Activity notes SM7LCB in JO86GH
Last updated 30 December 2024.Welcome to listen
to some of my audio recording during 2024!
List of activity notes:
2024-09-03 : Nice NAC 144 MHz contest.
2024-12-10 : Nice tropo conds during NAC 432 MHz contest.
2024-12-26 : Nice Christmas tropo conds.
73 de ULF/SM7LCB
2024-09-03 : Nice NAC 144 MHz contest.
| During this contest there were nice conds to ES/OH which gave many nice points and first QSO. 73 de ULF/SM7LCB Date UTC Call Locator Band Mode km Remark |  Tool: SM7LCB |
2024-12-10 : Nice tropo conds during NAC 432 MHz contest.
| Time for the usual hunting for stations during the NAC 432 MHz contest and expected the normal gray conds as it use to be. When I start up my remote station (IC-9700) I noted directly a huge signal on the spectrum display. As I was pointing towards SM1 (40 degree) I expected that it maybe will be SK1BL but to my surprise it was LA2Z booming in with S9+++ signal. Turned the antenna to him and tried to get him but he seems to have a big pileup but finally I got him into the logbook. Now I noted that there was a lot of activity on the DX-cluster and was then checking the tropo prediction map and noted that it seems to be quit good towards PA/G direction. After that I more or less start calling towards that direction with some division towards other directions sometimes. So instead of hunting around for stations which I normally do during 144/432 MHz NAC contest I this time was more or less fixed calling CQ in CW/SSB giving many nice contacts. I think the conds was very nice as my station is small with only 75 W and 11 element yagi. 73 de ULF/SM7LCB Date UTC Call Locator Band Mode km Remark |
 Tool: SM7LCB  Source: dxinfocentre.com |
2024-12-26 : Nice Christmas tropo conds.
| During the Christmas there is a contest named Jultesten
which I wanted to activate during my visit at my remote site Öland but
still I running the station with remote control on the local network. I
setup the remote and tested it the day before eg evening 25 December
and noted then a lot of activity on the DX-cluster and also a lot of
signals on 144174 MHz using FT8. But as I'm not active using digital
modes I start looking for activity on the CW/SSB parts but no activity.
Start calling CQ into the F/PA/G direction but no response but my local
station Björn/SM7SJR called in so we have a QSO. But no more contacts
this evening even with some skeds over ON4KST, maybe conds was for me
this evening but it seems to be good for next day and the "Jultesten". When I started the "Jultesten" I noted that the conds seem to be promising and there were nice signal. Try to get attention on ON4KST for CW/SSB contacts but seem not so easy. Well I finally got G7RAU, G4RRA and DL8YE into the logbook during the contest time and I was happy for that, but the activity on FT8 seems to be far bigger than that. During the rest of the day I try to get attention for more QSO but it was difficult. Maybe conds was not so good but I heard stations on the FT8 frequency more or less continuously. It seem that the activity on 144 MHz is becoming like 50 MHz eg high activity on FT8 with big signals and NO activity on CW/SSB, maybe we soon only need one frequency on all bands!?! The OK station was maybe not QSO via the good tropo but normal luck with good stations and AP scatter. 73 de ULF/SM7LCB Date UTC Call Locator Band Mode km Remark |  Tool: SM7LCB  Source: dxinfocentre.com |
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