Quite a good evening on 2m in the NAC activity.
200W and 4ele from home. Some nice aircraft scatter QSO. For example DK0IZ first time in SSB.
2m 22/07/05 NAC2m – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
No time for activity from hill. Therefore participated from home on 70cm, 23cm and 13cm (and accidently some QSO on 2m). Working mostly overnight and sunday morning.
Finally:
2m 6QSO 520p 50W mobile antenna ;)
70cm 18QSO 3100p 50W 15ele
23cm 33QSO 8700p 100W 36ele
13cm 13QSO 2800p 75W 20ele
3cm 1QSO 100p 10W 40cm dish
antennas for 70cm,23cm,13cm
23cm 22/07 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
13cm 22/07 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
70cm 22/07 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
This time i was able to join the team on Hirtstein in JO60OM. It was planned to do CW Fieldday and Microwave 23 + 13cm. For 23cm we took the rig of Henrik, DG0LFF. For 13cm new masthead transverter with 75W PA was just finished. In the last moment i took the 1m mesh dish with me as well as my old 9cm transverter with 5W PA and a patch antenna as well as my 6cm transverter on tripod. Fred, DH5FS brought the 10GHz station. I also took my laser station for some try with DM1LGF and DL3ARM.
We mounted two mast. One with 2x20ele for 23cm on top and the 1m dish with the transverter below. Only some meters above ground and to be turned by hand we mounted the patch for 9cm and the transverter. The 6cm transverter did stay on the tripod on ground level. 3cm was located on the second mast.
23cm was pretty good and also the new 13cm rig did a good job without any issues. Even on 9cm quite some QSO were done and even on 6cm there was some success although the time for those trials was limited.
Saturday evening i tried to establish lightwave contact with DM1LGF and DL3ARM. Unfortunately the sight was very bad (a lot of dust) and it was not possible to see the horizon. Therefore the 2 attempts did fail for this time although we spent a lot of time to find the correct direction.
Results:
23cm 71QSO 17000p
13cm 29QSO 6900p
9cm 8QSO 980p
6cm 5QSO 480p
3cm 7QSO 800p
Some impressions:
laser station at sunset
6cm tripod station
23cm/13cm/9cm
microwave antennas june 22
QSO maps:
23cm 22/06 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
13cm 22/06 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
9cm 22/06 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
6cm 22/06 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
3cm 22/06 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
Some participation in the May VUS contest Saturday night and Sunday. Worked from home on 70cm and 23cm. Conditions were quite ok but few station calling cq.
During the time i was qrv i experienced very low participation from DL. Activity from OK was quite good. Some nice AP scatter QSO arranged via ON4KST chat but also random QSO. The SDR really helps to find the people when turning the antenna. Average of 270km/QSO on 70cm and 220km/QSO on 23cm are quite ok for me for operating from home.
Saturday evening 70cm. Rig HiQSDR+Iceni Transverter, 50W, 15ele.
27 QSO 7300p, ODX S59DGO, 610km.
70cm 21/07 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
23cm 21/07 – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
And i almost forgot: 1 QSO on 3cm with OK2A ;) Rig: FT790R2, Transverter, 10W, 40cm offset dish and W1GHZ feed.
17 QSO on 23cm and 2 on 10GHz. Quite good activity on 23cm due to ongoing Alpe-Adria Contest.
DUR 21/June 23cm result – Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
Rig: HiQSDR, Iceni Transverter, 50W, HA8ET LNA, 15ele
Result: 13QSO, 5900p, ODX SM6VTZ 820km
I drilled some additional holes into the boom of an old 21 Tonna fragment in order to mount the mast clamp. Together with a 2nd segment this gave 15ele with some suboptimal clamp mounting close to one of the directors. But better than my 5ele lightweight i estimated. It turned out to be right.
Some of the OZ stations where easy to work. OZ1DLD/P even in SSB. Outstanding signal from SM7DTE. ODX was again SM7VTZ with a rather short AP reflection this time. But i was happy to work him with my 50W qrp signal. An average of 424km per QSO is surprisingly good.
15ele made of parts from 21ele tonna
my 70cm “transverter in a box” mess. But it does the job.
Jun21 NAC 70cm – (C) OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) – created with DL4MFM log analyzer
Because of some Covid restrictions still in place in DL there was the decission to remove the nigh time from the contest period in Germany. For me this was a very unfortunate decission since this is usually the only time where i can operate without interruptions or other assignments.
In the afternoon there was quite some RS condition. I tried to find some QSO partner on 6cm but did not succeed. I heard DB0FGB (JO50), DB0NCO (JN59) and a OK station calling. The OK station did not come back to my call and i was not lucky in the ON4KST chat.
Videos of the beacons received:
Dish for 3cm on the roof top direction north-west
Jun21 3cm – (C) OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) – created with DL4MFM log analyzer
Jun21 – 23cm – (C) OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) – created with DL4MFM log analyzer
Short participation in 2m NAC.
Rig: HiQSDR, ME2T, 200W PA, 4ele
A nice SSB QSO with SK7CY, ODX PA0O 540km.
June 21 NAC 2m – (C) OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), map created with DL4MFM log analyzer
2 of 3 hours from home. Quite good on 23cm. Some nice QSO on 9cm. Unfortunately no QSO on 6cm.
21/05 DUR 23cm Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer
21/05 DUR 9cm Kartendaten: OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, SRTM | Kartendarstellung: OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), DL4MFM log analyzer