There is still a few hours of the ARRL DX CW contest to go but I have worked all that I want to work this weekend. I only took part for fun,...

I see that the ARRL DX CW contest is next weekend. I haven't decided yet whether I will come on and give away a few points, nor whether ...

Sunday morning I was a bit late getting up. I felt like a change from listening to silence while waiting for someone to come up in DV mode  ...

The last day of the CQ WW DX CW contest. But nothing of interest to report. Sunday morning was one of those mornings when I didn't seem ...

The first day of the CQ WW DX CW contest and propagation on 10m is disappointingly down compared to previous days. 10m WSPR spots @ G4IL...

I'm not a serious contester - how could I be with attic antennas? - but when I'm in the right mood I do find contests fun. And the C...

Last weekend was the weekend of the CW version of the CQ WW WPX contest. I am not a serious competitor as it isn't really practical with...

The Annual Digifest will be held on the first full weekend of June (2012 dates are June 2nd and 3rd ). This will be Digifest’s 5th year....

At the weekend I noticed that the CQ WW WPX phone contest was on. I'm not a fan of phone contests - hollering your call into a mic over ...

On Saturday I blew the dust (literally!) off my K3's microphone. After I had finished sneezing, I started making some contacts in the CQ...

If you're operating the PSK digimode on the weekend of 18th-19th September and suddenly find your screen full of PSK63 signals that you ...

There was a lot of excitement on the Elecraft email reflector over the fact that the majority of participants in the World Radio Team Champi...

Conditions could hardly have been worse for the RSGB's VHF Field Day contest this weekend. Yesterday I worked a few southern Scottish po...

Last night for the first time in a very long time I operated RTTY. I made ten contacts in the BARTG RTTY 75 contest. The reason was that Ele...

I just got round to checking the Sport Radio page of the May RadCom so as to transfer to my wall calendar the dates and details of any conte...

Many people have blogged about their activities over the weekend during the ARRL DX CW contest. I had planned to spend some time making some...

As the instigator of the Wainwrights On The Air scheme I hope this does not come across as a case of the pot calling the kettle black, but ...

The OK/OM DX CW Contest has just finished. I made three contacts on 80m last night in half an hour between TV programmes, and a further 55 o...