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.  

1

2014-03-17

05:18

ZL2AIM

20m

14.053

CW

RF72vw

New Zealand

Ian Keith MacQuillan

Thanks for listening to a tough copy Ian ...really appreciate the QSO. Its been 35 years since I st

2

2014-03-17

04:55

UA8WAA

20m

14.056

CW

LO84bt

Asiatic Russia

Alexander Ivanov

Strong signal

3

2014-03-17

04:27

RA9MP

20m

14.041

CW

MO64qq

Asiatic Russia

Yuri Anatolievitch Yashin

tnx Yuri

4

2014-03-17

04:13

UA3KW

20m

14.027

CW

KO91nr

Russia

Vladimir A. Kovalev

5

10 Meter Morning

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

1

2014-03-03

15:15

E79D

10m

28.046

CW

JN93dt

Bosnia and Herzegovi

DALIBOR STANIC

2

2014-03-03

15:10

UT5MD

10m

28.033

CW

JJ00aa

Ukraine

VLADIMIR FEDORENKO

TNX QSO Vlad

3

2014-03-03

15:03

RZ3FW

10m

28.054

CW

KO95cr

Russia

Serge G. Yanovsky

TNX QSO , lost you in QSB Yan.

4

2014-03-03

14:50

SM5COP

10m

28.054

CW

JO89mg

Sweden

RUNE WANDE

Thanks QSO Rune

5

2014-03-03

14:30

UA3KW

10m

28.036

CW

KO91nr

Russia

Vladimir A. Kovalev

6

2014-03-03

13:57

DJ6OI

10m

28.069

CW

JO41tp

Germany

Thomas Steinmann

7

2014-03-03

13:50

UR5EKI

10m

28.052

CW

KN78wm

Ukraine

Mikhail V. Sachko

8

2014-03-03

13:35

RA3D

10m

28.029

CW

KO95ft

Russia

Oleg A. Zhabin

Some time on HF

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

1

2014-02-25

23:55

FG5FR

10m

28.039

CW

FK96ef

France

C. FRANTZ SELBONNE

2

2014-02-25

23:42

CE6GRA

10m

28.032

CW

JJ00aa

Chile

Winfried Graf

Great CW contact , very solid. Thanks for the QSO Win.

3

2014-02-25

23:28

CO6HLP

10m

28.477

SSB

FL02aj

Cuba

Hector Luis Perez Rodriguez

4

2014-02-25

23:11

W7AYN

10m

28.053

CW

DM43bi

United States

ROBERT H GATES

5

2014-02-25

22:59

PY2SBY

10m

28.537

SSB

GG66rk

Brazil

Elvis Guimaraes

6

2014-02-25

22:53

ZZ8ØSP

10m

28.542

SSB

JJ00aa

Brazil

LABRE Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão

7

2014-02-25

22:42

CO6LC

10m

28.461

SSB

FL02aj

Cuba

Orelvis Cuba

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....

WB2REM QSO Video

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.

New Radio

 Its been a long long time but I actually purchased a new radio the 2m Yaesu FT1900.     Add a 5/8 NMO trunk mounted antenna and presto I am on active.    Figured why not ,   the car is the one place I spend a tone of time so it only made sense to add some Ham Fun to the journey.   The Ham hobby has always been on the back burner but its a deep rooted joy that will always be there.

 Went to Maplecom.com and picked up a 5/8 Antenna with a NMO Mount.     Drilled the hole in the trunk but I have some doubts as to wether the oh so thin sheet metal can support this monster.   I may go to a 1/4 Antenna but I really like the 3db gain with the 5/8's.

 There isn't a ton of activity on 2m  but there is a small group of really active amateurs that keep things interesting.   Gary VA3FV monitor the Paisly repeater closely and  often comes back to my calls.    Met Bill from Mildmay ,  Bills electronics ,  Adam the GBARC Pres and a few others.    

 Its really interesting always monitoring the propagation and the different signals I pick up as I roll over the hills of Grey County.   I often hear Michigan Hams coming in across Lake Huron.   This eve on my way to work I heard VE3RPT the Toronto repeater on the CN Tower. Every now an again when there is an inversion VE3III from Windsor comes booming in.  

 I want to get another run of LDF4 to the top of my Hill.   I would like to rig up a 2m setup to monitor the local repeater.