Contesting
I like contesting. Many my contest experiences are team operations but last years I was able to do some single operator events.
Team Contesting
It all started at SP5ZCC – my club station. We always liked contesting. At first for many years we were participating various contests but without special achievements. We were learning. For many years we were not in touch with the contest community so we were learning on our own.
Some good achievvements came when we built a set of monoband Yagis on the roof: 5el for 20m, 5el for 15m and 6el for 10m. We also got a contest call SN5Z. Operating from the club with the SP5ZCC Team was always a great fun. It was always not only contesting but always also a meeting of friends. We have many contest awards from that years.
In our club station thanks to Marek SQ5BPM we started RTTY activity and then digital modes in general. One year we participated almost all RTTY contests available during the year (we missed only two of them). We have many awards from that time. It started also my personal love for digital modes.
We always had problems with low band antennas (no enough place) so some years ago I suggested Chris SP7GIQ/SN7Q to make a joint operation from his wonderful QTH. It was a good idea. Three times we were the world winner in the CQ/RJ WPX RTTY Contest: in 2002 we were the World Winner in Multi-Multi (as 3Z0WPX), in 2003 we were the World Winner in Multi-Two (as SN70M) and set new EU record, in 2006 we were the world winner in Mult-Two again (as SP0DXC). We received three beautiful awards for that achievements.
Personal Contesting
I am a member of the Team SN0HQ and I annualy participate the IARU HF World Championship as a member of the team. I am always one of the operators on 20m CW.
In the past for many years I operated from the QTH of Paul SP7SP – great man and real friend. Last years I operate from the QTH of Mirek SP4MPG, another example of a real friend with a great sense of HAM Spirit. Last starts were team operations (as SO4M) and individual ones (as SO4M and SN5W). I am proud member of the SO4M Team.
Personally I hold some all time SP records in CQWW CW and CQ WPX CW. My best scores are listed below in the table.
In the CQWW DX CW 2006 I tried the SO2R operation for the first time (using DX Doubler). It was great experience. After some years of single band etries now I am moving back to All Band and back to SO2R style operation at the SO4M staton. I am using u2R switch and the 2xFT-1000MP.
| Year | Contest | Call | Category | Score | World | EU |
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| 2019 | Russian DX Contest | SO4M | Single Operator All Band High Power Mixed | 5,589,675 | 26 | 15 |
| 2019 | ARRL Int. DX Contest CW | SO4M | Single Operator All Bands Assisted High Power | 1,370,781 | 20 | 15 |
| 2018 | CQ WW DX CW | SO4M | Multi-One (member of the team) | 7,228,440 | 24 | 22 |
| 2017 | CQ WW DX CW | SO4M | Multi-One (member of the team) | 6,986,365 | 27 | 17 |
| 2017 | CQ WPX CW | SO4M | Single Operator Assisted Low Power 40m | 639,426 | 18 | 15 |
| 2016 | CQ WPX CW | SO4M | Single Operator Assisted High Power 20m | 4,790,415 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | CQ WPX CW | SO4M | Single Operator Assisted High Power 20m | 5,577,871 New All Time SP Record | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | CQ WPX SSB | SO4M | Single Operator High Power 20m | 4,013,435 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | CQ WW DX CW | SO4M | Single Operator Assisted High Power 20m | 1,104,470 New All Time SP Record | 4 | 1 |
| 2013 | CQ WW DX CW | SO4M | Single Operator High Power 40m | 813,540 3rd Score in All Time SP Records | 9 | 4 |
| 2012 | CQ WW DX CW | SN5W | Single Operator Assisted High Power 20m | 897,750 | 7 | 5 |
| 2011 | CQ WW DX CW | SO4M | Multi-2 (member of the team) | 10,447,701 | 9 |
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| 2008 | CQ WW DX CW | LX8M | Multi-Multi (member of the team) | 6,508,664 | 6 |
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| 2007 | CQ WPX RTTY | SP0DXC | Multi-Multi (member of the team) | 8,136,710 | 5 | 4 |
| 2006 | CQ WW DX CW | SN5M | Single Operator Assisted High Power All Band | 2,496,880 | 10 |
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| 2006 | CQ WPX RTTY | SP0DXC | Multi-2 (member of the team) | 7,554,326 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | CQ WW DX CW | SN5M | Single Operator Assisted High Power All Band | 2,444,904 | 11 |
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| 2004 | CQ WPX RTTY | SO7Z | Multi-Single (member of the team) | 2,497,470 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | CQ WW DX CW | SN5Z | Single Operator Assisted High Power 20m | 213,150 | 11 |
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| 2003 | CQ WPX RTTY | SN70M | Multi-2 (member of the team) | 5,004,435 New EU record | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | CQ WPX RTTY | 3Z0WPX | Multi-Multi (member of the team) | 4,497,984 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | CQ WW DX CW | SP5UAF | Single Operator Low Power 10m | 226,765 New All Time SP Record | 46 | 13 |