CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest
CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest
| Call | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| EI7M | MULTI-OP | We think these were the worst conditions we've ever experienced on 160m. Even local stations (e.g. Germany) were incredibly weak, making it impossible to build up a good QSO total. Propagation to NA was at a bare minimum, but every call and contact was very much appreciated! 73, de EI7M |
| ER3UA | ASSISTED LOW | Inverted L, only 7m UP, 38m long |
| ES2UK | SINGLE-OP LOW | My antenna is 160m dipole with feedpoint 20 ft agl. |
| EU4SL | SINGLE-OP LOW | INV. V |
| G0CNN | SINGLE-OP LOW | Ground mounted 1/4 wave vertical into tree. |
| G0FCT | SINGLE-OP QRP | Plagued by very high noise level today S9+15! |
| G7NRU | SINGLE-OP LOW | Sun SDR2 DX / Inverted L |
| GM5G | MULTI-OP | First time for us doing a 160m contest and I think conditions although not great was good fun.. Antennas was Inverted L and a K9AY for rx |
| GW8DX | ASSISTED HIGH | 55ft Top Loaded vertical. 1kW |
| GW9J | SINGLE-OP LOW | low (30ft) 160m dipole with 100w |
| HA5BZR | SINGLE-OP LOW | My monoband dipole is about 25 feet above the big houseroof. Noise level is S9+5dB if PRE AMP is OFF on my IC-761 |
| HA5VA | ASSISTED LOW | Multiband (40-80-160m) EFHW antenna, 26.24 feet height |
| HA6NL | ASSISTED LOW | ICOM756pro 100w dipole |
| HA8WY | SINGLE-OP LOW | My radio is an old Icom 765 with a Colibrinano SDR as panadapter. My antenna is a 22 mtrs tall ground mounted vertical with 60 radials and a CG-3000 ATU at the base. Terminated loop for receiving. |
| HB9CXZ | ASSISTED HIGH | Due to very strong broadband interference, I conducted the entire contest using a small magnetic listening antenna. I missed a few QSOs because they were too weak. I'm sorry for the stations who called me and I couldn't copy them. I hope I still have the energy to participate next year, it will be 70 years and the night between Saturday and Sunday is getting harder and harder. 73, Luis HB9CXZ |
| HB9EHJ | ASSISTED LOW | around 6m vertical with loading coil at my balcony. |
| HK4LRM | MULTI-OP | Great and a hard work to try this band |
| IB8A | SINGLE-OP HIGH | Thanks to Pat I8QLS for using this big station ! |
| IB9Z | SINGLE-OP LOW | Only three hours of low power operation to connect only the stations that I could hear with a poor performing antenna, Vertical 12 m. |
| IU0SRH | SINGLE-OP LOW | end fed 8 meter of ground |
| IU1NKS | SINGLE-OP LOW | dipolo 80m altezza 20 m |
| IW2NOO | ASSISTED HIGH | Thank you for the contest In Italy, we need to expand the bandwidth ! 73 |
| JE1SPY | SINGLE-OP LOW | It was the 5th CQ 160m contest since the 160m SSB was lifted in Japan. The Japanese SSB band has a width of only 30KHz from 1845 to 1875KHz. Please attention, JA stations can tranmit on 1848kHz low edge. In Europe and the United States, band plans are not laws and there are no penalties, but in Japan they are legal, so if we do not follow the band plan, we will be sentenced to imprisonment or a fine at worst. During the CQ160m contest, in Europe and the United States, the entire 160m band is almost filled with SSB, regardless of the band plan, regardless of the band plan. However, from Japan, only about half of these operating Western countries are in the Japanese SSB band, so it is not possible to call more than half of the stations. Western stations sometimes watch the Japanese SSB band (1848-1875KHz). My antenna is a Micro Vert it's length is only 4meters and 15meters high from ground. It has a only one radial which length a only 30meters length. |
| JH7UJU | SINGLE-OP QRP | FT-817ND IC-905XG EH DP Yagi LW |
| K0IDX | ASSISTED HIGH | gave up early with a broken antenna |
| K0KX | ASSISTED LOW | Inverted L, vertical height 25' with a horizontal wire of 60' |
| K0RC | ASSISTED LOW | Full size 160m Inverted Vee, apex @ 72' ends @ 30' average height above ground 51' |
| K1EP | SINGLE-OP LOW | Thanks to K6RO for the use of his station for this contest. What torture. 160M SSB, low power, unassisted near the peak of the solar cycle doesn't produce any sustained runs. Self spotting would have helped this contest. Missed many states and pr |
| K2PI | SINGLE-OP QRP | First night, conditions were good until thunderstorms started in the Caribbean, and propagation brought them to me. Receive antenna helped, but many did not hear me. Second night, conditions were much worse, and I had worked most everyone I could The furthest station I heard was CO, and he could not hear me and he always had many callers. Also heard RI, but he did not hear me. Equipment: K3 @5W, Inverted-L, 500 foot receive beverage terminated towards the west. |
| K2TR | SINGLE-OP HIGH | Short entry after a day of troubleshooting at K2LE/1. |
| K3LT | SINGLE-OP LOW | HOA operation using "raingutter" antenna. |
| K3TW | SINGLE-OP QRP | CW is much better on 160m |
| K4BBH | SINGLE-OP LOW | End fed wire, 45 ft above ground, ~325 ft in length |
| K4CAB | SINGLE-OP LOW | End-fed wire 330 ft long with 47:1 balun 40 feet up at highest point. |
| K4CGY | SINGLE-OP HIGH | Great conditions |
| K4ISV | ASSISTED HIGH | Antenna is a pair of verticals in phase. Full size NE/SW/ALL |
| K4JPD | ASSISTED HIGH | just played for a little bit friday night. |
| K4PZZ | ASSISTED LOW | A sad little inverted-V doublet strung between two trees, barely an 80m antenna but with enough spins on the roller inductor, I can convince it to work on 160m... barely. The real kudos goes to all 6 stations that could somehow hear me. |
| K5NZ | ASSISTED HIGH | 160 SSB..... Never again!!!! |
| K5RX | SINGLE-OP HIGH | Not much time on the air, just 5 hours. It would have been more, but line noise appeared on the normally noise-free NE Beverage. It kicked up the nolse floor by 10 dB and sometimes more. I do not know how I was able to pull EI7M out of it. |
| K5TD | ASSISTED LOW | I have not had much activity on 160m since getting licensed so decided to stay up late and make an attempt at this contest. This was a good time to test out my new homemade 160 antenna, with a contact to Galapagos island and one to Ireland I will |
| K5XU | SINGLE-OP LOW | Very high local noise level this weekend. |
| K6FA | SINGLE-OP HIGH | Band condition was really poor here on the west coast. |
| K6NR | SINGLE-OP HIGH | I worked what I could hear, who could hear me. Many stations couldn't hear my 400 watts to an inverted L. Clearly folks like K1LZ have good listening antennas. On the second night the band seemed almost dead, I could hear maybe 3 stations. |
| K9SG | ASSISTED HIGH | Not very many people on and conditions were not good. Worked the Indiana station remotely from Scottsdale, Arizona |
| K9WN | SINGLE-OP HIGH | Had trouble "logging" at first. (My crayon broke) Had to resort to my back up with computer. |
| KB0ARZ | SINGLE-OP LOW | I had surgery on my ear just before the contest. We will be back next year. |
| KB0V | ASSISTED HIGH | Flex 6600 Antennas: 160 Inv-L |
| KB9FPY | ASSISTED LOW | I used a 130 Ft. end fed wire.. |
| KC3GBS | SINGLE-OP LOW | 125 FT SLOPER |