Have fun this year with the Contesting.
Received a nice award early in the New Year.
Sunday, 1 January 2023
Monday, 14 November 2022
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
Thursday, 3 November 2022
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
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
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
Monday, 10 October 2022
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.
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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
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