Here are the QSO´s I’ve made:

Band QSOs Pts WPX
1,8          5      8      5
3,5          5      8      4
7              2     4       2
14          20   34     19
21          17   33      14
28         11    11       11

Total    60  98      55

Score : 5.390

I still have trouble to work on the 40 meter band.

Here as usual the map shoing the QSO

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl. DeepL translates the text much better than I could, even though I like to think I have a pretty good command of English.

Unlike the off-the-shelf PC I had used before, this time I decided to have a PC built to my specifications. I’m quite pleased with the result.

Here are a few key facts:.

PC:

Motherboard: MSI A520M Pro

AMD Ryzen 5 processor 3.6 GHz with 6 cores and 16 MB cache.

Memory: Crucial DDR4 with 8 GB Speed 3200MHz

HDD: WD Green SSD 500 GByte

Running Programs:

OS: Windows 11

Communication with my TRX using microham Microkeyer II driven with USB Device Router from Microham

Hamradio Programs:

N1MM+ Contest logger

Ham Radio Deluxe for logging outside the contests

WSJT-X for FT 4 and FT8 in combination with Gridtracker 2

ADIF Master to manage the ADIf communication between WSJT-x and Hamradio Deluxe

What is missing till now is a programm for SSTV. On the old computeri used MM SSTV but haven’t decided yet which program I’ll use on my new PC for receiving (and maybe Transmitting) SSTV.

I’m sure a few more programs will follow.

I arrived at the convention center just before 11 a.m.

Here are a few photos from the trade show:

At the entrance to the exhibition hall

Flea market area

A bus that the owner converted himself, equipped with a radio station.

Another bus with a homebrew radio station inside but highly professional. Owner Peter, DH1NGP

I had actually planned to attend the lecture by Martin Steyer, DK7ZB „Portabelantennen mit 5,6-m- und 2,5-m-Teleskopstrahlern“. I wanted to attend because I know his lectures are excellent. Unfortunately, the room was so crowded that I had no chance of getting a seat. At my age, however, I can’t stand for an hour, so with a heavy heart I had to skip this lecture.

I had the low-band antennas available again for this contest. However, I felt that the conditions weren’t the best. This was most evident in the fact that I managed to make only a single QSO with North America.

Here are my results:

Band QSOs Pts WPX Pt/Q
1,8       10      18     7     1,8
3,5       12      20    8     1,7
7           20     46   18    2,3
14         30     38   27    1,3
21         21      45    21    2,1
28        22      66   18    3,0
Total 115    233    99    2,0

Score : 23.067

Here is the map showing the QSOs made, as usual:

A nice bonus of this contest was that I managed to work a new ATNO with S09S across all modes. I hadn’t worked Western Sahara in all those years.

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl. DeepL translates the text much better than I could, even though I like to think I have a pretty good command of English.

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.