Portable activity from JN80SR Ostuni

I have spent some times cqing during a Scout Camp! I have made some calls especially on 40m from 27th december 2009 to 29th.

My conditions were: FT-857 and mobile antenna PROXEL PRO-X1, only 100W.

I have obtained very good results from this antenna, it works really fine altought its dimension, I have heard strong signals from europe, but also incredible signals from USA at sunrise until also midmorning. I think these unbelievable results are due to particular 40m conditions in this period!

My little antenna was supported by some wires as radials with 1/4 lambda length for 40m and a magnetic base positioned on an alluminium chimney. With this setup I have noticed a good performance, especially in RX.

I have used the same setup from JN66BM Cortina, on the Dolomiti. In that case I had a great ground by the metal roof, but there were mountains that have attenuated all signals…. In the last case I was near the sea….

The logbook is been uploaded into my main online logbook so you can research your qso with me without problem!!!

CQWW SSB ‘08 – THE LAST ACT

“First and foremost, congratulations to everyone on the accomplishment of 1st Place North America and 2nd Place World in the 2008 CQWW SSB. All of you were fantastic operators and made a great team. This is a huge accomplishment for 6Y1V!

I have attached a scan of the certificate I just received from CQ Magazine.

Again, thank you all for your participation and a fantastic job.

Thank you kindly,

David ~ KY1V”

Thank you David, it was been a very incredible adventure! You are a great man, a great DXman, but also a great Teacher, you have taught me many things about the fantastic world of hamradio and contests! See you in contest GD!

IZ4AKS/BY1RX – Beijing

I have had a great surprise this morning!!!

My great friend Giorgio IZ4AKS, who was in Bejiing to work, was trasmitting from the Big Radioclub B1Z using the temporary license IZ4AKS/BY1RX. He was at 14.195, for me the beaming was 50°NE, into my Delta Loop the signal was 59+10dB, a wonderful report from China!

Giorgio is a great DX Man, one of  E44M, 1A4A, 1A3A, 9H3KS, HB0/IZ4AKS, HV5PUL, T70A (T71SM), IE9X,

OM/IZ4AKS, 4U1UN, 4U1VIC, OE/IZ4AKS, 3A/IZ4AKS, W2/IZ4AKS…and so on….

Listen this Music……and enjoy the DX!!! To the next Giorgio, around the world, see you in the pileup!

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You can visit him website for photos and others news…    www.iz4aks.com

Z37M-CQWW SSB ‘09

Some friends will be active from club station Z37M, Macedonia, during the CQWW SSB 2009, the next weekend!

The operators are: IT9SSI Dario, IT9YVO Antonello, IZ8CCW Antonio, IZ8CGS Gianni, IZ8IYX Pasquale, IZ8JAI Domenico, IZ5MOQ Alessandro, Z36W Venco & Z35X Chris.

They were departed this night from Bari, my city, on a ferry boat for Durazzo, Albania, tomorrow they will reach Skopie, capital city of Macedonia, and than they will arrive at Z37M club station.

They will mount some beverages for 160m, especially one for EU direction. Some test will be made before the contest, so STAY TUNED.

Some photos will be uploaded soon…

21/10——–NEWS———-

The team is safely arrived in Macedonia at club station Z37M.

Destruction in Samoa after Tsunami

First videos from Samoa and American Samoa after the terrible tsunami.

Many people are involved and the interested area is very large, there have been another strong earthquake also in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Different DXpeditions are in this area at the moment, I hope all are well. Good news from 3D20CR, Conway reef, they are well and the first station is up on 20m now. We are waiting for other good news.

For other photos and news about this disaster you can visit this blog: http://www.pagopago.com/blog/john/2009/09/29/tsunami

This is news about Sumatra earthquake:

ORARI (Organization of Amateur Radio for Indonesia) is using 7075 Mhz for emergency communications in Sumatra. Please leave clear this frequency, especially during European afternoon when the propagation is open for Indian and Pacific ocean.

6Y1V 2nd worldwide score in cqww ssb ‘08 (multi2)

Hi guys!

This is a very great news! Our score is the second in the world, after the Canarian station AO8A. We have a score of 14,094,054.

We thought that it wasn’t a good score, because the propagation on 10 and 15m was been very poor. But now we can say that it was a very good job.

I remember to all the team:

David KY1V, Dave G3NKC, Dave G4BUO, Martin G4XUM  , Manu LU9ESD, Frank IZ7KHR.

This is the extract of the official score:

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My portable station in JN66BM

This is the first photo of my little antennas for my holidays in the North-East of Italy.

Location is Cortina D’Ampezzo, a wonderful place on Dolomiti mountains.

QRV operations from Dolomiti IZ3/IZ7KHR

I will spend 2 weeks in holiday. I’m going to Cortina D’Ampezzo, a beautiful place on Dolomiti mountains, in the North-East of Italy.

My location will be at 1500m on the sea level. I’m bringing with me a YAESU FT-897 with some portable antennas. I have build a multiband fishing-pole antenna and a single-element delta loop for 6m and 2m. I will upload some photos of those installations.

In case of some portable activities I have included in the pack also a multiband mobile antenna with a magnetic base for a mobile installation.

There will be many good locations for portable operations, also for S.O.T.A. (Summit On The Air), but now I don’t have any idea about these opportunity. I will consider them evaluating wheather conditions and every others difficulties.

In every case I will prefer activity in 6m and, if the propagation will be good, also in 2m. In HF I will test digital and SSTV modes.

Some pictures of Dolomiti:

IU8HQ – IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 15m SSB

Some videos about our partecipation at the IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 in the Headquarter station IU8HQ.

The location was Mount Botte Donato (2000m),this is the highest place into the south-west of Italy, from it you can dominate the three italian seas: on the left the Adriatic sea, on the right the Tirrenic sea and to south the little Jonio sea.

A great experience with the friends of MDXC (Mediterraneo DX Club), so thanks to them for this opportunity and I hope to partecipate to others contests with this good and strong team!

This the declared score of Italian HQ stations:

Declared IUxHQ:

Class: Headquarters HP
QTH: ITALY
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 537 314 17 35
80: 1135 1029 26 47
40: 1956 2126 42 60
20: 2392 2389 52 65
15: 1252 1402 36 48
10: 1129 1123 22 40
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Total: 8401 8383 195 295 Total Score = 21.496.790

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HB9/IZ7KHR, IZ7ECT, HB9VAA

I’m very thanks to my dear friend Miky for this record.

This the last QSO of my QRV from Geneva, in HB9G radio club. In QSO there is also Joseph HB9VAA, President of the Club.

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