Every night is a GOOD night but some are better than others, success depends
on EFFORT.
This past few nights maximum EFFORT on both sides of the Atlantic has paid
off.
There are a lot of opportunities missed on LF es MF because of lack of
operator availability, often engaged in other activities, there are only a
few to start with and they are spread out, one or two on VLF and the same on
LF, MF then MODE distribution, some on WSPR, JT9, FT8, OPERA, QRSS, CW and
Beacons of various descriptions.
Surprisingly QSO' do take place sometimes.
There has been a large decline over the past 20 years since 137 khz permits
were first issued in the UK/EU. In the early years I worked over 36
countries and now it would be hard to find 6 countries active. The same
thing happened on 500 Khz then the band change to frequencies 472/479 Khz.
At the start there was an abundance of operators and that has dwindled also
to a handful these days, Modes in use were CW, QRSS, Data modes came later
and now dominate MF and LF
73 es good hunting, GL
DE MAL/G3KEV
-----Original Message-----
From: N1BUG
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:16 PM
To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ;
[email protected]
Subject: LF: MF: Best night ever
Wow! This was my best ever night on 630m.
On WSPR I heard 34 stations including IW4DXW which I believe is my
first time hearing Italy. I was heard by 123 stations including
SM2DJK, SP5XSB, OK2BVG, 9A3KB. I believe it was my first time being
heard in each of those countries. I was heard on four continents
(EU, AF, NA, SA).
On JT9 I completed QSOs with ZF1EJ (initial, DXCC #5), KC4SIT,
WB4JWM, N4WLO (initial, state #17), G3KEV, OR7T (initial, DXCC #6).
The QSO with Rik, OR7T took some time but I believe he is still
using 800mW EIRP and I am very happy about the QSO. Thanks Rik for
staying with it until we finished.
I plan to be active again tonight, probably from 2200 to 0100 UTC,
then beginning again around 0430 UTC. If conditions look good and
there is interest, it is possible for me to be QRV between those
hours. As always I can be found on ON4KST chat.
Thank you all for the great fun and excitement !
73,
Paul N1BUG FN55mf
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