Sunday, October 30, 2016

#cqww Till now

Local reporter talking to PA4O Peter (left)
Lots of problems encountered when powering the station. Not everyting can be told but we had a power
failure and some problems with a broken computer. Besides that we had a lot of trouble with RFI. But everything solved so far. We use a 6KW petrol power generator now. Since propagation is not that good we decided to connect the amplifier and we will change our section to high power now. Not that I am personally impressed with what can be worked with 400W. The wire antenna we use for the low bands is not working well unfortenately. Only a few multipliers worked so far on those bands. We have a vertical for 15m and 10m that's doing a better job. We also had a visit from a local commercial radio station in the morning so we could promote our hobby here in our province, of course it did cost some time but it is a important aspect for this hobby as well.

2 comments:

Hans said...

Hallo Bas, naar dat je al met problemen moet starten maar zo te lezen hebben jullie je weten aan te passen aan de techniek en condities. Zelf heb ik diverse malen geluisterd maar heb jullie niet kunnen ontdekken. Het is op alle banden best wel druk. Weekend en contest.
Heel veel succes jullie daar en sterkte voor de laatste uren. 73 Hans, PE1BVQ

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hallo Hans, uiteindelijk is het allemaal goed gekomen. Maar problemen kosten altijd kostbare tijd. We zijn voornamelijk op 20m aktief geweest. Binnen Nederland was voor deze wedstrijd niet interessant omdat het geen punten oplevert. 73, Bas