CQ WW CW

The past weekend was again the CQ WW in CW.A very big contest with alot of stations that are joining it.This isn't only a nice contest for itself,but also a possibility to work some very nice DXCC's.Many op's are going to other places to get different DXCC and Zones on the air.

It's a 48 hours contest,starting at 0:00 UTC.

My goal is to try to get more QSO's and Points then the year before.Last year i had little more then 175.000 points with 560 QSO's.....so for me it wouldn't be that easy to get better.I just have a small station with 25 watts and my antenne's are 3elm Fritzel (FB33) and the PKW MHF1e40.And also for me as a Novice,only 3 band are allowed....10 , 20 and 40M.

I started at 0:00 UTC on 40M.In the start it's an easy job...all stations are new in the log.The best in this contest is to work DX outside your own continent,so for me outside Europe.Propagation wasn't very well this time,but still i managed to work a few stations from NA and also P40L.At 2:30 i decited to sleep a little...

6:00 UTC back at the radio,first again on 40M and from 6:24 UTC on the 20M.Propagation on 20M seemed to be ok...and i managed to work 3 stations from Japan.Also Asiatic Russia and Europe was very strong.After one hour on 20M i went back to the 40M band again to see how the propagation was.Propagation to NA was better as before,worked 28 stations in one hour,8 from NA and also KP2.After that back to 20M.

I also looked so now and then on the 10M and at 9:45 i did hear some good signals.Was able to work 21 Stations on 10M,mostly EU and 9J3A.Total i worked 58 stations on 10M during the contest from 11 different Zones.

This was the way i did work the whole contest.Checking so now and then other bands for propagation and new Multipliers.

Sometimes i also managed to work a station during a pile up.I just went up or down a few and this did work very well.I like to work contest.Also in CW but thats also difficult for me,as i work CW with my computer and MixW.This means that sometimes i got not everything ok or the other has mistakes.Sometimes i get back from the others GD7BZ instead of PD7BZ.Then it's always the question if it's my software that makes the mistakes or do they really send it wrong back.I can understand my own call in CW now,so the callmistakes are getting less.

Click here for the Contest results in SH5: http://www.pd7bz.nl/cqww/index.htm

Some nice DXCC's worked:

10M: 9J3A , VK6AA , 4K9W , OD5NJ , 9L5VT , D4C and C5A

20M: J28AA , VE2XAA/2 (Zone 2) , HK1X , 7Z1SJ , 5X1XA , TO5T , P40W , PZ5T ,

8P5A , HI3A , PJ2T , BY8AC , A73A , 8N5A and ZA3HA.

40M: ZA3HA , A73A , T70A , V47NT , OY6A , KP2M , OH0V , 8P5A , 8N5A and JA6GCE.

The results from N1MM:

Band --QSOs -- Pts -- Cty -- ZN

7 --221 -- 363 -- 60 -- 13

14 --298 -- 642 -- 66 -- 20

28 -- 58 -- 110 -- 26 -- 11

Total 577 -- 1115 -- 152 -- 44

Score: 218.540

WAE RTTY

The past weekend was again the WAE (Work All Europe) in RTTY.

In RTTY are different rules......all can work all....so not only EU with DX.....and DX with EU.

It's a 48 hours contest.

I started at 1.20 UTC.Was looking on 40M,but the band wasn't really open.

Worked in 1 hour 21 stations and didn't find any new ones.So i went to sleep a little.

At 5.41 UTC i logged again the first one on 40M.Worked so 5 stations and had a look if the 20M was already open.That was already open and stayed there a bit.Propagation was mostly Europe that time....also on 20M.

I always look on the other bands as well,to see if they are open for multies.

We where lucky that also the 10M was a little open on both days.

For me as a Novice,i have only the 10 , 20 and 40M to use.

So if the 10M is open,this means always new multies.

Nicest DX where:

10M EA8,UN8,RG9

20M OD5,7Z1,KP4,E21,5C,J39,HP3,YW5,VK3

40M FY1,5C,VK3

If you want to see more info from my WAE Contest,just have a look here:

http://www.pd7bz.nl/WAE

There i have used SH5..a very nice programm to get the information out of your contests.

It has many nice things you can see.I saw the programm first at the blog of my friend Bas,PE4BAS.Talked with him about it and also got it registrated now.

The free programm only goes till 200 QSO's.

My WAE was better again then in 2009.

Got 403 QSO's and over 100.000 points this year.

Shame that the propagation wasn't very well...maybe next contest better....

CQ WW RTTY

The past weekend was again the CQ WW RTTY contest.I always like Contesting and most also in RTTY.I started at 0:15 UTC and as the 20M band was closed,i went to the 40M band.

For this i use my PKW MHF1e40 who is on the roof,static in the North West-South East direction.This because in the big contest there are alot of NA stations active and they also count for more points.

At 3:15 UTC i took a little sleep break and was back at the radio around 6:14 for the first QSO again.The 40M band was still full of RTTY signals and also very big signals.Propagation to NA was closed,so mostly European stations.Still the last QSO on 40M,before i went to the 20M band,was PJ2S who still had a great signal here.

On the 20M band is was most EU what i did see and sometimes some Asiatic Russians.

At 10:17 UTC i managed to work JT5DX in the pile up.He was the only JT station i saw in the contest so happy to have him logged.

So now and then i also looked on the 10M band,as that is one of my favourite bands.At 11:39 UTC i made my first QSO on the 10M.It was with ER0FEO.I made 14 QSO's within the hour,with nice DX as well like ST2AR and 6V7X.

At 12:34 UTC i was back on the 20M.First QSO was with SU/HA3JB.From that time also the stations from NA got stronger.VE3DZ was the first one i worked.

At 14:00 the propagation to NA seemed to get lower and i got the beam towards the East.Saw a YB station when beaming to NA...when turned the beam i saw it was YB0PAH with a pile up.I waited a little and when it got a little calm i called him and could write him also in my log.

After this also BA1GM and VU2LBW could be worked.

After checking the 10M band again,it seemed to be open again and also to other directions.

First was ZW5B with a great signal.After that i managed to work Christian,TL0A,who didn't have much takes at that time.He was at 28094.8 a little higer then most contesters.This also made it easier to work him without QRM from other stations.

At 17:29 i worked PY2MTV and got already his eQSL card in.I managed also to work a few Argentinian stations and also 5N7M got logged.

Back to 20M again,working EU and NA...but also 9M2TO and VQ9LA were logged.

Propagation was very good in most directions.I managed to get also ZX2B,YV5AAX,FG5LA,FM5CD,CO2GL

At 21:40 UTC i took a little break,my soccerteam was playing (Ajax) so i looked that game last 45 minutes :)

After this i was back on the radio and the 40M band until 23:20 UTC.Bedtime,hi

Back on the radio at 7:20 UTC.First checking the 40M.Propagation to NA was down and only could work one,K1TTT, that morning.All other stations on 40M where EU.

At 11:55 i managed to work ZS2I on the 10M band giving me CQ Zone 38.

This was the only station who i could hear/see that time on 10M.So back to 20M...

First looking around 14063....and saw KL7RA...He wasn't very busy and i was able to work him.CQ zone 1 also in the log.

At 17:16 i did stop the contest.I managed to get my goal...more QSO's and points as the year before....

The propagation was very good for DX and sometimes also for short distances on 20M.

I managed to work a few Dutch stations from the South part,few Germans,Belgium,Luxembourg and Danmark as well.

It was very nice to have ST2AR on 10,20 and 40 M.Also i worked Larry,VQ9LA,on 20 and 40M.For me VQ9 is a new DXCC on 40M.

It was nice to see also more stations from Iceland active in the contest.Got 4 different OM's in my log.

More and more OM's are getting to use eQSL.I find it a very nice tool/qsl.I also do LoTW,but thats text only...eQSL you als have a kind of QSL card.