On July 13th, after decades of waiting for the chance with Sporadic E, I finally worked my first station from Israel on 144 MHz terrestrial propagation:
It's amazing...yesterday I worked Yuri UT1FG/MM on 2 m via moon from FM75 and the day before from FM52. His signal was around -28 max. It looked stronger but had a lot of drift.
Anyway, with his ~200 W out, 1,3 dB cable loss and ~10 dB antenna gain it adds up to some 1500 W ERP.
This is Yuri's antenna, from Goran YU1CF:
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Getting all my stuff packed for another two weeks at ITU in Geneva from Monday on. Whenever I have time between meetings I'll try to activate 4U1ITU.
This is work there, NO dxpedition. So please don't expect too much from my licensed colleagues and me.
Hello Hide san,
you have new plans to activate squares in Japan? I hope not between 18 Nov and 28 Nov because I will have to be in Geneva at ITU meetings hi.
73 Bernd
Falcon using crossboom for lookout and keeps other birds away. Sadly he had also tried to land on elements and bend them...already corrected. And the falcon now knows M2 elements are not a good landing place.
Together with my friend Frank DH7FB I will be QRV 2 m EME from Rhodes SV5 April 14th to April 20th. Locator KM46CK, Call sign SZ5RDS. We will also run 70 cm EME.
See xteamdxps.blogspot.com/ for updates.
Together with the IARU team and other radio hams from national delegations at WRC-23 in Dubai, Nov/Dec 2023.
From left: WB3ERA, VE3ICV, G4SJH, PY2ZX, DF2ZC, VE6SH, G6JYB, LA2RR, W5ZN, YB1PRY, VK2EMR, VK1DSH, 9V1RT.
Thank you Peter KA6U for activating yet two more very much wanted grid squares in South East USA on 2m EME: EM52 on January 17th and EM42 on 18th.
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CT3 Madeira 2818 km on Tropo 144 MHz. Something which should not be possible given the path profile with high mountains in North West Spain. Anyway, the waves probably did not know...
DXCC 226 on 144 MHz...thanks to the 4W8X team and particularly EME operator Seb DG5CST. Great signal from Timor Leste...peaked -15 dB!
Thank you TJ9MD particularly 2m EME Op Emil DL8JJ for giving me DXCC no. 225, grid no. 1407 and country first no. 29 on 144 MHz.
Great job!
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