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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

10m expectations

Once, long time ago....
After reading some very nice reports about WSPR on 10 meter I decided to monitor for a few days. But my expectations were too high. Propagation was not as good as the days before I was monitoring. Although I was reported at 4Z4TJ (Israel) and OY1OF (Faroer Isl.) with my 1 Watt on the vertical. Receiving went better I reported V53ARC, VK4YEH, PU2MWD,  FR1GZ and  VK6TQ as DX and a few other Dutch and European stations as well most of them TX with 2-5 Watt. Tomorrow starts a 12 meter QRP activity for 2 days. I don't have too much expectations this time but will try with 500mW, you never know...


Na het lezen van diverse blogs over uitstekende WSPR resultaten op 10 meter besloot ik een paar dagen deze band te monitoren. Helaas waren mijn verwachtingen wat te hoog want de condities waren gewoon lang niet zo goed als de dagen voordat ik daar mee begon.  Alhoewel ik nog wel gehoord werd door 4Z4TJ en OY1OF met mijn 1 Watt en de verticale antenne. Ontvangen ging beter, ik ontving: V53ARC, VK4YEH, PU2MWD,  FR1GZ and  VK6TQ als DX en nog een hele hoop andere Nederlandse en Europese stations. De meesten van hen werkten met een vermogen van 2 tot 5 Watt. Vanaf morgen is er een 12 meter QRP aktiviteit voor 2 dagen. Ik heb er niet veel verwachtingen van maar zal het proberen met 500 mW, je weet maar nooit...

6 comments:

  1. Paul Stam PAØKTuesday, February 22, 2011 at 10:20:00 PM GMT+1

    Hallo Bas, heb jij die beam gehad op de foto? Nou, dat is niet slecht. Ik zal eens kijken of het lukt morgen op 12 meter. Ik heb nog niet veel landen gehad op 12 meter. 73 Paul

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  2. PE4BAS, BasTuesday, February 22, 2011 at 10:29:00 PM GMT+1

    Hallo Paul, ja dat was mijn mast op de vorige QTH. Ik kan je vertellen dat het heel goed werke op 10m en 12m. Maar ja aan alle dingen komt een eind. De plannen om de mast weer omhoog te zetten hier zijn wel weer aanwezig maar de tijd en het geld ontbreken helaas. 73, Bas

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  3. KL8DXWednesday, February 23, 2011 at 7:09:00 AM GMT+1

    Bas, that's the magic with 10 meters. You just never know. 100 watts or 1 watt, if the band is not there, it's not there but at least you had a glimmer of hope! Good luck with the 500mw on 12!

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  4. VE9KK Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 12:36:00 PM GMT+1

    Hi Bas, I said the same thing when I tried 500mw's during the last contest. It seemed to work very well for me but then the solar activity was at an all time high. Then there is the fact that during contests there are lots of listening ears as well. Do let us know how it goes.

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  5. PE4BAS, BasThursday, February 24, 2011 at 10:06:00 PM GMT+1

    @Phil, well you are right but this is not the best time for 10m/12m. I just missed the fun and hoped for some more. Better luck next time.

    @Mike, the high solar activity was that weekend there at the right time. Normally you could not get that far with 500mW. So, that tells us all that big antennas are not always needed. We all depend on good propagation. And that's something we cannot buy...

    73, Bas

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  6. Bert, PA1BSunday, February 27, 2011 at 10:54:00 PM GMT+1

    Hello Bas,

    Propagation, activity and than antenne.
    In any contest there is much steel and aluminium and Excellent Ears, on the other side, in the air.
    This weekend I made 42 QRPp QSO's (less than 1 watt) of a total of abt 160 QRP QSO's in the UBA CW contest.
    I like this DX type of contests for their Golden oppotunities. hi

    73, Bert PA1B

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Thanks for your comment. Bedankt voor je reactie. 73, Bas