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