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DL1GKCASSISTED LOWI used a short doublet 2x20M with symmetric tuner. 14 meter above ground.
DL1HBTASSISTED LOWKelemen dipole for 160/80/40/30m, feed-point at 40 ft (tree mounted)
DL1JHRSINGLE-OP LOWasymmetric dipole with extention coil for 160m, 10m high
DL1KVNSINGLE-OP LOWused 100w es a magnetic loop ant wid 2 turns 2m diameter
DL1KWKASSISTED HIGH2x19m Dipol, K3+PA 150W
DL1MAJSINGLE-OP LOWI used K3 and a Kelemen Dipole 40-80-160
DL1MGBASSISTED LOWhttps://dl1mgb.com/athome/athome.php
DL1MPASSISTED LOWG5RV
DL2GANSINGLE-OP LOWHappy to take part in the 160m CW Worldwide contest again. This time, I could take part less than 3 hours only due to travelling. Using a very short antenna (7m, 21 ft) tall vertical for both TX and RX from my balcony, poor grounding and my ICOM IC740 + A
DL2LRTSINGLE-OP LOWlaying 80m loop ant
DL2TOSSINGLE-OP LOWWindom
DL3ARKASSISTED LOW32m Long Wire
DL3HRASSISTED LOW50 watts into an homebrew Balun, feeding an end-fed-LW abt 120 ft. long, abt 30 ft. above ground
DL3IASASSISTED LOWShort vertical sloper only 15 m long (Design DK6ED)
DL3NCASSISTED HIGHNice contest - no nice condx this year
DL3YMASSISTED LOWThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Good: Despite an unplanned, fortunately only short hospital stay the week before last, the “new, larger” inverted L was ready just-in-time for the CQ 160, albeit provisionally. Although there was only a moderately hi
DL4KUGASSISTED LOWrig: FT-847, 16 m Vertical with elevated radial
DL4LAMASSISTED HIGHjust for fun
DL4ZASINGLE-OP LOWYaesu FTdx3000 longdraht 80 Meter Fc102
DL5ALWSINGLE-OP LOW10 m GP wire, head capacity as wire triangle, 4 radials on the ground
DL5CLASSISTED LOWAnt: W3EDP @15m
DL6ABBSINGLE-OP QRPVery nice Contest. I worked with my KX3 and QRP 5W into a Doublet Ant up 9m over ground.
DL6CQSINGLE-OP LOWKelemen dipole 80/160, 8m above ground.
DL6NBCSINGLE-OP LOWSingle Antenna HF-6 Butternut, but on a 5 story building resulting in about 28m height for the antenna top. I'm very happy that I could hear 1st time ever W (K3ZM) and JA (JH4UYB) on 160m (unfortunately both not worked)
DL6NDWASSISTED LOWAntenna was single dipole 25m long, 9m above ground
DL6RDRASSISTED LOWAntenna was an inverted-L-antenna, the highest point about 45 feet above ground.
DL6ZBSINGLE-OP LOWT-Antenna, 13m vertical part, 2x13m horizontal part.
DL7ALMASSISTED LOWL-Antenna 10m vertical / 6m horizontal
DL8DWWSINGLE-OP LOWDipole 2x20m
DL8UKWSINGLE-OP LOWantenna: simple dipole, 2x10 mtr, above the ground 8 mtrs (roundabout 26 feet)
DL8ZAJASSISTED LOWOnly limited antenna this time
DL9SUDSINGLE-OP LOWBehelfsantenne - 10m aus dem Fenster - an die Dachrinne gehängt
DM1TMULTI-OPSet up our 160 m dipole just in time and used it for the first time, only for some hours.
DM2HKSINGLE-OP LOWHy end fed Antenna max 40 feet hight
DM2XSINGLE-OP QRPRig: IC705 (Battery power), Dipole@12m
DM5DMASSISTED LOWend-fed wire
DM7CMULTI-OPThe contest is always a challenge. The conditions were wide-ranging. Super runs into Japan and far east and disappointments during our greyline. But antennas worked well and our team had fun and learned again. 73 from Saxony The CX Team DM7C
DM7MASSISTED LOW160m Top-Loaded Vertical on 20m Pole
DO1AYJSINGLE-OP LOWAntenne invL 14m vertical +26m horizontal + 4 radials
DO3OISINGLE-OP QRPQRPLabs TX 4W
DO4ODASSISTED LOWDipole @39 feet
DO6ANSINGLE-OP LOWendfed 31 m, up 6 m
DR2TASSISTED LOWOperating DR2T makes a lot of Fun - tnx to all supporters in backgroud
DR6TASSISTED LOWAntennas: Endfed antenna, 84 mtr. long
DR6WSINGLE-OP LOWAntenna: ZS6BKW 56 meter long and 10 mtr. up in the air.
E78CBSINGLE-OP LOWTS-830S / LOW DIPOLE
E79DASSISTED LOWVertikal + 2x dipol , 6xBEV (550m) , TS-590
EA4ISASSISTED HIGHEndfed 20m wire
EA5ZLASSISTED HIGHtop loaded vertical antenna 11m long witth, 4 wires.
EA6NBSINGLE-OP LOWenjoy sd

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