WAE Contest and PKW MHF1e40

In the past week,my girlfriend put the Rotary Dipole from PKW for 40M,the PKW MHF1e40,on the roof.It's just in steady position,little North-West/South-East.

This because during contests,many from NA are on 40M.So for me this would be the best position.But as it is only a Dipole....it TX as well as to the front as to the back.But i am very happy to have it up on the roof....around 8 meters above the ground now.

Before it was only standing at the back at the house at 4 meters....but even on this height i was able to work XW1B,Bruce in RTTY....just 8800 Km. :)

The past weekend,8th and 9th of August,was the WAE Contest in CW....(Work All Europe).

Means....we from Europe where only allowed to get outside EU in our log.

Knowing this and that the propagation isn't still very well......

Still i did manage to get 101 QSO's logged.Started also very good with KH7XS and KH6MB logged within my first 12 QSO's.

Also 10M was open and got some nice ones on this band as well....total 14 QSO's.

Worked these nice DXCC's on 10M: LS1D , FJ/VE3EY , 5N0OCH , PY2NDX , etc..

On 20M also nice DXCC's: CO8ZZ , HK1X , CX1AA , etc..

On 40M is did try out my PKW MHF1e40 on the roof.Could work some NA stations without any problem with my 25W.Also got FM5CD and FJ/VE3EY on 40M.

Saw that YN9H was also active on 7054....also worked him in SSB in a pileup.So i am very happy with my PKW dipole on the roof.

Got total more QSO's and multies then last year,but have to wait how much points i get,after all logs where checked.As i do my CW with my computer,sometimes callsigns and numbers aren't correct.Or the other stations doesn't have my callsign correct.

In N1MM i got total 9.999 points till now.

Propagation Difference

You all know that Holland is just a very small and flat Country.

But still we have alot of differences in the Propagation inside this small area.

Years ago we had this already on 11M.In the South part of Holland they could work Country's we didn't even hear here in the North part.The distance between myself and the other stations is just 150-200KM.

In 2006 i did pass my Novice Licence...

Thought that this difference was maybe only on the 11M band.

But now i notice that this is also on other bands.

I did notice this also on the 20M band.Some stations in the South part of Holland,did work a DX expedition...i couldn't even hear a sound from them here.

It seems that the propagation goes from South to North.

The stations in the South first hear the station and if the band is open long enought,we can hear them here in the North part as well.

We also see this with other Country's.For example Italy has mostly better propagation to all corners as we here in Western Europe.

My antenne setup in Schoonoord JO32IU

For me is also the country's to the North difficult.

So did i hear JD1BMM just one day with sometimes 4/3....but that was it.

Also from ZL7T i didn't hear a thing.I was lucky to have worked and confirmed ZL7/DL2AH.That time i was at my old QTH with better sight to the North.

Antenne setup in my old QTH, JO32KX

Also my antenne setup here isn't very well yet.The FB33 tribander is too low,not even hight enought to look over the roof here.Later this year,we will change this.The beam will be around 10 meters hight from the ground then.Also will change the FB33 from Fritzel and put there then my old Swan TB-3HA.This is also a tribander (10-15-20) and has the elements much longer.Also i think that the F/B is better from this one.

Also i will put first my PKW 40M rotary dipole in the tower.

For now i have the FD3 from Fritzel and a 2x 10M home made wire dipole for the 40M.

The PKW rotary dipole is much better.Did work VP6DX with it on my old QTH.

In time,the rotary dipole from PKW will be changed into a two elm.

PKW MHF1e40 40M Rotary Dipole

PKW MHF2e40ss 2elm 40M