Category: Ham radio

Achievement Unlocked: WAS/Phone

With W1AW/7 (Nevada) finally showing up in Logbook of the World, I’ve now unlocked the Worked All States(Phone) achievement!

WAS wasn’t something I was actively chasing until the ARRL Centennial QSO Party started up. While chasing the W1AW/n portable stations, I took a closer look at my WAS status and saw that I was getting pretty close, so I decided to start chasing states and working towards the WAS certificate.

These are the calls that helped me get to WAS/Phone (some of you people from Twitter are in here!).

StateCallStateCall
AlabamaK5WPAlaskaKL7KY
ArizonaK9WZBArkansasK5PO
CaliforniaW6TKColoradoK0EU
ConnecticutW1BXYDelawareW3MLK
FloridaAJ4RWGeorgiaW4TBJ
HawaiiNH7AIdahoW1AW/7
IllinoisK9CTIndianaW9PA
IowaW0EAKansasKS0MO
KentuckyNW4JLouisianaKG5VK
MaineK1IMIMarylandW3LL
MassachusettsWD1SMichiganKD8PZO
MinnesotaKD0QEAMississippiW1AW/5
MissouriWB0LCWMontanaN9RV
NebraskaW1AW/0NevadaW1AW/7
New HampshireN1KWFNew JerseyK2DBK
New MexicoWA5ZUPNew YorkN2GA
North CarolinaK4OVNorth DakotaKD4POJ
OhioWU8ROklahomaK5CM
OregonNT7SPennsylvaniaAA3B
Rhode IslandW1XXSouth CarolinaW4LVH
South DakotaK0VVXTennesseeK4EDI
TexasWR5OUtahK7CDX
VermontKT1JVirginiaW4ML
WashingtonK7RLWest VirginiaW8MLS
WisconsinAA9AWyomingKA7PNH

Now to start working on WAS/Digital. Only 9 states left for that one.

CQ WW 2013 results

Final scores for the CQ WW 2013 contest are available and the 60 828 points I racked up in the Single Op Low Power All Band category got me #819 in the world, #280 in North America and #49 in the US 4th call area. With the Rookie overlay, it puts me at #55 in the world, #19 in North America and #4 in the US 4th call area.

For my first big contest effort, I’m pretty pleased with that.

CQ WW SSB 2013 certificate
CQ WW SSB 2013 certificate

Juggling QSO parties

There were a bunch of QSO parties happening this weekend: MI, ND, NE and ON along with the ARRL Rookie Roundup (SSB). I didn’t have a whole lot of time to spend playing on the radio this weekend, but I did spend a few hours juggling log files tuning around for QSO party contacts. Caught handful of MI stations and a few ON stations, but didn’t hear any ND stations and only a couple very faint NE stations.

Michigan QSO Party
 Band    QSOs    Pts  Mul
     7       3      3    2
    14       5      5    4
 Total       8      8    6
Score: 48
Ontario QSO Party
 Band    QSOs    Pts  Mul
    14       3      12    3
 Total       3      12    3
Score: 36

Tuned around for a little bit during the last half of the Rookie Roundup, but didn’t hear too many stations playing. Found four stations wandering around 20m. This will be my last year as a “Rookie”, so I figured I might as well take part in the Rookie Roundups while I can.

ARRL Rookie Roundup (SSB)
 Band    QSOs    Pts  Mlt
    14       4      8    4
 Total       4      8    4
Score: 32

Georgia QSO Party 2014

This past weekend was the Georgia QSO Party, a 2 day affair that I only played for a few hours in. The only activity I was hearing was on 40m again, like with the other nearby state QSO parties I’ve participated in.

Made 19 QSOs in 18 counties tuning up and down 40m over the two days, including one who was using an /AG suffix as a new General class ham.

 Band    QSOs    Pts  Mul
     7      19      19   18
 Total      19      19   18
Score: 342