Hi everyone,
Another week passes, and a few more new ones to report.
On the 6th January, i HEARD the Slovak Republic and the USA.
8th January let me HEAR the Canary Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, and Belarus. I was also HEARD IN the Canary Islands.
This morning allowed my signal to be HEARD IN Australia and Monaco, which i also HEARD. Monaco was an all-time new country for me in both receive and transmit, so i was very pleased with that one.
So, the new totals for the years are:
HEARD - 35 countries, 23 large grid squares
HEARD IN - 29 countries, 17 large grid squares
and the totals for my time at this QTH (7 years) goes up to HEARD 120 countries, WORKED 70 countries.
Hope this all makes sense!
Have fun. 73.
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Weds 4th Jan 2012 - a few new ones...
After a couple of days of no activity, i thought that i would take advantage of my day off and have a play this morning. I finally made my first actual contacts of the year - Asiatic Russia on 15m JT65 and Austria on 20m JT65.
Listening on 20m on JT65 i also HEARD Switzerland and Australia (a distance of 10,790 miles), and was HEARD IN Germany.
Then i had to go out, but later in the afternoon, despite a headache, i put the station back on, this time in the WSPR mode on 10m. No one heard me, but i HEARD Bulgaria and Reunion Island. (the latter being an all-time new one for me)
After i had a little doze and the painkillers had kicked in, i switched to 20m WSPR and left it running, to HEAR a new one in the shape of Sebia, and BE HEARD in Norway, Lithuania and Reunion Island. (strangely a different station.....there can't be that many stations on the island surely?)
I only run the WSPR station at 5 watts, so was very pleased/surprised with being picked up in Reunion.
Tally for the year now stands at:-
HEARD 28 countries / 20 Large grid squares.
HEARD IN 26 countries/ 14 Large grid squares.
Only 4 days in to the year, and i have to say that i'm pretty pleased with those totals so far. It will keep getting harder and harder i know, but even so, i'm happy with that.
Have fun on the bands......
Listening on 20m on JT65 i also HEARD Switzerland and Australia (a distance of 10,790 miles), and was HEARD IN Germany.
Then i had to go out, but later in the afternoon, despite a headache, i put the station back on, this time in the WSPR mode on 10m. No one heard me, but i HEARD Bulgaria and Reunion Island. (the latter being an all-time new one for me)
After i had a little doze and the painkillers had kicked in, i switched to 20m WSPR and left it running, to HEAR a new one in the shape of Sebia, and BE HEARD in Norway, Lithuania and Reunion Island. (strangely a different station.....there can't be that many stations on the island surely?)
I only run the WSPR station at 5 watts, so was very pleased/surprised with being picked up in Reunion.
Tally for the year now stands at:-
HEARD 28 countries / 20 Large grid squares.
HEARD IN 26 countries/ 14 Large grid squares.
Only 4 days in to the year, and i have to say that i'm pretty pleased with those totals so far. It will keep getting harder and harder i know, but even so, i'm happy with that.
Have fun on the bands......
Monday 2 January 2012
Monday 2nd Jan JT65 update
Before i went to bed last night, i had another brief play on JT65. All the bands seemed pretty dead apart from 80m, which was jumping with JT65 signals.
I spent about three-quarters of an hour on the band, yet again failed to make any actual contacts, but was able to add to my annual score:-
HEARD = Asiatic Russia, Norway, Canada (23 total) (16 large locator squares)
HEARD IN= Canada, Switzerland, Holland (19 total) (12 large locator squares)
I spent about three-quarters of an hour on the band, yet again failed to make any actual contacts, but was able to add to my annual score:-
HEARD = Asiatic Russia, Norway, Canada (23 total) (16 large locator squares)
HEARD IN= Canada, Switzerland, Holland (19 total) (12 large locator squares)
Sunday 1 January 2012
New Year - new project!
Hello everyone, and a Very Happy New Year to you all! I hope that 2012 is a good year and brings you everything you hope for.
I had been thinking for a while of a "project" to concentrate on for the new year, and had decided to try to work a different country every day for as long as possible - i know that it would not be possible to do one for every day of the year, as there simply aren't enough countries in the world, and a lot of the ones that are there are VERY rare in ham radio terms.
The plan was to use the data modes, mainly JT65, start with a zero country count and go for it........
Well, having spent a couple of hours or so on the radio this morning, the plan has slightly changed. So far i have had NO contacts, BUT have had tremendous fun.
I started out on 20m on JT65, and the very first country that came through was Japan, so i figured that the band was fairly open. In an hour and a quarter on the band, i had HEARD 15 countries, and my signal had BEEN HEARD IN 10 countries.
I changed to 10m for a while, but the band seemed dead, so tuned instead to 15m. I spent just under an hour on here, and got the total country count up to HEARD=20, HEARD IN=16.
So, this is going to be my challenge for the year - get these two figures up as much as possible. I'm not going to separate out bands and modes i don't think - the logistics of keeping track of it to that degree does not appeal - i may change my mind on that though, we will see.
Just as a matter of interest, i normally use 30 watts on JT65 and a station in Brazil was hearing me on 15m. I turned my power down to 5 watts, and i was only 2dB weaker to him. Quite incredible really - it would have made no real difference to my signal at his end even though i was using a SIXTH of the power. It just goes to show what can be achieved on the HF bands with low power and poor antennas. If only we could persuade EVERYONE to reduce their power levels, the bands would be a much quieter and more pleasant place!
So, to sum up todays activity:-
Countries HEARD by ME:-
Japan, Romania, Malta, Spain, Italy, Germany, European Russia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Austria, England, France, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Greece, Venezuela, Slovenia, Finland, Belgium.
Countries where MY signal was HEARD:-
Poland, USA, Portugal, Corsica, France, Italy, England, Sweden, Denmark, Venezuela, Spain, European Russia, Jersey, Finland, Brazil, Kazakhstan.
Large Grid squares HEARD = 13. HEARD IN = 11.
I had been thinking for a while of a "project" to concentrate on for the new year, and had decided to try to work a different country every day for as long as possible - i know that it would not be possible to do one for every day of the year, as there simply aren't enough countries in the world, and a lot of the ones that are there are VERY rare in ham radio terms.
The plan was to use the data modes, mainly JT65, start with a zero country count and go for it........
Well, having spent a couple of hours or so on the radio this morning, the plan has slightly changed. So far i have had NO contacts, BUT have had tremendous fun.
I started out on 20m on JT65, and the very first country that came through was Japan, so i figured that the band was fairly open. In an hour and a quarter on the band, i had HEARD 15 countries, and my signal had BEEN HEARD IN 10 countries.
I changed to 10m for a while, but the band seemed dead, so tuned instead to 15m. I spent just under an hour on here, and got the total country count up to HEARD=20, HEARD IN=16.
So, this is going to be my challenge for the year - get these two figures up as much as possible. I'm not going to separate out bands and modes i don't think - the logistics of keeping track of it to that degree does not appeal - i may change my mind on that though, we will see.
Just as a matter of interest, i normally use 30 watts on JT65 and a station in Brazil was hearing me on 15m. I turned my power down to 5 watts, and i was only 2dB weaker to him. Quite incredible really - it would have made no real difference to my signal at his end even though i was using a SIXTH of the power. It just goes to show what can be achieved on the HF bands with low power and poor antennas. If only we could persuade EVERYONE to reduce their power levels, the bands would be a much quieter and more pleasant place!
So, to sum up todays activity:-
Countries HEARD by ME:-
Japan, Romania, Malta, Spain, Italy, Germany, European Russia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Austria, England, France, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Greece, Venezuela, Slovenia, Finland, Belgium.
Countries where MY signal was HEARD:-
Poland, USA, Portugal, Corsica, France, Italy, England, Sweden, Denmark, Venezuela, Spain, European Russia, Jersey, Finland, Brazil, Kazakhstan.
Large Grid squares HEARD = 13. HEARD IN = 11.
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