10/06/2026
📡🏆 PASSION, NOT A HOBBY 🏆📡
Those who know me well know that I have never been the kind of person who likes talking about himself.
I have never felt the need to tell people how good my station is, how many QSOs I make, or what results I achieve in contests.
For years, I simply focused on doing what I love.
Today, however, I feel it is the right time to share a small part of my story.
Almost ten years ago, I set myself a goal that many people considered unrealistic.
I wanted to prove that a mobile station could compete with the very best stations in the world.
Back then I heard the same comments again and again:
“A car will never be competitive.”
“Small antennas cannot beat big stations.”
“You need towers, stacked beams and huge budgets.”
Maybe on paper they were right.
But amateur radio has never been only about equipment.
It is about passion.
It is about determination.
It is about refusing to give up when everyone tells you that your goal is impossible.
Every contest became a personal challenge.
Not just another weekend.
Not just another score.
Every year brought different propagation conditions. Some years were difficult, others were exceptional. I was fortunate to operate during one of the strongest solar cycles in recent history, but favourable conditions alone never create great results.
Results come from preparation, experience, sacrifice and persistence.
Over the years I achieved results that once seemed impossible.
Yet there was always one dream that remained unfinished.
To reach the Top 20 in the World in CQ World Wide SOAB Low Power.
I came incredibly close.
Closer than I ever imagined.
But in the end, I fell just short.
Physical exhaustion, lack of energy and other factors prevented me from reaching that final milestone.
Strangely enough, I am not disappointed.
Because when I look back, I realise that the journey itself was the reward.
Every contest demanded something from me.
Sleep, energy, time,
Sometimes even a little of my health.
But every contest also gave something back.
Experience
Knowledge
Friendships
Memories that will stay with me forever.
Most importantly, I helped demonstrate that mobile contesting can compete at the highest level.
Today, many operators take mobile contesting seriously.
Over the years, many talented operators followed the same path and proved that success is not determined by the size of a tower, but by the determination of the operator behind the microphone.
That makes me proud.
I am proud that the years of work were not wasted.
I am proud that the sacrifices were worth it.
And I am proud that a simple car, small antennas and an impossible dream became something that inspired others.
The statistics speak for themselves:
🏆 Top 10 in Europe out of approximately 1,400 station.
🏆 Close to the Top 20 in the World out of more than 3,000 station
🏆 Four Top-50 CQ WPX finishes during the last 25 years.
🏆 One of the most successful mobile contest stations in the world.
Thousands of miles.
Lotow ferry crossings.
Dozens of islands.
Countless sleepless nights.
One dream, one station, one passion.
Because in the end, success is not about proving others wrong.
It is about proving to yourself that you were right not to give up.
You can laugh at me, or you can choose not to.
You can say it was luck.
You can say the conditions were good.
You can say whatever you want.
But at the end of the day, the certificates, the results and the records belong to one mobile station.
M0PLX/M.
The statistics are there for everyone to see.
They do not tell stories.
They do not make excuses.
They simply tell the truth.
And that truth proves that a mobile station, a small antenna and an operator who refused to give up can compete with the very best.
Not because it was easy.
But because I believed it was possible.
📡 M0PLX/M, MU0PLX/M, MJ0PLX/M,
PASSION, NOT A HOBBY.
NEVER GIVE UP. 🏆🚗📡🌍
