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2024 SSB

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DN2GUASSISTED LOWDipole 12Meter over ground
DN5ENSINGLE-OP HIGHOP Lenny 10 years old
DO1AYJSINGLE-OP LOWinvL 14M high
DO1DAHSINGLE-OP LOWEnd-fed wire, 25 feed above Ground
DO1WPBSINGLE-OP LOWEnd-fed about 40 m long plus coil with additional 6m of wire for 160. About 10 m above ground.
DO2RGSINGLE-OP LOW80m EFHW Antenne with 1:49 UnUn
DO7CXSINGLE-OP LOWOnly took part for about an hour but enjoyed a wonderful pile up.
DR5ZMULTI-OPbig signal, with more then 1kHz , very sad to see someones signals from all sides, lost the first night by antenna problems
DR6TASSISTED LOWEndfed Antenna ca. 84 mtr. long, 80/160, installed diagonally on a mountainside
E77PYSINGLE-OP LOWFCP dipole. Vertical part is in Inverted L config. highest part is 13 meters in sky 42 feet
EA2AFVSINGLE-OP QRPhf2v butternut 46 radials 40 m building hi
EA2CCGASSISTED HIGHI used End fed antenna 22m long very happy with the result next year will be longer.A lot of QRM,very difficult.Power less than 200 w
EA3AERSINGLE-OP HIGHRIG: ICOM IC-751A IC-2KL 500 Watts Antenna: Inverted L 42Mtrs with Tuner. Many QRM due a Interferences and upcoming storms.
EA3GBUSINGLE-OP LOWEND FED WIRE
EB8AYASINGLE-OP LOWThank you very much to all. I hope for a better contest next year to be heard. Good luck and 73, from Javier, EB8AYA. Atenna: "L" inverted 1/4 wavelength.
ED4WASSISTED HIGHTnx fer this contest. See'u 2025 73sss
EI3ENBSINGLE-OP LOWmultiband off centre dipole
EI4KUSINGLE-OP LOWAntennas: vertical quad (nw-se) for TX, several beverage & a mag-loop for Rx, Radio: Yaesu FT747, offgrid: wind&solar charging large batteries at a very (radio) quiet QTH. Good late morning openings into North America during a weekend of mixed martial art
EI7MSINGLE-OP HIGHTnx all for QSO, conditions wasn't great, just ok. Very little S@P, mostly CQ. Thanks to Neil EI3JE, Dennis EI5GSB and Jim EI3DP for helping station ready. CU all next year! Dan EI3JZ
EI8KNSINGLE-OP LOWToken entry to test new antenna (Kelemen 160/80/40/30).
ER/UT1ZZASSISTED LOWEndFed 23m long, about 7m up.
ES2OSINGLE-OP LOW160M 1/2 wave dipol
F4DVOSINGLE-OP HIGHLEVY 2 x20m
G0CNNSINGLE-OP LOWGround mounted quarter wave vertical bent over the top of a tree.
G4IRNASSISTED HIGH50ft Vertical for Tx & Rx.
G4PVMASSISTED LOWInverted-V dipole with apex at 35 feet.
G7DASSISTED LOWInverted Vee, endfed wire. 160 feet long and 40 feet high at apex.
GM9RSINGLE-OP LOWBig thanks to the organizers for another fantastic CQ WW 160-Meter SSB Contest! It's always a highlight for the amateur radio community, bringing together enthusiasts from around the globe to test their skills and equipment. This year, I participated in o
GW0ARKASSISTED LOWdipole
HA1WDSINGLE-OP LOWshort dipole
HA3DXASSISTED HIGHRig_YAESU FTDX3000, PA:HENRY 3K Premier, MFJ989C tuner TX antennas:_Delta loops(NW-SE) (SW-NE) full size,verticaly polarized, Inverted L K2AV FCP RX antennas: Single wire Beverages,300m to 250 degrees,100m to 285 degrees, 300m to 320 degrees and 160m to 5
HA5BGGASSISTED LOWInverted " V " antenna
HA5NXASSISTED LOWEnd fed ~43m long wire, highest point 8m above the ground, lowest point 6m above the ground.
HA5UAASSISTED HIGHOnly 6h30min in operation. Antennas TX: Inverted V RX :3x beverages 260,120,170m long RIG:ICOM-7300 PA:OM3500
HA8EVASSISTED LOWHalf wave dipole 10m over ground
HA8WYSINGLE-OP LOWRig: Icom IC-765 Antenna: Vertical (73 feet tall)
HB0DXASSISTED LOW18m vertical wire with CG3000 automatic tuner @ the feedpoint + 80 radials
HB9CVQASSISTED HIGHJust 172 Min. operation
HB9GHUSINGLE-OP LOWHari windom 76mt
HB9HLMASSISTED HIGHonly 2 hours participation
HF7AASSISTED LOWAntenna inverted-L, 14 meters (45 feet) above ground at its highest point.
I2WIJASSISTED HIGHJust few hours but full of fun.
IK1UGXSINGLE-OP HIGHWindom home-built antenna, total length 80.5 metres positioned 15 meters high, Yaesu Mark-V radio and Linear Amplifer VL-1000.
IK7YTTASSISTED LOWinvert L vertical with 1 elevated radial
IT9VCESINGLE-OP LOWOnly four hours of activity just to pass the multiplier on to the participants. With my modest antenna and power conditions (and poor propagation) nothing more could be done.
IW1ARESINGLE-OP LOWtnx
IZ2BVCSINGLE-OP HIGHWe Italians can only operate from 1830 to 1850 KHz, the band is really very small, it would be nice if on this slice of band they didn't start calling other European OMs CQ, given that they have many more KHz available than us, instead there are many Euro
IZ3KTXSINGLE-OP LOW54m longwire end-fed
IZ8CZRSINGLE-OP LOWend fed
IZ8PUQASSISTED HIGHInverted "L" coil antenna.

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