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VU2BLSO HIGH ALLNice opportunity to work more dx stations
VU2CVSSO HIGH 15MI used Kenwood TS 480HX 200W with Hex Beam and G5RV
VU2DEDSO LOW ALLICOM IC707 BAREFOOT WITH TRAP DIPOLE
VU2MUDSO LOW 15MRIG : FT-950; ANTENNA: HEX BEM20-10M/DIPOLE FOR 40M; POWER: 90W. PROPOGATION WAS UP & DOWN. SOME GOOD SHORT OPEINING ON 10M. HOPE FOR BETTER PROPOGATION AND TIME AT THE RADIO NEXT YEAR
VU3BUNSO LOW ALLDATE FIRST LICENSED: 08-05-2014
VU3SXLSO LOW ALLMy very first contest! Very interesting experience!
VU3TYGSO LOW ALLKenwood TS 850, Tribander Yagi + 80-10 Meter Mystery Antenna
VU3WBBSO LOW 20MDate first licensed 2016-05-10
VU3YDRSO LOW 15MMy licence was issued on 8 June 2016
VY0ERCMULTI-ONE LOWNA-008 - Where your signals went to die and the aurora danced upon their graves. Poetic, so long as you're not contesting!
VY1AAAMULTI-ONETerrible Conditions! Thanks to those who could make a QSO!
VY1KXSO LOW ALLI enjoyed the contest very much. Thank you
W0MLDSA HIGH ALLLICENSED FEBRUARY 2016
W0WTFSO LOW ALL42509
W0YJTSO LOW ALLI enjoyed the contest considering the bad conditions and lack of bands this year I thought I did well 73 John
W1/CT1AGFSO LOW 20MI called two non DX stations. And they answered. Lucky me
W1CTNSA HIGH ALLVery "DEPLORABLE" conditions
W1DYJSA LOW ALLBad Conditions! TS2000 probably needs work
W1JQSO LOW ALLVery limited operating time this year
W1NRGMULTI-ONEFirst time as Multi One w/Mult Sta. Nice TEP on 10M & 15M Sunday. See you 2017!
W2CGMULTI-TWOTnx for QSOs, QSL via LoTW
W2JCSA LOW ALLI was just going to do this one for new countries -- then ended up working 23 hours! The multiplier effect sure is effective at keeping one going toward the end of the time period
W2TTSO HIGH ALLMy first CQWW SSB ever. Been a ham for 50 years! Great fun!
W2TVSA HIGH ALLAmp blew up at 0002Z Saturday!
W2UDTSA HIGH ALLLOST FIRST 20 QS ON 10M! LOTS OF OTHER ACTIVITES DURING THE WEEKEND
W2VUSO LOW ALLHad a great tour of zones 8 & 9 ... and not too much else!
W3CF/4MULTI-MULTIOp training contest. A pleasure to introduce KM4TMO, Lisa, Jim KF4WSN, Richard, KM4UUX, and Anthony KG4JSK to the greatest contest in the world. We practiced S&P techniques and learned N1MM
W3DKTSO LOW ALLHeard V47T on 14.261 MHz 5 min before end of contest!
W4AAWMULTI-MULTIAll rem:KU1CW-UT KJ0D-MO MM0LID-MM K4UB-UT N1RM,W4AAW-VA W3UL,K3TN-MD NA3D-NJ
W4EEYSA HIGH ALL30 hours in the chair this time. New low band antennas. See you next year! Gary W4EEY
W4GHVSO LOW ALLExciting, using my new Icom 7300 rig!
W4JKLMULTI-ONE LOWA great way to test a new antenna!
W4LIDSO LOW 15MDid you match logs with me on eQSL, LoTW and/or QRZ? 73!
W4QNWSO HIGH 80Mhi prop numbers made this very challenging from south coastal s.carolina. FT1000mkV, SB220, 80m dblbazooka, C.Windom, 3side 80mloop south carolina dx assoc
W5MX/4MULTI-ONELousy condx as many have noted, struggled to get any kind of run going on several bands. Had 2 persons on the team who are new to contesting (Ken KM4FRM and George KM4QOY). Always a pleasure to work with the new folks and watch them gain confidence with every Q. Nice to have new blood in the contest community, we could use it!
W5TVSO LOW ALLWe had excellent band conditions. Good contest
W5WZSA HIGH ALLSure missed being with the K8AZ team this contest!
W6BDXSO LOW ALLFirst License 11/4/2014
W6BHZSO LOW ALLEnjoyable weekend. Hope to hear everyone again next year!
W6JBRSO LOW ALLI set up my mobile station in my living room by my recliner, since I can't sit at a desk for long stretches. RIG- IC-706 mkII, MFJ mobile tuner ANTS- G5RV @ 30', 10/15m vertical @ 6' CPU- ASUS Win10 laptop SOFTWARE- N1MM+ I think this might be my best solo effort yet. Thanks for all the Qs! See you again soon!
W6REGChecklogUse for check log
W6RFUSO HIGH ALLEuropeans were very hard to come by!
W6SRSA HIGH ALLVery poor conditions, the worst in 40 years of operating this contest
W6US/7SO LOW ALL10 meters and Europe were noticeably missing
W6ZARSA LOW ALL42538
W7TVCMULTI-ONENot the best propogation, but worked stations on 6-bands
W7ZP/4SO LOW ALL42080
W8BIMULTI-TWOOnly 1 evening and two ops. Still putting the station back together from a lightning strike in August
W8CUBSO HIGH ALLTough Sledding
W9BGXSO LOW ALLFirst Entry in CQWW DX SSB

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