The Digest of Recent Contest Participation

I’m sorry that I didn’t renew my diary for a long time.
I’ll show you the digest of my contest participation from October to this January.

1. CQ WW RTTY DX Contest (Sep. 24-26, 2011)
Total 231QSO from 44 DXCC Entities
QSO Entities:
AS: JA, HL, BY, BV, VR2, JT, UA0, UN, EY, EX, 9M2, 9V1
OC: VK, ZL, DU, 9M6, YB, KH0, KH2
EU: UA, UR, EU, ES, LY, SP, OK, HA, YO, S5, OH, SM, OZ, LA, F, G, I, DL, PA, SA
AF: CT3
NA: W, VE
SA: LU, PY
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 7-meter wire ANT fixed by fishing rod with ATU
Logsoft: 5MContest made in Ukraine
Remarks: I forgot to send my log by the date of deadline and gave it after I was pressed by organizer. I think it was good result even if I participated in the contest at home.

2. JARTS WW RTTY Contest (Oct.14-16, 2011)
Total 110 QSOs from 33 DXCC Entities
QSO Entities:
AS: JA, HL, BY, BV, VR2, JT, UA0, UN, HS
OC: VK, DU, YB
EU: UA, UR, LY, YL, SP, OM, HA, LZ, YO, S5, 9A, OH, SM, I, TK5, DL, OE, EA
NA: W, KL7, VE
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, JApan
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: 5MContest made in Ukraine
Remarks: I was forced to replace a fishing rod antenna with 12-meter wire loop style because I was ordered to remove fishing rod on the balcony by apartment owner. I tried “new” balcony antenna for the first time. Both emission and reception from new antenna became worse than from the previous one. But I managed to make QSOs with EU stations dependent on air condition.

3. CQ WW DX Contest Phone (Oct. 29-31, 2011)
Total 130 QSOs from 32 DXCC Entities
QSO Entities:
AS: JA, HL, BY, BV, VR2, JT, 9M2, 9V1, UA0, UN, 5B
OC: VK, DU, YB, KH0, KH2, 9M6, V8
EU: UA, UR, LY, OK, HA, YO, 9A, E7, I, SV
NA: W, KH7
SA: LU, PY
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: N1MM
Remarks: I tried my new antenna on the balcony in the SSB DX Contest. It was very hard to success in QSOs.

4. Ukrainian DX Contest (Nov.5-6, 2011)
Total 22 QSOs (6 UR Sts. of them)
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: 5MContest made in Ukraine
Remarks: Air condition was very bad on that day and I showed up in the 10m band. It was very hard to find UR stations.


5. Japan International DX Contest
Total 94 QSOs from 27 DXCC Entities
QSO Entities:
AS: HL, BY, BV, VR2, JT, 9M2, UA0, EX
OC: VK, DU, YB, KH0, KH2, 9M6, E5
EU: UA, LZ, OZ, ES, HA, 9A, E7, I, SV
NA: W
SA: LU, CV
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: 5M Contest
Remarks: It was very hard to join the SSB DX contests with my poor facilities at home. I realized that the direction of NA was blocked building of my apartment house. Basically it is possible to exchange contest number with stations with strong signal.

6. CQ WW DX Contest CW
Total 225 QSOs
QSO Entities:
AS: JA,JD1,HL,BY,BV,VR2,JT,HS,XV,XU,9M2,9V,UA0,EY,UP,
OC: DU,VK,ZL,KH0,KH2,9M6,YB,
EU: UA,UR,ES,LY,YL,SP,HA,OK,OM,LZ,YO,9A,S5,E7,YU,OH,I,
NA: W,VE,KL,KH6
SA: LU,PY
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450 (100w)
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: N1MM
Remarks: It was the first contest after new license of 100w transmission was granted. Emission was fairly improved. Reception is still dependent on condition but it is easier to copy CW signals than SSB.


7. ARRL 10m DX Contest
Total 98 QSOs
QSO entities:
AS: JA,BY,BV,JT,9M2,9V,UA0,UP,EX,
OC: VK,ZL,DU,9M6,YB,KH2,T8,
EU: UA,UR,HA,LZ,YU,9A,E7,I
NA: W
SA: LU,CW
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450 (100w)
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: N1MM
Remarks: I had impression that participants in this contest was so many because condition of 10m band has been recently improved according to the increase of SSN. I could enjoy the contest very much.

8. ARRL RTTY Round-Up (Jan. 7-8, 2012)
Total 28 QSOs
QTH: Home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan
Rig: YAESU FT-450 (100w)
ANT: 12-meter wire ANT with ATU
Logsoft: 5M Contest made in Ukraine
Remarks: I wasn’t satisfied with my individual result because air condition was too bad and I had business.