Category Archives: Contesting

ARRL 10m Contest ’21

Posted on December 12, 2021 by dh8bqa

Not much DX. A bit of Sporadic-E on Saturday, else an all Meteor Scatter weekend (although most people probably don’t even know their signals were bounced off meteor trails, hi). Hoping for better condx next year! ARRL 10-Meter Contest – … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX CW ’21

Posted on November 28, 2021 by dh8bqa

Another WWDX-CW is in the books. Checked the 10 m condx on Thursday morning: a few reasonably loud VKs, but nothing from Asia. Hmm. Next check Friday afternoon: a few South Americans, no USA. 15 m also looked pretty meager, … Continue reading →

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Marconi Memorial VHF Contest ’21

Posted on November 7, 2021 by dh8bqa

I really like the MMC. Being CW-only on VHF it provides plenty of opportunities to work DX while using your own brain to decode the signals. And it’s always good for a surprise. Being in autumn it’s “usually” some tropo … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX SSB ’21

Posted on November 2, 2021 by dh8bqa

Nice condx! Great to have some F2 propagation on 10 m again. Saturday was good to JA, worked almost exactly 100 of them. On the other hand North America was only open for about 45 minutes in the afternoon with … Continue reading →

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WAG ’21

Posted on October 19, 2021 by dh8bqa

Back from Bonaire right at the start of the contest (school’s starting again on Monday, else I would have like to do the WAG as DX, too, hi). But first a few other duties on the list so only Sunday … Continue reading →

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PJ4/DH8BQA: Holidays & Makrothen Contest ’21

Posted on October 15, 2021 by dh8bqa

My second time on Bonaire! This time as a family holiday with a bit of radio, too. Been there for the first two weeks of October after we had to postpone the trip three times due to all the Corona … Continue reading →

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September VHF Contest ’21

Posted on September 6, 2021 by dh8bqa

Been active as DFØUM Multi-OP (DG1BHA, DH8BQA, DL3BQA) from the clubstation in JO73ce again. Made a bit over 300 QSOs with 100k points. No detailed report this time, just too little time. 🙁 Uwe has a short German write up … Continue reading →

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WPX-CW ’21 ending in hospital

Posted on June 4, 2021 by dh8bqa

Good ES condx on Saturday last weekend, worked about 700 QSOs on day 1. A lot worse on Sunday, needed 6+ hours for another 100 QSOs. Then around 12z I went QRT as I suddenly had severe chest pain feeling … Continue reading →

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CQMM ’21

Posted on April 18, 2021 by dh8bqa

Good memories about my first and only entry in CQMM 2014. Been thinking about entering it again for a few years already but never found the time. Well, different this year, at least some time available but the band (10 … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX SSB ’21

Posted on March 29, 2021 by dh8bqa

Used almost all of Saturday to identify & fix some station interference issues. Uwe, DL3BQA, was doing a serious SOSB15 effort while I “only” wanted to hand out some QSOs and gain points for the BCC’s “Frequent Contester” program again. … Continue reading →

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ARRL DX CW ’21

Posted on February 27, 2021 by dh8bqa

Below are the results of my entry in this year’s ARRL DX CW Contest, this time on 80 m as our GP antenna was still up and I felt fit enough for the nightshifts. The “fit enough” has been confirmed, … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX RTTY ’21

Posted on February 15, 2021 by dh8bqa

Well, no radio activity after ARRL-10M in mid-December until last weekend when entering the WPX-RTTY. There’s a simple reason: We were moving house again. So lots of other priorities (besides some heavy QRL as well) during the last few weeks/month’. … Continue reading →

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World Win in ARRL-10M last year!

Posted on December 15, 2020 by dh8bqa

It was just by coincidence after uploading my contest log from last weekend yesterday that I looked around the ARRL contest webpages seeing some new contest awards for download and got excited quite fast: Now how cool’s that? My 5th … Continue reading →

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ARRL-10M & trying out some MacOS software

Posted on December 14, 2020 by dh8bqa

No big entry in this year’s ARRL 10m contest. Besides other commitments over the weekend I used the chance to play a bit with the new MacOS version of SmartSDR released by Marcus, DL8MRE. Compared to the free-of-charge Windows version … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX CW ’20

Posted on November 30, 2020 by dh8bqa

Another World Wide DX Contest in the books, this time Single Band on 15 m. Quite unhappy on Saturday. Couldn’t get much going, no good runs, best hour was 90 QSOs and that was not even running but search & … Continue reading →

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IARU VHF CW aka Marconi Memorial Contest ’20

Posted on November 10, 2020 by dh8bqa

It’s been a few years since I last participated seriously in the Marconi Memorial Contest on 2 m. I tried to be QRV for some hours and hand out some points at least during the last few years. It’s always … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX SSB 2020

Posted on October 26, 2020 by dh8bqa

Initially this was meant to be a rather quiet weekend. I wanted to escape all the QRL stress and also be on site again instead of only remote. My remote station works excellent but has the smaller power amp connected … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX RTTY 2020

Posted on September 28, 2020 by dh8bqa

Uwe, DL3BQA, was going for a serious 80 m effort like last year. Heiko & him had installed our 80 m GP antenna behind the 15 m beam again so a bit of distance to the other antennas giving me … Continue reading →

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WPX-CW ’19 World Win Plaque

Posted on August 16, 2020 by dh8bqa

Nice surprise when getting back home today. The plaque for winning the world on 10 m in WPX-CW last year [1][2][3] (a once in a lifetime event from here) was finally received. 😎 Doug, K1DG, managing the plaque program of … Continue reading →

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DARC July VHF Contest ’20

Posted on July 6, 2020 by dh8bqa

Oh boy. Seems this is the third year in a row to complain. 😀 Indeed conditions have been even worse than during the last few years. Saturday had such bad condx I could not even hear the big guns from … Continue reading →

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