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Category Archives: Propagation
DMC-RTTY & NAQP-RTTY
Did a few QSOs on RTTY during the weekend in DMC and NAQP contests mainly to further test N1MMLogger+. It’s a quite stable product already, only finding minor things still that do not harm contest operations. To be honest I … Continue reading
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Sporadic E on 2 m
Finally a good opening this evening. It started with a lonely EI3KD being 59+20 while calling CQ on 144.300 MHz. Worked him with just 8 W as the PA was still off. 🙂 No other ones around. After he faded … Continue reading
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Caribbean 6 m openings today
Six meters has been very quiet during the last few days and weeks. This year’s Sporadic-E season is one of the worst I every experienced. 🙁 Nevertheless we finally had a small Caribbean opening this afternoon lasting for about half … Continue reading
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QSL of the month – 70 cm Aurora confirmed
This time I had another VHF/UHF goodie in the QSL pile from the local QSL manager. Kjell, SM7GVF, confirmed our Aurora QSO on 432 MHz done back in July 2012. What makes it so special is 2 things: a.) It’s … Continue reading
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Sporadic E … finally!
There was a nice long ES opening on 2 m today but too far south, i.e. between F and LZ/SV. Hoped all the time the ES cloud would move a bit but not much happened. Then I heard stations south … Continue reading
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Strange 10 m opening
During Sunday in CQMM we experienced a very strange but welcome 10 m opening to North America. The band was quite bad during the last few days. Southern lines like Europe to South America worked (although I’ve seen better condx … Continue reading
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JIDX-CW & (bad) 10 m condx
Thought it might be a good idea to participate in this weekend’s JIDX-CW contest. I participated in the SSB leg in 2011 and had quite some fun. They make some nice contest certificates, too, see left. But condx are awful … Continue reading
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Russian DX Contest
Back again from my 2 x 700 km roundtrip to the contest station to participate in the Russian DX contest last weekend. Was not sure what to do, I did not feel fit enough for an Allband entry, QRL and … Continue reading
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Excellent condx & French Polynesia as an all time new one
Conditions have been excellent during the last few days. It’s really cool to get home from work at 18z and find 10 m still wide open. 🙂 US west coast booming in all evenings. Haven’t done too many QSOs myself, … Continue reading
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Ten at night – VE8EV’s analysis
After my posting re the ARRL-DX-SSB I got an email from John, VE8EV, concerning his night time 10 m propagation. Interesting experiences on his side, but read for yourself (reposted with John’s kind permission): Hello Olli, Thank you for the … Continue reading
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ARRL-DX-SSB – quite a fun weekend!
Just returned from my 2 x 700 km roundtrip to the contest station. Have been active in the ARRL-DX-SSB contest as planned. Here’s my report … Equipment Elecraft K3, PA and 160m lazy loop, 80 & 40 m dipoles @ … Continue reading
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Bad condx
Arrived at the contest QTH yesterday evening, set up the station and was happy to see some ufb 10 m condx, band still open 19z overhere to the west coast. That *did* look promising for ARRLDX-SSB this weekend. Meanwhile there … Continue reading
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Israel 4X confirmed on 2 m
Just digging through the pile of QSLs received via the bureau last month and almost made a jump out of my chair. 😉 Finally received the card of Ralph, 4X1IF, whom I worked in May 2010 on 2 m via … Continue reading
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