In the past few days in the mail I received two QSL cards from Radio Romania International.
The first was for the reception of their station on 16th November 2021.
The second was for the reception of their station on 18th December 2021.
Yesterday in the mail I received a QSL card from WTWW in the USA for my reception of their station on 1st January 2022.
A couple of eQSLs received for working GB100BBC, for the 100 years of the BBC.
Over the past couple of weeks, Marija VK5MAZ have been lucky to work a number of overseas SOTA, Parks, and Castle activators. These have all been on the 20m band where conditions have been very good.
Below is a selection of those we have worked.
WEDNESDAY 27th APRIL 2022.
TUESDAY 26th APRIL 2022.
FRIDAY 22nd APRIL 2022
His 1st VK HEMA contact.
THURSDAY 21st APRIL 2022
MONDAY 18th APRIL 2022.
1st time he had worked a VK during an activation.
Here is a video taken by Andrew VK1AD of Marija worjking Lutz.
SUNDAY 17th APRIL 2022.
SATURDAY 16th APRIL 2022.
10th APRIL 2022.
9th APRIL 2022.
8th APRIL 2022.
“Absolutely great to get you yesterday on sota G/CE-005 Wendover Woods. Skip must have been just right for us with a 59 received and 57 sent contact. At my end KX3 and KXPA100 running 60w into shortened EFHW in inv vee config apex at 7m. Location was also WWFF GFF-0058 Chiltern Hills. Cheers Neil G0WPO.”
7th APRIL 2022.
On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th April 2022, I was allocated the special call of VK90ABC for a second go around. Marija and I used the call back in February. VK90ABC is a special call to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
I had a bit of a sleep in on Saturday morning so I didn’t get out to the shack until about 9.00 a.m. local time. That left me 3 hours to play on the radio before heading off to my grandson Flynn’s 1st birthday party.
Most of my activity on Saturday morning was on the 10m band where I logged 29 stations from the USA, New Zealand, Costa Tica, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Asiatic Russia. I then moved to 40m where I logged 29 Australian stations. I then headed to 20m where I logged 7 stations from VK2, VK4, New Zealand, and England. I was quite amazed to work Fred G0EHQ in England at 0214 UTC on 20m on the long path.
It was time to jump into the shower and head off to Flynn’s birthday party.
I got home from the party at about 5.00 p.m. local time. After arriving home I had a bit of fun on 20m on the long path, working a number of stations in Europe and the United Kingdom, and the USA on the short path.
During Saturday evening I logged some VK stations on 40m and 80m, and then had a lot of fun working a stack of USA stations on 20m on the short path.
By the end of Saturday I had 278 QSOs in the log, including 35 different DXCC entities.
On Sunday morning I kicked off on the 10m band once again, where I worked a number of North American stations and about 100 Japanese stations. The band conditions on 10m were terrific.
Below is a video of the pile-up I had going into Japan on 10m.
On Sunday afternoon I worked a very big pile-up on the long path to Europe. Below is a video showing the pile-up as heard in my shack.
And here is a video taken by Peter VK3YE in Victoria who was listening in to me in Victoria.
All up over the 1 & 1/2 days, I logged a total of 770 stations which included 57 different DXCC entities.
The majority of my contacts were on the 20M band as the graph below shows.
I worked the following countries:-
The map below shows my contacts around the world.
Conditions on the long path (LP) on 20m on both Saturday and Sunday into Europe and the United Kingdom were excellent. The short path into Europe was virtually non-existent.
The map below shows my contacts into Europe and UK on the LP on 20m.
I made just a handful of North American contacts on 40m. The majority of my USA and Canadian contacts were on the 20m band and the 10m band.
The map below shows my North American QSOs.
There was a very nice opening on 10m on Sunday morning to Japan, with nearly 100 Japanese stations logged. The map below shows my 10m Japanese QSOs.
I logged a total of 176 VK stations and 14 New Zealand stations over the 2 day period.
THANK YOU to everyone who called.
At about 0944 UTC on 10th April 2022, I tuned in to PBS Qinghai broadcasting in the Tibetan language on 5990 kHz.
The broadcast was coming from Xining 50 kW transmitter in China.
The overall reception of PBS Qinghai was excellent.
| S | I | N | P | O |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Below is a short video showing my reception of PBS Qinghai.
References.
At about 0923 UTC on 10th April 2022, I tuned in to Radio Educacion broadcasting in the Spanish language on 6185 kHz.
The broadcast was coming from the Mexico CIty 1 KW transmitter in Mexico.
The program consisted of classical music.
The overall reception of Radio Educacion was good. There were loud static crashes due to local storms in Australia.
| S | I | N | P | O |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Below is a short video showing my reception of the Radio Educacion.
References.
At about 1017 UTC on 9th April 2022, I tuned in to Unique Radio broadcasting in the English language on 5035 kHz in Upper SideBand.
The overall reception of Unique Radio was good.
| S | I | N | P | O |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Below is a short video showing my reception of the Unique Radio.
References.
At about 1055 UTC on 4th April 2022, I tuned in to CRFX Toronto, CANADA, broadcasting in the English language on 6070 kHz.
The broadcast was coming from the Toronto 1 kW transmitter in Canada.
The overall reception of the CFRX Toronto was poor-fair. From 1100 UTC there was severe interference from the Voice of Korea broadcasting in the Japanese language on the same frequency.
| S | I | N | P | O |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Below is a short video showing my reception of the CFRX Toronto.
References.
At about 0620 UTC on 23rd March 2022, I tuned in to the Radio Ndarason Internationale broadcasting in the Kanuri language on 9535 kHz.
The broadcast was coming from the Wooferton 250 kW transmitter in England.
The overall reception of the Radio Ndarason Internationale was good.
| S | I | N | P | O |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Below is a short video showing my reception of the Radio Ndarason Internationale.
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