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TA2TCSINGLE-OP QRP73
TC2EMULTI-OP59+20 QRM, deltaloop antenna, 300W power. It was our first contest experience with young people.
UA0SBQSINGLE-OP QRPRIG: FT-817 POWER 5W ANTENNAS : 160M INVERTED VEE.
UA1CURSINGLE-OP LOWICOM-718 ANT-LW 160 METRS
UA1FSINGLE-OP LOW73!
UA2FZASSISTED HIGHHad bad luck with the PC. It died in an hour after the contest starts. 100+ qso missed. Luckily I have an old netbook and continued the contest on it.
UA3ZTYSINGLE-OP QRPMy antenna is a half-wave dipole at a height of about 10 meters from the ground. TNX 73!
UA4FCOASSISTED LOWAll Tu&73! My ant. vertical 16.5m with capacitive loads 2 by 8.5m and 4 radials up ground 2m, scheme by dl2kq
UA6GOSINGLE-OP LOWAntenna is GP 12 m with matching device for 160 m band.
UB3AASSISTED HIGHWire vertical 18 m on fiberglass tower
UC0LSINGLE-OP LOWTU
UD2FASSISTED LOWAnt: Inv L
UD8DSINGLE-OP HIGHinvertid V
UR1YAAASSISTED LOWInverted L antenna
UR3LPMASSISTED LOWAntennas:LW 160 m long 10m up over the ground end fed
UR7HCXSINGLE-OP QRPtnx
UR8IFSINGLE-OP LOWant. dipole
UR8UOSINGLE-OP LOWdipole about 13 meters above ground.
US5WEASSISTED HIGHOwn WEBSDR used http://194.44.134.212:8901/ Calculated distance relative to reference grid=KN29au are: Grid Square KN19xm Distance (km) 37.5
US7UKSINGLE-OP LOWFlexRadio 6400 Antennas:
UT3WXASSISTED LOWA full-sized dipole at a height of 7-8 meters, spread over the tops of trees.
UW3WFSINGLE-OP LOWICOM-718
UY7AMSINGLE-OP LOWAntenna delta loop 171m 18m high/power20watt
UZ1WWASSISTED LOW73!
VA1MMSINGLE-OP LOWantenna: 80 meter dipole up 50 feet at the center, its amazing anyone heard me!
VA2IWSINGLE-OP QRP80m/40m Half-Sloper, with feedpoint at 37ft.
VA3ECSINGLE-OP LOWW8AMZ sloper, worked everthing I heard. I need better ears.
VA3FNSINGLE-OP LOWINVERTED V TRAP DIPOLE 160M-80M-40M UP 30 FT. ENDS DOWN BESIDE FENCE. VERY NOISY ANTENNA BUT , I TRY TO MAKE OUT THE BEST OF IT !!!!
VA3SBASSISTED HIGHGlad I was able to play in the contest for a few hours. Thanks for all the Qs. See you all in the next one. 73 Serge VA3SB
VA3TNMASSISTED HIGHQSO Count=36
VA6RCNSINGLE-OP LOW160M dipole strung up in some trees 100 feet away. Height ranges from 15 to 25 feet in height.
VE3EDESINGLE-OP LOWNoise floor was incredibly low on the 26th. Nice contest.
VE3INEASSISTED LOWChameleon EMCOMM-II-V2 used as an end-fed sloper.
VE3MASINGLE-OP LOWEFHW 134' 9:1 UNUN
VE3MDXSINGLE-OP LOWEnd fed wire looped around the garden.
VE3MVASSISTED LOWButternut vertical
VE3NEASSISTED LOW80m Inv. L (10m vertical 10m horizontal) with three elevated radials (up ~1m) tuned to 160m with coils.
VE3OILSINGLE-OP LOWTrap dipole at 20 feet.
VE3PNSINGLE-OP HIGHB Cold , breaks to feed woodstove hindered running
VE5SFASSISTED LOWQuarter wave sloper with peak at 45 feet.
VE7APASSISTED LOWNon-resonant 14 foot aluminum vertical pole on the roof of the apartment building, fed by an Icom AH-730 tuner. Three 17 foot radials. Not very efficient on Top Band!
VE7JKZSINGLE-OP LOWAntenna is a top loaded vertical. It consists of 55ft long horizontal doublet at 50ft above ground centre fed with 450 ohm ladder line. The two conductors of the 450 ohm line are connected together at the bottom then connected to a tapped inducto
VK2CCCSINGLE-OP QRPLots of lightning and poor condx in general.
VK2IGSINGLE-OP LOWEntering this log just to say I was there, HI. Very brief and sporadic participation from 1000Z to 1500Z on Sunday. Not many stations heard, but did hear E2X and JA but they couldn't hear me. Band noise is very high in VK at this time of the year
VK3IOASSISTED HIGHOverall, surprisingly good this year. On the first day good to Japan and Europe, but very poor to USA with almost nothing heard and very poor to everywhere else. On the second day, very poor to everywhere.
VK6VZSINGLE-OP HIGHGreat fun. For top of the solar cycle, the conditions were pretty decent. Signals were relatively weak and lots of QSB but is the top of the cycle! Thanks to the organisers and competitors.
VL6MSINGLE-OP HIGHExtremely poor propagation to N. America 1st night, worked two W's, even worse 2nd night, nothing!
VO1HPASSISTED LOWThe antenna used is a 135ft 160 inverted L. The bend is at 47ft with the vertical section pulled away from the tower base approx 29ft. Feed point about 6ft above ground. I am using a K2AV FCP and 1:1 isolation transformer from Balun Designs. Unfo
VR2YKPSINGLE-OP LOWEnd-feed wire antenna
W0ADLSINGLE-OP QRP67 foot long end-fed wire. "Ultimax 100"

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