Category Archives: Contesting

CQ WW RTTY 2015

Posted on September 28, 2015 by dh8bqa

Wow, this was kinda addictive! After I didn’t like it much last year it was indeed great fun to operate the CQ WW RTTY this year. By tradition the contest is reserved for Uwe, DL3BQA. As condx were rather poor … Continue reading →

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A few QSOs in this weekend’s SAC-CW

Posted on September 20, 2015 by dh8bqa

First time switching on my own equipment after some 3 weeks. Spent 2 hours last night on 80 m working the Scandinavian Activity Contest on CW. For Non-Scandinavian stations it’s pretty much a Search & Pounce contest only. Thank god for skimmers! … Continue reading →

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CQ WW 160 SSB winning certificate received

Posted on September 11, 2015 by dh8bqa
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DLØWRTC IARU-VHF 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by dh8bqa

This time no portable ops! The usual DFØFA suspects had no time so we ran short of operators and decided to stay at the club station and activate DLØWRTC a bit to promote WRTC 2018 in Germany and handing out the special DOK … Continue reading →

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SCC-RTTY

Posted on August 30, 2015 by dh8bqa

After I had some fun participating part time in last year’s SCC RTTY Championship and even won a PDF certificate 😉 I put a marker in the contest calendar for this year. Unfortunately condx were really bad and I did not have … Continue reading →

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IOTA ’15

Posted on July 26, 2015 by dh8bqa

Rather bad condx! Neither had time nor motivation to do much more so basically just handing out a few QSOs and points every now and then. Need to plan to go on an island myself next year maybe, certainly much … Continue reading →

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IARU HF World Championship ’15

Posted on July 12, 2015 by dh8bqa

Just handing out a few points, no time and – to be honest – no pleasure this time, don’t ask me why. Maybe the summer doldrums or just being in VHF mood currently. 😉 Also recognized our 80 m dipole has a problem, … Continue reading →

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July VHF contest 2015

Posted on July 5, 2015 by dh8bqa

Not been much active lately … QRL, QRL, QRL. So it was good to get out of all the business stuff for a few hours this weekend and free up my mind. 😎 Condx were rather average, didn’t recognize any of … Continue reading →

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Some fun in the 144 MHz NAC/LYAC tonight

Posted on June 2, 2015 by dh8bqa

It’s been a while since I participated more seriously in the only 4 hour long NAC (Nordic Activity Contest) and LYAC (Lithuanian Activity Contest) evenings which take place regularly every Tuesday and Thursday on different bands. Tonight was the first … Continue reading →

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QRP in the WPX-CW using the Elecraft KX3

Posted on June 1, 2015 by dh8bqa

My motivation to participate full-time and high power in the WPX-CW was quite low this time. Currently I’m rather in “VHF mood” enjoying 6 & 4 m as well as waiting for more Sporadic E on 2 m during my holidays. … Continue reading →

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TJ – Cameroon #134 on 6 m

Posted on May 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

Propagation sucked today. Six and above stayed closed all day long. Thus I had to rely on Meteor Scatter to work something new. The Camb-Hams are currently active as GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Mull, IOTA EU-008, in the relatively rare … Continue reading →

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DFØFA results DARC May VHF contest ’15

Posted on May 4, 2015 by dh8bqa

Back from the “mountain”. Well, “hilltop” is certainly a better description for our location about 100 km north-east of Berlin near the German-Polish border. 😉 Expected bad weather but after all we were quite lucky! A few guys already made … Continue reading →

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Temporary permit to use 4 m in DL again! :-)

Posted on April 29, 2015 by dh8bqa

German BNetzA informed today (Amtsblatt 8/2015, Mitteilung Nr. 412/2015) that they allow German class A radio amateurs to operate on 4 m again during the upcoming Sporadic E season. 😎 Effective from today the permit is valid until 31 August 2015 … Continue reading →

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WPX-SSB 2015 raw scores published

Posted on April 18, 2015 by dh8bqa

Raw scores for this year’s WPX-SSB contest were published yesterday. Seems I can be proud of placing 1st out of 6 participants in Germany, 2nd out of 52 in Europe and 6th out of 85 worldwide! 😎 The points differences … Continue reading →

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SP DX contest certificate received

Posted on April 14, 2015 by dh8bqa

 Found the winner certificate for my last year’s entry in the SP DX contest in the post box today. I have to admit I liked the “old design” of the contest certificates much better! Remember my participation quite well as … Continue reading →

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Japan International DX Contest CW

Posted on April 13, 2015 by dh8bqa

No radio activity here since Easter. Had a marker in my calendar that JIDX-CW would be this past weekend. Wasn’t in the mood to participate on Saturday, thoughts were rather in a QRL project I’m handling right now. Also saw … Continue reading →

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CQ-WPX-SSB 2015

Posted on March 30, 2015 by dh8bqa

Another WPX-SSB is done. Although not planned I managed to take Friday off and drive the 700 km to the station the night from Thursday to Friday already. Was certainly the better choice than driving after QRL on Friday evening … Continue reading →

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ARRL-DX 2014 certificates received

Posted on March 13, 2015 by dh8bqa

      Two times post from the ARRL contest committee during the last few days. Received the ARRL-DX-CW participation certificate for doing more than 500 QSOs as a DX participant as well as the winner certificate for winning SOAB … Continue reading →

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CQ-WW-160-SSB

Posted on March 2, 2015 by dh8bqa

Well, I did not plan to take part in that one. As reported earlier I have an RFI problem using the remote on 160 m. Practically this means I’m limited to about 15-20 watts output if I want to reliably … Continue reading →

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ARRL-DX-CW 2015

Posted on February 23, 2015 by dh8bqa

It does not feel that long ago since I wrote about 2014’s ARRL-DX-CW contest in this blog. Another year is gone … wow, time’s really flying by! So I practised my poor CW again last weekend. 😉 Had a good … Continue reading →

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