EI7M CQ WW DX SSB 2019 OPERATION

 Call: EI7M

Operator(s): EI3JE EI3JZ EI3KD EI4HQ EI5IX EI6JK EI7IG EI8IR ON4EI

Station: EI7M

Class: M/2 HP

QTH: Cork

Operating Time (hrs): 48

Location: Northern Europe

Summary:
Band	QSOs	Zones	Countries
160:	318	12	60
80:	1201	20	87
40:	2641	34	128
20:	2788	37	129
15:	1377	30	127
10:	306	15	59
Total:	8631	148	590	Total Score	11,169,630

Conditions affected (mostly badly) by solar activity, but it was good to catch a few openings on 15m and 10m. After the contest had finished we discovered our beverage was faulty, apologies to those we could not hear on the low bands. Thanks for the fun!

Call: EI5IX
Operator(s): EI5IX 

Station: EI7M

Class: SOSB40 HP

QTH: Cork
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: Northern Europe

Band   QSOs   Zones    Countries

40:       2868     38          129

Total:   2868    38          129        Total Score 768,200

Thanks to all for the points,tough weekend but enjoyed it all the same.

CQWW CW Contest - November 28th / 29th 2015

Call: G2F
Operator(s): EI5IX G4MKP MØCKE MØVKY

Class: M/S HP

QTH: Wisbech
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: Northern Europe

Summary: 

Band      QSOs     Zones    Countries

160:          190       18               66

80:          1125       28             107

40:          1296       40             138

20:          1646       39             131

15:          1049       38             141

10:            113       28               89

Total:      5419     191             672 

Total Score: 9,496,452

After Storm Barney caused considerable damage to one of the towers and the LF verticals only 12 days before the CW contest, we weren't sure if we would be able to recover, but we did, although one tower was not fully raised due to the forecast high winds for the weekend we managed to get on the air for the CW contest. 

 Damage from Storm Barney

More damage from Storm Barney

Antennas Back up for the Contest 

Verticals and SteppIR back up and Running

The 10m band never opened for us over the weekend with most of the QSO's on 10m being made on Saturday, There was some positives from the weekend the new 40m and 80m antennas performed as well as to be expected from our 70m x 70m plot which has all our antennas crammed in, we still have some issues to resolve which we know will improve our score and more improvements on LF RX antennas are required but in all we had a great time. 

This year we were short on operators due to not really being able to commit to having a station ready in time for the contest, also one op couldn't make it until Sunday so the first 32 hours was ran by 3 operators (M0CKE, M0VKY & EI5IX ). We are pleased to report that there was no more storm damage over the weekend even though we had some really strong winds and gusts during Sunday between 2pm and 8pm. 

Nice to see the usual UK activity in this contest and Thanks again to everyone for the QSO's We hope to see you all in 2016. 

From all @ G2F

CQWW SSB Contest - October 24th / 25th 2015

Call: G2F
Operator(s): EI5IX G4MKP MØCHK MØCKE MØCLW
Station: G2F

Class: M/S HP
QTH: WISBECH
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: Northern Europe

Summary: 

Band QSOs Zones  Countries

160:     61        6         38

80:    723      15         81

40:  1070      26       108

20:  1753      37       142

15:  1439      37       137

10:    748      32       138

Total: 5794  153      644 

Total Score; 9,575,158

Our first real stab at M/S in SSB, the whole station is now in a new shack so we expected some issues, most were minor, some different antenna configs and other changes helped us to a reasonable score for G. 

Band conditions were OK, not great rates with some quite steady periods too, 80m and 160m were disappointing, nice to find 10 open for a time both days but not for long enough. 

Fun was had by all ops, looking forward to CW leg now.

Team G2F

CQWW RTTY Contest - September 26th / 27th 2015

Call: G2F
Operator(s): EI5IX G4MKP MØCHK MØCKE M6ZTO
Club: Wisbech Amateur Radio & Electronics Club

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Wisbech
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: Northern Europe

Summary:

Band  QSOs   State/Prov     DX    Zones

80:       183          15            52        13

40:       682          45            88        27

20:     1187          54          103        34

15:       585          47            90        30

10:         36            1            26        13

Total:    2673       162         359       117 

Total Score: 4,328,192

First CQWW test of the year and a good time to test of a few of the new station tweaks to G2F, this contest allowed us to test some new tactics but also to see what additional work is required for SSB, all I can say is we need more hours in the day. We enjoyed some nice runs on 40m through to 15m, the 10m band never really opened up and 80m was rather disappointing, however we all had fun and even had the F1, MOTOGP and Rugby World Cup was streaming onto the laptop to entertain us, not something that's done in SSB or CW of course. Anyway thanks for all the contacts and see you in SSB / CW legs.

73's

All @ Team G2F

G2F Station

Selection of Antennas @ G2F

A new England Record made in this contest 

The Aftermath of CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 2014

Contest: CQWW-CW 2014 (November 29th - 30th)

Call: EI5IX

Operator: EI5IX / M0XII
Class: SAAB LP
QTH: Westport
Operating Time (hrs): 37.5
Summary: (Once Dupes etc. were removed)

       Band's   QSOs   Zones  Countries

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160:      12          3            6

80:       272        15         53

40:       375        16         58

20:       226        22         61

15:       210        27         68

10:       305        26         66

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Total:  1400      109       312

Total Score = 1,044,080

My plans for CQWW-CW were a bit ‘last minute’ this year, I decided early on the Friday to enter as a Low Power Assisted Single Operator on All Bands. I drove back from London to the Irish QTH on Wednesday Night arriving early Thursday morning. Once I had a nap for a few hours it was then time to get out with my Dad (EI9JA) and my Sister (EI1588) and start making antenna preparations for the contest at the weekend. The weather on the Thursday and early Friday was nice and dry so this helped us raise Verticals and Dipoles and even get a HEX beam up for the contest. 

Once everything was up and tested by late Friday evening it was time to grab something to eat and grab a quick nap before the contest. I was woken up by my Dad with 30 minutes to spare before the contest, so a quick dash of Tea and I was on-air Saturday 00:00, opened up the contest on 40m and immediately hit good rates at +170/h. The move to 80m around 01:30 was very productive although hard work to North America then back to 40m at 03:00. A quick jump up to 20m for some early Multipliers was nice then back to 80m and 40m for some Grey line activity. Once the sun had came up I found 15m and 10m quiet fruitful and got some nice runs on these bands. Busting pile ups with 100w and a simple set up is challenging but that is the thrill of the game, I thought conditions were in excellent shape for the weekend so at 18:00 on Saturday I was beginning to fatigue a bit and decided to grab a nap for a few hours and refuelled the body. I returned on-air at 21:00 on 20m as this band was in great shape into the late evening. 80m and 160m were the bands of choice until 03:00 then a jump over to 40m until Grey Line on Sunday morning on the higher bands 20m, 15m & 10m. I remained on these bands for most of the day with a nice break on 40m towards 18:00 unfortunately at 20:30 Sunday evening I had to physically stop contesting an I so wanted to continue and would have possibly improved my Total score by a bit more but I had a Migraine Headache from Hell and couldn't continue. I took some pain killers and went to bed. :-( I was happy to have finished the contest setting a new record score in EI for a SAAB-LP entry, there was some nice DX around throughout the weekend also.

I got to say I really enjoyed this contest, it was a fantastic experience it was also great to see how the newly built shack and the antennas that were put up for the weekend preformed, again a lot's of things learnt from this time around but the great news is that my home QTH station is slowly improving so hopefully I can make the extra improvements required and get the station working more efficiently in years to come, who knows it would be great to enter other sections of this contest in years to come.

I'd like to thank my Family for putting up with me throughout the weekend especially to my Dad (EI9JA) and my Sister Shauna (EI1588) for helping me get the station together and operational for the contest and for the many cups of Tea that were required to keep me awake for the weekend. Thank You :-)

Equipment Used:
IC7200, LDG AT11MP Tuner, Begali Magnetic Pro Key, WinKeyer 3, N1MM Logger+
Ant switch, HEX Beam @ 45ft, Carolina Windom 80, 1/4 waver Verticals 10m/15m/20m/40m & 80m, Inverted L for 160m. Loops for LF RX.

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Delighted to have come 1st place and set a new Irish Record in the Single Op Assisted Low Power All Bands category, as always thanks to CQ Magazine for holding and adjudicating this contest and thanks to everyone that gave me points during the contest, I look forward to the next one! :)

73's DE EI5IX / M0XII - Pat

The Aftermath of CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 2014

The following is from Jim M0CKE:

Call: G2F
Operator(s): M0CKE M0CHK M0XII M0NKR G0FHM
Station: G2F

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Wisbech
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:    198       8        41
80:      456      14       69
40:      837      21       92
20:    1317      37      124
15:    1184      36      115
10:    1593      34      138
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Total: 5585 150 579 Total Score = 7,755,831

Club: Wisbech Amateur Radio & Electronics Club

Comments:

After a plea on the UK contest reflector for operators we were joined by Pat

M0XII (EI5IX) and Andy M0NKR both looking for a SSB seat for 2014 :) .. Friday got off to a good start with nice weather setting up the station, setup was complete when the rain came and along with it the realisation that the 6x2 antenna switch was not working .. after diagnosis a trip to maplin for some 4011 IC's and 2N3906 transistors we finally got the switch working at about 2000hrs .. Pat and Andy tested the station and all was looking good. This is first time we have entered the M2 category in SSB and really didn't know what to expect from our QTH. Contest started slow with conditions on 40 and 80 being hard to say the least with crammed band and poor signal quality as expected, we just ploughed on, working what we could hear, doing some s&p when run rates had dropped and changed bands when conditions seemed to allow, not a winning strategy but we all had fun, ate lots of good food and had a few beers too :) 

I'm really pleased with how the contest went for our first attempt with very modest antennas and power allowed in the UK, although the aging hunter 1000 amp on station 2 decided to track over on the band switch on 80m band with couple hours to go .. so Pat stopped on 20m and 40m with station 2 .. We seemed to have a flare hit us about 2100hrs causing the bands to become real hard work with very high noise levels and fading signals.

2 x Elecreaft K3's, Acom 1000, Hunter 1000, N1MM Logger+, 5B4AGN Filters, 6x2

Ant switch, 3ele SteppIR @ 60ft, KT34A @ 60ft, 1/4 waver vert 40m & 80m, inverted L for 160m. K9AY for LF RX.

Thanks to everyone that called us! :)

Jim M0CKE 

I got to say I certainly enjoyed this contest and thanks to the Jim M0CKE and Andy M0CHK for giving me the opportunity to join them in this contest, I'm Looking forward to CQWW CW back in EI (Ireland) at the end of November, more updates to come on that station in the coming weeks.

73's to all :)

UPDATE

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WE CAME IN 1st PLACE IN THE MULTI TWO CATEGORY IN THIS CONTEST IN ENGLAND

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73's DE EI5IX / M0XII - Pat

The SSB CQ World Wide DX Contest 2014

This weekend the 25th & 26th of October is the CQ World Wide DX Contest on SSB. 

The contest Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday 25th and Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday 26th

I will be active this weekend with Wisbech Amateur Radio Club under the callsign "G2F" located on the East coast of England in the district of Cambridgeshire.

I'm hoping to give a bash to SSB on the HF bands throughout the weekend so hopefully conditions will prevail, if you hear us on the air do feel free to give us a shout as it would be great to work you over the weekend. Good Luck to all participants involved in the contest and most of all have fun on the bands and a fantastic weekend contesting.

73's