I'm sorry for delay to renew my diary because of recent hard work. I go home too late every day.
I'll introduce the digest of my contest participation since this August.
August 15 KCJ Contest(as JO3PSJ at home)
Totally 36 QSOs. QSO entities are JA,HL,BY,UA0,W
August 21 Russian RDA Contest(as JO3PSJ/1)
Totally 13 QSOs. QSO with only UA/UA0 stations
September 4-5 All Asian DX Contest Phone (organized by JARL)(as JO3PSJ/3)
Totally 114 QSOs. QSO entities are all 23--BY,BV,VR2,JT,HS,9M2,9M6,DU,KH0,KH2,YB,VK, ZK1/s,UA0,UA,OE,OH,S5,SM,LY,W,KL,HK
Newly acquired are ZK1/s(Cook Islands)and HK(Columbia)
September 4-5 Russian RTTY DX Contest(as JO3PSJ/3)
Totally 20 QSOs. QSO entities are all 6--UA0,UA,OH,UN,I,S5
September 25-26 CQ WW RTTY DX Contest(as JO3PSJ/3)
Totally 230 QSOs.
QSO Entities are all 53 as belows;
AS: JA,BY,BV,VR2,JT,HS,9M2,UK,UN,EY,EX,UA0,TA,5B
OS: DU,KH0,KH2,KH6,YB,VK,ZL,
EU: UA,UR,ER,EU,LY,ES,SP,EX,S5,9A,E7,YU,OK,HA,YO,LZ,OH,SM,DL,F,I,PA,LX,ON,EA,
AF: CT3
NA: W,KL,VE,XE
SA: LU,HC8
Newly aqcuired are UK(Uzbekistan),LX(Luxembourg),CT3(Madeira Islands)
October 2 Oceania DX Contest SSB(as JO3PSJ)
Totally 9 QSOs. QSO entities are VK,DU,KH0,YB
October 2 World Wide C3 Contest(organized by Corea C3 Club)(as JO3PSJ)
Totally 3 QSOs. All QSO with only HL stations.
October 9-10 Oceania DX Contest CW(as JO3PSJ/6)
Totally 25 QSOs. QSO entities are all 6 entities--VK,ZL,KH2,YB,DU,9M6
October 9-10 Scandinavian Activity Contest SSB(as JO3PSJ/6)
Totally 20 QSOs. All QSOs with Scandinavian stations--OH,SM,OZ,LA
October 10 The Makrothen Contest(as JO3PSJ/6)
Totally 22 QSOs. QSO entities are all 10 entities--OH,UA0,UA,UR,S5,YO,SP,DL,G,F
Friday, October 22, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
RSGB IOTA Contest Participation
I participated the RSGB IOTA Contest between July 24 and 25 at Inami Town, Hyogo, Japan as the call sign JO3PSJ/3.
My individual result was 77QSOs, I acquired 22 entities: JA, HL, BY, BV, VR2, JT, UA0, DU, 9M6, KH2, KH7, YB, VK, ZL, UA, UR, SP, DL, GJ6, F, W, KL7, of them Gj6(Jerjey) and F(France) were my first QSO entities.
I got 25 IOTA codes in the world in this contest: AS007, AS012, AS018, AS020, AS031, AS078, AS117, AS131, AS137, AS138, AS151, AS155, EU057, NA235, OC006, OC019, OC021, OC026, OC036, OC042, OC088, OC117, OC130, OC142, OC146. I expected I would get more rare codes but it was so difficult.
I used ICOM IC-7000m 50w output, and I used these HF antennas for this contest: inverted V dipole 40m band, Rotary V dipole for 20m and 15m bands, 2-Elements Yagis for 15m and 10m bands.
Condition was comparably good during my operation. But I had no choice but stop operation for about six hours because car battery was dead and I couldn't start an engine of my car. It was a serious failure because I connected AC-DC converter with car battery directly, not with sigar sokect. In addition I used two lap-top computers. Maybe electric load was enourmous for battery.
I will participate TARA Grid Dip Contest and European HF Championship between August 7 and 8 for the next time. At the same days one of the biggest domestic contest "Field Day Contest" organized by JARL is held. Mainly I will join domestic contest.
TNX FR FB QSO!
My individual result was 77QSOs, I acquired 22 entities: JA, HL, BY, BV, VR2, JT, UA0, DU, 9M6, KH2, KH7, YB, VK, ZL, UA, UR, SP, DL, GJ6, F, W, KL7, of them Gj6(Jerjey) and F(France) were my first QSO entities.
I got 25 IOTA codes in the world in this contest: AS007, AS012, AS018, AS020, AS031, AS078, AS117, AS131, AS137, AS138, AS151, AS155, EU057, NA235, OC006, OC019, OC021, OC026, OC036, OC042, OC088, OC117, OC130, OC142, OC146. I expected I would get more rare codes but it was so difficult.
I used ICOM IC-7000m 50w output, and I used these HF antennas for this contest: inverted V dipole 40m band, Rotary V dipole for 20m and 15m bands, 2-Elements Yagis for 15m and 10m bands.
Condition was comparably good during my operation. But I had no choice but stop operation for about six hours because car battery was dead and I couldn't start an engine of my car. It was a serious failure because I connected AC-DC converter with car battery directly, not with sigar sokect. In addition I used two lap-top computers. Maybe electric load was enourmous for battery.
I will participate TARA Grid Dip Contest and European HF Championship between August 7 and 8 for the next time. At the same days one of the biggest domestic contest "Field Day Contest" organized by JARL is held. Mainly I will join domestic contest.
TNX FR FB QSO!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
IARU HF Championship
VY SRI for late renewal because I have been too busy to renew my blog.
I participated in the IARU HF Championship organized by IARU between July10 and 11 at Onomichi City in Hiroshima, Japan as the call sign JO3PSJ/4.
I used these HF antennas for this contest: inverted V dipole 40m and 20m bands, 2-Elements Yagis for 15m and 10m bands.
My individual result was 84QSOs, I acquired 25 entities: JA、HL、BY、BV、VR2、JT、HS、９M2、VU、DU、KH2、YB、ZL、UA0、UA、EW、UR、SK、OE、S5、YU、LY、W、VE、XE, of them VU(India) and SX(Greece) were my first QSO entities.
I had 14 HQ stations in the world in this contest:8N2HQ、8N1HQ、8N4HQ、8N8HQ（JARL)、B4HQ(China)、BV0HQ（Chinese Taipei）、 ZL6HQ(New Zealand)、R3HQ(European Russia)、 LY0HQ(Lithuania）、 OE1A(Austria)、SK9HQ(Sweden)、 S50HQ(Slovenia)、SX0HQ(Greece）、NU1AW（IARU).
Condition was comparably poor at my operation site. Especially, I seemed 21M band was like hell. I had difficulties to have a QSO even with neighbouring countries.
I considered this IARU Contest as preparation for the RSGB IOTA Contest which will be held between July 24 and 25. I will decide my strategic plan for the next contest according to the result of IARU Contest.
TNX FR FB QSO!
I participated in the IARU HF Championship organized by IARU between July10 and 11 at Onomichi City in Hiroshima, Japan as the call sign JO3PSJ/4.
I used these HF antennas for this contest: inverted V dipole 40m and 20m bands, 2-Elements Yagis for 15m and 10m bands.
My individual result was 84QSOs, I acquired 25 entities: JA、HL、BY、BV、VR2、JT、HS、９M2、VU、DU、KH2、YB、ZL、UA0、UA、EW、UR、SK、OE、S5、YU、LY、W、VE、XE, of them VU(India) and SX(Greece) were my first QSO entities.
I had 14 HQ stations in the world in this contest:8N2HQ、8N1HQ、8N4HQ、8N8HQ（JARL)、B4HQ(China)、BV0HQ（Chinese Taipei）、 ZL6HQ(New Zealand)、R3HQ(European Russia)、 LY0HQ(Lithuania）、 OE1A(Austria)、SK9HQ(Sweden)、 S50HQ(Slovenia)、SX0HQ(Greece）、NU1AW（IARU).
Condition was comparably poor at my operation site. Especially, I seemed 21M band was like hell. I had difficulties to have a QSO even with neighbouring countries.
I considered this IARU Contest as preparation for the RSGB IOTA Contest which will be held between July 24 and 25. I will decide my strategic plan for the next contest according to the result of IARU Contest.
TNX FR FB QSO!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
CQ-M International Contest
I participated in the CQ-M International Contest organized by Russian League between May 8 and 9.
I set my operation site on the shore of a big pond with Dipole for 40m and 20m bands, 2-Elements Yagis for 15m and 10m bands.
Compared with two DX contests held on March, Russian DX Contest and CQ WPX SSB Contest, CQ-M was very tough contest for me. Though I participated with almost the same facilities as on March, I resulted in only all 11 QSOs, the worst result on my individual record in DX contests. My final QSO entities are UA0, UA, UR, W, SP, LY and 5B.
The reason of failure will be many. At first it was because my facilities are very poor. But especially I didn’t understand the change of condition between March and May.
In Japan I could have QSOs with European stations in the evening in local time on the band of 20m and 15m on March. But it is now very difficult to have QSOs with European at the same time as on March because many domestic stations show up now.
In addition many of Russian stations are very strong and its number is so many. It is very difficult to win Russian big guns in pile-up fighting.
Next DX contest which in I’ll participate will be IARU HF Contest in July. I recognize this failure and will revise my contest plan in summer time.
TNX FR FB QSO!
I set my operation site on the shore of a big pond with Dipole for 40m and 20m bands, 2-Elements Yagis for 15m and 10m bands.
Compared with two DX contests held on March, Russian DX Contest and CQ WPX SSB Contest, CQ-M was very tough contest for me. Though I participated with almost the same facilities as on March, I resulted in only all 11 QSOs, the worst result on my individual record in DX contests. My final QSO entities are UA0, UA, UR, W, SP, LY and 5B.
The reason of failure will be many. At first it was because my facilities are very poor. But especially I didn’t understand the change of condition between March and May.
In Japan I could have QSOs with European stations in the evening in local time on the band of 20m and 15m on March. But it is now very difficult to have QSOs with European at the same time as on March because many domestic stations show up now.
In addition many of Russian stations are very strong and its number is so many. It is very difficult to win Russian big guns in pile-up fighting.
Next DX contest which in I’ll participate will be IARU HF Contest in July. I recognize this failure and will revise my contest plan in summer time.
TNX FR FB QSO!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Participation Report of CQ WW WPX Contest
I participated CQ WW WPX Contest March 27 and 28, 2010.
I operated as JO3PSJ/3 at Inami town, Hyogo, JAPAN at the same operation site as the last week’s two DX contests. My individual result was totally 195 from 42 entities in the world. Of them the newly acquired entities were 7,-- 9V（Singapore）, EK（Armenia）, XX9（Macau）, HC8（Galapagos Is.）, SJ（Sweden）, 5B（Cyprus）、YI（Iraq）. I had a QSO with YI2BBY station which has prefix of Iraqi stations. I cannot see his/her callsign in the QRZ.com and cannot confirm if it is true or fake Iraqi stations.
My antennas were Inverted V dipole for 20m, handmade 2 elements Yagi antenna for 15m. I didn’t make a QRV on low band and 10m band.
I finished improving handmade 2 elements Yagi antenna for 15m band and used it for the de fact first time. I checked appropriate width of elements with MMANA, antenna making software, in advance. Fortunately, the number of SWR was 1-1.5 in the whole range of band without hairpin matching.
Compared with dipole antenna, the performance of Yagi antenna is very excellent! I could have a QSO with stations in European Russia, Ukraine and Turkey in the early afternoon. On the second day I realized QSO with a station in Galapagos Islands. I enjoyed almost contest time on the 15m band.
But this antenna is very big! The width of elements is about 7m. Radius is about 5m! Place in which I build it is extremely limited. I will bring two antennas—Yagi and dipole—and choose appropriate one according to the space of site.
TNX FR FB QSO! GL Good Friends all over the world!
QSO Entities:
JA,BY,9V,VR2,9M2,BV,XU,HS,XV,UN,JT,UA0,EK,XX9,YI,TA,KH0,DU,YB,KH2,KH6,VK,9M6,T8,HC8,ZL,W,KL7,VE,LP,ZX,UA,UR,YO,OH,SP,OK,SJ,5B,HA,E7,S5
I operated as JO3PSJ/3 at Inami town, Hyogo, JAPAN at the same operation site as the last week’s two DX contests. My individual result was totally 195 from 42 entities in the world. Of them the newly acquired entities were 7,-- 9V（Singapore）, EK（Armenia）, XX9（Macau）, HC8（Galapagos Is.）, SJ（Sweden）, 5B（Cyprus）、YI（Iraq）. I had a QSO with YI2BBY station which has prefix of Iraqi stations. I cannot see his/her callsign in the QRZ.com and cannot confirm if it is true or fake Iraqi stations.
My antennas were Inverted V dipole for 20m, handmade 2 elements Yagi antenna for 15m. I didn’t make a QRV on low band and 10m band.
I finished improving handmade 2 elements Yagi antenna for 15m band and used it for the de fact first time. I checked appropriate width of elements with MMANA, antenna making software, in advance. Fortunately, the number of SWR was 1-1.5 in the whole range of band without hairpin matching.
Compared with dipole antenna, the performance of Yagi antenna is very excellent! I could have a QSO with stations in European Russia, Ukraine and Turkey in the early afternoon. On the second day I realized QSO with a station in Galapagos Islands. I enjoyed almost contest time on the 15m band.
But this antenna is very big! The width of elements is about 7m. Radius is about 5m! Place in which I build it is extremely limited. I will bring two antennas—Yagi and dipole—and choose appropriate one according to the space of site.
TNX FR FB QSO! GL Good Friends all over the world!
QSO Entities:
JA,BY,9V,VR2,9M2,BV,XU,HS,XV,UN,JT,UA0,EK,XX9,YI,TA,KH0,DU,YB,KH2,KH6,VK,9M6,T8,HC8,ZL,W,KL7,VE,LP,ZX,UA,UR,YO,OH,SP,OK,SJ,5B,HA,E7,S5
Participation Report of BARTG HF RTTY Contest and Russian DX Contest
I participated two biggest BARTG HF RTTY Contest and Russian DX Contest between March 20 and 21, 2010.
I operated as JO3PSJ/3 at Inami town, Hyogo, JAPAN. My individual result was totally 132 QSOs--53 QSOs for BARTG HF RTTY Contest, 76 for Russian DX Contest and 3 for off-contest. In spite of almost full participation, I couldn’t extend my previous results.
The number of QSO entities was totally 33—21 entities for BARTG HF RTTY Contest, 20 for Russian DX Contest and 3 for off contest. Of them the newly acquired entities were 5,-- ４X(Israel)、OM(Slovakia)、ER(Moldova)、UA2F(Kaliningrad)、ZS(South Africa). Especially, I realized QSO with a station in Africa for the first time.
My antennas were Inverted V dipole for 40m and 20m, Rotary V dipole RDE-15 by Radix and handmade 2 elements yagi antenna for 15m. Though I prepared wire antenna for 80m, I didn’t build it for the reason of bad WX. In addition, handmade 2 elements yagi antennas for 10m and 15m didn’t work well for the terribly strong wind.
Though I used handmade 2 elements Yagi for 15m band for the first time, I gave up it, to my regret, because the number of SWR was extremely high. I must improve it for next operation.
TNX FR FB QSO! GL Good Friends all over the world!
QSO Entities:
Russian DX Contest： UA, UA9, BV, BY, VR2, JT, UN, 4X, DU, YB, VK, W, DL, LY, OM, S5, SP, UR, YO, Z3
BARTG HF RTTY Contest: JA, HL, BY, VR2, UN, DU, YB, VK, ZL, KH6, W, VE, KL, UA9, UA, OH, EW, ER, UR, SP, MW
Off Contest： JD1, UA2F, ZS
I operated as JO3PSJ/3 at Inami town, Hyogo, JAPAN. My individual result was totally 132 QSOs--53 QSOs for BARTG HF RTTY Contest, 76 for Russian DX Contest and 3 for off-contest. In spite of almost full participation, I couldn’t extend my previous results.
The number of QSO entities was totally 33—21 entities for BARTG HF RTTY Contest, 20 for Russian DX Contest and 3 for off contest. Of them the newly acquired entities were 5,-- ４X(Israel)、OM(Slovakia)、ER(Moldova)、UA2F(Kaliningrad)、ZS(South Africa). Especially, I realized QSO with a station in Africa for the first time.
My antennas were Inverted V dipole for 40m and 20m, Rotary V dipole RDE-15 by Radix and handmade 2 elements yagi antenna for 15m. Though I prepared wire antenna for 80m, I didn’t build it for the reason of bad WX. In addition, handmade 2 elements yagi antennas for 10m and 15m didn’t work well for the terribly strong wind.
Though I used handmade 2 elements Yagi for 15m band for the first time, I gave up it, to my regret, because the number of SWR was extremely high. I must improve it for next operation.
TNX FR FB QSO! GL Good Friends all over the world!
QSO Entities:
Russian DX Contest： UA, UA9, BV, BY, VR2, JT, UN, 4X, DU, YB, VK, W, DL, LY, OM, S5, SP, UR, YO, Z3
BARTG HF RTTY Contest: JA, HL, BY, VR2, UN, DU, YB, VK, ZL, KH6, W, VE, KL, UA9, UA, OH, EW, ER, UR, SP, MW
Off Contest： JD1, UA2F, ZS
I'm sorry for being late to renew my blog...
Dear DX Friends!
I'm sorry for being late to renew my blog diary.
Because the period between the end of March and the start of April is too busy in Japan, I didn't have enough time to write English diaries.
Writing blog in English is very hard work for non-English speaker.
I'm very glad that you understand this situation.
I'm sorry for being late to renew my blog diary.
Because the period between the end of March and the start of April is too busy in Japan, I didn't have enough time to write English diaries.
Writing blog in English is very hard work for non-English speaker.
I'm very glad that you understand this situation.
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