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2024 CW

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K8GBSINGLE-OP LOW40M EFHW Inv Vee at 35 feet thru MFJ Autotuner
K8GTASSISTED LOWAntenna was a damaged 40m inverted vee plus the shield of the coax feeding it.
K8MRSINGLE-OP LOWInverted-J, 45 max, down to about 20 feet at the end, two elevated quarter wave radials along the top of the fence between our condo's property and the outside world.
K8SVTSINGLE-OP LOWKenwood TS 450 rig 100 w into a Single wire alpha delta trap sloper antenna up 22 feet with no counter-poise. Thanks to all those who had the patience to pull my weak signal out of the noise. This year was the first time to hear Alaska on 160, bu
K8ZTSINGLE-OP QRP43' Vertical
K9CSSINGLE-OP LOWInverted L, 33 feet vertical + wire sloping down to ~8 feet AGL
K9EIASSISTED LOWInverted L at 60' and radials.
K9KJSINGLE-OP LOWEndfed wire in trees at 23 feet.
K9PMVSINGLE-OP LOWAntenna : G5RV with feed line tied together.
K9WWTSINGLE-OP HIGHGREAT BAND CONDITIONS THIS YEAR.
K9ZUSINGLE-OP LOWhalf wave dipole at 35ft. Pretzeled onto a 135ft city lot. Fed with 450ohm ladder line.
KA9FQGSINGLE-OP LOWHad lots of fun, used a Yaesu FT100D transceiver and a homebrew K6MM "No Excuses" helical-wound vertical.
KA9IASSISTED LOW1/4 WAVE UP 50' OVER 80' 6X33FT GROUND RADIALS
KB2URIASSISTED LOWAntenna was 40m End-Fed, because we're limited on space and everything imaginable for 160m. It's fun! Thanks to all the Good OPs for pulling out "the weak one". 73
KD2EPMSINGLE-OP LOWEnd fed 80-10 works poorly during rain and it rained all weekend. I must run reduced power because of high VSWR during wet conditions. I know it is an 80-10 antenna but it works great with very low VSWR on 160M when it is dry. I had fun anyway.
KD2YJXSINGLE-OP QRPRandom wire about 80ft in a poplar tree fed to a 9:1 unun. My first time working CW in a contest, I had only ever had 2 QSOs on CW in the top band.
KD4DSINGLE-OP LOWThanks again to Frank Donovan, W3LPL, for letting me use his fine station. I set the 160 meter position up for SO2R operation using a Microham u2r SO2R controller and N1MM+ with two keyboards. I'm glad this contetst still has a single operator category -
KE8ESINGLE-OP LOW80 Meter Dipole at 35 feet with Dentron Super Tuner Antenna Tuner for transmitter matching.
KE8HBVASSISTED LOWalpha delta dipole
KE8RJUASSISTED LOW160m Inverted-L Vertical @48ft
KG8CWASSISTED HIGHBand sounded great Friday night, but only 2 hours to operate.
KH6KBMULTI-OPConditions were not great. We could hear all the usual big guns, but they weren't loud and they were not easy to work. Second night was a bit better, but still not very good. The slow pace made it hard to stay awake. Maybe missed some "magic hour
KK0UASSISTED LOWAntenna was a T-loaded vertical up 40 feet. Basically, my dipole with the open wire feeders shorted together at the bottom, and fed through a loading coil.
KK4RASSISTED HIGHInverted-L, a single wire, draped over a pine tree
KL7KYASSISTED HIGHFirst not was not horrible but I missed W1 and W2 at their sunrise. Did hear some EU and Carribean but too weak to work. Second night was much better, and set my alarm for E. Coast SR and slept through it. On a high note I did put 9A, LY's, SP, UA4, uand
KQ9JASSISTED HIGHOnly got about an hour in Sunday morning.
KS7TSINGLE-OP LOWCondx seemed reversed from previous years at least on the rcvg end Sigs from East Coast Sunday were stronger before midnite MST than in the wee hours, but the qsb was horrible all the time. PJ2T and P40AA both cqing long periods with no one calling but me
KY4GSASSISTED LOWYL and Rookie (Licensed April 2021). Antenna - EFHW 80-10m up 25 ft (in the horizontal shape of an L).
LA3ZAASSISTED LOWInverted-L quarter-wave
LA4WKAASSISTED HIGHShort contest due to work. Great fun to see cw is very much alive. Antenna broke in middle of the night in high winds, but able to "repair"
LC7XASSISTED HIGHSUNSDR. Software SDC contest module Antennas: 28.5m Vertical 60 radials.
LX1ERASSISTED LOWi used my inv-L , 14 meter vertical and the rest horizontal . my best result ever rx in a cw contest . not easy to come over the pile ups, but i think my LX call help with some db's lol will do next year better i hope
LX1NOSINGLE-OP HIGH80-100Hz distance seems widely accepted. My bad that my receiver doesn't like it. Jumping on one's frequency that's been in use for quite a while and being told to QSY followed by DQRM seems ok. One station in particular had fun doing so several times thr
LY0NASSINGLE-OP LOWKenwood TS-590SG, AirspyHF+ via DRV Dipole of 80m horiz. loop at 8m high and 39m wire at most 10m height Last 10 QSO made remotly via rpi3
LY2KASSISTED LOWInvL+FCP
LY2ZOMULTI-OPNO QSO WITH RUSSIA AND BELARUS
LY3ABASSISTED LOWend-fed wire
LY3KISINGLE-OP LOWInverted L, 14m high mast. 73!
LY3QNSINGLE-OP LOWLW ANT about 40 meters long, with balun, feed point 8 meters, end point 4 meters above the ground, about 10 meters counterpose which end earthened to the soil with metal whip.
LY4TSINGLE-OP QRPW3DZZ for 160/80 M
LY7KASSISTED LOWSlightly inverted V half wave dipole antenna with the height of the center is at 50ft and the dipole both ends are at about 23ft
LZ1MCASSISTED LOWant: dipole for 80m band...hi
LZ7UASSISTED LOWINVERTED L for 160m
M5MASSISTED LOWSuffering from flu throughout so expect a few busted contacts. Inverted-L, 12m at vertical section dropping to 6m at the end.
MM9IASSISTED HIGHPart time effort. Condx not that great but still a fun contest. Thanks for the Qs
MU5ESINGLE-OP HIGHConditions did not seem at all good this year and struggled receiving on 2 x 1000' Beverages. The best Rx antenna was the K9AY system this time. Many thanks for working me and sincere apologies for those I could not hear. I did listen carefully. Difficul
N0DLSINGLE-OP LOWDipole designed for 80-10m, has very high SWR limiting me to 35W max on 160m.
N0GMASSISTED LOW35' loaded vertical with 2-50' wires serving as a capacitive cap. 4x150' radials.
N0JKSINGLE-OP QRPHad got up to try to work TX5S on 160M FT8. Was successful. Went on to give a few of the contestants a QSO. Best DX VE7ZO BC. Antenna was rain gutter on house (about 15 feet high) with a top wire of 40 feet to a nearby low cherry tree. Oddly SWR 1.2 - 1.
N0UDSINGLE-OP LOWinverted L

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