REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2007 CQ WPX CW CONTEST
Above: The ZL6QH team; back row - ZL2AMI, ZL1TM, ZL2BSJ, ZL2AGY, HA3LN and XYL Kriszta; front row - W2ID, ZL1CT/GM3WOJ and ZL1AZE Band QSOs ------------ 160: 26 80: 283...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2007 CQ WPX SSB CONTEST
On Sunday 25 March 2007, a cast of operators converged on Quartz Hill for a dabble in the World-Wide Prefix Contest. Attending were: Frank ZL2TTS, David ZL4TAC, Chris ZL1CMB, Andrew...
ZL6QH LEADS OCEANIA IN 2006 CQ WPX CW CONTEST
We are pleased to note that ZL6QH achieved a score of 12,000,720 in the Multi-Two category of the 2006 CQ WPX CW Contest. This was the highest score in Oceania...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2007 COMMONWEALTH CONTEST
RSGB Commonwealth Contest, CW Call: ZL6QH Operator(s): ZL1AZE Class: Open HP Operating Time (hrs): 22 Band QSOs ------------ 80: 83 40: 212 20: 177 15: 30 10: 5 ------------ Total:...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2007 CW CQWW 160M DX CONTEST
Operator(s): ZL1AZE ZL2BSJ Station: ZL6QH Class: Multi-Op HP QTH: Wellington Operating Time (hrs): 30 Summary: Total: QSOs = 329 State/Prov = 51 Countries = 21 Total Score = 225,792 We...
PLAQUE AWARDED TO ZL6QH FOR 2005 CW CQ WW DX CONTEST
ZL6QH has received the above plaque from CQ Magazine for acheving the top score from Oceania in the Multi-op Multi-transmitter category of the 2005 CW CQ WW DX contest....
ZL2BSJ ACTIVITY IN 2006 STEW PERRY TPD CONTEST
Wilbert ZL2BSJ operated from Quartz Hill in the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge on 30/31 December. Participants get points according to distance worked: one point for each QSO and an...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2006 ARRL 10M CONTEST
Operator(s): ZL2AOV ZL2BSJ Class: M/S HP Operating Time (hrs): 36 Band QSOs Mults ------------------- CW: 880 92 SSB: 624 71 ------------------- Total: 1504 163 Total Score = 777,184 Comments: Surprisingly...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2006 ARRL 160M CONTEST
Operator(s): ZL2BSJ Class: M/S HP Operating Time (hrs): 4 Summary: Total: QSOs = 15 Sections = 14 Countries = 1 Total Score = 420 Comments: No Eu heard at local...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2006 CQWW CW DX CONTEST
ABOVE: The ZL6QH team in the 2006 CQWW CW DX contest. Left to right: Brian ZL1AZE, Andrei ZL1TM, Wilbert ZL2BSJ and John ZL1BYZ. Class: M/M HP Operating Time (hrs):...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2006 CQWW SSB DX CONTEST
ABOVE: The ZL6QH team for the CQWW DX SSB contest. Back row (left to right) - Bob ZL2CA, Ralph K9ZO, Bob ZL2AMI, Doug ZL2AOH and Phil VK2BAA. Front row...
ZL6QH IN 2006 CQWW CW DX CONTEST
ZL6QH will be active on all bands as a multi-op station in the 2006 CQWW CW DX Contest on 25/26 November. The operating team is ZL2BSJ, ZL1TM, ZL1BYZ and ZL1AZE....
ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2006 CQWW SSB DX CONTEST
ZL6QH will be active on all bands in the 2006 CQWW SSB DX contest on 28/29 October 2006. The operating team is KA7KUZ, ZL2AMI, K9ZO, VK2BAA, ZL1ANH, ZL1AZE, ZL2UDF, ZL2CA,...
ZL6FF AT QUARTZ HILL
ZL6FF is the New Zealand flagship of the Fists Club, a world-wide bunch of radio amateurs who are into morse telegraphy (CW). On the agenda was the Coast to Coast...
ZL6QH SETS NEW RECORD IN 2005 CQ WPX CW CONTEST
The results of the 2005 CQ WPX CW contest have been published in the March 2006 issue of CQ magazine. The top scores in the Multi-Two category are as follows...
ZL1V ACHIEVES HIGH SCORE IN 2005 CQ WPX SSB CONTEST
The results of the 2005 CQ WPX SSB contest were published in the January 2006 issue of CQ magazine. ZL1V (@ZL6QH) achieved a score of 10,881,579 in the Multi-Op Multi-Transmitter...
REPORT ON IBM QSO PARTY 8/9 APRIL 2006
ABOVE: A shot of the 20 metre EU long path beam taken at sunset on Sunday night. I like the contrast with the foreground and the sky makes a...
ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN ARRL DX CW CONTEST 18/19 FEB 2006
This is a quick write-up, for your entertainment. A late start - early Saturday evening - and an early departure mid-morning on Sunday. A part-time effort, due to QRL commitments....
ZL6QH IN 2006 CQWW 160M CW CONTEST - POST CONTEST REPORT
Class: Multi-Op HP Operating Time (hrs): 24 Total: QSOs = 2666 State/Prov = 41 Countries = 15 Total Score = 149,296 ABOVE: Sunset at ZL6QH, looking towards the short path...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2005 ARRL 10M CONTEST
Operator(s): ZL2AOV ZL2BSJ Class: M/S HP Operating Time (hrs): 36 Mode QSOs Mults ------------------- CW: 759 75 SSB: 585 66 ------------------- Total: 1344 141 Total Score = 593,046 Surprisingly good...
REPORT ON ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2005 ARRL 160M CONTEST
Class: Single Op HP Operating Time (hrs): 2.5 Operator: ZL1AZE Total: QSOs = 19 Sections = 14 Countries = 1 Total Score = 532 I only spent a couple of...
REPORT ON 2005 CQWW CW DX CONTEST
The ZL6QH team (left to right): ZL2BSJ, ZL1BYZ, ZL2IFB/G4IFB, ZL1TM (working the 15m pileup), ZL2AGY and ZL1AZE. Class: M/M HP Operating Time (hrs): 48 Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------...
ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2005 CQWW SSB DX CONTEST
Class: M/S HP Operating Time (hrs): 45 Summary: Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------ 160: 0 0 0 80: 38 14 17 40: 304 24 36 20: 345 28 65 15:...
ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2005 OCEANIA DX CW CONTEST
Class: M/M HP Operating Time (hrs): 24 Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 6 4 80: 171 107 40: 853 389 20: 481 252 15: 310 169 10: 88 58 -------------------...
ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN 2005 OCEANIA DX PHONE CONTEST
Class: M/M HP Operating Time (hrs): 24 Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 7 5 80: 154 99 40: 551 280 20: 429 250 15: 457 203 10: 33 23 -------------------...
ZL6QH ACTIVITY IN WAE CW CONTEST 12/13 AUGUST 2005
Call: ZL6QH Operator(s): ZL2BSJ Class: Single Op HP Operating Time (hrs): 33 Summary: Band QSOs QTCs Mults ------------------------- 80: 50 48 60 40: 368 309 117 20: 264 247 74...
2005 BRASS MONKEY CONTEST
Todd ZL2SP and Bruce ZL2ABC operated at Quartz Hill on 2/3 July 2005 in the Brass Monkey VHF contest. Todd says the contest went well - they made around 25...
2005 CQWW WPX CW CONTEST - ZL6QH REPORT
The ZL6QH ops (left to right): Andrei ZL1TM, Wilbert ZL2BSJ, Brian ZL1AZE Class: M/2 HP Operating Time (hrs): 48 Band QSOs ------------ 160: 0 80: 67 40: 1244 20:...
REPORT ON ZL1V ACTIVITY IN 2005 CQ WPX SSB CONTEST
A report on the ZL1V activity (at ZL6QH) in the 2005 CQ WPX SSB contest is now available on the ZL6QH web site at the following address.
2005 COMMONWEALTH CONTEST - ZL6QH REPORT
Above: Brian ZL1AZE near the end of the contest - still awake after 21 hours in the chair! Band QSOs ------------ 80: 43 40: 150 20: 195 15: 90...
ZL6QH 2005 CQ 160M CW CONTEST REPORT
Operator(s): ZL1CT ZL1AZE Class: Multi-Op HP Operating Time (hrs): 20 Total: QSOs = 390 State/Prov = 38 Countries = 37 Total Score = 287,025 The raw score of 287K is...
ARRL 10M CONTEST
ZL1V was active from Quartz Hill on 11/12 December in the ARRL 10m contest - on PHONE and CW. Ops were ZL2BSJ and ZL1CT. QSL via Kim Larson (N3SL), 22...
2004 CQWW CW CONTEST REPORT
ABOVE: John ZL1BYZ (rear) and Andrei ZL1TM (front) concentrating on the pileups. Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------ 160: 21 10 9 80: 413 24 56 40: 1675 33 106...
ZL6QH IN 2004 OCEANIA DX CW CONTEST
The ZL6QH team (back from L to R): Brian ZL1AZE, Tony ZL2AGY, John ZL1BYZ, Chris ZL1CT and (seated) John ZL1BHQ Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 2 2 80: 126...
ZL6QH IN 2004 OCEANIA DX PHONE CONTEST
Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 5 4 80: 128 86 40: 334 187 20: 685 329 15: 343 194 10: 44 26 ------------------- Total: 1539 826 Total Score =...
ZL1V IN 2004 IARU CONTEST
Call: ZL1V Operator(s): ZL1CT Station: ZL6QH Class: SO Mixed HP Operating Time (hrs): 22 Radios: SO2R Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults --------------------------- 160: 0 1 1 80: 2 5...
ZL6QH in WPX-CW 2004
ZL6QH was active as a multi/multi in the WPX CW contest during the last weekend of May. Ops were: ZL1AZE ZL1BYZ ZL1CT ZL1TM ZL2BSJ ZL2III The picture shows Brian ZL1AZE...
RTTY Contesting from Quartz Hill
Bob ZL2AMI has enjoyed success operating using his own callsign. The RTTY community maintain a World Ranking based on contests entered and results obtained. Bob is placed high on the...
ZL6QH SETS NEW OCEANIA RECORD IN CQ WPX CW CONTEST
ZL6QH achieved 1st place in Oceania and 4th place world-wide in the M/2 category for the 2003 CQ WPX contest. The station now holds the M/2 record for Oceania. The...
ZL6QH POSTS HIGH CLAIMED SCORE IN CQ WPX SSB
A modest Multi-multi effort from Quartz Hill – but as it turned out, conditions were very favourable, and we could have made a higher score if more operators had been...
ZL6QH SETS NEW ZONE 32 M/M RECORD IN 2003 CQWW CW CONTEST
The ZL6QH ops at the end of the contest - all tired but still smiling after setting a new Zone 32 record. Left to right: Brian ZL1AZE, John ZL1BYZ,...
ZL6QH SETS HIGH SCORE IN 2003 OCEANIA CW DX CONTEST
ZL6QH has achieved what is expected to be a new record score in the multi-multi category for the Oceania CW DX Contest. Operators ZL2III, ZL1AZE, and ZL2BSJ operated 2 stations...
ZL6QH Looked for European Stations in WAE CW Contest
ZL6QH was active in the "Worked All Europe" CW contest during the weekend (9/10 August) and was looking for QSOs with European stations on the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and...
ZL2AMI RTTY CONTESTS
Why is Bob ZL2AMI always out at Quartz Hill taking part in RTTY contests? Firstly he enjoys it, but also because the RTTY gang have added an extra zest in...
HIGH SCORE IN 2003 CQ WPX CW CONTEST
Here is the report on the ZL6QH operation in the recent 2003 CQ WPX CW Contest. At this stage it looks like we could be 1st place in Oceania and...
ZL Field Day
ZL Field Day is not far away!
CLAIM OF ZL TO VE1 AMATEUR LF DX
On Saturday 15 December ZL6QH transmitted a low speed frequency shift keyed test signal in the 136 kHz band, as a beacon transmission for all hours of local darkness. John VE1ZJ managed to receive and positively identify signals from ZL6QH.