About the Contest

Here are the results of the third annual Croatian CW Contest in 1998.

This was the first time with the new rules. We have received 250 logs from 41 country from 5 continents, only Africa is missing again. Lot of logs were received via e-mail and we’d like to encourage all contesters to send their logs in via e-mail in the future. Please do net send any .zip files, we preffer .txt or .doc files.

The scores of the winners were good and finnally this year 10 meters was opened.The battle for the first places was very tough in all sections. Big gun station from Croatia 9A1A won multi op. category in Croatian section with colossal 1,84 million points (new contest record) and 1378 QSOs and 274 multis. Nice scores were produced in all other categories in Croatian section. Eugen, 9A7V won the single op., all bands, high power category, Koki, 9A2TN won the single op.,all bands,low power and Mladen, 9A3FO won the QRPp category. On 10 meters winners were Davor,9A2TS (high power) and Frane, 9A2FK (low power), on 15 meters was only one entry 9A4KA. On 20 meters winner was 9A5MT (low power), on 40 meters winners were Emil,9A/K6CRO (high power) and Ivo, 9A1AA (low power). On 80 meters winners were Dragan, 9A3NR (high power) and Željko, 9A2R (low power). On 160meters was only one entry from Edo, 9A2TW.

In foreign section Vladan, YT1BB won single op, all bands, high power category and Gedas, LY63BA won the low power category. Vitas, LY2FE won the QRPp category. On 10 meters winner was Alex, UA9YAB, on 15 meters winner was Steve, G0LII, on 20 meters winner was Nick, LZ3ND, on 40 meters winner was Vytas, LY2BLQ, on 80 meters winner was Law,LY1FF and on 160 meters winner was LY2HN. Winners in multi op. category were guys at RK3QYL station.

All logs on disk are more than welcome. You can also send now your logs via E-mail: [email protected]

All contest certificates and contest plaques will be mailed to the winners in June.

Please take part in our 4th annual contest in 1999 December 18th /19th . Please inform your friends about this contest.

See you all in 1999 contest!

CROATIAN CW CONTEST - RESULTS 1998

CROATIAN SECTION

Plaque winners are printed in bold face

SINGLE OPERATOR, all bands, high power

# CALL QSO mult. score

1. 9A7V 966 210 922740

2. 9A5I 962 180 790560

3. 9A3MR 835 197 681029

SINGLE OPERATOR, all bands, low power

1. 9A2TN 610 155 343790

2. 9A3CY 567 140 301000

3. 9A3VL 241 74 61568

4. 9A3LM 204 74 50104

5. 9A2WJ 101 35 12390

SINGLE OPERATOR, QRP, all bands

1. 9A3FO 230 65 49400

2. 9A2EY 222 72 47232

3. 9A3GU 91 43 12642

4. 9A9RA 64 31 7104

5. 9A3ML 63 25 4950

6. 9A3ZO 40 22 2816

28 MHz, high power

1. 9A2TS 345 48 69696

28 MHz, low power

1. 9A2FK 243 37 32486

2. 9A2NO 173 33 22110

3. 9A9AU 40 12 1296

21 MHz, low power

1. 9A4KA 5 3 30

14 MHz, low power

1. 9A5MT 316 42 34776

2. 9A5J 47 26 3068

3. 9A4DU 38 19 1900

7 MHz, high power

1. 9A/K6CRO 854 73 416246

2. 9A3HX 300 43 72240

7 MHz, low power

1. 9A1AA 483 53 152163

2. 9A5MM 152 32 22912

3,5 MHz, high power

1. 9A3NR 463 43 112660

2. 9A4RU 267 34 39916

3,5 MHz, low power

1. 9A2R 302 33 44550

2. 9A2KD 264 36 42984

3. 9A4WW 251 33 34518

4. 9A3PA 185 31 24056

1,8 MHz, high power

1. 9A2TW 128 34 22916

MULTI OPERATOR

1. 9A1A 1378 274 1840732

2. 9A7A 1285 232 1445360

3. 9A5Y 1116 216 1136160

4. 9A5D 1120 197 1086652

5. 9A4U 885 187 776050

6. 9A7T 819 200 753200

7. 9A7P 810 161 519386

8. 9A1CMS 611 143 354926

9. 9A5P 356 107 126902

10. 9A2U 221 69 50370

11. 9A4P 140 54 32940

12. 9A1AYZ 132 40 21360

13. 9A1DFG 38 18 3060

14. 9A1CFU 20 12 960

FOREIGN SECTION

TOP SCORES – WORLD

Asterisk (*) denotes low power

SINGLE OPERATOR , all bands, high power

1. YT1BB 711178

2. LY2BM 560662

3. IZ2AVK 488955

4. RA4AG 477628

5. US1ITU 475760

6. HA2SX 463515

7. UT4ZO 452353

8. RA3XO 430353

9. UP6P 408564

10. RZ3BY 406272

SINGLE OPERATOR, all bands, low power

1. LY63BA 466612

2. UA6LTI 368380

3. UA4CCG 342203

4. EW8DX 238351

5. YL80UZ 178944

6. VK2APK 176770

7. G4OGB 150156

8. OM4DN 149076

9. OK1DRQ 146538

10. Z31JA 145539

SINGLE OPERATOR, all bands, QRP

1. LY2FE 154813

2. YU1LM 80652

3. UR9MM 78806

4. LZ1ZF 52341

5. OK1FVD 15600

6. HB9AYZ 15337

28 MHz

1.* UA9YAB 9975

2.* I7PXV 7440

3.* IZ3ALF 2445

4.* N4MM 2272

5.* OK2PMM 364

21 MHz

1. G0LII 43757

2.* LZ3YY 16716

3.* LY3NFW 10374

4.* EA3ALV 7820

5.* UY5WA 5967

14 MHz

1. LZ3ND 21156

2.* SP8BAB 13650

3.* OM5AR 7688

4.* YU7AZ 6293

5. W5FO 4025

7 MHz

1.* LY2BLQ 42798

2.* YL1ZF 14558

3. SK6HD 13020

4.* SP3JUN 12064

5.* UT8I 11160

3,5 MHz

1. LY1FF 54810

2.* YO6BHN 16124

3. YU7KM 11184

4.* DK5IM 9882

5.* UX3M 7568

1,8 MHz

1. LY2HN 8262

2.* YU1RA 5612

3.* T94YT 4444

4.* YO4FRF 3960

5.* UR5ZRK 704

MULTI OPERATOR

1. RK3QYL 619021

2. RW4LYL 386482

3. RO3A 340518

4. OK2KYC 223480

5. UT4UWC 11960

PLAQUE WINNERS

CROATIAN SECTION

Single op., all bands, high power – Eugen alopa, 9A7V – donor: HRS

Single op., 28 MHz, high power – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., 28 MHz, low power – Frane Perini, 9A2FK – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., 7 MHz, high power – Zdravko Balen, 9A/K6CRO – donor: HRS

Single op., 7 MHz, low power – Ivo Novak, 9A1AA – donor: R K "Varaždin", 9A7A

Single op., 3,5 MHz, high power – Dragan Popovi, 9A3NR – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., 3,5 MHz, low power – Željko Pilat, 9A2R – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Multi operator – Croatian DX Club, 9A1A – donor: HRS

FOREIGN SECTION

Single op., all bands, high power – Europe – Rimas Baltusis, LY2BM – donor: HRS

Single op., all bands, high power – Asia – Yuri, UP6P – donor: HRS

Single op., all bands, high power – North America – Bert Barry, VE3QAA – donor: HRS

Single op., all bands, low power – World – Gediminas Lucinskas, LY63BA – donor: HRS

Single op.,all bands, low power – Europe – G.N. Kolodin, UA6LTI – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., all bands, low power – Oceania – Dietmar Kiesewetter, VK2APK – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., all bands, low power – South America – Hugo Jorge Salmoyraghi, LU1EWL – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

QRPp – World – Vitas Krasnickas, LY2FE – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., 28 MHz – World – Alex Vedernikov, UA9YAB – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., 21 MHz – World – Steve Hodgson, G0LII – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op., 14 MHz – World – Nick Moukarev, LZ3ND – donor: Croatian DX Club, 9A1A

Single op. , 7 MHz – World – Vytas Girdzius, LY2BLQ – donor: Croatian DX Club,9A1A

Single op., 3,5 MHz – World – Law Cherlin, LY1FF – donor: R K "Požega”, 9A4P

Multi operator – World – RK3QYL (ops: RN3QO, RA3OM, UA3QOQ) – donor: HRS

CONTINENTAL WINNERS

SINGLE OPERATOR, high power MULTI OPERATOR

AFRICA No entry AFRICA No entry

ASIA UP6P ASIA No entry

EUROPE YT1BB EUROPE RK3QYL

OCEANIA VK3APN OCEANIA No entry

NORTH AMERICA VE3QAA NORTH AMERICA No entry

SOUTH AMERICA No entry SOUTH AMERICA No entry

SINGLE OPERATOR, low power

AFRICA No entry

ASIA RA9AN

EUROPE LY63BA

OCEANIA VK2APK

NORTH AMERICA N2CU

SOUTH AMERICA LU1EWL

Breakdown by bands(QSOs/multis)

CROATIAN SECTION

Single operator

Call 160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m

9A7V 31/19 156/32 257/43 196/44 181/40 145/32

9A5I 2/2 165/31 306/40 189/36 167/37 133/34

9A3MR 41/19 150/32 270/49 173/40 134/36 67/21

9A2TN*20/12 145/29 148/36 143/36 78/25 76/17

9A3CY* 3/2 116/27 121/28 77/26 62/21 188/36

9A3VL* 0/0 126/26 18/10 80/27 17/11 0/0

Multi operator

Call 160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m

9A1A 80/31 198/38 438/57 324/54 238/49 100/45

9A7A 61/24 215/38 380/52 240/39 201/43 188/36

9A5Y 55/23 152/31 360/51 212/45 205/38 132/28

9A5D 9/7 124/29 375/46 217/41 206/40 189/34

9A4U 22/16 29/17 368/48 220/42 109/32 137/32

9A7T 51/24 131/29 240/43 141/42 157/37 99/25

FOREIGN SECTION

Single operator

Call 160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m

YT1BB 47/21 164/35 320/48 218/40 153/40 136/37

LY2BM 51/21 189/31 264/41 191/39 151/33 82/32

IZ2AVK 32/14 109/25 245/41 158/37 171/34 141/34

RA4AG 23/10 122/30 194/41 211/41 174/39 122/33

LY63BA*77/27 171/33 120/36 191/41 130/41 101/34

HA2SX 30/16 169/33 186/41 207/40 104/31 145/34

Multi operator

Call 160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m

RK3QYL 36/16 169/33 255/44 181/44 155/44 171/40

RW4LYL 26/12 129/26 183/31 168/34 166/39 120/31

RO3A 24/10 132/30 149/36 187/42 109/31 89/25

OK2KYC 36/18 105/25 107/32 95/31 77/26 57/16

UT4UWC 0/0 0/0 13/8 27/14 67/22 2/2

CROATIAN CW CONTEST All time RECORDS

CROATIAN SECTION

Single operator, all bands, high power

Call QSO QSOpts mult Score Year

9A9A 1333 7422 204 1514088 1997

Single operator, all bands, low power

9A2TN 610 2218 155 343790 1998

Single operator, QRPp

9A3FO 234 760 65 53312 1998

28 MHz, high power

9A2TS 345 1452 48 69696 1998

28 MHz, low power

9A2FK 243 878 37 32486 1998

14 MHz,low power

9A5MT 316 828 42 34776 1998

7 MHz, high power

9A/K6CRO 854 5702 73 416246 1998

7 MHz, lowpower

9A1AA 483 2871 53 152163 1998

3,5 MHz, high power

9A3NR 463 2620 43 112660 1998

3,5 MHz,low power

9A2R 302 1350 33 44550 1998

1,8 MHz,high power

9A2TW 128 674 34 22916 1998

Multi operator

9A1A 1378 6718 274 1840732 1998

FOREIGN SECTION

Single operator, all bands, high power

S58A 1093 4354 185 805490 1997

Single operator, all bands, low power

LY63BA 790 2201 212 466612 1998

Single operator,QRPp

LY2FE 404 1219 127 154813 1998

28 MHz, low power

UA9YAB 96 325 27 9975 1998

21 MHz, high power

G0LII 386 893 49 43757 1998

21 MHz, low power

LZ3YY 222 398 42 16716 1998

14 MHz, high power

LZ3ND 302 516 41 21156 1998

14 MHz, low power

SP8BAB 184 350 39 13650 1998

7 MHz, high power

SK6HD 103 434 30 13020 1998

7 MHz, low power

LY2BLQ 286 1019 42 42798 1998

3,5 MHz, high power

LY1FF 343 1218 45 54810 1998

3,5 MHz, low power

YO6BHN 150 556 29 16124 1998

1,8 MHz, high power

LY2HN 96 306 27 8262 1998

1,8 MHz, low power

YU1RA 76 244 23 5612 1998

Multi operator

RZ3Q 1169 3710 186 690060 1997

RESULTS 1998

FOREIGN SECTION

Award winners are printed in bold face

Asterix (*) denotes low power

ISRAEL – 4X

4Z4TA* SOAB 98 34 21794

4X1VF* SOAB 100 42 12432

GERMANY – DL

DL6AG SOAB 31 8 2032

DL1TH* SOAB 293 89 87754

DF1LON* SOAB 266 81 55404

DL1LAW* SOAB 143 51 25041

DL8DZV* SOAB 40 8 2312

DL2ZAV* SO40 40 12 1968

DK5IM* SO80 95 27 9882

SPAIN - EA

EA5ABE* SOAB 109 39 17745

EA7CA* SOAB 100 39 9438

EA3ALV* SO15 130 34 7820

ESTONIA – ES

ES6PZ* SO40 44 18 3888

BELARUS – EU

EW8DX* SOAB 550 151 238351

EU6AA* SOAB 120 44 12980

FRANCE - F

F5ADH QRPp 18 1 180

ENGLAND – G

G0JQN SOAB 503 141 198105

G4OGB* SOAB 451 129 150156

G3RSD* SOAB 193 62 44702

G0LII SO15 386 49 43757

SCOTLAND – GM

GM3CFS* SOAB 254 104 80808

HUNGARY – HA

HA2SX SOAB 841 195 463515

HA4YF* SOAB 382 113 113452

SWITZERLAND – HB9

HB9HQX* SOAB 145 45 22770

HB9AYZ QRPp 106 49 15337

HB9DAX QRPp 100 32 3200

ITALY – I

IZ2AVK SOAB 856 185 488955

IV3RLB* SOAB 112 52 22516

IK2NCF* SOAB 34 17 2652

I7PXV* SO10 127 31 7440

IZ3ALF* SO10 57 15 2445

I2WIJ SO20 73 22 3630

IK0YUM* SO40 22 9 702

JAPAN – JA

JR6LLN SOAB 202 76 63916

JA6UBK* SOAB 187 78 59124

JR4GPA* SOAB 73 31 8680

JH1AZO* SOAB 47 15 4170

JA1GTF* SOAB 34 21 3549

JK2VOC* SOAB 27 19 2109

JA1MXY* SOAB 15 9 909

JJ4PPK* SOAB 15 12 588

JA1AD* SOAB 14 7 469

JR1NKN QRPp 12 8 344

JJ6WYS QRPp 32 8 256

JR3NDZ/1 QRPp 5 3 15

JA1AAT* SO10 5 4 60

JA0FVU/0* SO20 4 1 24

JN7OJA* SO40 29 10 2080

JJ3TBB* SO40 20 8 1152

JH1NXU* SO40 1 1 1

JA5-3278 SWL 16 9 144

JA4-39556 SWL 12 8 96

7K2PBB SWL 2 2 4

USA – K

W1CX SOAB 549 142 311122

AA3B SOAB 389 115 221065

K2SX SOAB 317 105 131985

K4BAI SOAB 219 75 52350

W2EZ SOAB 79 37 16206

W3DAD SOAB 69 31 13609

N7DR SOAB 29 14 1680

N2CU* SOAB 120 53 28196

K1BV* SOAB 71 28 7532

VE7CPN/W4 SOAB 26 13 2288

W6ISQ* SOAB 15 10 870

K3WWP QRPp 34 20 1680

N4MM* SO10 34 16 2272

W5FO SO20 52 23 4025

NORWAY – LA

LA2HFA* SOAB 197 78 52026

LA9DK* SOAB 130 54 25596

ARGENTINA – LU

LU1EWL* SOAB 97 52 20696

LU5GPL* SOAB 52 27 5022

LU5FF* SOAB 41 26 4448

LITHUANIA – LY

LY2BM SOAB 928 197 560662

LY61DS SOAB 444 141 150165

LY63BA* SOAB 783 212 466612

LY2FN* SOAB 179 94 41180

LY2FF* SOAB 70 36 9828

LY2FE QRPp 404 127 154813

LY3NFW* SO15 150 39 10374

LY2BLQ* SO40 286 42 42798

LY1FF SO80 343 45 54910

LY2HN SO160 96 27 8262

LYR-794 SWL 720 193 138960

BULGARIA – LZ

LZ2GS* SOAB 234 113 88818

LZ1BJ* SOAB 99 50 16750

LZ1ZF QRPp 183 73 52341

LZ3YY* SO15 222 42 16716

LZ3ND SO20 302 41 21156

LZ2MP* SO80 50 16 3392

AUSTRIA – OE

OE3VIA* SOAB 92 62 35092

FINLAND – OH

OH3IR* SOAB 137 49 22246

OH1MM* SOAB 19 9 693

OH2YL QRPp 70 22 3652

OH1UP* SO20 27 14 1106

CZECH REPUBLIC – OK

OK1DRQ* SOAB 378 126 146538

OK2QX* SOAB 172 75 43800

OK1AYY* SOAB 92 52 16380

OK1DZ* SOAB 46 25 5050

OK1DDV* SOAB 37 13 1404

OK1FVD QRPp 104 39 15600

OK2PMM* SO10 16 7 364

OK2KYC MO 477 148 223480

SLOVAKIA – OM

OM4DN* SOAB 399 123 149076

OM5AR* SO20 162 31 7688

OM3TU* SO20 38 16 1120

BELGIUM – ON

ON7RN* SOAB 298 100 95600

ON4XG* SOAB 226 79 55379

DENMARK – OZ

OZ4FF* SOAB 55 29 5887

THE NETHERLANDS – PA

PA3CLQ* SOAB 65 19 5263

BRAZIL - PY

PY1BLL* SOAB 20 11 1265

EUROPEAN RUSSIA – RA1,3,4,6

RA4AG SOAB 846 194 477628

RA3XO SOAB 730 189 430353

RZ3BY SOAB 750 192 406272

UA4HTT SOAB 137 52 25220

UA6LTI* SOAB 705 163 368380

UA4CCG* SOAB 629 177 343203

RA1QX* SOAB 260 92 85468

RU4WE* SOAB 247 88 71984

RA3UAG* SOAB 237 83 70467

RA1QJA* SOAB 221 68 55352

RK3AD* SOAB 229 85 44710

RN1AO* SOAB 199 64 34304

RU3AQY* SOAB 171 51 30549

RU3FF* SOAB 135 54 23490

RA3XA* SOAB 81 33 8943

RU3DG* SOAB 73 24 3576

RX3AEX* SOAB 33 6 1632

UA3LIZ SO40 71 22 8888

RX3AP SO40 39 15 1170

RK3QYL MO 967 221 619021

RW4LYL MO 792 173 386482

RO3A MO 690 174 340518

UA3-155-28 SWL 216 92 19872

UA3-170-847 SWL 38 19 722

ASIATIC RUSSIA – RA9/0

UA0LS SOAB 194 68 59296

RA9AN* SOAB 264 91 95277

UA0BGZ* SOAB 113 44 22044

UA9YAB* SO10 96 27 9975

UA9FGJ* SO80 31 8 1712

SLOVENIA – S5

S57IIO* SO80 20 5 760

SWEDEN – SM

SM0DJZ SOAB 325 122 135420

SK6AW SOAB 120 58 21982

SM7BQX* SOAB 173 59 30444

SM7BHM* SOAB 105 46 19918

SM5AOG* SOAB 96 47 18705

SK6HD SO40 103 30 13020

SM3ARR SO40 35 12 2400

POLAND – SP

SP2QVS SOAB 111 53 18603

SP2MKT* SOAB 152 57 33801

SQ9CAQ* SOAB 235 36 27036

SQ4GXO/p QRPp 29 11 1342

SP8BAB* SO20 184 39 13650

SP3JUN* SO40 106 29 12064

SP3BOL* SO40 32 11 1826

SQ1BVG* SO160 17 8 640

SP2KFU MO 45 18 3528

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – T9

T95C* SOAB 212 86 54954

T94YT* SO160 55 22 4444

KAZAKHSTAN – UN

UP6P SOAB 635 156 408564

UKRAINE – UR

US1ITU SOAB 895 190 475760

UT4ZO SOAB 859 187 452353

UR3PDT SOAB 525 125 201375

UR5U* SOAB 141 61 26047

UR9MM QRPp 230 91 788806

UY5WA* SO15 98 27 5967

UT8I* SO40 104 30 11160

UU7J* SO40 22 15 1140

UX3M* SO80 78 22 7568

UR5ZRK* SO160 20 8 704

UT4UWC* MO 109 46 11960

CANADA – VE

VE3QAA SOAB 568 149 365050

VE1ZJ SOAB 533 145 315085

VE5SF* SOAB 81 37 11063

CG2AWR* SOAB 54 26 7384

AUSTRALIA – VK

VK2APK* SOAB 447 110 176770

VK4TT* SOAB 42 26 4082

VK3APN SO40 17 7 938

MEXICO – XE

XE1VV SOAB 72 29 11107

LATVIA – YL

YL80UZ* SOAB 487 128 178944

YL1ZF* SO40 139 29 14558

ROMANIA – YO

YO8FR* SOAB 155 67 34572

YO6SD* SOAB 23 14 1316

YO6BHN* SO80 150 29 16124

YO4FRF* SO160 57 20 3960

YUGOSLAVIA – YU

YT1BB SOAB 1038 221 711178

YU7SF* SOAB 189 64 42816

YU1LM QRPp 282 94 80652

YU7AZ* SO20 100 29 6293

YU7KM SO80 126 24 11184

YU1RA* SO160 76 23 5612

YU1UA* SO160 9 4 200

MACEDONIA – Z3

Z31JA* SOAB 447 123 145539

Z31GB* SOAB 172 71 40967

Z31GX* SOAB 54 26 5044

CHECK LOGS: 9A6C, 9A2OU, 9A1CZZ, DM5CL, DL5NA, 5B4ADA

STATION OPERATORS - MULTI OPERATOR

9A1A: 9A5W, 9A6A, 9A7R, 9A3GW;

9A7A: 9A3TR, 9A4PA, 9A8A, 9A4BT, 9A6DM, 9A4RX;

9A5Y: 9A3NM, 9A5CM, 9A3LG;

9A5D: 9A3DU, 9A3NY, 9A4NC, 9A4SG,9A6KKB;

9A4U: 9A2AJ, 9A4MF;

9A7T: 9A2EU, 9A4KJ;

9A7P: 9A6NHH, 9A5AEI, 9A3RE;

9A1CMS: 9A5TR, 9A5RJ, Mladen;

9A5P: 9A4ZG, 9A5J;

9A2U: 9A3ZA & club members;

9A4P: club members;

9A1AYZ: club members;

9A1DFG: 9A2US & club members;

9A1CFU: 9A2MN & club members;

RK3QYL: RN3QO, RA3OM, UA3QOQ;

RW4LYL: RA4LW, RV4LM, UA4LU;

RO3A: RV3ACA,UA3FY, RK3DH, UA3-170-79;

OK2KYC: OK2SMO, OK2MBO, OK2MBP;

UT4UWC: US-U-091, US-U-092;

SP2KFU: SQ2FRO, SQ2DMR, SP2FMN, SP-0307-TO;

SOAPBOX:

Thanks God for perfect 10 meters opening. All the best and see you in next 9ACW Contest.....9A3CY. Thanks for QRPp category......9A3FO. My operation time was very limited, because I was very busy with other things. 15 meters was very crowded.....9A4KA. Thanks for new rules. CUAGN in 99 contest......9A5MT. It was very good this time. Rules are ok now. I hope for even more contestants next year......9A1AA. The number of stations in the contest was ok. It’s a pity that I had a big problems with my RIG,so I had to go QRT around 01:30 Z........9A3PA. Contest was ok, nice number of USA stations were on........9A7P. Was glad to participate and to meet many friends.Thanks to Croatian radioamateurs for nice contest.......RA3XO. I had a great run on 10m right at the start.QRN level wasvery high later on the lowbands. Hpe CU agn next time.......W1CX. I greatly enjoyed this year’s 9A CW contest! Due to much better band conditions, I trippled my score of last year. Ilike the new rule concerning serialnumber exchanges.Please keep the contest rules exactly as they are at present.......VE3QAA. Thoroughly enjoyed it but would have enjoyed it more if my amplifier had not broken down. Many thanks for certificate for 1997 contest.Sincere 73 and CU in 1999.......G0JQN. Good condx on 10 but not so good on other bands. Where were all the 9A stations. Maybe I just couldn’t hear well enough with my little Butternut vertical.......K2SX. Thanks FB contest........JR6LLN. Condx were not good at my QTH for EU, but it was fun. Perhaps there will be more activity next year......XE1VV. Nice conditions and very nicecontest, hope see you all next year,73.......UA6LTI. Thanks fer FB contest and results fromm 1997.......YL80UZ. This was my 476th contest. It was again very hot here and for a long time it seemed I would not make as many contacts as last year, but I did........VK2APK. Many thanks for contest, also thanks for award and results 1997.......OK1DRQ. Very interesting contest, but activity from 9A was not so good aslast year. CU agn next year.....Z31JA. FB contest,thanks for nice one. Thanks for nice certificatefor last years contest......GM3CFS. It was my first time in your contest. Great contest with lot of activity.......T95C. We could do with more stations operating from 9A......G3RSD. This was my 2071st HF contest......YU7SF. I am sorry, but my transceiver broke! 73........UR5UW. Thanks for nice CW contest. Best wishes to Croatian HAMs. 73.......RU3FF. This is my second participation in Croatian CW Contest and again I have enjoyed a lot participating in it.......LU1EWL. Thanks for good contest and good activity......SM7BHM. Many thanks to all Croatian operators whoaretaking their part to keep the bands alive.....SM5AOG. This was first time for this contest. I hope to do better next year.....VE7CPN/W4. Thanks FB contest. My first entry in 9ACW contest......JK2VOC. Thanks nice contest, but conditions were not good.Hope it will be better next year.......JA1MXY. I contact with 8 EU stations who have great receive ability. Many thanks, see you again, 73.......JJ6WYS. Nice contest, plenty of activity as usual........G0LII. First contest with my own call, hi,hi. It was very funny, good condx on 15 meters......LY3NFW. Sorry,I have not been in position to work in this interesting contest, no free time.......UA3LIZ. 40 QSOs on 40 meters. The new rules arrived too late- less than one week before the contest via packet radio....DL2ZAV. There were three contests one time; 9ACW, NAVAL & RAEM! Real mix! Not good condx to NA & SA but enough 9A stations on CW. Really enjoyed this contest.......LY1FF.