Austrian Amateur Radio Station
Total of of 720 QSO’s have been made in Q4/2023.
Following continents were worked: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Two(2) new DXCC entities were worked: New Caledonia (FK) and Eastern Kiribati (T32).
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 21 | 21 | |
| 60 | 116 | 116 | |
| 40 | 173 | 173 | |
| 30 | 72 | 72 | |
| 20 | 53 | 62 | 115 |
| 17 | 37 | 37 | |
| 15 | 20 | 63 | 83 |
| 12 | 38 | 38 | |
| 10 | 12 | 53 | 65 |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | |
| Total | 85 | 635 | 720 |
Best DX was FK8GX (RG28rj) with 16436 km on 30 meter band using FT8.
Total of of 932 QSO’s have been made in Q3/2023: 837 as OE9IHR, 60 as 9A/OE9IHR and 35 as S5/OE9IHR.
Following continents were worked: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Two(2) new DXCC entities were worked: Timor-Leste (4W), and Chile (CE).
In our holidays I have made my first POTA activations:
| POTA Reference | Park | Locator | Date | Callsign used | QSO’s | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9A-0069 | Cep – Nedelisce Natura 2000 | JN86ei | 17.08.2023 | 9A/OE9IHR | 16 | DATA (FT8) |
| 9A-0064 | Gornji tok Drave Natura 2000 | JN86jh | 17.08.2023 | 9A/OE9IHR | 17 | DATA (FT8) |
| S5-0289 | Arheološko območje Kapelej — Petišovci Archeological Reserve | JN86fm | 18.08.2023 | S5/OE9IHR | 18 | DATA (FT8) |
| S5-0288 | Arheološko najdišče Zatak – Čentiba – Archeological Reserve | JN86fm | 18.08.2023 | S5/OE9IHR | 17 | DATA (FT8) |
OE9IHR Statistics:
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 7 | 7 | |
| 60 | 6 | 6 | |
| 40 | 113 | 113 | |
| 30 | 121 | 121 | |
| 20 | 383 | 383 | |
| 17 | 128 | 128 | |
| 15 | 39 | 39 | |
| 12 | 11 | 11 | |
| 10 | 19 | 19 | |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | |
| Total | 903 | 903 |
9A/OE9IHR Statistics (JN86ek):
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 32 | 32 | |
| 30 | 7 | 7 | |
| 20 | 19 | 19 | |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 60 |
S5/OE9IHR Statistics (JN86fm):
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 9 | 9 | |
| 30 | 26 | 26 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 |
Best DX was CE8EIO (FD46mm) with 13522 km on 60 meter band using FT8.
Total of of 903 QSO’s have been made in Q2/2023.
Following continents were worked: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Also four(4) new DXCC entities were worked: Guinea (3XA), Niger(5U), Saint Vincent (J8) and Reunion Island(FR).
“His Majesty the King of Spain SSB” Contest was also worked. I have made total of 40 QSO’s (1 on 15m, 34 on 20m and 5 on 40m). The QSO’s were from Africa, Europe and South America. In Spain fillowing mutiplyers were made: GC, CO, B, AL, A, CS, C,MU, TO, GR, M, AV, CA
Here are some statistics for OE9IHR:
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 2 | 2 | |
| 40 | 5 | 62 | 67 |
| 30 | 124 | 124 | |
| 20 | 34 | 385 | 419 |
| 17 | 142 | 142 | |
| 15 | 1 | 88 | 89 |
| 12 | 35 | 35 | |
| 10 | 20 | 20 | |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | 40 | 903 | 903 |
Best DX was VK2HJ (QF45mm) with 16365 km on 20 meter band using FT8.
Total of of 1055 QSO’s have been made in Q1 2023.
Following continents were worked: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Also seven (7) new DXCC entities were worked: Angola (D2), New Zealand (ZL), Equatorial Guinea (3C), Mongolia (JT) Malawi (7Q), Vietnam (3W) and Republic of South Africa (ZS).
Here are some statistics for OE9IHR:
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 42 | 42 | |
| 60 | 94 | 94 | |
| 40 | 12 | 151 | 163 |
| 30 | 144 | 144 | |
| 20 | 44 | 255 | 299 |
| 17 | 85 | 85 | |
| 15 | 9 | 79 | 88 |
| 12 | 40 | 40 | |
| 10 | 5 | 95 | 100 |
| Total | 70 | 116 | 1055 |
Best DX was ZL4AS (RE54mm) with 18671 km on 10 meter band using FT8.
Total of of 116 QSO’s have been made in November 2022.
Following continents were worked: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Also three (3) new DXCC entities were worked: Gabon (TR), Haiti (HH) and Honduras (HR).
Here are some statistics for OE9IHR:
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 13 | 13 | |
| 60 | 24 | 24 | |
| 40 | 15 | 15 | |
| 30 | 9 | 9 | |
| 20 | 9 | 9 | |
| 17 | 27 | 27 | |
| 15 | 11 | 11 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | |
| Total | 116 | 116 |
Best DX was YB1BUL (OI33mm) with 11090 km on 17 meter band using FT8.
So, after some time wihouth new posts on the home page here is a litle update and report of my October.
I have made total of 473 QSO’s, 16 SSB and 457 Digital QSO’s.
16 SSB and 10 FT8 Contact have been made as 9A/OE9IHR/QRP. All SSB contacts were made in CQ WW DX Contest.
All continets were worked: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Also three (3) new DXCC entities were worked: India (VU), Benin (TY) and Dominica (J7).
Here ist some statistics for OE9IHR:
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 19 | 19 | |
| 60 | 55 | 55 | |
| 40 | 66 | 66 | |
| 30 | 102 | 102 | |
| 20 | 92 | 92 | |
| 17 | 47 | 47 | |
| 15 | 22 | 22 | |
| 12 | 20 | 20 | |
| 10 | 23 | 23 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 447 | 447 |
Best DX was VK7AC (QE38mm) with 16608 km on 30 meter band using FT8.
From 29.10 until 31.10. I have, again, worked as 9A/OE9IHR/QRP from JN86ek and worked the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. On 31.10.2022 I was active on FT8.
Here the statistics for that time:
| Band | Phone | Digital | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40m | 2 | 2 | |
| 30m | 6 | 6 | |
| 20m | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15m | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 10m | 3 | 3 | |
| Total: | 16 | 10 | 26 |
Best DX was K3LR (EN91se) with 7279 km made on 10 meter band using SSB.
Equipment used as 9A/OE9IHR/QRP was, as always, Yaesu FT-818, LDG Z817 tuner, Yaesu SCU-17, 12V 5A power supply and home made wire multiband vertical antenna on 10m fibreglass telescopic mast.
As of right now I will be publishing my Software for free download and use.
I am writing this software mainly for my pesonal use, but have decided that I would like to make it available for everyone who would like to use it.
First software released to public is “OE9IHR eQSL downloader”, that you can use to download QSL cards from eQSL.cc.
You can find all the software on my Download page.
There is also a support page and discussion forum.
Since June 2022 my weather station is on line and uploading again.
After moving to out house in February 2015 I didn’t upload weather data until 01.06.2022.
Before moving to our house I was using an old Dell notebook, running Windows 7 and WSWin32 to download data from my TFA Nexus weather station and upload it toInternet.
Since June 2022 I am using a Raspberry Pi 3 to download the data. Onec downloaded the data is than processed und uploaded using WeeWX.
You can find the uploaded data here.
In this week I have made only 36 QSOs, all of them digital (FT4, FT8). Worked 5 Continents (Asia, Europe, North America a, South America nd Oceania) and also worked three new DXCC entites:
| Prefix | Country (DXCC) | ITU Zone | CQ Zone | Call | Mode | Date | Distance (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK | Colombia | 12 | 9 | HK2AQ | FT8 | 15.05.2022 | 8772 |
| OX | Greenland | 5 | 40 | XP3A | FT8 | 15.05.2022 | 4042 |
| CX | Uruguay | 14 | 13 | CX9AU | FT8 | 15.05.2022 | 11251 |
Now I have total of 111 Countries (DXCC Entities) worked.
Here some more statistic about this week:
| Band | Phone | Digi | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 m | 2 | 2 | |
| 40 m | 4 | 4 | |
| 20 m | 21 | 21 | |
| 17 m | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 m | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 m | 3 | 3 |
Total of 19 DXCC Entities worked this week, best DX was 13706km with VK6AL, OF78xe.
In this week I have made 99 QSOs, 97digital (FT4, FT8) and 2 Phone. Worked 5 Continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania) and also worked two new DXCC entites:
| Prefix | Country (DXCC) | Entity Code | ITU Zone | CQ Zone | Call | Mode | Date | Distance (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3A | Monaco | 27 | 14 | 3A5M | FT8 | 05.05.2022 | 464 | |
| VR | Hong Kong | 44 | 24 | VR2XYL | FT4 | 07.05.2022 | 9271 |
Now I have total of 108 Countries (DXCC Entities) worked.
| Date | Summit | Summit name | Activator | Band | Mode | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07.05.2022 | SV/ST-039 | Rigani | SV2RUJ/P | 14 MHz | SSB | 4 |
| 07.05.2022 | SP/BZ-040 | Rachowiec | SQ9JTR/P | 7 MHz | SSB | 6 |
Now I have total of 116 SOTA Chaser points.
Here some more statistic about this week:
| Band | Phone | Digi | Total QSO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 m | 6 | 6 | |
| 60 m | 11 | 11 | |
| 40 m | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| 30 m | 10 | 10 | |
| 20 m | 1 | 34 | 35 |
| 17 m | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 m | 5 | 5 | |
| 12 m | 2 | 2 |
Total of 31 DXCC Entities worked this week, best DX was 16025km with VK4BXX, QG62ah.