Radio Contesting

I ran the CQ WPX RTTY contest this weekend. Got on the air for right at 13 hours of the total 48 hours of the entire contest. Fairly casual effort and didn't lose any sleep. Still managed to make 398 QSOs and 218 different call sign prefixes for just over 180,000 points. Read more...

This weekend I entered another RTTY (radio teletype) contest, the BARTG Sprint. BARTG stands for British Amateur Radio Teledata Group. Read more...

Ran the NAQP CW for 4.5 hours and managed 205 QSOs and 98 multipliers, with 46 states/provinces. Hope you got on the air.

I finished 3rd in W5 call area QRP category in the August NAQP CW contest. Read how I did in the North American Spring CW.

Entered my first RTTY contest this weekend. I really had a blast. My overall score hit a new personal record number of QSO's (416) over just 13 hours. My previous best have been in the 300 range and that over a full 48 hour CW contest weekend.

It was all search and pounce and most nearly all of it on 10 and 15 meters, with only 32 Q's on 20 meters. I tried 40 and 80 meters but just couldn't be bothered with the QRN.