Active in 2015 ...

Yes, there are also activities in 2015 ... In March we were quite active in the CQ-WPX SSB contest with our station DP6T. Our claimed score is showing #1 in the Multi-Multi class for Germany.
In May there was a participation in the Hessencontest with our clubcall DL0YY and the special DOK 50F31, celebrating 50.anniversary of our club OV Nidderau . The results have been published recently: #1 in the section 80m-SSB and #2 in 40-SSB.
In June an entry as DL3FCG into the King-of-Spain Kontest (SSB) resulted in an overall #10 Single Operator 20m DX (#1 DL).

Upcoming contest events will be IARU1-Fieldday as DP6T/p and WAG contest and CQWW-SSB in October again as DP6T.

See you in the contest !

Nice worldtime clock ...

While surfing over some hamradio websites, I found this nice gadget for a worldtime clock which can be customized and be included in own website projects. The source can be downloaded from www.ClockLink.com

Tromelin Island QRV - Incredible Pile-up for FT4TA

The last hamradio activation from Tromelin island was in 2000- more than 14 years ago. Many DXers, almost everyone of the younger generation, are looking for one QSO with this absolutely rare DX entity. In November 2014 a team of french operators is QRV for 10 days, bringing this DX country on the air as FT4TA. Right from the beginning of their operation, the pile-up of calling people for FT4TA was incredible. I have never heard a simliar pile-up in the last years. The split range for QSX was more than 25kHz up of their CQ frequency. Incredible.... Thousands of callers where looking for at least one QSO.

I am one of those lucky guys: QSO on 12m SSB and 10m CW - already confirmed at Logbook-of-the-world ! Thank you guys! What a DX ... and an All-Time-New-One for me!

Contest Activity DP6T in CQWW and WAG 2014

It is late summer 2014 and we are starting with the preparations at DP6T for the contest months to come. Our most important contest activity will be in October during the WAG (Worked-All-Germany) and the CQWW-SSB contest.

• WAG contest 18./19.Oct 15:00 UTC/24hrs
• CQWW-SSB 24./25.Oct 00:00UTC/48hrs

Last year we finished 3rd place in Multi-Multi category for Germany in the CQWW and #8 in WAG (Multioperator).

Have you already seen our short film from the last year´s activity at DP6T ? Don´t miss it!

"We are always looking for new hires ! If you are intersted in hamradio contesting - and your are living somewhere near JO40PG - and you wanna join our contesting team - please send us your email to DP6T(at)arcor.de !"

DP6T wins 4th place CQ-WPX-SSB Contest (Multi-Two)

The result of the CQ-WPX-SBB contest 2014 is now final. The crew at DP6T wins 4th place in Germany in the categrory Multioperator-Two Tranmsitter. The crew just missed the podium by a small number of points. The Top teams of Germyn in the category:

1. DQ8N  30.879184 pts (7202 Qs, 1652 WPX)
2. DR5N  20.550.400 pts (5202 Qs, 1520 WPX)
3. DP7D  10.785.768 pts (3571 Qs, 1308 WPX)
4. DP6T  10.481.302 pts  (3555 Qs, 1346 WPX)

Although we had a lot of trouble with our equipment during the contest, we a happy with the current outcome. However: next time - we will be better  :-)

DR50RRDXA - 50. anniversary of Rhein-Ruhr-DX-Association

In 2014 the Rhein-Ruhr-DX-Association is celebrating the 50. anniversary of the club. A special award is available by contacting the event station DR50RRDXA and other members of the RRDXA. You can find your current point standings on www.rrdxa.eu.

Gunnar DM6KG and myself, DL3FCG have activated DR50RRDXA on 21./22.August for several hours from the conteststation DP6T. In the afternoon and evening hours we logged 600 QSOs. Many more activations from ths site of DP6T will follow in the next weeks. Stay tuned !

ARRL Centennial QSO Party

The ARRL CQP is a nice challenge! Throughout the year the special event station W1AW is activating each of the 50 US states, plus territories KG4, DC, KH2 and KP4. By working each of the 50 states with a station signing W1AW/1, W1AW/2 ... you can work towards the special award "W1AW WAS". For that, a special award and a plagues wiill be available. All QSOs and award applications need to be done with the ARRL Logbook-Of-The-World LOTW database.

As per beginning of August, I have already confirmations from 47 states with 230+  QSO band/mode slots with W1AW/x on LOTW. Contacts with stations from Delaware, Maine and West Virginia are missing for the time being. It will take until November to get the last QSOs done: DE will be active starting November 26th, ME will start on August 27th and WV on October 22nd.
You can find more information about the Centennial QSO Party here: ARRL website. Good luck hunting for W1AW.