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Having fun with hamradio using low power and simple antennas!
VHF & UHF contacts between July & December 2018
October 2018:
50Mhz Icom IC-7300 (10W) Diamond V2000 vertical tribander
07/10/18: FT8: ct7ang(im67)
09/10/18: FT8: pf2jv (jo22), g3mpn (jo02)
144Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
21/10/18: SSB: UBA ON-contest
Worked dl2vb (jo31) and dl2om (jo30)
Heard very loud but could not work g3smt (io82kv, 492km), he was anwering a belgain contest station.
28/10/18: FT8: m0jdk (io92)
31/10/18: FT8: 2e0rus (io91), tm5pax (jn19)
432Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
09/10/18 SSB: g4oda (io92, 307km), g3meh (io91, 292km), g3xdy (jo02), g4cla (io92, 355km)
September 2018
09/09/18: Balloon hunt in the Netherlands
On Sunday the 9 September 2018 in the afternoon the famous yearly (since 1975) balloon hunt was held again. The balloon was launched at 13.00 local time at a secret place somewhere in the Netherlands. The balloon had a crossband repeater (432.550 MHz up 145.475 MHz down with 1 watt FM) and ATV (1252MHz ) on board. different teams and individuals were chasing for the balloon and Wil (PA8W) was the winner this year. The maximum height was 31.6km! The balloon landed around 16.35 local time just over the border in Germany, in a place called Emsbüren near Salzbergen. The balloon was widely heard in Germany, Denmark and in Belgium. I listen with a portable and the rubber ducky antenne on my balcony!
See: https://www.ballonvossenjacht.nl/
50Mhz Icom IC-7300 (10W) Diamond V2000 vertical tribander
10/09/18: FT8: f4gbw jo10), m0nkr (jo02)
13/09/18: FT8: m0nkr (jo02)
14/09/18: FT8: g0ggg (io81)
27/09/18: FT8: f5ugs (jn09), g4ifx (io91)
144Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
01/09/18 SSB: R1 FD, Worked 20 stations here are the stations with more than 300km: g8xvj/p (io93, 433km), g8w (io90, 332km), f6kcz/p (in99, 354km), g5b (jo03, 325km)
04/09/18: SSB: g4cla (io92, 355km), m0dxr/p (jo01), g4rul/p (jo00)
432Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
11/09/18 SSB: g7lrq (io91), g3meh (io91), g4cla (io92)
August 2018
50Mhz Icom IC-7300 (10W) Diamond V2000 vertical tribander
02/08/18: CW: oh3rb (kp10), oh2six (beacon, kp20), ea6vq (jm19), yl3cw (ko36), ea5/on4cau (im98)
07/08/18: SSB: ea5gf (im98)
CW: ed6yai/b (beacon, jm19)
22/08/18 CW: ea7ah (im67)
23/08/18 CW: 9a/s51r (jn83), ha8ek (kn06), lz1gu (kn12), iz5hqb (jn53), e72u (jn94), hg60kci (kn06), 4o3a (jn92), lz1146sps (???), is0gqx (jm49)
SSB: 9a2y (eu-016, jn83)
FT8: I worked more than 60 stations in August on 50Mhz, here are the 'special' ones... :
04/08/18: ea8mt (il27)
05/08/18: z32zm (kn02)
07/08/18: eg8lcm (il18)
22/08/18: ea9acf (im75), e77ea (jn84), ea8jk (il18)
23/08/18: ea8yv (il18)
also stations worked on: 20, 21, 27 August in FT8
70Mhz Icom IC-7300 (10W) halo antenna on balcony
22/08/18: FT8: g4fuf (jo01)
144Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
07/08/18 SSB: UKHAS, because of heavy thunderstorms at my QTH I didn't participate: I put all my antennas down on my balcony and disconnected all my gear...
432Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
14/08/18 SSB: UKHAS: g4ztr (jo01), g4cla (io92, 355km), g0gqt (jo01), g3meh (io91, 292km), g4oda (io92, 307km), g7lrq (io91, 274km)
July 2018
50Mhz Icom IC-7300 (10W) Diamond V2000 vertical tribander
03/07/18 SSB: ea7jur (im87)
05/07/18:
SSB: ct1ewx (im67), ct1gvn (im67)
CW: ct1ewx (im67)
06/07/18:
SSB: sp5idk (ko02), sp3ur jo92), oz1hdf (jo55, rare 737km)
CW: ly5w (ko15), z68m (kn02), sm3gsk (jp82), 9h1tx (jm75)
07/07/18:
SSB: f6itd (jn03), is0bsr /p (jn40), 9a5st (jn83)
CW: c31ct (jn02), ea5df (jm99), eb1rl (im83)
12/07/18 CW: ut5un (ko50), ur5wa (kn29), hg60kci (kn06)
17/07/18 SSB: is0bsr/im0 (eu-165, jm48)
18/07/18:
SSB: ct1ehi (IM67)
CW: ea5fx (im99)
22/07/18 CW: cn8kd (im63)
28/07/18 CW: sm1cjv (eu-020, jo97)
29/07/18 CW: ea1nl in52), ea4bas (in80hl)
FT8: I worked more than 100 FT8-stations in July 18 on 50Mhz, only the interesting ones are mentionned here:
12/07/18: lx1jx (JO30)
13/07/18: z37m (kn11)
14/07/18: e72md (jn94)
15/07/18: ea8cnr (il28), ea9abc (im75)
16/07/18: ea6vq (jm19)
17/07/18: ea9ib (jm85)
18/07/18: ea8acw (il28), ea8jk (il18), zb2gi Kevin! (im76)
21/07/18: tf3jb (hp94)
22/07/18: ei5hv (io51), ea8dbm (il18), ej0dxg (io42), ea9acf (im75)
23/07/18: 9h4g (jm76), ve1pz (fn85), ei7ix (io53), 9k2hs (ll39)
24/07/18: z66x (kn02)4o6ah (jn92),
27/07/18: e73dn (jn93), mm0amw (io75)
28/07/18: ea9ace (im75)
A lot of competition from 'big guns' makes it difficult for 'small pistols'... heard and was heard by many more DX (see pics)
70Mhz Icom IC-7300 (10W) halo antenna on balcony
07/07/18: SSB: iaru r1: g2lo/p (io92, 356km), g0vhf/p (jo01)g5lk/p (jo01), g0fbb/p (jo01), g4rfr/p (io80, 415km), g3svj/p (io91, 288km)
08/07/18: iaru1: m0rdk (io91, 291km)
12/07/18 FT8: g4sgx (jo02) g3shk (io90)
14/07/18 FT8: g4fuf (jo01)
19/07/18: SSB: ukac g3xdy (jo02), g3ydy (jo01)
144Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
03/07/18 SSB: ukac, only stations with more than 300km: g0ehv/p (io84, 552km), g8pnn/p (io95, 583km), g4kuc (io94, 531km), g8dmu/p (io94, 483km), g8kpd/p (io85, 586km), g8sfi/p (io94, 472km), g3ckr/p (io93, 433km), g3sqq (io93, 388km), g4cla (io92, 355km), g3ta io81, 388km)
07/07/18: SSB iaru1, more than 300km: m0hrf/p (io91, 343km), gw3ztt/p io82, 494km)
08/07/18: SSB iaru1, more than 300km: da0ff (jo40, 462km), dk0b (jo41, 337km), dk0fw (jo51, 459km),
432Mhz Yeasu FT-736R (25W) + 5 el LPDA
07/07/18: SSB: iaru r1: g0vhf/p (jo01), g5lk/p (jo01), g0fbb/p (jo01), g3pye/p (jo02)
08/07/18: SSB iaru1: df0hs/p (jo31)
08/07/18: SSB ukac: g4cla (io92, 355km), g4oda (io92, 307km), g3xdy (jo02)