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.

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 78 QSOs, 77 digital (FT4, FT8) and 1 Phone. Worked all 6 Continents and also worked two new DXCC entites:

Prefix	Country (DXCC)	Entity Code	ITU Zone	CQ Zone	Call	Mode	Date	Distance (km)
LU	Argentina	100	14	13	LU5ILA	FT8	29.04.2022	10525
HI	Dominican Republic	072	11	08	HI3A	FT8	29.04.2022	7743

On Friday, 29.04.2022 I have done my only Phone QSO with OE9KBV/P. He was SOTA activating OE/VB-380 Hoher Frassen. The QSO was on 2 meter band, FM

Here are some more statistic of this weekend:

Band	Phone	Digi	Total QSO
80 m		1	1
60 m		2	2
40 m		9	9
20 m		32	32
17 m		8	8
15 m		14	14
12 m		5	5
10 m		6	6
2 m	1		1

Total of 31 DXCC entities worked in this week and the best DX was 16277 km with VK3ZH, QF22oe.

It was a very interesting weekend form Friday, 22.04.2022 to Sunday 24.04.2022.

After returning from Croatia (9A) and getting my QTH gear working again, I have made 61 QSOs on this weekend, eight from those were new DXCC Entities for me:

Prefix	Country (DXCC)	Entity Code	ITU Zone	CQ Zone	Call	Mode	Date	Distance(km)
8P	Barbados	062	11	08	8P6QA	FT8	24.04.2022	7305
HL	Republic of Korea	137	44	25	HL4GAH	FT8	24.04.2022	8900
OH0	Aland Island	005	18	15	OH0/SQ3PMX	FT4	24.04.2022	1588
HP	Panama	088	11	07	HP1RY	FT8	23.04.2022	9135
4J	Azerbaijan	018	29	21	4J3DJ	FT8	23.04.2022	3050
EP	Iran	330	40	21	EP2C	FT8	23.04.2022	3634
5V	Togo	483	46	35	5V7SM	FT4	22.04.2022	4605
YB	Indonesia	327	51	28	8D143K	FT8	22.04.2022	11049

After this weekend I now have 104 Countries worked. There is still much to do, to get the rest done, HI…..

All QSOs are FT4 or FT8 mode.
Best DX on this weekend was on 24.04.2022, QSO with YB1HK with 11090 kilometer