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Author Archives: dh8bqa
T3Ø – Western Kiribati #296
After hearing them weakly on 12 m yesterday (using the 10 m yagi ) I was lucky enough to catch them this morning on 15 m CW for another all time new one, now being up to #296. The pileups are … 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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Trophy with a difference :-)
I had an information in my post box yesterday that a parcel was waiting for me at the local post office. I was very curious what it was as I could not remember having ordered something. 😉 So I went … 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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SAC-CW
Did a few QSOs in the Scandinavian Activity Contest last night on 80 & 40 m. The contest has a nice LowBand class that fits perfectly for us here in northern Germany as the distance into Scandivia is rather short. Made … 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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DFØFA – IARU Region 1 VHF Contest September 2014
Another contest is done, this time on VHF. 😉 It’s been time for this year’s IARU Region 1 VHF Contest. So we went up our local hilltop again to participate. “We” that were Heiko – DG1BHA and Uwe – DL3BQA … 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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Entity #100 on 30 m – 9BDXCC wkd
Just worked MDØCCE for DXCC #100 on 30 m. 🙂 That put me on 9 band DXCC status for 80 to 6 m. Classical 9BDXCC is normally 160 to 10 m, but hey, what’s normal these days?! 😉 Will still … Continue reading
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Small Aurora opening on 2 m tonight
We had a small Aurora opening tonight. Seems it already started in the afternoon but I just recognized it after coming home from QRL this evening and switching on the rig to chase W1AW/1 in ME and wondering why condx … 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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Meteor Scatter DX on VHF – the Perseids meteor shower
It’s been a while since my last blog entry. I spent most of last week on the radio (when not in QRL) doing Meteor Scatter mainly on 2 m but a bit on 6 m, too. It’s been the time … Continue reading
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Nordic Activity Contest August ’14
Spend a little time in tonight’s NAC on 2 m. It’s always a nice opportunity to do some VHF DX QSOs into Scandinavia as activity in those 4 hour events is quite high. A real pity those guys are seldomly … Continue reading
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Alpe Adria & BBT contests on 2 m
Spent a little time Sunday morning handing out points on 2 m during the Alpe Adria contest. Nice thing about that one is that the activity concentrates on Southern Europe thus you can work quite a bit of VHF DX … Continue reading
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European HF Championship
Made just a few QSOs (not much time available) in EUHFC to hand out a few points. Did some running during the last contest hour on 80 & 40 m and had fun with a 110/h rate which is almost … Continue reading
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New awards received: RIGA 2014 & WRTC Chase Award
The city of Riga, capital city of Latvia, is the official European Capital of Culture 2014. Therefor Riga radio amateurs founded the award series RIGA – European Capital of Culture – 2014. Three award categories Gold, Silver, Bronze are available … 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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