Category Archives: VHF

Fantastic tropo, few QSOs

Posted on October 4, 2015 by dh8bqa

Already on Wednesday when looking at the weather forecast I had the gut feeling there was something to come. The F5LEN Tropo Forecast said so, too, so I was eager to see how VHF condx would evolve. Unfortunately Uwe, DL3BQA, … Continue reading →

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DLØWRTC IARU-VHF 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by dh8bqa

This time no portable ops! The usual DFØFA suspects had no time so we ran short of operators and decided to stay at the club station and activate DLØWRTC a bit to promote WRTC 2018 in Germany and handing out the special DOK … Continue reading →

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Small Aurora opening

Posted on August 27, 2015 by dh8bqa

Caught a small Aurora opening when returning home from QRL. Sorrily nil on 4 m agn … —————————————————————— TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB —————————————————————— 17:52 SM4IVE JO79SD 59A 55A 2 m. CW AUR 667 17:54 LA3BO … Continue reading →

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The Late Night Show on 4 m

Posted on August 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

Surprisingly 4 m opened late at night last night! Probably not many expecting such a late time opening that late in the Sporadic-E season thus activity was rather low and not many QSOs done. But good to catch IO94 for … Continue reading →

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Worst Perseids ever?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by dh8bqa

Well, I’ve been doing Meteor Scatter on & off for the last 20 years and observed quite a few Perseids meteor showers. My feeling is this year was the worst shower ever! In fact the usual slow rise in meteor … Continue reading →

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QSL of the month? QSL of the year! ;-)

Posted on August 12, 2015 by dh8bqa

Nice surprise opening the post box this morning: EA8 on 2m terrestrial confirmed. 😎   

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Late season Sporadic-E on 2 m

Posted on August 9, 2015 by dh8bqa

Playing around on 6, 4 & 2 m this weekend but Perseids meteor shower not picking up yet. There was a big ES cloud Sunday morning with MUF up to 144 MHz above Eastern Europe but too far away to … Continue reading →

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HBØ – Liechtenstein #137 on 6 m … and 2 m ES again

Posted on July 8, 2015 by dh8bqa

Got a phone call by Sandro’s (DD3SP) wife Yvonne around 15z passing his best regards and telling me to “move my butt out of the office, hurry home and join the Sporadic E fun on 4 & 2 m”. 😉 Luckily I … Continue reading →

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July VHF contest 2015

Posted on July 5, 2015 by dh8bqa

Not been much active lately … QRL, QRL, QRL. So it was good to get out of all the business stuff for a few hours this weekend and free up my mind. 😎 Condx were rather average, didn’t recognize any of … Continue reading →

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More 4 m and a nice one hour Sporadic-E opening on 2 m

Posted on June 22, 2015 by dh8bqa

Arriving from QRL seemed to be just in time this evening! Switching on the radio I heard Geoff, EA5/G3XGS, on 4 m and grabbed him easily for a new square. Looking at LiveMUF by Dave, G7RAU, it seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Great fun on four, frustration on 6 m today

Posted on June 21, 2015 by dh8bqa

Six had been wide open all over Europe the whole morning. Except a weak D4C via double-hop ES who provided a new square (had wkd D4 in HK86 before but HK76 was new) there was nothing interesting at all. So … Continue reading →

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EA8 – Canary Islands #65 on 2 m – 3.700 km terrestrial!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

During the great 4 m opening tonight I saw the MUF rising slowly. Later first QSOs were reported on 2 m between G/GW/EI and the Mediterranean and when I saw ES geometry should be right I switched over to 2 m. … Continue reading →

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Fantastic 4 m opening tonight!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

Was a bit late out of QRL again today (19 o’clock) but the first thing to do when arriving home during the summer is to switch on the rig and check for ES conditions. 😉 Seems the 4 m band … Continue reading →

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OJ0 – Market Reef #64 on 2 m

Posted on June 10, 2015 by dh8bqa

Not very active after returning from holidays, QRL taking its toll. Besides this 6 and 4 m haven’t been very active, too. There were a few openings but if I was there in the evenings I was either too close … Continue reading →

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More 70 MHz Sporadic-E

Posted on June 4, 2015 by dh8bqa

“Four” opened up again this afternoon and evening. Seemed very patchy most of the time although Malta, 9H, proved to be the ES hotspot again, the guys were in & out for several hours! Just wished activity would be a … Continue reading →

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Double hop Sporadic-E into EA8 on 4 m

Posted on June 3, 2015 by dh8bqa

Wow, what a great day! It didn’t look too promising during the morning. There was a nice ES cloud with MUFs up into the 80-90 MHz but too close, i.e. just 250 km east above SP2. Nevertheless I went to … Continue reading →

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Some fun in the 144 MHz NAC/LYAC tonight

Posted on June 2, 2015 by dh8bqa

It’s been a while since I participated more seriously in the only 4 hour long NAC (Nordic Activity Contest) and LYAC (Lithuanian Activity Contest) evenings which take place regularly every Tuesday and Thursday on different bands. Tonight was the first … Continue reading →

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SØ – Western Sahara #136 on 6 m

Posted on May 28, 2015 by dh8bqa

Well, not much worked during the week. Bands were rather flat. 6 m just only opened quite nicely this evening but I spent most of my time on 4 m again as there was a big ES opening in Western … Continue reading →

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Building a 50 MHz notch filter with coax cable

Posted on May 24, 2015 by dh8bqa

Holidays now! 😎 Decided to visit my goddaughter Anna-Lena (now 4 years old or better young ) near Frankfurt/Oder. Her father is my good friend Sandro, DD3SP. While there he mentioned interference of S5 to S7 between his 50 and … Continue reading →

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ZP – Paraguay #135 on 6 m

Posted on May 17, 2015 by dh8bqa

Another day without any ES overhere. Was not very sad this time as I could spent all afternoon in bed trying to recover from a flu I caught on Friday and not fearing to miss anything on the bands. 😉 … Continue reading →

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