My father and I got our licenses on the 6th of june 1986 and we since then we have had a rather large bunch of QSOs. Lately I have tried to enter parts of our logs into my computers but this is a rather slow process. Sometimes I do take on a major task and enter a large numer of contacts while sometimes a year can pass without any activity in the logbooks. Nowadays all contest QSOs are entered as they are worked but other QSOs will still end up on paper to start with. This process also mean that we might have worked things that are not in the tables below as they are based on the digital material.
Another thing that there really is no excuse for is that we have been bad boys when it comes to sending of QSL cards. We have been members of the bureau since 1987 but the number of outgoing QSL cards can be counted on the fingers of our hands. I am really ashamed of this but the process of computerizing the logbooks does put even more pressure on sending cards aswell as receiving them. Once again shame on us.
When I find a suitable method for publishing the entire logs I will do that. Do you have a suggestion, please let me know. I will not upload to LOTW for some time yet since I now and then find typing mistakes in the logs. *
| Band | Call | QSOs | DXCC | Fields | Squares | Comments |
| 3.5 MHz | SM3RPQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 (3?) | All QSOs from JP74BT, Locator not known for all stations |
| 7 MHz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | All QSOs from JP74BT | |
| 14 MHz | 24 | 24 | 10? | 19 (24?) | Locator not known for all stations | |
| 28 MHz | SM4RPQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 50 MHz | SM3RPP | 982 | 59 | 21 | 284 eu map | All QSOs from JP74BT |
| SM3RPQ | 1084 | 56 | 18 | 260 eu map | All QSOs from JP74BT Some MS-contacts from 2008 lost in a disk crash |
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| SM4RPP | 19 | 10 | 6 | 19 eu map | All QSOs from JO79HH | |
| SM4RPQ | 377 | 8 | 6 | 41 eu map | All QSOs from JO79HH | |
| 144 MHz | SM3RPP SM4RPP/3 |
22 | 3 | 3 | 14 eu map | JP74BT,..AS,..BU SM4RPP/3 due to a silly problem with the contest managers software |
| SM3RPQ | 92 (82) | 13 | 6 | 51 eu map | JP74BT,..BU,JP75FC Note that MS locators are preliminary All MS-contacts from 2008 lost in a disk crash. QSOs from 2009 and 2010 not yet computer logged. |
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| SM4RPP | 13232 | 19 | 6 | 117 eu map | From many sqrs around JO79HH All within 50km radius, in compliance with the rules for the swedish "topplistan". |
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| SM4RPQ | 3083 | 21 | 7 | 94 eu map | ||
| 432 MHz | SM4RPP | 3857 | 8 | 4 | 57 eu map | |
| SM4RPQ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1296 MHz | SM4RPP | 1194 | 8 | 4 | 38 eu map | |
| SAT | SM4RPQ/3 SM3RPQ |
? | ? | ? | ? | All QSOs from JP74BT |
These figures were checked and updated 2010-Jul-05. There is no guarantee that they are 100% correct. Figures marked in Boldface have been changed since last update which was 2007-Dec-26. Next update is expected to be around 2010-Sep-30.
During the easter 2005 I was up in JP74 as usual. Conditions on 50MHz were lousy and MS during afternoons and evenings are not good enough for my patience. Therefore i just for the fun of it connected the 2m beam to the free HF output on my rig. With just the center conductor connected it actually tuned on 14MHz. With this configuration i worked 21 QSOs on PSK31 and RTTY.
One hot day in the end of june 2005 I saw on the TV that there was a big ES-opening on 50 MHz. Since I had the rig available I connected a test-cord to the antenna connector. A few stations were heard but since I could not transmit on 50 MHz from home due to licensing restrictions in Sweden. Instead I turned over to 28 MHz and the band was really boiling with activity. So after tuning the test-cord I worked one QSO just to prove once again that you don't need an antenna to work the DC bands (everything below 30MHz).
There are no longer any TV-transmitters operating on the 50MHz band in Sweden. All licensed are temporarily allowed to operate on the band. There has been no long term decision about what the band will be used for in the future, but for now we can use it as any other band with only minor restrictions about power.
Before the band was opened for any ham to use you could get a commersial licence to use the band or ham radio. In 1993 my father and I got such licenses for our holiday QTH in Stora Blåsjön. At our home QTH there was no licenses issued due to the closeby TV-transmitter at lockhyttan.
Even though we are for now allowed to use the band from home there has not been much activity. There are so many other things to do. I however try to be active during the NAC second thursday each month. Almost all of my contacts have been made during these very nice contests.
We are mostly at our holiday QTH during the summer. That is a few weeks somewhere between mid June to the end of August. As far as I can tell the only possible propagation modes available during these times are ES, AUR, AUE, TROPO and MS. Several years ago we heard PY5CC but we never managed to get a QSO. During the midsummer stay 2010 we heard one JA station but could not identify it and never was able to get a QSO. The big and nice surprise was a QSO with FS/W6JKV in the west indies. This was by far our longest QSO so far.
Another thing we have noticed is that even during the biggest openings to North America we hear absolutely nothing in that direction. The only NA beacon ever heard is VE8BY, and that was likely via AUE. We still hope fore a opening between us and NA since it's extremely irritating hearing German, Dutch and Brittish stations working loads of W and VE stations when we hear nothing.
Most of the non-MS QSOs have been worked during contests.
Most of these QSOs have been worked during contests.
All of these QSOs have been worked during contests.
No Satellite QSOs are available electronically so far. Some years back I worked on AO-10, AO-13, FO-20, AO-21 and FO-29 from our holiday QTH in JP74. It was really fun but too much work to set up the antennas so as 50MHz and MS has gotten more interest satellites are no longer a focus. In 2005 the rotators were brought home so now it's really unlikely any more QSOs will be made from there via satellite.
