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W4TMDMULTI-ONE LOWBest of 73!!!
W4VICSA HIGH ALLThanks for the Qs. 73, Vic, W4VIC
W4ZYTSO HIGH ALLGood condx, good participation, good fun, even for a CW guy
W5IOHSO LOW 20MAt 15 I enjoy this. Praise the LORD
W5THTSA HIGH ALLAge 79 contacts 42 - can I swap these numbers?
W6DMWSA HIGH ALLNot much time to play this weekend but being a new guy I still had to get some time on the airwaves. Was hearing a lot of stations from all over however as we know, hearing and talking to are different things. The N6IJ Station was great as always. Many thanks to them. I hope that a few other operators were able to use it as well
W6QUSO QRP ALLBetter than last year! Condx are finally starting to come back!
W6RKCSO LOW 15MJust as they did last year, PG&E strikes, shutting off the power in third world California. Apologies to the VK4 who may have received 'Whiskey Six' before the world went black
W7CXXSA HIGH ALLFew nice openings on 15 and 10 meters. Struggled to make EU contacts until Sunday morning. Interesting propagation, signals were either super loud or a whisper hidden behind QRM/QRN/QSB. My remote site lost electrical power in the last 30 minutes of the contest, due to high winds accompanying a strong cold front sweeping through Utah tonight. Looking forward to CQWW CW weekend! 73 Jack, WA7LNW
W7SOTSO LOW 15Mruning ic-7300 with a G5RV Antenna, apex at about 25' surprized when I picked up the maritime mobile (N52O/a)
W7XZSO LOW 20MBand condx less than desirable, 100W PEP to a couple wire antennas, but still managed to find 101 stations with very good receivers
W8ASASA HIGH ALL10 meters disappointing on Sunday. Used spotting for the first time ever, and was dismayed by the huge amount of typing mistakes
W8EOGSO HIGH ALLMissed those DXpeditions!
W8KNOSO LOW ALLLost my voice the first night and had not recorded anything. Quit when I got to a score that looked unique!
W9GTSO HIGH ALLOnly had a wire antenna and limited time to operate this year
W9KEYSA HIGH ALLFirst licensed 3/29/18 as KD9KOY, so still qualify for 'Rookie' status
W9NYSA HIGH 20M20 meters open in all directions at same time kept my rotator busy
W9RESO HIGH ALLVery good conditions then very bad conditions but always fun and the best SSB contest going. Thanks to all who make this possible and all over the world for operating
W9SANSO LOW ALLSPENT MOST OF TIME TESTING NEW FLAGPOLE ANTENNA
WA1FCNSA LOW ALLSure wish I was prepared for this one. Friday night on 15 and 20 was awesume . It gave me a brief memory of days gone by. Now if only CQ WW CW has this propagation. I'm ready to do that one seriously. 73 BoB WA1FCN
WA1TSA LOW ALLPartial effort, all bands. TNX friends for QSOs
WA2ALYSO LOW ALLIC 7000, TEN TEC 238C, INVERTED L, KT34A
WA2CNVSO LOW ALLYeasu FT900AT G5RV 80-10 Dipole at 40'. Had a great time! 15M as wide open all day Sunday!
WA2QAUSO LOW ALLWorked harder than ever for contacts. Hard to break the pileups with 100W and a vertical this year
WA4TMJSO LOW ALLThanks to all those who where the support for this contest and thanks to all the participants 73 Art
WA4WZRSA HIGH ALLLoads of fun. Thanks for putting it on
WA6GDSO LOW ALLPoor Band Conditions
WA6URYSO HIGH ALLOperated remote from Tokyo, Japan
WA8YSO HIGH ALLMy 2 element Quad was just enough for 20 and 15. I need one or two more elements on 10 meters. My wires were not enough on the lower bands, hopefully they will be on CW
WB4EHGSA HIGH ALL20m was a zoo, 15m was much nicer. I never heard any JAs
WB6CZGSO LOW ALLRig KX3 KPA100 Ant 80 meter dipole at 70 ft
WB8OSO HIGH 15MBest cond on 15 in 20 yrs and mid-day Sunday anp relay died
WB9LRKSO LOW ALLFun as always
WB9VGOSA HIGH ALLIt was good to see 15 meters open and I even managed to work a few on 10. Always a fun contest
WE6ZSA HIGH ALLOnly had 2 hours. Lots of fun. And 10 meters was open!
WE9RSA LOW ALLFirst QSO's at new QTH using new Antennas. Mostly Successful. GO
WE9VSO HIGH ALLMy 3rd lowest score in 22 years. Just wasn't into it
WK2GSA HIGH ALLI DON'T USUALLY GET INTO A SSB CONTEST BUT WITH MY FTDX101MP IT HAS A VOICE RECORDER ON IT SO FIGURED I'D GIVE IT A SHOT. WAS VERY HAPPY TO SAY I HAD A LOT OF FUN JUST USING THE VOICE FEATURE. I THEN LATER ON SUNDAY FIGURED I WOULD GIVE IT A SHOT AND RUN A BIT. WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED HOW WELL THE HEX BEAM DID. I CAN'T WAIT FOR CW. SURE HOPE FOR SAME PROPAGATION. CU THEN
WM1GSA HIGH ALLHaven't been on air since 2015 contest. Now I have new rig, amp, tower and beam! First time that I did not use 20 meters. 15 meters rocked! 40 was great but I couldn't hear JA's or YC's. Otherwise, what I heard, I worked
WM7ZSO HIGH ALLI had a great time operating for just a few hours. I can't wait for the bands to start popping
WN7TSO HIGH ALLA meager 4 hour effort on my part
WO2XSA HIGH ALLLimited time on this weekend. 80 meters and 40 meters poor conditions but 15 was great and 10 was open
WP4OMQSO LOW ALLGeneral License 2020
WP4RBTSO LOW 15MDate licensed 4/10/2019
WR4ISO QRP ALLTough going with pileups running high power :)
WW4LLSA HIGH 15MPart-time effort from ME remote station, all on 15 meters. Operating time, about 15 hours
WX3BSA HIGH ALLOn Saturday I joined team WW2DX remotely utilizing my PC to run 20 meters from 4:30am until about 5:00pm. It was an amazing experience and much to my surprise, it *felt* just like being in front of a real radio. This was my first serious remote effort and I was impressed. Many thanks to Ray W2RE, Lee WW2DX and Rock WW1X for the invitation to operate, and their enthusiastic support before, during and after the event. We had a great team of old men and 'young' old men that made it particularly enjoyable. On Sunday I arrived at the Chateau WX3B about 10:30am and immediately started DXing on 10 meters. That was a lot of fun, even if it did cost me some prime time runs on 15 & 20. I was surprised how many Europeans were workable, even two relatively loud Russians showed up, one I couldn't work (he got 3 Bravo but that was it), and the other was an easy QSO. RUNNING Europeans on 10 over the weekend!! After about 2 hours of that fun I took a short break and found a juicy frequency on the bottom of 15 meters. Being fresh meat on Day 2 of a contest is like going on a DX-pedition. I ran almost 200 QSOs on 15m band was still wide open but I could tell everyone must have QSYed to 20, which was my next gig. I fired up on 20 and found another great spot near the bottom of the band and had an absolute ball for about 500 QSOs. This may not be a way to generate a big score, but it was 7+ hours of pure excitement, DXing and GREAT RUNS!! My multiplier totals show my focus was on QSOs...there very few on 10 meters...which was all pouncing). I saw 10 break wide open to South America by looking at K3AJ's spots in the late afternoon, however the pileup on 20 meters was too good to give up. I say bring on the rest of the contest season, I'm ready! 73, Jim WX3B
WZ8TSA LOW ALLIt was nice to confirm that the radio and antennas still work on 10 meters. 40 and 80 meters were poor
XE1RESO LOW ALLi'm sorry because bad turnout for work reasons
XE2BSA LOW ALLExcellent consitions on 15 Mts on te oather hand, 20M way too noisy

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