CQ World Wide WPX Contest
CQ World Wide WPX Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 7S5S | SO LP ALL | It was a new experience to work the contest barefoot! No problems to remember band switching the power amplifier, no power with our neighbors and no problems with high temperatures in the shack. |
| 8S7A | SO HP 10M | Despite snowstorm, rig and antenna performed perfect and excellent service from my "housekeeper" (hi) |
| 9G5ZW | SO HP 10M | This was my last contest from this QTH and I enjoyed it very much. Where were all the JA's? Missed hundreds of them as it is very difficult from here to JA's short path because of the European wall. Almost no LP opening to that part of the world and I sooo expected and hoped for it. |
| AC5SU | SO LP 10M | Getting caught between LU and JA can be kinda fun! Great condx on 10M |
| AE6Y | SO HP ALL | Great conditions. It's really fun to have runs at odd times, like 20m at 0600 local time, when it seems the band is open to large parts of the world. |
| AF9J | SO QRP ALL | Had fun! |
| AK6R | SO HP ALL | First time SO2R - amazing to hear VP6BR in one ear and A61AJ in the other! |
| CT1AOZ | SO HP 20M | Yes! My grand son birth on 26, so "adios - goodbye contest". I give to my son a calendar with the contest dates. He is advised to bring us the new one out of the contest dates (hi) |
| DA1LDN | SO LP 15M | My first WPX contest. UFB! Had a good time. |
| DL0MA | MM | This was a training session for the WRTC2000 in Slovenia, so we tried to simulate WRTC conditions. We operated on 20 hours out of 24, had 1 tx rig running barefoot and "limited" antennas. |
| DN1MA | SO HP ALL | DN1MA is a trainee call. Markus is 6 years old |
| DU7MHA | SO LP ALL | Reached 1 million points 24 minutes before the contest closes. As with last year, Europe never opens on Saturday. |
| EA3QP | SO HP 15M | Thanks to power company to cut the power during 2 hours when my average was 110 Q/h also thanks to my neighbors to have TV and telephones prepared to listen and capture ham transmissions |
| EI4DW | SO HP ALL | Everybody was on 10/15 this year and the low frequency bands consequently were not as busy. 10m really opened up for this one and on both evenings was open till late in the evening. |
| F5AOV | SO HP 10M | 10 meter very opening a pleasure! |
| G0DEZ | SA LP 10M | Some good DX on in 10m. |
| G0NWY | SO LP ALL | Had a good one. Got sponsored by workmates and raised about $500 for charity |
| G3VAO | SO LP ALL | Despite having checked out the whole station on Friday, the first attempt to use my beam showed a very high SWR which made it impossible to use, hence the vertical on 10, 15 & 20. I was still happy just to be able to take part as I had to attend a wedding on Saturday afternoon and evening. Anyway, the vertical performed very well! |
| G3VQO | SO LP ALL | I'm usually a CW only man, but the disgusting antics of the TX0DX chasers drove me up to the SSB end in despair. Once there, I got "hooked" on the shouting mode and I more than doubled my SSB country total!! |
| GB3RS | MSH | Conditions seemed good, but it was really tough to compete with modest power (less than UK legal limit) and modest antennas (tribander and dipoles at 30') |
| GX3FEC | MSH | First time entry - lots of fun. Learnt a lot too! |
| H22H | SO HP 10M | Yes at last! A decent North America opening on 10m during WPX, and look at what it did to my score: 58% higher than the Asian record I set last year! |
| JA5GPJ | SO QRP 10M | I had a ball. I was so wrapped up in my contest I lost track of time |
| JA6BGA | SO HP ALL | Enjoyed!! I came back to this big contest after long QRT (15 years) - it was still great!! |
| JA9SCB/1 | SO LP ALL | It was quite exciting. There was very long opening in the 10m. Eus and Nas was heard at the same time, and the 15m was not closed. |
| JH4UYB | SA HP ALL | I am so excited to establish the new JA record |
| JH6SQI | SO QRP 10M | New cycle propagation gave the big power to my 5 watt rig. 3 years ago, only 115 stations with 1KW out. Hi. |
| JH7PKU | SO HP ALL | Thanks to great condx, enjoyed good rates for hours! Please NO LAST TWO LETTERS nor partial callsigns. Those are merely wastes of our precious time. |
| JN1YUU | MSH | 100% YL operation. |
| JQ6QKM | SO LP 15M | I am aged 8. My first DX contest. |
| K0GQ | MSH | A team of rookie ops - we had a ball |
| K2FR | SO HP ALL | What a blast! Great conditions - especially 10 |
| K2XR | SA HP 10M | Missed 1st 16 hours. Other than that it was fabulous! |
| K4OOO | SO LP ALL | Had fun, relaxed, took my time, all S&P with a very few CQ's. Think I had problems with voice keyer that killed the CQ's. Worked several new countries. |
| K5RX | SO HP 10M | 10 was so long I missed too many US prefixes. The long path opening to Asia and Europe was frustrating - only 3 stations could hear me |
| K5ZD/1 | SO HP ALL | Fun working all the 2000 calls. Worked 9AY2K on 6 bands! |
| K6CSL | SO LP ALL | This contest is quite a challenge. I am disabled with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and am on oxygen 24 hours a day. |
| K7ZZ | SO HP ALL | Nothing like a short power outage to get the juices flowing! |
| K9OP | SO LP ALL | Have not participated in all band for several years. I had a terrific time, great idea adding points for own country |
| KB5EKX | SO LP 10M | Lots of DX! |
| KC3TL | SO HP ALL | I tried working 9N7RB the week before the contest and couldn't break the pileup. I was flabergasted when I heard 9N7RB call me during the contest. Both Laos and Nepal were new countries for me! |
| KC8MNO | SO LP 10M | My first contest. I got my wife and 2 year old son a hotel room with a pool for the weekend so I could have the house to myself. Can't wait till next year |
| KD4RH | SA HP 40M | Congratulations to everyone who worked 9M6AAC, excellent signal here both days. Did not get through the HUGE pileup! |
| KD8SQ | MSH | Another great weekend without sleep |
| KD9ST | MSH | This contest, as all others, would not have been possible without the support and help of my wife Tam |
| KE9NA | SO HP ALL | What an OUTSTANDING CONTEST! I thought tht I did a good job last year! Band conditions were absolutely outstanding! My best effort ever. |
| KK9A | SO HP 20M | The best JA opening that I have ever seen. It was great breaking KC1XX's 1995 20M record! |
| KL7RA | MM | Working no one Saturday until Shana delivered her special All-Band-Opening-Aurora-Destroyer pizza |
| KM3T/1 | MM | Next year we'll launch a full effort - we spent too much time sleeping this year |
| KQ2M/1 | SO HP ALL | WOW! Great cndx and stinko cndx 15 minutes apart all weekend made taking off times and figuring strategy a real challenge. Activity down from ARRLPH but wild 10 meter LP & SP opening Sunday AM to SE Asia made up for it. Sacrificed score to break 4000 qso's (vanity) as those EU 6 pointers on 40 & 80 are worth more than stateside on 10. Lots of fun! Congrats to all the guys with big scores. |