Category Archives: Contesting

RUSDX 2012 certificates received

Posted on April 12, 2014 by dh8bqa

Today I had a letter from the famous Box 88 Moscow in the mailbox containing my 2 certificates for winning RUSDX 2012 on 80 & 10 m in Germany. As already mentioned you can do 2 single band entries in … Continue reading →

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SP-DX contest 2014

Posted on April 7, 2014 by dh8bqa

Was playing around a bit in SP-DX-C during the weekend. Due to my location right at the German-Polish border there is no skip into Poland on the higher bands so all contacts were entirely made via Backscatter. Most signals were … Continue reading →

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NT3S WPX-SSB contest audio recording

Posted on April 5, 2014 by dh8bqa

Sandro, DD3SP, provided the following 10 min audio snippet of me operating NT3S during WPX-SSB – many thanks! Always nice to hear how you sound on the other side. 😉 QSOs in the recording: OZ1ZD, OK1VDJ, DL4CF, CT7AEQ, SP9MZH, PD1RO, G0UGO, … Continue reading →

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NT3S claimed WPX-SSB result

Posted on March 31, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just a quick note re my WPX-SSB entry. Will try to write a more detailed report during the next few days, time permitting … Many many thanks to Carol, N2MM, for inviting me to use her station during WPX-SSB after … Continue reading →

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NT3S & W2/DH8BQA next weekend

Posted on March 23, 2014 by dh8bqa

Everything’s packed and if nothing strange happens anymore I will be off to Boston, MA, for a week of QRL tomorrow morning. Next weekend Carol, N2MM, is going to host me in NJ during WPX-SSB – many thanks in advance! … Continue reading →

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Russian DX Contest

Posted on March 17, 2014 by dh8bqa

Back again from my 2 x 700 km roundtrip to the contest station to participate in the Russian DX contest last weekend. Was not sure what to do, I did not feel fit enough for an Allband entry, QRL and … Continue reading →

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Certificate for winning ARRL-10M 2012 in Germany

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dh8bqa

A nice surprise in the mailbox today – ARRL HQ mailed out the certificates for ARRL-10M 2012 which I had won in Germany in the Mixed Mode High Power category. Also 9th place World is not too bad either, I … Continue reading →

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Ten at night – VE8EV’s analysis

Posted on March 9, 2014 by dh8bqa

After my posting re the ARRL-DX-SSB I got an email from John, VE8EV, concerning his night time 10 m propagation. Interesting experiences on his side, but read for yourself (reposted with John’s kind permission): Hello Olli, Thank you for the … Continue reading →

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ARRL-DX-SSB – quite a fun weekend!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just returned from my 2 x 700 km roundtrip to the contest station. Have been active in the ARRL-DX-SSB contest as planned. Here’s my report … Equipment Elecraft K3, PA and 160m lazy loop, 80 & 40 m dipoles @ … Continue reading →

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Bad condx

Posted on February 28, 2014 by dh8bqa

Arrived at the contest QTH yesterday evening, set up the station and was happy to see some ufb 10 m condx, band still open 19z overhere to the west coast. That *did* look promising for ARRLDX-SSB this weekend. Meanwhile there … Continue reading →

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ARRLDX-CW … some fun on 10m

Posted on February 17, 2014 by dh8bqa

I had planned to go the 700 km to our contest QTH (JO73ce) to participate in ARRLDX-CW this year. Due to QRL on Monday I could not take the day off to drive back so I had to cancel my plans. Nevertheless I … Continue reading →

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