PACC and CQ WPX RTTY

In the weekend from 13-14 Februar was the Dutch PACC contest and also the CQ WPX RTTY.

For us as Dutch HAMs,the PACC is the most important one.

The CQ WPX is a 48 hours contest.Started at 0:01 saturday till sunday 23:59.

I also started at the begin of the contest,because i wanted to have some qso's in this contest as well.And the time the PACC is on...that the contest i will be in.

Propagation was very good on 40M.I could work alot of NA stations.Last QSO made before i got a little sleep was at 3:42.This was number 119 in my log....

At 7:29 i was back at the radio and back in the CQ WPX.I started again on the 40M band,but only European stations here and not much new to work.After 20 minutes i went to the 20M band,that was already open.But here also mostly Europeans that i could work.After 1 1/2 hour i went back to the 40M band again.Here i looked around some and started to call CQ on 7051.

After one hour on the 40M band,i went back to 20M.My last station logged before the PACC started was ZL1BYZ.
At 17:00 UTC i went from the PACC back to CQ WPX and was able to work Phil,KL8DX..confirmation via eQSL and LoTW came fast after the contest was over.

As i didn't hear much stations for the PACC i decited to stay in the CQ WPX.Could work till 20:30 stations on 20M,but the band was already getting to close down.So i went again to the 40M band.propagation was again very well,was able to work Francisco,YV5LI.At 1:16 i went QRT for bed.

I started the CQ WPX again after the PACC contest was done.First qso made again was around 13:12 UTC.propagation on the 20M was better then it was on saturday.I was able to work YB,XU7,E21,VU2,A61...

At 19:00 i went qrt for a little break..and was back at 21:40 UTC.

I was listening on the 20M band..thinking it was closed,but..no way.i still could hear some stations fron NA and also very strong Francisco,TG9ANF.It was very strange to work him at this time of the day,but did make me very happy as well.

After this qso i went back to the 40M band...till 23:30 UTC.Total i made 464 QSO's in the CQ WPX contest..almost 300 qso's more then i had in 2009.

Total points where 532980 !!!You bet i could sleep very well after this.

The PACC contest

At 13:00 UTC on saturday i did start the PACC contest.First looking for a free space,but the freq. was already very busy.So i went searching for stations in the contest.

I was able to work a few stations on all of the bands i am allowed to transmit on.PE4BAS,Bas and PD5JFK,Jelle are two of them.Also both did send eQSL's straight after the contest was over.Thanks guys for the QSO's and the points.

On the first day the contest didn't go well for me.Couldn't get a free freq. to call on and didn't find much stations who where calling in the contest.Around 17:00 UTC i did stop the PACC and went to the CQ WPX.So now and then i listened over the band and did pick some stations out for the PACC.Last station logged before bedtime was around 0:27.

Sunday mornig at 8:30 i was back at the radio and in the PACC.I first went to the 40m band,worked a couple stations.Nice was to work PA0AA with Peter that time as operator,PD1RP.Little later i went to the 20M and did hear Henk,VK2GWK giving point in the PACC.I could work Henk as well via Long Path.

After 30 minutes on 20M i decited to go on 40M and find a free freq.I did find one and did start calling CQ......wow..i never had such a pile up :) This made the bad start from the day before good again.I did work alot of Dutch stations as well.I think this year more PD stations where active then the years before.Good sign.

At the end i got 329 qso's logged and 57 Multies.Total points given from N1MM is 18.753.

I did join this contest for the 4th time and this time was the most succesfull.We have to wait a few months to see what place i am from the Dutch Novice stations.

This weekend was for me very good.Made in 2 contest almost 800 qso's !!

Contesting October

TARA RUMBLE PSK 3 Okt.
Total QSO's: 77
Total Points: Unknown
Remarks: Nice contest,just not much in the contest.



The MAKROTHEN Contest (RTTY) 10-11 Okt.
Total QSO's: 270
Total points: 1.134.422
Remarks: Nice contest in wich the distances between the stations are the point.Worked alot of NA..ment alot of KM/points that way.But also JA,E21,DV1.



JARTS WW RTTY 17-18 Okt.
Total QSO's: 404
Total points: 100425
Remarks: Propagation was good.Also 40M was good for me,worked few JA's and also YB,VK.YB and VK where new DXCC's for me on 40M.Got after the contest the eQSL already from VK3TDX.

Contesting

I didn't update my blog for some time now,so now a update about my contest adventures from August...

SARTG WW RTTY 15-16 Aug.
Total QSO's: 206
Total points: 187370
Remarks: Some nice propagation...worked KH6,DV1 and some JA's as nice far DX.

RDA Contest (SSB-CW) 15-16 Aug.
Total QSO's: 109
Total points: 101370
Remarks: Very nice to work the Russian Provinces.Prop was good in that area.

EPC RUSSIA DX (PSK63) 22-23 Aug.
Total QSO's: 163
Total points: 162792
Remarks: Nice to work EPC members.

YO-DX Contest (SSB-CW) 29-30 Aug.
Total QSO's: 101
Total points: 18048
Remarks: Nice contest to work the YO Area's

SCC RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP 29-30 Aug.
Total QSO's: 260
Total points: 40918
Remarks: Propagation was ok,worked alot of NA and also ZS,PY,JA,LT,V5.

This where my contest results.Worked in all contest some nice DXCC's.Also very nice to see some friends again during the contest.Till next time...we meet again.

Contesten

Since i am back home i am also back to the radio.Every day i get more and more time,can sit down longer with my back.It's nice to kill the day with some radio time.The first weeks i was only allowed to lay on the bed....wow what can a day take a long time then.Since i am up and also walk more,the days fly by again.

On the 1th of July was the RAC contest.Propagation wasn't very well that day.Made 25 QSO's in CW and SSB mode.Worked 10 Canadian stations during the contest in 4 ProvincesThis where ON,NS,QC and SK.Nice also to work XE2WWW,Jorge.

The weekend of 4/5 July there where also a few contests.

In the "Independence of Venezuela Contest" i made 27 QSO's

In the "DL DX RTTY Contest" i made 250 QSO's

In the past weekend of the 11th and 12th of July was the big "IARU HF World Champions Contest".

Last year i also joined this contest and wanted to try to get more QSO's/points this year.I made more hours this year at the radio and this also came out in the points.

Made 402 QSO's in CW/SSB.

I'm very happy with this result.Worked also some very nice stations during the contest,like:

CX1AA,8N3HQ,8H8HQ,9Y4HQ,OZ1HQ,P44HQ,YS1YS,LX0HQ,CO7PH,ZF1A,HD2A,XE1KK,

KH7XS,GJ0KYZ,A71A and many more.

Nice was to work KH7XS without a pileup :)

Some results from the contest you can see here:

ARRL and Open Ukraine RTTY Contest

In the weekend from 7 and 8 March i was again active in a few Contest.

In the "ARRL International DX Contest" and the "Open Ukraine RTTY Championship".

The propagation wasn't very well in my eyes.

During the ARRL International DX Contest in SSB,i made 61 QSO's.It was not easy to get the QSO's.Just with 25 watts of power.....and then between all thoose OM's using 100W-1KW.

I was also active in the ARRL DX CW Contest,a few weeks ago.CW is for low power as i use,easier.The tones from the CW are much harder then my voice and much more clear as well i think.

The result was 61 QSO's with 24 multies (states+provinces) comes to 4392 Points.

During the Open Ukriane RTTY Contest,i was only active on the 20M band.

Made just 50 QSO's in this periode of the contest,between 08:00 - 11:59 UTC.

Got 8 DXCC's in my log and 28 domains.Total of points 378.

Links:

www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/intldx.html

www.uarl.com.ua/openrtty