Stations worked here during the weekend on 136kHz using normal speed CW:
Friday 15/10
G3LDO (17.25:UT gave him 599, he gave me 589), EI0CF (20.58: 359QRN, 459?).
Saturday 16/10
EI0CF (07.53: 579, 569), DK8KW (08.47: 569, 339), G6RO (15.25: 57/89, 599),
EI0CF (17.32: 579, 569).
Sunday 17/10
G3YMC (07.26: 569, 599), G6RO (07.51: 579, 599), PA2NJN (08.14: 559, 529),
ON7YD (09.08: 559QSB/QSB, 559QRN), DJ5DI (10.07: 559QRN, 549QRN), PA0BWL
(10.23: 449QRN, 549), GW4ALG (10.43: 599, 599), EI0CF (11.10: 579, 569).
Two new stations in the log this week - DJ6FU who I worked on Thursday and
Wil PA0BWL on Sunday - taking my tally up to 72. Those of you who went to
Windsor will have met Wil there.
Static levels still seem high, especially in the evenings, and Friday was
particularly bad here. I was very pleased to get the call from Finbar, but
really struggled to copy him through the crashes, hence my uncertain report
that night. It's good to hear you back on the band Finbar - your signal is
fine, as later contacts confirmed, but that night the noise was terrible. I
also heard Lars SM4DHN at good strength and called him several times, but
he was suffering with the static too (he only gave Reino 449!), so he didn't
hear me.
Activity levels on Saturday were fairly low, but I was pleased to have
another QSO with Geri DK8KW. Unfortunately, although Geri was an excellent
signal here, he wasn't copying me too well so we limited it more or less to
exchanging reports.
Sunday morning was better with 6 countries worked. I heard Rik ON7YD working
Wil, but could detect nothing of Wil at that time. After a solid QSO with
Rik, he informed me that Wil was calling me - I could still hear nothing
so Rik kindly passed me Wil's report. After working Fred DJ5DI I suddenly
heard PA0BWL calling at RST-449! We made a good contact, and Steve GW4ALG
also heard and called him. Around an hour later I heard Rik calling Finbar,
noting that Rik was also up in strength to 569, so conditions obviously
improved as the morning progressed.
Regards John G4GVC near Leicester, IO92JP
** TX: Synth + 400W RF from modified 'G3YXM' Mosfet PA **
** RX: TS-850S with 3 x CW filters and 0.5ppm TCXO **
** Ant: Inv-L 60m long, 6m high at feed end, 12m high at far end **
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