V Field Spiderbeam on 10M portable mast N3FJP Contest Log |
| NF4A | SA HP ALL | First serious effort from new QTH. Discovered line noise on 20, 15, and 10 meters....will have to talk to the powe company. Not my best score but not bad for a shake down cruise. Thanks for all who had to repeat due to noise. |
| NF7T | SO LP ALL | My 1st CQ WPX contest, lot's of fun. |
| NG7Z | SO LP ALL | JUST ON TO HAND OUT THE NG7 MULTIPLIER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS |
| NH6WZ | SO LP ALL | first contest actually worked in years.... quiet but fun. thanks to all who called. |
| NJ1F/2 | SA HP ALL | Fun contest despite the lack of sun spots |
| NQ2F | MSH | Good food, good beer, great contest! Third time out for us and all had a blast. Too bad still another 60 months 'til the peak of cycle 24. (Hope we make it) HI. 73's from John, Paul & Scott. |
| NR4C | SO LP ALL | Can't remember when I've such fun!!! |
| NR7DX | SO HP ALL | Another good time...even some dx in the log...can't ask for more.. |
| NU4I | SO QRP 20M | Using BITX20A and Attic Dipole Antenna for a couple of hours. Great fun! |
| NY6N | SO HP 40M | A momentary power failure Sat. morning created an unexpected break as the computer would not reboot. |
| OA4O | MSH | Operate partial time and bad propagation. 73, de OA4AHW, OA4BHY and OA4DJW |