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2020 SSB

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K4CGYSINGLE-OP HIGHGood conditions, great contest
K4TMCSINGLE-OP LOWPortable operation from Atlantic Beach, NC, FM14PQ. Rig: Elecraft K3/100 Antenna: Inverted-L
K4XLASSISTED HIGHWell, that was interesting. Despite the band being flat as a pancake, 33 Europeans, 2 South Americans, a few Caribbeans, and a passel of Canadians made it into the log. The Europeans were hard work, for the most part and would have been impossible witho
K5AVYSINGLE-OP HIGHFirst time on 160m during a contest - what fun. My NVIS dipole is working.
K5RXSINGLE-OP LOWJust 49 minutes, but seemed like activity level was very low.
K5ZDSINGLE-OP HIGHNot much time. Most fun is working the DX through the loud local CQers.
K7HKRSINGLE-OP LOW9-foot magnetic loop on the patio
K7IUSINGLE-OP HIGHGreat condx on the first night
K7SSASSISTED LOWZF5T has great ears ! To say Low Power 160 SSB is challenging, is a big understatement. Still, there is good fun to be had, and every QSO is rewarding. 73 Danny K7SS
K7VICSINGLE-OP LOWantenna is half-square
K8LYASSISTED LOWHorrible attempt on my part, late start Friday nite, which was my only nite on the air. This was xyl birthday weekend and to keep peace in the family I took her out saturday nite...... There are other contests, but did what I could.
K8MCNSINGLE-OP HIGHthanks
K9GXSINGLE-OP LOWLots of fun in this one. Came down with flu Monday, sick all week. Forgot to submit log
K9TYASSISTED HIGHThanks to all --was fun! RX antenna is next project!
K9WNSINGLE-OP HIGHI know this is late. Life happens. Use as a check log.
K9ZOSINGLE-OP HIGHQuite good conditions at times.
KA6BIMASSISTED HIGHMissed WY, SC, DC for USA and most of Northern and maritime Canada Friday Night was very good Propagation here in the Pacific North West, but Saturday night was rather dismal. Best DX was ZL2OK again demonstrating his great ears picking up my mediocre
KB2HSHSINGLE-OP QRPOPERATED FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE BEING ILL WITH PNEUMONIA
KB4OLMSINGLE-OP LOWGreat Contest, the most I have worked in a 160 contest!
KB4QZHASSISTED HIGHConditions not the best here in Ky. More like WAS contest this year. Had lots of fun though.
KB7BTOSINGLE-OP HIGHMy first topband contest. Not awful, not great. Learned a lot.
KB8UUZSINGLE-OP LOWCould only dedicate 2.5 hours to the contest, but had lots of fun !
KB9RDSASSISTED LOW All done on a solar powered station
KC4DASSISTED HIGHMANAGED THREE HOURS AT 90+ / HOUR, AND I WAS DONE...THANKS FOR THE CALLS
KC4NXSINGLE-OP HIGHGreat fun as usual ! Thanks for the contacts. 73... Kurt
KD8GBKSINGLE-OP LOWThanks fellow 160 operators for the QSO's
KE1IHASSISTED HIGHGreat contest. Lost the last hour due to local noise!
KE5LQASSISTED LOW2020 CQ WW 160M CONTEST SSB
KE6QRSINGLE-OP HIGHHigh power at 200 watts.
KF7ZNSINGLE-OP HIGHFirst 160m antenna (inverted L), and first contest on 160m, lots of fun
KG7DABSINGLE-OP LOWNot bad for a 40 Meter OCF dipole antenna :-)
KG9ZSINGLE-OP LOWWay too many alligators!!
KH6AQSINGLE-OP LOW100W to a 34' x 45' inverted-L from Kalapana Seaview.
KI7MASSISTED HIGHI worked ME 1st time on 160M.
KJ9CSINGLE-OP HIGHremote op from MT QTh.... NOT AS MUCH FUN AS CW, BUT I SHOWED UP
KK4RVSINGLE-OP LOWBest I have done in this contest!
KT3RRSINGLE-OP LOWHad fun even though I was limited to 6 hours and a broken antenna.
KZ4TNSINGLE-OP LOWThankful for the quite band conditions.
LA8OKASINGLE-OP LOWNot good conds this year here in the north, hope for better conds next year
LY5WSINGLE-OP HIGH700w is not enough in this contest
M0MCVSINGLE-OP HIGHJust S&P.
MM1EASSISTED HIGH02:45hrs only this weekend!
N0YOSINGLE-OP LOWYears since last CQWW 160. Still loads of fun!
N2CEIMULTI-OPNice to Operate this year without local Storms!
N2CWMULTI-OPAnother activity from the SJDXA club station (N2CW) in West Creek NJ
N2HMMSINGLE-OP LOWThe DX propagation just wasn't there this weekend.
N4BAAASSISTED LOWRig: ICOM 7600 Antenna: 1/4 wave series fed vertical. West Beverage for receive. Heard a good number of DX stations, but could not get through. Thanks for those who called in.
N4CFSINGLE-OP LOW160M wasn't nearly as good as it was for the CE test!
N4ZYSINGLE-OP HIGHMy inverted L worked better than I thought it would! Must be the radials!
N5RZASSISTED HIGHThanks to all for the QSO's. 73, Gator N5RZ

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