Monday, February 16, 2015
Unexpected QSO
I don't use the 2m rig in the car much but its always on and am listening. On Saturday driving to Owen Sound I heard a fellow come on the OSR repeater with a UK call sign. Had a real nice QSO whilst following a Snow Plow from Chastworth to Owen Sound.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
You never know
Once a Ham always a Ham. So I am working the night shift so I log onto a Radio in the Netherlands and was nosing around on 20 meters. I decided to pull up some info on the QRZ page and then record this fellow in Australia using a radio in Europe then post it to YouTube and then email it to him. How cool is that!
John emailed me back....
John emailed me back....
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the YouTube clip - it's very interesting and I agree, it's an amazing time to be alive.
Conditions today were outstanding on 20m and I was kept busy for over an hour. I then went up to 17m and 15m, which were also firing well into the early evening here. I hate working the wall of noise which goes with pile ups, but every now and again I do it to keep my nerve! Actually, you captured a rare moment - 99% of my operating is QRP CW - I'm hardly ever on SSB. I'd forgotten how much fun it can be if the band is wide open. Today I was working with 60W and a portable vertical wire, supported by a fishing pole. It's amazing how far you can throw a signal with a hunk of wire.
Thanks again Ron and I hope that one day I can meet you on air to say hello in person.
Hope your night shift went well.
73 from Hobart,
John
VK7JB
Saturday, March 29, 2014
A little 10
Fired up the old FT101 yesterday and worked a couple of CW contacts on 10 meters. QRZ listed propagation as "fair" but I was hearing lots so I heated up the tubes. My 14AVQ usually loads with a 2.5 / 1 VSWR around 28.00 MHz but on Friday it was closer to 3.5 / 1. The antenna still loaded OK so I wasn't overly concerned. The reason for the change in VSWR was probably the fact the the lower 3-4 feet of the antenna is socked in with wet snow!!!!!
Station log ...
Station log ...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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.
| 1 | 2014-03-17 | 05:18 | ZL2AIM | 20m | 14.053 | CW | RF72vw |  |  | |
| 2 | 2014-03-17 | 04:55 | UA8WAA | 20m | 14.056 | CW | LO84bt |  |  | |
| 3 | 2014-03-17 | 04:27 | RA9MP | 20m | 14.041 | CW | MO64qq | | | |
| 4 | 2014-03-17 | 04:13 | UA3KW | 20m | 14.027 | CW | KO91nr |  | | |
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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.
| 1 | 2014-03-03 | 15:15 | E79D | 10m | 28.046 | CW | JN93dt |  | | |
| 2 | 2014-03-03 | 15:10 | UT5MD | 10m | 28.033 | CW | JJ00aa |  | | |
| 3 | 2014-03-03 | 15:03 | RZ3FW | 10m | 28.054 | CW | KO95cr | | | |
| 4 | 2014-03-03 | 14:50 | SM5COP | 10m | 28.054 | CW | JO89mg |  | | |
| 5 | 2014-03-03 | 14:30 | UA3KW | 10m | 28.036 | CW | KO91nr | | | |
| 6 | 2014-03-03 | 13:57 | DJ6OI | 10m | 28.069 | CW | JO41tp |  | | |
| 7 | 2014-03-03 | 13:50 | UR5EKI | 10m | 28.052 | CW | KN78wm | | | |
| 8 | 2014-03-03 | 13:35 | RA3D | 10m | 28.029 | CW | KO95ft | |
Thursday, February 27, 2014
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 |  | | |
| 2 | 2014-02-25 | 23:42 | CE6GRA | 10m | 28.032 | CW | JJ00aa |  | | |
| 3 | 2014-02-25 | 23:28 | CO6HLP | 10m | 28.477 | SSB | FL02aj |  | | |
| 4 | 2014-02-25 | 23:11 | W7AYN | 10m | 28.053 | CW | DM43bi |  | | |
| 5 | 2014-02-25 | 22:59 | PY2SBY | 10m | 28.537 | SSB | GG66rk |  | | |
| 6 | 2014-02-25 | 22:53 | ZZ8ØSP | 10m | 28.542 | SSB | JJ00aa | | | |
| 7 | 2014-02-25 | 22:42 | CO6LC | 10m | 28.461 | SSB | FL02aj | |
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