Operating

KA5WSS operating from W5EHM/N5XU

As I get my new station back up on the air one of my goals is to try and work toward earning some "wallpaper" with contacts all made from my new home station. For some, that won't be too big of a deal, for others, that's quite a challenge.

Historically, I've operating contests and DX'ed quite a bit. Most of my contesting took place at W5EHM/N5XU, the station of the University of Texas Amateur Radio Club, but I've also operated from W5KFT, K5TR/WB5VZL, N3BB, N5AU and 6D2X.

It's been years since I've operated in a contest outside of hunting and pouncing for DX. I suspect I'll get back into the fray eventually, but for now the extent of my contesting-like activity is maintaining my log conversion software, LogConv.

I have had some success with contesting in the past, particularly with multi-op efforts. Here are some of the results:

ARRL Sweepstakes (CW)

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Sects	Score	Result
1986	W5EHM	772	73	112,712	10th in US, 1st in STX
1989	W5EHM	830	77	127,820	Unofficial
1995	W5EHM	52	33	3,432	7th in STX (Single Op)
1996	W5EHM	690	75	103,500	1st in West Gulf Division
1997	N5XU	701	75	105,150	1st in STX

ARRL Sweepstakes (Phone)

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Sects	Score	Result
1986	W5EHM	874	72	125,856	3rd in STX
1987	W5EHM	1016	75	152,400	1st in STX
1988	W5EHM	1154	76	175,408	1st in STX
1989	W5EHM	1474	77	226,996	10th in US, 1st in STX
1990	W5EHM	1309	77	178,486	Unofficial
1992	W5EHM	1311	77	201,894	1st in STX
1993	W5EHM	1143	74	169,164	2nd in STX
1994	W5EHM	695	73	101,470	4th in STX
1995	W5EHM	343	72	49,392	4th in STX
1996	W5EHM	1248	78	194,688	2nd In STX
1997	N5XU	1158	79	182,964	3rd in STX
1998	N5XU	1231	79	175,538	5th in Collegiate Championships

ARRL DX Contest (Phone)

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Mults	Score	Result
1988	W5EHM	350	67	Unknown	Unknown
1989	W5EHM	269	145	117,015	5th in 5th call area
1992	6D2X	?	?	14.6 Meg	1st Worldwide, New Record
1998	N5XU	742	238	492,660	4th in 5th call area

CQ WW DX (Phone)

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Ctys	Zones	Score	Result
1987	W5EHM	332	126	70	169,736	Unknown
1988	W5EHM	596	240	103	557,718	Unknown
1989	W5EHM	620	270	96	599,874	Unknown

IARU HF Championships

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Zones	HQ Stns	Score	Result
1996	W5EHM	417	47	13	75,900	2nd in STX
1997	W5EHM	347	41	30	77,177	2nd in STX
1999	N5XU	908	87	39	397,152	1st in STX

NA QSO Party (August - Phone)

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Mults	Score	Result
1996	W5EHM	403	117	47,151	10th W/VE

GridLoc

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1996	W5EHM	297	138	40,986	1st place Worldwide

ARRL January VHF Contest

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1990	W5EHM	5	5	25	Unofficial (Single Op)
1998	N5XU	270	112	33,600	1st in West Gulf, Record
1999	N5XU	103	36	4,536	1st in STX

ARRL June VHF Contest

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1989	W5EHM	20	14	280	3rd in STX
1998	N5XU	106	78	9,516	Unofficial (Single Op)
1999	N5XU	132	47	7,332	2nd in STX (Single Op)

ARRL September VHF Contest

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1989	W5EHM	5	2	10	Unofficial (Single Op)
1990	W5EHM	2	2	4	Unofficial (Single Op)
1996	W5EHM	71	20	1,460	1st in STX, 3rd in Midwest
1998	N5XU	204	97	21,922	1st in STX, 3rd in Midwest

CQ WW VHF Contest

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1997	W5EHM	15	9	162	Unofficial (Single Op)

50 MHz Sprint

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1989	W5EHM	6	5	30	Unknown (Single Op)

144 MHz Sprint

Year	Callsign	QSOs	Grids	Score	Result
1998	N5XU	19	7	133	101st Place out of 129