I participated in the CQ WW WPX Contest Phone on March 24-25 in Inami Town, Hyogo, Japan.
My individual result was total 302 QSOs. I reduced the number of QSOs from last year's 325 QSOs. It was very tough contest for me because WX was heavily windy. I won the first place in JA3 in the last contest, but this year I aimed at many QSOs anyway.
Really SSB contest is more difficult than in other modes. It is very difficult to make QSO stations understand collect callsign and contest number once. They often mistook my callsign JF3, JH3, JG7 and so on.
It is very hard to understand on phone mode weak signals which we can hear on CW mode. Phone is begginers' mode because we can start ham life without any technique. But it is the most difficult mode in the respect that we need high technique for exact QSOs.
(Individual Result)
Total 302 QSOs from 55 DXCC Entities
AS: JA,HL,BY,BV,VR2,XX9,JT,HS,XV,9M2,9V,UA0,UN,UK,5W
OC: VK,ZL,DU,9M6,V8,YB,KH2
NA: W,VE,KH7,KL
SA: PR,LU,CX,ZP,CE
EU: UA,UR,LY,ES,YL,SP,HA,OK,OM,LZ,YO,S5,9A,YU,Z3,OH,SV9,I,DL,OE,HB9,F,EA,ON
Rig: YAESU FT-450M(50w)
ANT: 80m: 20m Long Wire (0mH), 40m: Vertical (0mH), 20m: Vertical (4.5mH), 15m: Vertical (3.9mH), 10m: Vertical (2.9mH)
Log: 5M Contest made in Ukraine
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Russian DX Contest Participation
I participated in the Russian DX Contest on March 18 in Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan.
Last year the third Monday of March was national holiday and I could participate in the contest on full time. But this year the next day of contest is working day, so I had no choice but join the contest only on Sunday.
My individual result was total 180 QSOs. Because I gave up participation at 0830UTC to avoid traffic jam, I missed QSOs with stations in the zone 14.
WX was rainy and log software 5M contest didn't work well. I had much trouble during the contest, but QSO pace was better than last year.
(Individual Result)
Total 180 QSOs from 34 DXCC Entities
AS: JA,BY,BV,XV,HS,9M2,9V,JT,VR,UA9,UN,EY,TA,4X
OC: VK,ZL,KH2,DU,YB,V8
NA: K,KH7,VE
SA: LU
EU: UA,UR,9A,E7,YU,YO,S5,OM,HA,I
Rig: YAESU FT-450M(50W)
ANT: 20m: Vertical, 15m: Vertical, 10m Vertical
Logging: N1MM
Last year the third Monday of March was national holiday and I could participate in the contest on full time. But this year the next day of contest is working day, so I had no choice but join the contest only on Sunday.
My individual result was total 180 QSOs. Because I gave up participation at 0830UTC to avoid traffic jam, I missed QSOs with stations in the zone 14.
WX was rainy and log software 5M contest didn't work well. I had much trouble during the contest, but QSO pace was better than last year.
(Individual Result)
Total 180 QSOs from 34 DXCC Entities
AS: JA,BY,BV,XV,HS,9M2,9V,JT,VR,UA9,UN,EY,TA,4X
OC: VK,ZL,KH2,DU,YB,V8
NA: K,KH7,VE
SA: LU
EU: UA,UR,9A,E7,YU,YO,S5,OM,HA,I
Rig: YAESU FT-450M(50W)
ANT: 20m: Vertical, 15m: Vertical, 10m Vertical
Logging: N1MM
CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest Participation
I'm sorry that I was late to show my latest contest reports.
I participated in the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest on February 11-12 in Inami Town, Hyogo, Japan.
My individual result was total 307 QSOs. I got the first QSO with station from 9N(Nepal). The signal of this 9N station was very beautiful.
(Individual Result)
Total 307 QSOs from 44 DXCC Entities
QSO Entities:
AS: JA,HL,BY,BV,VR2,JT,XV,HS,9N,UA0,UN,EX,EY
OC: VK,ZL,DU,YB,KH2,T8,9M6
EU: UA,UR,LY,SP,OK,OM,HA,LZ,YO,S5,9A,YU,Z3,OH,OZ,I,DL
NA: W,KL,VE,KH6
SA: LU,CV
AF: CT3
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m: Vertical, 2nd Ant for15m: Inverted V Dipole
Logsoft: 5MContest made in Ukraine
I participated in the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest on February 11-12 in Inami Town, Hyogo, Japan.
My individual result was total 307 QSOs. I got the first QSO with station from 9N(Nepal). The signal of this 9N station was very beautiful.
(Individual Result)
Total 307 QSOs from 44 DXCC Entities
QSO Entities:
AS: JA,HL,BY,BV,VR2,JT,XV,HS,9N,UA0,UN,EX,EY
OC: VK,ZL,DU,YB,KH2,T8,9M6
EU: UA,UR,LY,SP,OK,OM,HA,LZ,YO,S5,9A,YU,Z3,OH,OZ,I,DL
NA: W,KL,VE,KH6
SA: LU,CV
AF: CT3
Rig: YAESU FT-450M
ANT: 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m: Vertical, 2nd Ant for15m: Inverted V Dipole
Logsoft: 5MContest made in Ukraine
Sunday, February 19, 2012
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
All Asian DX Contest Phone Participation
I participated in the All Asian DX Contest Phone organized by JARL at the same time as the Russian “RADIO” WW RTTY Contest.
The final individual result was total 71 QSOs. I used 7m wire antenna with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony. I used this facility in the SSB DX contest for the first time.
It was very hard to add the number of QSOs up, but it wasn’t impossible. I could enjoy QSOs with stations from Asia and Pacific regions, especially I was very happy to get multipliers of LU. I certified that it is possible to have QSO with the entity of the opposite side of the Globe. But as for QSOs with EU stations, I got to only UA European Russian stations, no other EU stations. I couldn’t communicate with ER, ES, 9A and OH although they reached me very strongly.
【Result】
Total 71 QSOs
AS: HL,BY,BV,VR2,XX9,UA0
OC: VK,YB,DU,9M6,KH2
EU: UA
NA: W,VE
SA: LU
【RIG】YAESU FT-450M
【ANT】7m wire ANT with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony
【Log soft】5M Contest made in Ukraine
【OS】Windows XP
The final individual result was total 71 QSOs. I used 7m wire antenna with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony. I used this facility in the SSB DX contest for the first time.
It was very hard to add the number of QSOs up, but it wasn’t impossible. I could enjoy QSOs with stations from Asia and Pacific regions, especially I was very happy to get multipliers of LU. I certified that it is possible to have QSO with the entity of the opposite side of the Globe. But as for QSOs with EU stations, I got to only UA European Russian stations, no other EU stations. I couldn’t communicate with ER, ES, 9A and OH although they reached me very strongly.
【Result】
Total 71 QSOs
AS: HL,BY,BV,VR2,XX9,UA0
OC: VK,YB,DU,9M6,KH2
EU: UA
NA: W,VE
SA: LU
【RIG】YAESU FT-450M
【ANT】7m wire ANT with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony
【Log soft】5M Contest made in Ukraine
【OS】Windows XP
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Russian “RADIO” WW RTTY Contest Participation
A super typhoon attacked the western Japan in the first weekend of September. I cancelled field operation and participated the All Asian DX Contest Phone organized by JARL and the Russian “RADIO” WW RTTY Contest organized by Russian journal “RADIO”.
The final individual result of the Russian “RADIO” WW RTTY Contest was total 53 QSOs. I used 7m wire antenna with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony.
I could enjoy RTTY contest with such a small antenna. As for high bands, I have QSOs with AS and OC stations in the daytime and with EU in the evening. But the northerly direction is fully blocked by our building, so I have no chance to hear signals from NA on the band of 15m. On the other hand, I can communicate with NA and SA on the band of 20m and 40m in the evening time. I’ll research the difference.
I thought entrants from AS are very little. Maybe many of AS operators participate the All Asian DX Contest which takes place at the same time.
I used Ukrainian 5M Contest as the log soft and RTTY sending machine. Although problem happened in the previous contest, I could use it comfortably this time. It is very useful in the former Soviet contests.
【Result】
Total53 QSOs
AS: JA,UA0,UN
OC: VK,YB,DU
EU: UA,UR,OH,YO,S5,I,DL
NA: W,KL7
【RIG】
YAESU FT-450M
【ANT】
7m wire ANT with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony
【Log soft】
5M Contest made in Ukraine with MMTTY
【OS】
Windows XP
The final individual result of the Russian “RADIO” WW RTTY Contest was total 53 QSOs. I used 7m wire antenna with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony.
I could enjoy RTTY contest with such a small antenna. As for high bands, I have QSOs with AS and OC stations in the daytime and with EU in the evening. But the northerly direction is fully blocked by our building, so I have no chance to hear signals from NA on the band of 15m. On the other hand, I can communicate with NA and SA on the band of 20m and 40m in the evening time. I’ll research the difference.
I thought entrants from AS are very little. Maybe many of AS operators participate the All Asian DX Contest which takes place at the same time.
I used Ukrainian 5M Contest as the log soft and RTTY sending machine. Although problem happened in the previous contest, I could use it comfortably this time. It is very useful in the former Soviet contests.
【Result】
Total53 QSOs
AS: JA,UA0,UN
OC: VK,YB,DU
EU: UA,UR,OH,YO,S5,I,DL
NA: W,KL7
【RIG】
YAESU FT-450M
【ANT】
7m wire ANT with ATU fixed by fishing rod on the balcony
【Log soft】
5M Contest made in Ukraine with MMTTY
【OS】
Windows XP
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Three DX Contests participation
I participated in three DX contests—KCJ Contest organized by Keymen’s Club of Japan, RDA Contest organized by the Russian League, and SARTG WW RTTY Contest--for the first time since I returned home from the disaster area for the reconstruction work.
As to KCJ Contest, I finished in total 9 QSOs because of the trouble of CW sending machine in the Ctestwin. The frequency for transmission often drifted when I sent CW with using Ctestwin. I don’t know why such trouble happened. Maybe I guess there is something bug in this Japanese log soft.
As to RDA Contest, I had totally 35 QSOs with only Russian Stations. Though QSO objects are only Russian stations for the foreign entrants, we can enjoy all the time because Russian participants are many endlessly.
Then in the SARTG WW RTTY Contest I had totally 37 QSOs. I participated contests in the first stage(0000-0800z on Saturday) and the third stage(0800-1600z on Sunday). I got multipliers of JA and AS in the first stage and ones of EU in the third stage.
I used for these contests for the first time the 7m wire antenna supported by fishing rod and adjusted by ATU which was built on the balcony. My home antenna became simpler because the space of balcony is very small.
I tried the possibility of DX QSO with antenna adjusted by ATU. I could have QSOs with many EU stations on the mode of CW and RTTY. I had less trouble during the RTTY operation. I realized this facility is very useful for the limited space.
I’ll participate the next contests—Russian RTTY and All Asian Phone on the first week of September.
（QSO）
All 81 QSOs
AS: JA,HL,BY,BV,9M2,UA0,UN
OK: VK,DU,YB,
EU: UA,UR,OH,S5,YO,DL,I,TK5,SP,
NA: K,KL7,VE
Total 22 entities.
（RIG)
YAESU FT-450M 50W
（ANT)
7m wire with ATU
QTH: At home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, JAPAN (JCC#2703, GL#PM74QS)
Log Program： N1MM for CW sending MMVARI for RTTY
OS：Windows XP
As to KCJ Contest, I finished in total 9 QSOs because of the trouble of CW sending machine in the Ctestwin. The frequency for transmission often drifted when I sent CW with using Ctestwin. I don’t know why such trouble happened. Maybe I guess there is something bug in this Japanese log soft.
As to RDA Contest, I had totally 35 QSOs with only Russian Stations. Though QSO objects are only Russian stations for the foreign entrants, we can enjoy all the time because Russian participants are many endlessly.
Then in the SARTG WW RTTY Contest I had totally 37 QSOs. I participated contests in the first stage(0000-0800z on Saturday) and the third stage(0800-1600z on Sunday). I got multipliers of JA and AS in the first stage and ones of EU in the third stage.
I used for these contests for the first time the 7m wire antenna supported by fishing rod and adjusted by ATU which was built on the balcony. My home antenna became simpler because the space of balcony is very small.
I tried the possibility of DX QSO with antenna adjusted by ATU. I could have QSOs with many EU stations on the mode of CW and RTTY. I had less trouble during the RTTY operation. I realized this facility is very useful for the limited space.
I’ll participate the next contests—Russian RTTY and All Asian Phone on the first week of September.
（QSO）
All 81 QSOs
AS: JA,HL,BY,BV,9M2,UA0,UN
OK: VK,DU,YB,
EU: UA,UR,OH,S5,YO,DL,I,TK5,SP,
NA: K,KL7,VE
Total 22 entities.
（RIG)
YAESU FT-450M 50W
（ANT)
7m wire with ATU
QTH: At home in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, JAPAN (JCC#2703, GL#PM74QS)
Log Program： N1MM for CW sending MMVARI for RTTY
OS：Windows XP
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