It looks like predictions of secondary solar cycle max are not going to occur. But still solid conditions during this edition of phone WPX. No unexpected HW issues neither before, nor during the contest. SO2Rthe whole story…

Just a part-time participation in SSB leg. It’s tough work even under good conditions. This time they weren’t great — even worse than during CW. The first 2-3 hours of the contest were good, butthe whole story…

I was curious, if the conditions will be „solar maximum friendly“ or „solar cycle declining friendly“. It was 50:50, finally. I was bothered by various ACOM 2000A miniproblems over years. I lost patience with itthe whole story…

Part-time participation, as usual. Nice to hear and see that old-school digital mode. I only wanted to test the ability to configure my setup for RTTY and make a few contacts. But the race isthe whole story…

When aurora borealis appeared in the sky, it was nice. When I realised that CQ 160 CW is going to be this weekend, it wasn’t nice. I started with RX antenna configurations in December. Ithe whole story…