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Sporadic-E on 4 m & Aurora on 2 m

Posted on July 7, 2022 by dh8bqa

Interesting day today! Four was open this morning via ES to the UK & Ireland as well as EA & EA6. It closed at 12z and never opened again, MUF down. Thus nothing to expect on 2 m either, right? … Continue reading →

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July VHF Contest ’22

Posted on July 3, 2022 by dh8bqa

July VHF contest is usually the VHF contest I participate as a single operator. Again so this year. Result is on par with those of the last few entries. It’s been a few years since breaking the 400 QSOs barrier … Continue reading →

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More ES, even on SSB ;-)

Posted on June 11, 2022 by dh8bqa

Following yesterday’s openings 2 m was hot again all day long. At times we had two or three different path’ open (Greece, Italy, Spain) in parallel. And there was some good SSB activity, too! Not to miss anything I went … Continue reading →

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Plenty of Sporadic-E again

Posted on June 10, 2022 by dh8bqa

More Sporadic-E today with very high MUF, contacts around 1.000 km on 2 m! —————————————————————— TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB —————————————————————— 10:40 F6DBI IN88IJ -07 -11 2 m. FT8 ES 1336 10:46 F6CIS IN94WL -09 -09 … Continue reading →

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Bands hot again

Posted on June 9, 2022 by dh8bqa

Another great day! Started with a JA opening on 6 m although only 3 stations wkd (all JA8 from QN03/23). Once again I had the feeling being much too weak although running 400 watts into an 8 ele longyagi. 🙁 … Continue reading →

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Nice openings on 6, 4 & 2 m with new ones

Posted on June 7, 2022 by dh8bqa

Early start this morning with the first QSO on 4 m at 7:30z into the Balkans. Beaming East 6 m provided interesting QSOs and new squares with UN7DAT/NO00 and RD6AK/KN85. I doubt that the latter is legal but as always: … Continue reading →

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First 2 m ES for me this year

Posted on June 2, 2022 by dh8bqa

Four was open all afternoon. Two opened just briefly over here, good enough to work EA5BY (whom I had just worked on 4 m, too,  half an hour ago): —————————————————————— TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB —————————————————————— … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX CW ’22

Posted on May 30, 2022 by dh8bqa

Another WPX-CW is in the books … 10 m of course, what else? 😉 Condx worse than during the last few years, just not as much Sporadic-E this time. Thus also not that much DX although we had some multi-hop … Continue reading →

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3D2R – Rotuma as ATNO & a good 6 m opening

Posted on May 24, 2022 by dh8bqa

Worked DPØGVN, the German Antarctica base station, on 10 m today. Also caught the Rotuma expedition 3D2RRR as an All Time New One on a few HF slots. 6 m opened via multi-hop ES this afternoon, too, providing several stations … Continue reading →

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First 4 m ES opening this year

Posted on May 22, 2022 by dh8bqa

Seems like a late start on 4 m this year, at least for me. While I usually work the first 4 m Sporadic-E opening early May, sometimes even at the end of April already, it’s been the end of May … Continue reading →

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Midnight Longpath on 10 m

Posted on May 20, 2022 by dh8bqa

Upper band HF condx have been quite good recently. I was able to catch DPØPOL/mm off the coast of South America on 10 m CW late this afternoon. But the real surprise was seeing a late night long path opening … Continue reading →

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May VHF & a few NODERED dashboards

Posted on May 9, 2022 by dh8bqa

Another VHF contest. Again not too motivated to operate but brought the special event call DM60UEA (60 years of Amateur Radio in Angermünde) onto the air on 2 m & 70 cm. Made about 250 QSOs, people had difficulties with … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX SSB ’22

Posted on March 27, 2022 by dh8bqa

Handing out a few QSOs remotely every now and then while Uwe, DL3BQA, was going for a serious SOSB80 entry as DM60UEA from our station … Mir/Peace/Frieden to *everybody* on earth! CQWW WPX Contest, SSB – 2022 Call: DH8BQA Class: … Continue reading →

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March VHF Contest ’22

Posted on March 6, 2022 by dh8bqa

This must have been one of our worst March VHF results. 🙁 Very low activity, bad condx … but still a respectable placement coming in as #7 Multi OP which is not bad for our remote location. Finished a few … Continue reading →

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CQ WW160 SSB ’22

Posted on February 27, 2022 by dh8bqa

It’s been a while since my last CQ WW 160 m contest. Played around a bit yesterday. Mainly to catch points for the BCC. After another 25 QSOs tonight I had enough and switched off … Start Date : 2022-02-25 … Continue reading →

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ARRL DX CW ’22

Posted on February 20, 2022 by dh8bqa

Participated in another ARRL DX CW contest. This time on 15 m and just doing it remotely. Some Aurora deteriorated condx over the weekend, thus Sunday even worse than Saturday. But good to see 15 m open at all, moving … Continue reading →

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CQ WPX RTTY ’22

Posted on February 14, 2022 by dh8bqa

Uwe, DL3BQA, was going fo a serious SOSB15 entry onsite thus I only played around a bit remotely on the other bands. Regularly checked 10 m and caught a small NA opening Sunday afternoon. 😎 Due to early QRL this … Continue reading →

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ARRL 10m Contest ’21

Posted on December 12, 2021 by dh8bqa

Not much DX. A bit of Sporadic-E on Saturday, else an all Meteor Scatter weekend (although most people probably don’t even know their signals were bounced off meteor trails, hi). Hoping for better condx next year! ARRL 10-Meter Contest – … Continue reading →

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CQ WWDX CW ’21

Posted on November 28, 2021 by dh8bqa

Another WWDX-CW is in the books. Checked the 10 m condx on Thursday morning: a few reasonably loud VKs, but nothing from Asia. Hmm. Next check Friday afternoon: a few South Americans, no USA. 15 m also looked pretty meager, … Continue reading →

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Marconi Memorial VHF Contest ’21

Posted on November 7, 2021 by dh8bqa

I really like the MMC. Being CW-only on VHF it provides plenty of opportunities to work DX while using your own brain to decode the signals. And it’s always good for a surprise. Being in autumn it’s “usually” some tropo … Continue reading →

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