Category: Contests
May 27, 2019
I found this contest to be a bit harder than it's WW cousin. In this one you send a serial number, the other is just your CQ zone. I definitely improved me CW number recognition skills but 206 contacts over almost 15 hours isn't a good score. I'll get there eventually. I'm working on an iPhone app…
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May 19, 2019
Day 2 was hotter than Day 1 but I had the lay of the land so I did the flea market in the morning and watched the air conditioned forums in the afternoon. Today I hit traffic on the way in, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as the way out yesterday. The flea market is massive here. I spent over 2…
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April 30, 2019
The new version of WSJT-X v2.10-rc5 was released yesterday which includes a new FT4 mode. This mode is designed to compete with RTTY for contesting. It uses a 6 second transmission vs. the 15 second transmission of FT8. It definitely feels much faster than FT8 but I personally feel it should be…
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April 9, 2019
This year again we went out to Egmont Key State Park on the ferry from Fort Desoto Park for the FLSPOTA event. Band conditions were not great and we had difficulty making contacts but it was a really nice day to be out on this beautiful island. This year we had the special event callsignW4E. Corey…
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April 6, 2019
The results of the ARRL Sweepstakes 2018 came out and I got first place in the Single Operator Unlimited Low Power category for the West Central Florida Section.
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April 6, 2019
At this months SPARC Club meeting they showed the plaque for the club winning the Florida QSO Party contest in the Florida club category. This was before I changed callsigns and I was KX4HL. I'm still waiting for the full results to come out to see how I did in the individual category as I worked…
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February 24, 2019
This is a new contest record for me. Also I think the most time I put into a contest. I took a couple half hour breaks and an extended dinner and cigar break, operated about 9 hours total. I turned the volume down on the RTTY tones so they didn't stick with me quite as long as the last couple times…
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February 18, 2019
I did a little bit of this contest Friday, then a little before I went out on Saturday and then a little on Sunday. This one is fun because it's all DX. It's 48 hours though, which is a long time to do the whole thing. I joined the Florida Contest Group a couple weeks ago and Wolf NN7CW is a…
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February 11, 2019
Map of contacts locations I participated a little bit in the 48 hours CQ WPX RTTY contest. I ended up with 143 contacts, broke down like so: 80: 3 40: 84 20: 56 Total: 143 Prefixes: 109 Total Score = 37,387 I turned down the volume a lot this time so the RTTY sound didn't stay with me too long this…
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January 20, 2019
Did some of the NAQP SSB contest today. Came out with 101 contacts. This is a more leisurely contest. I ran a cable from my antenna ground panel on the side of the house over to the porch and did some of the contest from there with my POTA radio (FT-891). Started to get warm here in FL so I moved…
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