After a compulsory covid break, the HF5L Club reappeared with the Fieldday 2022 SSB contest in the forests of the Bolimów Landscape Park near the Rawka River. This time we organized the stand in a version with a minimum amount of equipment, based only on the FT991 radio, battery power, dipoles on the surrounding tall […]
Category: Contests
CQWW DX Contest SSB 2021 on QRP
Hello everyone! As you know, I have been promoting QRP for many years, also in competitions. Unfortunately, until 2019, working in low-power competitions did not make sense due to propagation on the upper bands. In 2020 already I returned to QRP at CQWW. Usually, I choose one upper band to sleep at night. And what […]
SO4M contesting
For many years I have the pleasure to work with Mirek SP4MPG and compete in his contest station located near Olsztyn. I met Mirek thanks to the SN0HQ Team and joint, annual starts in the IARU HF competition. This year, on the last weekend of May, I decided to start in the CW part of […]
HF5WIM in 2020 SPDX Contest
Congratulations to all my colleagues for great achievements in SPDX 2020! Particularly touching is the photo of Kamil SQ5JRN (I also heard him) with a baby on his lap 🙂 My story: Saturday, getting closer to the contest. I walk around the garden and look at my wires and 2 element beam. I wonder in […]
HF5L/p in IARU SSB R1 Fieldday contest 2019
On the 7/8 September weekend, the HF5L team took part in the Fieldday SSB contest organized by DARC. This time in the preparations and the contest took part (in alphabetical order of call signs): Ewa SP5-1593, Andrzej SP5DDF, Mirek SP5GNI, Sławek SP5ICS, Marek SP5ISZ, Marek SP5IXS, Zbyszek SP5JSZ and Maciek SP5LCS. The place of installation […]
Activation of the SOTA summit – SP/KA-002 – Wielki Szyszak – 11/08/2019
Andrzej SP5DDF and Mirek SP5GNI on Sunday 11 August 2019 activated the SOTA SP/KA-002 Wielki Szyszak peak in the Giant Mountains (Karkonosze) under the callsign HF5L/p. Wielki Szyszak peak (in Czech Vysoké Kolo, in German Hohe Rand, Hohe Rad or Hohes Rad) with a height of 1509 m a.s.l. is the fourth highest peak in […]
HF5L/p in IARU CW Region 1 Fieldday 2019
Participation in Fieldday is our tradition. We could not leave 1-2 June 2019. The following were contributed to the success of the event (in callsign alphabetic order): Ewa SP5-1593, Andrzej SP5DDF, Mirek SP5GNI, Sławek SP5ICS, Marek SP5ISZ, Marek SP5IXS, Zbyszek SP5JSZ, Maciek SP5LCS and Piotr SQ5JUP. This time the station was located near Brok, Poland. […]
HF5L Radio Club in SSB Fieldday 2018
After a successful escapade on the CW part of the Fieldday competition in June, we organized another trip to take part in the phone part of the contest on September 1-2. This time there was no rain or storm, the weather was for 59! There were many operators willing to work on the SSB: Andrzej […]
HF5L/p in IARU CW R1 Fieldday 2018 contest
Updated on 2019-06-18 by SP5GNI Field work of ham radio is an attractive form of action within our hobby. For stations slashed by “p” and “m”, the Fieldday competition formula assumes a number of restrictions, such as non-stationary work without using mains power, distance from the nearest buildings and power lines greater than 100 m, […]
Fieldday 2018 preparations
On 2-3 June 2018 we will operate from a forest near Skierniewice, Poland, under the callsign HF5L/p. On May 19 there was a general rehearsal before leaving at the headquarters of the HF5L club. We invite everyone to participate in the competition and for QSOs with HF5L/p on all 6 bands! Rules of the 2018 […]