After 2 months of wind and rain, we finally had some calm weather in SE
Wales. So I managed to get my 20 m balloon-supported vertical up on
Saturday; and also kept the two helium-filled balloons flying for most
of Sunday!
Even though I live on the estuary of the River Severn, at the junction
of two rivers, there were many times during Sunday when the wire was
held exactly vertical by the balloons.
I was delighted to contact many fellow LF'ers for the first in time in
several weeks, and I also worked some new ones: DJ9IE; G3KMP; ON6UX; and
G3DQC. (24 QSOs in total, as listed below.) The noise sidebands from
the Loran TX in France was S7/8 on the vertical for much of Sunday - so
it's a good thing I have my delta loop (with its excellent null to the
south) to use on receive.
My thanks to Rik ON7YD who called me at 20:00 on Sunday to let me know
that OE5ODL was active. Unfortunately, propagation was not good, and
the wind speed was starting to increase . . . .
Regards to all,
Steve GW4ALG
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