Skip to main content

WAE

 Only  outside EU contacts valid in the WAE contest
Low power K3 100W
Propagation not as  bad  as expected  20 and 40 m excellent condition
Even 28MHz a bit open  to USA  on Sunday
DetailsPA0OK9NW2016-08-14 11:55:1910MCW28.02330UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DetailsPA0ON3RD2016-08-14 11:53:1210MCW28.02554
DetailsPA0OAA3B2016-08-14 11:48:1510MCW28.02697UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DetailsPA0OW1UE2016-08-14 11:36:2210MCW28.00117
DetailsPA0OK2PLF2016-08-14 11:33:0910MCW28.03665
DetailsPA0OKD4D2016-08-14 11:26:0210MCW28.02187
DetailsPA0ON5DX/22016-08-14 11:25:1410MCW28.02925
DetailsPA0ON2NT2016-08-14 11:15:1110MCW28.01055
DetailsPA0O3W4XX2016-08-14 11:06:3215MCW21.00354

DetailsPA0OJA7BME2016-08-14 19:53:0540MCW7.03530JAPAN
DetailsPA0OVR2XAN2016-08-14 19:44:2640MCW7.03297
DetailsPA0OJE4MHL2016-08-14 19:42:3840MCW7.03056
DetailsPA0OZM1A2016-08-14 19:39:5340MCW7.01603
plenty DX possible with barefood K3 power even at 80m

for example:   3W4XX  Vietnam 40m cq cq 579 no takers.  easy
... no dxpedition jammers



 easy   JA    / USA / SA  15m/40m ZL
strange high noise level s6-6  at 20m    was called by stations that I could not copy.
20 was open all night

used N1MM clasic the latest version 14.9.0
 ctrl-Z  enters QTC  mode but the QTC input field does not show.
Only one time the QTC field was shown  never again.
Maybe not need to see it.
Bit tricky QTC CW needs some training this CW QTC
I asked for QRS in QTC exchange  to get  started
it is easy to mix up  the string of log exchange
QTC needs more CW skil then a simple contest QSO
   

One more try N1MM+  but it crashed
I need to upload e newer version..
 What i could not do because those popup's
preventing me to do anything else then pressing OK ..   loop of error messages.
Had to force it down with task manager.
This silly popup is a flaw of N1MM  also present in the older versions  as long as i use N1MM   it always had the error hangup popups
Application is modal. The user must respond to the message box before continuing work in the current application.

Downloading the latest N1MM+  gave the same result

What happened  to this fb logger ?
MS dot net is killing N1MM  I can only use the latest classic dot-com version.


Comments

Archive

Show more

Popular posts from this blog

2011-01-22 DIAMOND 2m 70cm 1m30 Colinear inside

Having relative poor signals on the local 70cm / 2m channels using this X50 Diamond collinear 70/2  1m antenna at a height of 25m. I needed to investigate what could be wrong. Measuring the cable only 3W is left for the antenna of the 10W 435MHz output from a IC451E The cable is 30m type H100 Z50 10mm outside diameter it is semi air-spaced but has an impossible 4mm² solid CU inner conductor not much air left. I preferred the H43 Z75 cable having lower loss and mechanical better ratio in conductor size. My antenna uses SO239 connector UHF type semi air spaced isolator.  3W should be enough for a comfortable noise free FM signal. But only 27km away at PA0A the signal is weak too weak something must be wrong? I made a simple reference dipole of 2x17cm CU wire. With this dipole the signals where totally worse. So the Diamond does work? I got curious to look inside. Maybe moisture penetration degraded the antenna. This  antenna is rainwater close in its normal vertical mounting posit

SPF5189z Low noise preamp 23cm

 14-4-2018 updated Above the low noise  preamp 50 - 4GHz    ebay  6€ Tested  2 small porto antennas 1 Baofeng UV antenna left   2nd best signal on PI2NOS 2 eBay DIAMONDSRH805S  wide band 144/432/1200  it works for its size as expected 3 piece of wire :   best signal in the setup... Unit under test at workbench. It was stable  50mA  at 5V   few days,  but sudden the current went up to 100mA And i could  no longer adjust it with the negative bias Voltage. The - Voltage went to zero and the SPF input port became low Z. This SPF5189z was broken  no oscillations, no input overload just it broke while i was receiving the PI2NOS 430.125 using a small antenna at the workbench. The specs of  SPF5189z  say it has an internal circuit  regulating the bias current. Replaced . again   with an other of the 5 spare SPF i have. The new one again could be adjusted at 50mA  5V  The current raises to 150mA  when removing the  negative gate voltage. Where is that internal bias cir

BIJZEN mast en ontwerp fouten.

In 2013 heb ik een Bijzen aluminium mast 3 x7m  opgehaald  bij iemand die hem niet mocht plaatsen Gemeente Oss  dat zegt misschien al genoeg.. Pas in 2018 heb ik hem geplaatst had ik veel eerder moeten doen. Mooie mast, mijn xyl vond hem zelfs mooi. Hij is licht, de 3 delen wegen  235kg  het vaste deel 102kg dus het te lieren gedeelte weegt   slechts 133kg + ca 50kg rotor + antennes etc.  De elektrische lier is wel erg zwaar 30kg misschien wel maar die zit onder    Antenne  3ele Steppir  19kG  +  G2500DXC rotor: 3.6kg  + rotorbuis 12 kg  +  kabels 10kg  + 5/7 ele 6m beam. ongeveer 50kg Je moet niet te dichtbij  kijken, dan valt op dat het Aluminium lastwerk heel slordig is gedaan, scherpe bramen aan de lassen waar kabels door kunnen worden beschadigd of haken Er is zeer ! weinig ruimte voor de rotor een YAESU G2500DX past net maar dan ook net  met beetje buigen van  kruisverband. Het Rotor platform kan wel een meter hoger dat geeft meer  buislengte boven het zit nu op 3.5 meter van het