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QO-100 Monitoring with Node Red
Project to monitor, and remotely configure the QO-100 Transceiver using Arduino, Node Red and MQTT.
OFF-LINE due to ADALM PLUTO FAILIURE - Awaiting new DX Patrol Transverter delivery
QO-100 Ground Station
My QO-100 Station is based around the ADALM Pluto, SG-Labs 20w PA, Bullseye LNB, POTY and SDR Console, as are many others.
Using SSTV, FT4 & FT8, 300 baud Packet and SSB, I have had a number of contacts which has been very enjoyable. I am collecting grid squares for ARRL Sat VUCC,QO-100 DX Club awards and entities for ARRL Satellite DXCC.
QO-100 DX Club Bronze Award - 50 Entities (Oct 2023)
The operators on QO-100 have been very helpful and courteous, some sending me received SSTV pictures for analysis, and SSB QSO's are always an interesting discussion on the station builds and related radio subjects. With a less congested band, there is always time for a qso !
| Callsign | Date | Mode | Name |
| YL2GC | 07/04/2023 | FT8 | Vlad |
| DL9RAN | 07/04/2023 | SSB | Norbert |
| G4GIR | 22/04/23 | FT4 | Ian |
| PA3DSB | 07/10/2023 | CW | Paul |
| RP78DS | 01/05/2023 | SSTV | Special Event Stn |
| EI2GYB | 16/04/2023 | 300 Baud Packet | Steve |
| CT7AOV | 23/12/2023 | RTTY | Hugo |
First QSO's per mode on QO-100
I look forward to iterating my station build as time progresses. With my current basic station, I am on the air but would like to add capability and added performance as I get more stations in my log.
Station Schematic diagram
External Station Set-up - Aug 2023 (Mid Build) - Triax TDS 80 Dish with POTY Antenna and Bullseye LNB, with external TX Cabinet in the background.
Inside External Enclosure - Aug 2023 - TX Cabinet with the ADALM Pluto Rev D, AD CN-417 and SG-Labs PA, along with various power boards, GPSDO and cables.
Station Update Notes
The station has been built as a basic design, to enable operation on QO-100, but further work is needed to improve performance and capability. These include further work on the POTY and Dish mounting, and replacement of the Uplink Co-ax with something less lossy than I have now. A general list of further items follows ;
- DL6YCL YATT (Yet Another Two-Turn) Helix Antenna Project
- POTY to LNB Clamp - 3D Printed - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5427881
- POTY Rain Cover - 3D Printed - Re-mix of the rear clamp part above
- TX Cabinet base with cooling ducting- 3D Printed - Own Design
- Replacement POTY Lens for testing- 3D Printed - http://www.hybridpretender.nl
- Arduino / Node-Red monitoring / cooling - In progress
- Dedicated Sat PC for Station control - In progress
Digital Modes Set-up
SDR Console
WSJT-X or JTDX
MMSSTV
UZ7HO SoundModem
SSB Set-up
SDR Console
Audio-Technica AT-804 Dynamic Microphone or Audio-Technica BPHS-1 Headset into a Behringer X1002USB Mixer
CW Set-up
FTDI - Serial adapter - Homebrew - See HERE
Morse Keyer 4.3 Software
SDR Console
Begali Sculpture Paddle Key
Theoretical Link Budgets - Work In progress
| Link | Max Output (dBm) | Max Output (mW) | Gain | *Current (dBm) | *Current (mW) |
| ADALM Pluto | 2 dBm | 1.6 mW | - | -9 dBm 2 | 0.12 mW |
| AD CN0417 | 22 dBm | 160 mW | + 20 dB | 2 dBm | 19.01 mW |
| 10 cm - RG-402 | 11.7 dBm | 157 mW (40mW max) | - 0.86 dB 1 | -0.46 dBm | 15.6 mW |
| SG-Labs 20w PA | 27 dBm | 20 W | + 30 dB | 14.91 dBm | 7.8 W |
| 1.5m KSR195 to POTY # | 16.1 W | -0.94 dB 1 | 6.3 W | ||
| Dish Gain | 4046 W | +24 dB | 1581 W | ||
| Free Space Loss | -191 dB | 0.000000000000126 mW | |||
| Signal at QO-100 | -94 dBm | -128 dBm | |||
| QO-100 Receive Gain | |||||
| QO-100 Usable Signal |
* = Station is running with an SDR Console TX level of 70, and PA voltage of 24v, instead of 28v until testing has completed.
# = Uplink Co-ax to be replaced with M&P Ultraflex 10 - Loss of 0.35 dB, resulting in 830 mW output, or 13.9W Max.
1 = Measured with Nano VNA
2 = Measured with Spectran 6000
Building a QO-100 Ground station
Having a background in SatComs, I'm not really sure why it has taken me so long to look at QO-100 operation. I already have the Dish and some prior knowledge of the technologies involved. This page will chart the progress of the build and installation of a QO-100 Ground Station, firstly for Rx and then to Tx for Voice and Digital modes.
Building the Station
Whilst I have a 1.2m Channel master dish for DX TV, this station is based on a 80cm Triax dish, as a separate install. The 1.2m could be used for Wideband at a later date, but the station is being prepared for NB operation. Starting as a RX station, the following products were purchased from Passion Radio ;
- Bullseye TXCO LNB
- POTY Kit
- Bias-T
- F-type to SMA convertor
Dry-Fit POTY, Bullseye LNB and Bias-T
A 80cm Triax Off-set Dish from CPC, along with Compression F-type connectors. I already have RG6U in stock from the BevFlex-4X project, and a configured SDR Console install on both Shack PC and the Test machine. I have an ADALM Pluto Rev. B for a general SDR, but will need to get a Rev. D for the external clocking as I do not want to modify my current device.
Installation
With the 80cm Dish assembled, LNB plugged in and the SDR configured, the Bias voltage was applied and the Receive station sprang into life. After a bit of searching of the waterfall, the signals were located and I scanned over some QSO's and found the PSK beacon, which decoded nicely on AO40Rcv. The one issue is with the 2.8Khz spaced interference, on the waterfall. SDR Console easily can notch the interference off the signals, but I want a cleaner waterfall. With some research another amateur had the same issue and fixed it with an LTE filter, therefore one has been purchased from Amazon, and await it's arrival to see if that makes a difference.
Initial Install - Note Interference
Post-LTE Filter - Clean Waterfall
Soldered POTY and G4EML 3D Printed LNB Cap (By M0LRV)
Finally, I found some time to tune the POTY, wire up the components and test resulting in two afternoons of frustration. Before that however, the dish was re-peaked onto the satellite now that a POTY had been installed onto the Bullseye LNB, and I satisfyingly got a 9 +20 signal from the beacon, equalling the raw LNB value. I then set-about getting the POTY checked on a NanoVNA to check the SWR/LogMag had not shifted, but all was good. Next, the troubles ...
In the end, there were two issues that I had to work through. One being that the 28v board, purchased via eBay had both a constant Voltage and Current limiter, with the Current limit too low for the SG Labs PA, so it was not kicking in. I also had to sort out my battery in my Multi-meter which failed at just the moment I was setting things up. interestingly, it was measuring high.
My First FT8 QSO was with YL2GC and SSB, was DL9RAN, Norbert on Friday 7th April, 2023.
PSK Reporter after first session on QO-100
Parts List
| Part | Source | Cost | Notes |
| RX Station | |||
| ADALM Pluto | Mouser | £220.00 | Rev D |
| DC blocking Cap (SMA) | Ebay | £7.00 | |
| Bias T Circuit Board | Passion Radio | £15.00 | |
| Bullseye LNB | Passion Radio | £23.00 | |
| Mercury LTE Filter | Amazon | £5.99 | DC Pass-through |
| Triax TDS80 Dish | CPC | £39.00 | 80cm Steel Dish |
| 20v to 5v USB PSU Board | Ebay | £4.00 | USB Power Board |
| 20cm USB-A to USB-C Cables | Ebay | £3.00 | |
| USB-C to USB-A OTG | Amazon | £6.00 | |
| USB Ethernet Adaptor | Amazon | £12.00 | |
| RG6/U Coaxial Cable and Plugs | CPC | In-Stock | |
| 13.8v PSU | In-Stock | ||
| Dish Mounting Pole | In-Stock | ||
| Postcrete Mix | £6.00 | Post Concrete Mix | |
| Total : | |||
| TX Station | |||
| POTY Antenna | Passion Radio | £41.00 | Kit |
| 20v to 28v PSU Board | Ebay | £12.00 | Step-up Voltage for Amp |
| AD CN0417 Amp/BPF | Mouser | £37.00 | Small RF Amplifier |
| SG Labs 30w 2.4Ghz RF Amp | SG Labs | £138.00 | QO-100 amplifier |
| Leo Bodnar GPSDO | Bodnar | £110.00 | Clock Source |
| Waterproof Box | CPC | £8.00 | IP54 Container |
| G4EML POTY Mount | M0LRV | £0.50 | 3D Print |
| Leo Bodnar Bracket (3D Print) | M1VPN | ||
| Pentium Heatsink Bracket (3D Print) | M1VPN | ||
| USB Power Supply (3D Print) |
M1VPN |
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| Pluto Bracket (3D Print) |
M1VPN |
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| WAGO Connector Bracket (3D Print) | Thingiverse | ||
| USB to Ethernet Bracket (3D Print) | M1VPN | ||
Project Total : £ 687.00
APRS SSID's
M1VPN ~ Weather Station via CWOP
M1VPN-1 ~ HF Packet Mailbox
M1VPN-2 ~ Home Station APRS Node (Yaesu FT847 + APRSIS32)
M1VPN-3 ~ Mobile Station (Kenwood TM-D700E)
M1VPN-5 ~ Portable Operations (Yaesu FT2E + TinyTrak v3)
APRS Operations
Having documented my HF Packet exploits, I've moved on with what I've learned from TNC's, AX.25 etc and am now looking at APRS. Having bought a TinyTrakv3 back in the early days of my Amateur Radio journey, I didn't really understand what I was doing with it, or have the time to look further. Not much has changed about the latter, but I do at least have the grounding in Packet to understand what's actually going on !
Problem one is that there is NO, and I mean, none, RF APRS traffic at my location. I leave the radio on 144.800 and there is nothing happening. I'm not in a great spot for VHF/UHF modes anyway but it does put a certain blocker in doing any iGating etc. That in itself isn't a problem really, as this is about me using APRS but it would e good to put something back into the APRS subject, like an RF node.
Onward ...
Full Results from Contests
(number) after a placing means how many stations were in that category. e.g. 3rd (27)
🏆 RSGB FT4 Series 2024
27th (121) - UK 100w Restricted
Single Operator, All Bands
Contest Notes: I only managed to take part in 4 sessions, so placing 27th wasn't too bad.
WAE RTTY Contest 2024
Single Op, All Bands, Low Power - Unassisted.
Contest Notes: Only a 9 hour entry into this one, as I'd missed contesting over the summer. Not a bad score considering the time on-air. Conditons favoured the low bands, and there were a lot of stations on. Mostly ran for the contest, after an initial S+P. No QTC again this year, but at least was prepared for it, then no one asked !
Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface.
🏆 BARTG Championship 2024 (All BARTG 2024 HF Contests)
8th Place (608), 3rd England (43) - SOAB 100.
🏆 RSGB FT4 Series - Contest 5 - (17th June 2024)
11th (43) - UK 100w Restricted - (310 Series points)
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w (85w)
65 QSO - 1,792 points
Contest Notes: After missing last months session because of holidays, back to a lively band on 15m to start, dropping to 80m. Good Mults count but time management could be better to increase these further.
Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface.
🏆 EU PSK DX Contest - (May 2024)
2nd (6) England, 23rd (35) DX,
Single Operator, All Bands - HP - 50w
54 QSO - 7272 points - Quick entry to test SO2V settings.
Contest Notes: Started off as a Checklog entry, but looked at the Online Contest Scoreboard and had a useful score, so submitted a entry ! Enjoyed playing PSK63 again, but apart from 40m, everything else was quiet. One QSO on 80m, and that was all there was audible ! Intended to try out some settings for SO2V, which worked so that was good too.
SO2V - Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface. (SignalinkUSB for SO2V Audio)
🏆 RSGB FT4 Series - Contest 3 - (29th April 2024)
14th (51) - UK 100w Restricted - (286 Series points)
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w (85w)
61 QSO - 1,170 points
Contest Notes: Good activity, but was hard going at times. Good multipliers but lower QSO numbers than other sessions.
Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface.
🏆 BARTG RTTY 75 Sprint Contest - (April 2024)
4th (11) England, 21st (53) DX,
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w (85w)
108 QSO - 2,160 points
Contest Notes: A new contest for me, as I had always missed this one. A small configuration change in the MMTTY and 2Tone setup, and GRITTY does not support the 75 Baud rate so was down to two decoders. A fairly slow contest, and heard a couple of US stations but they disappeared before I could call them back, so just the EU stations and not many multipliers either so not going to score well in this contest, but it wasn't very different than usual RTTY contesting.
SO2V - Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface. (SignalinkUSB for SO2V Audio)
🏆 PACCDigi Contest - (April 2024)
2nd (2) England, 22nd (33) DX,
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w (85w)
93 QSO - 2,448 points - 6.5 hrs
Contest Notes: Due to solar conditions, the bands were awful for this contest, with very low rates achieved. Whilst I set out to be in this contest all day, after two hours I went off out into the garden due to the lack of stations heard. I periodically ran a few times but nothing much came to the call. Some increase in stations at the end. I did think about moving over to the RTTY and FTx mixed category, but decided to carry on with RTTY Only, and did try out various SO2V operating procedures and refined my custom keyboard shortcut options. First time entering this contest, but will try to do this again next year, with hopefully better conditions !
Well, I entered the wrong section, and not the RTTY one so had a poor placing. If I had entered the RTTY as planned, I would have been 3rd ! Oooops !
SO2V - Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface. (SignalinkUSB for SO2V Audio)
🏆 EA RTTY Contest - (April 2024)
2nd (11) England, 15th (375) DX,
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w
429 QSO - 112,833 points
Contest Notes: Bands were very noisy and didn't really recover all contest. Some busy periods with some long slow periods too, but the DX was there too if you could find them, Mostly by accident at this station ! Multipliers started slowly too, but soon started to increase. DX into Indonesia, US, Canada, St Helena, Namibia. Couldn't get a good Run in this contest, and some fairly robust jumping on Run Freqs from HP stations too. First time I've been keyed over to make me move as well (Spoiler, didn't work).
More SO2V operating, but using VFO B for S+P as duelling CQ's didn't return much increase in rate vs effort. Keys now selected for the keypad now as I identified the shortcuts most used in this contest as the ones to try first. A couple of them will need some delay times added (The FT-2000 when switching VFO's, and with both on the Internal ATU, needs 2 seconds else the radio TX's, but the CPU locks it out. MMTTY thinks it is transmitting and it all falls over in a heap !)
SO2V - Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface. (SignalinkUSB for SO2V Audio)
🏆 CQ WW WPX Phone Contest - (March 2024)
18th (128) England, 302nd (1575) Europe, 586th (3367) World. - 6th in Classic.
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w
341 QSO - 161,694 points
Contest Notes: Although I intended to enter this contest for the Classic and the full SOAB LP section, but a migraine decided to affect my operating, so only 14 hours mostly at the evening sessions. Some good DX into China, US and Caribbean, with some new WPX entities for the log. Disappointed to not enter this properly, but these things happen. Station worked well, as expected but as the reduced operating time meant that I only worked 3 bands. Only operated SO1V, as I'm not setup for SSB SO2V just yet and only used the OCFD, the 6BTV wasn't giving anything extra and there was no need to use the Bevflex-4.
Not expecting to place well in this contest but did enjoy the operating time that I did have !
Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner.
🏆 RSGB FT4 Series - Contest 2 - (18th March 2024)
9th (51) - UK 100w Restricted - (364 Series points)
100w Single Operator, Low Power, All Bands - 85w output
60 QSO's, 1,860 Points
Golden Log
Contest Notes: This sprint contest is an interesting one, as this session saw my station back to having the OCFD available, and a noted increase in DX stations on the bands for the contest. After an initial flurry of activity, things slow up about an hour in, and I need to find the answer to having a better run, or S+P session. With a 90 min session, and QSO's taking 60 sec (4 x 15 sec), finding 90 QSO's with one VFO is pretty much all I can do, but I'm currently 30 short ! Fun session though, for something different.
Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface.
🏆 BARTG HF RTTY Contest - (March 2024)
16th (349) World, 15th (231) Europe, 2nd (23) England
Single Operator, All Bands - 100w (SOAB100)
602 QSO - 603,576 points (4 Dupes)
Contest Notes: The second session with SO2V configured, and although with the band change timer, this means that it's Run and S+P in the same band, but that brought a good increase in QSO totals, that I would not have got without the second VFO. The shortcomings of SO2V, with loss of audio on TX can be managed, but shows what more can be done with SO2R.
Good session, and managed time around at home commitments, with a later start but think I managed the time well considering that. Station worked well again, but SO2V brings with it a larger mental load, therefore was tired after ! I have identified a number of operating improvements, which is to be expected being new to this style, and have some equipment identified.
SO2V - Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface. (SignalinkUSB for SO2V Audio)
🏆 EAPSK63 Contest - (March 2024)
1st (10) England, 8th (212) DX,
Single Operator, All Bands - 50w
393 QSO - 98,835 points
SO2V - Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface. (SignalinkUSB for SO2V Audio)
🏆 RSGB FT4 Series - Contest 1 - (26th February 2024)
16th (60) - UK 100w Restricted - (262 Series points)
Single Operator, Low Power, All Bands - (Antenna was Hustler 6-BTV due to OCFD being down for Storm)
56 QSO's, 900 Points
Golden Log
Yaesu FT-2000, Hustler 6-BTV, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface.
🏆 CQ WPX RTTY Contest - (February 2024)
1st (46) England, 35th (742) Europe, 55th (1363) World.
Classic 1st (10) England, 4th () Europe, 8th () World.
Single Operator, Low Power, All Bands
829 QSO's
Yaesu FT-2000, 80m FD4 OCFD Antenna at 12m, Palstar AT-2K Tuner and G4ZLP Interface.
🏆 BARTG Sprint Contest - (January 2024)
4th (24) England, 8th (349) World.
Single Operator, Low Power (SOAB100)
535 QSO's, 136,425 Points
🏆 ARRL RTTY Round Up Contest - (January 2024)
2nd (15) England, 11th (257) Europe, 18th (375) World.
Single Operator, Low Power + Limited Antenna Overlay (Single wire, under 50ft AGL)
444 QSO's, 33,300 Points
🏆 SARTG New Year Contest (Jan 2024)
1st (9) England, 37th (119) DX
Single Operator, All Bands, One Radio
69 QSO's, 2277 Points
🏆 CQ WW DX SSB Contest (Oct 2023)
5th (109) England, 68th (1211) Europe, 137th (2400) World
Classic - 2nd (55) England, 27th (469) Europe, 47th (871) World.
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power + Classic
832 QSO's, 292,672 points - ( 34.5 hrs)
🏆 PL259 Makrothon RTTY (Oct 2023)
6th (24) England, 108th Europe, 157th (435) World
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power
Note: Entered to test new N1MM+ set-up, and was only on-air for under half (7.5hrs) of the contest.
194 QSO's, 579,500 points
Golden Log
🏆 BARTG Championship 2023 (All BARTG 2023 HF Contests)
33rd Place (564), 2nd England (48) - SOAB 100.
Note : I used my personal call-sign for two contests, and M1V for the last sprint. Combining both callsigns would have placed 30th, however M1VPN was placed 85th, and M1V 33rd.
🏆 CQ WW RTTY (Sep 2023)
2nd (27) England, 41st Europe (472), 72nd (906) World
(Classic - 1st (19) England, 18th (174) Europe, 29th (333) World)
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power + Classic Low Power
🏆 BARTG PSK63 Sprint (Sep 2023)
1st (9) England, 10th (44) Overall
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power - SOAB100
85 QSO, 3230 points - (Golden Log)
🏆 SARTG WW RTTY Contest (Aug 2023)
19th (296) Overall - 2nd (9) England.
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power
350 QSO - 464,380 pts
🏆 CQ WW VHF (July 2023)
2nd (2) England, 5th (28) Europe, 25th (266) World.
Single Operator, 6m Band Only
32 QSO - 640 pts - 20 Grids
🏆 EARTTY Contest (April 2023)
34th (440) DX, 3rd (18) England
Single Operator, All Bands Low Power
275 QSO - 58,519 pts, 50 EAP / 86 DXC
🏆 CQ WW WPX Phone (March 2023)
8th (111) England, (3rd )(26) Classic) 97th (1346) in Europe, 222th (3009) in World.
Single Operator, All Bands Low Power
545 QSO (1 Dupe) - 285,572 pts, 329 WPX
🏆 BARTG HF RTTY Contest (March 2023)
73rd (340) World, 6th (15) England
Single Operator, All Bands (SOAB100)
372 QSO - 150,288 pts
🏆 EAPSK63 Contest (March 2023)
37th (256) DX, 6th (17) England.
Single Operator, All Bands (50w Max Power)
258 QSO (1 Dupe) - 50,184 pts, 47 DXCC, 52 EAP
🏆 BARTG RTTY Sprint (January 2023)
61st (356) World, 9th (35) England
Single Operator, All Bands 100Watts (SOAB100)
279 QSO, 48 Mults,
40,176 Points
🏆 ARRL RTTY Round Up Contest - (January 2023)
3rd (14) England, 63rd (212) Europe, 79th (301) in all DX
Single Operator, Low Power Unassisted
198 QSO's, 48 Multipliers
9,504 Points
🏆 SARTG New Year RTTY Contest - 2022 (1st January 2023) 🏆
28th (121) World, 1st (6) England
53 QSO (45x40m, 8x80m) 1166 Points
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power.
🏆 BARTG Championship 2022 (From all BARTG HF Contests 2022)
138th (718) SOAB100, 13th England
🏆 ARRL 10m Contest - Phone (December 2022)
3rd (11) England, 374th (986) DX
Single Operator, Low Power Unassisted
65 QSO's, 31 Multipliers
3,968 Points
🏆 DARC Worked All Europe RTTY Contest - (November 2022)
5th (23) England, 239th (627) Europe.
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power Unassisted (10h 35m)
208 QSO's - No QTC.
46,384 Points
🏆 CQ WW DX Contest - (October 2022)
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power Unassisted + Classic Overlay (33h 17m)
668 QSO's
Score 218,940 Points
5th England / 4th Classic (85), 62nd Europe (1019), 143rd World (2242).
🏆 CQ WW RTTY Contest - (Sept 2022)
10th England / 2nd Classic (30), 78th Europe (432), 133rd World (877).
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power Unassisted + Classic Overlay (19h 34m)
462 QSO's
Score 176,675 Points
🏆 CQ WW VHF Contest - (July 2022)
First (2) - England, 26th (40) Europe, 242nd (349) World
Single Operator, 6M Band Only, Low Power, Non-Assisted.
12 QSO's - Score : 132 Points
🏆 BARTG HF RTTY Contest (March 2022)
123rd (out of 327 in Section) - 16th in England
Single Operator, All Bands, 100w (running 50w)
198 QSO's, 64 DXCC, 5 Cont,
Score : 75,240 Points
🏆 EAPSK63 Contest (March 2022)
Single Operator, All Bands (50w Max Power)
184 QSO's, 47 DXCC, 58 EAP
Score 38,640 Points
Results - 16th World, 4th England - Score 36,668 Points
🏆 CQ WPX RTTY Contest (Feb 2022)
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power + Classic Overlay (12h 27m Only)
296 (307) QSO's, 219 (223) WPX
Score (claimed - 208,505) 190,092 Points
11th UK, 253th Europe, 402rd World
4th in UK Classic Overlay
🏆 BARTG RTTY Sprint (January 2022)
89th Place (out of 550)
Single Operator, All Bands, 100w (running 50w)
284 QSO's, 40 DXCC, 4 Cont,
Score : Claimed 47,712 Points, Confirmed 47,040 Points. (Error rate 0.7%)
🏆 SARTG New Year RTTY Contest - 2022 (1st January 2022)
53rd Place (out of 139) - 4th in England.
52 QSO (8x40m, 18x80m Multipliers) 1352 Points
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power.
🏆 CQ WW DX Contest - 2021 (October 2021)
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power + Classic Overlay
616 QSO's, 40 Zones, 159 DXCC - 136,912 Points
5th (100) UK, 114th (1190) in Europe, 218th (2433) World
6th in Classic Overlay
🏆 UKEICC DX Contest 2021
Golden Log ! - No Deductions
56th Place Overall, 28th in Unassisted (all), 26th in UKEI, 19th in Low Power (all)
7th in Low Power, 12hr Section (all) - 5th in UKEI
Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power. 12 Hour Section.
174 QSO's - 60 DXCC, 43 Districts
DL DX RTTY Contest 2021
Awaiting Results
Single Operator, All Bands, - 6 Hour, Dipole.
135 QSO's, 78,192 Points / 50 DXCC
🏆 Ukrainian DX Classic RTTY Contest 2021 (Single Operator-All Bands-6 Hours-RTTY)
33rd - World, 4th - England
97 QSO's Recorded, 87 QSO's Scored
292 Points, 47 Multipliers. 13724 Total Points (89,7% Log Accuracy)
Single Operator, All Bands - 6 Hour
102 QSO's, 9,593 points / 37 DXCC, 16 Oblast.
🏆 EU PSK DX Contest - 2021
SO HP EU- 21st (2nd England)
Final Score - 43788 Points
133 QSO, 53 DXCC, 111 EU Call. Confirmed.
Single Op, High Power, All Bands
🏆 CQ WPX Contest SSB - 2021
5th in England (out of 106), (2nd out of 25, in England for Classic Overlay) Single Operator, All Bands, Low Power (Classic)
100th in Europe (out of 1343), 143rd in World (out of 2720).
585 QSO's, 360 WPX - Overall Error Rate - 3.0% (3.6%)
🏆 BARTG HF RTTY Contest - 2021
150 QSO's - 16,200 Points - 175th / 332 in SOAB 100w Section
🏆 UBA PFX PSK63 Contest - 2021
🏆 UKEICC DX Contest 2020
Final Score - 50th Overall, 18th in Low Power, 24th in UK/EI Section
129 QSO's - 37 DXCC, 43 Districts
🏆 CQ WW DX Contest - 2020
18th in England, 308th in Europe, 504th in World (Single Op, Low Power, All Bands Unassisted)
405 QSO's, 110 DXCC - Overall Error Rate - 1.4% (2.7%)