Luis, I switched my radio off last night at about 23:30 utc.
I will leave it running opera all night tonight if you want to try
different power levels again.
73, Tony, EI8JK
On 30-Nov-15 08:07, VIGILANT Luis
Fernández wrote:
Radical change after 00 utc. Opera spots from SV8CS-5 since
then
On WSPR the best signal reports came from F1AFJ and G8HUH
| 2015-11-30 02:24 |
EA5DOM |
0.475610 |
-14 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
F1AFJ |
JN06ht |
919 |
4 |
| 2015-11-29 22:24 |
EA5DOM |
0.475609 |
-16 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
G8HUH |
IO81mg |
1430 |
352 |
And the longest path from DH5RAE
| 2015-11-29 21:12 |
EA5DOM |
0.475606 |
-29 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
DH5RAE |
JN68qv |
1576 |
39
|
I'll try to go down to 17dBm power to antenna tonight
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
How odd , may be just at
the change over time , but another in from
EI8JK and now SV8CS-5 , with -35 dB , the
path to EI looks reliable !
skips very sharp
these nights , 100 miles and you have
dropped out ..
73-G
23:47 477 EA5DOM de SV8CS-5 Op8 Deep
Search 1130 mi -35 dB in Zakynthos 1519.5 Hz
with 0.1w + Vert 11+80m
23:46 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi +0 dB
F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz with 0.1w + Vert
11+80m
23:35 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search
1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, South West Ireland
1520.5 Hz with 0.1w + Vertical 11+8
23:34 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB F:7%
in Albir 1519,3 Hz with 0.1w + Vertical 11+80m
23:35 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search
1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, South West Ireland
1520.5 Hz with 0.1w + Vertical 11+8
23:34 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB F:7%
in Albir 1519,3 Hz with 0.1w + Vertical 11+80m
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but
QRP at the moment
Not exactly Graham
The decode on my monitor is at 19:22 not at 19:20
Copy from server spots received at that time
19:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 7 km -1 dB
F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz
19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search ??
3185 km -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK 1522,2 Hz
19:20 477 SV8CS de EA5DOM Op8 -27 dB F:38% in
Albir 1498,5 Hz
Yes, two spots from EI8JK. And also in WSPR a good
one from DH5RAE at 1576Km
| 2015-11-29 21:12 |
EA5DOM |
0.475606 |
-29 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
DH5RAE |
JN68qv |
1576 |
39
|
G8HUH and G3XKR joining the party with also long
paths and good reports
| 2015-11-29 22:24 |
EA5DOM |
0.475609 |
-16 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
G8HUH |
IO81mg |
1430 |
352 |
| 2015-11-29 22:00 |
EA5DOM |
0.475608 |
-28 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
G3XKR |
IO70ux |
1419 |
348
|
I will add an atenuator tomorrow trying to find the
antenna "limits" :-O
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
Ok Luis ,
The web-distributed spots have , 1920z
for you and sv8cs ? ,
19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep
Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK
1522,2 Hz
19:20 477 SV8CS de EA5DOM Op8 -27
dB F:38% in Albir 1498,5 Hz
19:20 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB
F:14%_Ini in Albir 1518,6 Hz
This just arrived
22:23 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep
Search 1014 mi -35 dB in Bantry, South
West Ireland 1520.5 Hz
22:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi +0 dB
F:1%_End in Albir 1519,3 Hz
73-G,
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015
10:17 PM
Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to
MF, but QRP at the moment
Well. Looks hard
to believe but from my WSPR decodes I changed
the power value to 0.05w
in the WSPR frame when Txing 20dBm. And the
first frame transmitted was
| 2015-11-29 19:12 |
EA5DOM |
0.475607 |
+5 |
0 |
IM98wn |
0.05 |
EA5DOM-1 |
IM98xn |
7 |
90 |
Then from 19:14 to 19:22 the Opera8 frame
at 20dBm took place. That matchs with my own
decode
19:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 7 km -1
dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz
So R6LDD decoded Deep Search 2 minutes
earlier than expected or may be he has not a
synchronized PC clock
May be even he could not get the full
frame. No fade info in the spot. But he
spotted before my own spot !!
19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep
Search ?? 3185 km -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK
1522,2 Hz
Unfortunately R6LDD went QRT and is
actually not QRV. Very interesting spot and
would worth to
get more than one :-)
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
Ok,Luis ,
this was 5 watts ?
19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep
Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK
1522,2 Hz
This 20 dBm ?
19:47 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep
Search 1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, South
West Ireland 1520.5 Hz
73-G,
Sent: Sunday, November 29,
2015 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM
back to MF, but QRP at the moment
That was the last QRO
transmission with 5W Graham
Txing at 20dBm since 19:22 utc
Reports on my monitor from -1 to
0dB
So far not monitors in Opera at
less than 1000Km
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
Luis ,
Are these qro or qrp ?
73-G,
19:11 477 EA5DOM de
G0NBD Op8 Deep Search
1037 mi -36 dB in
WALLASEY 1520.0 Hz
19:11 477 EA5DOM de
EB5EA Op8 Deep Search 71
mi -34 dB in IM99tn
Moncada-Valencia 1522,7
Hz
19:10 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK
Op8 1014 mi -32 dB F:14%
in Bantry, South West
Ireland 1520.5 Hz
19:21 477 EA5DOM de
R6LDD Op8 Deep
Search 1979 mi -37
dB in NOVOROSSIYSK
1522,2 Hz
19:47 477 EA5DOM de
EI8JK Op8 Deep Search
1014 mi -36 dB in
Bantry, South West
Ireland 1520.5 Hz
19:46 477 EA5DOM de
EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB
F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0
Hz
Sent: Sunday,
November 29, 2015 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: LF:
EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP
at the moment
Hi Graham, MF
Good idea. Let's see where
is the imit
I have just connected the
U3 directly to antenna. Have
not measured power yet but may
be under 500mW
I'm not using the 3xBS170
but a mosfet driver instead,
ICL7667 if I can recall
correctly
Spots in WSPR dropped to
just the EA monitors
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
Hi Luis
Nice going for 5
watts, but -8 dB
with 75 % of the
signal recovered ,
your nearly +30 over
the limit .. can you
drop the power down by
20 dB ? say 50 mW ??
73-G,
20:46 477 EA5DOM
de G3XKR Op8 -8 dB
F:24% in BIDEFORD
Devon
20:34 477
EA5DOM Op8
1520.0 Hz -28 dB
|---------- - --
| Fade: 15%
20:23 477
EA5DOM Op8 Deep
Search -35 dB
1520.0 Hz
20:22 477 SO5AS
Op8 1496.1 Hz
-27 dB
|------------|
Fade: 3%
20:10 477
EA5DOM Op8
1519.8 Hz -29 dB
|---------- |
Fade: 7%
Sent:
Saturday, November
28, 2015 8:22 PM
Subject:
LF: EA5DOM back to
MF, but QRP at the
moment
Hi
MF
Back home !
Antenna is up
again and I'
transmitting
with only 5W
from a small PA
I will take
the opportunity
to install the
100W PA in the
terrace, as
originally
planned
Txing WSPR
and Opera8 every
12 minutes
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
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