Did we see the Perseids maximum already? Predictions suggested it would be early morning 12 August. The screenshot right (click to enlarge) seems to confirm it. If the maximum is over already it has indeed been the worst Perseids I every experienced …
Better luck on the “low bands” (of the VHF ones at least, hi) today. After several attempts I finally finished with LA7QIA/JO29 for a new locator on 4 m. 🙂 Four also opened shortly via Sporadic-E into the Mediterranean. Worked GW8ASA during that time, too, but due to the nature of the QSO, i.e. no constant signal compared to the EA’s, I think it was rather Meteor Scatter with some good bursts. Also made a short appearance on 6 m to grab SM3LBN/JP62 as a new one. 🙂
------------------------------------------------------------------ TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB ------------------------------------------------------------------ 07:03 LA7QIA JO29TA +06 -01 4 m. MSK144 MS 837 11:43 EA4T IN7ØXK +06 -11 4 m. FT8 ES 1973 11:45 EA6SA JM19LO +05 +03 4 m. FT8 ES 1734 11:55 GW8ASA IO81AP -12 -16 4 m. FT8 MS 1240 14:50 MMØCEZ IO75XU +06 +04 4 m. MSK144 MS 1210 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12:45 EA4T IN7ØXK +01 -08 6 m. MSK144 MS 1973 12:45 SM3LBN/P JP62XA +04 +00 6 m. MSK144 MS 982 ------------------------------------------------------------------
A bunch of nice QSOs were made on 2 m, too. UA3LAZ/KO65 provided another new square. 😎 I was wondering why people who had worked UA6LQZ yesterday (as I did, too) were calling him again today. It did not take long to recognize from his CQs that he moved on from LN19 to LN18 so I quickly QSO’d him for another new square, too. Was using the smaller remote setup (Flex-6600, ME2HT-PRO transverter by HA1YA, 800 W SSPA + 9 ele G0KSC LFA-Yagi @12 m) to catch him as I was busy with the main local rig (IC-9700, GS35 + 10 ele DK7ZB Yagi @21 m) in parallel working RU4NG/LO48 for another new square. 😎 RU4NG heard me on MSK144 over 2.250 km while I was beaming 40° off! We switched to FSK441 (which has a gain advantage of about 2-3 dB over MSK144 and also decodes smaller pings up to 200 ms) and started a dedicated sked away from the crowd. Patience was needed, it took 1:15 hours to complete but it was certainly worth it. 😉 Luckily it is common standard to use 30 seconds periods for both, FSK441 and MSK144, on 2 m in Europe else I would not have been able to run two rigs in parallel without QRM’ing myself. 🙂
------------------------------------------------------------------ TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB ------------------------------------------------------------------ 06:41 IV3MUR/P JN65VP 26 26 2 m. FSK441 MS 839 07:26 RA1AEP KP40RE +11 +14 2 m. MSK144 MS 1209 07:38 LZ5GM KN32RM +12 -01 2 m. MSK144 MS 1539 07:59 OH5ELO KP41CA +19 +10 2 m. MSK144 MS 1209 10:24 ES4RM KO49AL +11 +10 2 m. MSK144 MS 1099 11:26 RW3TJ LO16XG +07 +06 2 m. MSK144 MS 1924 11:33 UT8AL KO61WP +07 +17 2 m. MSK144 MS 1340 11:38 UA3XAC KO85HC +21 +11 2 m. MSK144 MS 1468 12:15 R3MW LOØ7DL +13 +08 2 m. MSK144 MS 1705 12:30 UA3LAZ KO65OC +15 +03 2 m. MSK144 MS 1251 13:11 SM2A KPØ4NP +09 +07 2 m. MSK144 MS 1332 13:23 TK5JJ JN42QF +08 -02 2 m. MSK144 MS 1270 14:05 UR7HLL KN69LX +15 +24 2 m. MSK144 MS 1339 14:12 R6CS KN95BW +18 +00 2 m. MSK144 MS 1891 14:33 UR3VKC KN68NT +03 +04 2 m. MSK144 MS 1405 14:48 UR4LSK KO8ØCA +00 +07 2 m. MSK144 MS 1552 18:23 ER1AN KN46KX +11 +06 2 m. MSK144 MS 1250 18:42 RD3B LOØ1NV +14 +06 2 m. MSK144 MS 1815 19:00 LZ1JH KN12PQ +05 +07 2 m. MSK144 MS 1347 19:54 UA6LQZ LN18BW +10 +04 2 m. MSK144 MS 1993 20:44 RU4NG LO48RR 26 26 2 m. FSK441 MS 2249 21:04 UR5HVR KN69TA +06 +01 2 m. MSK144 MS 1427 21:11 UA3QIN KO91IN +12 +11 2 m. MSK144 MS 1664 21:37 YU7MS KNØ5FG +17 +05 2 m. MSK144 MS 989 22:38 9A5RJ JN86EL +17 -02 2 m. MSK144 TR 762 ------------------------------------------------------------------
Kept the 4 m antenna pointing towards east tonight. Quite interesting meteor reflections visualization on the spectrum display with all the strong OIRT broadcast stations from Russia …
