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
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
A two element 40 meter vertical array has been installed at SEØX this weekend. The array is built using fibre glass poles and the two verticals are facing North America with the intention to improve DX scores in contests. The Comtek PVS 40 phasing system is used which allows for endfire patterns in NW or SE
SMØMDG Björn will be active in the CQWW SSB Contest this weekend from CQ3L together with DJ6QT Walter and DJ6KS Knut. We will enter in Multi-Op Single-Station and DJ8OG Matthias will use the other station CR3L in a Single-Op effort. 73 and GL in the Contest!
Propagation in the SSB portion of the SAC 2010 Contest were weaker than in the CW portion two weeks earlier and it is reflected in the lower number of contacts, especially in 10 meter where only 4 contacts where made. Despite the slow propagation the final score was an improvement compared to the SAC SSB
The 2010 edition of the SAC CW Contest was fun as usual. Apart from being a race between teams and individual operators the SAC Contest is also a contest between the Scandinavian countries. I entered in the SO-HP category using the SE0X call. My personal goal for this contest was to beat last years result
I had made no plans in advance to participate in the RDAC – Russian Districts Award Contest this weekend, but couldn’t resist the temptation to spend an hour chasing a few points for fun. I decided to do a single band effort and since it was morning and 10 meter was open, the choice was
SEØX ranks #1 Sweden Single Operator in the CQWW SSB contest 2009 according to the official results published in the current issue of CQ. I was very happy to see the final result and it feels very nice being number one SM single op, even beating the assisted single ops. Read the full results article