CQ160 SSB Soapbox built 3-1-2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 3Z8T Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 250,056 FT2000 + GU43 ( ONE ) + 31,5 m Vertical/ Inv Vee and for RX beverages ... Maybe next year will be better Tnx for Qso's. Thanks for support my friends : SP8BRQ, SP2XF, SQ8JLA - congratulates,you were a better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A9J Class: Single Op Assisted LP Total Score = 139,263 Nice contest. FT-950 and only sluper from 18m down on NW in free area (aerodrom). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB2E Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 121,602 Rig Icom756 Pro III/Acom 2000A Antenna: 160m inverted L @60ft Great time. Missed the CW test because a storm took down the L. Got it back up just in time for the ARRL DX and of course 160m SSB. Thanks to all who called in, including a number of EU stations! 73 Darrell AB2E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD4Z Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 3,822 Rig: Elecraf KX3 Ant: Battle Creek Special ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE6YB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 583 [log removed from comments] START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CREATED-BY: GenLog v7.49 LOCATION: SF CONTEST: CQ-160-SSB CALLSIGN: AE6YB CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 160M LOW CATEGORY-BAND: CLAIMED-SCORE: 583 OPERATORS: AE6YB CLUB: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEST CLUB NAME: WILL PATTULLO ADDRESS: 161 PRESIDENTIAL CIRCLE ADDRESS: HEALDSBURG CA 95448 ADDRESS-COUNTRY: USA SOAPBOX: END-OF-LOG: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C6ANM Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 247,095 Quit early due to operator fatigue at 5 AM. No daytime propagation from Bahamas, so only did 23 hours. Lightning storms were strong over Alabama, Mississippi which made QRN levels heavy on Friday nite and Saturday morning. Much quieter on Saturday nite and Sunday morning. Never heard MT, NV, WA or WY. Also no VE7s or VE4s this year. Nice to be called by UU7J early on Friday nite. Hard to hold a run frequency due to Bahamas Power Limit of 250 watts and our Field Day style Inverted-L. Most of our receiving was on that antenna, but we had some use of 2 beverages. Was participation down, or propagation not as good into Pacific NW? Not as many California stations heard here as in past years. Still had fun in the sun and warm temps away from the northern snows. Thanks to all for the Qs and Mults! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR2X Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 481,844 Nice to be back on 160m scene from CR2X. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ7WW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 242,502 Conditions compared to CW part were down but good enough for a total of 78 east coast qsos. Not much activity from AS, SA, OC and AF, so the country number suffered as well. Equipment: IC-765 + amp direct fed top loaded tower, 90% on receive also short beverages to west and east 73 Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ8OG Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 71,820 Thanks for all QSOs, I was just testing my new 160m / 80m switchbox. Everything works fine. Could also work a new one on top band with HK1T. Very hard without RX antenna to get the weak signals out of the noise. Anyway had 5 hours of fun :-) Best 73s Matt - DJ8OG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK3CW Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 3,184 CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger V13.2.0 RIG:FT-187ND, 5W ANT: 40m end fed longwire, 10m abt GND, 141m ASL Hpe to wrk u all nxt year agn. vy 73 de Jakob DK3CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2CC Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 304,712 TX: K3, PA, 52m vertical RX: K9AY + 2 short beverages New QTH is working fine TX wise, next year hopefully with longer beverages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL4LAM Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 62,036 dl4lam@dl1ap - tnx Adam for offering your station. Not much experience on 160 mtrs, because I have no antenna (no sufficient space) at home. I was glad to operate DL1AP�'s station and could gain some more experience on 160. Heard only a few VE/W stations, but what I heard on the 20 m vertical I could work. CW one month before was more relaxing. I had fun and that�'s important. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL7LIN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,499 Contest : CQ World Wide 160-meter Contest Callsign : DL7LIN Mode : PHONE Category : Single Operator (SO) Overlay : --- Band(s) : Single band (SB) 160 m Class : High Power (HP) Zone/State/... : 14 Locator : JN58SD Operating time : 2h51 BAND QSO DUP DXC S/P POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 132 1 27 0 537 4.07 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 132 1 27 0 537 4.07 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 14 499 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL8ZAW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 7,280 Had only limited time to take part and find it much more difficult than the CW part. Heard a lot stations from the east coast, but nobody could hear me, except K3ZM. Fortunately HK1T came back to me at the first call with my correct callsign. This made my day and is my personal ODX on 160m. Thanks for QSOs and 73, Frank, DL8ZAW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E74WN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 114,000 Nice contest,and a lot of fun..bigest suprise was N2CW came on my CQ..Could not make any extra Stat/Prov due to heavy rain and QRN during the most of contest.. Tnx all for QSO and till next time. Equipment: FT1000MP,100w, Dipol 73, E74WN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E77DX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 11,010 Just for fun and it was great fun! Thanks for patience and for working me! 5W and 4 SQ cu in ARRL SSB! 73s Braco E77DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EB3CW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 23,717 My first experience and QSOs in 160m. Just 5 hours operation but lot of fun. Many thanks to Toby DH1TW and Josep Maria EA3AKY. They help me to install and inverted L and deploy radials in the garden. Equipment used was inverted L (20m in vertical) with around 32 radials, some of them short due the space. Matching unit was carefully constructed by DH1TW during all the weekend. On Sunday, it was able to give 1:03 ROE with 60 khz bandwith. I can�'t wait to use it in CQ WPX SSB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EC1KR Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 122,656 This year only one night to this nice Contest. Bad weather in Spain, very cold day, big noisy, many QRM and big "alligators" that calling, calling and calling, but not listen nothing from south EU! I lost 5 states US/VE copy very clear but was impossible :-/ The 70% of my qsos are S&P, big problems to found a nice Running, much part of the people is only calling and calling all time. Finally worked KV4FZ, ZF2AM, KP4KE, TO22C, HK1T, RA9CMO and 25 States. Working conditions: YAESU FT1000MP-MKV + QRO DIPOLE BAZOOKA 160M @ 17m 250m BEVERAGE NA 250m BEVERAGE EU WIN-TEST 4.10 Tnx for the contacts and see you the next weekend during ARRL DX SSB as ED1R. Jesus EC1KR (aka ED1R) www.ec1kr.com www.ed1r.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EE7L/1 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 80 FIRST TIME ON CQ 160 SSB. THIS TIME ON LOW POWER WITH THE ANTENNA NOT VERY TUNNED. ONLY 19 CONTACTS ON A TOTAL TIME OF 3 HOURS ON SEVERAL PERIODS. LET�'S SEE IF FOR NEXT CONTEST I HAVE ALL MY SHACK FULL AND READY FOR 160 MTS. GOOD LUCK AND NICE TO MEET YOU. MY EQUIPMENT: YAESU 897 D ANTENNA BUTTERNUT HF-2V WITH 160M KIT. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI7M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 477,470 Start was very good, but second night just can't get rate. Didn't heard much mult from east. Thank to Mark/EI3KD, Jerry/EI6BT, John/EI8IR and especially Neal/EI3JE for get stn ready. Tnx for Q's all and CU in next text. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G8CCL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,990 Not able to participate on Sunday evening I had one of my epilepsy atacks.Also was using just a 140' longwire, at around 35/40'and mfj 974 tuner. and was pleased with how it performed.Highlight was early hours Sat morning hearing K3ZM at around 55-57 but not able to breal pileups! .good fun. C you all next year.. might try balloon lifted 1/2 wave !! 73's Jon g8ccl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA8BE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 186,054 Rig: IC-756 Ant: Vertical(28m) Rx ant: EWE Contest was a nice, thanks for the QSO's. 73, DX Bela! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HG7T Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 347,600 73! Tibi HA7TM www.hg7t.hu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IV3BCA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 22,752 Hello i operate only 4 hours to 17.30 UTC and 20.30 UTC of Sunday QRM (Noise of my voice on my house!) Beatiful Contest Setup: Kenwood TS 850+ PA TL 922 + QARtest + Double Zeppelin Vy 73 de IV3BCA Paolo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IZ3QCH Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 110,271 Contest fun but also challenging for the TOP BAND, it was difficult to link the U.S.A. for me ... because it all went so exaggerated ...... no comment ...... Thanks to all the players who gave me a hand and they taught me once again the world of Contest ..... many TNX to: IK3ORD IZ3GFZ IW3IFJ IZ3EOU IZ3GNG IZ3XNJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 80,388 Started late Friday evening local time, but didn't miss much as propogation was not very good until after midnight. Missed ME and VT multipliers, along with several Canadian provinces (no SK?). Was pleasantly surprised to work several EU. I didn't expect to work any EU running low power in a phone contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 18,513 Just got on to give out some points. Worked all the spots and everyone else I heard. Spotted a few stations. 73, Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1HTV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 85,670 Comments: Radio: Elecraft K3 Antennas: Shunt fed, guyed house-bracketed 77 ft. Rohn #25 tower with triband yagi as capacitive top hat and 8 quarter wave radials 35 ft high, Inverted-L (works FB on high angle QSOs) Bi-directional 500+ ft Beverages (NE-SW, E-W & N-S) Got a 5-1/2 hours late start and hadn't planned putting in as much time as I finally did. Running low power in a 160M SSB DX contest can be rough at times. I found DX conditions the first night, although noisier, to be better than the 2nd night. Managed to work CT3, CU, OK, S5, HA, HK, EI, DL, YT, SP, ZF, C6, KP2, KP4, FG & XE. The conditions to the west coast seemed poorer than normal. Can't believe that I couldn't work even one CA or WA station. A storm the first night really must have made it rough for some stations down south. I heard a number of S9+ stations CQing in the face of their many callers the first night. But that's how it is at times on the Topband. Fortunately that was not the case towards the east. Now that the CQ 160M SSB test is over we can now focus on the next target, the upcoming ARRL Phone DX Contest. Will again be at W3LPL on 160M. Sure is nice having a 4-Square, 8 Beverages and the new NE BSEF receive antenna that Frank has installed. 73, Rich - K1HTV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1WHS Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 31,467 I need a vertical antenna! The "sorta low" inverted vee does not quite cut the mustard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2TTT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 26,784 Just enough time to say hello to some friends. Thanks to all that called in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3NM Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 97,012 Now on to next weeks arrl ssb, Three weeks in a row is rough. Thanks for the contacts Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3OO Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 12,480 Got on a little Saturday evening. The entire band was filled with contest activity... 73, Rick K3OO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3WW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 118,728 Ears back in SSB mode for next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3YDX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,260 Only little time looking for a few states needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3ZM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 535,212 With storms across the US, the QRN was S5 to S7 on Friday evening. Then another noise appeared for a while that sounded like rain static even though it was not raining at that moment. It was S9 and made life difficult, but fortunately it disappeared. The same thing happened last year, also on Friday evening. Fortunately, signal levels from EU were pretty good and enough to overcome the noise level. S51V was the first EU in the log at 2215Z. Then OZ1LXJ at 2309Z and RL3A at 2332Z. DA0I, UU7J, EI3GZ and ON9CC followed. I worked a smattering of EU's after this until it became time to focus on the heartland of North America. Copying the West Coast or anything past the midwest was difficult on Friday evening. The later EU opening was productive and I managed to put 158 EU's in the log the first night. I estimate that more than half of these are what I would call the third tier stations. In other words, it is a real struggle to put together their callsigns. It is so much harder on SSB. After the first night, my total points were within 2% of last year's winning score. The hard work extracting the EU's paid off and I had more countries. While I was trying to sleep on Saturday morning, a really heavy rain starting coming down. I mean, it was biblical. I was having a bizarre dream. God was very displeased that Topband had become infected with SSB signals all across the band and had decided to flood out the poisonous souls to cleanse 160 meters. He had commissioned our Contest Director to build an ark and ordered him to collect two stations from each CQ 160 multiplier across the world. NT then instructed me to help gather these stations so they would be available for CQ 160 contests in the future. The rain poured down. The waters rose. I searched and called CQ furiously in an effort to save the multipliers. I became very upset, because I was missing EA8, GD, VO1, VE5 and others. I panicked as the rain came harder and harder. And then I woke up. Wow. Too much coffee, I guess. Saturday got off to a slower start, but was easier. Signal levels from the West Coast were better and there was less QRN. The EU openings were fine. Working one by one and patiently extracting callsigns, I eventually worked a total of 261 EU's. This includes many dupes the second night. Highlights of the contest included calls from V51W, ZS6EZ, TA1ED, VK3IO and my buddy Paul K8PO who is back in front of the radio. Also fun to copy K2DM. Missed VO1, VE5 and the VE8 stuff. As usual, a number of contest operators generously called in to provide a contact, including K5ZD, K1DG, AD4J, K1PX and many others. Thanks to all who answered my CQ's. 73, Peter K3ZM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 363 FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 500W, tee vertical. Old Alpha 78 has a problem in the tune position that must be used for 160, 10, and the WARC bands. Going to N4UQ for repair this week. Band was very noisy Friday night and I had to call many times for each QSO. Should have the Alpha 91b on line next week at full power and a new inverted L antenna is partially completed. Thanks for the QSOs. 73, John, K4BAI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4NV Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 91,306 Just got on for a few minutes on Friday night . Way to noisy for me knowing I was not going to be full time. Operated for about 1 hr and shut it off. Saturday night we got on for about 3 hrs. It was much better noise wise. Susan helped me with the logging while I was working on the computer so had to to go Multi OP. Maybe she might get interested. Not a chance!!. Any way thanks for all the QSO's. Maybe have more time and a better station next year. Congrats to all with big scores. Dennis K4NV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8BL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 37,347 Condx vy FB. DX was good Friday night, but not as good Saturday night. Not much QRN. You'd have to say activity was quite good since there were Contesters across ALL of the 160M Band!! Split my time with the NAQP RTTY on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 45 A bad weekend for me, I've been fighting a cold and also had a day trip on Saturday to a funeral in PA. I managed to get on in the last hour and hand out a few qsos to some locals, all of whom were close enough to have been worked in a VHF contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MMS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 65,348 K3 at 100 watts ; Win-Test Logging TX: Inverted L and Sloping Marconi RX: EWE ; custom, short reversible ; Hi-Z Antennas 2-3 triangular array ; and “others” The band was moderately noisy the first night, but it was much quieter the second night. USA: Missed VT, NV, and WY. Briefly heard VT and WY, but they were S&P and gone. Canada: Missed NS, NF, LB, SK, BC, NT, YT, and NU. Surprised to not hear VE5 and VE7. Worked many VE3, several VE2, several VE4, and several VE6 stations. DX worked (in QSO order): First night: HK1T, ZF2AM, EI7M, KV4FZ, TO22C, CR2X, and C6ANM. Second night: NP4A, KP2M, XE1RCS, KP4KE, and TI2KAC. Fortunately, most were worked on one or only a few calls. TI2KAC called in during a CQ run. XE1RCS and KP4KE were very difficult to work -- took many attempts in different time slots during Saturday night. Very few EU heard on both nights. Did not operate during sunrise either day. CW is sooo much better and easier. The wide QRM on phone -- arghh. Tough to hand in there on phone. Still, 160 is tops! A personal best score for me in this 160 (SSB) event. Thanks for the Qs, Ms, and fun. 73, Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 53,724 Fresh meat Saturday night! Splitting time between a few other events. Sounds like condx were pretty good. Thanks for the QSOs! 73, Mike K9NW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC0W Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1 Nice to put a voice to so many familiar call signs. ' Guess I'm just a curmudgeon. The 160 meter CW 'tests are immensely more enjoyable for myself than the SSB ones. I don't believe I worked AK or DE but got pretty much got all the rest. Thanks to KH7X for the Hawaii mult at greyline. Made the majority of the Q's on Friday night. (local time) Played around Saturday early evening until I reached the 300 Q's mark & then went QRT to play in the NAQP RTTY 'test. Had fun in that one and generated some roaring pileups!!! As always, happy to help out by providing the North Dakota mult............Best to you & yours from the oil patch of western ND. As always, the KC0W contesting disclaimer: *** I contest for the FUN of it from here in North Dakota & not to collect any awards, plaques or "wallpaper". I use my general logging program to track the total number of QSO's made & leave it at that. This is why I have no information regarding my total number of mults or a final score. *** Tom KC0W ' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE3X Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 69,036 Very busy weekend here with Boy Scout activities and social dinners with my XYL Ann but still got on for a few hours to hand out the 'Rare DC Multiplier'. I was called by K3DOS and W3DQ so there were at least three DC stations on for this one - hope you worked one of us! This weekend I operated Multi-Single with my son Aidan KB3SPI who at 14-years old is slowly developing an interest in contesting. My 'Evil Master Plan' with Aidan is to use RTTY as the 'Gateway Contesting Drug' (thanks Steve at NR4M for that) then move him into Phone and CW from there. Small chunks of time in a 'slow drip' but he seems to be taking the bait. Usually we have S-7 to S-9 noise level here in the city, but from time to time this weekend it dropped to S-4 level and I could pull out some weak ones. Worked the first Europeans ever from here on 160 Phone - even had a bunch of Europeans call in when I was CQ'ing: S51V, DL6RAI, DJ7WW, OL7M, OL4A and my HST pal Frank, DL2CC all get the 'good ears' award for digging my signal out and getting in the log. Best DX was UU7J. However I missed a bunch of West Coast mults like UT, NV, WY ... and WA ??!!?? (DanWa must have been busy sharpening his #2 pencils this weekend) Special thanks go to Dick Byrd, N4UQ for finishing the conversion of my old Alpha 78 from three 8874's to a pair of 3Cx800a7's in time for this contest - clearly it made a difference. I would highly recommend Dick for Alpha repairs - excellent service, communication and really knows his stuff. Looking forward to ARRL DX Phone next weekend - not sure from which station or entry class yet, but I will definately be on. 73, Ken KE3X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG4IGC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,096 Hello all! Worked this contest off and on both nights, was busy building and troubleshooting my first home brew 2 meter yagi. The band seemed awful noisy but despite that and my low antenna, (the vertical portion of my inverted L is only about 30 feet)I was able to make some pretty easy contacts up and down the East coast and out to the mid-West. I was surprised that I was able to able to work a couple EU stations considering that my antenna is oriented North and South. Best DX for me was EI7M in Ireland (3789 miles), 2nd best was CT3DL in Madeira Island (3617 miles). Worked Steve AA4V who was busy racking up the points with his very own pileup and sounded great at my QTH but heard no other club members. All said and done, I really enjoyed working the contest this year, really nice that for once, Murphy did not mess with me, rig,logging program and antenna worked well. Cheers and 73, Frank KG4IGC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG7H Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 95,436 Good conditions -WAS except ME; Missing provinces - SK, MB and the artics. Several Caribeans worked, plus UA0, HC and HK and many XE's this time. This is a great contest for lingering a bit and putting a voice with those familiar 160m calls. Thanks to everyone - much fun - Craig, KG7H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG9Z Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 23,056 Had fun! Main objective. Allot of activity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ0C Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 79,054 Not much DX. Missed AK,RI, VT for WAS. Thanks to all the GMCC contacts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU4V Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 85,734 Lots of trouble this year with preparing the antenna due to recent high winds and storms that wrapped the wire around the tree and jammed the pulley at the top. Worked 2 weeks to get it freed and then get the Resistance back to anywhere near R=50, but to no avail. Late Wednesday it looked like I would miss this one. Well, late Thursday night all fell into place. Thanks for the contacts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV4FZ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 265,226 Very frustrating contest as so many strong stations heard nothing from my many calls. Some were consummate alligators with no ears or no good RX antennas but just QRO and endless CQ's. From the sunset EU's were coming in some over S9 and NA stations such as W3LL, VE3YP, AK5DX had huge 20 over signals but did not hear a trace of my many calls. Most I would give up on them after 15 minutes of calling. Only later in the night did I get through and found that most of them did not have any sort of specialized RX antenna such as a Beverage, Flag, Pennant or Loop. So the only solution was to find a clear spot somewhere and call CQ myself. It was easy to work stations 5,000 miles away in South America but the 2000 mile hop to the mainland was seemingly impossible. There were few runs but only for a few minutes and one nice one to Europe. I think however that the contest as structured (i don't suggest CQ change it either) has turned to be a clash of super station titans where the average home station is just a spectator listening in awe to the big guns. I worked most everyone who called me and although my goal was 50 countries, under the bizarre circumstances the 47 I got were probably about as good as I could do. This contest has become a battle of the super station giants with QRO and 8 circle arrays. The idea that someone with a field of Beverages (I have 13 of 600 feet to 900 feet)and a 1/4 wave top loaded tower can really be competitive is really a myth today. Again Caribbean stations get half the points for NA that the stations in SA along the Caribbean rim get, and they are closer to NA from the Midwest on. My QTH is at 64.7 degrees WL but this far East doesn't help against the many East coast super stations that can run EU for hours at a time. Out of pure frustration I decided to look around for multipliers and use the assisted category. But that was also a no brainer since after finding a new multiplier that could not hear a trace of my signal I decided to go back to a run mode hoping someone would spot me and I could get something going. I noticed that there were very few spots on my call sign so I definitely was not getting out well. Being a couple of layers under the side band splatter of so many stations working 500 miles or less and without antennas for receiving this powerful signals here turned out to be a waste of time to call. I probably waster 2 to 3 hours of very good time calling stations in the mainland that could not hear well. Also one XE1 station with a powerful signal was impossible to work. Amazing however later in the contest three XE's called me in a row. I missed some easy states like Arkansas and Wyoming as well as all the Canadian prairie provinces except VE6 and got several of those. Everything west of the Mississippi was a considerable struggle for me. No VK's or ZL's even though i work ZL3IX any morning for a year at my SR. Rig Icom 7410, Alpha 87A TX antenna was an 85 foot Rohn 45 with a 30 foot stinger and some slight top loading with a 3 element Cubex quad where the boom only really helps a bit. RX Antennas 13 Beverages with some bi-Directional with DX-Engineering 400 ohm ladder line and others with WD-1A fed and terminated with KD9SV's feed and boxes designed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LN5O Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 168,665 Not so great conditions with AURORA. Antenna: 29 meter tall Vertical and two beverages. Thanks for all calling in and for all QSOes! QSL via LOTW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LU7DW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 14 Equipment Description: Yaesu FT102 Antenna: Horizontal Wire 10 meter long w/tuner PC: K6-2 350MHz con DOS 6.2 y CT 10.03 After a couple of years off, I've returned to 160 meter contesting; I've operate less than one hour at my sunset, I've contact two stations and manage to hear UU7J. Now I'm active in 1.8 and 1296 MHz.... Same challenge :-) See you in ARRL SSB ! 73, Claudio LU7DW-VE2DWA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY5W Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 243,163 Propagation not for us (North East EU) to N.America. Called dozen times many N.A. station's without luck. There is small list: VE9AA, K3WW, AB2E, W3LL, VE9HF, NY6DX, WB9Z, KD8CO, VE2TZT, N3RR, ND8DX, V47JA, NP2N, XE1RCS, VE3CX, W0AIH, W3KL, N4DJ, K3ZO, K5ZD, PJ2/K8LEE, KX9DX, N1SNB, XE2S, VE3MGY, K1JB, N3MX, K3OO, AA4V, AC8G,...etc I wrote on piece of paper. Great ears - HK1T, C6ANM, TO22C, KP4KE, KV4FZ, ZF2AM, KP2M and of course USA/VE guys - VE1ZZ, WX3B, N4RV, K3ZM, W3TS, VY2ZM, W1AN, W4SVO, N2CW, VE3PN, W1UE, thanks guys! We were lucky in both sides :) Next one - ARRL Phone from Arturas LY2W shack after week, but not 160m (S.B.) sure! Sam LY5W/LY2BIM and LY16W (1-28 feb)free time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ4TL Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 248,616 Contest : CQ World Wide 160-meter Contest Callsign : LZ4TL Mode : PHONE Category : Single Operator (SO) Overlay : --- Band(s) : Single band (SB) 160 m Class : High Power (HP) Zone/State/... : 20 Locator : KN22IV Operating time : 22h56 BAND QSO DUP DXC S/P POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 640 2 57 15 3453 5.40 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 640 2 57 15 3453 5.40 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations O248 616 perators : Soapbox : Powered by Win-Test 4.7.0 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M0CFW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 20 Managed to work some station with 5 meter wire + ATU. Heavier QRN than CW session last month. Thanks for Qs! 73 Kazu M0CFW, JK3GAD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1AW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,204 With 50 Watts and an inverted L I did not try running, and I was pleased that almost every CQer I could hear heard me. It was a satisfactory result for the resources and time I had. I was on for about 2 hours in early evening Saturday and spent another half hour off and on looking for two missing nearby states on a nearly dead band Sunday afternoon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1DN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 296 My first 160 SSB contest. Working 100 watts to a dipole, kind of like walking in the forest among giants. Thank goodness for the MD stations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1SZ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 8,700 Light effort due to family obligations. Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2BJ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 21,648 NOISE NOISE NOISE AND MORE NOISE. VERY SORRY TO THOSE WHO CALLED ME NOISE EVEN ON LOOP, NEED MORE INVESTIGATION. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CEI Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 195,088 That was Brutal! BUT�"first off, we (Sandra and I) are very sorry for those that called and were not worked, those that were asked for endless repeats, and those that we may have TX’ed on while looking for a clear spot. As I said, it was BRUTAL! The front that set up from the Gulf of Mexico and ran through the southeast spent the whole weekend “training” storms directly overhead or just to our Northwest to Northeast. Bad enough that the lightning kept us from starting on time (35 mins. late!), the static crashes the rest of the night were relentless! AND�"if that wasn’t enough, some sort of “Rain Static” would come and go throughout the Friday night /Sat morning operation time. I do not understand what or where this rain static came from but can attest that the harder it rained, the louder it got! It was the worst on the vertical ant but was still a nuisance on the dipole, the BOG and the standard Beverage ants no matter where they were pointing. The RF gains of all our RX antennas through our switching matrix (for two rigs) are set to just tickle the S meters on a quiet afternoon in a narrow CW pass band. When the storms were quiet enough (S 5-6 in 1.8khz pass band) we could operate. Yea, I know, Welcome to SSB Top band! But when the static crashes were a steady stream and the rain static pulsed up our S-meters above S 9, we stopped CQ’ing and S & P’ed looking for the “Big Stations” we have not worked. Well, we ran out of those real fast at 20/9 noise levels! AND-- disconected and reconnected Antennas countless times hence teh "?" in Op Time! There were times when the noise just stopped (it could be heard dying down like an auto ignition) and we could hear again but then spent time looking for a clear spot to CQ in. Spent most of the night with 10-15 min. periods on, 10-15 min. periods off or just tuning around and not working anyone. We could tell the Band conditions outside of our little micro region were pretty good because when we found some DX , we could work it if we were fast enough. So, we finished the night with a dismal 335 Q’s and we were both really beat up and questioning if we had fun or not! Last year we were at 500 Q’s half way through. Well the next night, we had a good start but had to shut down from 00:23 to 01:42 because of a lightning storm that went directly over head. But�"after that storm, there was no more Rain Static! We just had to deal with the Static crashes and the resulting AGC pumping of the receivers. I mostly operated without the AGC for the rest of the night taking the audio hit in the head phones when the loud ones called as we tried to catch up! We wound up with 75 less QSO’s than last year but had a better multiplier count and many more 10 point QSO’s than last year so as a result, a better score. SO--- it was worth it! Did missed WAS this year by not working ND and KL7 Now, though we are a neophyte’s to the 160M band, I know Rain Static when I hear it but have always associated with gain antennas. Can anyone explain it or know how to tame it on 160M? In the VHF world, it’s only on the Top Yagi, so you deal with it by using other antennas. But this stuff was on everything! E-mail us if you can help! ’73, Sandra and Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CW Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 345,345 Comments: Our 10th year operating from the salt water marsh site of the old coastal station WSC which is also used by W2GD and his CW team. After Super Storm Sandy trashed our operating site in October, we all had our hands full to prepare the site for the 160 contest season. The first priority was to help our site owner WYRS FM (c/o N2HM) with site repairs and cleanup. Luckily, the main building did not have any serious issues. But the antenna fields were a mess. The entire site was under about 3 feet of water during the height of the storm. This flooded our storage shed and damaged most of our coax that was stored or left installed below 3 feet. Our beverages were nearly all damaged by falling trees and had to be repaired. Just hiking into the woods, which is never much fun at our site, was extremely difficult to do this year. Fortunately, for some reason we procrastinated setting up the transmit antennas. Normally, they would have been up and running by mid-October! A full force cooperative effort was done by members of the W2GD team, SJDXA, and the Old Barney ARC to help N2HM clean up the site, and get the site ready for the 160 contest season. The transmit antennas were re-erected on the 300 foot main tower at the site in the salt marsh. Unfortunately, the CW team had to skip the ARRL 160 contest this year due to the storm, but later was able to test out everything in the Stew Perry Contest in preparation for the CQWW 160 CW. The W2GD team had a respectable score in that contest, and then handed off the “antenna farm” to the SJDXA SSB team for our effort as N2CW. On Friday, a small crew arrived at the site to prune the transmit antennas for better resonance across the entire band (the W2GD team always has it tuned for the low end for their CW contest operations). We trusted that the beverages were OK. We set up all of our radio gear and had a good crew to operate at the start of the contest. We had no serious equipment issues at all this time. Only a few SMALL computer glitches but helpful assists were made by Marty W2CG over the phone! It usually seems that SOMETHING goes wrong! But not this year. Conditions to EU were “OK” Friday evening. We were working EU all night through EU sunrise. We decided to run all day on Saturday and opt to QRT at 1400 UTC (9AM) on Sunday morning. Saturday evening conditions were not very good to EU. But they were in there and we were able to pick them up from time to time. Working west was not difficult. But we probably missed WY, NV by concentrating too much on EU? I don’t know. Our team consists of mostly casual contesters and DXer’s who transform themselves into maniac contesters once a year for this contest! This year was extra special because I felt that although it took 10 years, we finally got a team together who understands HOW to do this contest! Do it well! And, have fun doing it! I am VERY proud to be a part of this crew and I look forward to doing it every year with them in the future. See ya' in the Pileups! 73! Bob Schenck, N2OO President SJDXA GO SJDXA!!! www.sjdxa.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3IQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 60,032 tough but fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4BCD Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 4,900 A very limited S&P effort due to family commitments. Murch tuner barked at 1.5KW, tripping the amp in the middle of calls. A first place 2011 score in Alabama using a proper vertical with a real ground system convinced me there's no substitute for a good vertical on 160. The full size dipole at 60' & a ladderline fed 132' flat-top worked against a minimal ground performed equally poorly - fine for NVIS but not much else. Considering the potential of the new QTH, pretty happy with the antenna farming so far. Thanks for the Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 85,952 Rig : K3 driving Drake L7 @ 750 watts output Antennas : Inverted L/Half square for transmitting Beverages for receiving Soapbox : I heard a lot of reasonably strong stations from Europe. Surprised me that several were calling CQ with no answers. I did not hear the West Coast or KH6. Special thanks to Peter, K3ZM, for the use of a voice keyer. That really kept me going during the slow hours! Also thanks to K5VIP, who had a spare L7 power supply when mine went out just three days before the contest! Thanks for the Qs. 73, Don N4DJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4RV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 209,996 Entered assisted category but ran into a problem with N1MM Mult/Q's box not showing new stations. Not sure what happened, but was able to get it working an hour before I went QRT.. Never had this problem before.. Was hoping for condx like last weekend to EU but the first night, the band was VERY noisy with QRN, power line noise, ice on antenna, etc. Almost quit, but after a break or two, to watch TV, I gave it one more try. Condx to the WEST were quite suppressed. Had to go out with friends on Sat. evening so missed a good portion of the opening. When I did get on, I found condx much improved over Friday night. Band was much quieter and EU signals were improved. Never seemed to be a very good opening to the West coast. Heard KH7X, but he was to weak when I went QRT at about 3 AM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5BG Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 7,168 Just having a good time. Not much time available this go around. Helping out Arizona Outlaws Contest Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7GP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 150,480 The station = two Elecraft K3s in SO2R and an Alpha 89 to a 1/4 WL vertical over 64, 1/4 WL radials. RX antennas = 16, 1 WL Beverages. And now for a tale of two nights. Night one the noise was high and prop was relatively short. Yes, EI7M and CT3DL called in for across-the-pond Qs, but the first W1 Q logged was not until 0420. And the floodgates did not open after that one. A grand total of TEN, W1 stations were logged the entire night. South American propagation appeared to be good however. I was called by CE, LU, HK, HC and YV for the most SA continental Qs ever in this contest. A call by VK3IO at his sunset was another highlight of the night. High Q hours were 0200-59, 0300-60, 0400-72, and 0500-59. Night two was a bit less noisy at this QTH, but the propagation was even poorer. It seemed 50% of the Qs were right at noise level and fluctuating between GONE and Q3 copy. Even stronger signals would QSB out of hearing for a few seconds. High Q hours were 0300-54 and 0400-58. Snore time was the 0900 hour with just 9 total Qs during the entire 60 minutes. By contrast I had one good, short run (packet spot induced I am sure) where I logged FIVE contacts in one minute. Oh for a night long party with those numbers. The only EU stations worked the 2nd night were two ECs who called in plus I found CR2X when he had nothing to do but call CQ. WAC was finished when RW0CF called in at 1021. WAS was never completed as VT was a no show even thought I wound up working a total of 12 New Hampshire stations. Strange. Some statistics: VE-30, XE-9, and KH6-4. High State contributions came from CA with 94 (no surprise as the Golden State boys always do a good job) and OH in 2nd place (big surprise from that Top Band Hotbed back east) with 51 Qs in the log. I think Ohio was about the end of good propagation from here. TX was relegated to 3rd place (normally #2) this year with 44 in the log. WA called in 38 times and AZ, the home of the Arizona Outlaws Contest Club showed 29 contacts in the log. Surprising activity was generated up north with 5 ND and 4 WY in the log. It was exciting at times in short bursts and pure HARD work at other times. It is fortunate that we tend to remember the good times and that is what brings us back next year. Thanks for all the Qs. My apologies to all those that I didn't hear at all, couldn't pull out of the mud, or even those few I had to give up on after getting the call sign and never hearing you again for the State exchange. There were somewhat more of those this year than ever before. My ears getting old??? No way!!! 73, and thanks for a great 160 Meter contest season. Milt, N5IA, operator at N7GP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7RK Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,909 What a frustrating experience for the few hours spent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9FN Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 22,302 Had limited time to play, but got on and made a few QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9RV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 15,652 Had a brief window of opportunity Saturday night after we got home from dinner and before my wife went to bed (SSB keeps her up). Conditions seemed great. - Pat N9RV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9TF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,195 160m and SSB contesting with low power and a low hanging cloud warming antenna is quite the challenge, just to be heard beyond the small "high" angle of radiated RF dropping back to earth just a few hundred miles away! I was actually surprised I worked as many stations as I did, including one DX (HK), who was unbelievably strong from that direction. Had lots of noise. Without any RX attenuation noise level was over S9. Ran with 12DB of RX attenuation and 30% noise reduction. Had to wear head phones as it was hard to separate voices from noise unless the noise was blaring in my ears! Most all of my operation was Friday night into Saturday morning, as I wanted to operate NAQP RTTY also. Pulled the plug Saturday morning local time around 1:45am. I did get up at 5:30am local to see if there was any chance of some west coast, PAC or AK. Band was even noisier, and prop seemed close in. Only heard a couple west coast stations late Friday night and they were very weak here and not workable. There seemed to be a filter curtain to the west. Normally on CW I have no problem working what I hear in that direction. Just didn't hear anything this time. I did make a few more contacts late Saturday night Sunday morning after I pulled the plug from NAQP RTTY. Btween the diddles and static noise drilling in my head, I had had enough by about 12:30am Sunday morning. Operating conditions: Icom 756 ProIII 100 watts to inverted U 33' vertical. 73 Gene, N9TF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA5NN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 37,620 Major thunderstorms along MS Gulf Coast the first night so limited my activity to just 2 hours. Second night was much quieter so put in another 3 1/2 hours for fun. Always nice to hand out "Mike Sugar" in any contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ND8DX Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 255,180 Participation seemed down a bit, though we had fun as always. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NY6DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 88,740 Radio: yaesu 1000 mp mark v Antenna: 127ft vertical with 50 125 foot radials. Great time however next year I need a rx antenna that I can put up and take down at the end of the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG6N Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 56,160 160m & SSB is a tough mix. Had fun but unfortunately the propagation did not allow to work any USA. The aurora ruined the conditions. Anyway I was happy to log KP4KE and HK1T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK7K Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 608,652 Nice contest which we really enjoyed. It was wonderful to watch close race on the Contest Score Server with our good friends from OL7M and with S51V. We used: FT-1000MP MarkV-Field + Acom 2000A FT-1000MP Vertical @ 34m + Half Sloper @ 24m 6x Beverages (360m long) USA, CARRIBEAN, SA, AF, VK, JA, 1x Beverage (260m long) to 015 deg 1x Beverage (170m long) to 120 deg K9AY loop to 030/120/210/300 deg. Many thanks to all stations who called us. See you in SSB part of ARRL. www.ok7k.estranky.cz On behalf of OK7K group - Petr OK1BN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL7M Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 552,132 The last contest of the season on TB from our QTH. Like last year, we were again disappointed with the very low activity from East - only 46 x UA and 18 x UA9/0. Because UBA contest ? SRI. Average CONDX to west, with solid 103 x NA. (2012 " 55 x NA, 2011 " 103 x NA). Thanks for a good virtual fight with S51V and friends from OK7K, who must have incredible super RX towards western EU, because even though we are only 140 km east, so many stations from DL/PA/G we have absolutely not heard from us. Coongrats! TRX : IC-7600,IC-756PRO3 TX ANT : Vertical + dipole RX ANT : 8 diferent QTF BVRGs + 4x400m BVRG dir NA Thanks for all the contacts and see you again in ARRL SSB. on behalf OL7M Pavel OK1MU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM0A Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 103,733 I wonder how many stations did not recognize the national bandplans. All entrants are encouraged to spread out as much as possible, obeying frequency restrictions and power limits for their own country. Very tired due QRL on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some stations missed from that reason. No doubt I was sleeping, hi. Very nice contest, 160m condx seems to be good here! TNX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM7RU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 40,565 I run this contest only on Sunday evening to give new station to guys who are tired after the whole contest running. I know, that end of this one band contest is hard finding of any new station, digging of every new call sign from pile of hundreds times listened the same call signs... Thanks to everybody, who gave me nice pile up as satisfaction. Used equipments: Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field ACOM 2000A (1,5 kW OUT) MicroHAM microKeyer, Station Master WinTest Antenna: Vertical (35 m tower + 2 elevated radials) 73! Riki, OM7RU www.tucek.sk/om7ru ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ/K3ZJ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 136,864 Many thanks to Jan, OZ1ADL, for his gracious hospitality at his contest station OZ5E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PC5A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,369 TenTec Orion - 100W 1/4 wave sloping up side down vertical with feedpoint at 210ft (65m) Tested station setup for ARRL SSB (headset -> soundcard -> transceiver) 73 -- Aurelio, PC5A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S51V Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 551,883 After reload log with new .cty we got one mult more (TO22C). Congratulation to OK7K, OL7M, EI7M and other for nice race and scores! GL and see you next year, 73's! Sandi S52OP for S51V team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S56A Class: Single Op Assisted LP Total Score = 31,816 Called CR2X for ages! K3ZM and W3BGN were nice surprise after a long time. Lot of snow probably raised my traped dipole. 4L and UP from Asia, CT3 from Africa, Missed ER from EU. UBA CW was much easier with RBN. 73 de Mario, S56A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57UN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 207,285 Worked only first day,because my amplifier is crashed on saturday night. This is not enough for better score.In sunday worked just for fun. Unfortunately.Thanks Ljubo S53O for your nice and good location. 73 de Renato S57UN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SE0X Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 135,150 CQ160 SSB is challenging and fun. I was running the contest via remote and to make things even more interesting I discovered right after start that I had a RF feedback problem affecting my IP link. Reducing the power would keep the link alive so most of the contest was done using around 300 watt. A few DX where received here, but it was hard to cut through the QRM with reduced power. I got lucky with VY2ZM, K3ZM, W3LL, KP4KE, ZF2AM and a few AS/AF, but in the end the log is mostly EU. Sadly some gentlemen do not approve of SSB spreading out over the band in CQ160 and on several occasions I (and others) experienced deliberate QRM bursts of dits and dashes. Fortunately my auto notch dealt with this nuisance efficiently. At the end I reached my goals which where set at 500 contacts and 127k points, so I am happy with the result. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP4LVK Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 16,389 RIG:FT-950 PWR:5 ANT:Long-Wire (50m) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP7KZK Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 158,480 First time in this contest ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UU7J Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 438,045 This is one of my favorite contests. It was nice to meet and worked so many friends. No activity from Asia and East. Only a couple of UA0: RA0R, RW0CF,. It was great to be called by some rare mults: ZF2AM, TI2KAC, LU2DKT, ZS6EZ, VE9MY(NB), NP2N, W1HI(RI), N3DXX(DE), VA2AM(QC), 7Z1SJ, OD5NJ, EY8MM, UK9AA, KP2M, KE3X(DC), WB4WXE(AL), W8IF(OH), N4PB (GA), NP4A, A92IO, EA6LP, TC1BW. Thank you very much guys !!! Also want to say thank you to some rare mults who answer me: HK1T, KP4KE, KV4FZ, V51W, C6ANM, A65BP, K1JB(ME), W3DQ(DC), AA4V(SC), TO22C, CT3DL. First station from NA was worked at 22:17z and it was VE1ZZ, first from USA as usually was K3ZM at 23:37z. Best signals from VE/USA were: VY2ZM/VY2ZMM, VE1ZZ, K3ZM, K1LZ, N2CW, W1EQO, K3WW, W3/DF9MV, W6AAN, W1UE, W4SVO, W3BGN, N3RR, W3LL, W8IF. Best signals from Central America and Caribbean were: HK1T, KV4FZ, NP4A, KP4KE, ZF2AM. There is no doubt, that it was the best weekend in February, because I spent it on my favorite band ) See you again. Some statistics below. Worked States/Provinces | 160 | TOTAL ==================== CT | 2 | 2 MA | 7 | 7 ME | 1 | 1 NH | 3 | 3 RI | 1 | 1 VT | | NJ | 2 | 2 NY | 3 | 3 DE | 1 | 1 PA | 5 | 5 MD | 10 | 10 DC | 2 | 2 AL | 1 | 1 FL | 7 | 7 GA | 1 | 1 KY | 1 | 1 NC | 2 | 2 SC | 1 | 1 TN | | VA | 5 | 5 AR | | LA | | MS | | NM | | OK | | TX | | CA | | AZ | | ID | | MT | | NV | | OR | | UT | | WA | | WY | | MI | | OH | 2 | 2 WV | | IL | 1 | 1 IN | | WI | | CO | | IA | | KS | | MN | | MO | | ND | | NE | | SD | | NB | 1 | 1 NS | 2 | 2 NF | | PEI | 2 | 2 LB | | QC | 1 | 1 ON | 2 | 2 MB | | SK | | AB | | BC | | NT | | YT | | NU | | ==================== | 66 | 66 Worked DXCC DXCC | CT | 160 | TOTAL ========================== 1A | EU | | 1S | AS | | 3A | EU | | 3B6 | AF | | 3B8 | AF | | 3B9 | AF | | 3C | AF | | 3C0 | AF | | 3D2 | OC | | 3D2/c | OC | | 3D2/r | OC | | 3DA | AF | | 3V | AF | | 3W | AS | | 3X | AF | | 3Y/b | AF | | 3Y/p | SA | | 4J | AS | 1 | 1 4L | AS | 3 | 3 4O | EU | | 4S | AS | | 4U1I | EU | | 4U1U | NA | | 4U1V | EU | | 4W | OC | | 4X | AS | 1 | 1 5A | AF | | 5B | AS | | 5H | AF | | 5N | AF | | 5R | AF | | 5T | AF | | 5U | AF | | 5V | AF | | 5W | OC | | 5X | AF | | 5Z | AF | | 6W | AF | | 6Y | NA | | 7O | AS | | 7P | AF | | 7Q | AF | | 7X | AF | | 8P | NA | | 8Q | AS | | 8R | SA | | 9A | EU | 12 | 12 9G | AF | | 9H | EU | | 9J | AF | | 9K | AS | | 9L | AF | | 9M2 | AS | | 9M6 | OC | | 9N | AS | | 9Q | AF | | 9U | AF | | 9V | AS | | 9X | AF | | 9Y | SA | | A2 | AF | | A3 | OC | | A4 | AS | | A5 | AS | | A6 | AS | 2 | 2 A7 | AS | | A9 | AS | 1 | 1 AP | AS | | BS7 | AS | | BV | AS | | BV9P | AS | | BY | AS | | C2 | OC | | C3 | EU | | C5 | AF | | C6 | NA | 1 | 1 C9 | AF | | CE | SA | | CE0X | SA | | CE0Y | SA | | CE0Z | SA | | CE9 | SA | | CM | NA | | CN | AF | | CP | SA | | CT | EU | 1 | 1 CT3 | AF | 1 | 1 CU | EU | 1 | 1 CX | SA | | CY0 | NA | | CY9 | NA | | D2 | AF | | D4 | AF | | D6 | AF | | DL | EU | 160 | 160 DU | OC | | E3 | AF | | E4 | AS | | E5/n | OC | | E5/s | OC | | E6 | OC | | E7 | EU | 5 | 5 EA | EU | 25 | 25 EA6 | EU | 2 | 2 EA8 | AF | | EA9 | AF | | EI | EU | 4 | 4 EK | AS | 1 | 1 EL | AF | | EP | AS | | ER | EU | 1 | 1 ES | EU | 3 | 3 ET | AF | | EU | EU | 9 | 9 EX | AS | | EY | AS | 1 | 1 EZ | AS | | F | EU | 5 | 5 FG | NA | 1 | 1 FH | AF | | FJ | NA | | FK | OC | | FK/c | OC | | FM | NA | | FO | OC | | FO/a | OC | | FO/c | NA | | FO/m | OC | | FP | NA | | FR | AF | | FR/g | AF | | FR/j | AF | | FR/t | AF | | FS | NA | | FT5W | AF | | FT5X | AF | | FT5Z | AF | | FW | OC | | FY | SA | | G | EU | 28 | 28 GD | EU | | GI | EU | | GJ | EU | | GM | EU | 2 | 2 GM/s | EU | | GU | EU | | GW | EU | 3 | 3 H4 | OC | | H40 | OC | | HA | EU | 12 | 12 HB | EU | 7 | 7 HB0 | EU | | HC | SA | 1 | 1 HC8 | SA | | HH | NA | | HI | NA | | HK | SA | 1 | 1 HK0/a | NA | | HK0/m | SA | | HL | AS | | HP | NA | | HR | NA | | HS | AS | | HV | EU | | HZ | AS | 2 | 2 I | EU | 43 | 43 IG9 | AF | | IS | EU | 1 | 1 IT9 | EU | 7 | 7 J2 | AF | | J3 | NA | | J5 | AF | | J6 | NA | | J7 | NA | | J8 | NA | | JA | AS | | JD/m | OC | | JD/o | AS | | JT | AS | | JW | EU | | JW/b | EU | | JX | EU | | JY | AS | | KG4 | NA | | KH0 | OC | | KH1 | OC | | KH2 | OC | | KH3 | OC | | KH4 | OC | | KH5 | OC | | KH5K | OC | | KH6 | OC | | KH7K | OC | | KH8 | OC | | KH8/s | OC | | KH9 | OC | | KL | NA | | KP1 | NA | | KP2 | NA | 3 | 3 KP4 | NA | 2 | 2 KP5 | NA | | LA | EU | 10 | 10 LU | SA | 1 | 1 LX | EU | | LY | EU | 18 | 18 LZ | EU | 6 | 6 OA | SA | | OD | AS | 1 | 1 OE | EU | 8 | 8 OH | EU | 13 | 13 OH0 | EU | 1 | 1 OJ0 | EU | | OK | EU | 33 | 33 OM | EU | 17 | 17 ON | EU | 6 | 6 OX | NA | | OY | EU | | OZ | EU | 10 | 10 P2 | OC | | P4 | SA | | P5 | AS | | PA | EU | 19 | 19 PJ2 | SA | | PJ4 | SA | | PJ5 | NA | | PJ7 | NA | | PY | SA | | PY0F | SA | | PY0S | SA | | PY0T | SA | | PZ | SA | | R1FJ | EU | | S0 | AF | | S2 | AS | | S5 | EU | 21 | 21 S7 | AF | | S9 | AF | | SM | EU | 6 | 6 SP | EU | 50 | 50 ST | AF | | SU | AF | | SV | EU | 20 | 20 SV/a | EU | | SV5 | EU | 2 | 2 SV9 | EU | 2 | 2 T2 | OC | | T30 | OC | | T31 | OC | | T32 | OC | | T33 | OC | | T5 | AF | | T7 | EU | | T8 | OC | | TA | AS | 3 | 3 TA1 | EU | 3 | 3 TF | EU | | TG | NA | | TI | NA | 2 | 2 TI9 | NA | | TJ | AF | | TK | EU | | TL | AF | | TN | AF | | TR | AF | | TT | AF | | TU | AF | | TY | AF | | TZ | AF | | UA | EU | 50 | 50 UA2 | EU | 3 | 3 UA9 | AS | 19 | 19 UK | AS | 1 | 1 UN | AS | 2 | 2 UR | EU | 63 | 63 V2 | NA | | V3 | NA | | V4 | NA | | V5 | AF | 2 | 2 V6 | OC | | V7 | OC | | V8 | OC | | VK | OC | | VK0H | AF | | VK0M | OC | | VK9C | OC | | VK9L | OC | | VK9M | OC | | VK9N | OC | | VK9W | OC | | VK9X | OC | | VP2E | NA | | VP2M | NA | | VP2V | NA | | VP5 | NA | | VP6 | OC | | VP6/d | OC | | VP8 | SA | | VP8/g | SA | | VP8/h | SA | | VP8/o | SA | | VP8/s | SA | | VP9 | NA | | VQ9 | AF | | VR | AS | | VU | AS | | VU4 | AS | | VU7 | AS | | XE | NA | | XF4 | NA | | XT | AF | | XU | AS | | XW | AS | | XX9 | AS | | XZ | AS | | YA | AS | | YB | OC | | YI | AS | | YJ | OC | | YK | AS | | YL | EU | 3 | 3 YN | NA | | YO | EU | 22 | 22 YS | NA | | YU | EU | 7 | 7 YV | SA | | YV0 | NA | | Z2 | AF | | Z3 | EU | 1 | 1 Z6 | EU | | Z8 | AF | | ZA | EU | | ZB | EU | | ZC4 | AS | | ZD7 | AF | | ZD8 | AF | | ZD9 | AF | | ZF | NA | 1 | 1 ZK3 | OC | | ZL | OC | | ZL7 | OC | | ZL8 | OC | | ZL9 | OC | | ZP | SA | | ZS | AF | 2 | 2 ZS8 | AF | | ========================== | | 781 | 781 Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3RKM Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 5 K2, 5w, wire. Very tough for QRP this time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3ST Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 5,650 A very small bean for the CCO pot! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7IR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,408 tough slugging from the western part of canada with a inverted v and 100 watts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CUI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,316 I do NOT particularly like SSB, let alone SSB contests---do you think it shows...?! Hi Hi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3KZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 50,204 Just a few points for CCO! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 117,448 Lost the last 10 hours on Sat night due to work so ended up being part time only... On the bright side at least the CW portion was all mine with no interuptions. 73 Brian VE3MGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3SS Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 819 Didnt have proper antenna for this band. Wanted to give out some contacts. Will have a better antenna next time! Thanks to those who could hear me. Regards, Ted VE3SS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3VZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 60,564 Well like usual I had big ideas but no luck. I finally got my inverted L resonant, up about 40 ft, and put out about 8 radials in the snow. I was happy. But I could not run high power as a local contester told me I was splattering all over the band. so I had to run 100 W like last year. So I was not getting a lot of q's when I looked up at the monitor and I had fallen asleep. I shut down and went home to sleep. At least I only started 8 min late this year. Next night I stayed longer. just enough to match last years score. It was nice to work the 100 watt stations. Did not work much on the west coast and only Caribbean countries. Thanks to all the ops who dug me out of the mud. Don VE3VZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4VT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,580 Friday night was horrible. 20 over S9 stations CQ'ed repeatedly in my face while barely audible stations worked me with relative ease. Second night didn't even bother getting on until after the NAQP RTTY contest wrapped up. Saturday night I found I could work almost everyone I could hear. No DX heard except a HK and KV4, neither of which could hear me. An antenna challenged City Dwellar... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9AA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 17,952 SSB on TopBand hurts my ears. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0AIH Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 170,856 Mike, NM7X was Single-Op this weekend at W0AIH. Countries worked: North America: C6, FG, KP2, KP4, TI, XE, ZF South America: HC, HK, LU Europe: CU, EI, OK Africa: CT3 Oceania: KH6 Sections Missed: NF, LAB, SK, NWT, YT, NU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,491 Thanks for the Qs! 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PAN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4 Not much luck - the G5RV with a tuner just wouldn't cut it. HOA restricted space makes this band a real challenge. Couldn't even snag the S9 guys. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1AN Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 100,620 Friday night conditions to EU were so-so. Many EU stations were heard early on but not workable until after about 0300Z. Many were a struggle. Stateside stations were often below the noise and not much from the west coast was heard. I was a little discouraged but hoped for better conditions the next night. Conditions Saturday night were far worse. Very little from EU was added to the log. Even stateside stations with 300 miles were often below noise floor. The EU and JA beverages did help some but it looks like I'll need to add a couple of W and SW beverages for stateside. I was finally able to add CA and a few W7s in the log after midnight. Missed SD, WA, WY, HI, AK and several provinces. Thanks to all who had the patience to complete the Qs thru the noise. 73, John W1AN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1CEK Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,653 Always enjoy the challenge of working QRP on 160 meters. Rig: FT897 with GAP Hear It DSP Antenna: 3/8th wave Inverted L with 4 counterpoise wires and SG230 Auto-Tuner at base. Logging software: RUMped on IMac. 73, Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TJL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,000 Very minimal effort just to test the station before next weekend. For some unknown reason (I still don't know why) the 160M vertical refused to load! Suddenly started resonating up about 2.2 MHz. A bit high. But the 160M Dipole worked well and I managed to work a few things with 100 watts. So I have something to check out on Friday! :-) As usual it was fun and maybe next year I"ll be able to put in a larger effort... 73, Tom W1TJL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UE Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 97,650 Tried to get myself into an SSB mood, with the ARRL DX SSB coming up next weekend. Difficult to do, as 160M SSB, as compared to 160M CW, is a drag. Lost probably 40 Qs due to not being able to pull the calls out of the noise; some of those, I'm sure, called in later, but some probably didn't. I felt like such an alligator! 4-square array is still down from the recent storm, so I was relegated to a single vertical element of the array. It worked, but I missed being loud into Europe. Anyway, a bad day at the radio still beats a good day doing almost anything else. Thanks to all for the Qs, and to Greg W1KM for the use of his station remotely. Dennis W1UE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 21,981 Bands were busy each time I checked and was able to pick up 14 countries. K3/Diversity with AL-80b ~700w into 5/8wl inverted L 100' Vertical fed against a K2AV Folded Cunterpoise/FCP. Listening antenna 500' NNE Beverage Jay- Band QSOs Pts StP DXC 1.8 145 431 37 14 Total 145 431 37 14 Score: 21,981 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2GPS Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 11,025 Rig : Elecraft K3, P3, KPA500 (500W) and AL-1500 (1500W) Antennas : 160 meter "W3ZZ" Tx antenna. Hi-Z 3-element steerable vertical Rx array Soapbox : Casual Operation to get some new states and countries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3DQ Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 38,496 Mic-shy Tim (N3QE)and Paul N8HM sat in the chair for this one, as I am still recovering from major surgery and the rest of the regular Team DC crew were otherwise occupied. Tim started out at the beginning of the test, when the goings were not great. The band seemed unusually noisy and the acivity was lower than expected. It didn't get much better during his time in the chair. Paul came in on Saturday night. While conditions were somewhat better, west, north west, and most of VE were pretty much in our cone of silence. It also seemed that our 500w wasn't cutting it where fellow DCer KE3X's KW was. I still haven't fixed my receive antennas, but fortunately the inverted-L dos hear better than most. More stuff to work on and save for! Station: TT Orion 565 TT Hrecules II (500w) Inv-L @75 ft + 22 radials Ops: Tim, N3QE & Paul N8HM Thanks to all for -- as always -- a fun time. 73, Eric W3DQ Washington,DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LL Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 280,896 Missed NV and AK for WAS. Conditions on Friday night were better than Saturday night. Worked all but a couple of stations by running. Almost no S&P or easily lose the run frequency. EU was worked at their sunrise on both nights. Beverage directivity was excellent but almost no F/B on both reversing Beverages. Wrong Beverage selection would put a station into the noise or not heard at all if on the opposite Beverage. Not sure how I would handle an 8 circle Beverage system. Spent a few hours on Saturday afternoon CQing into thin air because of too early a start. K3 with Alpha 9500. Shunt fed 90' tower with 40M MonstIR top loading and Variac capacitor tunning from the operating position. Four 125' on ground radials (need to add more). DXE 500' NE/SW and NW/SE reversing Beverages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3TS Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 176,832 I Was limited to what I can copy as I now have a plasma TV at the next door neighbor to contend with. How can these things pass emission testing and be legal? Also new "growler" type noises from the crappy Comcast cable box power supplies (and how can they meet emission standards)? With all these noises,- copying weaker stations was a bit of a problem. Rig: Ten-Tec Orion plus 2x 3-500Z at 1200 watts. TX Ant: 60 foot high 80M/40M fan dipole used as an 1/8 wave Tee on 160M over 70 x 70 foot long radials. RX Ants: 300 foot NE/SW short beverage and 300 foot SE/NW beverage and a NE and NW Flag. The best I can do on a 150 x 200 foot town lot with the help of understanding neighbors. Logger: N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4KW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 97,408 Friday night very noisey, but good runs. Only missed R.I. Fair openings to S. A. Several TCG Memers on. Tnx to all for the Q's. 73's Bert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4SVO Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 129,369 I was very motivated early in the week for this one, as I thought I was going to phase a shuntfed tower with a short 48' top loaded vertical, but when I tried to phase the two, it just did not work. Actually the match was good , but the phasing was not correct, so went back to the shunt fed tower. Friday night was good into Europe, but US signals were terrible, plus activity was slow. Never could get any runs going, so went to bed early very disappointed. Saturday had strong storms to the north and a fast moving storm by us. Condx were not good at all for me here and so I packed it in early. One note though the new 2 el. Hi-Z vertical array heard Europe great on Friday. The pixel Loop was not too good. On Saturday it was just the opposite. The loop was much better, while the verticals were noisy. One thing I notice is that the Hi Z 2el. is somewhat noisy here. The signal to noise ratio is not as good as I thought it would be. Maybe in a state that has less atmospheric noise than Florida it plays much better. Mark W4SVO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5CF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,120 This was my first attempt working this contest from my home station. Used a home brew Helical Wound Vertical, with 16 ground radials. Seemed to be able to work almost everyone I could hear. Noise level was S9-+20 most of the time, so for next year a receive antenna would help. Had a lot of fun. 73 de w5cf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5MX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 214,020 Had a great time, but I am definitely a cw contester for sure. Crowded band condx made for some challenges trying to copy weak stations. Thanks for the Q's all, see you in the next contest! Bryan, W5MX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 840 K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with MB-V-A, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8RA Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 86,870 Just put in a casual single op effort, Saturday night + sunrise, couldn't hear the EU's, no VK/ZL, local intermittent noise.... Oh well. I could hear the east coasters cleaning up on Europe - frustrating not to be able to hear them - despite having 4, 800 ft Beverages. Need to do something for better ears - less noise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA3F Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 55,754 My contest rig is in the hospital in Sevierville, TN to get it's display screen working again, so I used my backup (a TenTec Omni VII). I forgot how great a rig it is, but it can't measure up to the Orion II. None of my Rx antennas are cabled to the backup, though I'm not sure that would have made any difference. I'm somewhat satisfied with my total QSO's, but the mults are just not there. Not in states/Provinces, and certainly not in DX. A lot of Europe was posted on the telnet, but I only worked 5 or 6 of them along with very few Carribean and SA stations. I just couldn't hear them. Prop seemed down. So, another one is behind us. Work to do for next weekend in the ARRL PH test Dave WA3F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA3MKC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,335 Just poking around, sort of looking for 3 missing states to complete 160 WAS. Condx so-so here, not much heard out towards the west coast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8JUI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 23,670 Conditions not the best here with QRN and deliberate QRM levels rather high. By 0430Z Sunday I had enough phone contest fun (splatter headache) and went to bed. Thanks to all who pulled me out of the KW jungle. 73 - Rick WB8JUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB9Z Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 370,400 Nice to work 54 European stations and to be called by V51W and RW0CF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD5COV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 150,903 Well I started the contest at 0030Z. Not much on the band before that. Even then, after 45 minutes I decided to wait a bit longer for things to "open". I started again at 0300Z, after watching the season finale of Gold Rush. The first hour I logged 67 stations, however the band was strange. It was very difficult to work into 1 Land. The entire contest I only made 25 Q's into 1 land. I was lucky to work one station in ME and VT to complete WAS. The first night I worked EI7M, CT3DL, and CR2X across the pond. I operated only 7 1/2 hours the first night. After a slow start and not much chair time, I decided to take Saturday a bit more serious. I operated for 12 straight hours until it was daylight. My best time was between 0500Z - and 0600Z with 70 Q's and 0600Z to 0700Z with 66 Q's. Usually from my QTH, the NE direction yields the majority of Q's. This year the NW and SW directions were dominate. I worked a third of my Q's from 5 states. CA 106 Q's TX 42 Q's AZ, NM, and OH 32 Q's (AZ thanks outlaws) My best Q of the contest was when VK6YS called in. Thanks for some good participation from Central and South America. XE 13 Q's Thanks also to our north brothers. VE 41 Q's Equipment used: Yaesu FT-1000MP Ant: TX Full size 4SQ Array RX 5 800ft Bevs. CU next year! 73 Dave WD5COV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD5R Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 31,616 We were extremely fortunate to have an ice storm move through this area day before the contest. This storm provided a believable story that we were so exhausted after spending Friday moving tree limbs and repairing broken beverage wire we just could not make ourselves believe we were having fun fighting for a little room on the band. Except for the storm, someone might think we were getting too old to recognize how much fun it is to beat our brains out fighting the qrm. Maybe next year we will be so old we won't even hear the qrm. Marlene, the real wd5r Doug, n5ect ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE9V Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 18,377 Just an hour Friday night and an hour Saturday night. Good to chat with some friends. Chad WE9V ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WH7DX Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 4,692 My first 160 contest and it was interesting - fun. I spent a lot of time on this, considering. I could hear really well with my dipole - that was incredible. Hardly needed the beverage. I could hear contacts 4000 miles away struggling with each other and I could hear them both no problem. It was tough getting out though because of the hill blocking my N. America path for starters. My RX was great - hardly any noise. I wish my TX was better. I'm use to working people I hear and many times it's LP going SW to the East Coast and Midwest. This was completely different. I was expecting to work those I heard I didn't expect to hear them that well on Dipole. I couldn't say "Whiskey" after the first night. Had some good East Coast contacts like WI, MI, FL, IL, PEI. Heard RW0CF no problem. Where were my strengths like JA, ZL, VK, RW, UA? Weird. I'm not use to staying up that late :-) Enjoyed seeing greyline work across. Thanks to those who took a little more time to work me in Hawaii. I had fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX3B Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 210,012 This was an idea Dennis N8IVN had - trying a full time 160 SSB effort and Tom K3AJ also thought it was a great idea, so I figured why not??? Reliable sources have reported that even Steve NR4M made over 100 QSOs in this SSB contest - and I about fell out of my chair when I got a call from him myself. I want to thank W3TS for being a great sport and permitting me to poach his QSO with Dave OZ/K3ZJ. I happened to tune across W3TS struggling to put Dave in the log, so I did what any self respecting 160 operator would do, I told him Dave was a friend, asked if I could work him, then immediately assisted with confirming the call sign. OZ/K3ZJ in the log, and Dave, you were LOUD!!! My hat is off to N3RR, W3LL and others who stayed in the chair and managed to effectively work Europe Friday night. We could not do it - and in fact found Saturday to be quieter, much louder signals from EU and the bulk of our Europeans were ran on Saturday. Tom K3AJ got the iron man award on this one, he operated Friday night and stayed IN THE CHAIR until about 7:45am. Dennis N8IVN likely had the most operating time over the weekend as he was here for the duration. Bill K3WI took the Sunday AM graveyard shift, and it was not a pretty site, from 2:30am until ??? in the morning Sunday. Excellent work done by first time 160 SSB operators K3AJ and N8IVN! Old man K3WI and WX3B had fun for about an hour Saturday night horsing around and pulling through a few EUs prior to EU sunrise. Now I am looking forward to a contest with more activity, and that would be ARRL DX SSB next weekend! 73, Jim WX3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX4G Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 45,902 Very little time available this weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YO7LFV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Total Score = 71,388 Nice contest. I use FT 1000 MP, 400 w, antena inverted v at 12m . Tnx to KP4KE and HK1T who have worked with me . See you next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT0W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 107,100 73' Laki YU1JW - YT0W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT8A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 514,304 73 & CU in RUDX! Dusan YU1EA/YT8A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZF2AM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 377,091 Friday night was horrible. Stations CQ'ed repeatedly in my face. Couldn' get much rate going and only worked a couple of EU's Saturday was better with more Q's than Friday. Got a nice little EU run going with many loud UA/UR stations. I guess the antenna is working OK because most callers were right at my noise level but seemed to hear me OK after about 10 pm when the band finally opened. CU all next week from PJ2T in the ARRL SSB Thanks as always to Andrew and the gang at CARS for the use of the station. John, ZF2AM/K6AM Index of Calls Call: 3Z8T Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: 9A1AA Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: 9A2UZ Class: Single Op QRP Call: 9A6GWF Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: 9A9J Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: AA7V Class: Single Op LP Call: AB2E Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: AD4Z Class: Single Op QRP Call: AD5XD Class: Single Op LP Call: AE6YB Class: Single Op LP Call: C6ANM Class: Multi-Op HP Call: CR2X Class: Single Op HP Call: CT3DL Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: DJ7WW Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ8OG Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: DK3CW Class: Single Op QRP Call: DL2CC Class: Multi-Op HP Call: DL4LAM Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: DL7LIN Class: Single Op HP Call: DL8ZAW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: DM5TI Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: DO4KGT Class: Single Op LP Call: DO6CC Class: Single Op LP Call: DO9ST Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: DR7B Class: Single Op Assisted QRP Call: E74WN Class: Single Op LP Call: E77DX Class: Single Op QRP Call: EA1AR Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: EB3CW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: EC1KR Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: EE7L/1 Class: Single Op LP Call: EI7M Class: Single Op HP Call: F8CRS Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: G3R Class: Single Op LP Call: G8CCL Class: Single Op LP Call: HA8BE Class: Single Op LP Call: HB30OK Class: Multi-Op HP Call: HF8J Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: HG7T Class: Multi-Op HP Call: HG8C Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: HK1T Class: Single Op HP Call: IV3BCA Class: Single Op HP Call: IZ3QCH Class: Multi-Op HP Call: K0KX Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K0RH Class: Single Op HP Call: K0TT Class: Single Op LP Call: K0TV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K0VVX Class: Single Op LP Call: K1GG Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K1HTV Class: Single Op LP Call: K1JB Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K1WHS Class: Single Op HP Call: K2TTT Class: Single Op HP Call: K3CCR Class: Multi-Op LP Call: K3NM Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K3OO Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K3OQ Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: K3WW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K3YDX Class: Single Op LP Call: K3ZM Class: Single Op HP Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op HP Call: K4FTO Class: Single Op LP Call: K4NV Class: Multi-Op HP Call: K4QE Class: Single Op HP Call: K4TMC Class: Single Op LP Call: K4WW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K4YCR Class: Single Op LP Call: K8BL Class: Single Op LP Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Call: K9MMS Class: Single Op LP Call: K9NW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: K9SQL Class: Single Op LP Call: KA2KON Class: Single Op LP Call: KA4OTB Class: Single Op HP Call: KB1EFS Class: Single Op HP Call: KC0W Class: Single Op HP Call: KD3HN Class: Single Op LP Call: KE3X Class: Multi-Op HP Call: KG4IGC Class: Single Op LP Call: KG7H Class: Single Op HP Call: KG9Z Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: KK4GV Class: Single Op HP Call: KM9M Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Call: KQ0C Class: Single Op HP Call: KS4X Class: Single Op LP Call: KU4V Class: Single Op HP Call: KV4FZ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: LN5O Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: LU7DW Class: Single Op LP Call: LY5W Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: LZ4TL Class: Multi-Op HP Call: M0CFW Class: Single Op LP Call: N1AW Class: Single Op LP Call: N1DN Class: Single Op LP Call: N1IBM Class: Single Op HP Call: N1IW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N1SZ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N2BJ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N2CEI Class: Multi-Op HP Call: N2CW Class: Multi-Op HP Call: N2VW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N3IQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N3JT Class: Single Op HP Call: N3MX Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N3RR Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N3WD Class: Single Op HP Call: N4BCD Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N4DJ Class: Single Op HP Call: N4MM Class: Single Op HP Call: N4RV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N4VV Class: Single Op LP Call: N5BG Class: Single Op HP Call: N7GP Class: Single Op HP Call: N7RK Class: Single Op HP Call: N7TEW Class: Single Op LP Call: N9FN Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N9LB Class: Single Op LP Call: N9NA Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: N9RV Class: Single Op HP Call: N9TF Class: Single Op LP Call: NA5NN Class: Single Op HP Call: ND8DX Class: Multi-Op HP Call: NW2K Class: Single Op LP Call: NY6DX Class: Single Op LP Call: OG6N Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: OH5TS Class: Single Op LP Call: OH6MW Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: OK1W Class: Single Op HP Call: OK2BFN Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: OK7K Class: Multi-Op HP Call: OL7M Class: Multi-Op HP Call: OM0A Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: OM7RU Class: Single Op HP Call: OZ/K3ZJ Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: PC5A Class: Single Op LP Call: S51V Class: Multi-Op HP Call: S56A Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: S56P Class: Multi-Op HP Call: S57C Class: Single Op HP Call: S57DX Class: Single Op LP Call: S57UN Class: Single Op HP Call: SE0X Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: SP3S Class: Single Op HP Call: SP4LVK Class: Single Op QRP Call: SP7KZK Class: Multi-Op HP Call: SP9YGD Class: Multi-Op HP Call: UU7J Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: VA3GKO Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3RKM Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA3ST Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: VA3YP Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: VA7FC Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: VA7IR Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3CUI Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3CX Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3FU Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3KZ Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3MIS Class: Multi-Op HP Call: VE3NB Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3SS Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3TU Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3VZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3XAT Class: Single Op HP Call: VE4VT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9AA Class: Single Op HP Call: VE9HF Class: Single Op HP Call: W0AIH Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W0BH Class: Single Op HP Call: W0PAN Class: Single Op LP Call: W1AN Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W1CEK Class: Single Op QRP Call: W1KQ Class: Single Op HP Call: W1TJL Class: Single Op LP Call: W1UE Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W1UJ Class: Single Op HP Call: W2GPS Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W2NO Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W2OIB Class: Single Op HP Call: W3DQ Class: Multi-Op HP Call: W3FV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W3KL Class: Single Op LP Call: W3LL Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W3SO Class: Single Op HP Call: W3TS Class: Single Op HP Call: W3UR Class: Single Op HP Call: W4GDG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4KW Class: Single Op HP Call: W4SVO Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: W5CF Class: Single Op LP Call: W5MX Class: Single Op HP Call: W5RTA Class: Multi-Op HP Call: W6AAN Class: Single Op HP Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Call: W7FI Class: Single Op HP Call: W7IJ Class: Single Op HP Call: W7ZR Class: Single Op LP Call: W8KTQ Class: Single Op LP Call: W8OHT Class: Single Op HP Call: W8RA Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: WA2JQK Class: Single Op LP Call: WA3AFS Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: WA3F Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: WA3MKC Class: Single Op LP Call: WA4VMC Class: Single Op QRP Call: WB4MSG Class: Single Op QRP Call: WB8JUI Class: Single Op LP Call: WB9Z Class: Single Op HP Call: WD5COV Class: Single Op HP Call: WD5R Class: Multi-Op HP Call: WE9V Class: Single Op HP Call: WH7DX Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: WX3B Class: Multi-Op HP Call: WX4G Class: Single Op HP Call: YO2MBU Class: Single Op LP Call: YO7LFV Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: YT0W Class: Single Op LP Call: YT8A Class: Single Op HP Call: YU1AST Class: Single Op QRP Call: YU2A Class: Single Op LP Call: Z36N Class: Single Op LP Call: ZF2AM Class: Single Op HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: Multi-Op HP Call: C6ANM Call: DL2CC Call: HB30OK Call: HG7T Call: IZ3QCH Call: K4NV Call: KE3X Call: LZ4TL Call: N2CEI Call: N2CW Call: ND8DX Call: OK7K Call: OL7M Call: S51V Call: S56P Call: SP7KZK Call: SP9YGD Call: VE3MIS Call: W3DQ Call: W5RTA Call: WD5R Call: WX3B Class: Multi-Op LP Call: K3CCR Class: Single Op HP Call: CR2X Call: DJ7WW Call: DL7LIN Call: EI7M Call: HK1T Call: IV3BCA Call: K0RH Call: K1WHS Call: K2TTT Call: K3ZM Call: K4BAI Call: K4QE Call: KA4OTB Call: KB1EFS Call: KC0W Call: KG7H Call: KK4GV Call: KQ0C Call: KU4V Call: N1IBM Call: N3JT Call: N3WD Call: N4DJ Call: N4MM Call: N5BG Call: N7GP Call: N7RK Call: N9RV Call: NA5NN Call: OK1W Call: OM7RU Call: S57C Call: S57UN Call: SP3S Call: VE3CUI Call: VE3CX Call: VE3FU Call: VE3KZ Call: VE3SS Call: VE3XAT Call: VE9AA Call: VE9HF Call: W0BH Call: W1KQ Call: W1UJ Call: W2OIB Call: W3SO Call: W3TS Call: W3UR Call: W4KW Call: W5MX Call: W6AAN Call: W6SX Call: W7FI Call: W7IJ Call: W8OHT Call: WB9Z Call: WD5COV Call: WE9V Call: WX4G Call: YT8A Call: ZF2AM Class: Single Op LP Call: AA7V Call: AD5XD Call: AE6YB Call: DO4KGT Call: DO6CC Call: E74WN Call: EE7L/1 Call: G3R Call: G8CCL Call: HA8BE Call: K0TT Call: K0VVX Call: K1HTV Call: K3YDX Call: K4FTO Call: K4TMC Call: K4YCR Call: K8BL Call: K8MR Call: K9MMS Call: K9SQL Call: KA2KON Call: KD3HN Call: KG4IGC Call: KN3A Call: KS4X Call: LU7DW Call: M0CFW Call: N1AW Call: N1DN Call: N3IQ Call: N4VV Call: N7TEW Call: N9LB Call: N9TF Call: NW2K Call: NY6DX Call: OH5TS Call: PC5A Call: S57DX Call: VA3GKO Call: VA7IR Call: VE3MGY Call: VE3NB Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3TU Call: VE3VZ Call: VE4VT Call: W0PAN Call: W1TJL Call: W3KL Call: W4GDG Call: W5CF Call: W7ZR Call: W8KTQ Call: WA2JQK Call: WA3MKC Call: WB8JUI Call: YO2MBU Call: YT0W Call: YU2A Call: Z36N Class: Single Op QRP Call: 9A2UZ Call: AD4Z Call: DK3CW Call: E77DX Call: SP4LVK Call: VA3RKM Call: W1CEK Call: WA4VMC Call: WB4MSG Call: YU1AST Class: Single Op Assisted HP Call: 3Z8T Call: 9A1AA Call: AB2E Call: CT3DL Call: DJ8OG Call: DL4LAM Call: DL8ZAW Call: DM5TI Call: EA1AR Call: EB3CW Call: EC1KR Call: HF8J Call: K0KX Call: K0TV Call: K1GG Call: K1JB Call: K3NM Call: K3OO Call: K3WW Call: K4WW Call: K9NW Call: KG9Z Call: KM9M Call: KV4FZ Call: LN5O Call: LY5W Call: N1IW Call: N1SZ Call: N2BJ Call: N2VW Call: N3MX Call: N3RR Call: N4BCD Call: N4RV Call: N9FN Call: N9NA Call: OG6N Call: OH6MW Call: OM0A Call: OZ/K3ZJ Call: SE0X Call: UU7J Call: VA3ST Call: VA3YP Call: VA7FC Call: W0AIH Call: W1AN Call: W1UE Call: W2GPS Call: W2NO Call: W3FV Call: W3LL Call: W4SVO Call: W8RA Call: WA3AFS Call: WA3F Call: WH7DX Call: YO7LFV Class: Single Op Assisted LP Call: 9A6GWF Call: 9A9J Call: DO9ST Call: F8CRS Call: HG8C Call: K3OQ Call: OK2BFN Call: S56A Class: Single Op Assisted QRP Call: DR7B