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| The take-off to the south-west is directly towards the Allantic. | This South Wales contest field-day location can be very muddy. |
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| An 18m Spiderpole is used to support the top-loaded 160m vertical. | Some 1,200 metres of radials are laid out before CQWW-160. |
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| Operating as MW5B QSOs were made by Ian G3WVG during every hour of darkness throughout the CQWW 160m Contest. |
| DXCC | QSOs | DXCC | QSOs | |
| DL | 297 | YO | 22 | |
| W | 224 | EU | 18 | |
| RA | 135 | F | 18 | |
| OK | 85 | YL | 18 | |
| UR | 82 | YU | 16 | |
| SP | 75 | LZ | 15 | |
| G | 69 | LA | 13 | |
| I | 68 | OZ | 13 | |
| S5 | 43 | SV | 13 | |
| PA | 40 | GM | 11 | |
| HA | 35 | OE | 10 | |
| OH | 30 | ON | 10 | |
| SM | 27 | CT | 8 | |
| UA9 | 27 | E7 | 8 | |
| 9A | 26 | EI | 5 | |
| EA | 26 | ES | 4 | |
| LY | 26 | 4X | 3 | |
| VE | 26 | EA6 | 3 | |
| HB | 24 | KP2 | 3 | |
| OM | 24 | LX | 3 |
The table shows the Top-40 DXCC countries worked with countries outside Europe being highlighted. With some 250 W/VEs worked in poor Topband conditions, this South Wales location works well for North America.
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| Continental Breakdown : Europe 81.1%, North America 15.8%, Asia 2.4%, South America 0.2%, Oceania 0.1% and Africa 0.4%. |
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| MW5B made 1,605 net QSOs in 75 DXCC and with 38 W/VE Mults. | The W/VE Mult table reflects the poor conditions during CQWW-160. |
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| K9AY loop (200m away) helped with RX | The 18m SpiderPole was guyed at 3 levels | Regular tea-breaks were required! |