Due to the 'long weekend' of 13-16 may my weekend report covers this period.
Lot of activity and despite heavy QRN often very good night condx.
This weekend I noticed once more that I have very different propagation to
the I5 region (IK5ZPV, I5MXX) compared to the UK. While several UK stations
can work the I5's with rather good signals in the morning I do only hear
them (the I5's) very weak or even not at all. But at night I heard both
IK5ZPV and I5MXX with extreme strong signals (up to 589), best time seems
to be 20-22UT.
I should check the propagation path between I5 and me in detail but I think
that the Alps form an obstruction and skywave propagation is needed to get
over it. Maybe toward the UK the path just 'misses' the Alps.
Stations 'seen' in slow-CW :
DJ5AO (O), HB9ASB (529), DJ5BV (549)
Stations heard in normal CW :
DJ5BV (549), PA0MLC (549), OH1TN (529), OK5ZPV (579), HB9ASB (529), G4GVC
(549), G3XTZ (569), PA0CC (579), F6CNI (539), G4GRO/P (559), GW4ALG (539),
G3KEV (579), G3BDQ (529), PA0SE (589), I5MXX (319), G3YXM (579), OZ1KMR (579)
73, Rik
Rik Strobbe ON7YD
[email protected]
Villadreef 14 B-3128 Baal BELGIUM (JO20IX)
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