CQ 160-meter CW contest.

In the meantime, I have put up a long-wire antenna for the lower bands again. However, I am not yet satisfied with the results of this antenna. Something still needs to be done.

Here is the result:

Band    QSOs    Pts    StP    DXCC
1,8        115      509     0       26

Score : 13.234

As usual, here is the map showing the distribution of QSOs. It is noticeable that there are almost no connections in the southwestern direction. I can only speculate as to why this is the case. I believe that the gap has arisen because the house is located in that direction.

CQ 160-meter SSB contest.

I also took part in the 160-meter SSB contest. I tried to optimize the antenna once again, but with only moderate success. I set up another small auxiliary mast and ran the antenna over it. Unfortunately, this did not yield as much as I had hoped.

Here is the result:

Band    QSOs    Pts    StP    DXCC
1,8           33        129     0       14

Score : 1806

Here again is the map showing the QSOs made. Just like in the CW section, there is a gap in the distribution of countries. It is in the same place as in the CW section.

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.

In the year 2025 i made 1943 QSO on shortwave and VHF / UHF from my home QTH. So about 150 QSO less than 2024.

Band    Number of QSO´s DXCC

160         126                               25

80           129                               28

60             83                              38

40             85                               25

30             29                               18

20          279                                61

17             16                                14

15          305                                47

12           135                                65

10          350                                74

6           269                                 47

4             10                                   7

2             66                                   7

0,7          56                                   5

0,23         6                                    1

Distribution of modes over all bands:

CW     693 (65 DXCC)

SSB     359 (60 DXCC)

FM     0 (Several QSO on our club Frequenzy but not in any log)

FT4    3

FT8    618 (107 DXCC in Data. I guess most are in FT8)

RTTY  270

SSTV 0

DSTAR 0

According to my Clublog statistics i worked 122 different DXCC Entities

Since the beginning of spring, I had been unable to work on the lower bands because my long-wire antenna had broken and fallen down. However, because the trees already had leaves, I was unable to set up a new antenna. I was only able to do so again in the fall after the leaves had fallen. I am still not happy with the height of the antenna and will have to readjust it again.

In the meantime i played a little bit and made a QSO map of alls QSO i took in 2025:

That´s my result:

Band QSOs Pts   Prf DOK
3,5       28     28     17    25
7          22     22     17    18
Total

50     50     34   43

Score : 3.850

The yellow markers are 80 meter QSO´s and the green 40 meter QSO´s.

The map was created using https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php

Here are my results:

Band     QSOs    Pts    ZN    Cty
1,8         40         39      3       19
3,5         20         22      5       14
7            20          19      4       15
14           40         58     9       24
21           50         95    10      17
28           30        66    12      14

Total      200     299   43    103

Claimed Score : 43.654

Here, as usual, is the map with the QSOs:

I heard from various sources that conditions were so good in the contest. I can’t really confirm that. Not a single QSO with South America, hardly any with Southeast Asia, no QSOs with JA or VK. QSOs with the Midwest are also missing this year. So I didn’t find the conditions to be that good.

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.

Quite pleased with the first test on 10 Mhz: (17:30 UTC)

In the meantime, I have also built a new antenna for 40 and 80 meters after the old antenna fell down in the spring and I was unable to transmit on these bands for the entire year. However, there is still room for improvement here. It works quite well on 80 meters, but there are still significant deficits on 40 meters. This is also noticeable in the results:

Band Q/QTC QSOs Pts Mlt
3,5   QSO       29     29   52
7      QSO       4       4    12
14     QSO     14    1 4    22
21     QSO     22   22    34
21    RQTC   10    10      0
28    QSO     21    21     30
28   RQTC   10    10       0
Total All     110   110  150

Score : 16.500

As usual the QSO map:

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.

CQ WW SSB Contest:

I must admit that SSB is not my preferred mode of operation. With 100 watts of output power, my chances are too slim:

Band   QSOs   Pts  ZN  Cty
1,8         2          1      2      2
3,5       17        17      5     11
7           1           1       1       1
14       33        51       9     24
21       40        75       9     21
28      37         74     13     24
Total 130     219    39     83

Score : 26.718

As usual the QSO Map:

144 MHz CW Marconi memorial Contest

This year, I had difficulty getting QRV on 2 meters because the 10-element antenna (once again) wasn’t working. That’s why I installed a 4-element Yagi fixed just near the skylight window. I could only turn it by hand, so it pointed west on Saturday and east on Sunday. Under these circumstances, I am more than satisfied with my result.

i reached 6053 points with an everage of 242 km. My ODX was OL2M with 540 km. 3 DXCC countrys and 15 squares.

The QSO map:

There is a clear preference for the east. However, this is probably also due to the fact that the antenna was pointing eastward for the entire Sunday.

The antenna setup:

Logging computer:

In the meantime the results are published: I ended up rank 212 out of 284. So i guess thats not too bad with my limited setup.

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.

I participated in the QRP category. Here, only an output power of 5 watts is permitted.

Here are my results:

Band QSOs   Pts DXCC
3,5        4       4      1
7        28      54      9
14       14     42     13
21       22     78      11
28        5      17       4

Total    73   195    38

Score : 7.410

After quite some time, I finally managed to work a new QRP DXCC country. This is only of statistical value, however, because there are no endorsements in QRP DXCC. I already reached the required 100 QRP countries quite some time ago.

Here, as usual, is the map with my QSO´s:

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.

CQ World Wide RTTY Contest:

The CQ WW RTTY contest always takes place on the last full weekend in September. Since this is one of my favorite contests, I naturally took part. Unfortunately, I am still limited in terms of antennas since my antenna for the lower bands fell down in the spring.

Here are my results:

Band   QSOs  Pts Zones Contries
3,5          3         5       2          3
7             4         8       3          4
14         28       71       9         16
21         31        78      8         14
28        24       70      11        13
Total   90      232     33       50

Score : 25.520

And as usual the QSO map:

Region 1 UHF SHF Contest:

Last weekend, the Region 1 UHF SHF Contest took place. I participated on 70 cm and 23 cm. Unfortunately, conditions were not so good on Saturday, and on Sunday afternoon, when there is usually a lot of activity, I had another appointment.

Nevertheless, I managed to make 19 QSOs with 3402 QSo pioints. The Km average was 179 km and the ODX 641 km (G3M) on 70 cm.

On 23 cm i had only 1 QSO with 167 km.

The QSO map also shows the usual gap from northwest to east. I see this gap in every contest, but I have no explanation for it.

Here is an overview of the QSOs

Band  QSOs Pts
14      2        2
21     12     12
28     8       8
Total    22     36

And the QSO map:

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.