2nd Subregional VHF and Up Contest 2013
Winter is over
We had to skip the first sub-regional contest due to operator illness and the bad weather. So, finally spring is back and we are back in business.
CQ WPX SSB 2013
Scoring a Million Points
CQ WPX contest coincided with Easter celebrations this year. This gave me the opportunity to take part from the station of my dad (DL2LSM). The latter consists of a simple 2-by-20m double-zepp antenna with a K2 transceiver. It works pretty well on the low bands up to 20m. However, it lacks some punch on 15m and 10m. Nevertheless, my goal was set to thousand QSO’s.
1st Subregional VHF and Up Contest 2013
In principle the March contest is a great opportunity for us to score big since most of the groups can’t use their normal qth’s. However, the long winter conditions prevented us as well from using our hill for contest purposes. There have been still ice and now on the mountain. Additionally, Jens (DH0LS) called in sick. So, DF0MTL skipped this contest.
CQWW CW 160m 2013 @ DL2CC
It has been a nice operation from DL2CC/P. Especially the antenna is impressive. Worked during the second night.
CQWW DX CW 2012 @ DK0EE
It has been a nice operation from DK0EE as Multi-2. Worked mainly low bands during night time. The log can be found here.
Marconi Memorial Contest 2012
Fun Operating
The author wasn’t unable to take part in his favorite contest of the year due to family obligations. He was forced to spend some time in 8Q-land instead. Therefore, no big operation has been planned and the group separated for the last contest of the year into to individual operations. DQ7A operated at Haeuselstein (JN59RJ) and DF0MTL from Deditzhöhe (JO61JF), respectively.
Thanks everybody for the contacts and we hope to see everybody – and hopefully a few more – in March of next year.
IARU Region I UHF/SHF Contest 2012
Final Efforts
This time the DQ7A operation took place at Deditzhöhe, JO61JF.
The weather forecast promised heavy rain all day on Saturday. Luckily, the rain stayed away till about 6pm. So, at least we have been able to set up the stations in dry conditions.
IARU Region I VHF Contest 2012
Luckily, the weather forecast was wrong
This time the DQ7A operation took place at the Häuselstein, JN59RF.
The weather forecast promised heavy rain all day on Friday and Saturday morning. Luckily, the rain stayed about 50km to the south and it was just a bit cloudy with a little bit of rain Friday night.
IARU HF World Championship 2012
DA0HQ Sprint Contest
The IARU World Championship comes at a difficult date. It always takes place just a week after the 3rd Subregional VHF and Up Contest. So, operating time is somewhat limited in order not to annoy the rest of the family.
3rd Subregional VHF and Up Contest 2012
Thunderstorm limits the new Record
The joint effort of the south east contest group and the DF0MTL crew went into the fourth round. This time operation took place at the Deditzhöhe, JO61JF.