This years PA-contest (PACC 2026) turns out to be a special one for me. The first semester of 2026 I am a CW Academy student in the Intermediate class. I challenged myself to participate in the PACC 2026 contest in the QRP-section (5 watt max) and copying CW with only my ears. So no decode-tools…
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CQ WW SSB-contest 2025
This year, I decided rather impulsively to participate in the CQ WW SSB-contest. I was actually ill-prepared; only in the first few hours of participating, I installed the contest software, Not1MM. I also quickly recorded the audio samples for the voice keyer on the radio itself. All far from ideal, but I still felt like…
CQ WW SSB 2022
After a few years without contesting, my friend Roeland PA3MET convinced me to participate in CQ WW SSB last weekend. Quite busy at work with radio, so at home radio has become a little less important. It was a really busy weekend, but I managed to find some hours here and there to participate in…