One of my interests with amateur radio is Contesting.  I am by no means an expert, but I am polishing up on my contesting skills.

My first ever Contest was the Jock White Memorial Field Day Contest in New Zealand.   This was whilst I had the Foundation licence.

Since then I have competed in a number of the big international DX contests including the CQ WW WPX, CQ WW, ARRL 10m, & Oceania DX Contest.

I must admit that I lack the stamina to regularly compete in the big 48 hour contests., and I certainly take my hat off to those that do.

Below are some Contests I've entered recently and I'm awaiting the results.

2018 CQ World Wide WPX Contest

I found band conditions very challenging.  Long path Europe on 20m was very poor.  The majority of my QSOS were on the 15m band.

​I made a total of 252 contacts on 10, 15, 20, 40m SSB, with a claimed score of 152,663 points.

2018 John Moyle Memorial Field Day

Unfortunately to had to work over the weekend of the 2018 JMMFD.  So on Saturday night I did a little bit of operating from home, going between the shack and the living room, to check on the South Australian State election.  I made a total of 78 contacts with a claimed score of 108 points.

2017 Oceania DX Contest

I entered into the 2017 Oceania DX Contest - Low Power category.  I made a total of 506 QSOs with a claimed score of 311,202 points.  The raw scores on the Oceania DX website show I was pipped at the post by Steve VK2NSS who has a claimed score of 336,076 points. 

The map below shows my contacts during the contest.