The 50 MHz open

The 50MHz Open - Cumulative Contest.
Results of 2008.

The 50 MHz Open - Low Power (0 to 10 watt)

Call	WWL	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total	Result/9
M1DUD	JO02QC	3374	3653	5202	4062	52149	24285	5610	4967	6848	3210	3371	3345	120076	110150
OZ50MHz	JO55EJ	-	-	-	-	-	10955	-	-	-	-	-	-	10955	10955
M3VCP	JO02PP	-	-	-	-	-	-	1926	-	-	-	-	-	1926	1926

The 50 MHz Open - Medium Power (11 to 100 watt)

Call	WWL	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total	Result/9
5Q6M	JO55EJ	6944	1716	4994	9782	34588	38655	507	-	-	-	-	-	97186	97186
F5DE	JN05DP	-	-	-	-	42258	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42258	42258
9A3R	JN65XF	-	-	-	-	36311	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36311	36311
OZ6OM	JO55EJ	-	-	-	-	-	4178	-	3165	8766	-	-	-	16109	16109
OE1SMC	JN88DD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4960	-	508	8737	-	14205	14205
OZ7CQ	JO55EJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7084	-	7084	7084
OZ3FYN	JO55EJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6425	-	-	6425	6425
OH5LID	KP41KL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5999	-	-	5999	5999
M0ARM	IO80VP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2129	-	-	-	-	2129	2129
5P6M	JO55FK	507	-	507	-	507	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1521	1521
OZ9CQ	JO55FK	-	-	-	-	-	-	507	-	-	-	-	-	507	507

The 50 MHz Open - High Power (101 watt to legal limit)

Call	WWL	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total	Result/9
M5BXB	IO91XR	-	11362	11372	10914	100376	28175	14418	-	-	-	-	-	176617	176617

Comments, January 2008.

M1DUD. 6 QSO's Very low conditions, weak meteor reflections and deep Fading on Inter-G contacts. Heard a GW station in IO83 breifly QNH1024 Best DX 5Q6M in JO55 695 kilometers peaking 2dB took 30 Minutes to complete!
5Q6M. Generally low activity with rather poror Ms ConDX. A surprise was an short opening to the North Atlantic, where both a JT6m and a SSB QSO with OY3JE (IP62) was made. Contacts at Ms were M1DUD (JO02) and S57RR (JN63). On flat Condx PC7M, SM7CMV and 5P6M was worked. ODX was S57RR in JN63UM at 1342 Km.

Comments, February 2008.

M1DUD. 10 QSO's ODX PA0GHB 194 kms. Deep QSB and static from North-west, QNH 1010mB. I Worked all I could hear.
5Q6M. Manned by OZ6OM, OZ8GA & OZ9CQ. We had vy poor conDX - and some equipment failure, just wkd. 1 stn. an I stn. at JT6m and hrd. a G3. - nothing else. Sorry to those who called without having an answer, failure was in this end.

Comments, March 2008.

M1DUD. 12 QSOs made in some very poor band conditions. Deep Fading and constant Static (QRN) made operation difficult. The ON and LX Beacons were not audible during the contest. ODX was 5Q6M on JT6M 696Kms taking 12 Minutes to complete and peaking 5dB. I was very pleased to complete 2 way QRP with Patrick ON3PY for his first ON-G contact on six. Most of the time he was 31 but peaked 53 and enabled us to complete. With such poor conditions I was surprised to work M0WLF in IO81 (287 Kms) peaking 54. Very poor inter G activity. QNH 1004 mB.
M5BXB. Band conditions were very flat....again!!! Not much heard from PA, OZ this time. Maybe better next month.
5Q6M. worked 5P6M and OZ8ZS on flat ConDX, on MS M1DUD (JO02), ES3RF (KO29 & EI2IP (IO61) was worked with JT6m. further M5BXB was hrd. briefly on SSB. ODX was EI2IP in IO61CX at 1255 Km.

Comments, April 2008.

M1DUD. 9 QSO's. ODX 5Q6M (JO55) 696 kms took only 6 minutes to complete QNH 1016mB rising. Noisy band conditions weak tropho. LX Beacon only just audible.
M5BXB. Not much heard from PA, OZ again this time. I spent a lot of time beaming to OZ, PA, but very little heard. Maybe most activity was on JT6M or CW, but nothing much on SSB. Perhaps things will change next month.
5Q6M. Manned by OZ6OM & OZ9CQ. On flat ConDX OZ2LP (JO55) and DL2NO (JO43). Fine MS ConDX, 5 G stations and one F station. ODX was F1VS in JN04FV at 1363 Km.

Comments, May 2008.

F5DE. As this is my first participation in this contest, I hope my log file is all right.ODX SM2CKR;KP03DQ;2363 Bernard, F5DE.
M1DUD. 30 QSO's Exceptional Sporadic E conditions ODX SV9GPV 2606KMs. Also worked SV1ELF in KM18 2334KMS. Immediately prior to the contest starting worked SM2SUM and SK2AT both in KP03. I heard loudly, but was unable to work TF8GX with a huge EU pile up. Also worked was LZ1ZP at 2070 KMS. Best 6m contest for a long while. QNH1016 mB with huge Thunderstorms approaching.
M5BXB. At last a couple of OZ's!!! Some SM's and OH's too. Good E's to Scandinavia and to Eastern Europe and Greece. Very enjoyable. Thanks to everyone for the points. ODX - SV9CVY, KM25ka, 2717km DXCC - 20. Regards, Steve Burrows M5BXB.
5Q6M. On flat ConDX DL1LH (JO44), OZ1BC (JO45), 5P6M (JO55). Some Es ConDX, with EA, EI, G, GW, I, IS0, LZ & 9A. ODX was IW9HPE & IT9ZSB both in JM77OC at 2066 Km.
9A3R. ODX OH4YA KP42GJ 2124 Km.

Comments, June 2008.

M1DUD. An memorable evening with 19 QSO's. A mixture of trophoscatter and short, medium and long-distance sporadic e propagation. ODX EA8/DL6FAW (3043 KMs) and EA6DX were worked at the start of the test. Several EA1, EA2, EA3 stations were worked around 1730 before Sporadic E gave way to Trophoscatter. Heavy Thunderstorms were reported in the Bay of Biscay around 1900. In the last 15 minutes of the test there was Short skip of around 850KMs and F5LQ and F6GPT were worked. EI2IP (IO61) was also worked (627KM) I heard several CT and EA1 stations working OH OZ LA, but I was unable to hear any scandinavians myself! QNH 1022.
M5BXB. Where were all the OZ's!!!. No E's to Scandinavia. Spent long periods searching for OZ, SM, LA but none heard. Short skip to France and Spain. Still, very enjoyable. Seemed to be low activity this time. Thanks to everyone for the points.
5Q6M. Fair activity, 19 QSOs most of these to EA & F. ODX was EA8ACW/P in IL28EC 3678 km.

Comments, July 2008.

M1DUD. 10 QSO's ODX M1DDD 256 KMs. Low activity with some deep QSB Before the contest I worked EA3, EA5 F stations on E Propagation. All of the QSO's were Scatter and no stations outside 300km were heard. The LX0SIX beacon was not audible either. QNH 1026.
M3VCP. Slow start to contest but improved as contest went on. Fair tropo conditions to G with little sporadic E present. Pleased to work F2YT in JO10 for ODX. Few G stations QRV, M1DUD, G4DCJ, GW3ZRE/P, G4DEZ. No beacons heard and QNH 1029. 73 Simon.
M5BXB. Very low activity this time. Thanks to everyone for the points. No DX and no sign of any OZ's. ODX - G8BCG, IO70rk, 346km. Regards, Steve Burrows M5BXB.
5Q6M. A disaster of an contest, very poor activity - no Es and hardly any Ms. A single local QSO was made, and a single G station was hrd. at JT6m.

Comments, August 2008.

OE1SMC. After absence more half an year i am with agn. ODX. G3VYF, JO01FN at 1194 km.
M1DUD. 8 QSO's ODX OZ6OM took 30 minutes to complete and peaked 3dB for 3.7 seconds. Poor local activity. QNH 1022, some weak Tropho scatter conditions. Pleased to work Wales for the first time in 2008.
OZ6OM. Few QSO´s a single on on Ms, aslo the ODX. M1DUD in JO02QC at 697 Km.

Comments, September 2008.

M1DUD. A rewarding evening with 7 QSOs in near flat conditions. Some Good meteor pings. ODX was LA7VH AT 990KMS and taking 12 minutes to complete on JT6M, peak 5dB. OZ6OM peaked 4dB and took around 15 minutes. SM7CMV was the final contact and peaked 2dB and was completed in 8 pings over 9 minutes. Although several stations were QRV, unfortunately, they were too weak to make SSB contacts LX0SIX was not audible. QNH 1022MB 73's Robin
OZ6OM. Good activity. 3 QSO´s on flat ConDX, OZ1BC (JO45), OZ8ZS & OZ2LP (JO55). On Ms (JT6m) M1DUD (JO02), LA7VH (JO49), PC7M (JO32), G4MQL (IO81), G4IGO (IO80) & IV3UJT (JN65) was worked. ODX was IV3UJT in JN65KW at 1067 Km.

Comments, October 2008.

M1DUD. 7 QSO's ODX OZ3FYN 696 KMS on JT6M peaking 5dB with some 4 second MS Bursts. Some good local activity but band was quiet. QNH1012 No Beacons were copied tonight. 73 de Robin M1DUD

Comments, November 2008.

M1DUD. 5 QSO's ODX OZ7CQ (696 kms) Peaking 7dB on JT6M with some 3-4 second bursts. Heard but could not work G3MEH and M1DDD due to very high levels of local noise and deep QSB. LX0SIX/B heard weakly. GW8ASD was heard weakly on SSB and GM4WJA LA and SM were heard on JT6M at end of the contest. QNH 1023 73 Robin.
OE1SMC. well activities, a lot of rocks and nice iono-situation to G3VYF with odx 1193 km. i could animate old friend Alex OE1DPS to install wsjt6 and do his 1st qso.

Comments, December 2008.

M1DUD. 5 QSO's low band conditions and no local activity. ODX M1DDD in IO93 (256 Kms), not bad for a mid-winter evening 73 Robin.

Managers notes.

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Updated January 18 th. 2009.