October 30, 2011 | Had some fun in the CQ Worldwide DX Contest this weekend. Ended up with 150 contacts for 55,806 points. Most contacts were made on 10 meters! |
May 30, 2011 | Band conditions were awful for the CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (CW) this weekend. I ended up with only 115 contacts (99 prefixes) for a total of 23,958 points. This was my worst score in the past three years! |
March 6. 2011 | Spent half of the weekend at Disney World. But, spent some time today on the ARRL DX SSB contest and made 80 contacts with 64 multiplers for a point total of 15,168. The contact spread among 10, 15 and 20 was almost equal! |
January 30, 2011 | The VHF contest last weekend was a bust for me. I worked one station on 6 meters and he was a few miles away! But, this weekend I made some contacts in the CQ WW 160 Meter Contest (CW). I added some extra wire to the vertical and the tuner managed to find a match all across the band. I imagine that only a few watts were actually being radiated though. I did manage 52 contacts in 20 states and one Canadian province for a total of 2,247 points. |
January 22, 2011 | I have been off the air for awhile due to vacation and what I thought was a radio problem. After much frustration, I found out that part of the SO-239 in my lightening arrestor was bent slightly causing an intermittent connection issue. It took me a long time to track that down and, after tearing a number of things apart, all is well now! The ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes takes place this weekend so I’ll see if I can make a few contacts in that. |
November 28, 2010 | CQ WW DX (CW) Results: 133 QSO's in 43 zones for a total of 45,824 points. I had to cut it short due to some radio issues. (I may be off the air for a few weeks.) This was the first time ever that I made contacts on all contest bands: 160 through 10 - first ever 160 contact! |
November 21, 2010 | Results from ARRL November Sweepstakes (SSB): 140 QSO's, 59 sections, 16,520 points. |
November 14.2010 | I started to use two new modes today. WSPR using WSPR 2.0 and JT65 using JT65-HF. Both are very unique and fun! |
Novermber 7, 2010 | Results from ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW): 118 QSO's, 54 sections, 12,744 points. |
November 5, 2010 | I added an EQ Plus by W2IHY yesterday. I've always felt that I needed a little extra "talk power" and don't plan to add an amplifier or a big antenna right now. I worked special event station HF2010CY in Poland and Z36T in Macedonia on 40 (SSB) tonight. There was quite a pile up calling the Macedonian station but I got through on the second call! |
October 31, 2010 | Made some contacts in the CQ WW DX (SSB) Contest. For a change, I made more contacts on 15 than 20! That's a good sign. 10 was open for awhile as well. |
July 11, 2010 | Band conditions were not too good this weekend but managed to make about 100 contacts in the IARU HF Championship - most on CW. |
July 8, 2010 | I've been travelling a great deal lately and have not been able to get on the air. But, I have a few days now and hope to make a few contacts. The IARU HF Championship is this weekend so I'll make sure (I hope) to get on for that. |
June 13, 2010 | Played a bit in the ARRL June VHF QSO Party. When I was first licensed, these VHF contests were all that I could participate in on 2 meter AM. I didn't hear anyone on 2 Meter CW or SSB this weekend but I did make 35 6 Meter contacts. |
May 31, 2010 | Had 173 contacts for 37,496 points in the CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (CW) this weekend. It's nowhere near what the "big boys" do but I beat my score from last year which included 129 contacts for 26,936 points. Made two contacts in Cyprus and one in New Zealand on 40 meters. |
May 23. 2010 | Made my first PSK63 contacts during the European PSK DX Contest! |
May 15, 2010 | Made a few Hell contacts today during the Feld Hell Sprint - what a unique mode! You can find out more at the Feld Hell Club site. |
May 3, 2010 | Didn't do much operating this weekend - just one PSK31 contact on 10 meters on Sunday. I recently discovered a site called GlobalQSL. They print and send your QSL's! All that you have to do is upload a file and everything else is done for you. It seems pretty good to me: http://www.globalqsl.com/ |
May 1, 2010 | Had a tooth pulled yesterday. Ouch! Maybe do some digital work today. There's a 10 - 10 digital contest going on. Maybe 10 meters will be open? |
April 29, 2010 | Just started this website today. Let's see if anyone finds it! |
