This year I entered CQWPX SSB from M0VSQ, a group of local amateurs that enjoy contesting. There is a write-up about this contest over at www.m0vsq.co.uk. It was nice to get a modest station on the air, and it’s looking promising for 1st place G in the M/S HP category.

I was encouraged to take part in this event by Derek G3NKS, an active contester and friend from the Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association. The QSO party isn’t a contest and it runs for the full 24 hours. This particular one was in March, though there is another later in the year.  I got on the […]

This event began the moment that the Commonwealth contest finished. As such I was a little late getting started as I needed to grab another mug of tea and stretch my legs from the previous 4 hours in the chair! As I recall this is the first time I have rolled from one contest straight […]

For me this is the highlight of the year. While the rates don’t match those found in the world-wide events this contest has another appeal. It’s one 24 hour period per year where there are some interesting DX stations active who are looking solely for other Commonwealth Countries, which in practical terms is G and […]

This was quite a successful evening in reality. Not my best QSO count, but had to take time out of the contest to speak to the folks. Always an inconvenient time 😉 Was very pleased to work GI4SNA for a new DXCC and a new square (IO64), GD8EXI was a very good signal from IO74. […]

Although only making 10 QSOs in total this was actually the best 70MHz score so far from M0PCB. Running an Elecraft K3 and a Spectrum transverter driving about 75W from a valve amplifier. Only a single QSO made in the second hour, two of the QSOs on CW, which was nice, especially as one of […]

This was the first CW Club Championship event of the year for me and it was quite good fun. Only turned teh radio on with 5 minutes til the start. Managed to find a frequency and stuck with it for the whole contest. I did contemplate trying to be clever with the SO2V again but […]

This was the first time I remember having  abash in this contest. As time was limited I decided to stay single band low power on 15M. Usual set-up of K3, 100W and the CobWebb. I managed a total of 3 hours and 20 minutes on the air in the end. Some nice runs to the […]

I didn’t manage to get myself on the bands for CQWPX RTTY during the Saturday session. Sunday saw some activity, single-op low power single band on 15m. I managed 76 QSOs in the end before the wind got up a bit too much and I began to worry about the guy ropes being too stretchy. […]

This was my first entry into this contest and it was all a bit last minute. I was a few minutes late getting started and then had to give in and get some sleep after about an hour and forty minutes. Equipment here was the usual 100W from the K3 into a GM0ONX design Inverted-L […]