Contest blog

Contest	Year	My bloggage
AGCW Happy New Year Contest	2008	Worked 13 stations, mainly on 40m. Best was EW8CY on 20m. Sent in a checklog.
AGCW Happy New Year Contest	2010	Gave away a few points. No entry submitted.
All Asia DX Contest	2009	First time I have taken part in the CW only contest. You can only work Asian stations and mine were nearly all Asian Russia [UA0] stations. Worked 17 stations with 13 prefix multipliers. Best DX was A71BX in Qatar for an all-time-new CW DXCC on 40m.
All Asia DX Contest	2011	Gave away points to 7 stations on 20m, in very poor conditions. Worked an all-time-new DX with JT5DX in Mongolia!
Alessandro Volta RTTY Contest	2011	Conditions very poor overnight so just did a checklog with only 5 contacts, mainly on 40m.
ANARTS WW RTTY Contest	2008	Gave away a few points using N1MM.
ANARTS WW RTTY Contest	2009	Set goals of a total of 50 QSO's, then 100,000 points, and then 50 QSO's on a single band. Managed all of them. Surprisingly 10m opened for a while with some sporadic-E, also 20m still open at 22:00UTC.
ARI 50MHz Veneto Contest	2006	An Italian regional contest on 6m that coincided with a Sporadic-E opening. Worked 9 stations.
ARI 50MHz Veneto Contest	2007	During a Sporadic-E opening, Italian station started giving serial numbers with their reports. Ended up working 6 contest stations. Sent in a log which was accepted! Estimated the QRB total was 9266km.
ARI International DX Contest	2008	Worked 27 stations in a mixed mode effort, 26x CW and 1xRTTY !!! Worked several W's on 40m, plus F5IN and SP2LNW on 160m.
	2009	Worked 75 stations in a mixed mode entry this year, mainly RTTY and CW, but some SSB as well. Band conditions very poor. Not a single W or VE station worked.
	2010	42 stations on CW, RTTY and SSB, nearly all on 40m. Surprise DX was TS8P and PY2LSM on 40m SSB in the early hours of the morning. Also worked KP2M on both 20m and 40m CW.
ARI Volta RTTY Contest	2005	Worked 41 stations, including YB5BO and CX7BF [15m] with JA6ZPR and HF8VD [20m] and GW4SKA [40m].
	2006	Worked 53 stations, but conditions were poor. Heard several good DX stations, including KP2, JA6 and YV5, but all down in the noise and not workable. No 10m, and 15m almost dead. Worked OH0Z and LV5V [20m], with GM0FGI [80m] and OH0Z on 40m. Several new US counties worked.
	2007	Worked 46 stations including several on 15m. W3LL was the only US station worked.
	2008	Worked 8 stations while taking part in the CW section of the CQ-M contest.
ARRL 10m Contest	2004	First time I've taken part in a single band contest. Worked only 9 stations, with no contacts outside of Europe. Best DX was working A61AJ.
ARRL 160m CW Contest	2008	Worked 6 stations during this 160m CW contest, including a new 160m and CW DXCC, MD4K.
ARRL Field Day Contest	2009	For NA stations only. Gave points to two stations on 40m CW running 5W and a vertical, from a 12V battery [category 1e DX].
ARRL International DX CW Contest	2008	With 15/10m dead, I ended up just working 23 W/VE stations, nearly all on 40m, using QRP and CW. Worked 3 stations from Texas, as well as one all time new state.
	2009	Worked 40 stations mainly on 40m using only 5 watts. Very pleased to work a few W's on 80m using the temporary wire. PA, VA and NJ the most worked.
	2010	Did a 40m QRP only entry this year. Mainly east coast but did manage to work to Texas, then in to Arizona, and finally in to K7GK Oregon.
	2011	Band conditions very poor due to massive solar flare, so gave away points on 80m/40m. Worked 20 stations. Best contacts were K9OM and K1TO in Florida, and best of all K5GO in Arizona. First contest using the new PC, with microHAM DigiKeyer and DXLab software suite.
ARRL International DX SSB Contest	2004	75 QSO's worked across 20m and 15m, with the majority being on 15m. Contest is for working W and VE stations only. W1AJT/P/VE3 supplied my first ever QSL card via the bureau.
	2005	Worked only 41 stations this year, mainly on 20m and 15m, with a few 40m QSO's thrown in. K4XS provided a new state [Florida] on 40m, and N1UR gave a new state [Vermont] on 15m.
	2006	First time I started working split on 40 using the IC-7400. Got several 'excellent audio' reports from US stations. Highlights included K7RL for a new 40m state {Washington] and VE5UA for a new 20m province [Alberta]. 15m did not open, with only two contacts made [AL & MD].
	2007	This year I had the 20m long inverted L antenna up and tuned by an MFJ16010 end-fed wire tuner. 40m very noisy and few stations were worked. 10m/15m still dead during the day. Worked VY2ZM on 80m for a new band DXCC.
	2008	Very quiet time during the contest. Not much worked.
	2009	Worked 17 stations with only one VE and only one station on 20m. Running 20W to the vertical.
	2010	Worked only one station in very poor conditions and QRM, so gave up.
ARRL RTTY Roundup Contest	2006	Not only did 15m fail to open up, 20m was also down on usual, especially to the USA and Asia; heard no JA's or west coast W's. 40m was a bear pit, and I had trouble sorting out some of the closely packed stations. On a dead 20m overnight, I heard a single station; a Columbian [100% copy with me] working into JA1 [and hearing about 30% of this side of the contact]. Saw GU0SUP being worked but heard nothing of him. Highlight was P49X on Aruba coming back to me on 40m at my first calling. Worked some 15m stations after sunrise. Must get an 80m antenna working properly! Still having to manually write up a call sign check log, as WinWarbler is not 'contest' designed software.
	2007	Used N1MM to log this contest. It's a good contest application for RTTY, but proved difficult to use with the power output problems I am having (the output level takes 1-2 seconds to stabilise). This means several seconds of diddles and line feeds before I send my call sign or report. In the mean time another station pops in and grabs the QSO! Worked G0MTN on 80m. The most unusual QSO was UT3FW/MM on 40m.
	2008	Used N1MM Logger V7.5.10 Very noisy bands during the competition. Heard no one running PSK, only RTTY. Worked only 36 stations including 1 on 80m, 1 on 15m and 2 on 20m. The rest were on 40m. Worked WB9Z in Illinois and KR4F in Alabama.
	2009	Used N1MM Logger updated version V8.8.1 Started off late by playing on 40m, then managed 20m and finally on to 15m, where almost all the stations worked were Russians! Only 6 US states worked, all on 40m. 24 DXCC worked. Best DX included [40m] T77NM, HI3TEJ and P49X. Best 20m DX was 5C5W.
	2010	No time. Gave away a few points.
	2011	Using N1MM version V8.8.1 worked 43 stations mainly on 20m/15m. Did not work any W/VE stations. Heard a very strong JA6GCE, but could not break the pileup with the low power 20W and trap vertical.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Baltic Contest	2009	Working on 80m only, with large QSO points for working Baltic stations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Worked only 10 stations on SSB, including 3 LY stations.
Baltic Contest	2010	Worked 18 stations on CW, and one on SSB. Only worked Baltic stations this time.
BARTG 75bd RTTY Contest	2010	A new contest running a faster RTTY mode, so had to use MultiPSK rather than WinWarbler. Worked 20 stations on 20m. Best DX was JM1XCW, FM5CD and VE2FK.
BARTG 75bd RTTY Contest	2011	TBA
BARTG SPRING Contest	2006	Managed to forget to switch the computer over to the RTTY station, so the first 20 QSO's didn't get their exact frequency recorded in the log. Worked 86 stations, with two on 80m. The rest were split between 20m [CN8LI & CN8KD] and 40m [TA1DX & 7X0RY].
	2007	Didn't manage to beat last years QSO total. Band conditions poor and spent time doing the Russian DX contest. No new DXCC worked. Best DX was JA6ZPR on 20m. Both 10m and 15m dead.
	2008	62 stations on 20/40m. Worked AA5AU on 40m. WX was -3degC with sleet and snow.
	2009	Only three bands with activity this year; 80m [19x], 40m [x18] and 20m [x9]. A good run of W's on 40m, including one in New Mexico. New band/slot with MI0M on 80m.
	2010	Entered as the guest op. of GB50ATG. Worked 50 stations, mainly on 80m. Some 15m activity, including USA and UA0. Used N1MM and the IC-7400 at 20W.
BARTG SPRINT Contest	2006	Picked up two all time new DXCC entities during the contest. Some 15m activity, but not much! 10m absolutely dead. Unable to get shortened dipole to tune on 80m. Masses of OH stations active. 40m was not as busy as I had expected. JY4NE - first Jordan QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY. 6W8CK - first Senegal QSO: entity, 15m, RTTY.
	2007	Worked only 33 stations in very poor conditions, using N1MM Logger V7.1.1 Mostly active on 20m. Worked most of the regulars. very pleased to work TF3AO on 14.092MHz.
	2008	Didn't spend any time working this contest. just gave points away to one station on 80m.
	2009	Worked only 30 stations in poor band conditions. Some much rain the vertical tuned up on 80m for a couple of local contacts. Used N1MM Logger V8.8.1
	2010	Very surprised to end up working 135 stations, including a string of W's on 15m when no EU stations were heard on the band. Nothing on 10m. Worked ZM2A on 20m during the Sunday morning for an new band/mode DXCC. Also worked GU0SUP on early Sunday morning for a new 80m band/mode DXCC.
	2011	Limited time available so only 72 stations worked. Gave up on the bear pit that was 20m, so worked most stations on 80m and 15m. Nothing on 10m. Most exotic QSO on 15m was A61BK. 40m QRM levels very high during the day. No JA's or VE's heard at all.
Black Sea Cup International Contest	2010	A new CW contest, where Black Sea Contest Club members count for multipliers. Ended up working 32 stations, including VE2XAA on 80m.
Black Sea Cup International Contest	2011	Computer/interface/soundcard problems meant no CW available, so ended up running SSB only in the mixed mode QRP category. Worked mainly 20m, with one contact on 15m. Nothing heard on 80m/40m overnight. Worked two BSS stations, one UCC station and one RCC station.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Canada Day Contest	2006	Gave away a few points to eight stations worked, including YW5CQ in Venezuela on 40m. Sent in a contest entry as you never know!
	2007	Only a few contacts available so did a checklog.
	2008	Very little activity heard so no entry submitted.
	2011	Poor band conditions with very few VE stations heard or worked. Logged only 6 stations on CW and 3 of SSB, all of them on 20m.
CIS DX QPSK63 Contest	2009	A new contest. QPSK63 is a lot harder to work than BPSK31 or 63. The usually worked stations were all call no reply. In between working S&P in the SAC contest, logged 21 QSO's. No W/VE stations, and only two UA9 stations.
	2010	Gave away a few points during poor band conditions, on 20m.
	2011	Working mainly 40m, with some 20m thrown in. Bands very noisy, with lots of contest QRM.
CIS DX RTTY Contest	2005	VERY pleased to work Reunion for an all time new DXCC on any band/mode. Not a serious competition entry, more a case of the weather's bad outside so why not pass the time in the shack giving away a few points! Heavy rain caused S9+ QRN at times. Worked 32 stations. UN7PBY - first Kazakhstan QSO: 40m. FR1HZ - first Reunion Island QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY. YB5BO - first Indonesia QSO: 20m.
	2006	VERY pleased to work Australia for an all time new DXCC on any band/mode. Worked 65 stations in marginal conditions. Most of the QSO's were on 20m, with some on 15m. VK4AN - first Australia QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY.
	2007	Lots of QRM from CIS contest stations calling CQ over the top of existing PSK stations already in QSO. Worked 20 stations, mainly on 40m, including 11 Russian/Ukrainian stations. Most exotic was KK5OQ on 40m.
	2008	46 stations on 40/20m. TF3AO and TF3PPN were the only exotica.
CQ WW DX 160m CW Contest	2010	Worked 44 stations including two new band-mode slots: 9A8WW and OY6A. Everyone worked was in zone 14 and 15, except TF4X in zone 40. Still have to work outside of Europe with the QRP and the polymorph wire.
CQ WW DX 160m CW Contest	2011	Band conditions very poor. Deep QSB and low signal levels. Only 25 stations worked.
CQ WW DX 160m SSB Contest	2009	Worked 9 stations on top band, including two new band/mode slots: AO1L and MW0JRX. Certificate for 1st QRP in G.
CQ WW DX CW Contest	2007	Worked my first CW contest! 224 contacts, mainly on 40m and 20m. Worked some east coast W/VE, but no SA, Africa or Asia, other than a couple of UA9 stations. Gave Simon 2E0CVN a shock when I called him on three bands! Most exotic were P3F,4L0A and 4O3A on 40m.
CQ WW DX RTTY Contest	2005	The first time I have worked over 200 contacts during a contest [223]. 15m open midday on both days, with good conditions to east coast W's, and 20m stayed open until mid evening on the Sunday. Highlights included A61AJ, HC8N, ZL2AMI and TF3W [40m] and TF4M, TK/F5CWU and VP9/K9JY [20m]. 9M2CNC first West Malaysia QSO: 15m, RTTY.
	2006	Did not work as many stations as last year. 15m opened but did not work many stations through the wall of European stations calling 6W1, ZL, JA and W6. Had a productive morning session with some 26 QSO's on 40m and 20m. Worked Liechtenstein for my first ever RTTY QSO with that DXCC. HB0/DL1ZBO first Liechtenstein QSO: RTTY. YT6A first Montenegro QSO: 15m.
	2007	Very poor conditions on 15m/10m, and 20m was also quiet at times. Using the old TS-570 and PK-232 set up, managed to work 179 stations. Worked a couple of W's on 40m but it was hard going. T93M first Bosnia-Herzegovina QSO: 80M RTTY.
	2008	144 stations in the log, including 3V8BB on 40m for first Tunisia QSO on RTTY. 40m included J42T, P49X and 5P9X.
	2009	Worked 113 stations during several S&P sessions, mainly on 40/80m. Best DX was FM1FV Martinique on 20m.
	2010	An enjoyable contest, apart from some bad operating practises I heard. Set a target of beating last year's QSO count of 113, by getting 180 QSO's in the log. Activity mainly 80/40/20m, with some logged on 15m. Nothing on 10m and nothing exotic worked. Interestingly most of the 15m stations worked were to the east, namely UT, UA and UA0.
	2011	Set myself the target of beating last year's QSO total. Had planned on a 40m band only entry, but 10m opened in the morning to UA/UA0 in zones 16/17, and in the afternoon to the USA zone 4. Final entry was: Band QSOs Pts Zn DXC US/VE 3.5 62 123 29 5 1 7 149 352 43 13 19 14 20 45 15 7 3 21 14 35 9 7 1 28 35 84 7 6 7 Total 280 639 103 38 31 40m was fantastic. Worked strings of USA stations. At start of contest, just S&P 80m and 40m from low to high, calling everyone I could hear. Worked over 100 stations this way. Rough score is 109,908 points. Worked one dupe! Best DX on 80m was KS9W in Illinois, on 40m, PV8ADI Brazil and YW4D Venezuela were best DX, for 20m it was JM1XCW Japan. On 15m where I didn't play much, KI1G Rhode Island was the only DX. The surprising 10m gave a best DX of PT5T Brazil, with W9OA/9 in Wisconsin for best US DX.
CQ WW DX SSB Contest	2005	My first real effort at an SSB contest, although I got off to a very slow start. Used SD for the logging program. 15m proved to be open at times with several new band-DXCC entities being worked. Early evening 20m opened up to the east coast USA, and 15m did the same on early Sunday afternoon. M8C - first England QSO: 15m. IS0/WH0Q - first Sardinia QSO: 20m. TF/N0HJZ - first Iceland QSO: 15m. SV9CVY - first Crete QSO: 15m, SSB.
	2006	The biggest contest entry I have made to date. 404 contacts logged, including a number on 80m, using the newly made and installed 20m long inverted L antenna. Also made first ever 160m QSO with M8C. 15m actually opened for a number of hours, and proved very interesting. Some hissing heard on DX signals, perhaps auroral? Worked M8C on all six bands. The Liechtenstein/HB0 contacts were most welcomed, as were all the G's and GM's on 40m and 80m. Heard a lot of exotic callsigns but unable to get through the enormous pileups. 3V6T in Tunisia was the most exotic worked. 4N1A 80m SSB first Serbia QSO: 80m. LN9Z 80m SSB first Norway QSO: 80m. ZC4T 20m SSB first Cyprus (UK Bases) QSO: SSB. CU2A 10M SSB first Azores QSO: 10M. OE2S 10M SSB first Austria QSO: 10M. 3V6T 15m SSB first Tunisia QSO: 15m. HB0/HB9AON 10M SSB first Liechtenstein QSO: 10M. HB0/HB9AON 80m SSB first Liechtenstein QSO: 80m. LY1R 10M SSB first Lithuania QSO: 10M. EI7M 10M SSB first Ireland QSO: 10M. RK2FWA 10M SSB first Kaliningrad QSO: 10M. CU2/OH1VR 15m SSB first Azores QSO: 15m.
	2007	With very poor band conditions on 15m/10m and 20m being full of QRN/QRM, decided to play on 40m only for a few hours. The only exotic worked was US5D in zone 16. Almost everyone else was in Europe zones 14/15. Most surprising QSO was with HB0/DF4TD/M. New 40m DXCC was 1A3A.
	2008	126 stations logged, including VP5T for first Turks and Caicos QSO on SSB.
	2009	Worked 39 stations only, as 40m and 80m kept showing intermittent high SWR. Worked only stations that were either new contest DXCC or new zone, except for Bob - 2E0RCV. Best DX was TS9A in Tunisia. Worked ZC4LI for a new band 15m/mode SSB slot.
CQ WW VHF Contest	2006	Normally would not enter this contest, but as there was a small Sporadic-E opening on 6m, I worked 6 stations, including EH8BPX on the Canary Islands for a new 6m DXCC.
CQ WW WPX CW Contest	2008	A big CW contest. Worked only S&P but picked up 180 contacts, including 11 new DXCC's on CW mode. Both 10m and 15m had activity. Even worked Europeans on 20m at midnight!
	2009	Worked only S&P for 200 contacts. The only new DXCC was 3V9A on 40m, with new band/mode slots for 80m and 20m. OG0R also gave three new band/mode slots.
	2010	A busy weekend meant only 46 stations worked. Solar storms meant that even 20m was dead during the daytime. Worked some sporadic-E on 10m.
	2011	Unusual conditions with the SFI @ 111 and A-index @ 36. Called lots of W's but not heard against the contest QRM! Very pleased to work PY stations on 15m.
CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest	2005	The first time I have worked over 100 contacts [103] during an RTTY contest. Unable to work during the Saturday afternoon or the Sunday afternoon. Got the vertical to tune up on 80m for a change! Midday Sunday had a good 15m opening. Highlights included CN8KD and J43BSF [40m] and G6PZ [80m].
	2006	First time I have set a target in a contest. I wanted to beat last years QSO count, by aiming to work over 200 stations. Also a successful DXCC contest, with three new entities, three new band entities and two new mode entities. Worked entirely S&P mode. No specific 80m aerial. 10m dead throughout. This contest resulted in my most active month since being licensed; 411 QSO's. T77CD first San Marino QSO: entity, 40m, RTTY. HK1AR first Colombia QSO: entity, 40m, RTTY. 4L8A first Georgian Republic QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY. G4WFQ/6W first Senegal QSO: 20m. EK8WA first Armenia QSO: 40m. 4X2Z first Israel QSO: 40m. EI7M first Ireland QSO: RTTY. EK8WA first Armenia QSO: RTTY.
	2007	Very poor conditions on 15m/10m and 20m/40m suffering deliberate QRM, especially from CW stations. Worked two all time new DXCC on 80m using the 20m long inverted L. Very few W/VE's worked or heard. total was 133 stations. EA8AH first Canary Islands QSO: 80m. UA9CLB first Asiatic Russia QSO: 80m.
	2008	No new DXCC worked. Didn't spend too much time in the RTTY contest, as playing CW on top band. Worked 124 stations, including a nice run on 40m on Saturday morning. Highlights included [40m] P49X and NP3U. Managed to work a few stations on 15m.
	2009	Built a temporary inverted-sloping-top loaded-lazy-L for 80m, that actually worked. 40 was the best band, even during the day. Less than 10% of the stations worked were not WPX multipliers. A71CV first Qatar QSO: entity 15m, RTTY. YN2S first Nicaragua QSO: entity 40m, RTTY. Best DX included TC1DX, YN2S, P49X and P40R [40m], A71CV [15m] and M0SDX [80m]. Worked 130 station in total, all S&P using N1MM Logger V8.8.1
	2010	Worked 193 stations; 52/80m, 90/40m, 30/20m and 21/15m. Worked two all-time-new RTTY band/mode slots; CN2R on 80m and PJ2T on 40m. All S&P. The 15m activity was nearly all UT, UA and UA0. Unexpected was CU2AF on 15m. 10m remained dead even though SFI > 90.
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest	2004	Worked mainly 20m. 15m opened but was fairly quiet. 10m was dead. Highlights included J42T and C4M [15m], CN2R and D4B [20m] and CQ9K and 4U1ITU [40m].
	2005	As last year, 10m was dead. Unable to operate on the Sunday session, so only 68 QSO's this year. 20m gave 2E0ATY and J42T, 40m was good for CN2R and 15m provided ED8WPX and 5B/AJ2O.
	2006	10m completely dead. 15m very quiet, but worked some surprising stations: PS2T [Brazil] and ZD8Z [Ascension Island]. These two stations were booming, and working runs of Europeans, but no Europeans were calling CQ....most strange. 40m was its usual bear pit. Took advantage of the extension up to 7.200MHz to work USA stations in between the broadcast QRM. The target was to beat the 2004 totals in numbers of QSO's and points. Achieved both! 40m gave J6DX for my 99th DXCC country [St. Lucia], followed by my 100th DXCC country with HI3CCP on 40m [Dominican Republic]., then just before I had to finish for the weekend, ZD8Z popped up on 15m for Ascension Island and DXCC number 101. J6DX 40m SSB first St Lucia QSO: entity, 40m, SSB. 8P5A 40m SSB first Barbados QSO: 40m, SSB. Z37M 20m SSB first Macedonia QSO: SSB. ZA/Z35M 40m SSB first Albania QSO: 40m. HI3CCP 40m SSB first Dominican Republic QSO: entity, 40m, SSB. ZD8Z 15m SSB first Ascension Island QSO: entity, 15m, SSB.
	2007	Worked 150 stations. Worked most stations on 20m. Only 2 stations on 15m and none on 10m. Most exotic was 4L2M on 20m. Only one station worked on three bands; AN8A on 80/40/15m.
	2008	Worked 108 stations mostly on 40m. Several UA9's worked on 15m. 10m completely dead except for a very weak and watery DL calling CQ. Heard UA's working strings of JA's on 15m.
	2009	Very difficult to make QSO's on 80/160m with the wire aerial. 40m very good with the QRP. A73A - first Qatar QSO: 40m, SSB. 15m best DX was P33W in Aruba. Nothing heard on 10m. Only two prefixes worked twice.
CQ-M International DX Contest	2006	Gave away a few points, mainly on 40m, to 11 stations, including 4L6AM and EN5D.
	2007	Filling in time between RTTY sessions in the Alessandro Volta contest, so gave away points to 12 stations. Furthest DX worked was UA9CLB. Worked GB4VLX on 20/40m, in memory of Deryck Buckley G3VLX, who I have known since my pre-license days, on 20/40m.
	2008	Worked 54 stations, mainly on 40/20m. Worked 2 stations on 15m. Worked several W's, as well as 4L8A for a new band/mode.
	2009	Worked 58 stations, mainly on 40m using only CW. 15m and 10m both dead here. Only 2 W's worked.
	2011	Conditions very poor overnight so just did a checklog with only 12 contacts, mainly on 40m.
Croatian CW Contest	2007	Worked 84 stations across 20/40/80m, with 2 stations on 15m. Highlight was EY8MM on 20m. Locals worked were 2E0CVN and GM3JKS. Used DXLab suite and CWGet.
Croatian CW Contest	2008	Worked 33 stations across 20/40m only. Nothing heard on 15m. Lots of UA and UT stations worked, but no K/VE stations.
CW Operators Contest	2011	A three short-session CW contest. Worked only five stations on 40m, including three US stations.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
DARC 10m 'Corona' Contest	2006	Listened during the Ukrainian DX contest, and ended up working nothing on 10m, on any mode!
	2007	Listened during the contest and heard nothing on 10m. Spots showed only DL working DL.
	2008	Heard and worked only one station, S57DX.
DARC HF-HELL Contest	2008	A Hellschrieber based contest. Worked 16 stations in Europe, mainly Germans, plus an LA, PA and two F's, in the 40m section. Used The IC-7400 at 20w, and MultiPSK 4.9
DARC Z-Contest	2008	Did not see this advertised. Tuned around to give some PACC points away and found 40m packed with DL's calling CQ contest! Gave away points to 6 stations, and hopefully worked a few new DOK's.
DIG QSO Party	2008	Worked mainly DL stations in the 20m and 40m sessions in total.
Digifest	2010	Using MultiPSK, worked 9 stations on 20m using RTTY, Feld-Hell and MFSK. Best DX was VE3DZ on RTTY.
Digital Pentathlon	2008	BPSK - Worked 7 stations in the BPSK63 part of the contest. All European on 40m except for VA3PC on 20m. Very little activity heard. Feld-Hell - Worked 7 stations with FELD-HELL in a 30 minute session on 20/40m. Olivia - Worked only 1 station in this OLIVIA part of the contest. Very little activity heard.
DL-DX RTTY Contest	2005	15m and 20m with some useful openings to South America and Asia, even during the night! A total of 52 QSO's gave highlights of GM4FDM, and LV5V [15m], with KF4ONH and YV6BTF [20m]. GM4FDM - first Scotland QSO: 15m, RTTY. JA6ZPR - first Japan QSO: 20m, RTTY.
	2006	Beat last years contact total with 53 QSO's! 10m remained dead throughout, with 15m giving only three 'local' contacts. 20m active but outside three US stations, nothing exotic worked. 40m also exotic-less, with only a few US stations worked, as well as a number of World Cup special event stations in Germany. Picked up four new US counties.
	2007	Only 13 QSO's this time, nearly all on 20m. Band conditions VERY POOR. W3MF on 40m was the only outside Europe contact!
	2008	Only 8 stations worked on 20/40m. Bands very noisy.
	2009	Worked 31 stations mainly on 20m. Band very quiet with little RTTY activity heard. Used WinWarbler rather than N1MM for this contest.
	2010	Managed 52 stations mainly on 20m and 15m. Even managed some 10m stations via Sporadic-E. Only worked RTTY. Found no PSK31/63 activity.
	2011	Logged 55 contacts this year, although conditions were very poor again. Actually worked 9 stations on 10m RTTY, but hardly any on 15m. Best band was 40m.
DMC RTTY Contest	2007	Gave away a few points as still having problems with the RTTY from the IC-7400 using the USB II interface. Worked four stations as four multipliers for 16 points!
	2008	Gave away points to 17 stations split across 40m and 20m.
	2009	A casual event using WinWarbler on 40m and 20m, rather than N1MM. Best DX was PW2P on 20m in zone 18. Every other contacts was in EU. Ran QRP 5W for this contest. Conditions very poor on 40m. No 10m activity this weekend!
	2011	What happened to 15m/10m! Nothing heard at all. Ended up working 38 contacts, mainly on 40m. Heard several US stations on 20m but they were only doing the NAQP contest.
DRCG Long Distance Contest RTTY	2011	Very poor band conditions but gave away points to 19 stations. very little activity as contest does not attract all the 'big guns'. Mostly worked 20m, with surprising DX being VK3TDX.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
EA PSK-31 Contest	2009	Worked 50 stations during the BERU contest. Worked CT1BXE on 80m for a new band/mode slot, also TR8CA [Gabon] on 40m PSK for an all-time-new DXCC and HI3CCP for a new band/mode slot.
EA RTTY Contest	2005	Logged 102 QSO's during the contest. Highlights included TA1FA and EA9IB [20m], with KP4JRS, PS7KC, LU4DX and LO2F [15m].
	2006	15m gave three QSO's but conditions way down from last year. 20m and 40m sad to 102], but did work anything for long periods. All S&P. Lots of rain meant the vertical tuned up on 80m. Highlights during the competition included TF3AO and TA1DX [20m] with TK1CX and ON4DAMIAN [40m]. EA6LP - first Balearic Islands QSO: 20M.
	2007	Only 51 QSO's this year. Conditions poor with nothing heard at all on 15m, and 80m was also very quiet. Worked several VE/W stations on 20m. Only 4 stations worked on more than one band.
	2008	Only 3 QSO's while working the SPDX CW contest. Two Ukrainians and an LZ on 40m.
	2009	Worked 15 QSO's while working the SPDX CW contest and RoPoCo contest. Only one EA worked. Problems with N1MM setup at start meant wrong serial numbers sent throughout contest.
EPC PSK63 QSO Party	2007	Worked some 130 stations in my first ever proper PSK contest. Operated mainly on 40m, with 20m also making a good showing. Short opening on 15m gave several UA/UR contacts. 80m very noisy. Best DX included [40m] AA6YQ [DXLab software creator, as used in this contest!], KP4ED, WP3UX, CN8YZ, CN8KD, 3A2LF, 4L1FP and 4L1QX, [15m] 4L1QX, and [20m] CN8YZ.
EPC PSK63 QSO Party	2008	Some overdriven signals heard. Worked 123 stations this time, mainly on 40m. M3ZWW was my only 'G'.
EPC Russia DX Contest	2009	The first running of a BPSK/QPSK63 contest by the Russian section of the European PSK Club. Worked 35 stations, mainly on 40m. Worked UA2FFW on 80m BPSK63 for a new band/mode slot. Best DX was KK5OQ in EM50 square.
	2010	Lots of rain-static QRM with only 83 contacts logged from 80m to 15m. Very little US activity, with the best DX being Asiatic Russia.
	2011	15m actually opened for a short time! Lots of contacts to KO/KN squares. Worked 50 stations. Best band was 40m.
EPC WW DX Contest	2009	The first ever BPSK-125 contest. Worked 133 stations mainly on 40/20m. Highlights were 4O4A and 5C5W [20m], and 4L1QX/MM, 5C5W and WP3UX [40m]. Running 10W and the trap vertical.
EPC WW DX Contest	2010	Running QRP 5W to the trap vertical on 40m. Only one station outside Europe.
EU HF Championship	2005	34 QSO's worked when 15/10m were dead, and no one seemed to be on 40m. The 10m QSO was with EA5DFV, with SP9LJD and RN3ZC being the 15m ones.
	2006	47 QSO's worked when 15/10m were dead, and 40m was fairly quiet. Nothing special worked!
	2008	Entered as low-power CW only. Worked 25 stations mainly on 20m. Worked 6 stations on 40m, which was noisy, and 5 stations on 15m. Nothing heard on 10m.
	2010	Did a mixed mode low power entry on 80m/40/20m with nothing heard on 15m/10m.
EU PSK DX Contest	2008	Worked 34 stations on PSK31, nearly all on 40m. Unexpected best DX was YY1JGT. SV9AHZ gave a new PSK DXCC, since confirmed on LoTW.
	2009	Worked 18 stations on PSK31, mainly on 40m. No North American stations. Band conditions very poor. Best was 4L1QX on 20m.
	2010	26 stations worked mainly on 40m, with only one on 15m. Conditions very poor.
	2011	23 stations under poor conditions. Only a few stations outside Europe were worked. Used N1MM [1st time on PSK] after downloading a new update as the exchanges used for this contest had altered since last year.
EU Sprint	2004	My first experience of a Sprint format contest. They are not for the faint hearted! Not really my cup of team. I definitely prefer the smaller 'work a single country' type of contest.
EU Sprint	2005	My second experience of a Sprint format contest. At least I made one more contact than last year's contest. Still don't like the format though.
European CW 160m Contest	2008	A top-band CW only contest being run by the French UFT society. Gave away points to 5 stations using 5W and the 30m polymorph antenna.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Feld-Hell Club Sprint	2009	Poor band conditions and little activity. Worked only 4 stations using MultiPSK.
First Class Operators Club QSP Party	2011	Conditions very poor overnight so just did a checklog with only 2 contacts on 40m.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Helvetia Contest	2006	A 'work only stations in HB9' contest. Worked 18 stations in 12 different cantons, 17 of them on 40m. HB9DDO - first Switzerland QSO: 80M.
	2008	Gave away points to 8 stations on CW using QRP. Worked five cantons in total.
	2010	Only working on 40m, logged 13 stations in 8 cantons, with 10 on SSB and 3 on CW.
His Majesty The King of Spain CW Contest
	2008	Entered the CW section with 13 contacts, mainly on 40m. Best was UA2FL for a new 40m/CW/DXCC.
	2009	Entered the CW section with 40 contacts this year/ Band conditions very poor though. Actually worked one station on 10m! Worked several UA0's but no W/VE stations.
	2010	Very poor band conditions so worked only 11 stations mainly on 20m CW. No W/VE stations worked, although two were heard in the noise.
	2011	Worked 25 stations in the CW part of the contest. Other than one UA0, not a single station worked outside Europe. Mostly 20/40m, with one to 15m and one on top band.
His Majesty The King of Spain SSB Contest	2006	A work-everyone Spanish contest. Gave away points to 11 stations on 40m. Sent in a log just for fun.
His Majesty The King of Spain SSB Contest	2011	Poor band conditions and very quiet overnight. Worked just 7 stations on 40m.
Holyland Contest	2009	Worked just 4 stations on 40m CW. 4Z4DX was the first and a new CW DXCC.
Holyland Contest	2010	Only two stations worked. Heard 3 others on 40m, but they were all weak and watery signals.
Hungarian DX 2004	2004	Working everyone but looking for HA multipliers. 10/15m dead. Worked 17 stations.
	2005	Worked 17 stations only and sent in a checklog.
	2007	Managed to beat the 2004 totals by working 20 QSO's spread across 80m [4], 40m [6] and 20m [10], including 6 HA stations. Very poor conditions.
	2008	Worked 21 stations mainly on 40m/20m using CW. Best was 4O/YU1YV for a new country on CW!
	2009	Worked a more impressive 51 stations on 40m/20m using CW. Only one W station logged.
	2010	Tried to beat last years 51 stations, but went to bed after 48 stations worked. Poor band conditions. No W/VE worked.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
IARU HF Championship	2005	A chance to work lots of IARU country 'headquarter stations'. Worked headquarter stations including EM7HQ [UARL], OL4HQ [CRC] GB5HQ [RSGB] and LX0HQ [RL].
	2006	Set the target of more QSO's than last year. Almost tripled the number! Worked one all-time-new. Worked headquarter stations including EA5HQ [URE], ES9HQ [ERAU], SN0HQ [PZK], R9HQ [SRR], OH2HQ [SRAL], DA0HQ [DARC], OE1A [OVSV], YL4HQ [LRAL] and GB5HQ [RSGB]. The most unexpected headquarter station worked was T70HQ from San Marino, on several bands. Best DX was W7WA in Washington state. 10m gave several new band/mode DXCC's. OE1A - first Austria QSO: 15M. SK3W - first Sweden QSO: 10M HA5AWT - first Hungary QSO: 10M. OM6HQ - first Slovak Republic QSO: 10M. T70HQ - first San Marino QSO: 10M. OL4HQ - first Czech Republic QSO: 10M. T70HQ - first San Marino QSO: 15M. HB9HQ - first Switzerland QSO: 15M. 5Z1A - first Kenya QSO: entity, 20M, SSB. OP0HQ - first Belgium QSO: 20M.
	2007	80m antenna refused to tune, so way down on contact numbers. 20m also disappointing, although given the low point of the solar cycle, the 10m contacts came as a surprise. The new DXCC of 1A0KM was a complete surprise. He was calling CQ and the band was quiet! Later worked the station on 6m during a Sporadic-E opening! GB7HQ very quiet on most bands. 3V1A 10M SSB G6CSY first Tunisia QSO: 10M. 4O3A 10M SSB G6CSY first Montenegro QSO: 10M. 1A0KM 20M SSB G6CSY first Sovereign Military Order Of Malta ENTITY QSO: entity 20M.
	2008	Worked 141 stations using SSB and CW. Nothing on 80m.
	2009	Worked more stations than last year - 166 in total, but only via S&P contacts to HQ stations or 5 pointers in US/VE, or DXCC band/mode slots. Entered QRP mixed mode this time around. Actually worked some stations on 80m and 10m this year. Very pleased to work a new DXCC. 6W1SE 20M CW first Senegal QSO: 20M. 5N0HQ 15M CW first Nigeria ENTITY QSO: entity 15M.
	2010	Down on last year with only 142 stations logged with S&P only. Again a QRP mixed mode entry.
	2011	Got off to a slow start. Decided to go for HQ stations and 5pt contacts, with zone multipliers. Ended up with 121 logged contacts, mainly on 40m. 15/10m absolutely DEAD! Couldn't even work GR2HQ [even on 20m SSB]. Worked string of W's on 40m CW just before sunrise.
IARU Region 1 Field Day	2004	Worked a number of portable stations, especially on 40m. G stations worked included G4ALE/P, G0SOA/P and G3GHN/P.
	2006	Worked a number of portable stations, mainly on 40m. Worked Cray Valley RS on five bands, and ended up their only contact and multiplier on 10m. Lots on DL portables on the band. Highlights were TF/DL2RMC/P and MN0AKU/P.
	2007	Did not work much DX this year. Band conditions poor.
	2008	Nothing on 10m/15m and QRM on 20m.
International Naval Day Contest	2009	Worked two naval stations on CW. Checklog sent in.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
JARTS WW RTTY Contest	2005	15m had some good conditions to east coast W stations. Only able to operate during the first 24 hours. 40m gave CN8KD and ZC4LI [also on 20m]. 20m best DX was JA6ZPR. 7X0RY - first Algeria QSO: 20M. MW0CRI - first Wales QSO: 80M.
	2006	15m opened for a short time, and played for the first time on 80m RTTY. KP4KE, the last contact, was the most exotic worked. Beat last years QSO total. ES5RY 80M RTTY first Estonia QSO: 80M. Z37M 80M RTTY first Macedonia QSO: 80M. EA2APH 80M RTTY first Spain QSO: 80M. OH7A 80M RTTY first Finland QSO: 80M. ZC4LI 10M RTTY first Cyprus (UK Bases) QSO: 10M. JA6GCE 15M RTTY first Japan QSO: 15M. LA5TFA 15M RTTY first Norway QSO: 15M. SV5/DL3DRN 15M RTTY first Dodecanese QSO: entity, 15M, RTTY. YL3FP 80M RTTY first Latvia QSO: 80M. 7X0RY 80M RTTY first Algeria QSO: 80M. OH3BHL 10M RTTY first Finland QSO: 10M.
	2007	Worked 58 stations mainly on 40m. Nine station worked on 15m in poor conditions. Nothing exotic worked, but two unusual prefixes now in the log; ES375UT and OL50NERA.
	2008	Of the 30 stations logged, most were on 40m, including 4O3A, EW7EW and 5C5W.
	2009	Worked 89 stations through S&P. Claimed score was 10070 points. Mostly on 40/80m, but also managed some 15m on Sunday mid-morning. Best DX was JS3CTQ on 20m.
	2010	Limited time and poor conditions meant only 25 stations logged. Several W's worked on 40m and 15m. Found that more than 60W on 80m/40m caused the broadband router to crash, so ran QRP!
	2011	Worked 65 stations, including a string of USA stations on 10m. Best DX was K6HGF on 10m from California.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
LZ 40m Sprint	2009	Worked 12 stations on 40m, including 4 W's.
LZ 80m Sprint	2009	Very poor conditions. Worked three stations in this unusual contest.
LZ DX Contest	2004	Worked 24 stations, primarily on 15/20m.
	2006	Worked 35 stations so beat the 2004 totals. Lack of 15m activity made up by 20m and 40m. Pleased to work 9A2AA/P on EU-016. 9K2CQ on 15m was most welcomed as the only contact on that band.
	2007	Only worked during the Saturday afternoon for a few minutes, as distracted by the PSK63 contest taking place on the Sunday! Worked GX3RCV the Cray Valley foundation course club station. Best DX was UA9MC.
	2008	Worked 53 stations on 20m and 40m. Furthest east were Asiatic Russia stations in ITU zone 31.
	2009	Worked only 40 CW stations mainly on 40m, with some 80m activity thrown in. As it is a 'local' contest, the big guns tend to stay away, so it is a much more enjoyable contest! A very unexpected contact was PJ2/K8ND on 40m just after midnight. Entered QRP MIXED section, but only worked CW stations.
LZ Open Contest	2008	A CW contest where the exchange sent, is the serial number received from the previous QSO. Gave away points to two European stations, and to UA2FL on 80m and 40m. Using WinWarbler and manually entering the required numbers.
	2009	Worked only two stations on 40m. Band conditions very poor.
	2010	Worked four stations on 80m. Band conditions poor and not much activity heard.
	2011	10 stations on 80m and 1 on 40m. No exotic DX worked though!
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Makrothen RTTY Contest	2005	Some nice 20m and 40m activity to the USA. 15m was slow to open. No ZC4LI worked in the contest. SM3JUR - first Sweden QSO: 80M.
	2006	No new firsts worked in the contest. Only 32 QSO's made. band conditions very poor, with nothing worked on 15m or 10m.
	2007	Had 63 QSO's this year, including a surprise 15m opening to Asiatic Russia and Japan JA6ZPR. No new firsts worked in the contest. Worked Z35X on three bands.
	2008	The occasional S&P gave 42 QSO's. The first session was on 40m only. Worked several Florida stations at 0100Z. The second session was on 20m only. At 2000z worked several US stations, as well as YV5AAX. The third session was mainly 20m, with a single 15m contact.
	2009	Another occasional S&P entry. Worked stations in all three sessions using N1MM. Ended up with 81 contacts mainly on 20/40m, with a few on 80/15m. Best DX was JA7IC worked on 20m, with three other JA's heard under pileups.
	2010	Limited time and poor conditions meant only 55 stations logged. Hardly anything worked on 80m or 15m. Best DX, and most unexpected, was PU5ATX in GG51 square [Brazil], on 15m.
	2011	Best entry in years. Worked 118 stations, including strings of USA stations on 10m, 15m and 40m. Worked JA7IC on 15m.
Manchester Minerva Contest	2011	A CW only contest. Stumbled across this contest while checking 20m for any activity during the YU DX contest. Ended up working a string of PY and W stations just before midnight. Missed DX was 4T4T in Peru.
Marconi Memorial Contest	2009	A CW only contest. Worked 16 stations on 20/40m. Used a 1960's standard Vibroplex and a Kent slate-bed brass keyer.
Marconi Memorial Contest	2011	Poor band conditions and little activity heard. Worked only 9 stations. Best DX was new DXCC PJ4LS.
MDXA PSK Deathmatch	2008	A PSK-31 and PSK-63 contest that is not well attended outside the USA. Worked 23 stations mainly on 40m and 20m. Best DX was CO6WYR Cuba on 40m and PY2VA on 20m. Activity on 80m but the twin parallel inverted L's were not working well.
MDXA PSK Deathmatch	2009	Heard, and worked, only one station on 40m, and that was a W.
Mexico International RTTY Contest	2005	KP4JRS was best DX worked on 40m.
	2006	20m a lot quieter than expected. Some 15m activity. fewer OH stations on 20/40m than normal. Worked a string on W's on 40m. No SA and Asia stations heard. Did better than the 2005 effort with 65 stations worked. Worked local M3CVN on 40/20/15m. No 'firsts' were worked during the contest! Picked up several new US counties.
	2007	Very little 15m/10m activity, with 20m down on usual. Did not hear or work any XE stations. Worked 44 stations. 40m gave M3CVN, and 80m gave G4DBX and G0HDV. Worked ZC4LI only on 15m.
	2008	Only 9 stations worked across 40/80m. Only one station on 20m.
	2009	Worked 50 stations worked with x8 on 40m, x35 on 20m and x7 on 15m, in the Single Operator Single Radio section. Conditions were poor with it being very quiet on 40m overnight. Worked one Mexican station: XE1MW.
	2010	Worked 28 stations mainly on 80/40m. Worked VE2SB on 80m. Heard XE and JA stations but unable to break pileups and QRM.
Mongolian DX RTTY Contest	2011	Only 25 stations worked before the ARRL RTTY Roundup started. 15m not as good as it proved to be later on during the RTTY contest, but managed a very early on contact with G8UBJ. A new contest.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
North American QSO Party	2005	Working only USA stations. Gave away a few points. N4ZZ [TN] and NY1S [ME] for new counties. Most USA stations are only interested in working each other.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
OK DX RTTY Contest	2005	With 10m completely dead, and 15m not far behind, this contest relied on 40m activity to make up the number of contest QSO's, which included DD4B, 7X0RY and GM3SEK. Worked 58 stations. GU0IDA - first Guernsey QSO: RTTY.
	2006	With 10m completely dead, and 15m not far behind. This contest relied on 40m and 80m activity to make up the number of contest QSO's. With an A-index of over 80 at times, band conditions were very poor. Even regular RTTY contest stations on 20m/15m were way down on usual and difficult to copy. Beat last years QSO count by working 72 stations, due mainly to activity on 80m with the inverted L antenna. Used N1MM Logger V6.11.0 for the first time, via the microHAM USB router, to the Icom IC-7400. Picked up three new band/DXCC entities for 80m. Zone 33 proved to be the most exotic, with EF8A, CN8KD and 7X0RY [40m], EF8A [15m] and CN8KD [20m]. The highlight was TF3HP in zone 40 on 20m. LZ8A - first Bulgaria QSO: 80m. SV3DCX - first Greece QSO: 80m. YO9HP - first Romania QSO: 80m.
	2007	Worked 70 stations while taking part in the Croatian CW contest. Best was 27 stations on 40m. Only 1 station worked on 15m. Used N1MM. No new DXCC worked.
	2008	Worked only 53 stations on 40m and 20m while taking part in the Croatian CW contest as well. Only one station heard and worked on 15m. Band conditions down on usual.
	2009	Worked over 100 stations this year. Managed to work a JF1PJK on 20m, and an all time new DXCC on 15m RTTY - E21YDP in Thailand. Also managed C31CT on 80m RTTY for a new band/mode slot.
	2010	14 stations mainly on 15m. Heard JA and VK stations but nothing worked.
OK-OM DX Contest	2009	A local contest for working OK/OM stations only. Logged 46 CW contacts mainly on 80m and 40m. Nothing heard on 15m. Running QRP. Contest allows for multiple section entries, so entered SINGLE-OP ALL QRP, SINGLE-OP 80M QRP and SINGLE-OP 40M QRP.
Open Ukrainian RTTY Championship	2005	Gave away a few points during a break from the ARRL SSB contest that was on at the same time. VERY surprised to work 6W/RW3TN in Senegal 24 minutes in to the contest, as his 001 contact!
	2007	Worked only 15 stations in 90 minutes, mainly on 20m, using WinWarbler. Best DX was UA9UZZ.
	2009	13 stations logged using WinWarbler, as N1MM failed to log the first QSO.
	2010	Only 9 stations worked, using the IC-7400 and N1MM. Not a good combination for some reason! My version of N1MM Logger is V8.7.1 which doesn't support the unusual exchanges used in this contest, e.g. BR001.
	2011	Made a BIG mistake. Just after the contest started, decided to run N1MM rather than DXLab WinWarbler. As it is a new-build PC, downloaded and installed N1MM to the latest version V11.02.06. That's when the problems started. Once all the parameters were set up, found that the sent exchange number and the logged QSO number were out of step. Then found that the macro box kept going to run mode after every S&P call. Ended up with the first seven QSO's getting serial numbers 001, 001, 001, 004 ,004, 005 and 001. From QSO number 8 onwards, the sent number incremented correctly, but starting from 006 not 008. For the macros, I ended up dividing the layout into two parts, with Run on the left, and S&P on the right. Eventually worked 39 [actually 41] stations, mainly on 20m. Worked mostly UA and UT stations on 15m. Heard only one non-contest station on 10m.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
PACC Contest	2004	Worked 8 Belgian stations in 5 regions on 40m.
	2006	Gave away points to three Belgian stations in 3 regions on 40m. Band was packed with stations taking part in an inter-DK competition.
	2007	Very poor conditions. Worked 12 Belgian stations on just 80m. Found that SD V13.15 failed to record the serial numbers so entered as a checklog.
	2008	Used WinWarbler to send the CW and log the CW and SSB QSO's. Then exported the Cabrillo file from DXKeeper. Worked 16 Belgian stations, mainly on 80m [2x SSB 9x CW]. Also one on top-band [CW] and several on 40m [mixed mode].
	2011	With only SSB available this year, used QRP on the TS-570D to work 18 PA stations, mainly on 80m. Logged contacts with SD V14.30 and then imported contacts in to DXKeeper.
PODXS Ø7Ø Club PSKFest	2009	Worked 18 stations mainly on 40m. Band conditions very poor. Best DX was KU1T on 40m, and also G3ZOH on 20m, for a QRB of around 5kms.
	2010	34 stations mainly on 40/80m. Has a short run on 20m with several W stations, including K7RE in South Dakota for a new WAS. Also worked KE8M on 80m for an unexpected QSO.
	2011	Band conditions very poor. Worked just one station, OM7OM, before switching to RTTY for the Mongolian DX RTTY Contest, and the ARRL RTTY Roundup.
Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP Contest	2009	Gave away points to ten stations, including one in France. Running just 3 watts and a 9-ele Tonna on a dropped down mast.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
RAC Winter CW Contest	2007	Worked 13 stations on 80/40m using QRP. Best on 80m were K3WW and GM3JKS.
RAC Winter CW Contest	2008	Worked only 11 stations on 40m using low power. Band conditions were terrible. Heard no VE stations at all. Activity way down. Worked only 4 W's plus 4L6QC for a new band/mode.
RAC Winter SSB Contest	2007	Worked two stations on 80m using low power, IZ3FJZ and M0DWK/P.
RAEM Contest	2007	A CW only contest where you get points for working different latitude and longitude coordinates. Worked 16 stations split across 40/20m. Best was A61NA for a new DXCC on CW. Most easterly station was - 87°E - UA9UCK @ Novokuznetsk.
	2008	Worked 28 stations split across 40/20m. Band conditions very poor. Did not hear or work any east coast USA stations. Most easterly was - 93°E - RW0A @ Krasnoyarsk.
	2010	80m very noisy overnight. 40m full of QRM. Furthest north was 57deg and furthest east 77deg.
RDA Contest	2009	Worked 18 stations mainly on 40m. Several new RDA's worked.
	2010	24 stations mainly on 20m, as 40m conditions were very poor. Several 15m stations, but 10m was dead throughout the weekend.
	2011	Sidetracked by SARTG and CWO contests, so only 10 stations worked on 40m/20m.
REF CW Contest	2008	Worked 19 stations on 80m and 2 stations on 40m. No overseas French territories worked.
	2009	Worked 36 stations on 40m only. Unable to get SD to key the IC7400 properly, so ended up using the internal keyer on the IC7400 by pressing the F1/F2/F3 buttons. Slow but it worked. No overseas French territories worked.
	2010	Worked 41 stations, of which 38 were on 80m. No overseas areas worked. Several new departments worked.
	2011	VERY poor conditions. Only 12 stations worked, but picked up three all-time-new departments, including special expedition TM38I.
REF SSB Contest	2004	Worked 12 stations, 11 of which were on 40m, including special callsign TM0ANT.
	2006	Worked 32 stations on 40m and picked up 23 new departments, including TM0C, TM1P and TM1W.
	2007	VERY pleased to work a new DXCC [FM5BH - Martinique] on SSB. 2 minutes later also worked Guadeloupe [TO6T] on 20m. The 80m inverted L worked well. This is an ideal contest for UK stations to pick up French departments and provinces for awards. Heard very few G stations working the contest though. Googled a copy of the French numbers 1-100 and kept in on the screen. FM5BH - first Martinique QSO: entity, 20M, SSB.
	2008	Gave away points to 5 stations on 80m using QRP.
	2009	Worked 11 stations on 40m SSB all in different departments. Unable to work anyone on 80m.
	2010	Worked 16 stations on 80/40m. Nothing overseas. Bands very noisy.
	2011	VERY poor band conditions. Worked only 2 stations on 40m, and one on 80m, then gave up and switched to CW for the UBA DX contest. Very deep QSB taking signals down to noise floor levels.
RRTC Contest	2008	Worked 20 stations on 20m. Several new CW band-slots filled. Most unusual was RW1AI/MM in ITU zone 19.
RRTC Contest	2009	Worked 29 stations mainly on 20m. Some 15m/10m activity but not much. Worked one 'special event' station R33CK. No contacts outside EU.
RSGB 1st 1.8MHz CW Contest	2008	Worked only 19 stations on top band using about 20W and a 40m long polymorph wire. Best DX worked was S57DX, although with lots of repeats from my end. EI5DI along with GD0EMG and MD0CCE gave new DXCC.
RSGB 1st 1.8MHz CW Contest	2009	Worked 8 stations on top band using 5W and a 25m long top-loaded-sloping-inverted-lazy-L wire. All G stations except for GM3POI.
RSGB 2nd 1.8MHz CW Contest	2009	Planned to double the number of contacts from the 1st contest, but actually tripled it in 80 minutes! Best DX was OE3I, closely followed by DK2FG. Also worked 3 GM stations, as well as a GW. Missed out on E77DX for a new DXCC! The time the antenna was a "vertical/6m, horizontal/8m, horizontal/1m, horizontal/5m, sloping/2m top load coil".
RSGB 21/28MHz SSB Contest	2005	Worked only 12 stations with IW6CIE on 10m, and the rest on 15m, including G3XLB and G4WGE/P.
	2006	Worked only 4 stations in terrible conditions, but the new DXCC was most welcomed! OD5NH - first Lebanon QSO: 15M.
	2007	Awful band conditions. Did not work anyone! Did not hear anyone!
RSGB 50MHz Contest	2006	Worked 80 stations as and when time allowed. Using 5W QRP these days to avoid any QRM. Worked two new DXCC countries on 6m, along with many Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland stations. 4Z4DV - first Israel QSO: 6M. PA6M - first Netherlands QSO: 6M.
	2007	Worked 33 stations in poor conditions. The pre-contest Sporadic-E started to die out 10 minutes before the contest start. Best DX was UR7D in KN18 square.
	2008	Worked 20 stations in just over an hour. Very quiet with only G/GD being worked, then a very narrow Sporadic-E opening to 9A, LZ, S5 and YU. Only lasted about an hour.
	2009	Worked 85 stations with CW/SSB over a fantastic weekend. There was an opening on the Saturday evening, but the Sunday morning was excellent. At 0500 GMT there was an opening to Ukraine where I worked 5 stations in 17 minutes. Spanish activity up, but Italian activity down, with DL activity almost non-existent. Cluster maps showed some eastern Europeans working in to Japan, and Spanish stations working in to Puerto Rico. Running QRP 5W and a 5-ele Tonna.
RSGB 50MHz Trophy Contest	2005	Worked 20 stations and then had to close down due to QRM report from a neighbour with a cheap and nasty portable radio [a £3.99 'special']. Had the mast at about half height. GD0EMG - first Isle Of Man QSO: 6M.
	2006	My first serious 50MHz contest entry, using 5W QRP only. Worked 80 stations as a good Sp-E opening to the east of Europe and Italy. Some stations worked over 400 QSO's! Most of my contacts were to JN76, which is, I believe, Rome. Came 10th out 13 in the Single-op Fixed section.
	2010	Concurrent with the IARU 50MHz contest. Worked 36 stations on SSB and CW. SM/LA started out strong on Sunday morning. Best DX was Ukraine.
RSGB 80m Sprint	2010	Gave away points to 6 stations, including a GM, while running QRP and the trap vertical.
RSGB 144MHz UK Activity Contest	2005	Gave away points to four stations, including M3CVN and M5FUN.
RSGB 144MHz AFS Contest	1983	Gave away points to fourteen stations. Best DX was G4NXO/P in IO81.
RSGB 144MHz Backpackers Contest	2009	Gave away points to ten stations, including one in France. Running just 3 watts.
RSGB 144MHz Marconi Contest	2009	Running just 5 watts with the mast half raised, worked 6 stations, including two DL's and a PA, on the Sunday morning just after sunrise.
RSGB 144MHz Low Power Contest	2005	Gave away points to three stations, including G8HGN and M0FGH.
	2007	Worked eight stations. Best DX G8ZAP/P at 245km.
	2008	Gave away points to five stations while running QRP. Best DX was G4SIV in IO92.
RSGB 144MHz May Contest	1984	Running 25W from an FT-225RD to a halo at 4m.
RSGB 144MHz May Contest	2010	Worked 9 stations in G with the QRP. No early morning DX heard here!
RSGB 144MHz Trophy Contest	1981	Worked 31 stations, including best DX of F6CTT/P in JN09.
	1982	Worked lots of /P stations during the contest, while out portable.
	1984	Worked lots of stations during a very pleasant contest while at Knockholt.
	1985	Worked 1 station - ON9TB/A.
	2004	Gave away points to five stations, including G5B and TM3Q.
	2007	Gave away points to 14 stations including PA6NL and DF0OL [best DX @ 565km]. Visited M6Q at their contest site.
	2008	Terrible weather conditions. Kept the mast dropped and the aerial below roof ridge height. Worked only 7 stations, including ON4WY and PA6NL.
	2009	Sunday morning tropo opening to the east. Worked 16 stations, including DF0OL, DR5O and DF0MU, as well as an ON, a PA and two F's, all with QRP SSB and the 9-ele Tonna at 6m AGL.
	2010	Very enjoyable contest with 31 QRP contacts using SSB. Best DX was HB9STY/P for a new 2m DXCC. Worked G, GM, PA, F, DF and HB9.
RSGB 432MHz AFS Contest	1988	Worked 34 stations. Best DX was G6OYL in IO93.
RSGB 432MHz AFS Contest	2006	Gave away points to two stations, including G8HGN. Only a 19-ele Tonna available in the loft.
RSGB 432MHz Trophy Contest	1983	Gave away points to nine stations. Best DX GW8TFI/P.
RSGB 80m Club Contest	2010	June data section operated as GB50ATG working 34 stations on RTTY and PSK.
RSGB 80m Club Contest	2011	January data section worked 31 stations and 7 DXCC on both RTTY and PSK.
RSGB Commonwealth Contest [BERU]	2008	A CW contest working only current and former Commonwealth countries, BUT not your own. A shame that GM/GI/GW count as part of G, as several GM's heard with very strong signals. Worked Cyprus and Canada on 20/40m, and ZC4LI on 40m. Only worked the UK BERU station GB5CC on 80m.
	2009	Only 14 contacts this year. Other than the 9M6, the other 20m stations worked were all VE's. VERY pleased to work some new DXCC's on 40m & 80m CW. Nothing heard of GB5CC. Got-always were ZL3 and VU2. 9M6XRO first East Malaysia QSO: entity, 20m, CW. 9H3JT first Malta QSO: 40m, CW. 9H3JT first Malta QSO: 80m, CW. P3J first Cyprus QSO: 80m, CW. 6Y8XF first Jamaica QSO: 40m, CW.
	2010	Planned to double the number of contacts from 2009. Ended up with 32 QSO's. Worked three new DXCC: 5H3EE for first Tanzania QSO, 9G5XA for first Ghana QSO and J6/G3PJT for first St. Lucia Island QSO. Also VK2BJ for a new 20m band/mode slot.
RSGB IOTA Contest	2005	Worked several stations on 10m [9A9Z/P on EU-170] and on 80m [G3N on EU-120]. Good activity on both 15m and 20m. Made 76 QSO's. Outside of Europe, I managed to work IH9/IQ2CJ [AF-018], VY2TT [NA-029] and EA8BVX [AF-004]. GM3PPG/P - first Scotland QSO on 80M. Feels strange being the 'DX' for a change.
	2006	Set myself the target of beating last years number of QSO's, islands worked and total points gained. On QSO number 64 I equalled my previous multiplier total of 42, and on QSO 65 I got more points than last year. Decided that I would only S&P islands during the first part of the contest. Out of the first 40 stations worked, only 5 were non-islands. Reached 31.3 QSO's per hour at one time. Outside of Europe, I managed to work several Canadian islands; VE3ZZ/VY2 [NA-029] and VC2W [NA-038]. The only African station worked was EC8ADW [AF-004]. The other 63 multipliers were all on European islands, including M8C [EU-011 Scilly Isles] and OZ8MW [EU-088 Kattegat Island group]. OZ8MW for first Denmark QSO: 15M. This is becoming my favourite contest!
	2007	Once more increased the previous years QSO totals. Used SDI V13.01 and SDICHECK V13.01. Worked IS0/OM3LA on EU-024 on 40/20/15/10m running QRP and SSB.
	2008	Activity seemed to be down on last year. Decided to run in the multi-mode category. Only all-time new DXCC was OY1CT on 80m CW. Eight new band-mode slots and 5 new IOTA island groups worked. Used WinWarbler for both CW and SSB. Total 108 stations worked, mainly on 20m/40m. Also worked some 15m stations. Logged GM3POI on 3 bands CW.
	2009	Running only QRP on a mixed mode CW/SSB entry. Decided to S&P island stations, or all-time-new DXCC only. Managed 76 stations with 69 IOTA multipliers during the 12hrs. Won 1st place in Island 12hr mixed-mode QRP category.
	2010	As last year, a mixed mode 12hr QRP entry working only islands with S&P. Managed 84 stations that were all IOTA stations, with 66 IOTA multipliers. Won 1st place in Island 12hr mixed-mode QRP category.
	2011	Had hoped to beat last years number of contacts, but conditions were very poor. Nothing on 10m, and only a few on 15m. Every contact though was with an IOTA station.
RSGB Low Power Field Day	2009	Worked 9 stations, with eight on 40m and one on 80m. Picked up two GM stations.
RSGB March 144/432Mhz Contest	1982	Worked 52 stations using FT-225RD and halo antenna.
	1985	Worked 24 stations with 25W from the FT-225RD and halo antenna.
	2009	Worked 14 stations on 2m including 2 Belgian stations. Best DX was OQ4U in JO20kv at 336km. Running QRP 5W and a 5-ele Tonna at 5m. Heard an MM0 station but unable to work. No CW stations heard or worked.
RSGB National Field Day	2008	Run throughout region 1 as a /P field day for CW stations, we fixed stations can only work the /P stations to give away points. Worked 26 stations on 160m [mainly G stations], 80m [mainly DL and PA] and 40m [mainly DL]. Filled several new band/mode slots! Used WinWarbler/CWGet.
RSGB National Field Day	2010	Gave away points to 18 portable stations.
RSGB RoPoCo 1st Contest	2009	An 80m CW contest where postcodes are swapped, and then passed on to the next contact. 4x GM's and a GW worked, using QRP and a random wire.
RSGB RoPoCo 1st Contest	2010	QRP on 80m CW gave 13 contacts from S&P in 30 minutes. All G except for GM3POI. Got my own postcode back towards the end of the session.
RSGB RoPoCo 2nd Contest	2009	Using the MK-80 attachment on the top of the AV-14AVQ vertical for the first time, to get me on 80m with a slightly better antenna.
RSGB RoPoCo 2nd Contest	2010	Actually managed to spend the full 90 minutes in the contest. Only running QRP while S&P, managed to work 25 stations. Only unworkable was G4WGE/P.
RSGB Second 50Mhz Contest	2006	No Sporadic-E. Worked five stations, including GD0EMG.
RSGB SSB Field Day	2007	Worked G3RCV/P on all 5 bands, and visited their contest site near Pratts Bottom. 80m was not as good as I had hoped for. Worked MM0AOQ/P on both 80m and 20m. Used SD V13.28 and SDCHECK V13.28.
	2008	Worked G3RCV/P on only one band [the only G worked!]. The other three stations worked were DL, SP and 9A, all on 40m.
	2009	Mainly 40m with a couple on 80m. Worked 17 stations mainly from DL. No G portables heard or worked.
RSGB VHF National Field Day	2005	A contest for working portable G stations on 4m, 2m, 70cms and 23cms. Best DX was G3ZME/P in grid IO82NN. Only used 10W and had the mast dropped.
	2006	Not in the contest, but as the Sporadic-E started on 6m, I took the opportunity to pick up some new grid squares in England and Wales. Worked EI9E/P for a new DXCC on 6m. Worked 23 stations.
	2007	Once again the Sporadic-E started on 6m during the Saturday afternoon. VE1YX and K1AC were booming in to G, but the pileups were too much for my QRP. Took the opportunity to work some 2m and 70cm stations. With 5W and the newly installed 9-ele Tonna, managed to work on 2m in to GM, F, EI, PA and DL. Best DX was 9A4VV in JN82IW at 1561km.
	2008	Once again the Sporadic-E at the wrong time. It died out at the start, and restarted the following day after the 6m section had closed. Worked 36 stations across 2m and 6m. 2m ODX was EI9E/P.
	2009	A change in rules means that fixed stations can enter a 'sweeper' section. You get points for any contact, but the multipliers are only the registered portable stations. Worked QRP on both 6m and 2m. Worked only 12 stations on 6m. As well as YT2F, I worked one GM, and one EI. The rest were all portable G stations. On 2m I worked 31 stations. As well as a few GM, EI, F and ON stations, I also managed two DL stations. Only one station worked on 2m CW: M0MDG/P.
RSGB VHF Trophy	2011	First time I have entered this 2m contest. Worked only 13 stations with the QRP, including ON, F and a DL.
Russia WW PSK Contest	2008	Worked 63 stations using both PSK-31 and PSK-63 split across 40m and 20m. Had a run going on 40m and was called by N2QKV, W1CDX and KD8EZS.
	2009	Worked 68 stations this year, having set a target of 50. Nothing worked on 15/10m, and nothing exotic either!
	2010	The TS-570 developed an AGC type fault after three contacts; the S level drops from S9 to S0 in about two seconds, making it hard to work anyone. Ended up swapping to the IC-7400 and the slower PC. Concentrated on using PSK63 and PSK125 rather than the slower PSK31.
Russian Digital + SSTV Contest	2007	An SSTV, PSK63 and RTTY mode contest. Heard no one using RTTY, but worked 11 stations on PSK63 and one on SSTV.
Russian DX Contest	2004	Work everyone but multipliers for Russian stations. Worked 56 stations, including T96Q, TA2MW and 8S4Z, split across 40/20/15m.
	2006	Worked only 33 stations this year, with all but five of them on 20m. Stations worked included ES9C, RS3A, RU1A, YZ500A, CN2R and EM7Q.
	2007	VERY pleased to work a new 80m DXCC with CN2R in Morocco, on the first call! Beat last years QSO score, but lack of 10/15m activity didn't help. The surprise of the contest was working two stations in Luxembourg on 40m: HB0/DK4YJ and HB0/9A8MM. 80m activity was way down. CN2R - first Morocco QSO: 80M.
	2008	Worked 60 stations mainly on 40m. Surprised to work 4L0A on 15m.
	2009	Worked 50 stations this year, mainly on 40m. The Nevis station came back to my first call, for an all-time-new. 20m quite quiet. V47NT - Nevis & St. Kitts QSO: entity, 40M.
	2010	Worked mainly on 20m. Nothing on 80m or 10m. 15m very quiet. Some stations working strings of JA's, but nothing heard here.
Russian Radio WW RTTY Contest	2006	Worked 27 stations in very poor conditions.
	2007	Worked 39 stations with 15m and 10m completely dead. Used the old RTTY setup of TS-570 and PK-232. Very few second calls needed. Worked several VE's and W's on 20m/40m. Also worked local G3RSD on 80m. Lots of QRM from IARU SSB Field Day.
	2008	Worked 66 stations on 40/20m. Found 10/15m dead, and the weather so bad I was unable to put the 80m inverted L's up. Using Kenwood TS-570D at 20W and HyGain AV-14AVQ vertical. Software was the latest versions of DXLab's WinWarbler and DXKeeper. Just before 0600GMT managed to work some good DX; ZL4A and K7QQ [Washington state] on 40m. Was still hearing ZL4A and hour later.
	2009	37 stations worked, mainly on 40m. Used N1MM, but I don't like the spectrum display, I prefer the waterfall, and the one on N1MM isn't as good as WinWarbler's. The only real benefit of N1MM is the ability to export a Cabrillo file, even though the .adi file has to be edited before it can be imported in to the DXKeeper log.
	2011	Worked 61 stations mainly on 40m. Timings meant that I missed any activity on 15m. Even managed to work a G station on 80m!
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Scandinavian Activity Contest	2008	Worked 21 CW stations in this 'local' contest, using 20W and trap vertical.
	2009	Worked 59 CW stations, mainly on 40m/80m using QRP. Worked two new band/mode slots; OH0Z on 80m/CW and TF4X on 40m/CW. Very enjoyable contest, although surprised to see some stations had almost 2000 QSO's logged.
	2010	Almost worked as many stations as last year, but ran out of time. Worked mainly CW on 20m and 40m, with one station on 15m. Band conditions very poor. Worked more OH stations than any other. Worked one OY and two TF stations
SARTG Happy New Year Contest	2007	Worked 7 stations across 80/40m. While I gave out "HAPPY NEW YEAR", got back "STASTNY NOVY ROK", "SRETNA NOVA GODINA" and "BONNE ANNEE".
	2008	Worked 8 stations across 80/40m in very poor band conditions. Best was W4UEF on 40m. Also worked RTTY contest newbie M0JCI.
	2009	Worked 19 stations on 40m only. Conditions were OK and very pleased to work P49X on Aruba, just before 0900UTC. Also worked a couple of W's. Used N1MM on the TS-570.
	2010	Gave away a few points. No entry submitted. Conditions not very good.
SARTG RTTY Contest	2005	Worked 83 stations across the bands. Highlights included SX8L and AA4VV [40m] with SV8CS, LV5V and ET3TK [20m] and 4X6UO [15m].
	2006	Worked only 52 stations across the bands. Conditions were poor, with both 10m and 15m dead at this QTH. Only two W's were worked on 20m and no VE's worked at all. Highlights included LT0H [15m], MM0BQI/P and MM0MWW/P [40M], with 4O3AB on 20m for a new RTTY DXCC [Montenegro]. 4O3AB - first Montenegro QSO: 20m, RTTY.
	2007	Worked on 29 stations and sent in a checklog. Band conditions very poor. Spent most of the time working European PSK on 20m.
	2008	Worked on 80 stations split across 40m and 20m, especially west coast USA on 20m around 0200-0300GMT. D4C - first Cape Verde QSO: 40m, RTTY. FM1HN - first Martinique QSO: 20m, RTTY.
	2009	Worked on 41 stations mainly in the first period. Only one USA station worked. Very poor conditions.
	2010	Beat last years entry with 53 stations worked. 10m/15m totally dead, with 80m also very quiet. Best band was 40m, with several W/VE stations worked.
SARTG Winter Contest	2006	I expected this to be a 'local' affair within Europe, but was surprised to work nearly 100 stations, including several east coast W's. Finally worked Phil, GU0SUP, on RTTY! GU0SUP - first Guernsey QSO: 40m, RTTY. G0HDV - first England QSO: 80m, RTTY.
	2007	Atrocious weather conditions. Winds speeds gusting over 60mph and heavy rain. Solar activity didn't help with QRN on 40m very bad at times. Worked only 10 stations. Started off using N1MM but couldn't get the name/HNY greetings in to the QSO boxes. Switched to WinWarbler but encountered the power output variation problem. Moved over to the TS-570 and PK-232 set up. Power output was constant but unable to work through the QRN.
	2008	Only gave away a few points.
SCC RTTY Contest	2005	15m [S580A] and 20m [ER60V, YV6BTF and EO6F] had some good conditions. 20m good throughout the contest. One of the busiest first sessions I have ever worked in a contest; 24 stations in the 1st hour.
	2006	Last contact of the contest was 7X0RY in Algeria for a new DXCC on 10m [any mode]. Worked 71 stations in total. 40m quieter than usual, with little activity heard on 15m. 7X0RY - first Algeria QSO: 10M.
	2007	No serious entry this year. The weather was too good for the first time in weeks, so did some gardening instead! Gave away points to 20 stations, mainly on 20m, with only 2 on 40m. 10m dead, 15m very quiet! Most exotic worked was N0OB in Nebraska for a new state and county.
	2008	Used N1MM on the new laptop, with the USB II microHAM unit and the Kenwood TS-570D. Claimed score was 6720. No new DXCC worked on 20/40m. Nothing heard on 15/10m.
	2009	Band conditions very poor. Worked just 20 stations, 17 of them on 40m. Only one 'W' worked.
	2010	Band conditions again poor. Worked several USA stations on 20m, but nothing on 40m. 15/10m dead throughout the contest.
SMIRK Contest	2009	Worked 85 stations on 6m with CW/SSB over a fantastic weekend. There was an opening on the Saturday evening, but the Sunday morning was excellent. At 0500 GMT there was an opening to Ukraine where I worked 5 stations in 17 minutes. Spanish activity was up, but Italian activity down, with DL activity almost non-existent. Cluster maps showed some eastern Europeans working in to Japan, and Spanish stations working in to Puerto Rico. Running QRP 5W and a 5-ele Tonna.
SP DX Contest	2004	Working Polish stations only on SSB. Worked 25 in total, 12 on 20m [SQ9BDB and SN1D] and 13 on 40m [SO5O and SO2R].
	2007	Worked 9 Polish stations on 40m SSB, for 7 multipliers.
	2008	Worked 27 Polish stations on 80m and 40m CW. Found several stations 5/9+15 but not replying to calls. WX was -0.4degC and snowing heavily!
	2009	Wanted to work more than last year. Ended up with 52 stations in the log, mostly on 80m.
	2010	Running QRP CW, managed to work 33 stations, mainly on 80m. Worked one station on 160m. Problems with intermittent high SWR on the vertical antenna.
	2011	As the only QRP category available is mixed mode, worked 46 stations on SSB and CW. With the A-index at 20, the bands were very poor. Decided to work 40m only. Only managed to work SN9V on both modes.
SP DX RTTY Contest	2005	Worked 53 stations on RTTY though mainly on 20m, highlights were 8P2K, JA6ZPR and JM1XCW. 15m very quiet.
	2006	Two new DXCC/bands worked. Band conditions very poor in the afternoon and early evening. Late evening the 20m was open to the US, but signal strengths were down on usual. 40m active but down on the usual wall-to-wall RTTY signals. Heard JA6GCE on 20m, but the pile-ups was horrendous! UZ7U - first Ukraine QSO: 80M. HB0/IK1WEG - first Liechtenstein QSO: 40M.
	2007	Only 27 stations worked in poor conditions, mainly on 20m. Best DX included CX7BF on 15m and EX2M and 6W1SE on 20m.
	2008	Worked 33 stations, mainly on 40m, including 7 Polish stations. Best DX was an unexpected PS7YL on 49, just after midnight.
	2010	Started off with a nice string of 20m stations, including E21YDP for a new band DXCC. Logged 52 contacts in total. Most of the SP stations worked were on 40m.
SP EPC BPSK63	2011	Branch new BPSK63 contest. Work all but extra multipliers for working Polish stations. Worked 10 stations in all, mainly on 15m.
Stew Perry Top-band challenge	2007	Managed to get the 30m wire to tune up on 160m. Running 5W worked 22 stations, nearly all for new band/mode DXCC! Final tally was 4x DL, 2x EI, 3x F, 5x G, 2x GM, 1x GW, 1x HA, 1x I, 1x OL and 2x S5. Worked the strong GM3POI 'super station'.
Stew Perry Top-band challenge	2008	The wire and loading coil covered in ice and snow. Worked only 9 stations with the QRP. Best DX was an unexpected TF4M on Iceland.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
TARA RTTY Grid Dip Contest	2005	Conditions were terrible. Only 13 stations worked. Other than CN8KD, everything worked was inside Europe. YU6AO - first Montenegro QSO: 40M, RTTY.
	2007	Worked 11 stations, nearly all on 20m. Other than CN8KD again, everything worked was inside Europe.
	2008	5 stations worked, including JM1XCW on 20m.
TARA RTTY Mêlée Contest	2005	Worked some 15m in to Europe, but hardly any east coast W's heard on the band. PT7AZ on 20m was the best DX worked. 40m gave GM3SEK and CN8KD. 9H3LEO - first Malta QSO: 20M, RTTY. Z31GX - first Macedonia QSO: 15M.
	2006	Very poor conditions. 60mph+ winds and heavy rain. Worked hardly any US stations, and those that were worked, were a struggle. Worked 46 stations mainly on 80m, 40m and 20m, using the IC-7400 and WinWarbler via a microHam router and the laptop soundcard, rather than an old Pentium II PC and the TS-570.
	2007	Extremely poor conditions. 60mph+ winds and heavy rain. Nothing on 10m. Only one station heard but not worked on 15m. event had trouble working regulars on 20m. Poor weather meant unable to put up the wire 80m. Worked 43 stations. Used N1MM software.
	2008	Worked 22 stations with lots of QRN on the bands. Nothing exotic worked!
	2009	Very poor conditions but managed to work 80m/24, 40m/27 and 20m/31 QSO's, for my best Melee ever!. Heavy rain most of the time. Very hard time working the W/VE stations that were on the bands.
TARA Rumble Contest	2007	My first ever PSK contest! Very poor band conditions. Worked only 40 stations, mainly on 40m. Did not work any W/VE stations. Ran 20W using the IC-7400 and WinWarbler via a microHam router.
	2008	21 stations worked on 20/40m. No W/VE stations worked.
	2009	Worked 24 stations using WinWarbler, nearly all on 40m. Only one US/VE station logged; KJ4EYZ.
TARA Skirmish Contest	2010	Worked only two stations on PSK31. Conditions not very good on the bands.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
UBA DX CW Contest	2008	Worked 24 stations on CW, but no ON's again. Mainly Russian stations. With exception of a single 20m station, all were worked on 40m.
	2009	Worked 22 stations including a few new band/mode slots, including MU0FAL on 80m.
	2010	QRP CW gave 53 contacts across four bands. All the 15m contacts were with Russia. Only one W worked, and only one ON station!
UBA DX SSB Contest	2004	My first real participation in an SSB contest. Both 10m and 15m showed some activity. Used CT Version 9.91.003 for the logging software. Worked across the bands, including 10m [UR5MNZ], 15m [LZ6A and TA2ZF], 20m [8S4Z] and 40m [M0WKR and G3PJV]. ON5GY - first Belgium QSO: entity, 40M, SSB.
	2006	Taking part in the BARTG Sprint RTTY contest, so just gave away a few points to the 18 stations worked, including G3RCV/P and US2IOO [15m] and RF3A [40m]. Used SD V12.11 and SDCHECK V12.1L for the logging software.
	2007	Worked 44 stations but no ON's worked on 40m/20m. Nearly all the 80m QSO's were with ON stations. Worked 5 cantons. Used SD V13.13 and SDCHECK V13.13B for the logging software. Ran QRP for this contest.
	2008	Worked 6 stations on 80m using competition specific software SDU Logger for the first time.
	2009	Worked 7 stations on 40m using SDU Logger again. No ON stations worked though. Bands very noisy.
UBA Field Day	1988	Worked 12 stations. Best DX PI4KGL/P in JO22.
UBA Low Band Winter Contest	2009	Very quiet bands. Worked only 3 ON stations.
UBA Low Band Winter Contest	2010	Went QRP multimode to work 15 stations across 40/80m. As well as SSB and CW, also worked RTTY and PSK. 80m SSB limited as vertical will not tune above 3.720MHz.
UBA ON Contest	2007	Worked 13 ON stations for 8 multipliers and 312 points amid the QRN and Sunday morning nets. Found the revised 80m antenna kept losing its SWR null.
UBA Spring CW Contest	2007	Worked 10 ON stations on 80m in 30 minutes with CW using WinWarbler.
UBA SPRING SSB Contest	2007	Worked 12 ON stations on 80m using the TS-570D.
	2008	Worked 6 ON stations on 80m. Band very noisy and lots of deliberate QRM heard.
	2009	Poor conditions on 80m. Very few stations could hear me above the QRM and QRN. Gave points away to three stations.
	2010	Worked 14 stations S&P. Not many ON stations calling CQ though.
UK DX RTTY Contest	2006	20m activity restricted mainly to Europe during the Saturday morning. It picked up on the Sunday and I managed to work YV6BTF and JA6ZPR on 20m. Worked strings of OH stations on 20m. The 40m highlights were GM8OEG and MM0DGR.
	2007	Worked 100 stations in bad conditions, spread across mainly 40m/20m. Usually S&P but did several sessions of running on 40m using N1MM. The macro's still need fine tuning. Worked only a few North American stations.
	2008	Another contest in poor band conditions. Only worked 17 stations in 30 minutes while giving points away on 40m/20m to European stations, including EU8RZ.
	2009	Only 37 stations worked on 40m/20m. Used N1MM Logger V8.8.1 Only two W's worked.
Ukrainian DX Contest	2004	Worked 47 SSB stations, mainly Ukraine and Russia. 40m highlight was EI6DL.
	2006	Worked 84 stations using RTTY in fairly flat conditions. Highlights were GW4SKA and PG3N on 80m.
	2007	Worked 26 stations in poor conditions, on SSB. 20m was noisy, 15m was quiet and 10m dead. Highlight was ER3CT in Moldova on 20m.
	2008	Gave away points to 8 stations using CW. Bands seemed very quiet other than QRM on 40m.
	2009	Worked 12 stations in total, across 80m, 40m, 20m and 15m. Best were several UA0's on 15m with the QRP.
	2010	64 stations from a part time effort giving away points. Worked lots of UA, UA0 and UT stations on 15m CW.
Ukrainian DX DIGI Contest	2005	Gave away a few points by working 29 stations.. Very few east coast W's around, however, worked two South American stations on 20m, as well as OZ0F.
	2006	Worked 30 stations this year, including JA6GCE on 20m. Mainly using 20m, with 40m quiet, but providing a few contacts overnight. Worked two on 15m and a single on 10m early on the Sunday morning, but all were local.
	2008	Worked 25 stations on 40m, using RTTY and PSK63. Best DX was an unexpected HB0/ON4IPA.
	2010	I worked 9 stations over 20/40m. Nothing exotic logged though!
	2011	13 stations, mainly on 40m, using PSK63. Unable to get 75bd RTTY to work on WinWarbler or MultiPSK.
Ukrainian Open RTTY Championship	2005	Gave away a few points during a break from the ARRL SSB contest that was on at the same time. VERY surprised to work 6W/RW3TN in Senegal 24 minutes in to the contest, as his 001 contact!
	2007	Worked only 15 stations in 90 minutes, mainly on 20m, using WinWarbler. Best DX was UA9UZZ.
	2009	13 stations logged using WinWarbler, as N1MM failed to log the first QSO.
	2010	Only 9 stations worked, using the IC-7400 and N1MM. Not a good combination for some reason! My version of N1MM Logger is V8.7.1 which doesn't support the unusual exchanges used in this contest, e.g. BR001.
UKSMG Summer Contest	2006	Worked 38 stations in 15 countries using QRP, during the contest, but worked another 30 prior to the contest due to an Es opening to Europe. Worked DK1MAX for a new 6m DXCC. Also worked in to the Ukraine. The leading QRO stations worked over 300 stations in the contest!
	2007	Worked only 25 stations as I forgot this contest was on! Only managed a few hours of S&P, with a single 2 minute CQ session, which resulted in 3 QSO's with Croatia. No new DXCC worked.
	2008	Worked a few stations giving away points with the QRP.
	2010	Gave away points to 5 stations. Best DX was 9A2PT in JN75ja.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
Venezuelan Independence Day Contest	2009	Worked 5 stations prior to VHF NFD, two on 20m, two on 40m and one on 15m.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
WAB 144MHz QRP Contest	2006	Worked 4 stations after calling CQ on 144.260MHz for ages.
WAB HF Phone Contest	2007	Worked only one station heard calling CQ WAB! That was UA3AGW on 20m. No WAB'ing heard on 80m/40m. Really wanted to make a go of this contest, but very disappointing.
WAB LF Phone Contest	2006	Worked 5 stations of which only one was in the contest. Conditions were awful! Best DX was GB0WCF at Dunnet Head ND27.
Worked All Europe DX CW Contest	2008	Working DX stations outside Europe only. Worked 22 stations on 40m only, all with CW. Worked N0XA in Kansas for a new WAS state, C4I for a new band/mode slot and D4C for a new CW DXCC. A couple of UA9's worked, but the majority were east coast W/VE stations.
	2009	Band conditions very poor. Worked only 20 stations across 40m/20m. Nothing heard on 15m/10m. Mainly USA stations on 40m, and UA0 stations on 20m.
	2010	Beat last year with 21 stations worked.
	2011	Worked 22 stations this time, all on 40m, nearly all USA stations. Best DX was PY1NX.
Worked All Europe DX RTTY Contest	2006	Worked mainly 80m and 40m, 140 QSO's in total. ZA/DL2RMC 80m RTTY first Albania QSO. CT3EN 80m RTTY first Madeira Island QSO.
	2007	With no 80m activity [too windy to raise the mast], and a poor 15m band, with nothing on 10m, worked 123 stations. Contest specials included 5C5W and 7W53N on both 20m and 40m. 20m gave JA7IC and JA6ZPR. the nine 15m stations worked were nearly all UA and UR stations.
	2008	First time I tried to receive QTC's during the contest with the N1MM software. Worked 138 stations across 80/40/20/15m. 9K2HN on 40m was most welcomed.
	2009	Gave away points to 43 stations. No requests for QTC's. Nearly all QSO's on 40m, with some on 80m. 20m quiet. Nothing on 15/10m.
	2010	Very enjoyable. Worked 155 stations, plus 30 QTC's received. Lots of US stations logged on 15m. 20m was the worse band; very noisy with lots of QRM. Best DX was LV5V on 15m. Running QRP 5W to a trap vertical.
Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest	2006	Working DX stations outside Europe only. Worked 11 on 40m and 13 on 20m. Totalled 13 USA stations plus some South Americans with PJ2F on 20m for a new DXCC entity. EA9LZ 40m SSB first Ceuta & Melilla QSO: 40m. 9K2HN 20m SSB first Kuwait QSO: 20m. PJ2F 20M SSB first Netherlands Antilles QSO: entity. EX0M 40M SSB first Kyrgyzstan QSO: 40M.
	2007	Working DX stations outside Europe only. Only worked four USA stations on 40m.
	2008	Worked 17 DX stations outside Europe, 15 of them on 40m. All USA stations except for one-offs with Kazakhstan, Georgia, Canada and Cyprus.
	2009	Only 19 DX stations outside Europe in poor band conditions; lots of QRN. Best DX was HK1X and HI3TEJ for new 20m/SSB band/mode slots. Didn't pluck up the courage to ask for QTC's. Used SD logger.
	2010	Very poor conditions. I had hoped to use SD logger to work some QTC's, but the lack of stations heard with decent signals soon put a stop to that. Ended up with only 11 stations in the log, but they included HK1T in Columbia for an all time new SSB DXCC on 40m.
Worked All Germany Contest	2006	Working only German stations. Logged 47 stations and their DOK's.
	2007	Worked 42 stations, mainly on 80m using the new 40m long end-fed inverted V wire. Longest DOK logged was 60F07 from DL0GH. Will enter single band only next year.
	2008	Worked 30 odd stations on 40m but DARC managed to lose the log entry.
	2009	Worked 37 CW stations mainly on 80m. Picked up several new DOK's. Running QRP and the trap vertical.
	2010	Limited time meant only 15 stations logged, but several new DOK's worked on 40m/80m. Ran in mixed-mode section as no QRP section for CW only.
	2011	50 stations worked, mainly on 40m and CW. Worked DA2MORSE for new S-DOK 'MORSE'. Total DOK's worked or confirmed now 477.
Contest	Year	My bloggage
YO DX Contest	2004	Worked 18 stations on 20/40m.
	2007	Worked 1 station on 40m. Band conditions very poor.
	2008	Worked 21 station on 40m using SSB and CW. Tried using SD but the CW kept hanging. Reverted back to using WinWarbler.
	2009	Worked 27 station only on 40m using just CW from the IC-7400 and WinWarbler. Over 50% worked were YO stations.
	2010	Limited time meant points given away to just 14 stations, with only two being YO stations. Used CW only, mainly on 40m. Best DX was Georgia, 4L8A, for a new 15m CW band-mode.
YU DX 'LOWER QRP' Contest	2008	Worked 20 stations on 80/40m.
	2009	Worked 39 stations on 80/40m. Best DX was 5 USA stations.
	2010	17 stations on 80/40m in pretty poor conditions. Logged 3 USA stations.
YU DX 'UPPER QRP' Contest	2008	Worked 15 stations on 20m.
	2009	Worked 7 stations on 20m. Band very quiet.
	2010	Only 12 stations worked on 20m.
	2011	TBA
Yuri Gagarin Contest	2008	Worked 22 stations on 20/40m.
	2009	More than doubled the 2008 entry with 48 contacts mainly on 20/40m. Worked a number of new UA0 stations. Also worked OH0/OH2YL for a new band/mode slot.
	2010	Only a casual dabble but managed 43 stations mainly on 20/40m. Worked one UA0 on 15m. Most stations in zones 28/29/30.
	2011	Slow to start but managed to beat last years total by quite a few. Ended up with over 70 contacts, with most, 29 of them, on 20m. 15M very good to UA and UA0. Worked only 1 station in ITU zone 27 [eastern Europe].