JIDX Japan International DX Contest Phone

This weekend I participated in the JIDX Japan International DX Contest Phone on the 15m band with 100W.

The 10m band seemed to be busy at the start time of 16JST/07UTC. In the first hour after the start, I was able to make 49 QSOs mainly in zones 14 and 15. The first day ended here.

The next morning around 06JST/21UTC, North America, including Zone 5, was starting to open up. There were only a limited number of stations that made Run in North America, so I started as Run, Zone3,4,5 started calling me little by little and peaked around 08JST/23UTC, where I was able to make some 50QSO/hour contacts.

I wasn't expecting much, as there hadn't been much participation from North America in recent years. However, with improving conditions, has there been a slight increase in North American participation? From Kyushu ( zone JA6 ), located at the western end of the Japanese archipelago, the North American stations heard moved from east to west and continued until about 11 JST/02UTC.

From here until late evening, we expected to hear BY/YB/DU from neighboring areas, but there seemed to be little participation. In the afternoon, Europe began to be heard again. Conditions may not have been that bad, especially since zone 14, which is further inland from Europe from Japan, was also heard well. Perhaps because I had already communicated to some extent on the first day, I was not able to hear this opening earlier than the first day.

At the end of the day, I was able to make 262 QSOs on the 15m low power band, so I think I did well. Next up will be WW/CW.

Articulo en español

Este fin de semana he participado en el JIDX Japan International DX Contest Phone en la banda de 15m con 100W.

La banda de 10m parecía estar ocupada a la hora de inicio de 16JST/07UTC. En la primera hora después del comienzo, pude hacer 49 QSOs principalmente en las zonas 14 y 15. El primer día terminó aquí.

A la mañana siguiente, hacia las 06JST/21UTC, América del Norte, incluida la Zona 5, comenzaba a abrirse. Sólo había un número limitado de estaciones que hicieron Run en Norteamérica, así que empecé como Run, la Zona3,4,5 empezó a llamarme poco a poco y alcanzó su punto máximo en la zona 08JST/23UTC, donde pude hacer unos contactos de 50QSO/hora.

No esperaba mucho, ya que no había habido mucha participación de Norteamérica en los últimos años. Sin embargo, con el mejoramiento de las condiciones, ¿ha habido un ligero aumento de la participación de Norteamérica? Desde Kyushu, situada en el extremo occidental del archipiélago japonés, las estaciones norteamericanas escuchadas se desplazaron de este a oeste y continuaron hasta aproximadamente las 11 JST/02UTC.

A partir de aquí y hasta la noche, esperábamos escuchar BY/YB/DU de las zonas vecinas, pero parecía que había poca participación. Por la tarde, se empezó a escuchar de nuevo a Europa. Es posible que las condiciones no hayan sido tan malas, sobre todo porque la zona 14, que se encuentra más adentro de Europa desde Japón, también se escuchó bien. Tal vez porque ya me había comunicado en cierta medida el primer día, no pude escuchar esta apertura antes que el primer día.

Al final del día, pude hacer 262 QSOs en la banda de 15m de baja potencia, así que creo que lo hice bien. El siguiente será WW/CW.

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IC-7600 20/15m 5ele Yagi N1MM with Voice memory

Hour / zone

Band / Zone

2022 CQ World Wide DX CONTEST SSB JA6WFM

 I participated in the World Wide DX CONTEST SSB, 15m LP Non assisted over the weekend.

I thought about participating on 10m since the conditions on 10m had been getting better since October, but since my antenna is only HB9CV, I decided to participate on 15m until this year. My goal was 1000 QSOs, 30Z, 80C.

00UTC/09JST, I waited with great anticipation for the start of the contest. 10m and 15m were both open with no gaps on the radio waterfall. At the start of the contest, many stations were Running. And if you are Running low power, you won't get called much. Right after the start it is better to go around calling as S/P.

Maybe it was just my place, but from Kyushu I could hardly hear the East Coast of the US, up to Zone 4 at best. This condition lasts until about 02UTC/11JST in the morning. After that, I communicate with YB (scoring 3 points) until the evening and earn points.

Around 06UTC/15JST, I started to hear Europe. However, Running was hardly called, and we continued to go around S/P.

I kept alternating between Running and S/P. Then, around 10UTC/19JST, I suddenly started getting calls, but within an hour, they stopped, and the only stations I could hear were those I had already QSO with. At this point, I had 400 QSOs.

On Sunday mornings, North America begins to be heard around 6:00 a.m., so I hoped that I could increase the number of stations here. However, even after Running, I still did not get called. Then it is time to deal with neighboring Oceania. In the evening, I was able to increase the number of stations in Europe because I was able to Running for two hours starting around 07UTC/16JST.

Then, just before 12UTC/21JST, the Europe signal was no longer visible and it was quiet in the band, so I turned the antenna to the southwest and VK and YB were still audible. Then I heard 5R and ZS CQing. There were few stations calling and I was able to QSO with them right away and was able to add 4 more Zone and DXCC multis.

I remembered that I could hear Africa in Kyushu late at night when conditions were good. For the next few years, I will not be able to miss this time of day. Just how is the activity on Africa? At this point it was 700 QSOs.

Monday morning we started hearing North America again around 21UTC/6JST, this time looking for multis. At this point TI, V3, XE, PJ9, PJ4, KP4 and zones 7, 8 and 9 were not QSO. In the last stage of the contest, on Monday morning, many people go out for work, so there is less competition and it is easier to get a new multi. This time the competition was fierce, but I managed to get these multis.

I repeated the Running whenever I found an open frequency at this time of the day. After 3 minutes of not being called, I went around to calling as S/P and repeated the Running again. Usually, we are called from the East Coast early in the day in Kyushu, but we were hardly called at all, and I thought this year was not going to be good.

Then, about 30 minutes before the end, I started to be called one after another from the East Coast. I was piled up at the end of the day and finished the day feeling good.

829QSOs  35Z   94C.

Next up was WW/CW.

IC-7600 NagaraT25DX Heil iC Mic element.

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Run-535QSOs   S/P-294QSOs

Hour / Zone

2022 CQ WPX CW Certificate

Arraived CQ WPX CW 21MHzLP

Im very happy this year SSB and CW #1 in Asia

UK/EI DX Contest SSB

This weekend I participated in the EK/EI Contest. The start was at 12UTC/21JST, at this time the path to Europe was already closed on 15/10m. 80/40m antennas are poor, so I participate in the DX Contest at SSB on the upper bands from 20m. 

I have the impression that 20m is less crowded these days, probably because the conditions on 15/10m are better. There were zero QSOs in the first half of the contest, but from around 07UTC/16JST, I started to get a few contacts on 10m. 

Still, I could hardly hear any Run stations, and while I could see some signals on the radio waterfall on 10m, I could hardly see anything on 15m. 

I had the impression that there was a path to Europe on 15m, so I started to Run, and European stations started to call me.

The 15m band was open, but I could hardly hear any stations on Run, so I continued the run and achieved 47 QSOs including UK/EI.

I enjoyed the UK/EI contest.

100W 15m5ele 10mHB9CV

44 QSOs on Running

2022 Oceania DX contest CW

 I participated in the OC DX CW following last week's SSB. 

Since I participated in 10m last week, I decided to change my mind and try 15m this time, so I loaded the antenna into my car the day before.

However, I was impressed by the good condition of 10m last week, so I unloaded the 15m antenna and loaded the 10m antenna just before departure.

Another reason for the change was that the world record for 10m LP was so low that we thought we could achieve a new record. I heard that a friend of mine in the same area was also going to participate in 10m, so I was also very enthusiastic about it, but although I achieved the all-time record, he seemed to have rewritten the new record.

My impression of CW was that there were many Oceania stations making QSO with NA at the time of SSB, but this time, I could not hear many stations. Were many stations participating on the 15m band?

The next morning, we took down the antennas early because of the expected rain and the fact that we did not expect to increase more QSOs.

I moved to the mountains for this contest, but the only highlight was being able to listen to the 6-meter CW beacon of VK6RSX/B with the mobile whip antenna.

VK6RSX/B

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TS-480DAT 3ele Yagi

Location: Mt. Oidake 582m, Kumamoto

For your reference, here are the number of contacts by hour for Run and S/P and by DXCC.

JA6WFM 28MHz LP

2022 Oceania DX contest Phone

Following last year, I participated in the Oceania DX Contest Phone.

Last year, I participated in the 21MHz LP and made about 150 QSOs and achieved a world record, so I felt good about it and challenged 28MHz this time.

The World Record of 28MHz LP was 60 QSOs. Then, I checked the participation status of 28MHz from Oceania by referring to the past logs and found that there were about 100 stations.

I started at 06UTC/15JST and my impression was that there were not many stations from Oceania, so I switched Run and S/P frequently and achieved my goal of 60 QSOs by evening.

The next morning, I started hearing Oceania stations around 21UTC/06JST. During this time, North America is open from ZL and VK, so activity in ZL and VK is high.

This is also the time for JA to increase the number of contacts with Oceania.

However, the Oceania stations are pointing their antennas to North America, so the antenna direction is a little off from Japan.

After 22UTC/07JST, we could hear from Japan to North America, even to the East Coast, so conditions must have been good.

After this time, stations in Oceania pointed their antennas toward Japan, and the conditions became even better, and the ZL and VK signals became stronger. In addition, the YB and DU signals will also begin to get stronger. This continued until 06UTC/15JST when the contest ended.

By the end of the contest, 200 QSOs had been made.

Location: Mt. Yayama 890m, Kumamoto

TS-480DAT 3ele Yagi

For your reference, here are the number of QSOs made by hour in Run and S/P, and by DXCC.

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JA6WFM 28MHz LP score

Compare Run(True) and S/P(False)

QSO by DXCC and Run or S/P

Certificate of 2022 CQ WPX SSB on 15m Low power

 Arrived a certificate of 2022 CQ WPX SSB 15m/Low power

#1 Japan  #1 Asia  #10 World

IC-7700(100W) Nagara T2-5DX 20/15m bands 5ele at 20mH

refer to CQ WPX

https://www.cqwpx.com/scoresph.htm

2022 ARRL DX Contest Phone Certificate

2022 ARRL DX Contest PHONE

Single Operator, Low Power, 15 Meters

Asia#2 JA#2

IC-7700(100W), NagaraT25DX 5ele on the 20 meters tower, N1MM

Refer to

ARRL Official home page

2022 ARRL DX CW certificate

Received a 2022 ARRL DX CW certificate

IC-7700(100W) T25DX 5ele

refer to ARRL web

https://contests.arrl.org/scores.php

Participate in IARU contest 8N6HQ

Participated in IARU contest as a member of JARL-HQ as 8N6HQ on 15m/CW

We operated 8N6HQ in Minami Aso by remote control from each home

Thanks for QSOs

Ops JA6BXA JA6VZB JA6WFM JH6WHN JR6IKD JF6DEA

and support by JG6YLY Minami Aso Contest Club members.

Certificate of CQ RTTY WPX 2022

 arriving a certificate of RTTY WPX

https://cqwpxrtty.com/scores.htm

His Majesty The King of Spain CW Contest 2021

Ha llegado una certificacion del concurso español

organizada por la Union de Radioaficionados Españoles(URE)

No hice contacto mucho pero logre primero lugar en JA

British Columbia QSO party 2022

Arriving a certificate from Canada.

I participated in this contest for the first time,

because, few weeks before the contest 

when I QSO on 15m with a VE in BC

who invited me to participate in it.

Luckily, I achieved Top score in JA

All Asian DX contest CW JG6YLY

Result of QSOs in AA contest CW

 Thank you for participating in AA DX CW

Our score is noting special However We enjoyed the contest from home using a remote station by JA6BXA Masa-san. The condition was good at local night time on 20m/15m band for EU and NA, from 08UTC to 23 UTC. At the time for NA around 22UTC on 15m We have not bad propagation but there were not many NA stations, Why???　AA contest is being unpopular?? or depopulation of US Hams, contesters? IC-7700 JRL2000F One TX 40m/3ele 20/15/10m KOHJINSYA KA-206 6ele full size Yagi N1MM Anydesk(remote desktop application) Next contest, IARU as JARL HQ 8N6HQ 15m/CW

All Asian DX Contest CW

This weekend We participate in AA DX contest CW as JG6YLY M/S operating on a full remote.

 

Certificate of 2021 All Asian DX Contest Phone

Arrived the certificate of JARL AA Contest

I'm not sure but maybe operated 

with 100W into 2ele HB9CV antenna.

next contest will be active as JG6YLY M/S in AA/CW 18/Jun/2022

2022 WPX/CW raw score

Raw score was published

before the contest 

the antenna was upgraded 4ele Yagi with 9m long boom 

to 5ele 12m boom.

Maybe it was good result. 

 

2022 CQ WPX Contest CW

Participated in CQ WPX contest CW on 15m band low power 100W

Before the contest weekend, several days, the band condition was good open for EU at evening and early morning, so I hope to make many QSOs and able to break the JA record on 15m low power.

But in fact the band condition has changed for worse due to occurred magnetic storm.

IC-7700(100W) 5ele yagi N1MM

JA6WFM

2022 ARI International DX Contest

Participated ARI International DX Contest Low power mix

The condition on 15m band was not too bud but not too good for EU from JA, and on 10m there was a wide range QRM in CW frequency from early evening to evening so we could not use the band when the 10m was opened to EU. Finally I achieved same number QSO and number of multiplier was improved, because of the 15m band is getting better than last year such as starting of cicle 25.

 IC-7700(100W) IC-7600 u2R SO2R N1MM

40mRDP 20/15m5ele 10mHB9CV

Oficial result of 2021 Oceania DX contest Phone(JA6WFM) and CW(JG6YLY)

I'm very happy to obtain 1st place of 15m band low power in the world, What is more, achieved World record

by YB stations who are very active in contest recently years to improve number of QSOs.

Also World leader and World record 

from JG6YLY (full remote club station)

Result of 2021 CQ WW CW JG6YLY

 Already received 2021 CQ WW CW certificate 2nd place in JA

JG6YLY full remote station M/S from Minami Aso

Ops JA6BXA JA6WFM JF6DEA

2022 UK/EI contest CW from JA

participate in UK/EI contest CW

I was starting on 15m band evening in JA, local time was 9PM.

There were few EU station on 15m The signal from EU were not strong but it was useful.

Next day 20:00UTC in JA 5AM started operating SO2R on 40/20m. 

It was nice propagation for EU, and stop at 23:00UTC, because those bands were already closed.

And restarted 06:00 UTC on 15/10m band to finish time.

IC-7700(100W) IC-7600 40mRDP,20/15m5ele,10mHB9CV

N1MM u2R

One day after the contest, already the result of contest is published and we can received certification, it is amazing!

luckily obtained first place on Low power DX 12H

 

2022 UBA contest SSB by Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Union

 

Result of HA DX and EU DX contests 2022

 IC-7700(100W) 5ele T25DX

2022 CQ WPX SSB Raw score

 Raw score was published

IC-7700(100W) 5ele yagi (T25DX)

In the contest, a station was sending large number than me, but after the contest I knew that unexpectedly He was Hi power category. And other one portable station as /3 was sending large number too than me, but surprisingly He did not send any log to WPX web, I don't know why did not it?,  so I obtained 1st place in JA on 15m Low power.

Next WPX CW We participate M/S as JG6YLY.

Recent system for contest

Operating for SO2R

IC-7700(100W) IC-7600 u2R N1MM

80m-10m BPF (VA6AM type)

20/15/10m Triplexer (VA6AM type)

160m tower drive

80m 1/4 sloping wire

40m RDP

20/15m 5ele yagi Nagara T25DX

10m HB9CV Minimult

6m GP and 10ele yagi for DX season

20m height Tower with elevator system

2021 CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB Certificate

The result of 2021 CQ WW SSB is published.

I operated from a top of mountain about 900m above sea level.

it was very cold at midnight on October using an electric heating blanket.

I was 2nd in JA but luckily obtained good place of #4 World.