Chase SEØX on all bands, 10 meter to 80 meter, in the Scandinavia Activity Contest. SMØMDG will operate in the SOHP-AB category. The outlook for action on 10 meter is very good with propagation to JA, ZL, VK and many other AS and OC countries possible in the morning and SA and NA in the
SM0MDG will be active from SE0X in the SAC CW contest this weekend September 17-18 competing in the SOAB-HP category. SAC is the contest where Scandinavian stations will try to work as many non-Scandinavian stations as possible and vice versa. The goal is set to improve the rank and score from last year and this should
Most contest logs for SE0X and 7S0X have been uploaded to LoTW, Logbook of The World. Using LoTW is the preferred way to confirm a contact with SE0X and 7S0X. Paper QSL will be responded to but with the focus on direct requests. The best way to confirm your QSO with SE0X and 7S0X is
Got a new Kenwood TS-590 for the contest season and wondering how to set up N1MM for use with it? No problem! Here is a link to a document that describes how to control DSP filters, clear the RIT after each QSO and play the internal DVK voice keyer messages by using macros in N1MM.
The JX5O expedition to Jan Mayen is coming closer. In one week the international team will gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, to begin the trip to Jan Mayen located in the Norwegian Polar region. The team will travel on the Aurora sail yacht from Isafjordur to Jan Mayen in unpredictable waters in the North Atlantic. The
The hardware at SEØX has now been upgraded and reconfigured to allow for SO2R (Single Operator 2 Radios) and Multi-2 operation. The main antenna switch has been replaced by Array Solution’s Sixpak antenna switch with two radio inputs and six antenna outputs, two 5B4AGN high performance band pass filters has been installed and finally a microHAM
When announced the Kenwood TS-590 didn’t caught my attention, it was later when I was looking for small radio with good performance for Multi-2 and SO2R operation and read the first reports from users that I got interested. I decided to get one and put it to the test at the SE0X station. The following
7SØX ranks #1 SM in its category, Multi-2, when log submission closed for the 2011 WPX contest last week. The final claimed score of 9,020,288 points is more than double the score of the team’s 2010 effort. The contest posed some technical challenges to the team and with the excellent propagation on higher bands we felt
Look for us in the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend, 7SØX is likely to be the only station active with the unique 7SØ prefix. The team consisting of F4BKV, SMØMDG, SMØMLZ and SMØNOR will be entering in M/2 and preparations have been made to keep the two stations on the air 24/7 from the
SEØX operated by Björn SMØMDG scores another #1 top placement in SM! This time in the IARU Worlds Championships 2010 Single Operator High Power, Phone category. The total score of 826.140 points resulted in a #13 EU ranking just above team X-Team mate Vincent F4BKV at 781.425 points. Read the full report from the IARU