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2026 CW

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PA1MASSISTED HIGHFlexradio 6600 Antennas: Inverted-L
PA2TAASSISTED LOWFritzel GPA50 Vertical (with ATU to make it work - more or less - at 160)
PA3DTRASSISTED LOWInverted and tillted L-antenna max 30 feet up from surface level. Just two radial wires.
PA3DUUASSISTED LOWThe antenna is a modified 9-meter flagpole.
PA4ELASSISTED HIGHUnfortunately poor conditions. Had fun though See you next time
PA5PRMULTI-OPThis was the third year in a row that we participated in the CQWW 160 CW contest from my home location. This year we had a slightly better setup than in previous years. TRX K3 diversity receive, amp Acom 1200S, full-size dipole at 18 metres above sandy soil. K9AY RX loop for reception in four directions. Two ops (PA8R and PA5PR) working hard to fill the log. Unfortunately, conditions were so poor that we were only able to log two stations outside Europe. Hopefully next year will be better.
PA9MASSISTED LOWVertical 10m with downsloaping wire tot lenght 23M
PC8MMULTI-OPWe had a ton of fun and will certainly be back next year!
PG3NASSISTED HIGHDoublet antenna
PI4KARMULTI-OPANT TX: 18m vert RX: 4SQ active ant USA Beverage PWR: 1kW CONDX: Took a long while before US to show up. Signals were not impressive.
PY5XHASSISTED HIGHWOW! This contest was great, with the band free of noise and static. It was very enjoyable to operate, just hunting entities. I worked JA at sunrise with a good signal.
R2BCDSINGLE-OP HIGHNice contest!
R2ZUSINGLE-OP LOWTNX 73!
R3FXSINGLE-OP HIGHАнтенна вертикальная 21м расположенная на земле
R3STASSISTED HIGH73!
R6CCSINGLE-OP LOWDipole inverted V at 12 meters up
R6ODASSISTED HIGH73!
R8AEZSINGLE-OP LOWTNX 73!
R8WXASSISTED HIGHTNX! 73!
RA0LMKSINGLE-OP LOW73!
RA4YASSISTED HIGH73!!!
RG5AASSISTED LOWTNX 73
RG8UASSISTED LOWDipole antenna 76 m. above a 9-story building
RM4FASSISTED HIGHTNX 73!
RT6CSINGLE-OP LOWInverted V, 15m top
RU4SSASSISTED LOWMy antenna is INVee up about 40 feet above the ground.
RU6CSINGLE-OP LOWinverted V 14 m up
RU9ACSINGLE-OP LOW73!
RW3AISINGLE-OP QRPXiegu G90 power 5 watts, Ant LW 40m
RX3VFSINGLE-OP LOWTS 2000, LW
S50DKASSISTED LOWDipole on fence - 3m above ground.
S51DXSINGLE-OP HIGHSloping dipole to the west. No receiving antenna. Thank you for calling, and sorry if I can't pull you out. Best of luck, Janez S51DX
S51JASSISTED HIGHWorking from home, with FT-710, EXPERT 1.3K-FA, set to 500 W, and MFJ Versa Tuner, to tune my Kelemen 160/80/40 dipol, where EXPERT can't.
S51REASSISTED LOWinverted L no more than 50 feet above ground
S51RWASSISTED LOWShorten 30m wire loop for small gardens by G4LNA. Max height 8m.
S51WASSISTED HIGHDipol 8-10M up
S53KSINGLE-OP QRPAntennas:
S53XASSISTED LOWFlex 6600 Antennas: Inv. L
S56CASSISTED LOWInverted L wire antenna, 12 m high
S57KMASSISTED LOW82m long Windom antenna, up 15m high.
S57SUSINGLE-OP LOW1st time entering LP with INV L antena. Score need to be recalculated due to lack of time I was unable to update CTY data or new SW
S58WMULTI-OPRan the contest with a field-day type setup operating from mount Slavnik, locator JN65XM at 1027m above sea level. Erected an 18m fiberglass top-loaded vertical, 2 x 200m long beverages and 2 other RX antennas. Unfortunately inclement weather wit
SA6ZGMASSISTED LOWInverted dipole
SM0DASSISTED HIGHPoor conditions unfortunately. And much aurora up here north. I heard at most 4 US stations.
SM5CSSSINGLE-OP LOWElecraft K3 100W to Inverted-L. The base is located 6 feet up with two radials. The vertical antenna wire goes 40 feet up and the rest of the wire is turned horizontal.
SM5KQSSINGLE-OP LOWG5RV as Marconi 9mAGL
SM6FASSISTED LOWInv vee 17 m high
SN1OSINGLE-OP LOWAntennas: GP5-SP
SN3UASSISTED HIGHTS590+AMP500W,GP160, K9AY
SN5FSINGLE-OP LOWUsed W3DZZ antenna about 7m above the ground. 100W gave me twice score comparing to 2025.

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