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.

"Best Contest Practices" by K2YWE 

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"Collected Wisdom and Lessons Learned for the Little Pistol" by K2YWE

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"What not to do in a Contest" by Trent VK4TS

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

2020 John Moyle Memorial Field Day.

I entered into the 2020 John Moyle Memorial Field Day.  I made a total of 239 QSOs with a claimed score of 478 points.

2019 Oceania DX Contest.

I found band conditions to be very poor this year.  I ended up with a total of 112 contacts and a claimed score of 24,892 points.  I worked a total of 16 different DXCC entities on 15, 20, 40 & 80m SSB.