Sunday, November 1, 2009

A few interesting contacts today

Today being Sunday, I got some opportunities to work the HF bands. I worked mostly on 20 metres and a bit on 17 metres where there were a few openings. There were one or two spots on 15 metres as well but I failed to work any.

I worked my first Stateside contact - W4CCS - at quarter past midday. Thanks indeed. And it has been confirmed on eQSL which I got set up with today.

I also worked my first female contact today. HB9EGR Regy worked me on 20m with a dipole and 100watts. A modest station, like my own. Thanks Regy!

I got two special callsigns in the past 24 hours. Last night I got DL60CHILD, celebrating 60 years of the Children's Villages charity, on 40m. Today I got SP80WAC, which is not listed on QRZ.com.

All my 20 metre contacts were worked on an Antron 99 with 100 watts.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Anthony. Our sked didn't work out unfortenatly. I did hear you 3/1 in QSB on 40. Did follow your ustream throughout the day, and tried a few times to hear you on my own radio. But on 20 and 17 it's nearly impossible. I did hear you a few times later in the evening when you were on 40. I also work with a A99 but since the wire inside is broken I wrapped it with Alu tape and connected it with a autotuner. Works fine on all bands for DX. But EU contacts are most difficult. Too nearby...However I am trying to build a loop skywire antenna for 2 national contests on 80m this month. As soon as it is ready we could try to make a sked again?
    I followed you for a while on 15m. It seems we had almost same propagation there...you made some nice contacts.

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  2. Great! Wonderful to hear that you were able to hear me and watch the station live on the web at the same time! Yes, if I am at the station just send me an email and we will try to work a sked on 40. I have a limited setup for 40m at the moment. I cannot work more than 50w before midnight because of TVI, and I only use a half-size G5RV. But we should be able to work each other.

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