VE9KK Blog

Intentionally left upside down as this was how things turned out.  Well here we are it's Monday and as I look back to Friday and the dre...

A busy time on 40m This past weekend was the running of the   ARRL International DX CW contest.   If you are not a CW buff then there is als...

 The RAC Winter contest is in the books and my second contest where I was running and not S&P.  The propagation numbers took a big leap ...

As frequent readers of my blog, you know my interest in contesting, and specifically CW contesting. Just a few weeks ago, for the first time...

The hills are alive with the sound of music....well you get the idea.  This past weekend, as most of you may have known or seen, the bands w...

The Worked all Germany (WAG) contest was this weekend. It's an event in which you can operate both CW and SSB. I chose the CW only opti...

This was the first year I took part in the IOTA (islands on the air) contest and I very much enjoyed the time I spent in the contest. It wa...

 This past weekend was the CQ WW CW contest which if I can I always partake in.  This year I made it a point to set aside the time to indulg...

Yesterday I dabbled in the OK/OM DX CW contest for about an hour and a half. This time for some fun and interest I entered QRP level but lo...

The setup  Last weekend on Sunday was the NJQRP club QRP Skeeter hunt  I received my Skeeter number close to the Sunday start date as I was ...

The annual 13 Colonies special event  (please view link to learn more about the event) was going on during the RAC Canada Day contest on Jul...

Another CQWPX CW contest has come and gone and this year for me it was a parttime effort as the weather was great here and many outdoor ...

This weekend contained some QSO parties to partake in. Almost every weekend there has been a QSO party I wanted to take part as I have ...

CW ops in action Greetings to all my blog readers I think it's safe to say that a majority of you 6 months ago never thought we w...

Russian CW contest was Rockin the band Another weekend passes and another QSO party in the bag! This past weekend it was the Virginia QS...

It was nice to see the bands very active with DX for me it was from 15m to 40m. The Endfed I have at the moment will not get me onto 80m BUT...

Using Dual watch  There have been some blog posting regarding the ARRL State QSO party challenge. After looking over the ARRL site rega...

No lack of action The  CQ WW DX   CW contest this weekend was the first contest as VE9KK unfortunately, most of Saturday and into the e...

A screen shot of the ARRL DX CW contest I was on for a short time yesterday afternoon but we had a dinner date to go to in the evening s...

I was finally able to get on the radio and give the RAC contest about 2 hours and I had a blast with the new rig. I made only 32 contacts...