SM/DJ8MS - August/September 2005

Here are some comments on my tour regarding radio activity...

The conditions seemed to be quite badaround 18utc, only rare reflections. It's been much better in the afternoon, but generally only very few stations were qrv during workdays.

It's been quite difficult to find some stations for Tropo, always depended on several minutes long calling by me, which decreased battery status.

I recognized mainly good MS operating by the callers giving respect to actual QSOs, the only exception have been DH1HC who called me for nearly half an hour on tropo during MS-QSOs. Thanks for QRM - NO QSO with you ! Not that heavily disturbing, but nevertheless not really fair have been F5JNX, calling quite continously for me, when I've been in JO96 and JO87.

On august 31st I suffered in JO86 the darkness, when the sun dropped the street lights were switched on, unfortunately they prodruced a steady QRN-like noise up to S9. That's why I've been heavily deaf during last part of the aurora opening. Anyway mainly very strong signals up to 59+a have been heard at qtf 300-330 degrees.

The same effect have been on september 1st when I've been in JO87kb, unfortunately especially into south direction have been the village Sandik with lot's of street lights, producing S5 noise when beaming there.

It's been lot's of fun taking part in the IARU VHV Contest on september 4th... there still have been the stable high preasure area with provided nice tropo conditions into nearly all directions, but main activity have been in western central europe.

The most amazing fact was, I've been called by M8C from IO91 which means a distance of 1284km.

All QSOs will be confirmed by QSL via club / bureau... QSLs sent to me by post without back postage will generally be returned via club.

list of completed 2m Tropo-QSOs - JO97ii :

LY1TR, SP2FAV, SP1FPG, SP1MVG, SP2CHY, YL3GDF, LY2BUU, OH3A, YL2PA/p, ES7GN, ES2DN, ES1MM, ES7GM, ES1II/8, SP2IQW, RW3LL, RA3LE, LY3ED

hrd: RZ1AP?

odx: RA3LE KO64 -> 876km

list of completed 2m MS-QSOs - JO96bw :

DL4EBV, DF2ZC, DL5GAC, PE1AHX, PA1GYS, G0GMS, EI5FK, G8VYK, G4RRA, EI4DQ, DL6ZAU, IW2BSQ, DF8IK, DF9QT, HB9DFG, DF6YL, OM5CM, YU7EW, G8VHI, SP6GWB, DF5NK, S51AT, F5JNX, PA5KM, G4DEZ, PE2SVN, S54T, DC9YC,  PE1GNP, DL6ZAU, OK1UAK

odx: EI5FK 1805km

hrd: LA4YGA, DJ9CZ, DJ5BV (called me only once ?) - DH1HC (QRM-ing via Tropo into MS-QSOs !)

hrd on Tropo during MS-QSOs: DL6ZAU, DF8IK, DF9QT, DF6YL  -  odx: DF8IK 1005km

list of completed 2m Tropo-QSOs - JO96bw :

DL9MS, DK1KR, ES6RQ, SP2QBQ, SQ1FYY, SP1MVG, SP1FPG, SP2MKO, SP7NWM, OH1NOR, SP1HLE, OZ1SKY, DK1YY, SP1YSZ, DM2SR, SM5TJH, SP3SFM, SP2IQW, SM6ESG/7, DL5AG, DG1ZTO, DL4SUN, DB1ACZ

odx: DK1KR 578km

list of completed 23cm QSOs - JO96bw/JO97ii :

Tropo JO96: DK1KR, DL1SUN, DL1SUZ   -  odx: DK1KR 578km

EME: DJ9YW (JO96 + 97)

list of completed 2m Tropo-QSOs - JO86/JO87 :

JO86: 

DL2SZB, DL2SZZ, SM7BGC, SP1FPG, DK1YY, DJ5HG, DG3XA, DO2HSP, DK4U, DL6NAA, DL4YY, DF9AH, DK1KR DL2ARD/p, DL7UE, SP3VSC, DL8ZT, DL1XT, DK3T, DL0VV, PA0PVW, DF5HD

+ 69 QSOs during IARU VHF Contest on september 4th

ODX: M8C IO91 -> 1284km

JO87:  SM3LBN, SM4YMP, DK3WG, DL5AG, DL4SUN, SP2IQW, DG1ZTO, SP2HMT, SP2QBQ, SP1FPG, DL1XP, PA1T

ODX: PA5KM JO11 -> 1045km (during MS-QSO)

list of completed 2m MS-QSOs - JO87kb/kc :

DJ9CZ, PA3FPQ, DF2ZC, G0UWK, DF8IK, G4DEZ, EI5FK, G4IGO, PA5KM, PE2SVN, PE1AHX, HB9DFG, F5JNX, G8VHI, PA4EME, F5GHP

odx: EI5FK IO51 -> 1732km

hrd: ON6NL , I1??? JN33

list of completed 2m AUR-QSOs - JO86fj :

PA5DD, DL9MS, DK2CF, DL4DWA, DJ9MG, DF5DE, DF1CF, PA3FPQ, DF2ZC, DL4DTU

list of completed 23cm QSOs :

Tropo JO87 : DJ9YW, SM3LBN - ODX: DJ9YW JO42 -> 743km

EME JO86 : DJ9YW

Total amount of QSOs:

2m    : 203 QSOs: 146x Tropo, 47x Meteorscatter, 10x Aurora

23cm :    8 QSOs: 5x Tropo, 3x EME
 

Map of worked locator gridsquares:

any pictures will be added next time...