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DMØY SOSB80 QRP – CQ WWDX CW ’22

Posted on November 28, 2022 by dh8bqa

Besides my 10 m single band entry I used some time Saturday evening to try out RUMLog in contest mode and dig a little deeper into all of it’s features. After all it now has Flexradio support and connects to … Continue reading →

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DH8BQA SO(A)SB10 HP – CQ WWDX CW ’22

Posted on November 28, 2022 by dh8bqa

I can only partially understand the many comments about how great 10 m was. I was rather disappointed. Geomagnetics were severely disturbed at times, which is certainly more noticeable in the north of DL than in the south, not to … Continue reading →

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Golden October … in November ;-)

Posted on November 14, 2022 by dh8bqa

Seems we got a golden October again, just a few weeks delayed. 😀 I was a bit late to the “tropo party” on Saturday. Heiko, DG1BHA, had already worked half a dozen stations from Belarus but when I switched on … Continue reading →

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WAE-RTTY ’22

Posted on November 13, 2022 by dh8bqa

Made a few QSOs in this weekend’s WAE-RTTY contest today basically to try out a mixed Windows/iOS setup for the Flexradio after the troubles before WWDX-SSB. This time used an iPad for TRX control, i.e. tuning, finding stations, a.s.o. while … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX SSB ’22

Posted on October 31, 2022 by dh8bqa

This one was tricky! When last onsite at the station in September I recognized my N1MMLogger+ installation on the local Windows machine wouldn’t start anymore. Getting really strange error messages. So I had planned some time on Friday to do … Continue reading →

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IOTA final results

Posted on September 14, 2022 by dh8bqa

Final results are out! 😎 Now eager to see what the trophy looks like. 😉

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Good Aurora Opening

Posted on September 4, 2022 by dh8bqa

One day too late! 😀 Good ol’ sun was quite active lately so we were regularly checking the Aurora predictions and Space Weather websites during the contest. Unfortunately nothing during the competition but the band finally opened late this afternoon … Continue reading →

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September VHF Contest ’22

Posted on September 4, 2022 by dh8bqa

Once again active with the guys, luckily the last time with the “tongue twister” special event call DM6ØUEA. 😀 I have been mainly active on the radio on Saturday and used Sunday to fine-tune the Node Red installation, i.e. adding … Continue reading →

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Just a little Perseids activity

Posted on August 14, 2022 by dh8bqa

Only a few QSOs during the Perseids Meteor shower this year, but at least over five times more than last year. 😀 Kidding aside, just too much QRL again so only QRV every now and then for short time periods. … Continue reading →

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US West Coast Opening on 6 m

Posted on August 6, 2022 by dh8bqa

It’s been a very long time since I last caught a 6 m opening to the US West coast. Actually this opening tonight was just my second West Coast opening at all! And as it happens during all multi hop … Continue reading →

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MM/DH8BQA: 6 m opening from IO75kk

Posted on July 31, 2022 by dh8bqa

Marc, DO4DXA from JN58, asked during the contest if I could come to 6 m as it was open to Scotland. Did so after the contest was finished and easily worked him on CW with the KX3 matching the ZS6BKW … Continue reading →

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MM/DH8BQA: IOTA Test from EU-123, Isle of Arran

Posted on July 31, 2022 by dh8bqa

Actually, the IOTA contest would have been a non-event for me this year. Since my wife and daughter only got vacation for the last 2 weeks of July, I had already written off the contest in my mind. The plan … Continue reading →

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MM/DH8BQA: Visiting Jim – GM4FVM in Scotland

Posted on July 28, 2022 by dh8bqa

Summer time = holiday time! This year the three of us decided to spend a week in London, then move on to Edinburgh for another week together with a few friends making it a group of seven. Had a very … Continue reading →

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Double-hop on 4 m & the Balkans on 2m

Posted on July 11, 2022 by dh8bqa

Caught another Sporadic-E opening to the Balkans on 2 m early afternoon: —————————————————————— TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB —————————————————————— 11:55 LZ1AG KN22ID +02 -06 2 m. FT8 ES 1454 11:58 LZ2CM KN13OJ +01 -06 2 m. … Continue reading →

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Some Tropo for a change!

Posted on July 8, 2022 by dh8bqa

Sporadic-E, Aurora, now some Tropo for a change! Love the summer month’ as there are so many different possibilities to catch different propagation modes on VHF, it’s just amazing! Certainly one of the reasons why I fell in love with … Continue reading →

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Sporadic-E on 4 m & Aurora on 2 m

Posted on July 7, 2022 by dh8bqa

Interesting day today! Four was open this morning via ES to the UK & Ireland as well as EA & EA6. It closed at 12z and never opened again, MUF down. Thus nothing to expect on 2 m either, right? … Continue reading →

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July VHF Contest ’22

Posted on July 3, 2022 by dh8bqa

July VHF contest is usually the VHF contest I participate as a single operator. Again so this year. Result is on par with those of the last few entries. It’s been a few years since breaking the 400 QSOs barrier … Continue reading →

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More ES, even on SSB ;-)

Posted on June 11, 2022 by dh8bqa

Following yesterday’s openings 2 m was hot again all day long. At times we had two or three different path’ open (Greece, Italy, Spain) in parallel. And there was some good SSB activity, too! Not to miss anything I went … Continue reading →

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Plenty of Sporadic-E again

Posted on June 10, 2022 by dh8bqa

More Sporadic-E today with very high MUF, contacts around 1.000 km on 2 m! —————————————————————— TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB —————————————————————— 10:40 F6DBI IN88IJ -07 -11 2 m. FT8 ES 1336 10:46 F6CIS IN94WL -09 -09 … Continue reading →

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Bands hot again

Posted on June 9, 2022 by dh8bqa

Another great day! Started with a JA opening on 6 m although only 3 stations wkd (all JA8 from QN03/23). Once again I had the feeling being much too weak although running 400 watts into an 8 ele longyagi. 🙁 … Continue reading →

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