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NS3TASSISTED LOWI use a 135 foot inverted L. If it gets 40 feet up, I'm lucky.
NS8OSINGLE-OP LOWshunt fed tower
OE2GENSINGLE-OP LOWtemporary installation , sloper with coil - feed point 46 feet above ground
OE8DDXASSISTED LOW15 YEARS OLD OPERATOR Antenna self made L antenna
OE9AMJSINGLE-OP LOW4sq
OG6NSINGLE-OP LOWJust for fun the last hour of the contest enjoying the incredible pileup as a fresh call. The antenna used was an inverted vee dipole which apex is 45 ft high and the ends drooping 20 ft above the ground.
OH3OJASSISTED HIGHThanks for the QSOs.
OH7KSINGLE-OP HIGHTNX to OH7WP for the use of ufb OH7K station and to OH7XI for technical assistance.
OK1ATPASSISTED HIGHANTENE iNVERTED VEE HIGH 15 METERS AND TX 500 WATTS AMERITRON AL-811
OK1DLXASSISTED LOWInverteed L
OK1DOLASSISTED HIGHFT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom1010-500W, dipol, beverages
OK1FKDSINGLE-OP QRPElecraft K2-5W, LW 42m
OK1FMXSINGLE-OP LOWFT-1000MP MARK-V FIELD, ANT-DIPOL G5RV
OK1GSSINGLE-OP LOWlog SD
OK1KUWSINGLE-OP QRPIC 705, LW40, Dipole 80
OK1OASINGLE-OP HIGHFT991A + home made amplifier 800W, ANT: inverted L 10+41m
OK1UKCSINGLE-OP LOWIC-7300, LW 42M, MFJ-993B (66)
OK2BFNASSISTED LOWIC746, LW 40m w. AH-730
OK2CWSINGLE-OP LOWLW41m, 14m above ground
OK2GGASSISTED LOWJust dipole antenna 2x15m
OK2IWSINGLE-OP LOWWindom 84m long abt 15m up
OK2LFSINGLE-OP LOWcq ww160 test 2024 FD4
OK2QAASSISTED LOWantenna inverted L, tcvr Yaesu FTdx101D
OK2SGASSISTED LOWVertical 18m long
OK2ZVASSISTED LOWTitanex vertical V160 27m and 18 radials
OK5ETASSISTED HIGHFTDX3000 PA 350W Vertical 21m and 4 small RX ANTs
OK6NSINGLE-OP LOWInverted L
OL3RASSISTED LOWProlonged Inv. L with variable serial capacitance and 8 ground radials + 2m ground rod. Compensated Lx was around 400pF. The top of the vertical line, was ~15m high. Used tree support. For RX short, not terminated, bidirectional beverages ~60m lo
OL4WSINGLE-OP QRPKX3 5W LW42m
OM2ABCSINGLE-OP LOWWire Kelemen 1608040 - 54m long
OM2DTSINGLE-OP LOWTS590, LW
OM2XASINGLE-OP LOWTx: vertical 17m high, capacitive load, elevated radials Rx: K9AY array
OM3CDNSINGLE-OP LOWRig : FT-991A, output 50 W. Ant: LW.
OM3CFRSINGLE-OP LOWAnt G5RV + GND /GP ANT/
OM3TBGSINGLE-OP LOWTRX DRAKE TR7 - 80W ANT LW 41 M
OM3YCAASSISTED LOWTNX, 73!
OM5ALLASSISTED LOW20m highest point, 83m long slooper
OM6PRSINGLE-OP LOWTNX, 73!
OM7AGSINGLE-OP LOWAntena: Delta Loop 84 mttrs, 12 m up
OM7ATSINGLE-OP LOWTNX, 73!
OM7PYSINGLE-OP QRPSDR QRP TCVR ,LW Ant
OM8FRASSISTED LOWLW 35m long 8m up
OP3TSINGLE-OP LOWThanks for every single QSO! Station: Elecraft K3 + LNA/ATT + Elecraft KAT500 Tx ant: inv L 16.9m up sloping down (built from stacked 3" thick retired KLM booms) Rx ant: 2 bidirectional short Beverages Finally a wind-free winter weekend. The good Saturday
OT4ASINGLE-OP HIGHJust 12 hours of operating, so not a full activity, but still great fun ! Cuagn soon in CW ! Greetings Theo OT4A
OU2VSINGLE-OP QRPused my 80m inv.L with a atu... great fun.
OZ1AARASSISTED LOW35 meters antenna wire suspension as a Z between two pools, the last approx. 7 meters are finished with a CB antenna mast, thus the highest point is approx. 18 meters above ground level. From the antenna feed points, about 20 wires of various len
P40AAASSISTED HIGHAs expected in the solar cycle maximum condx on the Topband this year was rather poor. First night EU was weak all night long while at least US stations had reasonable signals. But after EU sunrise the band was almost completely dead. Second night EU open
PA0OASSISTED LOWK3 / 100W i-L 2 bev east west
PA3BUDASSISTED LOW30 ft. maritime whip and Furuno maritime tuner.
PA3DSBASSISTED LOWBuilt an experimental base loaded inverted L antenne to fit in my rural 12m backyard on friday evening. 60uH, 6m vertical and 10m horizontal. Result was crap, like using a dummy load and worked only 15 stations. Refined and tuned it on saturday w

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