#60m Angola worked

 

I guess D2A has a lot of static on his side. I got the idea his receive is being disturbed. This one took me 1,5 hours of calling. It was also difficult at times to receive D2A due to nearby signals from Europe. But in the end I made the QSO.

Superstation - A new VarAC game

 

Not yet out! But currently in progress. I'm on the beta team. I think this will be a nice addition to VarAC. VarAC is a great way to communicate but it needs something like this to get more populair. People want to play games, compete and collect things. All people are collectors in some way.

What is Superstation?

Superstation is Global VarAC Game that is played over an extended time frame. Everyone in the world participates on an equal footing.

The purpose of the SUPERSTATION game is to increase the number of VarAC QSOs and to encourage more DX activity. A typical game will run over multiple weeks although a game can be run at any length.

SUPERSTATION is different from any other amateur radio “contest.” There is an element of a card & dice game, promoting QSOs that are more than simple exchanges, and demonstrating the DX capabilities of the mode. All amateurs around the world are invited to participate.

https://www.varacwednesday.net/superstation

I can't go in more detail is the game is not yet there. But I'm excited!

Update 29-Oktober-2025: After I discovered on social media the beta is already been out I asked why I didn't get the software to test as beta tester. Now one of the developers told me that he never saw my application as betatester. But I have an e-mail with all the documentation and a welcome from the same person? It seems they just forgot me. I'm really disappointed. But at least we will soon get the public beta software.

NTC partake with N1MM logger

   Last thursday it was time again for the NTC QSO party. And despite I wrote in the last post about this that I didn't want to use N1MM+ logger with all its features I just did. I wanted to know if it would help me making more QSOs. And actually, yes it did. I made 6 QSOs on 80m and 7 on 40m. It helped that I already had a name through the logger. Although I worked a NM (Non Member) which name I copied well. Not really important for me but I ended 10th of 17 participants in the electronic section. Not bad at all. I have to say I copied the contest exchanges well but some also keyed text to me which I didn't understand. I guess it was something like "have fun" or "tnx for the QSO". I even dared to call CQ NTC on 80m a few times. I got some stations back to me, actually I found it easier to "run" (call CQ)  compared to "S&P" (Search & Pounce). I did the keying myself and didn't use the automatic keyer from N1MM. I messed up a few times, but I guess every beginner has this and no one gets angry about this with CW. Looking forward to the next NTCQP.