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AGCW-DL - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Telegrafie e.V.
AGCW HNY 2008 Worked 13 stations, mainly on 40m. Best was EW8CY on 20m. Sent in a checklog.
 
ANARTS - AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO TELEPRINTER SOCIETY
WW RTTY 2005 77 QSO's on mainly 20m and 40m. Some good activity worked on 15, but 10m was quiet with only 9A2HW, S50DX, EC7AGG and DM5TI being worked. Highlights included GM4FDM, CN8KD and ZC4LI [20m], T95MMX [15m] and M3CVN [40m].
   
WW RTTY 2006 KP4JRS - first Puerto Rico QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY

15m started to open midday Sunday. 20m very active.
   
WW RTTY 2007 Used N1MM Logger V6.11.0 to work 87 stations, mainly on 20/40m. Worked SO4m on 80/40/20/15m, also thirteen W and two VE stations. Most exotic was PY2NY on 40m at 23:22. Most unexpected, given the poor band conditions, was LT0H on 15m at 18:44. Managed to finally work Phil GU0SUP on 40m.
   
ARI - Associazione Radioamatori Italiani
50MHz Veneto 2006 An Italian regional contest on 6m that coincided with a Sporadic-E opening. Worked 9 stations.
   
50MHz Verona 2006 During a Sp-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.
   
International DX 2005 A Multi-mode contest. Entered RTTY rather than SSB. The 20m DX was worked as the band was closing. No 15m activity heard at all.
   
International DX 2006 A Multi-mode contest. Again entered RTTY rather than SSB. Band conditions were way down on usual. Heard but unable to work HK, LU and PY on 40m and 20m. Even regulars RTTY contest contacts were down on expected signal strength. 15m had activity but it was very weak.

                160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:      0    0   28  20  2   0   50
Total Italians:   0    0    9   4  0   0   13
   
International DX 2007 Worked 45 stations this year, mainly on 40m. Worked several VEs but no W's. Conditions were not good. Worked several Russians on 15m. Only managed to work three stations on two bands; S53M and UW8I on 80/40m, UA3PAB on 40/20m.
   
International DX 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.
   
Volta RTTY 2005 Worked 41 stations, including YB5BO and CX7BF [15m] with JA6ZPR and HF8VD [20m] and GW4SKA
[40m].
   
Volta RTTY 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.
   
Volta RTTY 2007 Worked 46 stations including several on 15m. W3LL was the only US station worked.
   
Volta RTTY 2008 Worked 8 stations while taking part in the CW section of the CQ-M contest.
   
ARRL - American Radio Relay League
10m 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.

MODE   QSO QSO-PTS STATES COUNTRIES
CW      0     0      0       0
SSB     9    18      0       7
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Totals  9    18      0       7 = 126
   
160m CW 2008 Worked 6 stations during this 160m CW contest, including a new 160m and CW DXCC, MD4K.
   
International DX SSB 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.

 BAND   QSO QSO-PTS STATES/PROV
 160     0     0        0
  80     0     0        0
  40     0     0        0
  20    30    90       17
  15    45   135       16
  10     0     0        0
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Totals  75   225       33 = 7,425
   
International DX SSB 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.
   
International DX SSB 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].

             160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:  0   0   24  28  2   0   54
Total States: 0   0   11  14  2   0   27
Total Points: 0   0   72  84  6   0   162
   
International DX SSB 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.

             160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:  0   18   5  19  2   0   44
Total States: 0   11   3  11  2   0   27
Total Points: 0   54  15  57  6   0   132
   
International DX CW 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.
   
RTTY Roundup 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.
   
RTTY Roundup 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.
   
RTTY Roundup 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
   
BARC - Boring Amateur Radio Club
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 GM3POI 'superstation'.
   
BARTG - British Amateur Radio Teledata Group
SPRINT 2006 JY4NE -  first Jordan QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY
6W8CK - first Senegal QSO: entity, 15m, RTTY
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.
   
SPRING 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].
   
SPRINT 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.
   
SPRING 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.
   
SPRINT 2008 Didn't spend any time working this contest. just gave points away to one station on 80m.
   
BFRA - Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs
LZ DX 2004 Worked 24 stations, primarily on 15/20m.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:     0   0   5  10   9   0    24
Total Mults:     0   0   4   5   8   0    17
Total Points:    0   0  32  64  90   0   186
   
LZ DX 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.

               160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:     0   1  11  22   1   0    35
Total Mults:     0   1   5   8   1   0    15
Total Points:    0   1  38  76   3   0   118
   
LZ DX 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.

           160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs: 0    4   3   17   0  0   24
Mults:      0    2   3    7   0  0   12
Points:     0    4  12  102   0  0  118
   
LZ OPEN 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.
   
CIS - Scottish-Russian ARS
DX RTTY 2005 YB5BO - first Indonesia QSO: 20m
FR1HZ - first Reunion Island QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY
UN7PBY - first Kazakhstan QSO: 40m
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.
   
DX RTTY 2006 VK4AN -  first Australia QSO: entity, 20m, RTTY
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.
   
DX 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.
   
CQ WW - CQ Magazine 'World Wide contest'
   
CQ WPX CW 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!
   
CQ WPX RTTY 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].
   
CQ WPX RTTY 2006 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

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.
   
CQ WPX RTTY 2007 EA8AH first Canary Islands QSO: 80m
UA9CLB first Asiatic Russia QSO: 80m
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.
   
CQ WPX RTTY 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.
   
CQ WPX SSB 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].

BAND    QSO  QSO PTS PTS/Q PREFIXES
160      0     0   0   0      0
80       4     8   2   0      4
40      35    77   2   2     32
20      66   102   1   5     57
15      18    34   1   9     14
10       2     6   3   0      2
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Totals 125   227   1   8    109 = 24,743
   
CQ WPX SSB 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.

             160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total

Valid QSO's:   0   0  15  40  13  0     68
Total Mults:   0   0  14  36  13  0     63
Total Points:  0   0  32  58  23  0    113
   
CQ WPX SSB 2006 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

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.

               160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  Total
 
  Valid QSO's:  0    1    92   100   8    0    201
  Total Mults:  0    1    88   91    7    0    187
  Total Points: 0    1    275  136   20   0    432
   
CQ WPX 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.
   
CQ WPX SSB 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.
   
CQ WW DX CW 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 2005 9M2CNC first Malaysia QSO: 15m, RTTY

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].
   
CQ WW DX RTTY 2006 HB0/DL1ZBO first Liechtenstein QSO: RTTY
YT6A first Montenegro QSO: 15m

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.
   
CQ WW DX RTTY 2007 T93M first Bosnia-Herzegovina QSO: 80M RTTY
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.
   
CQ WW DX SSB 2005 M8C -  first England QSO: 15m
IS0/WH0Q -  first Sardinia QSO: 20m
TF/N0HJZ -  first Iceland QSO: 15m
SV9CVY -  first Crete QSO: 15m, SSB

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.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total

Valid QSO's:   0    1  37   65  35  5   143
Total Mults:   0    2  32   33  26  8   101
Total Points:  0    0  38  108  66  6   218
Zone Mults:    0    1  5     8  10  3    27
Country Mults: 0    1  27   25  16  5    74
   
CQ WW DX SSB 2006 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

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.

            160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
 
Valid QSO's:  1  56  88  130 102 27  404
Total Mults:  2  24  43  54  43  25  191
Total Points: 0  49  113 162 120 31  475
   
CQ WW DX SSB 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.

          160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs: 0   0   82  0   0   0  82
Mults:      0   0   38  0   0   0  38
Points:     0  0   102  0   0   0  102
   
CQ WW VHF 2006 Normally would not enter this contest, but as there was a small Es opening on 6m, I worked 6 stations, including EH8BPX on the Canary Islands for a new 6m DXCC.
   
CQ-M - Krenkel Central Radio Club
International DX 2006 Gave away a few points, mainly on 40m, to 11 stations, including 4L6AM and EN5D.
   
International DX 2007 Filling in time between RTTY sessions in the VOLTA contest, 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.
   
International DX 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.
   
CRK - Czech Radio Club
OK DX RTTY 2005 GU0IDA - first Guernsey QSO: RTTY
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, GM3SEK and GU0IDA. Worked 58 stations.
   
OK DX RTTY 2006 LZ8A - first Bulgaria QSO: 80m
SV3DCX - first Greece QSO: 80m
YO9HP - first Romania QSO: 80m
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.
   
OK DX RTTY 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.
   
DARC - Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
10m 'Corona' 2006 Listened during the Ukrainian DX contest, and ended up working nothing on 10m, on any mode!
   
10m SSB 2007 Listened during the contest and heard nothing on 10m. Spots showed only DL working DL.
   
Worked All Europe DX RTTY 2006 ZA/DL2RMC 80m RTTY first Albania QSO
CT3EN 80m RTTY first Madeira Island QSO
Worked mainly 80m and 40m, 140 QSO's in total.
   
Worked All Europe DX RTTY 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.
   
Worked All Europe DX SSB 2006 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
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.

            160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:  0   0  11  13   0   0   24
Total Mults:  0   0   9  10   0   0   19
Total Points: 0   0  11  13   0   0   24
   
Worked All Europe DX SSB 2007 Working DX stations outside Europe only. Only worked four USA stations on 40m.
   
Worked All Europe DX CW 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.
   
Worked All Germany 2006 Working only German stations. Logged 47 stations and their DOK's.

             160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:  0   10  27  10  0   0   47
Total Mults:  0    8  13   8  0   0   29
Total Points: 0   30  81  30  0   0   141
   
Worked All Germany 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.

                160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs: 0  33   7   2   0   0   42
Mults:      0  17   7   2   0   0   26
Points:     0  99  21   6   0   0  126
   
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 piints to 6 stations, and hopefully worked a few new DOK's.
   
DIG - Diplom Interessen Gruppe
QSO Party 2008 Worked mainly DL stations in the 20m and 40m sessions. Worked 13 stations in total.
   
DMC - Digital Modes Club
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!
   
RTTY Contest 2008 Gave away points to 17 stations split across 40m and 20m.
   
Digital Pentathlon 2008 A multi-mode contest spread over five Friday evenings. Worked stations in the PSK, OLIVIA, Hellschrieber and Throb sections. Sent in an entry but it kept being rejected as the organisers use non-standard log formats.
   
DRCG - DL-DX RTTY CONTEST GROUP
DL-DX RTTY 2005 GM4FDM -  first Scotland QSO: 15m, RTTY
JA6ZPR -  first Japan QSO: 20m, RTTY
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].
   
DL-DX 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.
   
DL-DX RTTY 2007 Only 13 QSO's this time, nearly all on 20m. Band conditions VERY POOR. W3MF on 40m was the only outside Europe contact!
   
DQSO Club - Digital QSO Club
Digital Pentathlon [1] 2008 Worked 7 stations in the BPSK63 part of the contest. All European on 40m except for VA3PC on 20m. Very little activity heard.
   
Digital Pentathlon [3] 2008 Worked only 1 station in this OLIVIA part of the contest. Very little activity heard.
   
Digital Pentathlon [4] 2008 Worked 7 stations with FELD-HELL in a 30 minute session on 20/40m.
   
EPC - European PSK Club
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.
   
EU PSK 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.
   
EUCW - European CW Association
EUCW 160m 2008 Being run by the French UFT society. Gave away points to five stations using 5W and the 40m polymorph antenna.
   
EU Sprint Gang
EU Sprint 2004 My first experience of a Sprint format contest. They are not for the faint hearted! Used the 'name' of TOM during the contest exchange, as most people spell my name as Graham or Brian!

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    0   0  11   0   0   11
Total Points:  0    0   0  11   0   0   11
   
EU Sprint 2005 My second experience of a Sprint format contest. They are not for the faint hearted! At least I made one more contact than last year's contest.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    0   3   9   0   0   12
Total Points:  0    0   3   9   0   0   12
   
FMRE - Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores
Mexico International RTTY 2005 KP4JRS was best DX on 40m.
   
Mexico International RTTY 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.
   
Mexico International RTTY 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.
   
FRR - Romanian Amateur Radio Federation
YO DX 2004 Worked 18 stations on 20/40m.
   
YO DX 2007 Worked 1 station on 40m. Band conditions very poor.
   
HRS - Hrvatski radioamaterski savez
Croatian CW 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.
   
IARU - International Amateur Radio Union
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].
 
              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    0  23  30  16   1   70
Total Mults:   0    0  16  16  10   1   43
Total Points:  0    0  39  32  52   3   156
   
IARU HF Championship 2006 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
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 head-quarter 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.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    1  36  76  54  24  191
Total Mults:   0    1  25  36  25  15  102
Total Points:  0    1  66  204 130 50  451
   
IARU HF Championship 2007 3V1A 10M SSB G6CSY first Tunisia QSO: 10M
4O3A 10M SSB G6CSY first Montenegro QSO: 10M
1A0KM 20M SSB G6CSY first Sov Military Order Of Malta ENTITY QSO: entity 20M
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.

           160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs:   0  4  30  30  18  19  101
Total Mults:  0  4  26  23  14  14   81
Total Points: 0  4  46  68  34  37  189
   
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.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    1   11   3   0   0   15
Total Mults:   0    1    6   2   0   0    9
Total Points:  0    5   52  12   0   0   96
   
IARU REGION 1 FIELD DAY 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.
   
JARTS - Japanese Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society
WW RTTY 2005 7X0RY - first Algeria QSO: 20M
MW0CRI - first Wales QSO: 80M
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.
   
WW RTTY 2006 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
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.
   
WW RTTY 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.
   
LRSF - Lithuanian Radio Sports Federation
Baltic 2007 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.
   
MCG - Makrothen Contest Group
Makrothen 2005 SM3JUR - first Sweden QSO: 80M
Some nice 20m and 40m activity to the USA. 15m was slow to open. No ZC4LI worked in the contest.
   
Makrothen 2006 No new firsts worked in the contest. Only 32 QSO's made. band conditions very poor, with nothing worked on 15m or 10m.
   
Makrothen 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.
   
MRASZ - Hungarian Radioamateur Society
Hungarian DX 2004 Working everyone but looking for HA multipliers. 10/15m dead. Worked 17 stations.
   
Hungarian DX 2005 Worked 17 stations only and sent in a checklog.
   
Hungarian DX 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.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    4   6  10   0   0   20
Total Mults:   0    1   1   2   0   0    4
Total Points:  0    9  16  29   0   0   54
   
Hungarian DX 2008 Worked 21 stations mainly on 40m/20m using CW. Best was 4O/YU1YV for a new country on CW!
   
MDC - Moscow Digital Club
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.
   
NCJ - National Contest Journal
North American QSO Party 2005 Working only USA stations. Gave away a few points. N4ZZ [TN] and NY1S [ME] for new counties.
   
QRZ.RU - Russian Amateur Radio Online Journal
Russia WW PSK 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.
   
RAC - Radio Amateurs of Canada
CANADA DAY 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!

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total

Valid QSO's:   0    0   5   3   0   0    8
Total Mults:   0    0   5   3   0   0    8
Total Points:  0    0  10   6   0   0   16
   
WINTER SSB 2007 Worked two stations on 80m using low power, IZ3FJZ and M0DWK/P.
   
WINTER CW 2007 Worked 13 stations on 80/40m using QRP. Best on 80m were K3WW and GM3JKS.
   
RDXC - Russian DX Contest
RUSSIAN DX 2004 Work everyone but multipliers for Russian stations. Worked 56 stations, including T96Q, TA2MW and 8S4Z, split across 40/20/15m.
   
RUSSIAN DX 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.
   
RUSSIAN DX 2007 CN2R - first Morocco QSO: 80M
VERY pleased to work a new 80m DXCC with CN2R in Morocco, on the first call!

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total

Valid QSO's:   0    4  16  20   0   0   40
Total Mults:   0    4  12  19   0   0   35
Total Points:  0   20  69  137  0   0  226

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.
   
REF - Reseau des Emetteurs Francais
REF SSB 2004 Worked 12 stations, 11 of which were on 40m, including special callsign TM0ANT.
   
REF SSB 2006 Worked 32 stations on 40m and picked up 23 new departments, including TM0C, TM1P and TM1W.
   
REF SSB 2007 FM5BH - first Martinique QSO: entity, 20M, SSB
VERY pleased to work a new DXCC [FM5BH - Martinique] on SSB. 2 minutes later also worked Guadeloupe [TO6T] on 20m.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total

Valid QSO's:   0   62   53  2   0   0  117
Total Mults:   0   41   37  2   0   0   80
Total Points:  0   62   53  6   0   0  121

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.
   
REF CW 2008 Worked 19 stations on 80m and 2 stations on 40m. No overseas French territories worked.
   
REF SSB 2008 Gave away points to 5 stations on 80m using QRP.
   
RSGB - Radio Society of Great Britain
IOTA 2005 GM3PPG/P - first Scotland QSO: 80M

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].

              160m 80m 40m  20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:     0   7  25   28  12   4    76
Total Mults:     0   5  12   16   4   2    42
Total Points:    0  69 255  288  84  36   732
   
IOTA 2006 OZ8MW - first Denmark QSO: 15M
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].

             10m  15m  20m  40m  80m  Total
Valid QSO's:  2    7    48   55   2    114
Multipliers:  1    5    30   29   1     66
Points:      18    81  504  597  18   1218
   
IOTA 2007 Once more increased the previous years QSO totals.

             10m 15m 20m 40m 80m Total
Valid QSOs:   1   7   34  43  50   135
Multipliers:  1   5   16  19  17    58
Points:      15  93  342 405 414  1269

Used SDI V13.01 and SDICHECK V13.01. Worked IS0/OM3LA on EU-024 on 40/20/15/10m.
   
IOTA 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.
   
National Field Day 2008 Run throughout region 1 as a /P field day for CW stations, we fixed stations and 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.
   
Commonwealth [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.
   
SSB FIELD DAY 2007 Worked R3RCV/P on all 5 bands, and visited their contest site near Pratts Bottom. 80m was not as good as I had hoped for.

            160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSOs:  0    7    6   3   1  1   18
Mults:       0    4    5   3   1  1   14
Points:      0   28   24  12   4  4   72

Worked MM0AOQ/P on both 80m and 20m. Used SD V13.28 and SDCHECK V13.28.
   
VHF NFD 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.
   
VHF NFD 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.
   
VHF NFD 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.

  Band          50  70   144  432 1.2 2.4  Total
 
Valid QSO's     2   0    33   2    0    0     37
QSO Points   6489   0 6132   24   0     0   12645
Multipliers     9   0    14   2    0    0     25
   
VHF NFD 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.
   
1.8MHz CW 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.
   
21/28MHz SSB 2005 Worked only 12 stations with IW6CIE on 10m, and the rest on 15m, including G3XLB and G4WGE/P.
   
21/28MHz SSB 2006 OD5NH - first Lebanon QSO: 15M
Worked only 4 stations in terrible conditions, but the new DXCC was most welcomed!
   
21/28MHz SSB 2007 Awful band conditions. Did not work anyone, did not hear anyone!
   
50MHz Trophy 2005  GD0EMG - first Isle Of Man QSO: 6M
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.
   
50MHz Trophy 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.
   
50MHz Contest 2006 4Z4DV - first Israel QSO: 6M
PA6M - first Netherlands QSO: 6M
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.
   
50MHz Contest 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.
   
50MHz Contest 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.
   
144MHz Activity 2005 Gave away points to four stations, including M3CVN and M5FUN.
   
144MHz AFS 1983 Gave away points to fourteen stations. Best DX was G4NXO/P in IO81.
   
144MHz Low Power 2005 Gave away points to three stations, including G8HGN and M0FGH.
   
144MHz Low Power 2007 Gave away points to eight stations. Best DX G8ZAP/P at 245km.
   
144MHz Low Power 2008 Gave away points to five stations while running QRP. Best DX was G4SIV in IO92.
   
144MHz May 1984 TBA.
   
144MHz Trophy 1981 Worked 31 stations, including best DX of F6CTT/P in JN09.
   
144MHz Trophy 1982 Worked lots of /P stations.
   
144MHz Trophy 1984 Worked lots of stations.
   
144MHz Trophy 1985 Worked 1 station - ON9TB/A.
   
144MHz Trophy 2004 Gave away points to five stations, including G5B and TM3Q.
   
144MHz Trophy 2007 Gave away points to 14 stations including PA6NL and DF0OL [best DX @ 565km]. Visited M6Q at their contest site.
   
432MHz AFS 1988 Worked 34 stations. Best DX was G6OYL in IO93.
   
432MHz AFS 2006 Gave away points to two stations, including G8HGN. Only a 19-ele Tonna available in the loft.
   
432MHz Trophy 1983 Gave away points to nine stations. Best DX GW8TFI/P.
   
March 144/432Mhz 1982 Worked 52 stations.
   
March 144/432Mhz 1985 Worked 24 stations.
   
Second 50Mhz 2006 No Sporadic-E. Worked five stations, including GD0EMG.
   
RRTC
2008 Worked 20 stations on 20m. Several new CW band-slots filled. Most unusual was RW1AI/MM in ITU zone 19.
   
Russian Radio - "Radio" Magazine
RTTY 2006 Worked 27 stations in very poor conditions.
   
RTTY 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.
   
SARTG - Scandinavian Amateur Radio Teleprinter Group
HAPPY NEW YEAR 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".
   
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 Worked 8 stations across 80/40m in very poor band conditions. Best was W4UEF on 40m. Also worked RTTY contest newbie M0JCI.
   
RTTY 2005 Worked 83 stations across the bands. Highlights included SX8L and AA4VV [40m] with SV8CS, LV5V and ET3TK [20m] and 4X6UO [15m].
   
RTTY 2006 4O3AB -  first Montenegro QSO: 20m, RTTY
Worked only 52 stations across the bands. Conditions were poor, with both 10m and 15m dead at this QTH. Only two W's 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].
   
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.
   
RTTY 2008 D4C -  first Cape Verde QSO: 40m, RTTY
FM1HN -  first Martinique QSO: 20m, RTTY
Worked on 80 stations split across 40m and 20m, especially west coast USA on 20m around 0200-0300GMT.
   
Winter 2006 GU0SUP -  first Guernsey QSO: 40m, RTTY
G0HDV - first England QSO: 80m, RTTY
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!
   
Winter 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.
   
SCC - Slovenia Contest Club
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.

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    0   9  22   2   1   34
Total Mults:   0    0   9  19   2   1   31
Total Points:  0    0   9  22   2   1   34
   
EU HF Championship 2006 47 QSO's worked when 15/10m were dead, and 40m was fairly quiet. Nothing special worked!

              160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total
Valid QSO's:   0    0   14  28  5   0   47
Total Mults:   0    0   11  21  5   0   37
Total Points:  0    0   14  28  5   0   47
   
EU HF Championship 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.
   
SCC RTTY 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.
   
SCC RTTY 2006 7X0RY - first Algeria QSO: 10M
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.
   
SCC RTTY 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.
   
SPDX - The Long Distance Radio Communication Club of Poland
SP DX SSB 2004 Working Polish stations only on SSB. Worked 25 in total, 12 on 20m [SQ9BDB and SN1D] and 13 on 40m [SO5O and SO2R].