Emily Thiel
P.O.Box 614
Oranjestad
ARUBA
p43e @ hotmail.com
YLRL member
10-X# 69821
FISTS# 5055
CC# 1649
HAM RADIO and CONTESTING
In February 1997, I received my UHF/VHF license , and in October 1997, I upgraded to the HF license. This, just two days before CQWW SSB. Not really knowing the magnitude of the CQWW, I decided I wanted to be on the air, and I entered the contest. This happens to be quite an overwhelming, and challenging contest to start with, but I loved it. I made over 1700 contacts, and almost completed DXCC in a weekend. WOW! What could be better, I was looking forward to the next contest.
While I am quite a lot on the air, especially on weekends, contesting is still my favorite part of the hobby as that usually means pile-ups. With each contests my skills are honed, and it gives me great satisfaction to improve my own scores, and sometimes that of others as well.
Nowadays, I divide my operating time in half between SSB and CW. Regularly you can find me in the following contests:
- WPX, CQWW,
- WAE, IOTA, IARU, ARRL10 Meter
- and numerous smaller contests
RESULTS
| WPX | |||||
| YEAR | CALL | CATEGORY | SCORE | BREAKDOWN | NOTES |
| 1998 | P43E | SOAB LP ROOKIE SSB | 2,546,892 | 1660/535 | Winner World (Rookie) |
| 1999 | P43E | SOAB LP ROOKIE SSB | 2,628,840 | 1508/570 | 3rd world (Rookie), 1st world LP Rookie |
| 2000 | P43E | SOAB HP TS SSB | 9,968,154 | 3326/966 | 3rd world TSE, 1st SA (Record) |
| 2001 | P41E | SOAB HP TS SSB | 6,950,336 | 2694/829 | - |
| 2001 | P41E | SOAB LP CW |
543,021 |
565/317 | cw practice |
| 2002 | P43E | SOAB HP TS SSB | 7,134,120 | 2708/855 | |
| 2002 | P43E | SO 40m CW | 330,870 | 276/305 | 2002: 2 bands (2 calls) |
| 2002 | P41E | SO 10m CW | 567,511 | 597/323 | 2002: 2 bands (2 calls) |
| 2004 | P43E | SOAB LP CW | 1,213,375 | 881/425 | 2nd SA |
| 2004 | P43E | SOAB HP TS SSB | 7,526,568 | 2924/852 | Winner World TSE |
| 2005 | P43E | SOAB HP TS SSB | 6,195,168 | 2463/784 | |
| 2005 | P43E | SOAB LP CW | 1,319,012 | 975/419 | |
| CQWW | |||||
| YEAR | CALL | CATEGORY | SCORE | BREAKDOWN | NOTES |
| 1997 | P43E | SOAB HP SSB | 1,246,158 | 1663/79/203 | 1st YL |
| 1998 | P43E | SOAB HP SSB | 4,689,410 | 3827/115/330 | 1st YL |
| 1999 | P43E | SOAB LP SSB | 4,312,452 | 3228/111/363 | 4th world, 1st SA, 1stYL |
| 2000 | P43E | SOAB LP SSB | 5,440,770 | 3992/111/375 | 3rd World, 1st YL |
| 2001 | P43E | 10M SSB | 818,928 | 2018/31/110 | 1st YL |
| 2001 | P43E | SOAB LP CW | 1,168,440 | 1411/80/200 | |
| 2002 | P43E | 10M HP SSB | 1,169,193 | 2776/30/121 | 6th world, 4th SA |
| 2003 | A61AJ | M/M | 33,186,312 | 13281/193/776 | 2nd World |
| 2004 | P43E | 20M LP SSB | 923,494 | 2249/28/115 | winner World, new SA record |
| 2004 | P43E | 20M LP CW | 323,676 | 1010/30/77 | 6th world?? 3rd SA?? |
| 2005 | ?? | MM?? SSB | n/a | n/a | 29-30 October, 2005 |
| 2005 | P43E | ?? CW | n/a | n/a | 26-27 Nov, 2005 |
| IARU | |||||
| 1998 | P40HQ | M/M | 7,559,682 | 6340/247 | 7th |
| 1999 | P40HQ | M/M | 17,417,967 | 11945/302 | 2nd |
| 2004 | P41HQ | M/M | 8,765,408 | 6097/316 | 13th |
| IOTA | |||||
| 1999 | P43E | 24 HR ISL SSB | 1,872,164 | 1696/201 | 3rd |
| 2000 | P43E | 24 HR ISL SSB | 1,140,768 | 1041/144 | 3rd |
| 2001 | P43E | 12 HR ISL Mix LP | 779,085 | 915/145 | 2nd |
| 2004 | P43E | 12 HR ISL Mix LP | 2nd | ||
| 2005 | P43E | 12 HR ISL SO (A)Mixed | 208,256 | 239(C)+323(S)/24(M)+48(M) | |
See you in the next contest.
last updated: 02-Sep-05