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Category Archives: Propagation
CQ WWDX CW 2014
Now that another week of QRL is gone and the weekend is here maybe it’s time to sum up my this year’s WWDX CW contest entry between packing moving boxes. 😉 Condx were excellent so my choice of band had … Continue reading
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Already 20.000 QSOs this year and still counting …
Just saw that I already made my 20.000th QSO this year this evening. Thanks everybody worked! This is by far my most “radio-active” year in my ham career so far. And there are still a few more QSO chances (i.e. … Continue reading
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Pre-contest condx
Condx came up nicely since Monday. Flux and sunspot numbers did a big jump upwards. Yesterday saw a really nice 10 m opening. I had a lot of fun running NA on 10 m for 2.5 hours continously. Even had … Continue reading
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Short-lived but intense Aurora opening
We had another short-lived but intense Aurora opening this afternoon/early evening. Signals were very strong, SM4IVE was peaking 59A+20! It didn’t extend much south but nevertheless always enjoyable to work those other VHF enthusiasts. 😉 —————————————————————— DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR … Continue reading
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WAG ’14
The Worked All Germany Contest 2014 is history now. After doing 1.923 QSOs last year with superb conditions but only keeping my butt 23 hours in the chair the goal for this year was to finally break the 2.000 QSO … Continue reading
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No QSOs this week but one – ZS on 6 m
This week has been quite busy at work again so I was not in the mood to do any amateur radio in the evenings. I even ignored VK9DLX becoming active from Lord Howe which is a new one for me and … Continue reading
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TMC – The Makrothen Contest 2014 on 10 m
Well, to be honest I did not have that one on my contest radar. Yes, I knew it existed but was not aware it was this weekend. While doing a few other things I saw Mike, VE9AA, spotted on 10 … Continue reading
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Nice 10 m condx again but no luck on 6 m
Today saw much improved condx again although the forecast told otherwise. 😉 Ten was wide open, even into the U.S. West Coast late afternoon and well into the evening. The California QSO Party was going on so lots of stuff to work … Continue reading
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CQ WWDX RTTY 2014
As I just recently discovered I might like RTTY contesting I thought it would be a good idea to enter (for the first time ever) the CQ WW RTTY held last weekend. I already did a few smaller RTTY contests during … Continue reading
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Nice 10 m opening this afternoon
Wow, 10 m is back! 🙂 We had a very nice opening into North America this afternoon & early evening lasting for about 5 hours! Propagation forecast looked rather bad for today but luckily it was entirely wrong. 😉 Ten opened up … Continue reading
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VK9N – Norfolk #295 … but bad luck on 6 m
Worked VK9NT on 20 m SSB via long path this morning for another ATNO. 🙂 6 m saw a nice Sporadic E opening late afternoon into France and southern Spain. Additionally there was some TEP so TJ3SN & TY1AA who would … Continue reading
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WAE-SSB 2014
Played a bit in this year’s WAE-SSB last weekend. Getting used to the new QTC mode in N1MMLogger+ was really easy and I have to admit it’s great although I found a few small bugs. They got corrected already during … Continue reading
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Another small Aurora opening
We had another small Aurora opening tonight. Was really waiting for it after the big solar flare 2 days ago. Unfortunately it arrived a little bit too late on earth so the major “impact” was over the Atlantic Ocean. Must … Continue reading
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A few QSOs in SCC RTTY Championship
Made a few QSOs this morning in the SCC RTTY Championship mainly to test condx. The last few days were a real pain condition-wise. Seems it’s getting a bit better again, at least I could run some JAs easily although signals … Continue reading
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Surprise surprise – nice 10 & 6 m openings
Coming home from QRL switched on the radio to check condx. Found ZD8N pounding in on 10 CW, worked with just one call. 🙂 Saw 6 & 4 m spots on the cluster so went to check six. Nothing heard. … Continue reading
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4W – Timor Leste #294
It’s been quite quiet during the last few days concerning radio activity overhere. Heavy workload in QRL and rather bad condx so I didn’t spend much time on the radio. Now during the weekend I finally switched the rig on … Continue reading
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Better luck on six today :-)
Besides doing a few QSOs in the IOTA contest and chasing W1AW portable QSO slots (this week in Rhode Island and Indiana) I also had more luck on 6 m today. The band was well open into Scandinavia via Sporadic E … Continue reading
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Six across the pond again
Another nice 6 m opening tonight, this time to VO1. Worked VO1VCE and VO1HP on CW and heard VO1SO on SSB, the latter just down in the noise so did not even call. All 3 stations are in GN37 so … Continue reading
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More 6 m across the pond …
Six has been open across the pond again tonight. Signals have been as strong as never heard before. So after my rant yesterday it seems the propagation god decided to send a good opening to JO73 today … maybe I … Continue reading
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Massive 4 m opening and a bit of 6 m NA
Six meters opened into North America tonight but once again bad luck overhere. Briefly heard AC4TO with about 419 and K4RX with 529 but couldn’t raise their attention. A pity as both would have been new squares. Always have the … Continue reading
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