tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42848022766933999422024-02-07T08:35:49.428-08:00PD7BZInformation about and from the PD7BZ.
About his hobby and his contacts,experiences.PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-38331231827850492622012-03-28T01:23:00.001-07:002012-03-28T01:23:51.028-07:00CQ WPX 2012 (SSB)<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The past weekend was again the CQ WPX in SSB mode.For me a good way to test my antenna's on my new small tower.The first test as it's just up for a big week.Because of trouble with the neightbours about parts of my antenna's hanging over their garden,i only put in the dipole of my FB33 and the GB 40M Rotary dipole.In the future i will put up a minibeam and my choice for now would be the Butternut HF5B.</div>
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I started the contest late on saterday morning at 5:00 UTC.For me as a Novice HAM is only allowed to TRX at 10 , 20 and the 40M band.The 20 and 40M band are also limited from 14.000-14.250 and 7.050-7.100 Mhz.So it wasn't usefull to start early because the 40M would be full with big signals in the start.</div>
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Some contests we are lucky with the propagation.Also this weekend the propagation gods were at our side.The 20M band was already open at 5:00 UTC....something that didn't happen much in the past weeks.Also it was open till late in the evening.My first QSO's were on the 20M.Not too much were received here yet,so after 20 minutes i went to the 40M.Good to try out the GB 40M Rotary dipole.</div>
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Because of the neightbour trouble i did buy this antenna as well.Normal i use the PKW MHF1e40,but that antenna is 10.50 meters long....and as our garden is just 6.00 meters wide...you know the problems will come.For sure the PKW is better then the GB...in performance as well in design!!</div>
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The 40M band was also good open and worked P41P , P49Y , HK3JJB and also a few Brasilian stations as DX,besides ofcourse the EU stations.</div>
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Also the 10M band was wide open to the East,South and South-West.Nice stations worked from thoose directions.</div>
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For me the goal is always to try to defeat my score from the year before.With the better propagation that we had now,i succeed this goal this time again and went 80 QSO's over it and 100.000 points more this time.</div>
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I wasn't behind the radio the whole time that was allowed.When i look at the analyses,i would be active only 11 hours!!</div>
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I'm happy with the result and know what to do next year.Hopefully the propagation will be good then as well.</div>
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width: 320px; height: 180px; " /> Gear was setup :)</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03Hf8nZYqRk8rCsynPZ6Il7jUnY-N0wO0WM3RfJH05I9RwiiTJe2OdsnKF1juOakbMo2HUo0Fv0oA3zxWDi4PrHhSs9sjTAJeNuWR3jWzGBso0GqSC77XiTaayqT64N6j-S8qFz1jeXlB/s320/04092011195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649601540882855378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1pdIe-ZrxDLFsgSAob13HxbS4vE7jp8TrcIXIomeq4TzbjbPKu0Iogi6c5gC1DKPaE0UNJ46xbPerhMJDVf_UJdvdUhSVuxv42A9W8JNltcWGUvMAs29Znc3cjx0LVKwydtfDbrGuNz3/s320/04092011197.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649599785380738962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8Tu-SsSI5DrSx3_4Fr2LUKpmIMeTrs2wtRpOi3kfScJqkWwBV2PgpyZLFPuQg3G4qgq-X16lOdW2tmWFCPupP-soRhPnrs1-u_8AxJOoyBLNTVXxnWkj6ybanSy7C2Oz-5nADqKSchS6/s320/04092011196.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649599780219479490" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /> The Radioroom :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP52galWHhCB1aO-FlA1tvFqPBIRUs1_COA76Y0v81ohsHFWQIoa3Dz7OVE6YtYdnm1ctXRuHyJ9t7KWGzO1EGEOGEpd2m6syjK0J1aYFRAVENALGO7dIyVrrcp85sL96KGmdNqHKPbp_E/s320/04092011200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649601538111102402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8GUYEedzkye1n0rXuzXuZflhvXDMxGyT8WrOXkO-fpd-HllBiiS5ecGpgQvSgjATDURCS5vaA-AjONNAAYM3olxGzCH7M0gFHFCA-AQkXcte_dAofs_vSTWv4w0r1NDFWCAPj7vylkjz/s320/04092011198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649601546326190386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /> Antenna and Generator</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-45546795638208581372011-04-06T14:48:00.001-07:002011-04-06T15:19:29.467-07:0010 Meter propagationIn the past days,the 10M band is very wide open.<div>Some weeks ago we had also one day with openings,but the day after it was gone.</div><div>Most of the propagation we have on 10M is to Africa or South America.</div><div>But in the past 2 weeks the openings changed...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0nBbmQTSpvciE_FTVDmrsIxvSzm96qZWR8XtO_ZRQocwIKSPVpuRjD-bOb88R-GtJkEP27r1rBqnzUeGhBsIcTwxwzygjOGqV9gqQXVv2hfiKifDJLtJpEHSb9Oo03DijnDp9EBw1msv/s320/ZP6CW_10M_CW_2011.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592597964040690546" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the 23th of March i managed to work my first station from NA on CW on thje 10M band.</div><div>It was N4BP..he was the only one i could hear from NA as well.</div><div>During the CQ WW WPX contest i did manage to work also ZS,PY,LU,D4,CE in SSB.</div><div>Thoose are the usual DXCC's we get with the 10M openings.</div><div>But during the contest i could also work OD,JY and VK6.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the 29th of March i saw that NH7O (Hawaii) was working EU via Long Path on 10M.</div><div>I did put my beam towards 170 degrees and i could hear him very well.</div><div>After calling him several times and repeating my callsign,the QSO was made!!!!</div><div>My first QSO on ther 10M band with Hawaii was done.What a good propagation...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0wQae35JGA0C6ysKHEmmJIwufyIvIZhx22YqhTlgzevNe46DfxFPPZ0EaFaHUdZsKxPYwR4Hoq1ZqKJ2icocjIEqjtZNIQRP5gZQ7kEqZWxPtRBzqgHNKuEfAu_TxzSCIYpYzmhEGlgS/s320/NH7O_10M_CW_2011.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592597957040835794" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The same day and the days after i also could get in the log:</div><div>BD1EFO (CW) , S21YZ (SSB) , VU2DK (SSB) , VP5/W1CW (CW) , YI9NS (CW) ,</div><div>5M2TT (SSB+CW) , 9N&AN (SSB) , ZL1BYZ (CW) , KH2/N2NL (CW) ,</div><div>EL2GB (SSB) , P4/W1HEO (CW) , SU1SK (CW) .</div><div>Today i got another big new one worked on the 10M...XV1X Vietnam on CW.</div><div>I was very happy that Eddy,the op of XV1X,took the time to get me and my callsign correct.</div><div>Two days ago i worked also Nand,VU2NKS,with only 5 Watts output on RTTY on the 10M.</div><div><br /></div><div>For me this good propagation gives me alot of new DXCC's on the band.</div><div>Also in the different modes...as i try to work as many DXCC's in as many modes possible for me.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRM2SChHRPE24ecHk5076IL9AIvk_jvXH0KzyelmwOVBxsfsXaEB-GRCSPgJWdf0Ac1OPS3N7YjKK5vcHZF6w374Zmf-uRbTtMRl91X7wTGiinWkVQwaVSE-MGczkFW-wR4v3LjoybkxeI/s320/VP8LP_10M_SSB_2011.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592597959954956354" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One week ago i also had WSPR running on the 10M band.</div><div>I was seen also in NA with only 2 watts.Also i was seen in VQ9...</div><div>Propagation is very good and i hope it stays like this and even will get better.</div><div>I like the 10M band very much....it's a band that sometimes you hear nothing....</div><div>Few minutes later it's wide open.....</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgDAmaSp-siJ901DrD9pkoMYGNnBiTPCad3TJHg6rFWwJdgD7MxfKgmKF8FyV33Ubxes67A5Hx1VAEOf1Ns9TENIePLRSHamHk6doqT1v8fFKbQQK3m9lOpkDiYR3dNZxe-iYnBDNmzDa/s320/J5UAP_10M_CW_2011.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592597953667630098" /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-57966083352590574892011-03-28T04:47:00.000-07:002011-03-28T09:15:56.107-07:00CQ WW WPX (SSB)The past weekend was again the <b>CQ WW WPX</b> in SSB.<div>A 48 hour during Contest only in phone.The CQ Contests are always very busy...also again this </div><div>one.The propagation was before the contest sometimes very good...</div><div><br /></div><div>I started at 5:15 UTC.I didn't start earlier because we as Novice have only a little space at the 40M band to operate on and the 10 and 20M bands are closed during the night.</div><div>The 20M band was already open when i started.Did work 14 stations within the 20 minutes.After that i went to the 40M band,worked the stations i could and back to the 20M.</div><div>Around 6:55 i did hear a AH6 station very low....pointed my beam towards the Nordpole and there she was...<i><span class="Apple-style-span">AH6NF</span></i>.After calling a few minutes i could write her in my log.</div><div>Putting the beam back to the East i could hear <i><span class="Apple-style-span">VK4WIP</span></i> very clear.One call and also he's logged.</div><div>Few minutes later i could also log <i><span class="Apple-style-span">VK4KW</span></i>.At my side,the strongest from the VK's,as i could hear him the whole weekend and also in the evening.</div><div>Sometimes i also went over the 10M band,to look if the band showed some openings...at 8:22 i could log the first.That was <i><span class="Apple-style-span">OT5A</span></i> from belgium followed by <i><span class="Apple-style-span">OR0A</span></i>.Few minutes later i could log <i><span class="Apple-style-span">HZ1FS</span></i> who really was 5/9 at that moment.He was for that time the last one i did hear on the 10M band....Back to the 20M again.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TJDxwXq0SYWVBfsKaAKAQTh1LaIDP18jDktNw4P0RwCNFh9b5VYoi77YM8CgYwSXudBnGNhQdDVu6Svkj3CfnBjeodQCRIxg2px09_BEDV40_HFvmZu9i_lcyCr_Ru_IzXI5YuMRNQhK/s320/VE2XAA_20M_SSB_CQWWWPX2011.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589113719083031570" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ycDfBgNyWJiWhQoKcD9BcrdrPphMOZ1aW7YyIy0SaaVWSPWh-hNm43qxEXi-uyUv42zLu9UDj4DhhgcyjYzj8l-6CrMkJNk15NYHx5whFr2x5YqmsTbG2vr2m8pVMFAw_-cUBaYABlS4/s320/KM2O_20M_SSB_CQWWWPX2011.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589113723935001058" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Around 12:30 i listened again at the 10M band and now it was wide open.Many stations calling from SA and AF.Couldn't work them all,but still 33 stations logged.Strange was that i could work s someone over 11.000Km...when a station at 8.000Km couldn't hear me.</div><div>Sunday morning i managed to work also <i><span class="Apple-style-span">VK6NC</span></i> on 10M.Also i got <i><span class="Apple-style-span">A61ZX</span></i> in my log on 10 and 20M.He was very strong both times.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqOTlszUCKApLvg0VL4gpCXZ37744D8-1ZJ_oX3sF7GhYJ09_JQjTo6jLVy7QVqJISEB6cG838PSKV_NnmA_StqJgdzJv_WUR-98IRfj0sWTI9zTm5K9kREC4bUH50rhXajuTjJPM3Htw/s320/A61ZX_10M_SSB_CQWWWPX2011.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589096708421808898" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's an eQSL card from one of the SA stations i could work.<i><span class="Apple-style-span">LU5FF</span></i>,Javi.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1dEMPiH1NeMU5x0U3M1veQFEpj9j8hc-KF3w8y8LVlxqOi7_thhyphenhyphen8QPQCrthu2l-wcO4tYK_mSQCvgAPWs_mDWY5nluCQrZ4y023PdrgFkFI2M5rTxWIjyDFJBRVfY-K97NqwWGuKUif/s320/LU5FF_10M_SSB_CQWWWPX2011.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589113728727686994" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also Dov was active in the contest.Managed to work him after calling several minutes.If Dov is on....everyone wants to work <i><span class="Apple-style-span">4Z4DX</span></i>....he told us that he will be in Nepal within 3 weeks.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPN8_Z8p2j__XPFONALy3S20kxHWi2g_v74FHRGdjoTA7nzVyUror6OZM_RH956_g1XeJafypL_i1iV8GD8WlgEXhq0lhlDM3jMaYlqLTLskVSnY3BF85Ulq8pLzfib_QOWZyJTwZ8PfJM/s320/4X4DX_10M_SSB_CQWWWPX2011.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589117782864640322" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My Goal is always to try to beat my own score of the year before.</div><div>Last year i logged 432 Qso's with 325 Multies....total of 296.075 Points.</div><div>For me,as just a small station with 3 bands and 25 Watts limited...not easy.</div><div>But...you never find out if you don't try,hi.</div><div>Sunday at 22:38 i logged QSO number 450...</div><div>Total Multies are.. 357...</div><div>Total of 320.229 Points....</div><div>Goal succeed :)</div><div>For my results is SH5 analyser:<a href="http://www.pd7bz.nl/2011%20CQ-WPX-SSB%20PD7BZ/">http://www.pd7bz.nl/2011%20CQ-WPX-SSB%20PD7BZ/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>My last QSO's where on the 40M band.After that i put the TRX back on the 20M band and was very surprised that it was still wide open to NA.Some signals were still 5/9....</div><div>Hope this means that the propagation will stay and we will/can enjoy the DX again the whole day...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-91522096448824252422011-03-21T15:18:00.001-07:002011-03-21T16:39:14.879-07:00BARTG RTTY and Russian DXThe last weekend was again one with two contest i wanted to join in.<div>The BARTG HF RTTY started at 02:00 UTC Saturday morning and is a 48 hours contest.</div><div>The Russian DX started at 12:00 UTC Saturday and is a 24 hours contest.</div><div><br /></div><div>First i started in the BARTG RTTY.Looked around 4:00 UTC at 40M...but only got around 15 qso's logged in one hour time.Just went to sleep for 2 hours and did have a look again.I was suprised that the 20M band was open already so i started there.As a Novice HAM we are just allowed to use three bands on HF.The 10 , 20 and 40M band.During the contest i look so now and then on the other bands for Multies.Also on 10M....as we never know if it's opens up again.</div><div>I'm happy with the DX i could work and also was happy to work all the 6 continents,as that means extra points as well.Nice one was also when i saw 3A2MW coming back after my CQ call.</div><div>Got 314 QSO's and 152604 points.</div><div>Results by SH5 analyzer: <a href="http://www.pd7bz.nl/2011%20BARTG-RTTY/">http://www.pd7bz.nl/2011%20BARTG-RTTY/</a></div><div>See here some eQSL's i got right after the Contest</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qvxg6rXMxI53OHy865O1e5GmR1tUREsmVoOZjl0hNRYim1YxLc18X9r-pzjZX_5pNr81yznPlmNhx-y0W6cOiEhEGN19J9TlvJ44Bz1ncRiFgFNkUViYQa-40h9oZUW4MpXai0fVSzMt/s320/DV1JM_20M_RTTY.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586664494665353858" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLX5ZHyHuoIrW_aa4rfY_hGekmhbSJo21vN7InVbFEEe_vC3eOVs6Tj-wL3Leq1LkYCiOubRnSy1gljxSbkL4QWn84HuzsSeILllpKUKvpqRH1JgMnnCXSNeljdHzBtXvkntoZxpKCwjp/s320/PU5ATX_10M_RTTY.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586664502761116850" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz2vjTZ3oxOfP3MLEmj3xyPil0gw_TxVgCAgvTe0NVPTkPPG7ntYBvbFGumqzodg0adnYD0grhZhBLPtulsXT5mIBAkMqtHs5tyofkNu6bf3e0CpUvBohCI2eES78DS6jXoEsO_T0rSqb/s320/OZ1DSD_20M_RTTY.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586664496601580914" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOz-Bw23QAL558tMLz0vpUiDRwTwNkmCTT1lLFEQriMLrl8aZk26wtX7IhJgEDI7-V_lTysQVVNiHCScpF31kx55FtkVMqYba14vzO5Q8VhTir7aljCZkgRQ3bihR5yixgd2-5PdKhi80/s320/3A2MW_20M_RTTY.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586664491405410594" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday at 12:30 UTC i joined in the Russian DX Contest as well.I did SSB and CW.It's good to have both,because this way i worked more different Oblasts.I worked some in CW that i didn't hear in SSB at all.Worked total of 259 QSO's in mixed mode.Totally of 180744 points.</div><div>This is much more then i had in 2010...so very happy.</div><div>Results by SH5 analyzer: <a href="http://www.pd7bz.nl/2011%20RDXC/">http://www.pd7bz.nl/2011%20RDXC/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>So the weekend was very well for me.Total of the contest brought me to 573 QSO's in two days time.Worked all continents in RTTY and some very nice DXCC's as well.Very nice to see also alot of the same OM's joining in every week.Also very strange propagation...working ON,G,OZ and DL on 20M....and they where really strong signals.</div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-78796861812884917232011-03-17T04:54:00.000-07:002011-03-17T06:29:43.394-07:0010 Meter openings<span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>T</b></span>he 10 Meter band was this year already open a few times.I was able to work some nice DXCC's in several modes.Some of them are also new for me on this band.<div>Today i managed to work Agus,<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >YB1ALL</span></i>,on PKS63.A few weeks before i also coult get him in CW already.</div><div>Two days ago,on the 15th,i was able to work Bob,<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >VP8LP</span></i>,for the first time this year on 10M SSB again.The rst i got was just 4/4....but still 100% QSO.</div><div>Bob was here real 5/7 with QSB.I stayed a little at his frequenty listening to him and about 30 minutes later he was gone.I coult hear Bob saying that he had the whole morning good propagation to Europe.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLl9d9lsib_JDqbtvp5LlE8MA5Rgstb4_dxMBA1C9vALys7c69rHkckHfX0miENVSe0vZhhL1qANnhrQM2L5HPW_yM2H_OiW1kmYCffff7A5b9BMp8eMIbqKXE_3seKle5Zde-UpQy6QA/s320/VU2SWS_10M_PSK31.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585038660791303218" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>A</b></span>fter that i was looking over the band and did hear a signal on PSK31...That was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >VU2SWS</span></i> Miss Sarla.She was strong here and i also managed to work her.New DXCC on 10M in PSK31 as well for me.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>B</b></span>etween the 7th and 11th of March,t</div><div>he band was wide open.I managed to work:</div><div><i>* in SSB:<span class="Apple-style-span" > VU2DSI , VK6XC , VK6ANC , CX2DK , PY2OE , D2AM , VK8NSB , YB3OX , 9M2IDJ , </span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" > TJ3AY , BD8ASG , UK8OM , VP8LP and HZ1DG</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>* in CW:<span class="Apple-style-span" > 4X/K2LS , LU7HN , 7Z1HL , YB1ALL , 3B8FQ , MD0CCE , E21EJC , BA8AG , BA8BA , </span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" > 4K9W , 6W2SC , D2SG , 9J2BO , 4Z5RT , A45XR , 5N7M </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>D</b></span>uring the ARRL DX SSB i was also able to work one NA station,that was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >W4SVO</span></i> from Florida.</div><div>Propagation was very good,but i also had much QRM on the band.It was mostly S8-9.</div><div>So you can see how good the prop was to NA...<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >W4SVO</span></i> was real 5/9 that time.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxtr9Nxn48RhxehP4pmeNyTGZpRQGU8yInscLhZDh5d4PNQ7T45RK4mNUILyeWjByVh6OriRa39Dxqkx8K4DuOvCDm8R-DvvmmPBd-AQ95YopyzGtGt5A6ZoXXX0DZnOhbfCv85QyzL7p/s320/YB1ALL_10M_PSK63.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585038674197132562" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>T</b></span>he 10 Meter band is a very nice band for DXing.Many HAM's don't like it.....</div><div>I think it's because it's not always easy to get a QSO on 10M.</div><div>For me the 10M band is the nicest...when there are openings ofcourse.</div><div>This morning there where spots of <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >KH7Y</span></i>,Hawai.I coult hear him very low...too low to try.</div><div>One week ago KH2 (Guam) was also strong on 10M in CW.Would be 559 here,but too big pileup.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>I</b></span> really hope that the propagation increases and that the 10M band will be open more and more.</div><div>Also during the contest in the weekends....</div><div>This weekend is the BARTG RTTY Contest and also the Russian DX (CW+SSB).</div><div>Hoping that the Propagation Gods are also good for us this weekend :-)</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WgJbo5d2eg-a6CvM2clB9ORKjNhWSENslcASrHrQrh2p8KAKNbBOroRBpx59YAg0JDkFEkmav6NiL9SWTnyExJcsrDbv4FLIgyoVXAXUvVFBOt-LJ9qskW5Q8J11VlentErcM5Zo9srw/s320/6W2SC_10M_CW.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585038681982771714" /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-86819177953414444332011-02-25T06:25:00.000-08:002011-02-25T07:23:24.859-08:00PACC 2011<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>T</b></span>he Dutch PACC Contest is already 2 weeks over now.</div><div>This time i wasn't contesting from my own home,but was in a Holidayhouse we are taking care of.</div><div>This house is more in the open field,as my own place is surrounded with alot of houses..so also alot of QRN/QRM as well on my radio.My 3elm Tribander at my home is just 5 1/2 meters above the ground...so you can imagine that it will get alot of signals that i don't want to hear.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>F</b></span>riday morning at 11:00 local time,hte guests that where in the house for a week holiday,went out.</div><div>That was for me the time to go there with my gear and setup all the antenna's i wanted to use.</div><div>My antenne's where:</div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span">HF6V vertical</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span">GPA30 vertical</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span">3elm Tribander (Swan...32 years old :) )</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span">2x 10 meters Dipole as Inverted V</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span">FD3 wire dipole</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>T</b></span>his was what i wanted to put there and use....but.....</div><div>The most i did use the <i><span class="Apple-style-span">HF6V</span></i> vertical from <span class="Apple-style-span">Butternut</span>.I made myself radials from 2mm steelwire.</div><div>made 10 of them,then my spool of 100 meter wire was gone,hi.But also had still some copper wires who i first used at home for trying the antenna out.So also this ones where connected.</div><div>The best thing with the <i><span class="Apple-style-span">HF6V</span></i> is that you don't have to switch antenna's when you want to use another band.This was for me also the first time i really did try the antenna and i can say...i am very pleased to have it and able to use it !!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>M</b></span>y 3elm Swan Tribander also worked ok....but.....we couldn't get it higher then 4 meters above the ground.I used an old Militair tower what you have to pull up with your hands and then it should click when the whole section is out.Because the 3elm was too heavy,we only managed to get one section out.Also i didn't want the small tower to get broken....</div><div>Another problem was,that when you are not at home....and you don't see the sun shining...to find the North.I thought i knew it...but sunday after the PACC contest i found out it was totally wrong.Good to have from now one a compas in my radio gear,hi.</div><div>I was around 90 degrees wrong.....found it out after i saw the TV Dish at the neightbours house.That looks almost to the South...little East of it, 19,2 degrees to the ASTRA Satellite.</div><div>I did work some nice stations during the PACC on it....but after i changed it,it worked much better.Because after the PACC i went into the CQ WW WPX RTTY contest a</div><div>gain.</div><div>Worked some nice DX with it in RTTY...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>H</b></span>ere you can see my radio and computer setup for the PACC and CQ WW WPC Contest.</div><div>I used just one radio,but had the other standby for when my first gave problems.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwvOsRFgvP69WpQku5P9jbjCHkx-bt7XUECy8pkJ7oylJrDn5Ckb1RSOntn5y7NalehDeoUM83zlKH6DR5CB3G1AiceAFm0-H695bAx3VWwcCmSSWwobyImKs7VVM-UXlEHBDNwkpQ8s2/s320/11022011017.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577639429471810098" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7ASxtkHS5PvmLQ-0NKaVJvt-sa6SZRrJV1uEXBVZfWgJmCsBdOI0FD4Ym_nA46F4LR-huWwvzUoMwRKtAeoC1gAmpF3yf4u4sMY8-0lheosuWOAovAvWSdBkpR-YZ__39Llq4ra38Ti3/s320/11022011018.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577639433537843474" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>H</b></span>ere you see two photo's of my antenna's.One of them you see the foot of the <i><span class="Apple-style-span">HF6V</span></i> with the radials attached.On the other you see on the forground the Swan Tribander and left from it the GPA30.At the right the HF6V and more right in the back of the garden the 2x 10 meters inverted V.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pSI3t4vvr1jcs0TSv98KZ1g5tCZPAgXVNqQoUi0d8eJyp0XAP9sYI3KiU7nB7-r-T1NDEjgyP3nwBnakQ-iVgCu-azsE1HsJxlpDWiX4K_oHxM0Z6G_Vn96pwZB-DSRnAgMqF3F1JnZ9/s320/13022011023.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577641931340613570" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDVp93t_iZ5fwJyTk6WyaYTXvWTnqvdLW6WV1j_6VMKwaGNDaUleegvHE5CPO9C1atpirbn1lYK9RwHXT8WRzn7rzV8gXSbt3giHfkK16r1CSsssWEVt3C4vsY9MoDD5-dAr3c1MJBzf8/s320/13022011030.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577638244616006274" /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>M</b></span>ore photo's can be found at: <a href="http://www.pd7bz.nl/PACC2011">http://www.pd7bz.nl/PACC2011</a></div><div>More info about my PACC Score via SH5 : <a href="http://www.pd7bz.nl/PACC">http://www.pd7bz.nl/PACC</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>M</b></span>y QSO's results where like in 2010...but this year i got more Multies.</div><div>We have to wait till June to see the results.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-11597380789000783172011-02-25T06:02:00.000-08:002011-02-25T06:21:51.418-08:00Contests in 2011I did join in a few Contest already again this year.<div>From now on i will try to write some every week again.</div><div><br /></div><div>SARTG RTTY New-Year Contest : 50 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>AGCW Happy New-Year Contest (CW) : 14 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>ARRL RTTY Round Up : 236 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>HA DX Contest (CW and SSB) : 93 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>UK DX RTTY : 154 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>UBA DX SSB : 124 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>EPC WW DX PSK (PSK63) : 219 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>Black Sea Cup Inter. (CW and SSB) : 44 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mexican International RTTY : 100 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>CQ WW WPX RTTY : 338 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dutch PACC Contest (CW and SSB) : 329 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>Russian PSK Contest : 103 QSO's logged.</div><div><br /></div><div>ARRL International Contest (CW) : 110 QSO's logged. </div><div><br /></div><div>About the Dutch PACC...more in my next message....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-23096904043789986102011-02-25T05:49:00.000-08:002011-02-25T06:02:17.718-08:00First message 2011...Sorry for the late start of my Blog this year..<div>2010 didn't ended very well for me.<div>On the 10th of December i had to put one of my Husky's to sleep.Something that took alot of pain for me to do.He had that day from 18:00 local time many epeliptic attacks...</div><div>The time the Animal Doctor came,around 22:50,i think he had around 40 attacks...small ones and also very heavy ones.</div><div>You could say that he had one big one,because he never came out..</div><div>I know that he didn't feel anything from this all,but for me it was HELL!!</div><div>The Doctor said me that the best thing to do is to put him in sleep....We did this at 23:30...he went asleep in my arms....</div><div><br /></div><div>In his mememberance i designed a special QSL card...</div><div>Hope he's now somewhere without pain and is playing with his old friends...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtMjw_PERvBB_Zfjyp54LaDfGP9l7RzedcftFwISEoYgTaIM0-rW0QmGMRLlgJqY8XDDFchgo0h4aERM8W-WvQ5NfqdkjZE-CRUjW-fOUzz4X5v5OP7TQDNkgxsGYQmqY161ppz7lESIa/s320/FF-PD7BZ.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577626585261506306" /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlaugFA-5Azxqu10By03XZ9oklLldbUbRJvMyGIPF2hZlyJgTrX1GMdcSukZVtPeuAI2fdB3UZ9JgnnBg4aQ1x_PGmb6ynX8hyphenhyphen1UV9dySAWtWKUCw14fI3wqFvokEWSEIINZmIqexUPJE/s320/BB-PD7BZ.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577626585637802050" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-45751474418858730492010-12-14T01:26:00.000-08:002010-12-14T01:40:32.131-08:00ARRL 10M ContestThe past weekend was again the ARRL 10M Contest.This contest covers the whole weekend,48 hours.<div><br /></div><div>I was a little afraid about the propagation.The 10M band was for a few weeks ago better then it was the week before the contest.But everyone who knows how the 10M band can be,there's always hope,hi.</div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning when i put on the radio it was very quiet on the band.Nothing in SSB and very low signals on CW.So it didn't look very well.</div><div>Kept monitoring the band and also an eye on the Cluster...Saw in the Cluster that other parts of Europe had very good openings.Some of the best DXCC's for DX/propagation are for sure EA8,5B,ZC4 etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>My best DX was ZS6BRZ.The total qso's came to 26 in the log.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday i got a very nice suprice by the post.Award from the ARRL 10M contest 2009.</div><div>I was 1st in the Netherlands in the Low Power section..</div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-2773473070442143982010-12-06T10:15:00.000-08:002010-12-06T10:41:16.131-08:00TARA Melee and EPC Ukraine DX Contest<b><span class="Apple-style-span" >T</span></b>he past weekend i was active in two contest.First the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >TARA Melee (RTTY) </span></i>and later the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >EPC Ukraine DX (PSK63),</span></i><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >T</span></b>he TARA Melee started Saturday at 0:00 UTC till 23:59 UTC.</div><div>I was active from the start in an early contest...but that time there wasn't much to work.So i was only active from the morning 8:00 UTC.</div><div>I worked total 84 QSO's logged under who 2 Japanese stations.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" > Band QSOs Pts Cty</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" > 14 84 84 51</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" > Total 84 84 51</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Score: 4.284</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>-----------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >A</span></b>fter that i went to PSK63.</div><div>Using for the digimodes MixW..so was easy to turn the modes.</div><div>Got a total of 156 QSO's logged....good for 68222 points.</div><div><br /></div><div><div> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" > QSOs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Points<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> OBL<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> DXCC</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >40m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 61<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 357<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 17<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 18</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >20m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 94<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 527<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 21</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >10m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Total<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 156<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 886<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 37<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 40 </span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Score: 886*(37 + 40 ) = 68222</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-35960765424901768462010-12-06T09:03:00.000-08:002010-12-06T10:11:43.429-08:00eQSL's images download<div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >T</span></b>ill some weeks ago i was able to download the eQSL's that i had received.<div>I used a small programm for this and it worked very well.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >F</span></b>or almost 2 months ago this changed.When i start the downloading i get an error.It tells me that it's not en eQSL 2.o Adif file.If i read the forums about it,it's possible that eQSL did change it because of high server CPU usage.</div><div>For me the beauty of the eQSL is the image you see with it.If we want just the QSO confirmation we could do it with LoTW only.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >T</span></b>hey talk about going to the eQSL and then downloading them....</div><div>I have over 1100 eQSL's waiting for me,if they have to be done one by one....</div><div>If i was able to download them at once,the amount wouldn't be this big.I would have getting most in then already.I did check normal once a week...once a Month.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >I</span></b> hope that one day we get the downloading back.</div></div></div><div>See here a few of my received eQSL's...</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547632031575244498" /><br /><br /><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-25381746225176778712010-11-29T06:51:00.000-08:002010-11-29T09:27:10.654-08:00CQ WW CW<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span>he past weekend was again the CQ WW in CW.A very big contest with alot of stations that are joining it.This isn't only a nice contest for itself,but also a possibility to work some very nice DXCC's.Many op's are going to other places to get different DXCC and Zones on the air.<div>It's a 48 hours contest,starting at 0:00 UTC.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">M</span></b></span>y goal is to try to get more QSO's and Points then the year before.Last year i had little more then 175.000 points with 560 QSO's.....so for me it wouldn't be that easy to get better.I just have a small station with 25 watts and my antenne's are <i><span class="Apple-style-span">3elm Fritzel (FB33) </span></i>and the <i><span class="Apple-style-span">PKW MHF1e40</span></i>.And also for me as a Novice,only 3 band are allowed....10 , 20 and 40M.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b></span> started at 0:00 UTC on 40M.In the start it's an easy job...all stations are new in the log.The best in this contest is to work DX outside your own continent,so for me outside Europe.Propagation wasn't very well this time,but still i managed to work a few stations from NA and also P40L.At 2:30 i decited to sleep a little...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">6</span></b></span>:00 UTC back at the radio,first again on 40M and from 6:24 UTC on the 20M.Propagation on 20M seemed to be ok...and i managed to work 3 stations from Japan.Also Asiatic Russia and Europe was very strong.After one hour on 20M i went back to the 40M band again to see how the propagation was.Propagation to NA was better as before,worked 28 stations in one hour,8 from NA and also KP2.After that back to 20M.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b></span> also looked so now and then on the 10M and at 9:45 i did hear some good signals.Was able to work 21 Stations on 10M,mostly EU and 9J3A.Total i worked 58 stations on 10M during the contest from 11 different Zones.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span>his was the way i did work the whole contest.Checking so now and then other bands for propagation and new Multipliers.</div><div>Sometimes i also managed to work a station during a pile up.I just went up or down a few and this did work very well.I like to work contest.Also in CW but thats also difficult for me,as i work CW with my computer and MixW.This means that sometimes i got not everything ok or the other has mistakes.Sometimes i get back from the others GD7BZ instead of PD7BZ.Then it's always the question if it's my software that makes the mistakes or do they really send it wrong back.I can understand my own call in CW now,so the callmistakes are getting less.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">C</span></b></span>lick here for the Contest results in SH5: <a href="http://www.pd7bz.nl/cqww/index.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>http://www.pd7bz.nl/cqww/index.htm</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">S</span></b></span>ome nice DXCC's worked:</div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">10M: 9J3A , VK6AA , 4K9W , OD5NJ , 9L5VT , D4C and C5A</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">20M: J28AA , VE2XAA/2 (Zone 2) , HK1X , 7Z1SJ , 5X1XA , TO5T , P40W , PZ5T ,</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> 8P5A , HI3A , PJ2T , BY8AC , A73A , 8N5A and ZA3HA.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">40M: ZA3HA , A73A , T70A , V47NT , OY6A , KP2M , OH0V , 8P5A , 8N5A and JA6GCE.</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span>he results from N1MM:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i> Band --QSOs -- Pts -- Cty -- ZN</i></div><div><i> 7 --221 -- 363 -- 60 -- 13</i></div><div><i> 14 --298 -- 642 -- 66 -- 20</i></div><div><i> 28 -- 58 -- 110 -- 26 -- 11</i></div><div><i> Total 577 -- 1115 -- 152 -- 44</i></div><div><i>Score: 218.540</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-65159847135265767172010-11-15T10:52:00.000-08:002010-11-15T11:23:24.869-08:00WAE RTTY<span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span>he past weekend was again the <i>WAE (Work All Europe)</i> in RTTY.<div>In RTTY are different rules......all can work all....so not only EU with DX.....and DX with EU.</div><div>It's a 48 hours contest.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b></span> started at 1.20 UTC.Was looking on 40M,but the band wasn't really open.</div><div>Worked in 1 hour 21 stations and didn't find any new ones.So i went to sleep a little.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A</span></b></span>t 5.41 UTC i logged again the first one on 40M.Worked so 5 stations and had a look if the 20M was already open.That was already open and stayed there a bit.Propagation was mostly Europe that time....also on 20M.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b></span> always look on the other bands as well,to see if they are open for multies.</div><div>We where lucky that also the 10M was a little open on both days.</div><div>For me as a Novice,i have only the 10 , 20 and 40M to use.</div><div>So if the 10M is open,this means always new multies.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">N</span></b></span>icest DX where:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><b>10M EA8,UN8,RG9</b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><b>20M OD5,7Z1,KP4,E21,5C,J39,HP3,YW5,VK3</b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><b>40M FY1,5C,VK3</b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b></span>f you want to see more info from my WAE Contest,just have a look here:</div><div><a href="http://pd7bz.nl/WAE">http://www.pd7bz.nl/WAE</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span>here i have used SH5..a very nice programm to get the information out of your contests.</div><div>It has many nice things you can see.I saw the programm first at the blog of my friend Bas,<i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>PE4BAS</b></span></i>.Talked with him about it and also got it registrated now.</div><div>The free programm only goes till 200 QSO's.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">M</span></b></span>y WAE was better again then in 2009.</div><div>Got 403 QSO's and over 100.000 points this year.</div><div>Shame that the propagation wasn't very well...maybe next contest better....</div><div><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-59904550241117916472010-09-30T05:01:00.000-07:002010-09-30T07:44:37.555-07:00CQ WW RTTY<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >T</span></span></b>he past weekend was again the <b>CQ WW RTTY</b> contest.I always like Contesting and most also in RTTY.I started at 0:15 UTC and as the 20M band was closed,i went to the 40M band.</div><div>For this i use my PKW MHF1e40 who is on the roof,static in the North West-South East direction.This because in the big contest there are alot of NA stations active and they also count for more points.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0snpS7hq9T3R0gl27rs0cf9zIQY22Bji1UAxGqffUMjLZxAJMnJZE6U6s_sZrnqaxL4W9x8oV-_u4kEBPmechqwDf6fNMu-GoZjS4O0qhREAuLpCVxxPVEBvOWq8BFNjMdju9_6wMBtvY/s320/VA1CHP_20100925_0143_40M_RTTY.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522677757616669394" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A</span></span></b>t 3:15 UTC i took a little sleep break and was back at the radio around 6:14 for the first QSO again.The 40M band was still full of RTTY signals and also very big signals.Propagation to NA was closed,so mostly European stations.Still the last QSO on 40M,before i went to the 20M band,was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >PJ2S</span></i> who still had a great signal here.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcnYY2ge95VBF_wkoS8ptdX1uPn6FN7z3o8-8hMmz7F22VohXQEOZ1XqvlTA0JYtP24M0M0G8yU_xkQCHZKNtagckfoktD6NphC6mb4BNAoY4K-xDsdDIOCyxx6YzQv25pEcCMEdp_9Pk/s320/6V7X_20100925_1211_10M_RTTY.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522677544888487138" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >O</span></span></b>n the 20M band is was most EU what i did see and sometimes some Asiatic Russians.</div><div>At 10:17 UTC i managed to work<i><span class="Apple-style-span" > JT5DX</span></i> in the pile up.He was the only JT station i saw in the contest so happy to have him logged.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >S</span></span></b>o now and then i also looked on the 10M band,as that is one of my favourite bands.At 11:39 UTC i made my first QSO on the 10M.It was with <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >ER0FEO</span></i>.I made 14 QSO's within the hour,with nice DX as well like<i><span class="Apple-style-span" > ST2AR</span></i> and <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >6V7X</span></i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A</span></span></b>t 12:34 UTC i was back on the 20M.First QSO was with <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >SU/HA3JB</span></i>.From that time also the stations from NA got stronger.VE3DZ was the first one i worked.</div><div>At 14:00 the propagation to NA seemed to get lower and i got the beam towards the East.Saw a YB station when beaming to NA...when turned the beam i saw it was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >YB0PAH</span></i> with a pile up.I waited a little and when it got a little calm i called him and could write him also in my log.</div><div>After this also <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >BA1GM</span></i> and <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >VU2LBW</span></i> could be worked.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuAg5coMlP9Y-V6BdLpxyQLtyBCrjGljOOh7IbL41C9FE9zZIRQnFA17dr17wbnDWK4re0kW1J6IMn4rQds52vfSLiki2T61vT0XYRPm7mE5jhBRv5TQODjpPNocdj_jd4QnYLqujLpCu/s320/PY2MTV_20100925_1729_10M_RTTY.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522677751162375106" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A</span></span></b>fter checking the 10M band again,it seemed to be open again and also to other directions.</div><div>First was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >ZW5B</span></i> with a great signal.After that i managed to work Christian,<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >TL0A</span></i>,who didn't have much takes at that time.He was at 28094.8 a little higer then most contesters.This also made it easier to work him without QRM from other stations.</div><div>At 17:29 i worked <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >PY2MTV</span></i> and got already his eQSL card in.I managed also to work a few Argentinian stations and also 5N7M got logged.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpo9QsPUgw7rOXa8Y6hKA1P8f_FCBPgNOUDN21IXPyzpSkETwEbdcZmTwfgMRsaZo0f2pbwCXk7vnHElxt9KXWlKTGy_Sgncxk57h0uY6_vwujoxIdIdZ2-iQE4dsDyxkokN2zY4iQ7hE/s320/YV5AAX_20100925_2049_20M_RTTY.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522677758834050242" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >B</span></span></b>ack to 20M again,working EU and NA...but also <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >9M2TO</span></i> and <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >VQ9LA</span></i> were logged.</div><div>Propagation was very good in most directions.I managed to get also <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >ZX2B,YV5AAX,FG5LA,FM5CD,CO2GL</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A</span></span></b>t 21:40 UTC i took a little break,my soccerteam was playing (Ajax) so i looked that game last 45 minutes :)</div><div>After this i was back on the radio and the 40M band until 23:20 UTC.Bedtime,hi</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >B</span></span></b>ack on the radio at 7:20 UTC.First checking the 40M.Propagation to NA was down and only could work one,<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >K1TTT</span></i>, that morning.All other stations on 40M where EU.</div><div>At 11:55 i managed to work <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >ZS2I</span></i> on the 10M band giving me CQ Zone 38.</div><div>This was the only station who i could hear/see that time on 10M.So back to 20M...</div><div>First looking around 14063....and saw <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >KL7RA</span></i>...He wasn't very busy and i was able to work him.CQ zone 1 also in the log.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A</span></span></b>t 17:16 i did stop the contest.I managed to get my goal...more QSO's and points as the year before....</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >T</span></span></b>he propagation was very good for DX and sometimes also for short distances on 20M.</div><div>I managed to work a few Dutch stations from the South part,few Germans,Belgium,Luxembourg and Danmark as well.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I</span></span></b>t was very nice to have <i><span class="Apple-style-span" >ST2AR</span></i> on 10,20 and 40 M.Also i worked Larry,<i><span class="Apple-style-span" >VQ9LA</span></i>,on 20 and 40M.For me VQ9 is a new DXCC on 40M.</div><div>It was nice to see also more stations from Iceland active in the contest.Got 4 different OM's in my log.</div><div>More and more OM's are getting to use eQSL.I find it a very nice tool/qsl.I also do LoTW,but thats text only...eQSL you als have a kind of QSL card.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try 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alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522677544608986786" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-13954868968521058792010-09-23T03:22:00.000-07:002010-09-23T05:15:08.823-07:00PD6MILLLast weekend we were again active from the Windmill the Eendracht in Gieterveen,JO33KA.We are then active from friday till sunday afternoon.<div><br /></div><div>We did start friday morning at 7:30 UTC to put the SWAN Tribander together.It was laying on a small trailer,what made it easier for us.When it was complete we did first look how the SWR was....and we got shocked.Putting the radio on we did hear ZL2 with 5/8...so all looked ok,hi.</div><div>After this we did put up a small militair tower and did put the tribander on it.Then we wanted to put the antenna up...but it was much to heavy.So it was only 3 meters up from the ground.</div><div>The SWAN is a 31 year old US made antenna,it's the TB-3HA.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpBMgORlO8fCyq5MZHOD0FEX-TWLaEMLTmGCermYm-fm8wKofctSHaEODyRJjIqiNT20M5deVURYL56gEZxZKF01vH625ljTbhVp6c6-ybotV926prijmHecRrrdCCPYdjfG6QpotlFqN/s320/SWAN.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520054185363302386" /></div><div><br /></div><div>After this was done we had to wait for a tower what we borrowed from the neightbour pirates.A 18 meter tower on a trailer.We also did borrow it last Mai,when we we where also radio active from the Mill.</div><div>In the maintime while waiting for them,we put together the Diamond N300 (2/70) and did dismantle the PKW MHF1e40 at Jelle's (PD5JFK) house.This one we did use several times already for the 40Mband and works very well.</div><div>The guys with the tower came around 16:00 UTC and in 30 minutes time it was up with the antenna's in.Now we coult get the coax to the Windmill.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06PJ6-1tKnPi3O5lLd5X6dj9OlqOyV6hg6N7Sd55mOEfz-gozKPnDarQuvWcQ4g51sCOtkvX6OXQt-dBEAYGXqK6ZIPtoxkNabG1iCrRHbps1bZNBmpkqydbnOHYeChw6_eO2N7p4w2XN/s320/PKW+N300.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520056115625187234" /></div><div><br /></div><div>We made alraedy a few QSO's on the 20M but now we could really start.</div><div>We where active on friday mostly on the 40M and stopped at 21:00 UTC.We did get around 60 QSO's in the log.After that,we did dismantle our radio's and Laptops and went to Jelle's home,who lives close to the Mill.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kOVm-DI-Ccfl27adBPgb_jkOhABbRSwVuYIY-t9-ULaIggMTlopK3EKtL26-gdzuVNG2OecqanETi-aCNjAFLOABNt6qOfg29eP-GFSMAhN1BGMkVsUhYIncVwNCxah3RGw_X4iWkk00/s320/SDC10629.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520077681595416386" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning at 7:00 UTC we where up and running again with two stations.One on 20M and the other on 40M.The 20M band was not really open yet and maybe also because of the low antenna it wasn't a succes yet in the start.</div><div>The 40M antenna worked very well and also the propagation into EU was good.The location also was great for the 40M with no QRN/QRM.The band was very quiet so also the weak signals we could pick up.We went QRT saturday around 20:00.</div><div>The 20M didn't seem to be very open and the 40M got very crowdy.Not easy to find a free place for us,as we only are allowed to TRX between 7050 and 7100.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday morning we started again around 6:30 UTC.</div><div>After putting up the radio's again,we did listen VK3XL on 20M.Jelle did try to call him and yess...we got him.With the SWAN Tribander on just 3 meters above the ground and 25 watts,we got 5/5 back,as he was 5/7 at our end.This was really magic forus and we where also lucky that he just started calling CQ.After Jelle's QSO.....the Zoo started,hi.</div><div>Jelle was active on 20M and also some on the 2M band.I stayed mostly on 40M.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-jDgENKBHAMUVjw3KiHKFFc-00Lk3Rw-eGba4xkWEiqIvhyJk2ULCUCLQXTSlUkhjLIuNsW85g-QS5ISDPzGbxSnt7oGjgDM_eGTfp078P-qV0RTwFI36ReXNJhAchyK3aJSVNuktgJ_/s320/SDC10630.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520077690214554770" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday was also a Harvest market at the Mill and alot of farmproducts were sold.</div><div>People can then also visite the Windmill and look inside.They ask us then questions about what we are doing etc....We have a Worldmap in wich we get pins in the countries we work.This way people can see what we worked.</div><div>So that we are active in the Mill has different reasons.For us nice to be active on the radio,for the Windmill some extra advertisemend and also for our radio hobby.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday at 14:45 we did stop our activity.We got still alot of OM's calling for us,but we also need time to get our things dismantled and get ready to transport it home again.</div><div>We where very happy with the results...</div><div><br /></div><div>Total amount of QSO's : 411</div><div>Total amount of DXCC's : 48</div><div>Biggest Distance: 16345 Km</div><div><br /></div><div>We will be active from the Windmill again in May 2011.That weekend will be the National Windmill's day.We did start to transmit in 2009 in this weekend and were the only Mill active.We made some advertisemend and got in 2010 6 Mills active.</div><div>From now we try again to get more on the air.In the UK are in that weekend around 50-60 Mills active.We hope in time that maybe that weekend can be a kind of International Mills Festival with Mills active all around the World.If someone wants info or also would like to activate in that weekend,just mail us please at: nationalemolendag@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div>73's The PD6MILL team</div><div>Jelle (PD5JFK) / Bernard (PD7BZ)</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb1mJxJR4C4reOJRNfoFYQlCCMVtxxgUQgQTVjbGFLuf7ChxxhG3RhQx7SW4jxrdperYUx3NVj-jkGm_s0yOmDqHo0mHFJmYcUQgBRomJUP-0UFAtpgM30plbn2WPNgYJLl2CQzuQXSev/s320/BB-PD6MILL.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520079751649379810" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU2o7iHlkue0JQZeEYETTWvTxyciAoHDyQYXBYIR5JjOJwDZo4Ez3RQN7aesoJ77-b6Sel3jmfcCSeVVzZEmp9Xz34nNW-P8T5Dn2pquisxycQ-0-ZzuBAIH5mQKv7lN0YYXoEl4JBCYk/s320/FF-PD6MILL.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520079756183398498" /></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-45013892083973134342010-09-06T06:06:00.000-07:002010-09-06T06:17:00.969-07:00Starting Blog againFrom today i will start to update my blog again.<div>Didn't do this since februar and now we are 7 month later in the year.</div><div>Alot of QSO's made since then also during the contests in the weekends.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the next days i will get some more info inhere about the past months.</div><div><br /></div><div>We will be also again activating a Windmill from the 17th till the 19 of September.</div><div>Our call will be again PD6MILL,from the Windmill the Eendracht in Gieterveen,JO33KA.</div><div>We will be mostly active on HF on 10 , 20 and 40M band.</div><div>This in SSB and Digimodes.We will also have a vertical for the 2M band with us.</div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-41093038772432327412010-02-23T23:57:00.000-08:002010-02-24T01:46:44.411-08:00ARRL DX Contest (CW)<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">T</span></strong>his weekend was the <em><span style="color:#006600;">ARRL DX</span></em> contest in CW.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>I also joined this contest with my computer for the CW.</div><div>The contest is a 48 hours contest and started at 0:00 UTC saturday morning.I wanted to be there from the start so stayed up till then as well.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0SbpFqgJFDBA40Hi3O-iXLOz7sTuDmJZHuOS-C04KP-5Hua6K7TMC_gYivFRP1gqiiKzt5Z0FJw6ocKApm9sqeLU6AbGObl2hcr5kTV4EwhjR0kgwa3UzStopRUH4g04a8c6vAH5XFHg/s1600-h/K3LR_20100220_0108_40M_CW.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441717830005558882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0SbpFqgJFDBA40Hi3O-iXLOz7sTuDmJZHuOS-C04KP-5Hua6K7TMC_gYivFRP1gqiiKzt5Z0FJw6ocKApm9sqeLU6AbGObl2hcr5kTV4EwhjR0kgwa3UzStopRUH4g04a8c6vAH5XFHg/s320/K3LR_20100220_0108_40M_CW.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">P</span></strong>ropagation was looking ok at the start.Alot of stations where strong here at my side and i was able to work most stations that i did receive as well.For me as a Novice,only 25 watts is allowed.</div><div>So sometimes it was very difficult to get a state that had a pileup.</div><div>But i worked what i could hear.I was up till 2:33 UTC and got 74 stations in my log then. </div><div><br /> </div><div><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG83SByY6MWvSB_6qPcKlMvrcqIrykHUSS8K2HlUD9eXYeVnjU8mjMlKnszteptQHJY0t67EZkGlhk8zwuVNeVi5GWlm5IrrAnumtz8XCeVcpwxLpydv6_PeuwOmGdFsCOFx0fHcHs2udJ/s320/W6NWS_20100221_1741_20M_CW.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">A</span></strong>t 9:33 i was back at the radio and did work one station on 40M.Prop wasn't good enought to get more that time.So i had to wait till propagation getting open on 20M to NA.</div><div>This happend around 11:00 UTC.Last station worked that afternoon was at 18:32 UTC.</div><div>Propagation was still ok,but we had a birthday party at the neightbours...so qrt for me. </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1dQIUNP2SmqnwD2Z3lmcnO524XMGUIIaTgyG0NkpTPKPaJwjoLTa86tz8UyBIih1faoXA1-SUiI5JVgAQVClV171EU5sizG2QTrIe0qSYUelL5amBynl6_qAeLg-TzTqiQ-h0cwj6iOg/s1600-h/VE6TL_20100221_1523_20M_CW.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 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</div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">W</span></strong>orked 2 stations on sunday morning on 40M and then it was again waiting for the propagation on 20M to open up.Around 11:35 i worked the first station on 20M.Was sometimes difficult to find stations i did have in my log yet.I was very suprised to see that the 20M was open sunday evening till at least 22:16 UTC to NA.Normal it closes at 19:00 UTC.Maybe a good sign that the propagation is getting slowly better.<br />Last station worked was at 23:20 UTC on 40M. </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrkKObD7BUB28KoHTMA236JvK_p-Cds8cmq7KTq-_FXON1SCZVitrRQGitsn17OJ5bEC37kP5HslpKkmroOlAAGfX56SlUZVAIewx6m4ZwhUwuV8GDi4nmUgtLD7tW9tXTpyIOXR9B8Z7/s1600-h/N2WN_20100221_1745_20M_CW.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441717846045270882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrkKObD7BUB28KoHTMA236JvK_p-Cds8cmq7KTq-_FXON1SCZVitrRQGitsn17OJ5bEC37kP5HslpKkmroOlAAGfX56SlUZVAIewx6m4ZwhUwuV8GDi4nmUgtLD7tW9tXTpyIOXR9B8Z7/s320/N2WN_20100221_1745_20M_CW.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj58JDruGRYuhdkQFIVAGoeqrvpUQvi4IU-AlUE4I-4FHTSsXtsfdssk1rk6FjkppYYJpfBkxtL2ZSGC94DLShWqhFs4queVc-2MlABrNZ-3TrJ6-m28FUPATzWrZ6Z5RYzW0B_WqbKFup/s1600-h/K8MP_20100221_1524_20M_CW.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441717842609707058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj58JDruGRYuhdkQFIVAGoeqrvpUQvi4IU-AlUE4I-4FHTSsXtsfdssk1rk6FjkppYYJpfBkxtL2ZSGC94DLShWqhFs4queVc-2MlABrNZ-3TrJ6-m28FUPATzWrZ6Z5RYzW0B_WqbKFup/s320/K8MP_20100221_1524_20M_CW.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">I</span></strong> made a total of 229 QSO's and total multipliers are 62.</div><div>I was very happy to have worked <em><span style="color:#006600;">W7RN </span></em>from Nevada state.This means state number 50 worked for me and the day after also confirmed via LoTW.This in basic and 20M.</div><div>My total points where 42408.</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">G</span></strong>ot more qso's and points then in 2009.So i am very happy with this result.</div><div></div><div>Some people say that it's very easy to do CW by computer.But let they try it before giving that opinion.The computer needs a good signal to decode.This is not always the fact and then it come's to my ears to listen if they got my call correct.I am very happy that the computer is in our HAM radio hobby.Also like the digimodes alot.The digimodes make it possible to make bigger distances for the 25W i am allowed to use.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQv8LJZSMXPICla502wNrVCcnWs407r_g_MOlwFVziA7Y9LExD_tiH__jWjV27Zfc6F97EBTCIwAH6JKh-hbke744Czg-RC2Bq5RKkMwneOprQq_Z1XIy5A0YP-xBNN23zzLSVQUNkgul/s1600-h/K4TD_20100221_1156_20M_CW.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441717833930224514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQv8LJZSMXPICla502wNrVCcnWs407r_g_MOlwFVziA7Y9LExD_tiH__jWjV27Zfc6F97EBTCIwAH6JKh-hbke744Czg-RC2Bq5RKkMwneOprQq_Z1XIy5A0YP-xBNN23zzLSVQUNkgul/s320/K4TD_20100221_1156_20M_CW.jpg" /></a></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-46246350406640688272010-02-19T02:10:00.000-08:002010-02-19T03:32:44.258-08:00Athena,plugin for N1MM<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">T</span></strong>oday i got to read the magazine <em><span style="color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.arrl.org/ncj/">NCJ,National Contest Journal</a></span></em>,from the ARRL.This magazine is in our clubs reading map.In the November/December issue is a article from <em><span style="color:#006600;">Kirk,K4RO</span></em> about software and he did mention Athena. <div><div><div><div>I never did hear from this programm before,so did read the article very carefully.</div><div>Athena is made by a Dutchman,<em><span style="color:#006600;">PC5M</span></em>.</div><div>It's a program that uses N1MM dbase and shows you many information about the contest you are in,or after what results you have made.In the article was also the url for the program and i did also go there to look ofcourse.</div><br /><div>The url is: <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvgog/projects/athena.html">http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvgog/projects/athena.html</a></div><div>On the page you se alot of information about the program and also alot of graphics.i did download the program and did try it out on the PACC contest.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNNPYp26_MRIflXWzyV9wMzWmawr2fNyCACrQwRb3J8yBhTeRUdQ3UiB9OmkFWs9K6XKEmJQiEMgNUtVN0KOSwDibc-tgY-HMqpJot-19bvRZZZIqNu4DQhcfUUaUxGPMD40kd1DxhH64/s1600-h/PACC2010+28mhz.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 319px; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439904228721496722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNNPYp26_MRIflXWzyV9wMzWmawr2fNyCACrQwRb3J8yBhTeRUdQ3UiB9OmkFWs9K6XKEmJQiEMgNUtVN0KOSwDibc-tgY-HMqpJot-19bvRZZZIqNu4DQhcfUUaUxGPMD40kd1DxhH64/s320/PACC2010+28mhz.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBXIhT7I1FO6_RXU9v7mp2n2JCxlrRCsHuUspeYkiITwBoRIbO096ZM15-secbCoy99tXxCpAAd9mEnR6fzCcr2La3psc1LYBTX8YP690afTicySxANbnxjZdWwa2zvtlXxNGap4mAhCt/s1600-h/PACC2010+14mhz.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439904220301930946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBXIhT7I1FO6_RXU9v7mp2n2JCxlrRCsHuUspeYkiITwBoRIbO096ZM15-secbCoy99tXxCpAAd9mEnR6fzCcr2La3psc1LYBTX8YP690afTicySxANbnxjZdWwa2zvtlXxNGap4mAhCt/s320/PACC2010+14mhz.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N58QAMc7dZKsu5SeJ3rWJsmh3W_ruRrcEyvuCJP0KA410f-edipIx0NmMomLqrcm4JF8gaMb8Xk9KnJ2TfAEed5Prt51HtfGJqP_db8eJt05p2C2gZYPtffIKxfd9-yWoZFkJjP3175g/s1600-h/PACC2010+7mhz.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439904216356616034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N58QAMc7dZKsu5SeJ3rWJsmh3W_ruRrcEyvuCJP0KA410f-edipIx0NmMomLqrcm4JF8gaMb8Xk9KnJ2TfAEed5Prt51HtfGJqP_db8eJt05p2C2gZYPtffIKxfd9-yWoZFkJjP3175g/s320/PACC2010+7mhz.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhHVngKpKz-MhtriVsxc3rVR9aanh1v8agM8lbv-mh_5jjAHuPPvBwxgCLlUOeNr7p1YU2CyIhZ9P12kOuWrkTnnihcbrbILXmi4X4ycAhf-D_BVvOIVde2ikBfq5MQelD5Vp0Kc_Vq0u/s1600-h/PACC2010+totalqso.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439904227706900466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhHVngKpKz-MhtriVsxc3rVR9aanh1v8agM8lbv-mh_5jjAHuPPvBwxgCLlUOeNr7p1YU2CyIhZ9P12kOuWrkTnnihcbrbILXmi4X4ycAhf-D_BVvOIVde2ikBfq5MQelD5Vp0Kc_Vq0u/s320/PACC2010+totalqso.jpg" /></a><br /><br />As you see,very nice graphics and info.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-26959574880802474102010-02-18T11:18:00.000-08:002010-02-18T15:59:47.565-08:00PACC and CQ WPX RTTY<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">I</span></strong>n the weekend from 13-14 Februar was the Dutch <em><span style="color:#000099;">PACC</span></em> contest and also the <em><span style="color:#000099;">CQ WPX RTTY</span></em>.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>For us as Dutch HAMs,the <em><span style="color:#000099;">PACC</span></em> is the most important one.</div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">T</span></strong>he CQ WPX is a 48 hours contest.Started at 0:01 saturday till sunday 23:59.</div><div>I also started at the begin of the contest,because i wanted to have some qso's in this contest as well.And the time the <em><span style="color:#000099;">PACC</span></em> is on...that the contest i will be in.</div><div>Propagation was very good on 40M.I could work alot of NA stations.Last QSO made before i got a little sleep was at 3:42.This was number 119 in my log....</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIueJskSgMKLLohJlrf3wyRgeLhRYW1CHfRB-dQ3cuwUqMU6bWFj0haumom0NA6KMeVyGulfdpisGSbqsU7799XflHkEHmA8-MWMWuw2DJKREoa0wSn5aZY-F5h90mxeXbPlXVzw5l4DJM/s1600-h/ON3LA_20100213_0950_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439719716298191602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIueJskSgMKLLohJlrf3wyRgeLhRYW1CHfRB-dQ3cuwUqMU6bWFj0haumom0NA6KMeVyGulfdpisGSbqsU7799XflHkEHmA8-MWMWuw2DJKREoa0wSn5aZY-F5h90mxeXbPlXVzw5l4DJM/s320/ON3LA_20100213_0950_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>At 7:29 i was back at the radio and back in the CQ WPX.I started again on the 40M band,but only European stations here and not much new to work.After 20 minutes i went to the 20M band,that was already open.But here also mostly Europeans that i could work.After 1 1/2 hour i went back to the 40M band again.Here i looked around some and started to call CQ on 7051.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOSbpd6nnxNg4mBznNiVE0MLZpS0FM5oeTNIalssZ6L53R9eYWVqvMDchc_hFZt7t07rmPzPdn8GMOfN1Cq-UgA4_kfvNpuYm0pDd39wjVElqzIwhbc7bbKTDfbjFRYJithKu9Q6No4Kd/s1600-h/PD0MHZ_20100213_1012_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439719720150289986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOSbpd6nnxNg4mBznNiVE0MLZpS0FM5oeTNIalssZ6L53R9eYWVqvMDchc_hFZt7t07rmPzPdn8GMOfN1Cq-UgA4_kfvNpuYm0pDd39wjVElqzIwhbc7bbKTDfbjFRYJithKu9Q6No4Kd/s320/PD0MHZ_20100213_1012_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After one hour on the 40M band,i went back to 20M.My last station logged before the PACC started was <em><span style="color:#006600;">ZL1BYZ</span></em>.<br />At 17:00 UTC i went from the PACC back to CQ WPX and was able to work <em><span style="color:#006600;">Phil,</span><span style="color:#006600;">KL8DX</span></em>..confirmation via eQSL and LoTW came fast after the contest was over. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3ELJeq59X6uB7wGhJzCWAZvKshHcGwTSLKgUPEPuUBSRmdyeaPwOy-2m7z5iFkS_fhxwQ1lXbay5zcZ_M5VhVclcyyVXvkvdPNx_cFflyNmiY3E9PbxjXnelp0wv520w04CkbdHJ6IoC/s1600-h/KL8DX_20100213_1713_20M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439719711976097106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3ELJeq59X6uB7wGhJzCWAZvKshHcGwTSLKgUPEPuUBSRmdyeaPwOy-2m7z5iFkS_fhxwQ1lXbay5zcZ_M5VhVclcyyVXvkvdPNx_cFflyNmiY3E9PbxjXnelp0wv520w04CkbdHJ6IoC/s320/KL8DX_20100213_1713_20M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />As i didn't hear much stations for the PACC i decited to stay in the CQ WPX.Could work till 20:30 stations on 20M,but the band was already getting to close down.So i went again to the 40M band.propagation was again very well,was able to work <em><span style="color:#006600;">Francisco,YV5LI</span></em>.At 1:16 i went QRT for bed. </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1r_n3IFqyOfYJu1QHkqKnDv7okcoV8MAbFQn162wY9meQfPAWHuNueKoZ7Qt1lyHGAatfX9Js6XmHQAImJsUTTug4QI2DYRaahPEVwBb-eezIPurX8XAbH4IyNEK6aTY6qTGRjLyMkVI7/s1600-h/YV5LI_20100214_0107_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439719731939691154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1r_n3IFqyOfYJu1QHkqKnDv7okcoV8MAbFQn162wY9meQfPAWHuNueKoZ7Qt1lyHGAatfX9Js6XmHQAImJsUTTug4QI2DYRaahPEVwBb-eezIPurX8XAbH4IyNEK6aTY6qTGRjLyMkVI7/s320/YV5LI_20100214_0107_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />I started the CQ WPX again after the PACC contest was done.First qso made again was around 13:12 UTC.propagation on the 20M was better then it was on saturday.I was able to work YB,XU7,E21,VU2,A61...</div><div>At 19:00 i went qrt for a little break..and was back at 21:40 UTC.</div><div>I was listening on the 20M band..thinking it was closed,but..no way.i still could hear some stations fron NA and also very strong <em><span style="color:#006600;">Francisco,TG9ANF</span></em>.It was very strange to work him at this time of the day,but did make me very happy as well. </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcLL49bUIyvSOOGJ3xXXkFK5I20kcvO9k12YqZgl3XB2tIl6p6FX6Qpr_i39UNgMQ1SqRkVaq_m2vMMT1qZZRAsbToYL3QF8JFK1k1bRJMs-nYgNgpv2LgJjtprLvC6CJs_EjzrBpF1FP/s1600-h/TG9ANF_20100214_2143_20M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439719723144012482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcLL49bUIyvSOOGJ3xXXkFK5I20kcvO9k12YqZgl3XB2tIl6p6FX6Qpr_i39UNgMQ1SqRkVaq_m2vMMT1qZZRAsbToYL3QF8JFK1k1bRJMs-nYgNgpv2LgJjtprLvC6CJs_EjzrBpF1FP/s320/TG9ANF_20100214_2143_20M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>After this qso i went back to the 40M band...till 23:30 UTC.Total i made 464 QSO's in the CQ WPX contest..almost 300 qso's more then i had in 2009.</div><div>Total points where 532980 !!!You bet i could sleep very well after this.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>The PACC contest</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><div></div><div>At 13:00 UTC on saturday i did start the PACC contest.First looking for a free space,but the freq. was already very busy.So i went searching for stations in the contest.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62-i32mBlozxKJzw0AzXphiGayEULKf8zxFrr8BEhO71Iqh-sk7Oam3GF5Mewk3WPsYhS-IzEI-f3eGuRtZvI8kZMoMyGmXdvtFcJOC_rgnd5mVwraPNpzaKJ14QMdi_tjqD3VzkPhhEt/s1600-h/PE4BAS_20100213_1253_10M_SSB.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439720811867797090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62-i32mBlozxKJzw0AzXphiGayEULKf8zxFrr8BEhO71Iqh-sk7Oam3GF5Mewk3WPsYhS-IzEI-f3eGuRtZvI8kZMoMyGmXdvtFcJOC_rgnd5mVwraPNpzaKJ14QMdi_tjqD3VzkPhhEt/s320/PE4BAS_20100213_1253_10M_SSB.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div>I was able to work a few stations on all of the bands i am allowed to transmit on.<em><span style="color:#006600;">PE4BAS,Bas</span></em> and <em><span style="color:#006600;">PD5JFK,Jelle</span></em> are two of them.Also both did send eQSL's straight after the contest was over.Thanks guys for the QSO's and the points.</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6T5NLo9oFKAHcP3D7yJg2Iy4HZXJFjgN-o1gmPxtB3oaT7YZyk-T1B3xvd6KKzo45MI2HyOUmqpcPoYAKnrY3V_UJQbDsTslRfVXZcTRBg38SiVah3bRJSsDaKAS7ZA85-Jmq32zo3KC/s1600-h/PJ4NX_20100213_1454_20M_SSB.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439720818356142946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6T5NLo9oFKAHcP3D7yJg2Iy4HZXJFjgN-o1gmPxtB3oaT7YZyk-T1B3xvd6KKzo45MI2HyOUmqpcPoYAKnrY3V_UJQbDsTslRfVXZcTRBg38SiVah3bRJSsDaKAS7ZA85-Jmq32zo3KC/s320/PJ4NX_20100213_1454_20M_SSB.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div>On the first day the contest didn't go well for me.Couldn't get a free freq. to call on and didn't find much stations who where calling in the contest.Around 17:00 UTC i did stop the PACC and went to the CQ WPX.So now and then i listened over the band and did pick some stations out for the PACC.Last station logged before bedtime was around 0:27.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6T5NLo9oFKAHcP3D7yJg2Iy4HZXJFjgN-o1gmPxtB3oaT7YZyk-T1B3xvd6KKzo45MI2HyOUmqpcPoYAKnrY3V_UJQbDsTslRfVXZcTRBg38SiVah3bRJSsDaKAS7ZA85-Jmq32zo3KC/s1600-h/PJ4NX_20100213_1454_20M_SSB.jpg"></a></div><div>Sunday mornig at 8:30 i was back at the radio and in the PACC.I first went to the 40m band,worked a couple stations.Nice was to work <em><span style="color:#006600;">PA0AA</span></em> with Peter that time as operator,<em><span style="color:#006600;">PD1RP</span></em>.Little later i went to the 20M and did hear Henk,<em><span style="color:#006600;">VK2GWK</span></em> giving point in the PACC.I could work Henk as well via Long Path.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNr1rr_p6v7eEbhROXsAblGEEtFPVr_uo7_IzUA5Ek07QSlQJTu3c6rrXSm_DWx1fecPwaAsHyjmAKWB_471aUFYlac1nVzPz5FkNJ9rRnWbEhIv04hIeBJ2tPCmcVYxX_Rku_5XRWXnQ0/s1600-h/PD0RS_20100214_0938_40M_SSB.jpg"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLKD0Bin-XcTiymKFL3qgvn6Cl15LOpzXSSA0X8CMCZrwGx8nYJquyUQ9jIm7zIn0RnE7Cvznt4mB-Doqr5ZhSw-iFyUSACym-VXQCm4PhowswnLm5EScUm7X2DeyWXL0HOYtJmm3KE42/s1600-h/VK2GWK_20100214_0826_20M_SSB.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439720825517147474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLKD0Bin-XcTiymKFL3qgvn6Cl15LOpzXSSA0X8CMCZrwGx8nYJquyUQ9jIm7zIn0RnE7Cvznt4mB-Doqr5ZhSw-iFyUSACym-VXQCm4PhowswnLm5EScUm7X2DeyWXL0HOYtJmm3KE42/s320/VK2GWK_20100214_0826_20M_SSB.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div>After 30 minutes on 20M i decited to go on 40M and find a free freq.I did find one and did start calling CQ......wow..i never had such a pile up :) This made the bad start from the day before good again.I did work alot of Dutch stations as well.I think this year more PD stations where active then the years before.Good sign.</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNr1rr_p6v7eEbhROXsAblGEEtFPVr_uo7_IzUA5Ek07QSlQJTu3c6rrXSm_DWx1fecPwaAsHyjmAKWB_471aUFYlac1nVzPz5FkNJ9rRnWbEhIv04hIeBJ2tPCmcVYxX_Rku_5XRWXnQ0/s1600-h/PD0RS_20100214_0938_40M_SSB.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439720801610507970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNr1rr_p6v7eEbhROXsAblGEEtFPVr_uo7_IzUA5Ek07QSlQJTu3c6rrXSm_DWx1fecPwaAsHyjmAKWB_471aUFYlac1nVzPz5FkNJ9rRnWbEhIv04hIeBJ2tPCmcVYxX_Rku_5XRWXnQ0/s320/PD0RS_20100214_0938_40M_SSB.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLKD0Bin-XcTiymKFL3qgvn6Cl15LOpzXSSA0X8CMCZrwGx8nYJquyUQ9jIm7zIn0RnE7Cvznt4mB-Doqr5ZhSw-iFyUSACym-VXQCm4PhowswnLm5EScUm7X2DeyWXL0HOYtJmm3KE42/s1600-h/VK2GWK_20100214_0826_20M_SSB.jpg"></a></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_z2jC_Zm8wZW3-2euxMitraZcYjCwdD8ua1Mv3EHdqUoeSZf2adMKBdaC6xQvoytSMtcZOUI8U8cwpXSqNSO4ajIj_hadwTT3v3ljw7oUOrmttG8AMNJX2Z-zs0kkycWFHQqQ3e0FSJt/s1600-h/PD5JFK_20100214_1137_20M_SSB.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439720804081836754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_z2jC_Zm8wZW3-2euxMitraZcYjCwdD8ua1Mv3EHdqUoeSZf2adMKBdaC6xQvoytSMtcZOUI8U8cwpXSqNSO4ajIj_hadwTT3v3ljw7oUOrmttG8AMNJX2Z-zs0kkycWFHQqQ3e0FSJt/s320/PD5JFK_20100214_1137_20M_SSB.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div>At the end i got 329 qso's logged and 57 Multies.Total points given from N1MM is 18.753.</div><div>I did join this contest for the 4th time and this time was the most succesfull.We have to wait a few months to see what place i am from the Dutch Novice stations.<br /><br /></div><div>This weekend was for me very good.Made in 2 contest almost 800 qso's !!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-47281279508480377022010-02-18T10:51:00.000-08:002010-02-18T11:17:47.531-08:00Black Sea Cup International and Mexico International RTTY Contest<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">I</span></strong>n the weekend of the 6th and the 7th of Februar was the Black Sea Cup International and the Mexico International RTTY Contest. <div><div><div>I was active in both of them.</div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">F</span></strong>irst i started in the Black Sea contest,while that started at 12:00 UTC already.Was active till 18:00 UTC that saturday and started again sunday morning around 10:30 UTC.</div><div>My score was 13932 points.I was active in mixed mode so CW and SSB. </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5L8Qm4kvKUctJPi96FIGHfQaia5gIXW2_ZAhTvKNgGlXkvxpY6AEa_pOkHAV-XnHbDh2zebQDQl7TGlxJ-8XQqVWXFQB1-9ZpyoFz0LzIjs2rsm1WvFOGxwClwsAWJLT1fYT2szZnGHpR/s1600-h/UT7DK_20100206_1658_40M_SSB.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439662037628417618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5L8Qm4kvKUctJPi96FIGHfQaia5gIXW2_ZAhTvKNgGlXkvxpY6AEa_pOkHAV-XnHbDh2zebQDQl7TGlxJ-8XQqVWXFQB1-9ZpyoFz0LzIjs2rsm1WvFOGxwClwsAWJLT1fYT2szZnGHpR/s320/UT7DK_20100206_1658_40M_SSB.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzfM_f1dORLdBK0CLlfrwWmUmveJEBxJ_RxHwZpa2-gyuQZltnX_ywEMWT3IvnqUOUlX_fFUlGiEsKDJDdATw1jmI1eSNlK9DmB-CLoNrESzWIs8ZiKOinMRIXEBcky6f_33xO4l7t-5v/s1600-h/UX3MZ_20100206_1231_20M_CW.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439662041090376498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzfM_f1dORLdBK0CLlfrwWmUmveJEBxJ_RxHwZpa2-gyuQZltnX_ywEMWT3IvnqUOUlX_fFUlGiEsKDJDdATw1jmI1eSNlK9DmB-CLoNrESzWIs8ZiKOinMRIXEBcky6f_33xO4l7t-5v/s320/UX3MZ_20100206_1231_20M_CW.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>At 18:oo UTC started the Mexico International RTTY contest.I also started this at that time.</div><div>The 20M band is most closed that time.But still after a few qso's on the 40M band,i was able to work 9 stations on 20M.Few from NA and a few EU.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCdCblQSNUGtfX45vNtrLVRb9TxZbtYzhjnbSSol5fgG2iBHWMIiMu1_V6QJn_GNzeReyjaD6Mb8ZC96lwfy4Z7h1Kj379azhuXQb0_Na6z73StRzhyphenhyphenk5zTeZR1_Jg5UbZdgnADRMJuFf/s1600-h/AI9T_20100206_2315_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439662044748188626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCdCblQSNUGtfX45vNtrLVRb9TxZbtYzhjnbSSol5fgG2iBHWMIiMu1_V6QJn_GNzeReyjaD6Mb8ZC96lwfy4Z7h1Kj379azhuXQb0_Na6z73StRzhyphenhyphenk5zTeZR1_Jg5UbZdgnADRMJuFf/s320/AI9T_20100206_2315_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>After that i went back to the 40M band.Was active till 0:38 UTC...had that time 50 stations logged.Sunday morning i started again at 6:30...and after a few worked on 40M i saw that the 20M was open as well.So i went to 20M.Propagation was very nice,could work E21,JA,XU7,DS5 and many more....</div><div>Due some TVI problems at my neightbours i did stop early in the afternoon.Total 166 QSO's logged.Points given by MixW where 27664.</div><div> </div></div></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-13384337751500439322010-01-26T10:00:00.000-08:002010-02-04T04:42:57.173-08:00BARTG Sprint RTTY Contest<span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">I</span></strong>n the</span> </span>weekend of 23-24 Januar i was active during the <em><span style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://www.bartg.org.uk/documents/Contests/HF/BARTG%20Sprint%20Rules%202010.pdf">BARTG Sprint RTTY Contest</a></span></em>.<br /><div><div>This is a 24 hour contest,from saturday 12 utc till sunday 12 utc.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">I</span></strong> started at 12 utc at the 20M band.Propagation looked ok.</div><div>I got 40 qso's logged in the first hour.Also a few stations from NA already.</div><div>At 1447 i took a break to walk with my Husky's.At this time i got 94 qso's logged.</div><div>Also LX1EA was logged,always nice but difficult for me to get LX.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkOn6Er2jcHEQdptQe5hnReDEaKR4C_I-TqUNjNAcYHvQ7owwf1Ch0yYeuvUrd7zYVjrm9yArJAkgYNjixqnzEEp6AjT_Rn4ThtXfKfZ31uHaslEvphQHvymCJMRDat6QIF4cFsSVH2oR/s1600-h/LX1EA_20100123_1410_20M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431128587237837554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkOn6Er2jcHEQdptQe5hnReDEaKR4C_I-TqUNjNAcYHvQ7owwf1Ch0yYeuvUrd7zYVjrm9yArJAkgYNjixqnzEEp6AjT_Rn4ThtXfKfZ31uHaslEvphQHvymCJMRDat6QIF4cFsSVH2oR/s320/LX1EA_20100123_1410_20M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>At 1538 back at the radio.</div><div>Very big suprise to see and work FR5GS.He was calling CQ when i worked him...after that the mess came to his freq.</div><div>At 17:50 i had a diner break...160 qso's logged now.I was already on 40M,as the 20M band closed around 17:30.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUYrBeOm0EODayogwKZzVp2PvfZoLMTgemlSRdIDf1PGnjMnLu-YmFbE0BUeTfRX_rc8PJKBkcq6DdggFblhpP6q76MKBEp6RJTxQT5RbVoaWRmTzNXqLT_Ot1iiwF5SGdiCKvWbNPr1e/s1600-h/GM0NBM_20100123_2123_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431128578679141874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUYrBeOm0EODayogwKZzVp2PvfZoLMTgemlSRdIDf1PGnjMnLu-YmFbE0BUeTfRX_rc8PJKBkcq6DdggFblhpP6q76MKBEp6RJTxQT5RbVoaWRmTzNXqLT_Ot1iiwF5SGdiCKvWbNPr1e/s320/GM0NBM_20100123_2123_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />I was active till 23:40 UTC.Did work alot of EU and also some NA stations.<br /></div><div></div><div>The next morning i did start again at 7:40 UTC.First looked on 40M again.P40YL was very strong and i could work her as well.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO749HZBL5-pOn3cIdU44iaSVIb486rU-prDweVKw7G6DrOBWrr9gui64i6LYpsJ0rRYEff17bk1uU0UjLJ17Hks51nNVIroXMLFi5MMXo7BoRASJBSVF157heC3_vLPiiYqxj7WEUzahr/s1600-h/K9OM_20100123_2335_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431128583932863042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO749HZBL5-pOn3cIdU44iaSVIb486rU-prDweVKw7G6DrOBWrr9gui64i6LYpsJ0rRYEff17bk1uU0UjLJ17Hks51nNVIroXMLFi5MMXo7BoRASJBSVF157heC3_vLPiiYqxj7WEUzahr/s320/K9OM_20100123_2335_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />At the end i had 327 QSO's logged...something i was happy with.</div><div>Total points given from MixW where 115.758.</div><div>Ofcourse this will be lower after the crosschecking of the logs.Not everyone sends in their logs and also possibe that something went wrong with the numbers given.<br /></div><div></div></div>PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-3162469133019920602010-01-16T00:59:00.000-08:002010-01-16T01:39:45.066-08:00500Khz WSPR...<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">L</span></strong>ast night i had my TRX on 500Khz with a simple vertical antenna.<br />Just curious what i could receive...<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#006600;">PA3FNY -20</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#006600;">SM6BHZ -21</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#006600;">G4JNT -27</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#006600;">PA0A +10</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#006600;">PA0A</span></em> is only 46km from me.<br />Farest station is SM6BHZ with 629km.PD7BZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130172138425477443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284802276693399942.post-61845366288473685702010-01-12T10:29:00.000-08:002010-01-12T11:01:08.980-08:00Contest 10-11 Januar<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">T</span></strong>he weekend from 10-11 Januar where again some contest i wanted to join.<br /><div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">F</span></strong>irst started the <em><span style="color:#006600;">PODXS 070</span></em> contest in PSK31.This did start at 0:00 UTC saturday morning till 23:59 UTC in the evening.I wasn't active in this contest and didn't know if it was a big one or not.</div><div>When the contest ended...i had just 7 QSO's logged.</div><div>Not too much activity was seen here at my end.But still i was happy to have worked 2 stations from NA on PSK.This are new DXCC for me,as i didn't work the US before on 40 in that mode.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XJ4ZvXmieTSoSS6Q1CxLv8ZdeALZ52Vsu_6d6FrcB3NF47DAuH22s6zON0bp6xfBuqsVC_3hYfbDSyyobmAD5zFqHfy4HjCo34pSAsk1-LqBGpXfPn9JVxAzWJyR0GOTGCMw-Mwkyn81/s1600-h/AI4FR_20100109_0529_40M_PSK31.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425929174769406594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XJ4ZvXmieTSoSS6Q1CxLv8ZdeALZ52Vsu_6d6FrcB3NF47DAuH22s6zON0bp6xfBuqsVC_3hYfbDSyyobmAD5zFqHfy4HjCo34pSAsk1-LqBGpXfPn9JVxAzWJyR0GOTGCMw-Mwkyn81/s320/AI4FR_20100109_0529_40M_PSK31.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;">A</span></strong>lso in the same time on saturday was the Mongolian RTTY DX Contest.</div><div>In this contest there was more activity on the bands.Also got logged one station from Mongolia,<em><span style="color:#006600;">JT1BE</span></em>.Saw him calling CQ all the time and did try to work him...but no luck in the start.Few minutes later i did try again and bingo.</div><div>Total of 151 QSO's into 34 DXCC's.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6tLJ66Wm4Vgy9HbOumLvznktQ34ZIOYuZOqBrH9kWp4tG9sFpmgm9jnDtBKbp2cKTFog2yA04W6CGoaqZZyrB9K4CudpGYyWpyxJuwvt5QGF-LSqL1GCA2X-F-lI6H0s-uBt_OBgScy4/s1600-h/SM3BFH_20100109_1349_40M_RTTY.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425929172784502338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6tLJ66Wm4Vgy9HbOumLvznktQ34ZIOYuZOqBrH9kWp4tG9sFpmgm9jnDtBKbp2cKTFog2yA04W6CGoaqZZyrB9K4CudpGYyWpyxJuwvt5QGF-LSqL1GCA2X-F-lI6H0s-uBt_OBgScy4/s320/SM3BFH_20100109_1349_40M_RTTY.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a 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