Friday, March 1, 2024
Who is who on Tropical band - updated 1Mar24
Thursday, February 29, 2024
PJ5 - Saba & St. Eustatius Isl. on 60m by Rudi, DK7PE
27Feb24 Rudi left his last QTH at Anguilla and moved to Saba & St. Eustatius Isl. For the first time he built his antennas and appeared on the 30m as usual. Also, I found some spot on the HF bands, so I watched him impatiently on 60m.
Finaly at the midnight Rudi came to 60m band CW and called on 5353kHz up2 as PJ5/DK7PE/P. Sorry to listeners at that time as I forgot to switch ON my XIT at the beginning and my first call was on the same frequency...:)
His signal was a bit weak here in EU this nite but I used my LoG external RX antenna on the garden with small pre-amp to copy him more comfortable and after few calls I got him as my DXCC #101 on 60m band CW only. Wow Rudi, you made my day!
Post from Rudi's web:
Feb.: 28th.: Meeting Janusz on his wire antenna farm on Sint Eustatius Island. After several trips to PJ5 he knows the best place to operate from. He chooses a very remote location on the east coast, only 200m to the sea and no neighbors at all - lots of space for all kind of antennas, pure HF, no QRM. Janusz is on DX peditions since forty years now and he knows how to build antennas. What he is using here is the result of 40 years experimenting during his journeys. Of course, we compared my 15m J-pole with his quad elements. His Quad element outperformed my J-pole by one to two S-units! |
| Janusz, PJ5/SP9FIH antennas (Photo by DK7PE, The DK7PE Homepage) |
It proved horizontal antenna has an advantage over a vertical. Tomorrow, we will continue our test when I use a vertical J-Pole right from the salty water... As the house has two spacy apartments and Janusz had no objections, I took the second apartment. I will do CW, while Janusz on SSB and FT8. By the way, I just finished a pileup on 60m with very good signals from EU. At the moment (01:00 UT) the band is quiet, so I wait for the sunrise in EU...
73 - Petr, OK1RP
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Saturday, February 24, 2024
VP2E on 60m by Rudi, DK7PE
I just received my Anguilla amateur radio license with the call VP2ERK. Tomorrow, I take the ferry to Marigot (Saint Martin) and from there I have to take the boat to Anguilla. I might have to stay one night in FS, depending on the arriving time there. Tonight is my last activity from St. Barth. I will stay away from the classic bands, as they are represented in major contests. So, I concentrate on 30 and maybe 60m. I have the feeling, there is a high 60m demand from Europe.
Actually, Rudi was active on 30m band as VP2ERK already (24Feb24 06:00Z), so he landed Anguilla Isl. safely and is back on the air from another Caribbean DXCC.
Expected operation frequency is 5373kHz QSX to 5353kHz for WRC-15 restricted countries and 5373kHz QZF for rest countries like US/UK etc.
73 - Petr, OK1RP
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
St. Barthelemy Isl. by Rudi, DK7PE
as you know Rudi, DK7PE is again travelling in Caribbean area. After visiting VP9 he moved to C6 and then on 15 February he moved to VP5 where he was again active on 60m band on CW with excellent signals specially in the morning EU time.
So Rudi, DK7PE is currently active as FJ/DK7PE/P from Saint Barthelemy Island, IOTA NA - 146. He is working on HF Bands including 60m band CW!
QSL via home call bureau or direct.
Christopher Columbus added St. Barthelemy, or St. Barts to his collection in 1493, but the French soon stepped in. Today, the chic Caribbean island - officially a department of France - is a popular winter getaway for people from mainland France, the rest of Europe and North America. Keep in shape and walk between attractions or get a rental car to see more of the island. Beachgoers can choose between strands such as Grand Saline, if nude sunbathing appeals, or shady, isolated Colombier Beach.
QSL via home call bureau or direct.
73 - Petr, OK1RP
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Why you might not get an answer from G-land while CQ on 60m by Enzo, M0KTZ
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:32:14 PST
In the UK the allocation on 60m is a bit awkward, to say the least.
We do have 11 distinct and discontinuous bandlets, whose widths range between 3.5kHz and 12kHz. Only some of those are overlapping with WRC-15, and those which do are in the "all modes" section of WRC-15, so we oftentimes get French friends in the background talking in SSB(occured last time yesterday in my QSOs with Fabian DJ5CW and Keith GW4OKT around 5354.5 kHz, hi).
The overlap between the UK allocation and WRC-15 is as follows:
- 5354-5358 kHz
- 5362-5366.5 kHz
Only two of the 11 UK 60m bandlets overlap with the channelized 60m band allocation in the US. The 5373kHz is within the lowest one and is also allowed in Bahamas.
It is extremely easy to find yourself in breath of the Ofcom licensing terms in the UK if you are not careful and you do not keep the 60m band plan at hand. The consequences might also be dire, as the Primary User of 5MHz in the UK is the Ministry of Defense... (MoD)
OK sorry, this looks like a rant and most of you already know about that anyway. Only, if you happen to call within WRC-15 on 60m, you know why you might not get an answer from G-land below 5354kHz.
161 de Enzo M0KTZ
The overlap between the UK allocation and WRC-15 is as follows:
- 5354-5358 kHz
- 5362-5366.5 kHz
Only two of the 11 UK 60m bandlets overlap with the channelized 60m band allocation in the US. The 5373kHz is within the lowest one and is also allowed in Bahamas.
It is extremely easy to find yourself in breath of the Ofcom licensing terms in the UK if you are not careful and you do not keep the 60m band plan at hand. The consequences might also be dire, as the Primary User of 5MHz in the UK is the Ministry of Defense... (MoD)
OK sorry, this looks like a rant and most of you already know about that anyway. Only, if you happen to call within WRC-15 on 60m, you know why you might not get an answer from G-land below 5354kHz.
161 de Enzo M0KTZ
So, take a coffee, take the band plans to hands and compare them (WRC-15 / UK/ US) all together in order to learn how it would work for you...
More info here: 60-meter band - Wikipedia
73 - Petr, OK1RP
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
DXNL 2378 - Nov 1, 2023 DX Newsletter by Andreas, DK5ON
a free and weekly service of
DARC Committee "DX"
(http://www.darcdxhf.de)
Editor: Andreas Salder, DK5ON
(e-mail: dxmb@darcdxhf.de)
translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO
DX Activities
=============
3W, VIETNAM:
Alex, KU1CW, currently works near Pleiku and will be active as 3W9A
during the CQWW DX CW Contest on Nov. 25/26. QSL via homecall.
4W, TIMOR LESTE:
The large team is eager to begin their 4W8X DXpedition on Nov. 5,
with more operators joining them on Nov. 12. For more information
see: http://timor-leste-dx.de/.
CN, MOROCCO:
Stephan, DL1MOG, is currently active again as CN2MOG and will
remain so during November, while exploring the Atlas mountains on a
caravaning trip. QSL via DL1MOG.
LU, ARGENTINA:
Hoc, LU5BE/p, and Enri, LU8EFF/p, activate the rare locator FF59kt
(Rodeo in San Juan province) between Nov. 1 and 5 on 40-6m (SSB,
CW, FT8). For QSL information seee qrz.com.
LU, ARGENTINA:
Members of the Radio Club QRM Belgrano will be active with the
callsign LU4AAO between Nov. 4 and 12, marking their 2023 Tradition
Day. An award is also available. QSL via direct, via-email, eQSL.
http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_tradicion_2023.htm
ON, BELGIUM:
OR79CLM marks the liberation of the town Knokke, 79 years ago, by
Canadian troops. QRV from Nov. 3 to 5. QSL via bureau, eQSL,
qrz.com.
IOTA
====
IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz
AS-116; BS7, HUANG YAN ISLAND (aka SCARBOROUGH REEF): Gil, 4F2KWT,
announces that he has received permission to visit the island Bajo
de Masinloc (a Filipino-Spanish name for Scarborough Reef). More
information to follow later.
OC-040; E6, NIUE ISLAND: Michael, DF8AN, continues his trip around
the Pacific and will be active as E6AJ from Niue between Nov. 3 and
10 on the following frequencies: CW: 3519, 5354, 7010, 10109,
14019, 18069, 21019, 24890, 28019, 50105 kHz. SSB: 3795, 7125,
14215, 18140, 21295, 24940, 28485, 50140 kHz. FT4: 3575, 7047,
10140, 14080, 18104, 21140, 24919, 28180 kHz. FT8: 3567, 5356,
7059, 10131, 14093, 18098, 21094, 24911, 28094, 50313 kHz. Before
and after he signs ZL/DF8AN from Auckland. QSL via DF8AN (d/B).
OC-065; H40, REEF ISLANDS: Jun, JH4RHF, now wants to operate from
Pigeon Island as H40RH between Nov. 2 and 11. QRV mostly on CW and
FT8 on 40-6m. QSL via OE1JUN.
OC-155; V6, WEST CHUUK group: Cezar, VE3LYC, signs V62P from Pulap
Island between the 1st and 7th of November, mostly on CW. This IOTA
reference has only been activated once before in 2004. QSL via
VE3LYC, OQRS.
OC-299P; V6, YAP EAST group: Cezar, VE3LYC, then moves on to Satawalu
Island for November 9 to 16 with the callsign V62S.
This will be the first activation of OC-299. QSL via VE3LYC, OQRS.
Unfortunately, only very few of teams are focused on the CW operation or SSB on 60m band so the nightmare is continuing... But let's try to track Michael, DF8AN from Pacific and maybe Alex, KU1CW from Vietnam.
73 - Petr, OK1RP
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