Category: Contest
Aug 07 2018
August 2018 NAC contest on 144 MHz
Lot’s of noise due to upcoming thunder storms. Therefor I had the idea that less stations from the UK were QRV tonight.
Jul 23 2018
July 2018 NAC contest on 1296 MHz
Only 10 minutes in the shack before the doorbell rang and visitors arrived. No time to test-drive the new 120cm dish. Hope there will be some activity during the 1st weekend of August contest.
Jul 12 2018
July 2018 NAC contest on 432 MHz
Terrible propagation. In the beginning of the evening I wasn’t even able to work OZ1BEF. Later, when temperatures were cooling down we’ve made a QSO. SK7MW is missing in the log to to the lack of tropo. In total I’ve made 20 QSO’s in about 2 hours (20.00-22.00 local time) with a total of 5637 km. …
Jul 08 2018
July 2018 contest results
I’ve worked hard the day before the contest to get the 120cm dish for 23/13cm mounted on the roof. Special thanks to Frans PC2F for helping me out. During the contest, the 144 MHz station was Multi-Op since Remco PA3FYM was coming over. He hasn’t been QRV on VHF for a while. I think the …
Jul 04 2018
July 2018 NAC contest on 144 MHz
There were very good tropo openings towards LA and I was able to work multiple stations in JO59. Norway was a missing DXCC for me on 2-meters. I could even hear those stations on my FT-817 with rubber duck on the windowsill. Booming signals! After 2100 localtime I turned the antenna towards the UK. The desert …
Jun 12 2018
June 2018 NAC contest on 432 MHz
First NAC on 432 MHz this year. The 2nd Thuesday of the month is always difficult for me. In the log: Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and England. ODX was SK7MW with 617km.
Jun 05 2018
June 2018 NAC contest on 144 MHz
Todays NAC contest just finished. There were very good tropo conditions. Yesterday I could hear the OY beacon on both 144 and 432 MHz, today I didn’t (yet). But heard and worked many stations in GM and even a little bonus with stations in North Ireland. ODX: GM7PKT/P IO76NO 824 km with FT-817 and 5 Watts. …
May 20 2018
RSGB 144MHz May Contest
Saturday during the start and Sunday morning I spend a few hours in the shack and was able to work 21 stations. Amongst them, 1 in Schotland, 2 in Wales and the rest from England. I was using a 9-elements LFA and 100 Watts power. ODXC was GM6MD in IO75VG (717km). The log is uploaded as …
Jul 14 2017
First price Belgium 144 MHz Spring contest
I won the first prize in the Belgium UBA spring contest on 144 MHz. within the QRP segment outside of Belgium. The caveat: I was the only one who send in a log :). Nevertheless I’d like to thank all Belgium stations for there patience working me. I was using about 5 Watts of power …
Jul 04 2017
July 2017 NAC-contest 144 MHz
The first two hours I started beaming OZ and DL. Signals from OZ (and SM) where very loud. From 120 degrees (Germany Ruhrgebiet) I noticed local QRN. That’s why dots are missing in Germany. Later on I directed the beam 270 degrees towards the UK. Unfortunately no Wales or Scotland. The biggest surprise was a …
Jul 02 2017
July 2017 VHF-UHF-SHF contest
New DXCC: SP (Poland) and EI (Ireland). The last one, I was able to work on 432 MHz in SSB and 144 Mhz in CW. Distance: 827km zo my ODX for this contest. I didn’t hear and work SM (Sweden) stations. I had a sked with an OE (Austria) station but unfortunately this didn’t work …
May 22 2017
RSGB 144 MHz May contest 2017
Last weekend the RSGB held the annual 144 MHz May contest. I’ve made 17 QSO’s on Saturday. Just for fun. The log is send as checklog. I”ve made one mistake with G3WSK’s locator. UT1FG/MM was a surprise as operator, active from his boat on the Northsea. The band was quiet dead. ODX was M0WYB with …
May 08 2017
May 2017 VHF-UHF contest
Active on 144 and 432 MHz. New was 1296 MHz with a (very) limited set-up: 15-elements yagi (120cm boom) without pre-amp and 10 Watts of output power. Still able to work Belgium, Germany and England.
