Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS
Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS

Contesting

Most of my contesting is rather casual. Once in awhile, time and family permitting, my approach gets a bit more serious. Needless to say my modest setup can’t compete with mega contest stations running 1.5 kW or more into enormous antenna arrays. 

However, I can’t complain as at several occasions I ended up with the highest Belgian score in my participation class.

To me contests are a valuable tool in boosting one’s score for several national and international award programs. As an example, thanks to the Swiss contest, I managed to achieve the Helvetia award.

Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS
Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS
Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS
Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS

Once in a while...

I have the stamina to operate 30 hours or so in a 48 hour contest. But with age this urge diminishes 😉
Running 100 W the highest number of contacts made during a contest was about 1,600.

Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS
Egbert Hertsen | ON4CAS

Recent contest news

BCC QSO Party

Had some fun in the BCC QSO Party which allowed me to upgrade my WABCC 40 award to the next level. The party lasted for

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CWops: CWT short contest

Only started earlier this year, but whenever I have the time, I’d like to join the CWT series held on Wednesdays & Thursdays. Always nice

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ARRL DX CW 2023

With the ARRL’s Volunteers On The Air program around, I thought it was a nice opportunity to participate in this year’s edition of the ARRL

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