Category Archives: Contesting

CQ WW 160 SSB ’23

Posted on February 26, 2023 by dh8bqa

After other (family) activities last evening I was finally able to switch on the radio after 1 a.m. local time last night. I thought that as “fresh meat” I would quickly rack up 100 QSOs but it was really tough … Continue reading →

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ARRL DX CW ’23

Posted on February 19, 2023 by dh8bqa

Did a few hours with the small remote station equipment. Except for the usual suspects from VE, who are never there (NT, YT, NU), I could work all states and provinces. Basically all came on CQ … 🙂 ARRL DX … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX RTTY ’23

Posted on February 13, 2023 by dh8bqa

Uwe, DL3BQA, was going to do a serious entry in this one as SOSB10. So I did an SOAB entry being mainly active on 15 and 80 m. Antennas are further away from the 10 m beam thus no interference … Continue reading →

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CQ WW 160 CW ’23

Posted on January 31, 2023 by dh8bqa

Did about 500 QSOs from Saturday evening until Sunday morning. Needed 4 hours for another 100 QSOs Sunday evening then had enough. Running 500 watts it was rather medium than high power. 😉 CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW – 2023 Call: … Continue reading →

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ARRL 10M ’22

Posted on December 19, 2022 by dh8bqa

Mixed condx as in WWDX-CW, much QSB, geomagnetics still/again distorted … ARRL 10-Meter Contest – 2022 Call: DH8BQA Class: SO CW Unlimited HP QTH: JO73ce Operating Time (hrs): 22 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ——————- CW: 974 140 SSB: – – … Continue reading →

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DMØY SOSB80 QRP – CQ WWDX CW ’22

Posted on November 28, 2022 by dh8bqa

Besides my 10 m single band entry I used some time Saturday evening to try out RUMLog in contest mode and dig a little deeper into all of it’s features. After all it now has Flexradio support and connects to … Continue reading →

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DH8BQA SO(A)SB10 HP – CQ WWDX CW ’22

Posted on November 28, 2022 by dh8bqa

I can only partially understand the many comments about how great 10 m was. I was rather disappointed. Geomagnetics were severely disturbed at times, which is certainly more noticeable in the north of DL than in the south, not to … Continue reading →

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WAE-RTTY ’22

Posted on November 13, 2022 by dh8bqa

Made a few QSOs in this weekend’s WAE-RTTY contest today basically to try out a mixed Windows/iOS setup for the Flexradio after the troubles before WWDX-SSB. This time used an iPad for TRX control, i.e. tuning, finding stations, a.s.o. while … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX SSB ’22

Posted on October 31, 2022 by dh8bqa

This one was tricky! When last onsite at the station in September I recognized my N1MMLogger+ installation on the local Windows machine wouldn’t start anymore. Getting really strange error messages. So I had planned some time on Friday to do … Continue reading →

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IOTA final results

Posted on September 14, 2022 by dh8bqa

Final results are out! 😎 Now eager to see what the trophy looks like. 😉

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September VHF Contest ’22

Posted on September 4, 2022 by dh8bqa

Once again active with the guys, luckily the last time with the “tongue twister” special event call DM6ØUEA. 😀 I have been mainly active on the radio on Saturday and used Sunday to fine-tune the Node Red installation, i.e. adding … Continue reading →

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MM/DH8BQA: IOTA Test from EU-123, Isle of Arran

Posted on July 31, 2022 by dh8bqa

Actually, the IOTA contest would have been a non-event for me this year. Since my wife and daughter only got vacation for the last 2 weeks of July, I had already written off the contest in my mind. The plan … Continue reading →

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July VHF Contest ’22

Posted on July 3, 2022 by dh8bqa

July VHF contest is usually the VHF contest I participate as a single operator. Again so this year. Result is on par with those of the last few entries. It’s been a few years since breaking the 400 QSOs barrier … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX CW ’22

Posted on May 30, 2022 by dh8bqa

Another WPX-CW is in the books … 10 m of course, what else? 😉 Condx worse than during the last few years, just not as much Sporadic-E this time. Thus also not that much DX although we had some multi-hop … Continue reading →

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May VHF & a few NODERED dashboards

Posted on May 9, 2022 by dh8bqa

Another VHF contest. Again not too motivated to operate but brought the special event call DM60UEA (60 years of Amateur Radio in Angermünde) onto the air on 2 m & 70 cm. Made about 250 QSOs, people had difficulties with … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX SSB ’22

Posted on March 27, 2022 by dh8bqa

Handing out a few QSOs remotely every now and then while Uwe, DL3BQA, was going for a serious SOSB80 entry as DM60UEA from our station … Mir/Peace/Frieden to *everybody* on earth! CQWW WPX Contest, SSB – 2022 Call: DH8BQA Class: … Continue reading →

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March VHF Contest ’22

Posted on March 6, 2022 by dh8bqa

This must have been one of our worst March VHF results. 🙁 Very low activity, bad condx … but still a respectable placement coming in as #7 Multi OP which is not bad for our remote location. Finished a few … Continue reading →

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CQ WW160 SSB ’22

Posted on February 27, 2022 by dh8bqa

It’s been a while since my last CQ WW 160 m contest. Played around a bit yesterday. Mainly to catch points for the BCC. After another 25 QSOs tonight I had enough and switched off … Start Date : 2022-02-25 … Continue reading →

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ARRL DX CW ’22

Posted on February 20, 2022 by dh8bqa

Participated in another ARRL DX CW contest. This time on 15 m and just doing it remotely. Some Aurora deteriorated condx over the weekend, thus Sunday even worse than Saturday. But good to see 15 m open at all, moving … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX RTTY ’22

Posted on February 14, 2022 by dh8bqa

Uwe, DL3BQA, was going fo a serious SOSB15 entry onsite thus I only played around a bit remotely on the other bands. Regularly checked 10 m and caught a small NA opening Sunday afternoon. 😎 Due to early QRL this … Continue reading →

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