ARRL EME contest 2024
Some observations from EME activity in
November part of ARRL 2024.
Since the last ARRL 50-1296 MHz EME
contest in October, a number of things have happened and a second round of ARRL
EME in the 50-1296 MHz bands has taken place. After
a decent result in the 23cm band, I'm gearing up for November to tackle the 432
MHz band. Unfortunately, I was only able to establish 47 contacts there
by 22 UTC on Saturday, as there was a monstrous interference in my QTH that I
have not been able to locate yet. The moment I had the fourth message
from the counter stations that they were decoding me perfectly and I didn't know
about them I decided to quit 70cm. So on the night of Saturday to Sunday
I decided to change to the 23cm band and finish the contest there. On
1296 MHz I made another 55 QSOs by CW and Q65 operation. The activity was
decent, but it was lower compared to 2023 when I made 204 contacts.
So I finished the contest with a
score in the Multi Band - Single operator category :
Multi Band - Single operator:
| 70cm | 48 QSO - 46 Multip | 220 800 |
| 23cm | 178 QSO-149 Multip | 2 652 200 |
| 13cm | 25 QSO - 25 Multip | 62 500 |
| 9cm | 4 QSO - 4 Multip | 1 600 |
| 6cm | 6 QSO - 6 Multip | 3 600 |
| 3cm | 42 QSO - 40 Multip |
168 000 |
|
Suma |
303 QSO - 270 Multip |
8 181 000 |
During the period from 1.11. to
24.11.2024 I made 211 QSOs on all bands where I was QRV.
Thanks to the activity of Alex EA8DBM I made a total of 5 new DXCCs
and by connecting with PJ4MM another DXCC and got to #136 DXCC on 1296
MHz. Of these, there were new initials on 23cm band:
VP2MBM #623 - #DXCC 130, V26AM
#624 - #DXCC 131, PJ7/EA8DBM #625 - #DXCC 132 - first OK, PJ5/EA8DBM #626 -
#DXCC 133 first OK, FS/EA8DBM #627, G4KLX #628,
FJ/EA8DBM #629 - #DXCC 134 - first OK, F5JWF #630, PJ4MM #631 - #DXCC 135
- first OK, W2MMD #632, AE5MB #633, KP4/EA8DBM #634 - #DXCC 136 first OK
Martin PJ4MM
operated 10W RF !!!! and 67el.Yagi. We used Q65-120D and
decoded PJ4 on my side was -25/-26DB, Martin decoded my signal -18DB
I made these new init on the 70cm
band in November:
IZ3ATX #559, LY1G #560, S9Z #561,
PA6Y #562, PJ4MM #563, KF2T #564, NY1V #565, WB1BQE #566, W6TCP #567,
K5N #568, DL5DAW #569, DM9EE #570, SM4GGC #571, SM6CEN #572, JR0WFY #573,
F2CT #574, DL5BBH #575, GM0ICF #576,