-- The only DX station that was really easy this week was 5T5PA from Mauretania. Johannes was smart and used F/H FT8 exclusively on 50.323MHz resulting in a good pile-up for him.
-- UK9AA Uzbekistan was unworkable earlier this week but suddenly popped up with a good signal a few days later. A QSO was easily made this time.
-- After receiving VR2XYL Hong Kong and BA7IO China I'd thought about another title for this post "Asian 6m fading waves" since it faded in very fast and signals were gone in just a few minutes. Receiving, even with signals as high as -6dB doesn't always mean you can make a QSO...
-- Then at Saturday morning, well regular readers do know....I worked Japan on 6m. For me it was the holy grail of 6m DX. If you manage to work Japan from Europe on 50MHz you are a real DXer in my eyes. It takes effort even with FT8. You need to be on the radio at the right moment. Propagation will only last for about 10-15 minutes max. and you need to stay cool and quiet because it will be a mess on the frequency and everyone is calling over each other to get the DX. My first with Japan was with JI4UEN.
Above the log from JI4UEN on his QRZ.com page. I've been staring to that for 5 minutes and actually find it hard to believe I was the last from his 3 european contacts. He probabely is just as happy with the QSO as I am :-)
Overall I think this is not bad considering time of year. If we are lucky propagation might be even better next month. Unfortunately I can't monitor every day but try to as much as possible. Hopefully I will not miss any of the magic from this magic band.
8 comments:
Indrukwekkend Bas! Is dit met een richtantenne of met een verticale antenne? Ben nu ook wel benieuwd hoeveel watt je daarvoor nodig had? Heb nog geen enkele FT8 qso in de log, ben er wat argwanend tegenover, maar het blijven mooie qso's/dxcc's! Pieter ON3DI
Brilliant! Personally, I really enjoy your 6m blog posts.
Hallo Pieter, dit is met een 5 element yagi @14m hoogte. Ik gebruikte 50W uit de IC-7300. Tja, je mag je wat mij betreft bij CW en SSB houden. Echter de DX stations zitten tegenwoordig toch echt veel op FT8. En zelfs met FT8 heb je operating practise nodig maar op een andere manier als wat we jaren gewend waren. Ik kn het je toch echt aanbevelen. 73, Bas
Thanks John, although I don't want to write about 6m every day and every time. Last week it seems every day happened something on 6m. That's why I collected everything and wrote this post. 73, Bas
Hallo Bas, toch een goede beslissing om de 6m beam in de mast te hangen. Gouden tijden voor jou. Prachtig. The Holy grail! 73 Hans, PE1BVQ
FB Bas - I've been spending quite a bit of time on 6m lately but not with the excellent results you've been having. However I did work your JA cousin on another band - JR1BAS!
73 - John AE5X
De meeste 6m DXers doen het op deze manier. Echter ik gebruik geen QRO. Alleen de power uit mijn TRX. 73, Bas
Hello John, 6m DX takes max. effort and studying de propagation. You need luck and patience as well. I check PSK on AE5X regulary to see what you receive. Funny al kind of stations showing up with my name. 73, Bas
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