Trying to get TT8TT on 80M cw good copy but many many calls no reply it felt like tx-ing in a dummy load.
I heard the lid festival too long and starting to think those lids that QRM-ing the DX sending: "idiots" do have a point.
My 80m antenna was a vertical wire hanging down in parallel separated a few meters from the mast of 27m high.
Sometimes it seemed to work good but the performance was never real good.
In times of good conditions the efficiency is of lower importance.
But since the last good times on 10m in the start of October
the propagation went down a lot.
So exit 80m GPand see if there is an antenna that gives more joy.
Now I am testing a full wave loop for 80m
The lowest SWR 2 bit high at the cw part of 80m
But it seems to work even at 12M easy QSO VK9XM in a pile
Not a bad start for a piece of wire..
I had to bring the mast down since the pulley on top felt down and then I had to clear some trees in the way needed the chainsaw it had been quite a while ago that I did antenna work this year.
Saturday also had a lot to work around the house. Too late I saw 5U6E was worked in PA 100km south of me that would have been a new one at 6 But 100km is a lot for 6m if it is south.
I checked the WSPR database of last week
It was not complete down as I thought
But 80 and 160 showed only EU decodes .
OCEANIA contest CW this weekend but aurora again no high band propagation.
Heard ZM1A weak on 40M and VK2BJ but my 40/30 dipole was down and the rotary dipole has high SWR in the CW part of 40 since some time the top load mast tips are out of tune. It works good 7.180 in the "new" band section.
It is amazing that 40m is usable in the night above 7100kHz .
No more broadcast. 10-20 years ago that was unthinkable! Even in CW a "clear" spot was hard to find.
7039.9 5U8NK RTTY working a JA pile some JA's better copied.
weak fluttery signal I called then QRZ PA0? he heard me!
But just at that moment a tune carrier came on.. That's the story of last weeks. Not sure If he really got me. some QRSS signal on top this time.
I heard the lid festival too long and starting to think those lids that QRM-ing the DX sending: "idiots" do have a point.
My 80m antenna was a vertical wire hanging down in parallel separated a few meters from the mast of 27m high.
Sometimes it seemed to work good but the performance was never real good.
In times of good conditions the efficiency is of lower importance.
But since the last good times on 10m in the start of October
the propagation went down a lot.
So exit 80m GPand see if there is an antenna that gives more joy.
Now I am testing a full wave loop for 80m
The lowest SWR 2 bit high at the cw part of 80m
But it seems to work even at 12M easy QSO VK9XM in a pile
Not a bad start for a piece of wire..
I had to bring the mast down since the pulley on top felt down and then I had to clear some trees in the way needed the chainsaw it had been quite a while ago that I did antenna work this year.
Saturday also had a lot to work around the house. Too late I saw 5U6E was worked in PA 100km south of me that would have been a new one at 6 But 100km is a lot for 6m if it is south.
I checked the WSPR database of last week
| 2012-10-08 12:08 | PA0O | 28.126174 | -26 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | VK3AFW | QF22mc | 16424 | 79 | ||
| 2012-10-08 15:00 | LU8ENU | 28.126063 | -20 | -1 | GF05rl | 5 | PA0O | JO33hg | 11599 | 34 | ||
| 2012-10-08 15:02 | PA0O | 28.126167 | -25 | -1 | JO33hg | 5 | LU8ENU | GF05rl | 11599 | 231 | ||
| 2012-10-12 16:38 | PA0O | 28.126199 | -10 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | CX2ABP | GF15wc | 11512 | 229 | ||
| 2012-10-08 13:16 | DU1MGA | 28.126061 | -23 | 0 | PK04lc | 5 | PA0O | JO33hg | 10286 | 327 | ||
| 2012-10-09 14:30 | 9M2CQC | 28.126104 | -18 | 0 | OJ03tb | 10 | PA0O | JO33hg | 10066 | 323 | ||
| 2012-10-07 17:42 | PA0O | 28.126173 | -23 | 1 | JO33hg | 5 | PY2SDR | GG56tv | 10001 | 229 | ||
| 2012-10-08 07:48 | PA0O | 28.126147 | -13 | 1 | JO33hg | 5 | FR1GZ | LG79rc | 9485 | 135 | ||
| 2012-10-07 17:44 | PT2WWV | 28.126022 | -24 | 0 | GH64cd | 5 | PA0O | JO33hg | 9268 | 29 | ||
| 2012-10-13 15:16 | PA0O | 28.126164 | -19 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | PU2BFG | GH64ci | 9248 | 232 | ||
| 2012-10-12 10:30 | PA0O | 28.126194 | -27 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | HS1ZKM | OK03gr | 9045 | 79 | ||
| 2012-10-08 08:10 | V53ARC | 28.126121 | -24 | 0 | JG87 | 1 | PA0O | JO33hg | 8486 | 354 | ||
| 2012-10-12 15:26 | PA0O | 28.126160 | -21 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | KE7A | EM12kx | 7952 | 301 | ||
| 2012-10-12 15:14 | PA0O | 28.126175 | -16 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | K1UTI | EL86wx | 7557 | 286 | ||
| 2012-10-10 14:52 | PA0O | 28.126184 | -12 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | KK4XO | EL96uf | 7503 | 284 | ||
| 2012-10-12 15:38 | PA0O | 28.126187 | -1 | -1 | JO33hg | 5 | AK4DW | EM86cb | 6903 | 294 | ||
| 2012-10-10 06:06 | 5Z4/VK1UN | 28.126153 | -19 | 0 | KI88jt | 2 | PA0O | JO33hg | 6669 | 340 | ||
| 2012-10-10 06:46 | PA0O | 28.126168 | -27 | 0 | JO33hg | 5 | 5Z4/VK1UN | KI88jt | 6669 | 145 | ||
| 2012-10-12 16:44 | W8AC | 28.126163 | -20 | 0 | EN91jm | 5 | PA0O | JO33hg | 6311 | 46 | ||
It was not complete down as I thought
But 80 and 160 showed only EU decodes .
OCEANIA contest CW this weekend but aurora again no high band propagation.
Heard ZM1A weak on 40M and VK2BJ but my 40/30 dipole was down and the rotary dipole has high SWR in the CW part of 40 since some time the top load mast tips are out of tune. It works good 7.180 in the "new" band section.
It is amazing that 40m is usable in the night above 7100kHz .
No more broadcast. 10-20 years ago that was unthinkable! Even in CW a "clear" spot was hard to find.
7039.9 5U8NK RTTY working a JA pile some JA's better copied.
weak fluttery signal I called then QRZ PA0? he heard me!
But just at that moment a tune carrier came on.. That's the story of last weeks. Not sure If he really got me. some QRSS signal on top this time.
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