PA0O ham radio

12 hours WSPR all bands  160 80 60 10 6 > 2000km  most activity is shifted to FT8  a guess 50 spots: Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid km az  2018-05-24 03:28   N8AYY   3.594053   -24   0   EN72wd   5   PA0O   JO33hg   6434   45   2018-05-24 01:36   N8AYY   3.594053   -25   0   EN72wd   5   PA0O   JO33hg   6434   45   2018-05-24 00:58   AA3GZ   1.838157   -24   0   FN20kh   100   PA0O   JO33hg   6035   47   2018-05-23 23:52   PA0O   3.594066   -14   0   JO33hg   1   EA8BFK   IL38bo   3213   220   2018-0...

This evening  15 May DAC 23cm strong tropo signals over sea and  strong radar good UHF propagation in coastal areas     the original  quality of bitmap  is lost as soon it is copied to this page    does not matter  bitmap jpg gif png format  FT8 rules on shortwave  50MHz   and  70MHz 144 MHz but on UHF SHF time stud still  paper logging and no LOTW..     

073615 -14 50.313  CQ  BD0AAI NN33 China  copied on the 2 ele 6m   3 band VHF  antenna now i a 7ele 6m  No China or other DX heard but a lot of single hop EU  best dx EA8 5B4 .. 28MHz 32 spots: Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid km az  2018-05-11 07:22   PA0O   28.126065   -8   0   JO33hg   20   VK8AW   PH57lo   13354   69   2018-05-11 07:26   VK8AW   28.125999   -8   0   PH57lo   20   PA0O   JO33hg   13354   325   2018-05-11 07:18   VK8AW   28.125998   -14   0   PH57lo   20   PA0O   JO33hg   13354   325   2018-05-11 07:22   PA0O   28.126047   -22  ...

 2018-05-10 02:30   PA0O   5.366165   -24   0   JO33hg   20   DP0GVN   IB59uh   13835   186   2018-05-09 23:54   PA0O   5.366164   -20   0   JO33hg   20   DP0GVN   IB59uh   13835   186   2018-05-09 23:34   PA0O   5.366166   -22   0   JO33hg   20   DP0GVN   IB59uh   13835   186   2018-05-09 23:14   PA0O   1.838063   -20   0   JO33hg   20   DP0GVN   IB59uh   13835   186   2018-05-10 06:56   VK8AW   28.126002   -24   0   PH57lo   20   PA0O   JO33hg   13354...

Above the FT8 50MHz MAP of today 8 May  the FT8 50.313 is buzzing every day May contest at PI4GN 70cm 23cm 13cm 9cm 6cm 3cm 1.5cm I was guest operator at 70cm this time propagation was good  North Sea tropo ducts nice DX workable at 432MHz ODX OM3KII JN88UU  916km and 23cm OK2Z? 900km   2 x OE   OE5A and another I do not have the log here believe the other was OE3C heard LB2SHF 10.368870 GHz https://youtu.be/t1ca-3mQPn8

Found back my old  PYE PF2 UB    pocket  70cm portofoon  produced 1970 --75 Once used in our local DX  warning net  432.775  433.525 back in the  previous millennium  80 ties Still worked after all the years.  Portofone  is huge compared with modern sets 0.5W - 0.8W  out There is a PYE museum web-page   http://www.pyetelecomhistory.org/index.html Interesting to look at the well  designed Technics inside It comes from Cambridge so it is good beyond doubt ... Extreme power / battery efficient   RX/standby  pulsing 1-2mA  duty cycle 10%  at 13.6V The TX takes only 160mA  at  500mW out  at this point it can beat  modern devices. The Battery voltage is 15V   it can safely work on  motor bike or car power  voltage  13.6V  and plus Featuring an economizer circuit  that is a pulsing  supply for RX   dut...

Fantastic signals received and worked at PI9CAM Dwingeloo   today at 1296.025 CW EME contest with straight-key and Excel logging ... I am spoiled with N1MM logging and keying PA2DW  at the key picture below is a straight key man former marconist.