Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

The CQWW SSB contest is in full swing and the bands look busy.  After 1 QSO this morning, I gave up shouting knowing I could easily fill pag...

A reminder that the CQWW SSB contest is this weekend.  Even without an entry, it is a great chance to work new countries and US states. With...

This was, perhaps, the biggest set of contests in the world. Even without submitting a score, it gave many a chance to work new countries an...

As I recall, CQ magazine has stopped. At one time the CQWW contests were perhaps the most popular in the world. Even without submitting an e...

This is the biggest contest in the world. At one time, I used to be very keen on this as a way of working some new DXCC countries. I have ne...

This is this weekend (October 28/29th). It is the biggest contest on the planet with 35000 people taking part over the SSB and CW contests. ...

Today is the CQWW RTTY contest. The SSB contest (the biggest in the world) is at the end of October and the CW contest at the end of Novembe...

This weekend is the CW leg of the CQWW contest. This is all weekend and we can expect the HF bands to be very busy.

This weekend is the SSB leg of the biggest contest in the world. I may give it a try later.  The CW leg is at the end of November. These are...

I had a peep on 10m SSB and there was plenty of activity as the photo shows. Without trying I worked VP9I which may be a new country with my...

This afternoon I went on 10m SSB expecting it to be filled with CQWW contest stations. I copied none, so I QSYed to 20m. There were plenty. ...

All weekend is the CQWW SSB contest. Activity is usually very high. I have never submitted a log, but enjoy going on for a while to work a f...

This weekend is the CQWW DX contest SSB leg. In years gone by, I filled pages in my logbook with QSOs, but since my stroke it has been far ...

10m should get better every year until about 2025. The famous CQWW SSB contest is at the end of October and I expect this will be the first ...

Many years ago, I used to really enjoy this contest. Working on 10m SSB it was possible to work many stations. Since my voice was adversely ...

Last weekend was the CQWW SSB contest. I forgot! Although I do not enter a log, the bands are usually busy, so this is usually a good chanc...

There were a few South Americans coming through on 10m SSB earlier and I worked EF8R in the Canary Is whilst using my 5W on 10m SSB. To be ...

Looking this afternoon on 10m SSB, I heard nothing at all , whereas 20m was very busy with contest stations. I'll look again tomorrow. ...

Just in case you missed my earlier reminder, this weekend is the CQWW SSB contest. Although I am unable to join in as I once could, this is ...

A reminder that the BIG one is next weekend. Before my stroke I used to fill pages of my logbooks with 10m SSB contest exchanges. Nowadays m...