I missed the 80-meter contests in March: I wasn’t feeling well during the SSB League, and I was away during the OM Activity Contest. However, thanks more to luck than…
Category: Hamradio
Presumably, the largest group consists of radio amateurs who engage in making conventional radio contacts with other amateur stations, of which there are several million around the world. The second large group consists of amateurs who are mainly involved in designing, building, and testing various electronic devices and antennas that can be used in amateur radio practice.
CQ World Wide WPX Contest SSB 2025 by OM3KUK
In the recent CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest 2025, I went to help out the OM3KUK team. They operate from Chmeľová Hill in the JN99BB locator, where they have…
VKV PA – March 2025
A non-tactical VHF PA session in which I was unable to make a contact via reflection off an airplane. I’m starting off unconventionally on 144.335 MHz because of a scheduled…
VKV PA – February 2025
A bad VHF PA event that turned out better than I deserved. And yet, things were looking very promising this morning. What happened? After a relatively slow start, weather forecasts…
OM Activity Contest with MP3 recordings of contacts – February 2025
Modus operandi: Starting a call at the lower end of the frequency range and using SO2V to scan the band is proving to be the right approach. I start at…
SSB League with MP3 recordings of contacts – February 2025
Solar activity in recent days suggested that this wouldn't be a run-of-the-mill round of the SSB League. From my perspective, it was above average. Right from the opening minutes, a…
Slovak Record in the CQ World Wide DX Contest
At the end of October, the largest amateur radio contest, the CQ World Wide DX Contest, took place—a contest I’ve dubbed “magical.” Operating at 100W, I made over a thousand…
VKV PA – January 2025
What wasn't supposed to happen, happened. But let's take it one step at a time. A temperature inversion developed during the week, bringing sunny weather to the mountains. At the…
VKV PA – December 2024
For family reasons, I didn’t go out for portable operating this time, even though the December temperatures weren’t unfavorable for portable operating. On Saturday afternoon, I set up a DK7ZB…
Meteor Scatter After 15 Years
Years ago, I was involved in meteor scatter operations on VHF. What is that? Meteor scatter Meteor scatter on very high frequencies (VHF) is a method of communication that uses…