Monday, March 17, 2014

ZL on 20m ..... oh yeah!

Working mods this week so getting prepped meant a l;ate night so I was looking forward to some time on 20 meters.    I was hopking for a VK but settled for a ZL after working a few Russian stations.  

12014-03-1705:18ZL2AIM20m14.053CWRF72vwNew ZealandIan Keith MacQuillanThanks for listening to a tough copy Ian ...really appreciate the QSO. Its been 35 years since I st
22014-03-1704:55UA8WAA20m14.056CWLO84btAsiatic RussiaAlexander IvanovStrong signal
32014-03-1704:27RA9MP20m14.041CWMO64qqAsiatic RussiaYuri Anatolievitch Yashintnx Yuri
42014-03-1704:13UA3KW20m14.027CWKO91nrRussiaVladimir A. Kovalev
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Monday, March 3, 2014

10 Meter Morning

-27C outside this morn ,  a good day  to fire up the FT101.    Worked towards Europe on 10 Meters all CW.

12014-03-0315:15E79D10m28.046CWJN93dtBosnia and HerzegoviDALIBOR STANIC
22014-03-0315:10UT5MD10m28.033CWJJ00aaUkraineVLADIMIR FEDORENKOTNX QSO Vlad
32014-03-0315:03RZ3FW10m28.054CWKO95crRussiaSerge G. YanovskyTNX QSO , lost you in QSB Yan.
42014-03-0314:50SM5COP10m28.054CWJO89mgSwedenRUNE WANDEThanks QSO Rune
52014-03-0314:30UA3KW10m28.036CWKO91nrRussiaVladimir A. Kovalev
62014-03-0313:57DJ6OI10m28.069CWJO41tpGermanyThomas Steinmann
72014-03-0313:50UR5EKI10m28.052CWKN78wmUkraineMikhail V. Sachko
82014-03-0313:35RA3D10m28.029CWKO95ftRussiaOleg A. Zhabin

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Some time on HF

Set aside a few hours to work 10 meters around sunset the other night ....

12014-02-2523:55FG5FR10m28.039CWFK96efFranceC. FRANTZ SELBONNE
22014-02-2523:42CE6GRA10m28.032CWJJ00aaChileWinfried GrafGreat CW contact , very solid. Thanks for the QSO Win.
32014-02-2523:28CO6HLP10m28.477SSBFL02ajCubaHector Luis Perez Rodriguez
42014-02-2523:11W7AYN10m28.053CWDM43biUnited StatesROBERT H GATES
52014-02-2522:59PY2SBY10m28.537SSBGG66rkBrazilElvis Guimaraes
62014-02-2522:53ZZ8ØSP10m28.542SSBJJ00aaBrazilLABRE Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão
72014-02-2522:42CO6LC10m28.461SSBFL02ajCubaOrelvis Cuba

Sunday, February 23, 2014

The one day I fire up the HF Rig

Go figure the one day I have a wee bit of time this happens....










I found it quite interesting on 10m .... noise was through the roof and I wasn't hearing much. Shot this video around 2pm!



1 hour and 20 minutes after Sunset the noise was gone....








Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Almost 2 years!

Finally burned the dust off the old FT101 last week making my first HF contacts
in nearly 2 years...






Circled the last HF contact ....YIKES.

Highlight of the day was the QSO with WB2REM.   Moments in to the QSO the OP reported another 2 contacts with me back in 1990 ...23 Years ago ,  can you believe it!   I QSOed him on the RS10   2m CW up 10m CW down.   I took a video of the QSO and will post it later.