Activity
Although I would like to spend more time on the VHF+ bands, it seems that I am often contesting on HF these days. I have made around 15,000 contacts as M0BPQ with the RSGB club championships is really skewing my QSO totals towards 80 and 2m, as shown below (data produced on 10 August 2009):
HF DXCC
On HF I am a casual DXCC chaser. I have worked 208 DXCC countries using wire antennas and never more than 100w from home. I have recently subscribed to clublog which generates some interesting statistics of my activity incuding DXCC activity in each calendar year and timelines. My recent operations from G0OUR with a big HF yagi and PA have shown me what it is like to be on the right end of a decent set up!
50MHz
On 6m, I have worked 97 DXCC and 360 squares. I need to look at working more tropo and AU on 6m to fill in the close squares. I am usually on higher bands when TR or AU is about. A European map is shown below.
70MHz
On 4m, I have worked 17 DXCC (all /p) and 35 squares. Activity from unworked squares is low. 2006 saw four new squares in CT and SV, and GJ in 2007 (thanks GJ3TCU) and 2008 OK and I, but I haven't had a single QSO on 4m in 2009 so have missed out on several new DXCCs. In the next Au I will be looking for the folks in northern GM! The European map is shown below.
144MHz
On 2m, I have worked 39 DXCC and 175 squares. I really start to need to work more MS to fill in the gaps, although SpE gave me some new ones, including EA9 in 2006. I was QRT on 2m for most of 2007, but my return to 2m from home brought me a couple of new sqaures in 2008 via MS. 2009 has brought only one SpE opening which included one new country (LZ) and several new sqaures.
432MHz
On 70cm, I have worked 14 DXCC and 57 squares. I find activity on 70cm to be very low and it is difficult to work even the closest squares in France as no one is on! In the next tropo openings I will concentrate on 70cm and up. The European map is shown below.
