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VHF DX ..

A92HK  70.154MHZ  cq +3  strong  FT8  ....but i can't work DX on 4m ???
With 100W 5ele  i was not heard dejavue, looks like 1k + is needed
Or move to DL where 15W erp is good enough to be the first one in the pile's..
2 years ago also A92GE i believe it was heard CQ good signal also no response
So 1x in 2 years can hear A92 at 4m once with a good signal just to tease me then the signal fades out never to be heard again. The only DX possible > 4000km   with Kazakhstan hams but they also have receiving problems.. I am o longer expecting to work DX  here


Since 29 may  an old 9ele Tonna  2m in top   23m above soil should be enough to have Es contacts elevated 5dgr
The antenna work was just finished when a huge ES opening  happened
7X2RO 7X2HF(hrd only)   9H1TX IT9    EA7 5 6  Italy  they where even workable in my location
of course i had to be  patient until no other callers to have a chance.
Much louder south of me as usual 
Very rare late night or early morning ES came back 144 ES at 01:30 local to CT and EA

The old but good 9ele Tonna  ( thanksTimon PA1T) it is a very light weight antenna modest gain but for ES she should be fine   unfortunately SWR went up after rain showers  this is an issue with the Tonna   I am thinking  to make it 2 band 2 and 70 to the concept of DK7ZB
I had  7 2m elements skeleton in the 4m 5ele antenne to have 2 bands 4 and 2m.
That 70MHz 144MHz does not go well together as skeleton duoband .  The 9 ele is a little improvement for 2m
I had expected more improvement against the 7 elements 5 ele 2m/4m combi the f/b ratio is now 20-30dB at it was only 10dB with  the duoband but it was not as bad as i thought .


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DetailsPA0OG1MHU2020-05-30 00:07:452MFT8144.17449
DetailsPA0OGM3NKG2020-05-30 00:05:302MFT8144.17449
DetailsPA0OM0HYE2020-05-30 00:04:002MFT8144.17449ENGLAND
DetailsPA0OCT7AGI2020-05-29 23:41:152MFT8144.17530PORTUGAL
DetailsPA0OCT1EOD2020-05-29 23:25:452MFT8144.17642
DetailsPA0OM0KBW/P2020-05-29 19:40:242MSSB144.25000
DetailsPA0OEB5HRX2020-05-29 17:37:522MSSB144.26584
DetailsPA0OEA5GX2020-05-29 17:32:512MSSB144.33463
DetailsPA0OEA5IDZ2020-05-29 17:18:002MFT8144.17646
DetailsPA0OEA3CBH/62020-05-29 16:40:402MSSB144.31463
DetailsPA0O7X2RO2020-05-29 16:36:342MSSB144.31968
DetailsPA0OEA6AAU2020-05-29 15:53:042MSSB144.29947
DetailsPA0OIZ7EWZ2020-05-29 15:49:382MSSB144.28954
DetailsPA0OIT9NDW2020-05-29 15:47:452MSSB144.35980
DetailsPA0OI0JX2020-05-29 15:46:302MSSB144.35972
DetailsPA0O9H1TX2020-05-29 15:45:512MSSB144.33970
DetailsPA0OIZ8FQO2020-05-29 15:43:532MSSB144.31981
DetailsPA0OIW0HLE2020-05-29 15:38:022MSSB144.28092
DetailsPA0OEA7BHO2020-05-29 15:21:452MFT8144.17484
DetailsPA0OEA7M2020-05-29 15:10:004MFT870.15502
DetailsPA0ODL2KV2020-05-29 15:09:004MFT870.15502FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
DetailsPA0OCT3HF2020-05-28 16:03:004MFT870.15525MADEIRA ISLANDS
DetailsPA0OPB2DJ2020-05-27 08:38:122MSSB144.31002
DetailsPA0ODJ6GI2020-05-26 20:43:0170CMFM431.45000
DetailsPA0OPA0LDZ2020-05-26 14:04:192MFT8144.17465
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