Still making contacts, so still blogging!

Things are starting to slow down…  20m is not as strong as it was earlier in the day but I did manage to make a couple more contacts…  Once again I will mention that this is not a “Brag Post” which holds true for the rest of the “Contest Blogging Posts” but more along the line of  ” if I can do it with my poor antenna system then you should be able to…”.

If we don’t get on the air to give the big guns contacts then who are they going to talk to…  Also its about the only way us “POP GUNS” ever stand a chance of rare DX or getting closer to DXCC…

Here are a few more 20 m contacts:

EI4GYB

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AND IW1QN

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9A1UN

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IR4T

There could be more later…

73bob

More “Contest Blogging”

Sunday morning found me in the shack (as usual) and inbetween the normal Nets and activites (ONTARS, North Bay Net, Pothole Net and the Ontario Swap Shop) I was able to snag a few more contacts…

On 20m I found EA4TX

And then I managed a couple contacts on 15m

6YV1V

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PJ2T

So as you can see so far it has been a fun weekend…

The final update will be later today…Not sure how much time I can devote to DXing this afternoon as its a beautiful day out there and I want to spend some time in the sunshine…

73bob

80m Contest Blogging

GM3PPG

Got him on 3.738 at approx 0115utc March 8

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CU2X- 3.795 at 0130 utc March 8

HERE IS THE YOU TUBE VIDEO OF THE QSO

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NEXT WAS:

 SP3GEM

Found his 5/9 (honest one) signal on 3.778 at 0141utc

HERE IS THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE CONTACT

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IR4M

March 8 at 0252utc on 3.733

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9A1A on Sunday at 0520utc on 80m

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Now remember that most of these stations are serious contest stations and that I believe that they were doing most of the work on these contacts.  However I had to get a signal into the airwaves that they could hear and so my FT847 running just under 100w and the longwire in the Maple Tree had to be working so the “Big Guns could hear the Pop Gun”.

More on contest blogging later during the contest.

73bob

More Contest Blogging on 20m

Made a couple of other Contacts so I thought I would post them…

CU2A

Azores-Finland Friendship Consortium, CU2A 
AZORES ARCHIPELAGO

 

YOU TUBE VIDEO OF IT9RWB CONTACT

IT9RBW

Palermo,ITALY

In my opinion this give us who do not really want to contest at such a high pace a chance to participate.  I do contest but not the really big ones…  I do enjoy however giving the big guns a few contacts so here is my fun way of contesting…

Contest Blogging….  The latest internet craze???  or just a way to waste an afternoon???  Either way its fun.

73bob

Contest Blogging… A new sport???

Now you might ask what the HECK is Contest Blogging???

Here’s how I define it…  As you know this weekend is a Contest Weekend with the ARRL DX Contest so most of my normal weekend Amateur Activities have been blown out of the water…

I did hear a strong signal on 20m and ran the call through the QRZ Database and found out that that it was a club station and they had a really nice picture of their QSL card on line so…

This started me off on Contest Blogging…  I hear the station….  I check out the call on QRZ.com and if they show a cool picture or a QSL card I try and make the contact and then download the pic and post it here. 

If you see their QSL here then I made the contact…  No Pic/QSL then no contact…

Its easier than logging…

The above contacts were made on 20m

More on this new sport later

73bob