In January I entered the UK DX BPSK63 contest, the claimed scores showed that it was very close at the top. The results have been published and I’m happy to report that after adjudication, I kept first place and although you can’t see from the image below, my score was the highest of any UK […]
Category: Contesting
WSPR on 15m
For the last few days I’ve been running WSPR on 15m with 5w out of my radio into the Hexbeam, pointing east in the morning and west in the evening. Here’s a map showing all activity over the last 24 hours. 15m is not a band that’s widely used for WSPR so there are nowhere […]
The results of the OK DX RTTY contest 2012
On the 15th December I took part in the OK DX RTTY contest and I blogged about it here. Yesterday I was pointed at the results by OK1RIG and I have to say that this has to be one of the fastest sets of contest results I’ve seen so that’s great work by the Czech […]
The UK DX BPSK63 2013 contest
Last weekend I was pleased to take part in the UK DX BPSK63 contest – This contest was RTTY in 2012 but has changed to PSK63 this year. I generally prefer operating RTTY to PSK but there’s no doubt that PSK63 is quicker than RTTY and more stations will fit into the available bandwidth. This […]
OK DX RTTY contest 2012
At the beginning of each month, I take a look at the contest calendar and get a rough idea of what I’m going to take part in, whether I’m just going to give away some points or whether I’m going to make a serious entry. The data contests attract my attention more than any others […]
CQWW SSB weekend 2012
Last weekend was the biggest SSB contest of the year, CQWW SSB. I can’t believe that means it’s been over a year since my mast was put up as my aim was to get that completed in time for the contest in 2011. I had a couple of aims for this year. Firstly I wanted […]
The CQ WPX RTTY Contest 2012 results are out
Back in February I blogged to say that I’d put a serious entry into the CQ WPX RTTY Contest 2012 and I’m happy to say that the results are now out in the July edition of CQ Magazine. I subscribe to CQ in the digital form and I’m always very pleased when the email comes […]
CQ World-Wide WPX CW Contest 2012
This weekend was the CQ World-Wide WPX CW Contest, the second largest CW contest of the year and I decided to give away a few points and perhaps try and pick up some new DXCC entities on the way. I’m still not fully proficient at Morse so this was never going to be a serious entry […]
Not a very good night at the Martello Tower
Last night was the April 144MHz RSGB UKAC contest and as usual we were at the Martello Tower to take part. Things started off slowly with only 15 stations or so worked in the first half an hour with just two of those being given a genuine five-nine report. Signals were generally much lower than […]
Looking forward to the AFD PSK contest this weekend
Since I got my IMD meter recently, I’ve been looking forward to the AFD PSK contest this weekend. It’s only the second time it’s been run and I gave away a few points last year. From what I remember, it seemed a lot more relaxed than some of the bigger contests. The contest runs from […]
