CQ World Wide VHF Contest
CQ World Wide VHF Contest
| Call | Category | Comments | 7K1CPT | Single Op QRP | QTH Kasumigaura-city Ibaraki-pref. PWR 5W 14:ele Yagi | 7L4IOU | Single Op 6M | Thanks for wonderful contest! | AC9EZ | Single Op QRP | What a great contest! Thank you everyone for the qsos. This year, I ran my (new to me) Yaesu FT-818nd at 5 watts to a 4-element yagi for 2 meters (up 16 feet) and a 5-element Yagi for 6 meters (up 12 feet). This was my first experience running ft8 on 2 meters and although I didn't make many contacts, I was thrilled to work W9EWZ in EN52 in Wisconsin! Not bad for vhf qrp hi hi. 73 and see you all in the September VHF contest. de Jim ac9ez | AF4JF/R | Rover | Too many station FT8 only | AG6X | Single Op All | Super slow event for the Lower Left Coast this year | AJ6T | Single Op All | The lack of propagation on 6 meters made this a tough contest. It took a lot of perseverance to stick with it and catch the bits of Es that did occur. I was lucky enough to catch one California grid on 6 meters. On the other hand, 2 meters was fairly good with easy QSOs out to 400 miles. I checked for SSB activity but found none, so all of my contacts were either FT8 or MSK144. I stayed away from the internet chat sites that are the staple of activity now in the ARRL VHF contests since the CQ rules do not allow self spotting (except oddly for EME and Meteor Scatter). The CQ rules for QSO assistance are poorly written and confusing, and it appears many operators were not aware of the CQ restrictions. 6m: K3s+KPA1500+80m OCFD 2m: FT857D+TE1450G+9el LFA ' Band Mode QSOs Pts Grid Pt/Q 50 FT8 79 79 47 1.0 50 MSK1 2 2 2 1.0 144 FT8 43 86 27 2.0 144 MSK1 1 2 1 2.0 Total Both 125 169 77 1.4 Score: 13,013 1 Mult = 1.6 Q's Looking forward to the 222 MHz and Up contest next month. 73, Walt, AJ6T, EM66 | BD4VGZ | Single Op QRP | Best QRB is 2198km for JF8QNF at QN02 Thanks for this contest！ | BG2KAJ/R | Rover | Condx is not so in favor of 6m band and I'd like to see this as a good restart for following rover anticipate chances after the pandemic. See you next year! | BG2KYH | Single Op 6M | I LIKE IT | BG2KZP | Single Op 6M | VERY GOOD ACTIVITY | BH6KWC/R | Rover | FIRST ROVER IN CQWW VHF CONTEST | EA1HRR | Single Op 6M | 73 to all | EA6SA | Single Op All | Bad propagation conditions this weekend | EA8AQV | Single Op 6M | YAESU FT-897D CUBEX QUEEN BEE II 80 WATT | HA6NL | Rover | ICOM756pro 100w dipole | HG6Z | Multi-Op | points (434+75) x (74+45) = 60571 | IU2JFG | Single Op 6M | Thank you! | IZ5EME | Single Op 6M | Very poor conditions | JA1KPF | Single Op QRP | Radio: YAESU FT-817ND Antenna: Mobile Whip | JA6WFM | Single Op 6M | I would be happy to separate the digital and analog modes, Because, although it is a trend of the times, it is unfortunate that fewer stations are participating in CW/SSB | JF7GDN | Single Op 6M | I joined this contest first time | JG7UVO | Single Op QRP | I enjoyed the contest | JH7UJU | Single Op QRP | FT-817ND GP Yagi | JI4JGD | Single Op All | I enjoyed the contest | JJ1WWL | Hilltopper | !(^^)! | JR0QFA | Single Op 6M | I participated for the first time | JR1CAD | Single Op 6M | Condition was not good enough | K0BAK/R | Rover | Thunderstorms severely limited my time in the contest | K0PG | Single Op All | This was ana enjoyable contest for me. I worked a few new grids and contacted many olf friends | K0XP | Single Op All | CW in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada on V/UHF is dead. Long live CW RIP | K1BZ | Single Op All | 160-G5RV @ 500W on 6 and A Big Wheel @ 80w on 2.... /DL | K1RZ | Single Op All | It was good to see so many old friends in this contest, and so many new friends too. It was a fun time. Thanks to those who operated. Thanks to CQ for sponsoring the VHF contest. Dave K1RZ FM19JH | K2DRH | Single Op All | An FT8 slugfest | K2MN | Single Op 6M | Used an indoor fan dipole and 80 watts | K3RLW | Single Op All | ROUGH BUT I MADE IT WORK WITH MEAGER STATION | K3SK | Single Op All | Didn't have time to commit to serious operation, so I dabbled a little | K4HQK | Single Op 6M | The Mid Atlantic region was not favored with E-skip or any other form of propagation during my short time in this contest. I worked what I could in three hours before leaving on a trip. My 32 QSOs were limited to 10 grids in the Eastern portion of the U.S | K5ND | Single Op All | Slow on Saturday, but Sunday was great. Thanks everyone for the QSOs | K6NGN | Single Op All | 1st time out with new setup | K7BWH/R | Checklog | This is a check log. I operated exactly on the grid line between two rare grids, DN15-DN16 grid line. I signed as rover /R but did not rove per contest rules since the station did not move. The goal was to give these two rare grids to FFMA chasers | K9OO | Single Op QRP | HILLTOPPER | K9TF | Single Op 6M | I was looking for new GRIDs on 6 meters for VUCC. I did work a few. To all, Please update LOTW TQSL Station location so others can receive LOTW credit for the zone you were operating from. Jim K9TF | KA0PQW | Single Op All | Didn't do much for the contest but fun anyway. 73 Matt ka0pqw | KA6BIM | Single Op 6M | Conditions were horrible this weekend. Nothing heard East of the Rockies. Not much on the West side of it either..... Dave ka6bim | KB0V | Single Op All | Mostly 6M, with poor condx Saturday, then better Sunday | KB8ZR | Single Op 2M | 6m antenna issue, had FUN on 2m | KC1RET | Single Op All | Ugh... I experienced torrential downpours during the contest including a tornado warning on Sunday morning. My 2m yagi was acting up showing a high SWR necessitating a power reduction to ~50w. Overall the condx were not great -- very few, extremely brief, openings on 6 and none observed on 2m. Only a handful of stations were heard on SSB FT8 was the money. Lots of room for improvement before the Sept. contest! Despite the challenges (because of?) I still managed to have fun! 6m - IC-756ProII, 4EL Homebrew yagi @ 20ft 2m - TS-2000, 11EL scavenged yagi @ 24ft | KC6NKK | Single Op All | 1st entry into this contest, from QTH | KF3G | Single Op All | Portable QTH Grid: FM29jw QSOs: 5 Unique Grids: 2 5 QSOs x 1 6m Multiplier = 5 Points. 5 Points X 2 Unique Grids = 10 Total Points Thank you for the 2023 CQ Worldwide VHF Contest | KG5EIU | Single Op 6M | 6M band was hit and miss - fun times anyway |
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