A blog about my Ham Radio Contesting, most of which is from my modest station in Silicon Valley, CA, and some of which is from the shacks of generous hams who have let me guest op. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Always send in that log! In the IARU HF Championships in June 2016 I made a paltry 129 contacts in 38 zones for a score of 14,022 points. By contrast, the single-operator winner made 3,320 QSOs in 323 zones for a score of 4,891,512. Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Informal group of Licensed Amateur Radio Operators that have a common passion of working DX. Present DXCC membership is not a requirement, however members will be encouraged to work towards DXCC award. Thursday, July 16, 2015. A30 Minute Phone contest On Tuesday Evenings in NA. This looks like fun! Wednesday, July 08, 2015. A phone version of the weekly CW Test The SSB Fray. I like where he is going with this. As the CWT have been fun the few I have entered.

VK0EK Team Enters the NAQP This Weekend! August 14, 2015. Rich, KY6R will have his new N.

The VU7AG QSL cards for OQRS direct requests received until Feb 15, 2014 have all been sent out and should soon be received world-wide. About a handful of the QSL requests from the above batch had to be redone due to missed QSL stickers, where multiple stickers were involved and also cases where the printer did not print the address properly. These will be redone and posted in this coming week.

The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group has been awarded permission to activate Cooper Island in the Palmyra Atoll, 11-26, January 2016. We are pleased we have received support from so man.