Report on the All Africa All mode DX Contest
Update 16/06/2015: We finally have the results of the All Africa All Mode DX contest! There were so many categories, some with only a few competitors, that I am listing the scores from highest to lowest, for the top 10, below below regardless of the class. Note that my score, as a QRP CW only station, is higher that all other competitors even the one's running high power and mixed mode. I am quite happy with the result!
Position Call Class Score 1 ZS6DX Single op - QRP - All Band - CW 2002 2 ZS1VV Single op - High power - 10m - SSB 1940 3 ZS1TMJ Single op - High power - All Bands - SSB 1694 4 ZS6AI Single op - Low power - All bands - SSB 1528 5 UA4PM Single op - High power - 10m - Mixed 1308 6 ZS1EL Single op - high power - All band - CW 1197 7 UT1DX Single op - High power - 10m - Mix 1146 8 K3PA Single op - High power - All band - Mix 1129 9 V51WW Single op - Low power - All band - SSB 1127 10 RT7M Single op - Low power - 10m - Mix 1032
So even though I had limited time to compete I ended up with a result that I
am really happy with! I am hoping the 2016 version of this contest will be
even better and I will make a serious effort to do well again!
Contest Report
The All Africa All Mode DX contest has come and gone. Due to various reasons
my plan to run a Multi-Multi station did not work out. My second operator had
to attend to someone in hospital so I ended up working only a few hours. I
decided to concentrate on 10m CW (QRP) but when 10m was closed I did make a
few contacts on the other bands, mostly looking for new band-slot contacts. I
managed to make over 100 contacts so I suppose it was not that bad.
Having some QRP fun on 20m CW during the All Africa contest!
Also tried the old FT-990 on 40 and 80m, this radio will also turn down to
below 5W so is great for QRP work
I was a bit disappointed in the level of participation, locally, the rest of Africa and the rest of the world. I think the main reason for this was an unfortunate clash with another contest, the Beru contest that is quite popular. For next year we need to find a time-slot that does not clash with another major contest! The last I heard the scorers had received 25 logs, mostly from outside Africa.
(c)2015 R Venter