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KP4JRSSO HP ALLHAD A GREAT TIME. SEE YOU NEXT TEST: 73 JOSE KP4JRS
KS7TSO HP ALLI CAN SURE TELL I'M NOT LOCATED IN THE PROPAGATION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. I DOUBT I HEARD EVEN 300 STATIONS TOTAL ALL WEEKEND - LET ALONE THOUSANDS BUT TO THE BIG GUN EU. STATIONS ON 40 WHO CQED WITHOUT RESPONDING TO ANYONE U WERE 59 MT.
KT0RSO HP ALLALWAYS GREAT FUN. THANKS TO ALL THAT CALLED IN.
KT4PDSO LP ALLFIRST CONTEST AT NEW QTH WITH NEW STATION. DID SUPRISINGLY WELL GIVEN LOW POWER AND ONLY A FORCE 12 FLAGPOLE (VERTICAL) ANTENNA...ALTHOUGH COULD NOT MAKE ANY CONTACTS ON 75 METERS.
KU4YWSO LP ALLGETTING INTO CONTESTING
KX7M/6MSHVE3DZ (80M) AND VQ5L (15M) WERE WORKED ON MULT STATION: BUT THEY WERE NOT MULT (LOGGING SW ERROR). WE CLAIM 0 POINTS FOR THEM: BUT LEAVE THEM IN THE LOG FOR THE CROSS-CHECK.
KY6LASO HP ALLFIRST CONTEST WITH MY NEW MONSTIR ANTENNA.. TECHNICALLY I AM A US ROOKIE.. BUT REALISTICALLY I HAVE BEEN LICENSED FOR 46+ YEARS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
KZ5OH/4SO LP 20MHAD COMPUTER PROBLEM ON/OFF TIME
L44DXSO LP 10MSTATION: LW1DTZ ANTENA 3 ELEM 4BAND 10-15-20-40 @18 METERS TS-850 80W
LA2MOASO QRP ALLFUN CONTEST! HOWEVER: 20 WAS A ZOO AND 40 WAS EVEN WORSE... RIG - ARGONAUT II @ 4.85 WATTS ANT - EXTENDED DOUBLE ZEPP (2 X 27 METERS) @ 11 METERS
LN7AZSO HP 10MSOME MULTS GIVEN 80 & 40M SOSB 10 LP
LX7ISO HP ALLTHIS IS MY FIRST SOAB OPERATION IN THIS CONTEST: CU YOU NEXT YEAR WITH BETTER ANTENNAS AND ALSO I WILL BE ABLE TO RUN SO2R. 73S AND GOOD DX FROM NEW CONTEST STATION IN LUXEMBOURG
LY1DJSO LP ALLTX/RX TS-140S ANT INVERTED V
LZ2JASO LP 10MFT-100D 100W ANT: 4-EL YAGI
M0EZPSO LP 160MYAESU FT-747GX BASE LOADED INVERTED-L
M0OICSO LP ALLFIRST TIME IN CQWPX CONTEST AND HAD A GREAT TIME. LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT WITHOUT USING SD SO MANY THANKS TO EI5DI FOR ITS PRODUCTION. MANY THANKS ALSO TO THE WILLING HELPERS WORKING IN THE BACKROUND FINALISING RESULTS - MUCH APPRECIATED I HOPE BY
M0TDG/PSO LP ALLHAD VERY LITTLE TIME AND NO DECENT SETUP SO ONLY MADE A FEW CONTACTS
M0WKRSO HP 20MPLEASE CONSIDER THIS LOG FOR THE ROOKIE CLASS
M3RCVSO QRP ALLHARD WORK WITH 5W BUT PLEASED TO GET ZD8 8Q7 ST2 AND VP9. REALLY PLEASED THAT SO MANY OPERATORS PULL OUT THE WEAK ONES! GREAT CONTEST.
M3TGSSO LP ALLICOM 706 IIG 10 WATTS MULTIBAND VERTICLAL 15M & 20M LONG WIRE 40M & 80M
M5AAVSO QRP ALLGOOD FUN
MM3AWDSO QRP ALLCONDITIONS WERE BETTER ON THE SECOND DAY: WORKED SOME GOOD MULTIPLIERS FROM AFRICA ON 15M. DID FIND IT DIFFCULT ON THE LOWER BANDS OF COURSE WITH THE QRP. BUT ALL IN ALL A FANTASTIC CONTEST. FINISHED JUST AFTER 1900Z ON THE SECOND DAY TO GO TO SLEEP. PLEA
MM5AHOSO HP ALLCOULDN'T DO FULLTIME UNFORTUNATELY
MU0FALSO LP ALL15M WAS BETTER ON SUNDAY BUT NO ONE NOTICED!
MU2ZSO HP 20MEXCELLENT CONTEST: CONDITIONS TO NA WERE BETTER THAN EXPECTED: SOME SUPER STRONG SIGNALS ON THE BAND. WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. THANKS TO ALL THAT CALLED.
N0UNLSO LP 15MFIRST TIME IN THIS CONTEST HAD A GREAT TIME HOPE TO DO BETTER NEXT YEAR
N2LKSO LP ALLGOOD CONTEST: GLAD 15M EU FINALLY CAME IN SUNDAY MORNING.
N2OPWSA LP ALLCASUAL CONTEST. LOTS OF TIME OFF AND EVEN SLEEP BOTH NIGHTS.
N2USMSO HP ALLMY FIRST TIME WITH THIS CONTESTS IT WAS A LOT OF FUN
N3GNWSO HP ALLNOW THAT WAS A FUN CONTEST. EVEN THOUGH SOLAR FLUX WASN'T VERY HIGH I WAS ABLE TO CONSISTANTLY SEARCH & POUNCE A STEADY STREAM OF STATIONS. IF THIS WASN'T A HOLIDAY WEEKEND: I LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO A PERSONAL BEST.
N3HBXSO HP 20MFAIRLY REASONABLE CONDITIONS - ALTHOUGH THERE WAS FAIRLY INTESNSE QSB INTO EUROPE ON THE SECOND DAY. I MIGHT HAVE SCORED HIGHER IF IT HAD NOT TAKEN ME ALL OF THE FIRST 8 HOURS OF THE CONTEST BEFORE DISCOVERING THAT MY ANTEANNA WAS POINTED 180 DEGREES AWAY
N3UMSO HP ALLFOURTH TIME IN SSB WPX. BEFORE: I'VE TAKEN SEVERAL HOURS OFF: TO GO OUT IN THE EVENING OR ENJOY SPRING WEATHER (I'M MORE SERIOUS ABOUT CW CONTESTS). THIS YEAR: WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE: NOTHING ELSE TO DO: SO PUT IN 26 HR. AND GOT PERSONAL BESTS IN QSO POINTS
N4GGSA HP ALLTOUGH CONDX FOR THOSE OF US REDUCED TO DIPOLES!
N4MMSO HP ALLHad bad sinus infection & no voice after 17 qso's. It was too much
N4UHSO HP ALLPOOR 15M CONDITIONS INTO EUROPE ON SATURDAY GOOD CONDITIONS SUNDAY ON 15M INTO EUROPE
N4ZAKSO QRP ALLRIG ICOM 735 @ 5 WATTS ANT 135 FT DIPOLE BALANCE FED @ 50 FT
N6AJRSA LP ALLGREAT CONTEST!
N6QZSSO LP 20MExcellent condx for my marginal equipment
N6WKSO LP ALLFUN CONTEST. SEE YA ALL NEXT YEAR!
N7VSSO LP ALLTHANK YOU FOR THE INTERESTING CONTEST. HOPE TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.
N7ZGSO LP ALLTHIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN I WISH I HAD A WEIRD CALLSIGN.
N8IESO QRP ALLGREAT CONDITIONS ON 15-80 METERS. 10 JUST NEVER OPENED UP. THANKS TO ALL THE SA AND CANADIANS FOR BEING THERE. 73 ES GO MAD RIVER! DAN: N8IE
N8ILUSO LP 20MFIRST TIME I TRIED CONTESTING WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR THE ARRL SSB CONTEST THIS IS MY SECOND ATTEMPT. HAD A LOT OF FUN AND HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.
NA1QPSO LP ALLTHOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PUT ABOUT 30 MINUTES: ENDED UP ABOUT 7 HOURS.
NB1BSO QRP 15MTHERE WAS NO REAL STRATEGY INVOLVED; I JUST TUNED UP THE BAND AND CALLED ANYTHING I COULD HEAR. ONLY MADE ABOUT 20 QSOS RUNNING; I WAS LOUD ENOUGH TO WORK ALMOST ANYTHING I HEARD: BUT NOT LOUD ENOUGH TO HOLD A FREQUENCY AND RUN.
ND0CSO QRP ALLVERY LIMITED TIME TO OPERATE THIS YEAR (LESS THAN 12 HOURS). FAIR CONDITIONS AND ACTIVITY: BUT GENERALLY TOUGH GOING FROM HERE IN THE BLACK HOLE WITH 3 WATTS.
NE3MDMMMY FIRST MULTI-TRANSMITTER CONTEST BESIDES FIELD DAY. LOTS OF FUN!
NF4ASO HP ALLMY EMPLOYER DECIDED THAT WPX WEEKEND WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO MOVE 5 BROADCAST STATIONS IN BIRMINGHAM AL. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO OPERATE A COUPLE OF HOURS. THANKS TO N4JF FOR LETTING ME USE HIS STATION.
NG1ISO HP ALLMY FIRST SSB WPX: 500W: AND A G5RV MADE IT WORTHWHILE FOR ME.
NG3UM2CALLSIGN BORROWED WITH PERMISSION FROM J. WEIDNER. BELIEVE COMPUTER 2 MINUTE TIME ERROR STARTED 27TH AT 20:20. TIMES OF LAST 3 QSO WERE CORRECTED FROM 0000 & 0001 TO 2359. WE SENT A FEW NON-SEQUENTIAL NUMBERS THAT CT GENERATED.

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