In CQWW 160 CW this year the goal was to improve my score and to try to be competitive with the multi-op contest stations ranking top 3 in SM last year. Unfortunately band was not as “hot and willing” as it was a year ago. I guess the best TB season during this bottom of
Here is a quick summary of our Philippines IOTA tour. When landing in Manila we were met by Ramon DU1UGZ and Thelma DU1IVT at the airport. Later that night we had a nice dinner and then went on to visit Robin DU9RG who lives just outside Manila in a beautiful house. After the warm welcome
SEØX operated by Björn SMØMDG is the #1 ranking SM SOHP station in the CQ160 2010 Contest, both in CW and SSB! See the awards on the virtual awards wall. I am celebrating with champagne and getting ready for the 2011 CQ160 CW contest this weekend. CU in the QRM, GL!
Following our participation in the multi-national DXØDX Dxpedition to the Spratly islands, Christian EA3NT and I plan to be active from Tablas Island OC-244 between January 17-21, 2011. The operation will be holiday style using 100 watt and simple antennas. Look for us on 40, 20 & 17m CW/SSB. QSL both DU1/EA3NT & DU1/SMØMDG via
I am now getting ready for my participation in the DXØDX Spratly expedition January 6-24 2011 where a team of more than 30 operators will be deployed to erect and operate 12 stations from Thitu Island (Pag-Asa in Filipino). The planning for this Expedition has been underway for more than a year and team leader Chris
SMØMDG will be active from SEØX in the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge this weekend, December 18-19. Entry will be in SOHP. The unique part in this contest is that the distance that is counted for score, “QSO Points” are computed by taking the distance between the centers of the two grid squares. Count a
SMØMDG Björn was active from SEØX in the CQWW CW Contest working 2118 unique contacts in 39 hours of non-assisted activity. Propagation on lower bands was good but as usual 20 meters provided the most points and 15 meters supplied the most country multipliers. Only 22 contacts where logged on 10 meters but 40 meters
SEØX will be activated by me, SM0MDG, in the CQWW CW Contest this weekend. I will be entering in the SO-HP non assisted category with the goal to improve the scores from last year. The new 40 meter vertical phased array will be put to the test, but I will be on all bands. GL
This is the most amazing Aurora footage I have seen in a long time, maximize the video and enjoy! 73 de Björn, SMØMDG
SEØX won the Swedish Single Operator High Power category award in both the SSB and CW portion of the 2009 CQ World Wide Contest. Diplomas are now posted at the virtual awards wall, head over there now cause we’re pretty proud! 73 de Björn, SMØMDG