The topband vertical at SEØX, an inverted L, broke in the winter storms rendering the antenna useless. Because of the remote location and the heavy snow just before the CQ WW 160 weekend I was not sure if I was able to repair or replace the antenna in time for the contest. The good news
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from SEØX to You! Maybe Santa will bring some new toys and I am sure 2010 will bring a lot of fun radio activities and contests. Happy Holidays & 73, de SMØMDG, Björn
I was not really planning a serious effort in the ARRL 10 meter contest this past weekend because of other engagements. But I did make a few contacts in the test for fun on Saturday logging V51 and a few Europeans via scatter. When I realized that the band wouldn’t open, I saved my energy for
The annual ARRL 160 meter contest was a success last year as SEØX won the #1 SM SOHP award. This year the goal was to improve the score from last year and if possible defend my #1 position, but that might be a tough task if more logs are submitted this year. This year I
I need sleep, lots of sleep… after 33 hours of decoding CW it is time to lean back, recover and reload to get ready for the ARRL 160 meter contest next weekend. But first lets summarize WW DX CW 2009. No sun spots and shorter daylight hours led to lower propagation and less action on
Again it is time to fire up the station at SEØX to be active in CQWW CW this weekend. I will be competing in the Single Operator High All Band category. Antennas for all bands are operational and special attention will be paid to the 160, 15 and 10 meter bands. CU in the Contest this
The 10 meter yagi at SEØX is broken… again! The tip of the front director have been broken “clean off” in a way that reminds me of a classic movie quote by Clint Eastwood: ‘this is a 44 Magnum the most powerful handgun in the world, it will blow your head clean off and you
I am proud to announce that SEØX was presented with an award for second place among Swedish SO-HP contestants in the CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest 2009. SEØX was also announced the Swedish winner of the ARRL 160 meter Contest in the SO-HP category, although SM participation was limited in this contest. Those awards
The past weekend’s major contest event, CQWW SSB 2009, charged all bands with activity (plus QRM) and put gear and operators to the test. SEØX was active in SOAB-HP operated by me, SMØMDG, and it was indeed a fun weekend with very little sleep. Just in time for the contest the SEØX Topband
A little late into the Topband season the new inverted L has been installed at SEØX, just in time for the CQWW SSB contest. The vertical part of the inverted L stands 19 meter tall. The bottom 13 meters are made of 50, 45 and 40 mm aluminium pipe and the top part is four