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OK1ATPASSISTED HIGHrig:TS480sat+power Ameritron AL-811 500 watts, Antene: Iverted Vee 15 meters high
OK1BMASSISTED LOWL ANT
OK1DOLASSISTED HIGHFT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom1010-500W, dipol
OK1DZSINGLE-OP QRPK3, 1W out, ANT LW 34m, L Match Home Made Straight Key
OK1FKDSINGLE-OP QRPElecraft K2-5W, LW 42m
OK1FMXSINGLE-OP LOWANT G5RV UP 20M
OK1FPSASSISTED LOWLW 60m and 25m up
OK1TRJASSISTED LOW23m long-wire (balcony to tree) at 8m agl and Icom AH-730 tuner
OK2BFNASSISTED LOWIC 746, 40m wire antenna, end-fed with AH-730 tuner. No RX ant.
OK2CWSINGLE-OP LOWLW41m, 15m above ground
OK2GUSINGLE-OP LOW41 m long, +- 8 m high, end-fed wire
OK2VVASSISTED LOWantena inv L 42 m , FCP, design K2AV
OK5DSINGLE-OP LOWLW 54m from 22m (20 dg)
OK5ETASSISTED HIGHFTDX3k+ PA 350Wout, Vertical 21m, 4 small RX ANTs inside of the post stamp like QTH in the city
OK7OMULTI-OPFT1000MP MarkV, PA Alpha91B, vertical, beverages
OL0ASINGLE-OP LOWANTENNA INV. L at 13m at a noisy city QTH
OL4WSINGLE-OP QRPKX3 5W LW42m
OM0MASSISTED HIGHop om3cgn
OM2DTSINGLE-OP LOWTS590sg,lw
OM2XASINGLE-OP LOWI enjoyed the contest. Condx much better than expected, especially second night. However, it was much harder to get through the ocean this time. Rig used: Elecraft K3, 17m vertical with 6 wires load on top and 23 elevated radials 2m above ground. K9AY arr
OM3CDNSINGLE-OP LOWFT-991A, output 90 W. Antena LW.
OM5UMASSISTED LOWLambda/2 dipol
OM7ATSINGLE-OP LOWTNX, 73!
OP3TSINGLE-OP LOWTRX ELECRAFT K4D, TX: invL, Rx: 4dir short Bev
OT4ASINGLE-OP HIGHNice to spend about 8 hours in this contest once again. Cuagn sn OT4A
OZ1AARASSISTED LOWMy quarter-wave 160m antenna is fed at the bottom and has a design almost like a large Z with the highest point above the ground at about 18 meters. I have laid out about 20 radials around the fed point
OZ5WMULTI-OP73 de OZ5W Contest Team
OZ6KSSINGLE-OP LOW20 meter LW, 4 m above ground
PA0OASSISTED LOWThanks to all participants Used: K3 100W tx i-L rx 2 Beverages E/W
PA0RDTSINGLE-OP QRPRIG: RGO-ONE PWR 5W, ANT: doublet 2 x 16m, 12m up, keying: K1EL Winkeyer USB, CT755 single lever paddle, logging: N1MM with Spectrum Window via RSP1A connected to a RGO-ONE RF-out port
PA3DTRASSISTED LOWNice conditions and joy to work. I used a tilted L-antenne 10 meters straight up and then 20 meters to the house. Feedpoint at surfacelevel in the garden.
PA3FGAASSISTED HIGHShort 1 hour entry to test the setup for use by PA5MW 2nd evening of the contest. Last week during the HADX the unun broke loose from the 80M inv-L used with extention coil for 160M. Testing the reconnected UNUN showed the PL259-N adapter to be faulty as
PA5MWSINGLE-OP LOWOperatoed at a friends QTH. TX: K3 Antenna: Inverted-L vertical (10m high, horizontal part also 10m) + series coil to make it work on 160m. Two lanes of 25mx1m chicken wire added for better ground. TNX to Rens PA3FGA for letting me use his 80m setup
PA5PRMULTI-OPStation: Kenwood TS590SG, Acom 1200S. Antennas: (TX/RX) Fullsize dipool, (RX) K9AY loops
PA6AAASSISTED HIGHJust some qso's. Don't have space for a real good 160M antenna. Thanks for the patience and the qso's
PA6FASSISTED HIGHAnt: Slooping from 6 feet till TOP in tree at 18 feet.
PA9MASSISTED LOWVertical 8m high with slooping wire . total lenght 23M
PC8MASSISTED LOWWorked EU only with 2 x 15 open line dipole and 100 Watts from a k4d. RX was loop on ground. Nice signals but heavy QSB. Fun contest! See you next year :-)
PE6AASSISTED LOWThis was a short activity to test our "random" inverted L for 160m. Only 12m (40ft) vertical, the remaining ~28m horizontally, fed via a MAT-40 remote tuner at the base of the antenna. Worked like a charm with 100W. Not a real DX antenna of course, but fo
PJ2TMULTI-OPThis was the 14th time W8WTS and K8ND have operated the PJ2T station as a multi-op in this contest! Conditions were not great, and a 'buzzsaw' noise was on the Europe Beverage for 90% of the contest, so pretty much all European QSOs were made wit Our resu
PT2APSINGLE-OP LOWDipole antenna, 12 meters high.
PU4YJSASSISTED LOWANTENA G5RV FULL
R0RGSINGLE-OP LOWTNX for Contest
R3PIQSINGLE-OP LOWGL! 73!
R3STASSISTED HIGH73!
R4WDXASSISTED HIGHSide-swiper
R9MAASSISTED LOWARKTIKA
RA0FFSINGLE-OP HIGHUsing Wire GP antenna with 6 resonance
RA0LMKSINGLE-OP LOW73!
RA3RPJASSISTED LOWKenwood TS-480sat and The GP antenna is 19 meters high. PA = 90 watts.

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