Category Archives: Contesting

ARRLDX-CW 2017

Posted on February 20, 2017 by dh8bqa

Another contest in the books. Condx were quite okay but I had the feeling activity was way down compared to previous years. Might as well have been the condx, had the impression they didn’t allow for more than tier 1 and … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX RTTY 2017

Posted on February 13, 2017 by dh8bqa

Spent a little time in WPX-RTTY last weekend. Uwe, DL3BQA, was going for a serious effort on 20 m thus I could only do 15 m during the day as the 40 m antenna is too close and giving interference … Continue reading →

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CQ WW 160 CW 2017

Posted on January 31, 2017 by dh8bqa

Second contest of the year. I really start liking the 160 m CW contests, lots of activity. 😎 It’s probably about time to plan some serious entries and especially good low band antennas! While our full-size Lazy Loop works great … Continue reading →

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SARTG-HNY-RTTY 2017

Posted on January 2, 2017 by dh8bqa

First of all Happy New Year to all of my blog readers! Hope you had an enjoyable holiday, we certainly did. 😎 Wishing all of you all the best for 2017, lots of QSOs and DX and might the propagation … Continue reading →

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ARRL 10 Meter Contest 2016

Posted on December 13, 2016 by dh8bqa

ARRL10M – one of my favourite contests! Nothing big to be expected during sunspot minimum, of course, nevertheless always fun and a nice opportunity for some propagation studies. 😎 Time I could spend last weekend was limited to a few … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX CW ’16

Posted on November 29, 2016 by dh8bqa

I had planned to drive the 700 km to the station for CQWW CW last weekend but QRL thwarted my plans and I had to sacrifice Friday/Monday which were planned for travelling. Therefor only played SOSB15 remotely … CONDX sucked! … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX SSB ’16

Posted on October 31, 2016 by dh8bqa

As mentioned in my WAG blog post I was not sure what to do in CQ WW SSB. We usually do 2-3 Single Band entries in the big SSB contests altering year by year who has the first band choice. … Continue reading →

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WAG ’16

Posted on October 16, 2016 by dh8bqa

Due to private and work committments I didn’t have a chance to go the 700 km to the station this time therefor only handed out some points remotely. Nothing set up for voice contesting on the remote thus a CW only entry. Took … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX RTTY 2016

Posted on September 26, 2016 by dh8bqa

Time for another contest entry! Due to rather bad condx Uwe, DL3BQA, was going to take part as SOSB20. I wanted to do a pseudo SOAB again, i.e. all bands except 20 m, but some interference between 40 and 20 … Continue reading →

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P4ØFA – WPX RTTY 15 m World Win Plaque received :-)

Posted on September 3, 2016 by dh8bqa

Nice surprise in the postbox yesterday: Finally my first contest plaque! 😎 Many thanks to Steve, K4FJ, for his sponsorship as well as Ed, WØYK, who manages the contest and took care of mailing it. It will definitely find a … Continue reading →

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Official DARC July Contest results … surprise surprise! :-)

Posted on August 7, 2016 by dh8bqa

Contest results are out! Despite not being that satisfied my result was obviously good enough for a 1st place Single OP finish. 😎

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DARC July VHF Contest ’16

Posted on July 5, 2016 by dh8bqa

Condx were average at best, lots of QSB. Especially the DX QSOs usually took a while but of course you have a bit more time for these during the night. Activity was quite low, especially in Germany – seems everybody … Continue reading →

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CW-Fieldday & WRTC antenna tests

Posted on June 5, 2016 by dh8bqa

Spent the weekend up in JO73 again. Met with Paul, DL5CW, Falk, DK7YY and locals Heiko, DG1BHA, and Uwe, DL3BQA. Wanted to do some antenna setup testing for WRTC 2018 which Paul is the Antenna Director for. Lots of stuff to … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX CW and some Magic Band frustration

Posted on May 29, 2016 by dh8bqa

Unfortunately I couldn’t make it to the QTH this weekend so only spent some limited time in the CQ WPX CW remotely. Great Sporadic-E conditions all weekend long so kept going on 10 m single band and managed a whopping … Continue reading →

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Another world win: SARTG-NY 2016

Posted on May 19, 2016 by dh8bqa

It felt like ages until the SARTG contest committee finally released the results of SARTG New Year RTTY Contest 2016 now. I have been checking their website every now and then for the last 4 month’. 😉 Took part in that one for … Continue reading →

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P4ØFA took SOHP15 world win in CQ WPX RTTY 2016

Posted on May 17, 2016 by dh8bqa

It’s official now: Despite being quite antenna challenged I won world #1 as P4ØFA during our stay on Aruba earlier this year operating as SOHP15 during CQ WPX RTTY contest. 😎

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DFØFA VHF May Contest ’16

Posted on May 8, 2016 by dh8bqa

Out again on the local hilltop in JO73CF. Ran short of operators, only DGØZB, DG1BHA, DH8BQA, DL3BQA & DL5CW active this time while DK7YY & DL9USA were prevented. Activity was quite bad, not happy with the result. Probably due to … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX SSB 2016

Posted on March 28, 2016 by dh8bqa

No activity at all during the last 4 weeks. Just too much QRL and not really up for the hobby. But wanted to do a few QSOs during WPX-SSB at least. As you might know we’re sharing our station. This … Continue reading →

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Aruba Contest QSLs

Posted on February 29, 2016 by dh8bqa

Finished the QSL design for our contest QSOs. Paul is using MS Publisher for his QSL artwork while I’m usually doing it with my (very old) copy of Paint Shop Pro. He was so enthusiastic about it when discussing the QSLing … Continue reading →

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P4ØXM ARRL DX CW M/2 results

Posted on February 22, 2016 by dh8bqa

A lot of effort was put into getting all antennas up and running again before the contest. Thanks to the whole team and especially John, W2GD, for all the hard work, it really paid off. 🙂 Finished just short of the existing South … Continue reading →

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