Statistics – March 2013
Conditions throughout March have been generally poor with moments of brilliance mixed in! I’ve taken part in some contests this month and it’s been a struggle, the most recent was this past weekend...
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Looking back over my records for the past three years, April is always one of the quieter months of the year and it’s no exception in 2013. I was hoping for a few more QSOs over the months but over 700...
View ArticleStatistics – May 2013
May has been a relatively quiet month for me with my lowest number of QSOs since September 2010 despite the fact that the CQ WPX CW contest was last weekend and I’d normally make quite a few contacts...
View ArticleStatistics – June 2013
Another quiet month for me with far fewer QSOs than previous months. Once again, I’ve been doing a lot of low power propagation testing in June using WSPR and QRSS and so I’ve really not actually...
View ArticleStatistics – July 2013
The new DXCC entity worked this month was Iran. QSOs made: 402 DXCC entities worked: 55 New DXCC entities worked: 1 Total DXCC worked: 259 Total DXCC confirmed using LoTW: 235 Total DXCC confirmed...
View ArticleStatistics – August 2013
As can be seen, I’ve barely touched the wireless this month. I’ve been doing a lot of preparation work for Herm 2013 and have been running QRSS for almost all the month and as a result, my QSO count...
View ArticleStatistics – September 2013
Much better than last month – I actually had time to play radio in September and had a lot of fun doing it. The two new DXCC entities I worked were Libya and El Salvador. QSOs made: 653 DXCC entities...
View ArticleStatistics – October 2013
The two new countries worked in October were Guantanamo Bay and Republic of the Congo. QSOs made: 807 DXCC entities worked: 94 New DXCC entities worked: 2 Total DXCC worked: 263 Total DXCC confirmed...
View ArticleStatistics – November 2013
I’ve had a very busy month with very little time to play radio and despite the fact that there have been a number of DXpeditions in November, I was only able to work one of them which was San Andres...
View ArticleStatistics – December 2013
December was another month where I did very little on the wireless regarding actual QSOs made but I did operate QRSS/WSPR on various bands for most of the time. My interests are shifting slightly...
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QSO365 #2 is complete – A QSO per day in 2018
To start with, I’ll post the basic statistics for the entire year of 2018 and then go into the background. QSOs made: 3789 Unique QSOs made: 2962 Average QSOs per day: 10.4 Days missed: 0 <- This is...
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QSO365 #3 is complete – Ten QSOs per day in 2021
I’ll kick off with the statistics for the whole of 2021 and then go into the details. QSOs made: 8,265Unique QSOs made: 5,776Average QSOs per day: 22.6Days missed: 0 <- This is the most important...
View ArticleReview of 2022
QSOs made: 2,022DXCC entities worked: 141New DXCC entities worked: 4Total DXCC worked and confirmed: 286 Solar cycle 25 is really starting to ramp up now and this is demonstrated clearly by the fact...
View ArticleAcom 1500 HF+6M Linear Amplifier user review
In April 2012 I reported on this site that Acom had announced a new amplifier. At the time, I had an Acom 1000 and in the comments, I said “I don’t think I’ll be swapping my Acom 1000 for an Acom 1500...
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