Mar 08 2010

2010 ARRL International DX (SSB) Contest

The 2010 ARRL International DX (SSB) contest was held over the 48 hour period from 0000Z 06 March to 2400Z 07 March. During this contest American (K) and Canadian (VE) amateur stations work as many DXCC amateur stations as possible on 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands. The mode for this contest is CW (continuous wave) or Morse code.

My final results for this contest were:

Band QSOs Points Multipliers
40m 34 102 28
20m 81 243 52
15m 92 276 46
10m 5 15 4
Total 212 636 130

Final score: 82,680

Mar 04 2010

Gap Titan DX Vertical Antenna SWR Measurements

Posted by admin in amateur radio

Today I completed adjustments to my Gap Titan DX multi-band vertical antenna and took SWR measurements (using a MFJ-259B analyzer) on the five bands that I use most frequently. Here are the results from this adjustment and measurement:

80m 40m 20m 15m 10m
Freq SWR Freq SWR Freq SWR Freq SWR Freq SWR
3500 2.8 7000 1.7 14000 1.7 21000 1.9 28000 1.6
3550 2.6 7050 1.4 14050 1.7 21050 1.8 28050 1.5
3600 2.4 7100 1.2 14100 1.7 21100 1.8 28100 1.5
3650 2.2 7150 1.3 14150 1.7 21150 1.8 28150 1.4
3700 2.0 7200 1.4 14200 1.6 21200 1.8 28200 1.3
3750 1.8 7250 1.5 14250 1.6 21250 1.7 28250 1.3
3800 1.6 7300 1.7 14300 1.6 21300 1.7 28300 1.2
3850 1.6 14350 1.5 21350 1.7 28350 1.2
3900 1.8 21400 1.7 28400 1.1
3950 2.2 21450 1.7 28450 1.1
4000 2.8 28500 1.1
28550 1.1
28600 1.1
28650 1.1
28700 1.1
28750 1.2
28800 1.2
28850 1.2
28900 1.2
28950 1.2
29000 1.2
Feb 24 2010

2010 ARRL International DX (CW) Contest

The 2010 ARRL International DX (CW) contest was held over the 48 hour period from 0000Z 20 February to 2400Z 21 February. During this contest American (K) and Canadian (VE) amateur stations work as many DXCC amateur stations as possible on 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands. The mode for this contest is CW (continuous wave) or Morse code. During this contest I achieved personal bests of 418 QSOs and 220,704 points.

My final results for this contest were:

Band QSOs Points Countries
80m 6 18 6
40m 119 357 48
20m 139 417 52
15m 135 405 59
10m 19 57 11
Totals 418 1254 176

Final score: 220,704

Jan 10 2010

Missing WAS Confirmations

Posted by admin in amateur radio

The following table summarizes all missing WAS confirmations. This table will be continuously updated to keep track of all missing confirmations.

Last Update: 10 January 2010

Alabama SSB
Alaska 80m 40m
Arizona 80m
Arkansas 80m
California 80m
Colorado 80m
Georgia 15m 10m
Hawaii 80m
Idaho 80m
Iowa 80m
Louisiana 80m
Maine 80m
Mississippi 15m 10m
Missouri 80m
Montana 80m
Nebraska 80m 40m
Nevada RTTY 80m 40m
New Mexico 80m
North Carolina 15m
North Dakota 80m 40m 20m
Oregon 80m 40m
South Carolina SSB 15m 10m
South Dakota 80m
Utah 80m
Vermont 80m
Washington 80m
West Virginia 15m 10m
Wyoming 80m 40m
Jan 04 2010

2010 ARRL RTTY Roundup Contest

The 2010 ARRL RTTY Roundup contest was held over the 18 hour period from 1800Z 02 January to 2400Z 03 January. During this contest any station (domestic or foreign) can work any other station (once per band) on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands. The mode for this contest is RTTY (radio teletype) which is a digital mode of communication.

My final results for this contest were:

  • Number Contacts (QSOs) : 349
  • 80m Band QSOs/Points/Sections/Countries: 16/16/0/0
  • 40m Band QSOs/Points/Sections/Countries : 212/212/19/5
  • 20m Band QSOs/Points/Sections/Countries : 114/114/30/14
  • 15m Band QSOs/Points/Sections/Countries : 7/7/0/1
  • Total QSOs/Points/Sections/Countries : 349/349/49/20
  • Score : 24,081