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Category Archives: VHF
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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Holiday activities … getting things done
It’s been a while since my last blog entry. Reason is simple: I am on holiday 700 km away from home in JO73, about a hundred kilometers north-east of Berlin, where we have our contest station. Have been busy doing … Continue reading
ZD7 – St. Helena Island #128 on 6 m
What a nice evening! Did not do many QSOs on 6 m this season yet although there were already a few openings. Either skip was not right from “blackhole” JO73 or I was not at the station. Tonight has been … Continue reading
HA1YA transverter & DFØFA 2 m contest results May ’14
Condx were poor, lots of long and slow QSB, i.e. stations calling with s3 signals and vanishing into the noise, returning only 1-2 minutes later. Made it hard to work real DX, a lot of the usual suspects missing this … Continue reading
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DFØFA from JO73CF on 144 MHz this weekend
It’s time for a another major VHF contest again. 🙂 So we will be active again with FUNKAMATEUR’s clubcall DFØFA from JO73CF as usual on 2m this weekend. Team will consist of the usual suspects, i.e. Knut – DGØZB, Heiko … 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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QSL of the month
Just digging through the latest pile of QSL cards received via the bureau. One that caught my eye immediately was the confirmation of a 2 m QSO from England. What makes it so special is that Andy, G7PZL, was running … Continue reading
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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