2018 APE Tall Tales
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KC9UR
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W8VYM
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2009 APE Tall Tales
AD5ZA/4, 1 August
AD5ZA/4 2009 APE
OKALOOSA IS, FL
IOTA-142
An August PSK Expedition (APE) was planned to Okaloosa Is, FL on 1 August to coincide with the TARA Grid Dip contest. The ARRL Field Day contest and the PODXS 4th Sprint were used to checkout the portable setup that was to be used for the APE. All of the bugs were worked out during these two APR drills except for the 19V computer power problem. The only recourse was to purchase additional computer batteries or halt operations after about 2 hours and get the computer battery recharged. I chose the latter option but will rethink for next year's APE.
The WX forecast for 1 August was for thunderstorms in the afternoon so I decided to get an early start and try to make some contacts on 40 Meters before the storms hit and 40 M folded. Good decision as it turned out. Left the apartment at dark-30 and was set up and on the air by 6:30 local. 40M was in good shape and the Grid Dip Contest was going strong. Made a few contacts and then shut down for breakfast, recharge the computer battery and an incoming T-Storm. Got back on the air about 1100 local, this time on 20 Meters. Worked 20 for about 1 ½ hours. Made a few more contacts by alternating between calling CQ and looking for strong stations on the Waterfall. Shut down again for battery recharge and lunch. By the time everything was set to go again, a severe T-Storm was in the area. Decided to QRT at that time.
Made a total of 23 contacts including APE station N2S. Not great, but considering WX and other factors it was, to me, a very satisfactory operation.
The equipment used for the APE was:
IC-706 MKIIG Xceiver
HamStick antennas for 20 and 40M
Outbacker Tripod for antenna mount
SignaLink interface
Dell laptop computer
120 Amp-hr Gel battery
Anyone that would like a special QSL for the APE can contact me direct via QRZ.com address or eMail.
AD5ZA/4 2009APE LOG
IOTA NA-142
JIM MATTHEWS 070 #633
Nr | Station | Date | Time | Band | Mode |
1 | AI4FR | 01-Aug-2009 | 1123 | 40 | PSK31 |
2 | K4RKQ | 01-Aug-2009 | 1128 | 40 | PSK31 |
3 | WD9FYZ | 01-Aug-2009 | 1131 | 40 | PSK31 |
4 | WB9GHD | 01-Aug-2009 | 1136 | 40 | PSK31 |
5 | WB5TOI | 01-Aug-2009 | 1138 | 40 | PSK31 |
6 | N2EOC | 01-Aug-2009 | 1142 | 40 | PSK31 |
7 | WQ9Z | 01-Aug-2009 | 1146 | 40 | PSK31 |
8 | KO4PU | 01-Aug-2009 | 1149 | 40 | PSK31 |
9 | K4ORY | 01-Aug-2009 | 1156 | 40 | PSK31 |
10 | KW0G | 01-Aug-2009 | 1552 | 20 | PSK31 |
11 | W3HF | 01-Aug-2009 | 1553 | 20 | PSK31 |
12 | KK1X | 01-Aug-2009 | 1621 | 20 | PSK31 |
13 | N3FX | 01-Aug-2009 | 1623 | 20 | PSK31 |
14 | WX7P | 01-Aug-2009 | 1626 | 20 | PSK31 |
15 | KE7YF | 01-Aug-2009 | 1628 | 20 | PSK31 |
16 | N2EOC | 01-Aug-2009 | 1634 | 20 | PSK31 |
17 | KS2O | 01-Aug-2009 | 1635 | 20 | PSK31 |
18 | NO8R | 01-Aug-2009 | 1639 | 20 | PSK31 |
19 | N2S | 01-Aug-2009 | 1714 | 20 | PSK31 |
20 | K9VIC | 01-Aug-2009 | 1722 | 20 | PSK31 |
21 | WB9VKZ | 01-Aug-2009 | 1725 | 20 | PSK31 |
22 | N8FV | 01-Aug-2009 | 1730 | 20 | PSK31 |
23 | K7RE | 01-Aug-2009 | 1738 | 20 | PSK31 |
N2S, 1 August
Well the 10-70 Repeater Assoc.'s second activation at Stony Point LH (USA-923) has come and gone. This time the PSK WORKED!! The weather was absolutely perfect which is a real rarity around these parts this summer. Sunny skies and a light breeze off the Hudson welcomed our eight radio operators to the Stony Point Lighthouse. We got going strong around 11AM EDT with phone, CW and of course PSK-31. The staff at "little lighthouse that could" was absolutely WONDERFUL in helping transport our equipment up to the pavillion (those electric cars NY State has at their parks are GREAT).
According to my log I have 21 QSO's which was great considering the short amount of time we were up there! The Special Event callsign N2S really helped out. I saw a few compiments about it fly across the screen. As for the bands they were good - we got into the midwest and even the north. I would like to thank all the PODXS members who spotted us. I got home to see quite a few spots waiting in my inbox, always a great thing to see. It was nice to be on the "other side" of a QSO for a change!!! Again THANK YOU all for working us and we'll definitely be on the air again next year!!
Nr | Callsign | Date | Time | Band | Mode | Notes |
1 | NA9J | 01-Aug-2009 | 1452 | 20 | PSK31 | John, Green Bay |
2 | WB4MNK | 01-Aug-2009 | 1516 | 20 | PSK31 | Art, EL99 |
3 | NS2C | 01-Aug-2009 | 1532 | 20 | PSK31 | Joe, Beverly Hills, FL |
4 | K4BSC | 01-Aug-2009 | 1547 | 20 | PSK31 | Brian |
5 | N4YZ | 01-Aug-2009 | 1555 | 20 | PSK31 | Tom, Salsbury |
6 | NN4R | 01-Aug-2009 | 1606 | 20 | PSK31 | Terry, EM63 |
7 | K0FBV | 01-Aug-2009 | 1649 | 20 | PSK31 | Vic, Bettendorf, IA |
8 | N9BBE | 01-Aug-2009 | 1653 | 20 | PSK31 | Jeff, Wilmington, IL EN51 |
9 | W3YJ | 01-Aug-2009 | 1708 | 20 | PSK31 | |
10 | AD5ZA/4 | 01-Aug-2009 | 1726 | 20 | PSK31 | Jim, IOTA NA-142 |
11 | N9SOR | 01-Aug-2009 | 1733 | 20 | PSK31 | Charlie, Chicago, IL |
12 | KT4NM | 01-Aug-2009 | 1742 | 20 | PSK31 | Joh, EL97 |
13 | AB3GY | 01-Aug-2009 | 1747 | 20 | PSK31 | Tom |
14 | VA6FUN | 01-Aug-2009 | 1756 | 20 | PSK31 | Mike |
15 | K9VIC | 01-Aug-2009 | 1803 | 20 | PSK31 | Eric |
16 | K2DBK | 01-Aug-2009 | 1810 | 20 | PSK31 | David, River Vale, NJ |
17 | KK3Q | 01-Aug-2009 | 1828 | 20 | PSK31 | Floyd, Orlando, FL |
18 | K4EAK | 01-Aug-2009 | 1857 | 20 | PSK31 | Skip, EM73 |
19 | AF2M | 01-Aug-2009 | 1936 | 20 | PSK31 | Mitch, Palm Coast, FL |
W7PSK, 1 August
APE was for Whidbey Island Washington, Island County, IOTA NA-065.
I was also parked at Admiralty Head lighthouse which is USA-002 for those that collect Light Houses.
I started out of the house at 6am to catch the 6:30 Ferry to Clinton on the south side of Whidbey Island. I got to Admiralty head at about 7:20am but the gate said 8AM open. Oh goody. So I ran up to the local town to see if the Hardware store was open. They since last year have started closing on Saturday (what a dumb day to close). I wanted a mounting pipe for the 4BTV as the one I had was a little short and would put the base of the antenna below my tail gate.
Got back to the Light house park and gates were open so went in and started setting up. Got the Antenna mounted but SWR was wonky but I brought my Iron Horse 20m to mount in the CB mount (I use it for my RV club). Antenna tuned fine and I got the Laptop out and connected the DC adapter. HASH like a bear on the rig. Anyone have a good DC Power supply for Laptops that doesn't make a ton of hash?
Well I called a few CQs and then got into a pattern of CQing and looking at strong stations and then disconnecting and using the laptop battery for weaker. A LOT of stations couldn't hear me. Anyway after a while I checked and they had 110v near the rest room so I decided about 10:15am to take a run up to Oak Harbor about 15m away to get a 100Ft ext cord, get some lunch and returned at 11.
Alas 0 power at that plug.
So finished up the day till 2pm when the Laptop was not going to charge enough to run without stopping for an hour to recharge so packed up and came home. Not many stations this year again but enough to qualify for those that need it.
Soon as I figure out how to make a new location on my LOTW account Ill post that. Sorry No EQSL. I will try to make a nice card for those that send direct.
Here are the contacts:
01-Aug-2009 15:18 14070 BPSK WT6X 599 599 Jose CN98
01-Aug-2009 16:15 14070 BPSK N3FX 599 599 Tony FM19
01-Aug-2009 16:17 14070 BPSK KQ7W 599 599 MATT CN87
01-Aug-2009 16:28 14070 BPSK WX6Y 599 599 EDDIE EM84
01-Aug-2009 16:31 14070 BPSK K7RE 599 599 Brian DN84
01-Aug-2009 16:43 14070 BPSK K8MV/KL7 599 599 Marty BP19
01-Aug-2009 18:07 14070 BPSK K0FBV 599 599 Vic EN41
01-Aug-2009 18:13 14070 BPSK KD4LCR 599 599 Jeremy EM04
01-Aug-2009 18:14 14070 BPSK KE5LLM/7 599 599 David CN88
01-Aug-2009 18:16 14070 BPSK KB1PSP 599 599 Bette EM14
01-Aug-2009 18:24 14070 BPSK WW2PT 599 599 Paul EM11
01-Aug-2009 18:24 14070 BPSK K0ACP 599 599 Art EN41
01-Aug-2009 18:40 14070 BPSK N3FX 599 599 Tony FM19
01-Aug-2009 18:49 14070 BPSK WG5T 599 599 Bill EM15
01-Aug-2009 18:50 14070 BPSK NO8R 599 599 DELOS EN73
01-Aug-2009 19:04 14070 BPSK KC0DJB 599 599 KEITH EN07
01-Aug-2009 19:14 14070 BPSK W6QE 599 599 Milt DM13
01-Aug-2009 19:22 14070 BPSK WB8MKH 599 599 DON EN75
01-Aug-2009 19:26 14070 BPSK WB4PPW 599 599 Rich EM73
01-Aug-2009 19:37 14070 BPSK W0GLB 599 599 Gordon DM78
01-Aug-2009 19:50 14070 BPSK AA9UF 599 599 JOHN EN50
01-Aug-2009 20:20 14070 BPSK KD7RX 599 599 JERRY DN62
01-Aug-2009 20:22 14070 BPSK WQ9Z 599 599 ROY EM58
01-Aug-2009 20:30 14070 BPSK N0IBT 599 599 Dave DM79
W7PAQ, 1-12 August
I arrived on Melita Island Boy Scout Camp on July 6th and by the evening of the 7th, I had my 80M delta loop and a 40M Carolina windom way up in the Ponderosas. MelitaIsland is a 64 acre camp located in the FlatheadLake just north of Polson, MT. The shack was a garage tent and I was using my FT897 and my SignaLink USB connected to my laptop. I made 104 APE contacts from 8/1 to 8/12 when I went QRT. The second week of camp I had a young Scout who had placed 36th in the National Geographic Geography contest. He spent hours going over my qsl cards from 321 countries, including my P5 card. He literally and figuratively blew my socks off with his knowledge. I made copies of my P5 and PY0F (we were probably the only ones on the island that knew where Fernando de Noronha is located) and presented them to him at our evening flag ceremony. I purposely showed the 220 scouts I had no socks on.
I passed 48 Scouts on their Radio merit badge and was surprised at how many scouts and parents now have their licenses. One week I had 4 other licensed hams on the island. The scouts had all taken the Radio merit badge with me and had gotten the bug. We tried to connect to a local IRLP node, but unfortunately it was down. I hope by next year to offer that mode of operation. The last week of camp was with the 9-10 year old Webelos Scouts (Cub Scouts). They all learned their names phonetically and had a chance to speak on the radio.
Frank Kisselbach, W7PAQ
# | Callsign | Time | Date | Band | Rcvd | Mode | Grid | State |
1 | AA2L | 1746 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM79 | CO | |
2 | AB7DN | 2110 | 8/.3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CN85 | OR | |
3 | AD5ZA | 1350 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM12 | TX | |
4 | AE5PW | 1439 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM45 | AR | |
5 | AE5PW | 0148 | 8/7/2009 | 20 | PSK63 | EM45 | AR | |
6 | AE5PW | 0148 | 8/7/2009 | 20 | PSK63 | EM45 | AR | |
7 | AI4FR | 1526 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EL88 | FL | |
8 | DL0EPC | 2243 | 8/5/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | JO43 | ||
9 | HR1EPZ | 0140 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EK84 | ||
10 | IK0GDG | 2227 | 8/3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | JN61 | ||
11 | IZ5JNO | 1939 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | JN53 | ||
12 | K0CLW | 0047 | 8/3/2009 | 30 | PSK31 | EM29 | KS | |
13 | K0LQB | 1903 | 8/3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM22 | AZ | |
14 | K0SDW | 1350 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM79 | CO | |
15 | K1GMD | 1357 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM84 | NM | |
16 | K2ZB | 2232 | 8/3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | FN21 | NJ | |
17 | K3FXR | 0347 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | FM29 | PA | |
18 | K3HTK | 1806 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN60 | IN | |
19 | K4BSC | 0326 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM94 | SC | |
20 | K4EAK | 1250 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | 242 | PSK31 | EM73 | GA |
21 | K5WW | 2326 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DL99 | TX | |
22 | K6ELE | 2207 | 8/5/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CM87 | CA | |
23 | K6EPC | 2241 | 8/5/2009 | 20 | PSK63 | DM04 | CA | |
24 | K6MKF | 1841 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CM97 | CA | |
25 | K6MKF | 2322 | 8/10/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CM97 | CA | |
26 | K6SID | 0102 | 8/11/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CM87 | CA | |
27 | K6UMO | 1429 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | 868 | PSK31 | DM05 | CA |
28 | K7JBQ | 1908 | 8/4/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM13 | CA | |
29 | K7RE | 1534 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DN84 | SD | |
30 | K7ZYV | 1953 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM50 | MS | |
31 | K8IJ | 1405 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM78 | KY | |
32 | K8M | 0124 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | MI | ||
33 | K9QDA | 1819 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN51 | IL | |
34 | KB3OSP | 1502 | 8/12/2009 | 20 | 987 | PSK31 | FN01 | PA |
35 | KC8U | 0015 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | 594 | PSK31 | EN80 | OH |
36 | KD7RX | 1447 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DN62 | WY | |
37 | KD8JNH | 1517 | 8/12/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM99 | WV | |
38 | KE5HTB | 1306 | 8/4/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EL18 | TX | |
39 | KE5HTB | 1319 | 8/11/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EL18 | TX | |
40 | KF9KV | 1511 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | 934 | PSK31 | EN52 | WI |
41 | KI4MTB | 0119 | 8/4/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM78 | KY | |
42 | KI5WK | 2148 | 8/6/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM51 | MS | |
43 | KI6IRM | 1712 | 8/5/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CM98 | CA | |
44 | KI6ISQ | 0102 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM89 | CA | |
45 | KI6PYZ | 2144 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM03 | CA | |
46 | KJ4LZ | 1423 | 8/11/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | NC | ||
47 | KJ5XF | 1410 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM10 | TX | |
48 | KK3Q | 1840 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EL98 | FL | |
49 | KL7AA | 0059 | 8/10/2009 | 20 | PSK63 | BP51 | AK | |
50 | KM6CQ | 1537 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM09 | NV | |
51 | KO4PU | 2245 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM67 | KY | |
52 | KO6JC | 1659 | 8/5/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DN13 | CA | |
53 | KP4ED | 1330 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | 693 | PSK31 | FK68 | |
54 | KQ7W | 2040 | 8/8/2009 | 30 | PSK31 | CN87 | WA | |
55 | KU1T | 2206 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | FM19 | VA | |
56 | KW0G | 1726 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN00 | NE | |
57 | N0GRA | 0141 | 8/4/2009 | 30 | PSK31 | DM79 | CO | |
58 | N3FX | 1441 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | FM19 | MD | |
59 | N5JFJ | 1549 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM20 | TX | |
60 | N6DLC | 1830 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | 955 | PSK31 | DM14 | CA |
61 | N7WET | 1402 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | 869 | PSK31 | DM42 | AZ |
62 | N8KJG | 1925 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN81 | OH | |
63 | N8MNI | 1510 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM89 | OH | |
64 | N8ZA | 0159 | 8/9/2009 | 30 | PSK31 | EN82 | MI | |
65 | NN8W | 1455 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | FM09 | WV | |
66 | NO8R | 1720 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN73 | MI | |
67 | NQ6L | 1616 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM14 | CA | |
68 | RX0AE | 0054 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | NO66 | ||
69 | UA3PT | 0109 | 8/11/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | KO94 | ||
70 | VA6FUN/P | 1700 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
71 | VA7PX | 1555 | 8/9/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CN88 | ||
72 | VE3IFS/W2 | 2321 | 8/3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | NJ | ||
73 | VE7EPQ | 0259 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CO06 | ||
74 | W0DBH | 2254 | 8/6/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DN70 | CO | |
75 | W0GLB | 1342 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | 909 | PSK31 | DM78 | CO |
76 | W0IZ | 2300 | 8/7/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM79 | OH | |
77 | W1/E74OF | 1957 | 8/4/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | VT | ||
78 | W4LSC | 1432 | 8/12/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM25 | AZ | |
79 | W5NA | 1330td> | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM51 | MS | |
80 | W6DAW | 1854 | 8/3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM04 | CA | |
81 | W6QE | 1611 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM13 | CA | |
82 | W6TTF | 2109 | 8/3/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM06 | CA | |
83 | W7ASC | 2214 | 8/5/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM33 | AZ | |
84 | W7DAX | 0129 | 8/4/2009 | 30 | PSK31 | DN41 | UT | |
85 | W7THY | 1557 | 8/11/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM28 | MO | |
86 | W7WPZ | 2021 | 8/2/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM33 | CA | |
87 | W8TTY | 1439 | 8/6/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN91 | OH | |
88 | W9PVR | 1547 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN43 | WI | |
89 | W9TTT | 1447 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EN31 | IA | |
90 | W9VNE | 1843 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM79 | OH | |
91 | WA0KAQ | 1714 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | 831 | PSK31 | DM78 | CO |
92 | WA0SKN | 0118 | 8/5/2009 | 30 | 784 | PSK31 | FN43 | NH |
93 | WA3RFE | 0120 | 8/11/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | FM06 | NC | |
94 | WA6OVP | 1553 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM09 | NV | |
95 | WA9WTK | 0205 | 8/9/2009 | 30 | PSK31 | FN42 | MA | |
96 | WB4MNK | 1839 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EL99 | FL | |
97 | WB4PPW | 0110 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM73 | GA | |
98 | WB5NHL | 0020 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | 143 | PSK31 | EM93 | SC |
99 | WB6TT | 1515 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM13 | CA | |
100 | WB7TXG | 0035 | 8/7/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DN23 | ID | |
101 | WB9GHD | 2055 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM13 | CA | |
102 | WE6EZ | 2035 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | DM26 | NV | |
103 | WG5T | 1937 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | EM15 | OK | |
104 | WT6X | 1520 | 8/1/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | CM97 | CA |
WA3WSJ, 6-9 August
WA0KAQ, 8-9 August
CALL | DATE | BAND | MODE | TIME | 070 # |
W0FVR | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 15:47 | |
K6MKF | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 15:38 | #412 |
W0FVR | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 15:47 | |
KC5KTF | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 15:56 | |
K7PWL | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:03 | #711 |
WA6NUT | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:10 | #299 |
K0ABC | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:31 | #897 |
W6ETS | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:40 | |
W4KRN | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:45 | #215 |
KI6LQL | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:51 | |
VE7EPQ | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 16:57 | |
KI3DS | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:08 | |
W7PAQ/7 | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:12 | #354 |
AC4CA | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:24 | |
KJ5XX | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:30 | |
WG5T | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:39 | #491 |
W7PSK | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:46 | #138 |
WD8MBE | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 17:55 | #912 |
NE0D | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 18:03 | |
PP5/OE9APV | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 18:08 | |
VA3TPS | 8/8/2009 | 20 | PSK31 | 18:18 | #526 |
MFJ-945E Antenna Tuner
MFJ-1279M Deluxe Sound Card Interface
Power: 20 watts
MFJ-1126 Power Outlet Strip
MFJ-4416B Battery Booster
Homebrew Jumpered Inverted "V" (40, 20, 10) at 22'
Dell Latitude D610 Laptop
Two Group 27 Deep Cycle Marine Batteries


SKYWARN
Worked All Counties: USA-CA #1157
PODXS 070 Club #831
W5KAM, 15-19 August
On August 14, 2009, I, Ken Miller left my home in Hockley, Texas and drove 597 miles to Fort Davis, Texas to conduct my APE in the Davis Mountains.My equipment that I used for the APE was as follows:
1.Icom Radio:IC-746
2.MFJ 25 Amp Mightly Lite
3.Western Mountain Rigblaster Plug & Play
4.Buddipole Deluxe antenna set up as a vertical antenna with counterpoise
5.Dell Laptop with MixWVersion 2.19.
I was helped with my APE by Loyd Overcase KM5OE who helped with the set up on the antenna and the radio station.We were staying at Loyd’s home in the Davis Mountain at approximately 5500 feet just below the McDonald Observatory.We started our APE on August 15, 2008 and had to end it early on August 19, 2009 due to computer problems not transmitting the receiver.But during the time we operated we made 62 PSK-31 contacts and had a lot of fun on the APE trip.
Also during this trip Loyd and I both imaged with our telescopes and got some great photos of the sky above.Please see attached copy of my log from to APE trip to provide proof my APE PSK-31 contacts.
Please find below our attached log from our APE event.We are sorry that we had to shut down operations earlier than we wanted to, but we started to have software problems on our computer.
APE LOG:
W5KAM;KX8K;20090815172741;187;;;14071974;0;;BPSK31;599;599;001;838;David;Springboro,OH;;;EQSL OR LOTW;;;EM79vn;;;;;
W5KAM;K0LQK;20090815173648;609;;;14072007;0;;BPSK31;599;599;002;59;William;Washington,MO;;;;;;EM48mm;;;;;
W5KAM;NO8R;20090815174812;260;;;14072010;0;;BPSK31;599;599;003;777;Delos;Sand Lake,MI;;;[L];;;EN73hg;;;;;
W5KAM;KI6DUW;20090815181211;303;;;14071999;0;;BPSK31;599;599;004;193;Steven;Alameda,CA;;;;;;CM87vr;;;;;
W5KAM;KO8L;20090815182220;252;;;14071997;0;;BPSK31;599;599;005;599;W;Macedonia,OH;;;;;;EN91gi;;;;;
W5KAM;VA3TPS;20090815183040;586;;;14072220;0;;BPSK31;599;599;006;;Henry;Sanford,FL;;;[L];;;EL98it;;;;;
W5KAM;N7QU;20090815184214;284;;;14072211;0;;BPSK31;599;599;007;339;o;Eugene,OR;;;[L]QSL via LOTW, EQSL or Direct;;;CN84kc;;;;;
W5KAM;N2GWK;20090815195557;285;;;14072009;0;;BPSK31;599;559;008;619;Lac;Bardstown,KY;;;[L]QSL DIRECT, LOTW, EQSL;;;EM77gu;;;;;
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We will be looking forward to doing this next year.Thanks for all the contacts and we will be looking for all on our waterfall next year.
N2GWK, 15-16 August
The 2009 N2GWK APE was located at Lake Cumberland State Park in Columbia Kentucky. Once again N2GWK was accompanied by the XYL who proved her salt by assisting, or should I say managing, the pre-trip logistics. Our road trip was a mere 90 miles from our home QTH but the trip turned out to be a 2.5 hour drive. This was due mainly to two lane country roads and what seemed to be a major highway renovation project from Point A to Point B. All in all though, we saw some gorgeous farmlands and several towns we had heard of, but had never visited.
Upon arrival at Lake Cumberland we checked in and proceeded to Cottage #505.We were less than excited when we saw the pathway down to the cottage. But we still proceeded to unpack the vehicle and lug all the necessities down to the cottage.
I was beginning to doubt our cabin assignments because it was significantly lower than the road surface.The backyard of the cottage was extremely steep and putting up the vertical antenna and laying the radials would have been a difficult endeavor.The only alternative was to put the antenna on the only flat spot which was right beside the screen door.I erected the vertical and laid out the radials.We were pretty sure that due to the location, i.e. down in a valley, we'd have less than satisfactory reception.
After about 3 hours without a trace on the waterfall we struck out in search of a better operating position.
Directly across from our signal starved cottage #505 was cottage #510.Cottage #510 was on the top of the hill and overlooked all the other 500 series cottages.Using an FT817 and an Outbacker Perth Antenna, we took a quick 'listen' to 14.070 MHz and heard the melodious tones of multiple PSK-31 signals on the waterfall.After a short drive to the main lodge, we were transferred from Cottage #505 to Cottage #510.We broke camp and within an hour we were in Cottage #510.
Our thanks go out to the more than accommodating staff of Lake Cumberland State Park for allowing us to move.
Our new location was still a bit on the 'hilly' side which somewhat limited where The FT857 / tuner and power supply are all prewired and affixed to a wire rack/platform.I shortened the legs of a standard wire kitchen dish rack (from Lowes) that sits nicely inside a laptop roll-aboard case.The laptop rides under the wire rack when packed.Since all the equipment on the rack is pre-wired, one can just pull it out of the laptop case and connect it to the antenna, A/C Power and laptop.All DC Power connections are made with Anderson Power Pole connectors. Replacing the A/C power with a DC Power source is a simple matter of unplugging one and plugging in the other.
The new operating position was great.There were lots of traces on the waterfall, and there were many answers to our CQ's.The N2GWK APE ran from August 14 @ 2000 UTC to August 17 11:41 UTC.During that time, we made 89 APE QSO's with some really great DX.23 of those 89 QSO's were PODXS070 Members.
Again, the toughest part of the trip was ending it.
I wonder where we will be next year.
Date TimeStationBandModeLocator Name070 # S/P/C
8/14/20020:02 AA5AT 30mPSK31 EM40knDonLA
8/15/20000:07 CO2NO20m PSK31 EL92 GustavoCuba
8/15/20000:18VE3NOO40mPSK31FN14heMichaelON
8/15/20000:22NO8R40mPSK31EN73hgDelows777MI
8/15/20000:27CO8LY30mPSK31FL02laEdwardiCuba
8/15/20000:40K3ML30mPSK31EL94gqMelFL
8/15/20000:54WD4FNY/030mPSK31DM78otBillCO
8/15/20001:01CM3RPN40mPSK31EL82stNivaldoCuba
8/15/20001:10W1/E74OF40mPSK31FN34kiPedjaVT
8/15/20001:36WB3FME40mPSK31FM18lwMarkDC
8/15/20012:13JM7OLW20mPSK31QM07foSukeJapan
8/15/20013:00N1KPW20mPSK31FN31xoGregCT
8/15/20013:12XE1XSJ20mPSK31EK09ehMexico
8/15/20013:19K3PRN20mPSK31FM18rxDon677MD
8/15/20013:31NY4FL20mPSK31EL96ddDick477FL
8/15/20013:39W1/E74OF20mPSK31FN34kiPedjaVT
8/15/20014:31KK1X20mPSK31FN42enJohn325MA
8/15/20014:39KX8C20mPSK31EN91bgJim636OH
8/15/20014:50VA3TPS20mPSK31FN04pmSteve526ON
8/15/20015:04W7PAQ20mPSK31DN36Frank354MT
8/15/20015:12N9UUP20mPSK31EN53sbJeffreyWI
8/15/20015:26YV4DHS20mPSK31FK60afHomeroVenezuela
8/15/20015:33K5WTA20mPSK31EM90JakeFL
8/15/20015:49N2QGV20mPSK31EL98ioArtFL
8/15/20016:02KU1T20mPSK31FM19faZibi769VA
8/15/20016:09AD5ZA20mPSK31EM12Jim633TX
8/15/20016:18KB3FN20mPSK31FM09opLynn223MD
8/15/20016:28KB3RJH20mPSK31FM19kpAnthonyMD
8/15/20018:14N1BSA20mPSK31FN31hvChrisCT
8/15/20018:18KD0CES20mPSK31DN81dtHarleyNE
8/15/20018:27KD2WL20mPSK31FN13dgBudNY
8/15/20019:15W2GSB/LH20mPSK31FN 30 jpWalterNY
8/15/20019:21K1CGI20mPSK31EL87sfVictor993FL
8/15/20019:33KT4NM20mPSK31EL97tpJohn H298FL
8/15/20019:43NP2G20mPSK31FN21gaEddieVirgin Is.
8/15/20019:524A3YLH20mPSK31EL61El CuyoYucatan Mexico
8/15/20020:00W5KAM20mPSK31DM80aoKen700TX
8/15/20020:13KD1NA20mPSK31FN42lsDaveMA
8/15/20020:41KA1PPV20mPSK31FN31JoeCT
8/15/20020:50KP3RE20mPSK31FK78ehPuerto Rico
8/15/20020:58VE6VK20mPSK31DO21xaRussCanada
8/15/20021:40K4WMN20mPSK31EM90ecWadeFL
8/15/20021:51N2EOC20mPSK31FN20Chuck563NJ
8/15/20022:10GM0SDV20mPSK31IO75wsVictorScotland
8/15/20022:26AE5ER20mPSK31EM02wtCecilTX
8/15/20022:32ON4AXU20mPSK31JO21qeGerardBelgium
8/15/20022:41W4SPZ20mPSK31EL88pfLawrenceFL
8/15/20023:10IW8CGX20mPSK31JN70rxValerio Italy
8/15/20023:26DL2OCE20mPSK31JO41xwHaraldFed. Rep. of Germany
8/15/20023:48W8KID40mPSK31EN63uhDickMI
8/15/20023:58AA6NN20mPSK31DM14ccJohanesCA
8/16/20000:04HA6ZB20mPSK31KN 07cs GyuriHungary
8/16/20000:09IS0BOZ20mPSK31JM49leManuelSardinia
8/16/20000:15TG9AHM20mPSK31EK44roEmmanuGuatemala
8/16/20000:27HP1AVS30mPSK31FJ08phVictor635Panama
8/16/20000:31YV1PX30mPSK31FJ49siRobertoVenezuela
8/16/20000:44KP4ED40mPSK31FK68wiLuis693Puerto Rico
8/16/20000:55H81L20mPSK31FJ09eaPanama Canal
8/16/20001:09WG5T20mPSK31EM15Bill491OK
8/16/20001:27K0PSK40mPSK31EM29daDon804KS
8/16/20001:43K4WY30mPSK31FM18JohnVA
8/16/20001:51W5VGR30mPSK31EL29knDon293TX
8/16/20002:01KD1BD30mPSK31FN31DaveCT
8/16/20002:12W1ZI20mPSK31FN32rkJohnMA
8/16/20002:19K6VVK20mPSK31CM87wkVincentCA
8/16/20002:29K0FBV40mPSK31EN41rnVic810IA
8/16/20002:38K8CKC40mPSK31EN91ejMikeOH
8/16/20002:47KB8OIE40mPSK31EN82drPaulMI
8/16/20002:59RA0FLP20mPSK31QN16jpLeoAsiatic Russia
8/16/20003:08WA7HDZ20mPSK31DN06ifLarry404WA
8/16/20003:18W1/E74OF30mPSK31FN34kiPedjaVT
8/16/20003:27N2LZ40mPSK31EL87uvDaveFL
8/16/20011:31N4CTC40mPSK31DM79jtBobCO
8/16/20011:39VK4TUX40mPSK31QG62dkAdrianAustralia
8/16/20012:10KC2MOT40mPSK31FN12frMarkNY
8/16/20012:23WT2W40mPSK31FN12JimNY
8/16/20012:37PI110HL/LH 20mPSK31JO21bxNetherlands
8/16/20012:584L1QX/MM20mPSK31FM41lhEminBermuda
8/16/20013:08N1FCC20mPSK31FN42lwDaveNH
8/16/20013:16WM6V20mPSK31EM20mrFlorenceTX
8/16/20013:28CO2JD20mPSK31EL92JuanCuba
8/16/20013:43KA1GMN20mPSK31EM12kuPhilTX
8/16/20014:05W3MEL20mPSK31FN10xlMel706PA
8/16/20014:18CO2WL20mPSK31EL82sxLazaroCuba
8/16/20014:21YV1PX20mPSK31FJ49siRobertoVenezuela
8/16/20014:30RX0AE20mPSK31NO66kaPeterAsiatic Russia
8/16/20014:40W8L /LH20mPSK31EN66JohnMI
8/16/20014:50K1GMD20mPSK31DM84ijPhil411NM
8/17/20011:41VE1CDD/P20mPSK31FN84dsJohnNS
EB5DZC, 10-17 August
HOLA A TODOS
MI VIAJE COMENZO EL SABADO 8-8-2009 SOBRE LAS 21:00 SALIENDO DE FUENTE ALAMO (PUEBLO SITUADO A UNOS 30 Km DE MI QTH) , Y CON DESTINO CAMPING DE RIOMALO DE ABAJO EN EL NORTE DE CACERES, JUSTAMENTE LINDANDO CON LA PROVINCIA DE SALAMANCA.
MI LLEGADA AL DESTINO FUE CERCA DE LAS 8:30 DE LA MAÑANA DEL DOMINGO , TENIENDO QUE DESCANSAR DEL VIEJE DE NOCHE , MI QTH/P
Y MI EQUIPO ESTABA LISTO PARA TRANSMITIRA LAS 22:00 DEL DOMINGO, PERO NO PUDO SER HASTA EL DIA 10 , PORPROBLEMAS EN EL PTT DE MI INTERFACE, (NO QUERIA TRABAJAR HI.).
EL DIA 10 YA ESTABA EN EL AIRE -EB5DZC/EA4-,LANZANDO CQ´s Y CONTESTANDO INMEDIATAMENTE A MI LLAMADA .
GRACIAS A LOS ADMINISTRADORES DEL CAMPING RIOMALO DE ABAJO, ME DIERON PERMISO Y ACCESO PARA TRABAJAR CON INTERNET VIA WIFI, LA CONEXIÓN ERA MUY MALAPERO MENOS DA UNA PIEDRA HI.
DURANTE EL DIATENIAMOS UNA TEMPERATURA APROXIMADAMENTE DE 30 GRADOS Y POR LA NOCHE BAJABAN A LOS 16 GRADOSY CON ASIDUAS TORMENTAS CON APARATO ELECTRICO QUE ME IMPEDIAN ESTAR EN EL AIREMAS TIEMPO DEL QUE YO QUISIERA.
POR PROBLEMAS PERSONALES TUVE QUE ADELENTAR MI VIAJE DE VUELTA A EL DIA 19 , LLEGANDOA MI QTH (CARTAGENA) EL DIA 20 POR LA TARDE , YA QUE TUVE UN PROBLEMA CON MI CARAVANAY TUVIMOS QUE HACER NOCHEEN TALAVERA DE LA REINA , PARA PODER REPARARLA ( UNA AVENTURA HI. HI.)
POR MI SITUACION EN RIOMALO , SOLO PUDE TRABAJAREN BUENAS CONDICIONES LAS BANDAS DE 20-30-40 , Y VARIOS DIGIMODOS, MI INTENCION ERA CUBRIR MAS BANDAS 10-40, PERO NO HABIA CONDICIONES PARA TODAS.
UN CORDIAL SALUDO A TODOS LOS QUE CONTACTARON CON EB5DZC/EA4 EN RIOMALO DE ABAJO .
PARA QSL/PAPER TODA LA INFORMACION EN QRZ.com.
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9K2YM200908112246467.03840PSK31
M3UNG/QRP200908112250107.03820PSK31
CT8/DL3GCS2009081211103214.07190PSK31
SP4KM2009081211214514.07100PSK31
IK7XTG2009081214451014.06960PSK31
OK2PKY2009081215304310.13990PSK31
2E0BNQ2009081215374810.14050PSK31
DL1RMW2009081215453210.14050PSK31
DK0TW2009081316372710.14060PSK31
RA6BG2009081317274914.07180PSK31
LY2YR2009081317312814.07200PSK31
RK6BN2009081317375014.07180PSK31
HG8NA2009081320201014.07230PSK31
OZ2OSR2009081322123510.14060PSK31
GA4FDM2009081322163910.14100PSK31
CT1BWU2009081322421710.14050PSK31
ON3ED2009081322514210.14090PSK31
DL9ZU2009081322584210.14100PSK31
UT5EOU2009081323053810.14070PSK31
SQ9IAJ/92009081323111910.14090PSK31
5P1B2009081407342110.14000PSK31
F4FVH2009081407395910.14050PSK31
EA3GLB2009081410591814.07170PSK31
EA5/PA4CHE/P2009081411111314.07150PSK31
RA3CQ2009081411283114.07210PSK31
EA5GTU2009081414225014.06940PSK31
UR5FS2009081417503114.07150PSK31
RA4PUT2009081417570214.07150PSK31
YO2/HG160BW2009081419440614.07100PSK31
IZ5OQX2009081421425814.07050PSK31
SV2FLQ2009081422153110.14150PSK31
SV2FLQ2009081422192810.14150PSK31
HB9FAX2009081510223610.13990 PSK31
F6EAO/P2009081510341510.14050PSK31
2E0BTX2009081510424910.14050PSK31
GM0SDV2009081512041114.07100PSK31
RK6BN2009081518212014.07150PSK31
ON7ZS2009081518385910.14010PSK31
EW6FW2009081518455410.14150PSK31
GW0GHF2009081518531910.14150PSK31
DG1BVK2009081519291910.14150PSK31
2E0JCA2009081519375110.14150PSK31
OK1DIB2009081519465010.14150PSK31
UA1ARD2009081520501010.14130PSK31
IZ8JJM/P2009081520582110.14020 PSK31
RU3XJ2009081521074310.14020PSK31
IK8NIJ2009081522331910.14150PSK31
NO8R2009081522391510.14150PSK31
F4ENU2009081522520510.14150PSK31
M6DJE2009081522561210.14150PSK31
UT2FF/A2009081714134514.07000PSK31
UX1MW2009081714201314.07000PSK31
RW3PU2009081714291414.07000PSK31
IZ0HAP2009081714451814.07060PSK31
RX4CF2009081715045914.07200PSK31
EA1AHY2009081721371810.14070PSK31
DD1UN2009081721491110.14070PSK31
M3ULS2009081722011510.14070PSK31
VE3OIJ/W1, 20-21 August
The VE3OIJ/W1 APE
Background: After literally years of not being able to get Vermont for WAS on digital, and listening to others bring up the same point, I decided it was time to take some action. I have relatives near Stowe, so on August 20 I drove down to set up a little station for the day as an APE. The operating location was
Operating Conditions: Yaesu FT-897D with a Buddipole in dipole configuration. WX was sunny at the start, but we had annoying intermittent rain. This became a fairly major operating issue as I didn't have cover - it was SUPPOSED to be a sunny day, and indeed, it was sunny until shortly after I started. Nevertheless, there was time to operate and I found a tarp to cover things when it was raining. DX was so-so, although it appeared I had decent coverage of eastern and central USA.
Log: 19 contacts in 4 countries
K0ABC 2009-08-20 1522 20M PSK31 599
KF3AA 2009-08-20 1537 20M PSK31 599
NO8R 2009-08-20 1549 20M PSK31 599
N2GWK 2009-08-20 1558 20M PSK31 599
W1/E74OF 2009-08-20 1615 20M PSK31 599
WG5T 2009-08-20 1622 20M PSK31 599
WB9VKZ 2009-08-20 1627 20M PSK31 599
AE5PW 2009-08-20 1821 20M PSK31 599
K8IJ 2009-08-20 1834 20M PSK31 599
K4BQH 2009-08-20 1858 20M PSK31 599
RN3DL 2009-08-20 2013 20M PSK31 599
K4RKQ/P 2009-08-20 2020 20M PSK31 599
AD5ZA 2009-08-20 2041 20M PSK31 599
WB9ONU 2009-08-20 2158 20M PSK31 599
KG4UXR 2009-08-20 2223 20M PSK31 599
CO8FD 2009-08-20 2240 20M PSK31 599
K4OP 2009-08-20 2257 20M PSK31 599
W7PAQ 2009-08-20 2310 20M PSK31 359
TI3VLM 2009-08-21 0013 20M PSK31 599
Photos:
I have photos, but they're large. You can have a look at http://dcowan38.smugmug.com/Events/Amateur-Radio.
73 de VE3OIJ
-Darin
K9H, 21-23 August
K9H — Going APE, 2009
August 21-23, UTC
We are Chuck (K9PLX) and Mitch (K9ZXO) Hopper. We grew up in the west central Illinois town of Jacksonville, although both of us have lived elsewhere for many years now. We decided to combine a trip to the old homestead with an APE weekend; we obtained the special event call sign K9H (H for Hopper, of course) in commemoration of the event, and began making our plans in July.
Mitch provided the rig (an old IC-751 that he lovingly refers to as "steam powered"), the interface (a Rigblaster) and the tuner (an MFJ Intelli-Tuner). Chuck went to his club, the York Radio Club of Elmhurst, IL, and borrowed a couple of sectional 30 foot masts, a couple of 50 foot lengths of coax, and a nice trapped dipole for 40 and 20 Meters, which also happened to load 80 Meters very well. The old homestead provided the 110 V. AC.
We fretted through the week prior to the event, as the weather was extremely hot and muggy, and the O.H. is not air-conditioned. Thursday evening the skies opened up and poured on us; still hot and muggy. Oh, my gosh, what have we gotten ourselves into?! BUT THEN...
Friday, opening day, dawned clear and cool and fairly dry—and things stayed that way for the rest of the time. The weather was glorious, with highs in the mid-70's, low humidity, and a beautiful breeze nearly constantly. We ended up using only one of the masts, putting it in the center to hold up the middle of the dipole; the ends found homes in convenient trees. The rig / computer / etc. was set up on a screened porch, things were tuned up, and we were on the air by about 1:30 PM local time.
The two of us took turns throughout the rest of that day and up until nearly midnight of the following day, with time out for meals and the requisite nap from time to time. This was the first chance the two of us have had to play radio together in a long time; it was great fun! By the time we quit late on Saturday night, we had logged exactly 100 QSOs (yes, we stayed up until we hit the number!). Somehow (probably he cheated, but we'll never know) Mitch, K9ZXO ended up making 66 contacts to Chuck's (K9PLX) 44. Isn't sibling rivalry wonderful?
All QSO information has now been uploaded to eQSL.cc under the K9H call sign. Those who wish a paper QSL should send their own with a SASE to K9PLX (he's good on QRZ.com). Sorry, but we haven't yet been able to figure out how to use LoTW for a special event call. We'll work on it.
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The view from the rig toward the antenna—the feedline is going through the center | Bottom view of the center pole | The center pole from a distance |
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The center pole with dipole attached | North end of the antenna disappearing into the trees | The rig |
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K9PLX and K9ZXO raise the center pole | K9ZXO hard at work | K9PLX making a QSO |
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K9PLX is on the air! | K9ZXO seen through the screen | K9PLX making another QSO |
The Logbook
(All QSOs made using PSK-31)
QSO # | DATE | ON | CALL | NAME | PODXS 070 # | BAND | ST | CNTRY | OPERATOR |
1 | 21-Aug-09 | 18:27 | KG8JF | Chris | 176 | 20m | AL | USA | K9PLX #930 |
2 | 21-Aug-09 | 18:42 | W4RIG | Hank | 20m | MA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
3 | 21-Aug-09 | 18:56 | HB9MCP/W1 | Henry | 20m | ME | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
4 | 21-Aug-09 | 19:09 | N2SI | Joe | 20m | WA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
5 | 21-Aug-09 | 19:19 | WA5TLP | Virgil | 20m | ND | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
6 | 21-Aug-09 | 19:47 | W6ZO/6 | Phil | 20m | CA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
7 | 21-Aug-09 | 20:13 | KE7ZGR | Andy | 20m | WA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
8 | 21-Aug-09 | 20:22 | K4FNX/5 | Matt | 20m | MS | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
9 | 21-Aug-09 | 20:47 | DL3APM | Peter | 20m | Germany | K9PLX #930 | ||
10 | 21-Aug-09 | 20:53 | F5NMK | Alain | 20m | France | K9PLX #930 | ||
11 | 21-Aug-09 | 20:59 | VE7BGP | Gerry | 20m | BC | Canada | K9PLX #930 | |
12 | 21-Aug-09 | 21:17 | VE3OIJ | Darin | 536 | 20m | ON | Canada | K9PLX #930 |
13 | 21-Aug-09 | 21:35 | PA3HDG | Marcel | 20m | Netherlands | K9PLX #930 | ||
14 | 21-Aug-09 | 21:52 | IZ5HNI | Maurizio | 576 | 20m | Italy | K9PLX #930 | |
15 | 21-Aug-09 | 22:03 | GM0SDV | Victor | 20m | Scotland | K9PLX #930 | ||
16 | 21-Aug-09 | 22:18 | N3BAH | Abe | 20m | PA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
17 | 21-Aug-09 | 22:29 | KE7NKF | William | 20m | ID | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
18 | 21-Aug-09 | 22:47 | HP2SM | Santiago | 279 | 20m | Panama | K9PLX #930 | |
19 | 21-Aug-09 | 22:54 | W4SJV | Steve | 20m | FL | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
20 | 22-Aug-09 | 00:48 | KE7SAK | Rich | 20m | AZ | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
21 | 22-Aug-09 | 00:54 | WB8UUJ | Tom | 20m | MI | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
22 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:01 | K8TOM | Tom | 815 | 20m | WA | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
23 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:08 | K4LRP | John | 582 | 20m | FL | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
24 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:11 | VA2LGQ | Dave | 20m | QC | Canada | K9ZXO #967 | |
25 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:17 | W8DX | Harvey | 20m | CA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
26 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:20 | KX8C | Jim | 636 | 20m | OH | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
27 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:33 | W4NHO | Steve | 40m | KY | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
28 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:41 | KX8C | Jim | 636 | 40m | OH | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
29 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:45 | KI6KFZ | Robby | 40m | CA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
30 | 22-Aug-09 | 01:56 | N7FYO | Erik | 40m | MA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
31 | 22-Aug-09 | 02:07 | W0PE | Fred | 975 | 40m | CA | USA | K9PLX #930 |
32 | 22-Aug-09 | 02:20 | W4EW | Ed | 40m | GA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
33 | 22-Aug-09 | 02:30 | W6OQX | Phil | 40m | CA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
34 | 22-Aug-09 | 02:48 | KI7AB | Mike | 40m | NM | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
35 | 22-Aug-09 | 02:54 | KK1X | John | 325 | 40m | MA | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
36 | 22-Aug-09 | 02:59 | WA0SKN | Alan | 784 | 40m | NH | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
37 | 22-Aug-09 | 03:04 | CM2AZ | Armondo | 40m | Cuba | K9ZXO #967 | ||
38 | 22-Aug-09 | 03:34 | KC7ASA | Danny | 40m | WA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
39 | 22-Aug-09 | 03:54 | AG0A | Galen | 647 | 40m | CO | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
40 | 22-Aug-09 | 04:03 | KE7ZCU | Rob | 40m | WA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
41 | 22-Aug-09 | 04:20 | KI6WIK | Theodore | 40m | CA | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
42 | 22-Aug-09 | 04:28 | KB3FN | Lynn | 223 | 40m | MD | USA | K9PLX #930 |
43 | 22-Aug-09 | 12:56 | VE3BWR | Ed | 20m | ON | Canada | K9ZXO #967 | |
44 | 22-Aug-09 | 13:08 | N2QGV | Art | 20m | FL | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
45 | 22-Aug-09 | 13:26 | VA2BBW | Andy | 20m | QC | Canada | K9ZXO #967 | |
46 | 22-Aug-09 | 14:14 | TI8II | Carlos | 20m | Costa Rica | K9PLX #930 | ||
47 | 22-Aug-09 | 14:24 | WA1LAD | Gil | 20m | RI | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
48 | 22-Aug-09 | 14:56 | KO8L | Dale | 20m | OH | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
49 | 22-Aug-09 | 15:04 | N7AMK | Al | 20m | MT | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
50 | 22-Aug-09 | 15:09 | N7WET | Mell | 869 | 20m | AZ | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
51 | 22-Aug-09 | 15:18 | AG3L | Richard | 20m | PA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
52 | 22-Aug-09 | 15:29 | NU8C | Ray | 20m | MI | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
53 | 22-Aug-09 | 15:42 | K1GMD | Phil | 411 | 20m | NM | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
54 | 22-Aug-09 | 18:04 | K7BBR | Brandon | 20m | UT | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
55 | 22-Aug-09 | 18:30 | NS2C | Joe | 20m | FL | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
56 | 22-Aug-09 | 18:51 | W2HCB | John | 20m | NY | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
57 | 22-Aug-09 | 19:00 | AD5MQ | Ed | 20m | CO | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
58 | 22-Aug-09 | 19:11 | VA3ROM | Robert | 20m | ON | Canada | K9PLX #930 | |
59 | 22-Aug-09 | 19:19 | K4HMK | Herbert | 20m | FL | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
60 | 22-Aug-09 | 19:32 | WA2VMO | Bob | 1000 | 20m | NY | USA | K9PLX #930 |
61 | 22-Aug-09 | 20:25 | AD7KI | Del | 20m | WY | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
62 | 22-Aug-09 | 20:42 | W3TMZ | Jack | 20m | FL | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
63 | 22-Aug-09 | 20:50 | VE7CFZ | Zolt | 20m | BC | Canada | K9ZXO #967 | |
64 | 22-Aug-09 | 21:45 | IZ2JPN | ittorio | 20m | Italy | K9ZXO #967 | ||
65 | 22-Aug-09 | 23:13 | K7TRK | Ted | 20m | OR | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
66 | 22-Aug-09 | 23:19 | W7SMW | Steve | 20m | NV | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
67 | 22-Aug-09 | 23:24 | KA3L/6 | Doug | 578 | 20m | CA | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
68 | 22-Aug-09 | 23:31 | KD6HQ | Don | 20m | CA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
69 | 22-Aug-09 | 23:42 | CO7WT | Pavel | 20m | Cuba | K9ZXO #967 | ||
70 | 23-Aug-09 | 01:03 | KE5LLM/7 | David | 20m | WA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
71 | 23-Aug-09 | 01:35 | KU9RK | Tom | 80m | KY | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
72 | 23-Aug-09 | 01:45 | KI4QLL | Joe | 80m | FL | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
73 | 23-Aug-09 | 01:50 | KF9KV | Rich | 934 | 80m | WI | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
74 | 23-Aug-09 | 01:55 | W3HF | Steve | 25 | 80m | PA | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
75 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:01 | K9QLL/9 | Bob | 80m | WI | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
76 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:06 | W8NCN | Neal | 80m | OH | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
77 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:14 | KK1X | John | 325 | 80m | MA | USA | K9PLX #930 |
78 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:21 | WB9FHP | Larry | 80m | IN | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
79 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:35 | N9DD | Tom | 80m | IN | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
80 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:39 | NY2SI | Mo | 80m | NY | USA | K9PLX #930 | |
81 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:44 | K9VIC | Eric | 312 | 80m | IL | USA | K9PLX #930 |
82 | 23-Aug-09 | 02:55 | WA2VMO | Bob | 1000 | 80m | NY | USA | K9PLX #930 |
83 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:12 | N0LTM | Steve | 613 | 80m | IL | USA | K9PLX #930 |
84 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:23 | N0NM | Ray | 834 | 80m | KS | USA | K9PLX #930 |
85 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:27 | AE5PW | Pat | 704 | 80m | AR | USA | K9PLX #930 |
86 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:33 | K0ABC | Mark | 897 | 80m | MO | USA | K9PLX #930 |
87 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:37 | N9AVY | Jerry | 454 | 80m | IL | USA | K9PLX #930 |
88 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:47 | AA4SD | Kraig | 80m | SC | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
89 | 23-Aug-09 | 03:54 | K1GMD | Phil | 411 | 40m | NM | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
90 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:01 | AJ4SB | Rob | 40m | FL | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
91 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:05 | KD8LSV | Michael | 40m | OH | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
92 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:13 | WB4OMM | Steve | 40m | FL | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
93 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:18 | N3GSE | Joel | 40m | NJ | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
94 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:23 | AJ4IJ | Robin | 866 | 40m | TN | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
95 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:28 | N0RZ | Charles | 40m | KS | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
96 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:34 | KK5ZD | Keith | 40m | AR | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
97 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:38 | W4KRN | Karen | 215 | 40m | VA | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
98 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:47 | N0KK | Kirk | 40m | MN | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
99 | 23-Aug-09 | 04:56 | W4JHU | Alex | 40m | VA | USA | K9ZXO #967 | |
100 | 23-Aug-09 | 05:03 | KL1IL | Ray | 40m | AK | USA | K9ZXO #967 |
WA0TDQ, 28-29 August
Even with great planning you have to have decent band conditions at the time you plan to play radio! We drove over to Branson Missouri Friday for a few days. (two and a half hours away). We have season tickets at Silver Dollar City and go over for that and see some shows down on the strip. This left me with a limited time to operate in the evening when band conditions were flackey. We stayed down on Indian Point road where I could drive up to the door of the cabin. Using the home brew roof- top mobile antenna mount for the Hustler (picture attached) I moved everything inside and operated in comfort! (picture attached). Antenna mast removed when in motion of course. 25 feet of coax connected me to the antenna on top of the car. I did get my 20 contacts before packing up to come home. Found one ham 3 years older than me. He is 88 years old. You do the math! Log attached.
28-Aug-2009 20:47:47 14070.000 BPSK K3MY 479 barry
28-Aug-2009 23:19:25 14070.000 BPSK W7R 599 599 JACK SPEC EVENT
28-Aug-2009 23:53:54 14070.000 BPSK W6MDH Martin #991
29-Aug-2009 00:47:30 14070.000 BPSK VE1CDD/P John #679
29-Aug-2009 01:55:11 14070.000 BPSK W6SGD 599 599 Harold
29-Aug-2009 02:44:59 14070.000 BPSK W1NDY Al #945
29-Aug-2009 03:39:25 14070.000 BPSK WA6OVP 599 599 tom
29-Aug-2009 22:58:09 14070.000 BPSK W0PE 479 Fred #975
29-Aug-2009 23:32:02 14070.000 BPSK WT6X 599 Jose
30-Aug-2009 00:22:13 14070.000 BPSK K3PX Bob
30-Aug-2009 00:41:28 14070.000 BPSK WD8EBS 599 599 Michael
30-Aug-2009 00:44:56 14070.000 BPSK WK2H Guy E Hoose
30-Aug-2009 19:19:41 14070.000 BPSK N3GSE 599 599 Joel
30-Aug-2009 19:40:04 14070.000 BPSK K3ML MEL
30-Aug-2009 19:56:43 14070.000 BPSK N7WET MEL #869
30-Aug-2009 20:40:03 14070.000 BPSK KJ4NKL 599 599 Michael
30-Aug-2009 20:43:58 14070.000 BPSK CO2WL 599 599 LAZARO
30-Aug-2009 23:25:46 7070.000 BPSK W0JLY 599 599 BILL
30-Aug-2009 23:40:17 7070.000 BPSK N5SQV 599 599 LOUIE
31-Aug-2009 00:16:37 7070.000 BPSK K0SNG 599 599 bob
2010 APE Tall Tales
N3VOP & W4KRN, 1 August
W7PAQ, 1-15 August
After 6 straight weeks on the 64 acre island camp I went qrt August 13th. I got to celebrate my 69th birthday when the whole camp sang Happy Birthday to me at Flags one evening. My 2 ½ year old granddaughter called and sang Happy Birthday to me during a teaching session and the scouts spread the word about my birthday.
I managed 153 contacts in August in spite of the S9 noise level caused by the water pump controller. I had my usually FT897 and a carolina windom antenna. The tuner failed mid operations and limited my operations to 20 and 40M. I did try a few 6M CQs with no success.
I was the Nature director this summer and taught the Radio and the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts special merit badge..Signaling. Signaling required the scouts to send/receive Morse code and semaphore, The Morse code requirement was 7 WPM. Semaphore required 6 WPM and about 5 scouts actually mastered the sending and receiving. They are hoping to master the Morse code requirement before the end of 2010 when the merit badge is again retired.
(*=Ø7Ø Club Member)
Callsign | Date | Time | Name | Band | Mode |
4B1GZU | 8/10/2010 | 02:45 | Luis | 20m | PSK31 |
AA4FA | 8/13/2010 | 18:26 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
AA7CU | 8/05/2010 | 19:32 | Al | 20m | PSK31 |
AA9UF* | 8/08/2010 | 00:15 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
AB4RT | 8/08/2010 | 21:44 | Norbert | 20m | PSK31 |
AB8O | 8/03/2010 | 21:10 | 20m | PSK31 | |
AB9TA | 8/06/2010 | 01:06 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
AC4CA | 8/11/2010 | 16:34 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
AC4M* | 8/07/2010 | 13:39 | Craig | 20m | PSK31 |
AE4DT | 8/01/2010 | 13:13 | Jim | 20m | PSK31 |
AE5HE | 8/01/2010 | 15:04 | Doug | 20m | PSK31 |
AE5JD* | 8/01/2010 | 00:17 | Bart | 20m | PSK31 |
AE5WT | 8/01/2010 | 01:09 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
AI4FR | 8/07/2010 | 19:49 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
AI4OF* | 8/11/2010 | 16:52 | Phil | 20m | PSK31 |
AI6O* | 8/07/2010 | 22:30 | Ed | 20m | PSK31 |
F6EQZ | 8/08/2010 | 22:33 | Jean | 20m | PSK31 |
F8BMI | 8/11/2010 | 19:09 | Andre | 20m | PSK31 |
K0ABC* | 8/01/2010 | 14:47 | Mark | 20m | PSK31 |
K0FBV* | 8/05/2010 | 14:10 | Vic | 20m | PSK31 |
K0UAS | 8/07/2010 | 19:46 | Terry | 20m | PSK31 |
K3LRH | 8/13/2010 | 15:00 | Leonard | 20m | PSK31 |
K4OP* | 8/09/2010 | 20:02 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
K4REB | 8/07/2010 | 19:34 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
K4RH | 8/07/2010 | 13:12 | Carlos | 20m | PSK31 |
K4RH | 8/07/2010 | 22:13 | Carlos | 20m | PSK31 |
K4SWJ | 8/09/2010 | 00:48 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
K5JMB | 8/01/2010 | 00:37 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
K6RCF | 8/04/2010 | 02:55 | Rich | 20m | PSK31 |
K6SID* | 8/04/2010 | 21:11 | Howard | 20m | PSK31 |
K7BAW | 8/03/2010 | 19:42 | Barry | 20m | PSK31 |
K7EV* | 8/05/2010 | 19:22 | Harold | 20m | PSK31 |
K7JBQ | 8/03/2010 | 17:05 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
K7TRK* | 8/04/2010 | 19:44 | Ted | 20m | PSK31 |
K8AA | 8/02/2010 | 01:27 | Dave | 20m | PSK31 |
K8WDX | 8/01/2010 | 22:43 | Tom | 20m | PSK31 |
K9DIG | 8/08/2010 | 22:41 | Nancy | 20m | PSK31 |
K9QVB/9 | 8/07/2010 | 16:03 | Norm | 20m | PSK31 |
K9VIC* | 8/07/2010 | 22:43 | Eric | 20m | PSK31 |
KA9DLJ | 8/05/2010 | 19:35 | Jerry | 20m | PSK31 |
KA9SWE/P | 8/04/2010 | 18:02 | Dale | 20m | PSK31 |
KB1PSP* | 8/04/2010 | 22:27 | Bette | 20m | PSK31 |
KB8AQK | 8/07/2010 | 22:37 | Roy | 20m | PSK31 |
KC2HEI | 8/10/2010 | 22:55 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
KC8AZU | 8/01/2010 | 01:04 | Terry | 20m | PSK31 |
KC8GTX | 8/08/2010 | 13:53 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
KC9DOA* | 8/07/2010 | 22:49 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
KC9JJS | 8/12/2010 | 01:54 | Charles | 20m | PSK31 |
KC9PAQ | 8/06/2010 | 18:12 | James | 20m | PSK31 |
KC9PDX | 8/11/2010 | 14:58 | Kevin | 20m | PSK31 |
KC9QLO | 8/11/2010 | 00:00 | Eric | 20m | PSK31 |
KD0GAF | 8/07/2010 | 19:44 | Bob | 20m | PSK31 |
KD6NRP | 8/09/2010 | 20:44 | Brian | 20m | PSK31 |
KD7OWH | 8/11/2010 | 19:27 | Brad | 20m | PSK31 |
KD8DX | 8/10/2010 | 01:12 | Howard | 20m | PSK31 |
KD8LAV* | 8/11/2010 | 01:47 | Marshall | 20m | PSK31 |
KE5PRL* | 8/07/2010 | 22:18 | Pat | 20m | PSK31 |
KE8M | 8/07/2010 | 19:16 | Davud | 20m | PSK31 |
KF5CZG | 8/08/2010 | 21:22 | Jim | 20m | PSK31 |
KF6EWO | 8/08/2010 | 23:26 | Gary | 20m | PSK31 |
KF7AMY | 8/08/2010 | 15:52 | Leif | 20m | PSK31 |
KG4GPI | 8/04/2010 | 19:52 | James | 20m | PSK31 |
KG4GPJ | 8/05/2010 | 01:47 | Larry | 20m | PSK31 |
KG5ZJ | 8/12/2010 | 16:52 | Richard | 20m | PSK31 |
KG6WNG | 8/05/2010 | 14:23 | Kim | 20m | PSK31 |
KI4KK* | 8/9/2010 | 23:22 | George | 20m | PSK31 |
KI6UAL | 8/11/2010 | 20:32 | Michael | 20m | PSK31 |
KJ4IZW* | 8/01/2010 | 12:40 | David | 20m | PSK31 |
KJ6DQT | 8/09/2010 | 20:47 | Josh | 20m | PSK31 |
KK4PR | 8/13/2010 | 16:55 | Frank | 20m | PSK31 |
KL1IL | 8/01/2010 | 00:49 | Ray | 20m | PSK31 |
KQ6EA | 8/02/2010 | 18:56 | James | 20m | PSK31 |
KT4WV | 8/11/2010 | 15:42 | Danny | 20m | PSK31 |
KU1H | 8/09/2010 | 23:14 | Gary | 20m | PSK31 |
KX0O | 8/08/2010 | 16:00 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
KX1H | 8/07/2010 | 01:00 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
N2EOC* | 8/07/2010 | 20:01 | Chuck | 20m | PSK31 |
N2MLP* | 8/11/2010 | 20:00 | Brian | 20m | PSK31 |
N3FX | 8/07/2010 | 13:32 | Tony | 20m | PSK31 |
N3VOP/4* | 8/01/2010 | 12:54 | Michael | 20m | PSK31 |
N4AED | 8/11/2010 | 01:22 | Richard | 20m | PSK31 |
N4THG | 8/09/2010 | 22:25 | Tim | 20m | PSK31 |
N5CEY | 8/05/2010 | 13:39 | Cliff | 20m | PSK31 |
N5EP | 8/04/2010 | 21:55 | Steve | 20m | PSK31 |
N5EP | 8/07/2010 | 22:53 | Steve | 20m | PSK31 |
N5EP | 8/08/2010 | 19:47 | Steve | 20m | PSK31 |
N5GFH | 8/11/2010 | 00:34 | Garyland | 20m | PSK31 |
N5GFH | 8/11/2010 | 00:38 | Garyland | 20m | PSK31 |
N5YSQ | 8/12/2010 | 23:08 | Billy | 20m | PSK31 |
N7BLN | 8/12/2010 | 23:03 | Ron | 20m | PSK31 |
N7LMV/XE2 | 8/10/2010 | 22:29 | Jeryl | 20m | PSK31 |
N7MQ* | 8/10/2010 | 17:53 | Mark | 20m | PSK31 |
N7QU* | 8/03/2010 | 19:41 | George | 20m | PSK31 |
N8JK | 8/04/2010 | 21:55 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
N8MNI* | 8/05/2010 | 01:40 | Mark | 20m | PSK31 |
N8QY | 8/06/2010 | 01:11 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
N9JGZ* | 8/11/2010 | 15:57 | Patricia | 20m | PSK31 |
NB6GC | 8/07/2010 | 23:29 | Ken | 20m | PSK31 |
NC8X | 8/08/2010 | 19:27 | Tim | 20m | PSK31 |
ND0M | 8/09/2010 | 18:35 | Don | 20m | PSK31 |
ND2K* | 8/10/2010 | 01:59 | Alfred | 20m | PSK31 |
NO8R* | 8/01/2010 | 00:31 | Delos | 20m | PSK31 |
NY3C | 8/12/2010 | 16:03 | Gene | 20m | PSK31 |
UA0ZK | 8/02/2010 | 19:06 | VASILIY | 20m | PSK31 |
VA3NTI | 8/11/2010 | 16:39 | Lee | 20m | PSK31 |
VA3WLD | 8/10/2010 | 23:15 | John | 20m | PSK31 |
W0MRZ | 8/11/2010 | 19:16 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
W0MRZ/QRP | 8/03/2010 | 00:54 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
W0MRZ/QRP | 8/07/2010 | 22:30 | Mike | 20m | PSK31 |
W0PE* | 8/10/2010 | 16:55 | Fred | 20m | PSK31 |
W1NDY* | 8/07/2010 | 22:34 | Alan | 20m | PSK31 |
W4ASE* | 8/07/2010 | 19:41 | J W | 20m | PSK31 |
W4DVG | 8/08/2010 | 19:41 | George | 20m | PSK31 |
W4KRN* | 8/12/2010 | 01:40 | Karen | 20m | PSK31 |
W4PHS* | 8/07/2010 | 16:23 | Phil | 20m | PSK31 |
W5AZY/0 | 8/05/2010 | 17:26 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
W5KAM/5* | 8/10/2010 | 23:50 | Ken | 20m | PSK31 |
W6DAW | 8/03/2010 | 19:41 | Dan | 20m | PSK31 |
W6GMU | 8/11/2010 | 21:57 | Paul | 20m | PSK31 |
W6QE* | 8/01/2010 | 14:51 | Milton | 20m | PSK31 |
W6QE* | 8/13/2010 | 16:22 | Milton | 20m | PSK31 |
W7KPL | 8/12/2010 | 21:14 | Jerry | 20m | PSK31 |
W7MHC | 8/12/2010 | 16:27 | Alan | 20m | PSK31 |
W8HMK | 8/01/2010 | 13:17 | Hal | 20m | PSK31 |
W8POF* | 8/06/2010 | 13:11 | Tom | 20m | PSK31 |
W8TTY | 8/07/2010 | 14:15 | Al | 20m | PSK31 |
W9AWF* | 8/12/2010 | 14:34 | Anthony | 20m | PSK31 |
W9DDK | 8/01/2010 | 00:50 | Michael | 20m | PSK31 |
W9FG | 8/02/2010 | 14:31 | Dick | 20m | PSK31 |
WA0EIR | 8/08/2010 | 23:11 | Ted | 20m | PSK31 |
WA3ERQ | 8/10/2010 | 22:53 | Jim | 20m | PSK31 |
WA55MS | 8/12/2010 | 00:42 | Marty | 20m | PSK31 |
WA6OVP | 8/08/2010 | 22:40 | Tom | 20m | PSK31 |
WA6TWJ | 8/09/2010 | 18:12 | David | 20m | PSK31 |
WA6TWJ | 8/13/2010 | 18:38 | David | 20m | PSK31 |
WB2SXY | 8/04/2010 | 21:48 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
WB4MNK* | 8/07/2010 | 13:46 | 20m | PSK31 | |
WB4NWS | 8/13/2010 | 13:08 | James | 20m | PSK31 |
WB4ZIQ | 8/01/2010 | 00:08 | Hal | 20m | PSK31 |
WB6RSG | 8/01/2010 | 15:16 | Tom | 20m | PSK31 |
WB8MKH* | 8/07/2010 | 14:15 | Don | 20m | PSK31 |
WB8RTJ | 8/01/2010 | 00:56 | Jim | 20m | PSK31 |
WB9ONU* | 8/1/2010 | 13:37 | Jerry | 20m | PSK31 |
WD0MYM | 8/11/2010 | 19:54 | Jon | 20m | PSK31 |
WD9DUI | 8/05/2010 | 16:59 | Gary | 20m | PSK31 |
WG5T* | 8/01/2010 | 14:42 | Bill | 20m | PSK31 |
WQ9Z* | 8/01/2010 | 13:33 | Roy | 20m | PSK31 |
WQ9Z* | 8/07/2010 | 14:13 | Roy | 20m | PSK31 |
WT6X* | 8/04/2010 | 19:39 | Jose | 20m | PSK31 |
WU8P | 8/12/2010 | 14:10 | Phillip | 20m | PSK31 |
XE1UYS | 8/12/2010 | 13:38 | Alejandro | 20m | PSK31 |
XE2/KE6ENI | 8/11/2010 | 23:30 | Dave | 20m | PSK31 |
YO7ARY/W1 | 8/08/2010 | 14:04 | Marcel | 20m | PSK31 |
K9VIC, 2-5 August
N2GWK, 6-8 August
N2GWK participated again this year in the PODSX070 APE.We operated from Natural Bridge State Park in Slade KY.Our operating location was once again in a “roughing it gently” cabin as we are too old and ugly to be in the general campground population (hihi).
Conditions at the campsite were not the greatest especially the ‘hike’ to the cabin. Our cabin was set in a “holler” as we call it here in Kentucky and the cabin was on the side of the hill.The only way to the cabin was by climbing about 50 steps up the side of the hill.One of the attached pictures depict the OM George having his first bout of chest pain mid-stairway.
Our antenna was once again our 31 ft. wire vertical with 8, 30 ft. radials. Running the radials was a bit of a challenge since the antenna was situated on the side of the hill and all the radials were spread out down the hill.(I couldn’t talk my XYL in to climbing up the hill side to lay the radials.) Rig used was a Yaesu Ft-867D,Z100 Autotuner, Signalink USB interface.Digital was delivered via an Acer Netbook and HRD v5.0, theoutput power was about 25 W.
The log was not as full as we wished, only 28.Total member contacts were 11.Below is our ‘Chimpy’ little log.
QSO Date | Time On | Call | Mode | Comment | Band |
8/7/2010 | 0038 | VE9DX | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 20 |
8/7/2010 | 0042 | CO2NO | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 0050 | NO8R | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 40 |
8/7/2010 | 0111 | KP2DX | PSK31 | 40 | |
8/7/2010 | 0124 | W0MRZ | PSK31 | 40 | |
8/7/2010 | 0128 | KD5BYB | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 40 |
8/7/2010 | 1125 | N2EOC | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 40 |
8/7/2010 | 1150 | K4NKY | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 40 |
8/7/2010 | 1156 | VE3YXO | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 30 |
8/7/2010 | 1203 | K4REB | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 1307 | WQ9Z | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 20 |
8/7/2010 | 1319 | N2EOC | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 20 |
8/7/2010 | 1332 | CO2WL | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 1350 | CO3JN | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 1357 | WB8MKH | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 20 |
8/7/2010 | 1718 | KT4NM | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 20 |
8/7/2010 | 1729 | K9QVB/9 | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 1739 | W7GET | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 1749 | WB4MNK | PSK31 | 070 Mbr | 20 |
8/7/2010 | 1857 | AI4FR | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 1946 | W0ICE | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 2316 | G0LZX | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/7/2010 | 2346 | OZ1GML | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/8/2010 | 0051 | CE1TUW | PSK31 | 20 | |
8/8/2010 | 0128 | DL21XA | PSK31 | 30 | |
8/8/2010 | 1030 | WA1KBE | PSK31 | 40 | |
8/8/2010 | 1121 | VA3WLD | PSK31 | 40 | |
8/8/2010 | 1155 | AA2RZ | PSK31 | 40 |
Attached are some pictures taken of the APE Station, the stairs to the cabin and the Natural Bridge.An interesting picture of the fine for carving is attached also. Please note that the fine for carving is really $500.Someone has carved a decimal point on the sign to lower the fine to $5.00.There must not have been a fine for carving on the No Carving sign.Ironic.
All in all we had a great time and we’re looking forward to the 2011 APE Adventures.Next August may find us operating once again at yet another Kentucky State Park,hopefully on flat ground.
73’s N2GWK.
W7PSK, 7 August
N4CDB, 7 August
W5KAM, 9-14 August
My equipment that I used was as follows:
I think we made around a total of 65 contacts during our stay and had a great time doing it.
Date | Time | Callsign | Mode | Band |
20100810 | 1819 | K4ORY* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 1814 | N2MLP* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 1820 | K6NLX* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 1842 | KØWB | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 1847 | W4KRN* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 1904 | K4OP* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 1907 | N7QU* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2026 | N3PPH* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2035 | K8TOM* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2042 | XE2/KE6ENI | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2051 | KØABC* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2056 | N2BRD | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2105 | N7MQ* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2112 | KC2GIK* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2115 | KB1PSP* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2119 | VA3MJR* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2125 | KG4SGJ | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2135 | W6QE* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2138 | WA7HDZ* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2143 | WG5T* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2148 | LU6EE | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2153 | N2GWK* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2201 | NC8X | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2205 | K7TRK* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2214 | WQ9Z* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2220 | AG4CZ* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2226 | WØIZ | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2232 | W8POF* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2236 | N8MNI* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2242 | K7NUU* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2333 | KI4RXE | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2336 | AE4DT | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2347 | NO8R* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2350 | W7PAQ/7* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100810 | 2357 | W3HF* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100811 | 0001 | KC9MRW | PSK31 | 20M |
20100811 | 0010 | KB7DY | PSK31 | 20M |
20100811 | 0024 | KJ4IZW* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100811 | 2114 | N5GFH | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 0019 | N5EP | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 0027 | KB7GFL | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 0041 | KA4OIL | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 0049 | KE4ETY | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 0123 | KC9RIQ | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2149 | K7EV* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2153 | KC8GTX | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2201 | NY7U | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2207 | N7BLN | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2215 | VA3WLD | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2241 | N4DLR | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2247 | K4HVK/P | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2256 | KC8AZU | PSK31 | 20M |
20100812 | 2304 | WB5K | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2112 | W6YJE | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2122 | NI6IW | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2132 | WA6UVW | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2139 | N9SB* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2146 | AB9TA | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2151 | KE5PYF* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2155 | KA9BHD* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2206 | KC4RP | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2218 | N5FAN | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2224 | NØLTM* | PSK31 | 20M |
20100814 | 2231 | K7TR | PSK31 | 20M |
20100815 | 0140 | KØPFX | PSK31 | 20M |
As I told you we did some ham radio during some of the afternoons and astrophotography every night with our telescopes. As you can see we were very busy day and night. I have designed a QSL card that I have been sending out from the APE and have had a fairly good request from my contacts wanting a QSL card.






K9VIC, 13-15 August
K9VIC APE REPORT
In anticipation of some nasty storms, my APE originally planned for Stoughton, WI was changed, with the approval of the APE Program Manager, to a closer venue. I chose Millbrook, IL as it’s rural and about a 40 minute drive from home. If things got too bad, being closer to home would certainly be advantageous. (I was actually more worried about getting home if there was a potential flooding situation – I live on a river – than the APE getting a bit wet.)
On August 13, after loading up, we shoved off. We left about 3:30 p.m., heading out in a recently purchased, slightly-used RV. In fact, this was our maiden voyage in the RV. Until now, it’s been only tent camping. As we weren’t driving the three hours to Stoughton, we brought a second vehicle to use to run out and buy the things that never seem to get packed.
This was a new location for me, and the camp site was acceptable. Well, that is, as long as your definition of acceptable means it has electric, water, and sewer hookups (the latter two we didn’t use). Other than that, the site wasn’t much larger than the combined area of the RV and van. There were some large trees, but using them to string wire would mean intruding on the neighbors. Fortunately, I’d brought a tripod, some radials, and mobile whips for 40- and 20-meters.
After dinner, I set up the station (an Icom 706 MKIIG and a Dell laptop) and called CQ. It was rough going. Several hours of calling netted me seven contacts on 20-meters before the storms arrived. The storms were pretty intense. I shut down not because of lightning, but because I was fairly certain the antenna was going to get blown over.
Saturday I made a healthy run of things, calling CQ in between meals and a run to the store. The band wasn’t in great shape, but it’s much more comfortable sitting in the RV than a tent. Several hours of work and I managed to put 16 more 20-meter contacts in the log before I decided to try 40-meters for a while. I switched antennas, and 40-meters sounded good. Unfortunately, much CQ-ing netted me only a single 40-meter contact.
By Sunday the rest of the family had about enough camping for the weekend. We packed up a bit early and made the trek home. Overall, it was a decent trip. It allowed me to test out the new camping digs from a radio perspective, and finally (after several non-successful ones) put another successful APE on the books. My thanks to all who listened for my signal. Hopefully next year I’ll have improved the antenna situation and will sound better. My log follows, with the eight 070 Club members marked with asterisks.
Start date UTC TX kHz Call
-------------------- -------- -----
14-Aug-2010 00:50:05 14071.0 N7BLN
14-Aug-2010 01:04:00 14071.0 KJ6DQT
14-Aug-2010 01:16:42 14071.0 KF6H
14-Aug-2010 01:23:11 14071.0 N7QU *
14-Aug-2010 01:46:08 14071.0 W7BAL *
14-Aug-2010 02:05:47 14071.0 K5KEN
14-Aug-2010 02:15:03 14071.0 VE9NC *
14-Aug-2010 15:49:18 14071.0 AA5JC
14-Aug-2010 16:08:27 14071.0 K7CWA
14-Aug-2010 16:20:56 14071.0 AE5NO
14-Aug-2010 16:45:15 14071.0 AE7CD
14-Aug-2010 16:53:30 14071.0 K5YRT
14-Aug-2010 18:26:29 14071.0 K8TOM *
14-Aug-2010 18:42:41 14071.0 K0ABC *
14-Aug-2010 18:47:58 14071.0 K0UAS
14-Aug-2010 19:18:33 14071.0 KC2TEL
14-Aug-2010 19:25:47 14071.0 AG4QX *
14-Aug-2010 21:16:15 14071.0 W3NWS
14-Aug-2010 21:27:22 14071.0 AC0QG
14-Aug-2010 21:43:21 14071.0 W3HF *
15-Aug-2010 00:24:53 14071.0 N5IMC
15-Aug-2010 01:33:47 14071.0 WA7HDZ *
15-Aug-2010 01:47:38 14071.0 K6TXT
15-Aug-2010 03:08:25 7.035.0 KC2GYU
W6QE & WØPE, 15-31 August


It's official! W6R is listed on QRZ.com!



Special thanks go to:
Some statistics:
FAQ:
Thanks again for all of the Ø7Ø members for helping us make this effort successful!
WØPE, Fred
The W6R log:
YYYYMMDD | UTC | Callsign | Band |
20100815 | 1504 | NO8R | 20M |
20100815 | 1515 | KX8K | 20M |
20100815 | 1537 | W8POF | 20M |
20100815 | 1606 | K1GMD | 20M |
20100815 | 1618 | N7MQ | 20M |
20100815 | 1628 | K8TOM | 20M |
20100815 | 1641 | N8MNI | 20M |
20100815 | 1711 | N6PCD | 20M |
20100815 | 1719 | KE5HTB | 20M |
20100815 | 1722 | K0ABC | 20M |
20100815 | 1736 | XEIXSJ | 20M |
20100815 | 1745 | VA7REH | 20M |
20100815 | 1751 | N7QU | 20M |
20100815 | 1754 | W0GLB | 20M |
20100815 | 1800 | N2GWK | 20M |
20100815 | 1824 | WA6TWJ | 20M |
20100815 | 1831 | KE6SLS | 20M |
20100815 | 1903 | K2CED | 20M |
20100815 | 1909 | N7LMV/XE2 | 20M |
20100815 | 1923 | W6GMU | 20M |
20100815 | 2118 | K7TRK | 20M |
20100815 | 2126 | W1NDY | 20M |
20100815 | 2139 | K5SLW | 20M |
20100815 | 2205 | XE1UYS | 15M |
20100815 | 2207 | KR4U | 15M |
20100815 | 2249 | PP5BBN | 15M |
20100815 | 2303 | JH9FNB | 15M |
20100815 | 2316 | LU1BR | 15M |
20100816 | 0022 | CE2JNZ | 20M |
20100816 | 0030 | EA5UB | 20M |
20100816 | 0104 | WG5T | 20M |
20100816 | 0119 | KC9QLO | 20M |
20100816 | 0129 | PY2ED | 20M |
20100816 | 0243 | KH6OWL | 20M |
20100816 | 0248 | K9VIC | 20M |
20100816 | 0312 | K5ZZ | 40M |
20100816 | 0319 | W4KRN | 40M |
20100816 | 0327 | N3PPH | 40M |
20100816 | 0335 | WT6X | 40M |
20100816 | 0342 | WT6X | 80M |
20100816 | 0407 | KJ6MC | 40M |
20100816 | 0415 | K8TOM | 40M |
20100816 | 0439 | N7MQ | 40M |
20100816 | 1427 | KC9SLB | 20M |
20100816 | 1711 | K6NLX | 20M |
20100816 | 1725 | N2SI | 20M |
20100816 | 1740 | K7CWQ | 20M |
20100816 | 1744 | W6OQK | 20M |
20100816 | 1832 | KD6HQ | 20M |
20100816 | 1854 | VE7HBS | 20M |
20100816 | 1901 | WA6GSX | 20M |
20100816 | 2039 | K7NBY | 20M |
20100816 | 2055 | KE4ETY | 20M |
20100816 | 2058 | CO2IZ | 20M |
20100816 | 2138 | WA7HDZ | 20M |
20100816 | 2159 | KF7HNA | 20M |
20100816 | 2337 | N7DDU | 20M |
20100816 | 2343 | LU1BR | 20M |
20100816 | 2357 | W3HF | 20M |
20100817 | 0005 | K1LHO | 20M |
20100817 | 0017 | N4YZ | 20M |
20100817 | 0024 | KA2HHB | 20M |
20100817 | 0034 | KC5XW | 20M |
20100817 | 0255 | KJ6ME | 40M |
20100817 | 0331 | AC0QG | 40M |
20100817 | 0341 | K5RKS | 40M |
20100817 | 0401 | N9JCA | 40M |
20100817 | 0409 | WA8LBZ | 40M |
20100817 | 0418 | W6GX | 40M |
20100817 | 0423 | KG6MVB | 40M |
20100817 | 0442 | VE7CFZ | 40M |
20100817 | 0501 | K6TEC | 40M |
20100817 | 0513 | W6LJK | 40M |
20100817 | 0519 | W7KRS | 40M |
20100817 | 0525 | KE7RLI | 40M |
20100817 | 0532 | KJ4SCR | 40M |
20100817 | 1410 | WA3ERQ | 20M |
20100817 | 1418 | W0PE | 20M |
20100817 | 1432 | K0CW | 20M |
20100817 | 1607 | K5HDE | 20M |
20100817 | 1644 | N5JPH | 20M |
20100817 | 1645 | KB1PSP | 20M |
20100817 | 1654 | K4OP | 20M |
20100817 | 1655 | N3PPH | 20M |
20100817 | 1931 | W4MPS | 20M |
20100817 | 1946 | K5YRT | 20M |
20100817 | 1955 | AI4WL | 20M |
20100817 | 2034 | W7WKR | 20M |
20100817 | 2044 | WB2FVE | 20M |
20100817 | 2258 | WA4UGH | 20M |
20100817 | 2316 | KE7NKF | 20M |
20100818 | 0012 | CE2WUI | 20M |
20100818 | 0016 | KB3QLK | 20M |
20100818 | 0025 | VA3MJR | 20M |
20100818 | 0033 | N2JNZ | 20M |
20100818 | 0041 | N3DQU | 20M |
20100818 | 0049 | K3VAT | 20M |
20100818 | 0101 | KI4RXE | 20M |
20100818 | 0110 | KE5QKR | 20M |
20100818 | 0126 | KB0KBJ | 20M |
20100818 | 0153 | W5IQS | 20M |
20100818 | 0211 | W9WY | 20M |
20100818 | 0213 | KC5GB | 20M |
20100818 | 0218 | KA2HHB | 20M |
20100818 | 0240 | AC0QG | 40M |
20100818 | 0259 | K2EZR | 40M |
20100818 | 0313 | K5ECX | 40M |
20100818 | 0321 | K9VIC | 40M |
20100818 | 0326 | W1LXE | 40M |
20100818 | 0333 | N3DQU | 40M |
20100818 | 0345 | AB4RT | 40M |
20100818 | 0402 | KC6ZBE | 40M |
20100818 | 0417 | N7QU | 40M |
20100818 | 0423 | AI4OF | 40M |
20100818 | 0434 | KF5ATN | 40M |
20100818 | 0453 | KB3MHB/0 | 40M |
20100818 | 0549 | KQ7W | 40M |
20100818 | 0600 | K6SID | 40M |
20100818 | 1350 | AB8O | 40M |
20100818 | 1403 | WD8CJN | 40M |
20100818 | 1412 | AB8O | 30M |
20100818 | 1421 | NO8R | 30M |
20100818 | 1429 | W8KHR | 30M |
20100818 | 1445 | N7QU | 30M |
20100818 | 1641 | W4KRN | 20M |
20100818 | 1649 | KT4NM | 20M |
20100818 | 1656 | AA5VU | 20M |
20100818 | 1722 | KB5RUM | 20M |
20100818 | 1722 | W7HO | 20M |
20100818 | 1738 | K5JMB | 20M |
20100818 | 1746 | KE7ZCU | 20M |
20100818 | 1803 | W6ETS | 20M |
20100818 | 1805 | W6LY | 20M |
20100818 | 1848 | VE7NBQ | 15M |
20100818 | 1900 | W0PE | 15M |
20100818 | 1907 | NO8R | 15M |
20100818 | 1916 | N7QU | 15M |
20100818 | 1927 | K6MKF | 15M |
20100818 | 2253 | K7MHI | 20M |
20100818 | 2300 | W7CAR | 20M |
20100818 | 2319 | W5HOY | 20M |
20100818 | 2331 | N4ST | 20M |
20100818 | 2336 | K9QDA | 20M |
20100818 | 2344 | K0FBV | 20M |
20100819 | 0028 | WQ9Z | 20M |
20100819 | 0038 | N9JGZ | 20M |
20100819 | 0113 | VE3NOO | 20M |
20100819 | 0159 | N1GKE | 20M |
20100819 | 0208 | K4WMN | 20M |
20100819 | 0216 | KA9BHD | 20M |
20100819 | 0217 | K3HSK | 20M |
20100819 | 0223 | N9XBB | 20M |
20100819 | 0229 | K7EV | 20M |
20100819 | 0239 | N4AK | 20M |
20100819 | 0248 | K0HAA | 20M |
20100819 | 0252 | KB7DY | 20M |
20100819 | 0349 | RU3XB | 20M |
20100819 | 0353 | UA1CFE | 20M |
20100819 | 0355 | N5KMZ | 20M |
20100819 | 0404 | RZ3AS | 20M |
20100819 | 1434 | W4KRN | 30M |
20100819 | 1501 | K4LRP | 20M |
20100819 | 1513 | KE4TB | 20M |
20100819 | 1842 | W0MRZ | 20M |
20100819 | 1912 | KA6HXI | 20M |
20100819 | 1942 | RA0CFA | 20M |
20100819 | 2032 | KK7UQ | 20M |
20100819 | 2040 | W6QE | 20M |
20100819 | 2312 | W4PHS | 20M |
20100819 | 2342 | K9RJY | 20M |
20100819 | 2351 | W5FER | 20M |
20100820 | 0000 | LU7HEO | 20M |
20100820 | 0940 | KC2STA | 40M |
20100820 | 0952 | W1ATV | 40M |
20100820 | 0958 | N5LYJ | 40M |
20100820 | 1009 | K5WTA | 40M |
20100820 | 1018 | KA9SWE | 40M |
20100820 | 1454 | K2CZT | 20M |
20100820 | 1509 | W0IZ | 20M |
20100820 | 1621 | KJ7HQ | 20M |
20100820 | 1824 | KB5ROZ | 20M |
20100820 | 1830 | AC7QO | 20M |
20100820 | 1836 | KD0EYZ | 20M |
20100820 | 1847 | W8ISG | 20M |
20100820 | 1935 | NT5Q | 20M |
20100820 | 1950 | KZ4C | 20M |
20100820 | 2009 | N6ISY/6 | 20M |
20100820 | 2139 | AG4CZ | 20M |
20100820 | 2152 | N8MNI | 20M |
20100820 | 2336 | KD0JHW | 20M |
20100821 | 0031 | W8CCW | 30M |
20100821 | 0043 | KF5DNS | 30M |
20100821 | 0054 | W3HF | 30M |
20100821 | 0207 | N3QH | 30M |
20100821 | 0215 | KA9CCH | 30M |
20100821 | 0226 | KI4BIY | 30M |
20100821 | 0236 | N8BX | 30M |
20100821 | 0247 | WD8MTN | 30M |
20100821 | 0300 | N6ISY/6 | 40M |
20100821 | 0312 | K7TRK | 40M |
20100821 | 0321 | W0PSK | 40M |
20100821 | 0352 | KD0MJT | 40M |
20100821 | 1107 | WQ9Z | 40M |
20100821 | 1122 | CO2JD | 40M |
20100821 | 1157 | CO2IZ | 40M |
20100821 | 1208 | VA3WLD | 40M |
20100821 | 1217 | NN5NN | 40M |
20100821 | 1223 | ND2K | 40M |
20100821 | 1235 | N9NTC | 40M |
20100821 | 1244 | KD7KST | 40M |
20100821 | 1250 | K8GCU | 40M |
20100821 | 1518 | N4YXW | 20M |
20100821 | 1533 | N5UNI | 20M |
20100821 | 1541 | VE3EI | 20M |
20100821 | 2007 | W5VGR | 20M |
20100821 | 2024 | KF6ABU | 20M |
20100821 | 2031 | N5JPH | 20M |
20100821 | 2035 | N5ARK | 20M |
20100821 | 2046 | N7MNK | 20M |
20100821 | 2053 | KE9PH | 20M |
20100821 | 2240 | 9A1CCB | 20M |
20100821 | 2243 | F5NMK | 20M |
20100821 | 2252 | KE6MGW | 20M |
20100821 | 2305 | KB1TSU | 20M |
20100821 | 2311 | UA0ZS | 20M |
20100821 | 2323 | KE6PYF | 20M |
20100821 | 2349 | KC2NIJ | 20M |
20100821 | 2359 | KI6ZZC | 20M |
20100822 | 0029 | N5GF | 20M |
20100822 | 0041 | N3LZG | 20M |
20100822 | 0100 | K2DAR | 20M |
20100822 | 0120 | W2GSB/LH | 20M |
20100822 | 0128 | CE1Z/LH | 20M |
20100822 | 0216 | KP3RE/LH | 20M |
20100822 | 0229 | W8L/LH | 20M |
20100822 | 0241 | W3HF | 40M |
20100822 | 0245 | K0FBV | 40M |
20100822 | 0257 | WW4MEL | 40M |
20100822 | 0553 | JI1LAT | 40M |
20100822 | 0600 | AE6OU | 40M |
20100822 | 1348 | HP1AVS | 20M |
20100822 | 1534 | W5UNT | 20M |
20100822 | 1638 | KB7QOS | 20M |
20100822 | 1649 | N5JPH | 20M |
20100822 | 1658 | K7MHI | 20M |
20100822 | 1708 | K5SLW | 20M |
20100822 | 2123 | KX0O | 20M |
20100822 | 2128 | K4KTT | 20M |
20100822 | 2138 | KC8WSM | 20M |
20100822 | 2146 | KB1PSP | 20M |
20100822 | 2151 | ON7JM | 20M |
20100822 | 2205 | W1PL | 20M |
20100822 | 2209 | N2EOC | 20M |
20100822 | 2221 | K6VNG | 20M |
20100822 | 2229 | DJ2EJ | 20M |
20100822 | 2244 | KA7OBU | 20M |
20100822 | 2252 | KT7F | 20M |
20100822 | 2256 | F4FFH | 20M |
20100822 | 2301 | N9KOW | 20M |
20100822 | 2312 | KC7ZO | 20M |
20100822 | 2317 | W4MPS | 20M |
20100822 | 2345 | N0UNL | 20M |
20100822 | 2350 | K3LRH | 20M |
20100822 | 2358 | WA5MS | 20M |
20100823 | 0019 | NONEU | 20M |
20100823 | 0034 | AL1F | 20M |
20100823 | 0149 | W3CSA | 20M |
20100823 | 0204 | K3JT | 20M |
20100823 | 0219 | WT6X | 20M |
20100823 | 0219 | N2EOC | 20M |
20100823 | 0224 | KA2OMQ | 30M |
20100823 | 0230 | N1GKE | 30M |
20100823 | 0237 | N2EOC | 30M |
20100823 | 0348 | WA3QNS | 40M |
20100823 | 0421 | W7KRS | 40M |
20100823 | 0430 | AC0QG | 40M |
20100823 | 0444 | VE3ZUP | 40M |
20100823 | 0451 | KC8GTX | 40M |
20100823 | 0451 | AC0QG | 40M |
20100823 | 0502 | KB5OI | 40M |
20100823 | 1351 | F5BBD | 20M |
20100823 | 1354 | N2BRD | 20M |
20100823 | 1406 | N5YSQ | 20M |
20100823 | 1416 | F5JXU | 20M |
20100823 | 1507 | KB9LHT | 20M |
20100823 | 1515 | W8JJO | 20M |
20100823 | 1538 | N8TL | 20M |
20100823 | 1549 | W7PAQ | 20M |
20100823 | 1804 | N7UVH | 20M |
20100823 | 1927 | K0FBV | 20M |
20100823 | 1945 | KD0GBX | 20M |
20100823 | 2104 | W5TV | 20M |
20100823 | 2129 | WD9DUI | 15M |
20100823 | 2146 | CM2IR | 15M |
20100823 | 2222 | JA5TX | 15M |
20100823 | 2233 | XE1XSJ | 15M |
20100824 | 0100 | K2PSD | 20M |
20100824 | 0107 | K3DS | 20M |
20100824 | 0118 | AJ4HW | 20M |
20100824 | 0133 | AK6BR | 20M |
20100824 | 0210 | WA2FJK | 20M |
20100824 | 0213 | AE5NO | 20M |
20100824 | 0239 | AG4QX | 20M |
20100824 | 0253 | KB7GFL | 20M |
20100824 | 0305 | K8TOM | 20M |
20100824 | 0419 | TG9AHM | 20M |
20100824 | 0450 | W8OU | 20M |
20100824 | 0500 | JA1LZB | 20M |
20100824 | 0508 | KM5ZA | 20M |
20100824 | 0514 | KB8APA | 20M |
20100824 | 0524 | FK8GX | 20M |
20100824 | 0531 | 7J1BBC | 20M |
20100824 | 0540 | JA1TO | 20M |
20100824 | 0547 | VK2ATC | 20M |
20100824 | 0556 | VK4CRO | 20M |
20100824 | 1201 | K8IJ | 40M |
20100824 | 1214 | WV9O | 40M |
20100824 | 1334 | HK1T | 20M |
20100824 | 1531 | W9AWF | 20M |
20100824 | 1936 | WB0NPN | 20M |
20100824 | 1950 | K7UDG | 20M |
20100824 | 1953 | K7BAW | 20M |
20100824 | 2318 | KG4CUY | 20M |
20100824 | 2324 | WB2HTW | 20M |
20100825 | 0117 | W8BI | 20M |
20100825 | 0137 | WB4ZIQ | 20M |
20100825 | 0149 | KQ4G | 20M |
20100825 | 0150 | WB5ZRD | 20M |
20100825 | 0156 | KI4UKF | 20M |
20100825 | 0159 | WW4MEL | 20M |
20100825 | 0256 | WA3WZR | 40M |
20100825 | 0302 | KQ7W | 40M |
20100825 | 0305 | W4KRN | 40M |
20100825 | 0316 | K0BXB | 40M |
20100825 | 0327 | K2UNI | 40M |
20100825 | 0342 | CO2WL | 40M |
20100825 | 0350 | KF4LMW | 40M |
20100825 | 0442 | N6DZR | 20M |
20100825 | 1302 | KB5HG | 20M |
20100825 | 1303 | WB5WBL | 20M |
20100825 | 1418 | KB3SSD | 20M |
20100825 | 1445 | KB0QC | 20M |
20100825 | 1507 | W6GMU | 20M |
20100826 | 0118 | W4VON | 20M |
20100826 | 0134 | KD8LZT | 20M |
20100826 | 0154 | W8UNT | 20M |
20100826 | 0159 | K9RJY | 20M |
20100826 | 0209 | KC8YSG | 20M |
20100826 | 0219 | AA0SV | 20M |
20100826 | 0240 | VE3QO | 40M |
20100826 | 0305 | AE5HE | 40M |
20100826 | 0317 | N7IQM | 40M |
20100826 | 0325 | AE7ID | 40M |
20100826 | 0334 | VE3QRA | 40M |
20100826 | 0342 | KF5FCV | 40M |
20100826 | 0351 | K6XC | 40M |
20100826 | 0401 | KC7KZ | 40M |
20100826 | 0409 | KC9RQD | 40M |
20100826 | 1201 | NK5G | 40M |
20100826 | 1211 | WQ9Z | 40M |
20100826 | 1222 | W1ZE | 40M |
20100826 | 1231 | NO8R | 40M |
20100826 | 1258 | AC4M | 30M |
20100826 | 1311 | WA3BOQ | 30M |
20100826 | 1323 | VE3FGU | 30M |
20100826 | 1345 | N5JKY | 30M |
20100826 | 1400 | WB9VKZ | 20M |
20100826 | 1840 | KK0WB | 20M |
20100826 | 1852 | WA3CDV | 20M |
20100826 | 1904 | N5CEY | 20M |
20100826 | 1933 | CM2IR | 15M |
20100826 | 2000 | HK1R | 15M |
20100826 | 2015 | LU7DSY | 15M |
20100826 | 2027 | YY8HBO | 15M |
20100826 | 2051 | AG0A | 20M |
20100826 | 2237 | KD5YZU | 20M |
20100826 | 2259 | N7VWD | 20M |
20100826 | 2310 | K2AFY | 20M |
20100826 | 2318 | K7JPF | 20M |
20100826 | 2334 | KA9PCU | 20M |
20100826 | 2345 | K5OCH | 20M |
20100826 | 0119 | N4YHC | 40M |
20100827 | 0126 | KA0RGT | 40M |
20100827 | 0135 | W4H | 40M |
20100827 | 0157 | KK5JY | 40M |
20100827 | 0205 | ABIJ | 40M |
20100827 | 0213 | KF5HYB | 40M |
20100827 | 0232 | KB3FF | 40M |
20100827 | 0240 | KD8LAV | 40M |
20100827 | 0306 | KB1THM | 20M |
20100827 | 0313 | PY3ED | 20M |
20100827 | 0330 | NY6U | 40M |
20100827 | 0340 | VA3RNJ | 40M |
20100827 | 0355 | KE1Q | 40M |
20100827 | 1325 | W8FI | 20M |
20100827 | 1334 | WB8MKH | 20M |
20100827 | 1407 | KW2V | 20M |
20100827 | 1418 | KC9REX | 20M |
20100827 | 1426 | NW6O | 20M |
20100827 | 1711 | KD7TUN | 20M |
20100827 | 2233 | KC5RBG | 20M |
20100827 | 2245 | KC6FLG | 20M |
20100827 | 2254 | KC4TIE | 20M |
20100827 | 2304 | KJ4QDZ | 20M |
20100827 | 2310 | K9H | 20M |
20100827 | 2326 | K6CMC | 20M |
20100827 | 2335 | AI4RA | 20M |
20100827 | 2352 | W8HMK | 20M |
20100828 | 0001 | KA8AYO | 20M |
20100828 | 0011 | W4VON | 20M |
20100828 | 0137 | KA9BHD | 40M |
20100828 | 0152 | KU1T | 40M |
20100828 | 0204 | K8CQ | 40M |
20100828 | 0215 | W9DDK | 40M |
20100828 | 0223 | KI3F | 40M |
20100828 | 0232 | KJ8O | 40M |
20100828 | 0243 | KJ6DQT | 40M |
20100828 | 0251 | W5TAZ | 40M |
20100828 | 0307 | WB6SEL | 40M |
20100828 | 0319 | KD4ERU | 40M |
20100828 | 0327 | KJ6FNB | 40M |
20100828 | 0333 | N7BLN | 40M |
20100828 | 0343 | K5HLH | 40M |
20100828 | 0353 | KB7NNO | 40M |
20100828 | 1323 | KE5HTB | 20M |
20100828 | 1343 | CO6HLP | 20M |
20100828 | 1354 | XE1UYS | 20M |
20100828 | 1515 | W2DNR | 20M |
20100828 | 1526 | NC8X | 20M |
20100828 | 1531 | KB8RTB | 20M |
20100828 | 1539 | W4DVG | 20M |
20100828 | 1556 | K5LCL | 20M |
20100828 | 1604 | WR4MS/P | 20M |
20100828 | 1615 | KE6OIO | 20M |
20100828 | 1632 | KF5HYB | 20M |
20100828 | 1644 | K0RCJ | 20M |
20100828 | 1701 | AD7XV | 20M |
20100828 | 1730 | W6OQK/4 | 20M |
20100828 | 1740 | KG5ZJ | 20M |
20100828 | 1805 | W7GSV | 20M |
20100828 | 2025 | W6SZ | 20M |
20100828 | 2033 | KD0GAV | 20M |
N3KCM, 16-17 August
KD4QIT, 19 August
W7PSK, 20-22 August
K3PRN, 21 August
KB2VMG, 21-31 August
K9PLX & K9ZXO, 26-29 August
K9H — Going APE, 2010
We are Chuck (K9PLX) and Mitch (K9ZXO) Hopper. We grew up in the west central Illinois town of Jacksonville, although both of us have lived elsewhere for many years now. We decided to combine a trip to the old homestead to celebrate our mother's 91st birthday with our second APE weekend; we again obtained the special event call sign K9H (H for Hopper, of course) in commemoration of the event, and began making our plans in July.
Mitch provided the rig (an old IC-751 that he lovingly refers to as "steam powered"), the interface (a newly homebrewed masterpiece) and the tuner (an MFJ Intelli-Tuner). Chuck went to his club, the York Radio Club of Elmhurst, IL, and borrowed one of their sectional 30 foot masts, a couple of 50 foot lengths of coax, and a nice trapped dipole for 40 and 20 Meters, which also happened to load 80 Meters very well. The old homestead provided the 110 V. AC.
The station was set up on a screened porch and the situation would have been ideal if the weather had cooperated — BUT — it was pretty hot and humid throughout both days of the event. We still had some drop-in observers but not in the numbers of last year when the temperature and the humidity were both at least 15 points lower! Ugh.
On the whole, the bands could have been more cooperative but they certainly could have been much worse, and we ended the two days with 87 QSOs. this included time off for birthday dinners, and the fact that all the bands had gone completely dead in west central IL by midnight local time. The 87 QSOs included 16 unique DXCC entities on 5 continents, and 24 American states. There were 25 PODXS 070 members in there, including one other APE station, W6R who was working from Running Springs CA, just a few miles from the Redlands home of KC9BLJ, the son of K9PLX. It is, indeed, a small world!
Look for us again next year for the THIRD annual edition of K9H!
070 Mbr | CALL | 070 # | NAME | COUNTRY | STATE | DATE UTC | TIME UTC | BAND | MODE |
CO4SM | Manuel | Cuba | 8/27/2010 | 21:34 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
* | KK3Q | 0581 | Floyd | USA | FL | 8/27/2010 | 21:58 | 30 | PSK31 |
* | N2SLB | 1151 | Bob | USA | NY | 8/27/2010 | 22:05 | 30 | PSK31 |
CO3CJ | Juan Carlos | Cuba | 8/27/2010 | 22:38 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
9A1CCB | Ogi | Croatia | 8/27/2010 | 22:51 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
* | W6R (APE by W0PE) | 0975 | Fred | USA | CA | 8/27/2010 | 23:10 | 20 | PSK31 |
N7KF | Douglas | USA | OR | 8/27/2010 | 23:23 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
LU1BR | Luis | Argentina | 8/28/2010 | 0:13 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
N7VWD | Mike | USA | WA | 8/28/2010 | 0:27 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | W6QE | 0650 | Milton | USA | CA | 8/28/2010 | 0:31 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | W7WIA/6 | 0658 | Oliver | USA | CA | 8/28/2010 | 0:46 | 20 | PSK31 |
W7JIF | Jerry | USA | AZ | 8/28/2010 | 1:14 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | AA1ME | 0841 | Don | USA | ME | 8/28/2010 | 1:23 | 20 | PSK31 |
XE2/KE6ENI | Dave | Mexico | 8/28/2010 | 1:54 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
* | K7MSC | 1095 | Mitch | USA | WA | 8/28/2010 | 1:59 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | K0FBV | 0810 | Vic | USA | IA | 8/28/2010 | 2:07 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | KH7S | 1176 | Russ | Hawaii | HI | 8/28/2010 | 2:25 | 20 | PSK31 |
4B1GZU | Luis | Mexico | JA | 8/28/2010 | 2:35 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
N7AM | Dave | USA | AZ | 8/28/2010 | 2:43 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
RW0IM | Victor | Asiatic Russia | 8/28/2010 | 2:52 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
XE1UYS | Alejandro | Mexico | 8/28/2010 | 2:59 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
* | N7UVH | 1169 | Pat | USA | ID | 8/28/2010 | 3:09 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | WA7HDZ | 0404 | Larry | USA | WA | 8/28/2010 | 3:25 | 20 | PSK31 |
N3LZG | Andrew | USA | NY | 8/28/2010 | 3:50 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
N7BLN | Ron | USA | AZ | 8/28/2010 | 3:57 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
* | KC8WSM | 1191 | Bill | USA | CO | 8/28/2010 | 4:05 | 40 | PSK31 |
* | KR4U | 0272 | David | USA | FL | 8/28/2010 | 4:13 | 40 | PSK31 |
KQ7W | Matt | USA | WA | 8/28/2010 | 4:23 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
KE7NKF | Bill | USA | ID | 8/28/2010 | 4:33 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
W3MAT | Marlin | USA | PA | 8/28/2010 | 4:51 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
KB7PYF | Charlie | USA | WA | 8/28/2010 | 5:12 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
CO3CJ | Juan Carlos | Cuba | 8/28/2010 | 12:01 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
YV4GJN | Francesco | Venezuela | CP | 8/28/2010 | 12:19 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
K5AHL | Tom | USA | TX | 8/28/2010 | 14:22 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
W6JWP | Joe | USA | CA | 8/28/2010 | 14:56 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | K1GMD | 0411 | Phil | USA | TX | 8/28/2010 | 15:07 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | WA0SKN | 0784 | Alan | USA | NH | 8/28/2010 | 15:26 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | VE3JW | 0687 | Darin | Canada | ON | 8/28/2010 | 16:36 | 20 | PSK31 |
WA2DUE | Don | USA | NJ | 8/28/2010 | 16:49 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | AB2RC | 0391 | Alex | USA | NJ | 8/28/2010 | 17:22 | 20 | PSK31 |
KD0GAV | George | USA | CO | 8/28/2010 | 17:51 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
K3LRH | Len | USA | DE | 8/28/2010 | 17:58 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | W7BAL | 1024 | Bob | USA | AZ | 8/28/2010 | 18:02 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | N7WET | 0869 | Mel | USA | AZ | 8/28/2010 | 18:09 | 20 | PSK31 |
* | W3HF | 0025 | Steve | USA | PA | 8/28/2010 | 18:20 | 20 | PSK31 |
WA5TLP | Virgil | USA | ND | 8/28/2010 | 18:27 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
K3ML | Mel | USA | FL | 8/28/2010 | 18:45 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
KD7MEK | Dan | USA | AZ | 8/28/2010 | 18:57 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
KC2VKD | Michael | USA | NY | 8/28/2010 | 19:03 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
AA5AT | Don | USA | LA | 8/28/2010 | 20:00 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
KF4YCP | Jesse | USA | FL | 8/28/2010 | 20:16 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
WA6OVP | Tom | USA | NV | 8/28/2010 | 20:19 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
9A1CCB | Ogi | Croatia | 8/28/2010 | 21:58 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
HR1RTF | Rodney | Honduras | 8/28/2010 | 22:01 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
DL2GET | Eduard | Germany | 8/28/2010 | 22:10 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
W1SSF | Ron | USA | ME | 8/28/2010 | 22:13 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | K8TOM | 0815 | Tom | USA | WA | 8/28/2010 | 22:17 | 20 | PSK31 |
TG9AHM | Emmanuel | Guatemala | 8/28/2010 | 22:30 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
XE2YHR | Luis | Mexico | 8/29/2010 | 2:11 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
KF7HNA | Mark | USA | OR | 8/29/2010 | 2:19 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
KD7OWH | Brad | USA | AZ | 8/29/2010 | 2:23 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
KL7SK | Arthur | USA | WA | 8/29/2010 | 2:27 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
PY3ED | Edenir | Brazil | RI | 8/29/2010 | 2:31 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
K2OLO | Paul | USA | NY | 8/29/2010 | 2:37 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
N8RO | Ron | USA | TX | 8/29/2010 | 2:47 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
K6EBN | Eben | USA | CA | 8/29/2010 | 2:58 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
WA6TWJ | David | USA | CA | 8/29/2010 | 3:10 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
AE5HE | Doug | USA | TX | 8/29/2010 | 3:15 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | K0PT | 1006 | Paul | USA | VA | 8/29/2010 | 3:35 | 40 | PSK31 |
VE3QRA | Andrei | Canada | ON | 8/29/2010 | 3:43 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
VA3DHJ | Tibi | Canada | ON | 8/29/2010 | 3:49 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
K5ADT | Al | USA | NM | 8/29/2010 | 3:58 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
W4SGA | Gerald | USA | GA | 8/29/2010 | 4:04 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
K6TXT | Giora | USA | CA | 8/29/2010 | 4:09 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
KJ6BBP | Mike | USA | CA | 8/29/2010 | 4:15 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
* | W7CAR | 1221 | David | USA | OR | 8/29/2010 | 4:21 | 40 | PSK31 |
NS2C | Joe | USA | FL | 8/29/2010 | 4:26 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
KL5Z | Jeff | USA | MS | 8/29/2010 | 4:33 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
F5GPE | Pierre | France | 8/29/2010 | 4:37 | 40 | PSK31 | |||
* | KD7KST | 0280 | Bill | USA | WA | 8/29/2010 | 4:41 | 40 | PSK31 |
K7LL | Jim | USA | WA | 8/29/2010 | 4:49 | 40 | PSK31 | ||
WB2YDS | Tom | USA | NY | 8/29/2010 | 5:00 | 80 | PSK31 | ||
EA3NE | Jaume | Spain | 8/29/2010 | 5:22 | 40 | PSK31 | |||
G0UIQ | Bill | England | 8/29/2010 | 12:00 | 20 | PSK31 | |||
K4YJI | Bill | USA | GA | 8/29/2010 | 12:25 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
W0GAN | Gregory | USA | KS | 8/29/2010 | 12:41 | 20 | PSK31 | ||
* | AG0A | 0647 | Galen | USA | CO | 8/29/2010 | 13:27 | 20 | PSK31 |
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KC9IIS, 27-28 August
W5KAM, 29-31 August
2011 APE Tall Tales
W7PAQ, 1-12 August
Finally after 6 weeks in a tent 50’ from the lake I am home recovering from around 1500 Boy Scouts/Cub scouts, and leaders. This will be my final APE from MelitaIsland since I am retiring from the staff as nature director. Perhaps celebrating my 70th birthday and being worn out by the younger cubs tells it all?? My xyl sends me to camp for all 6 weeks and considers it her vacation. I’ll attach a few pictures later once I get them on my main computer.
Location was Melita Island Scout camp near PolsonMT
I used my usually FT897 and a carolina windom way up in the ponderosas.
I only made 72 psk31 contacts and of course the solar flare didn’t help.
Call sign used was W7PAQ/7
Frank Kisselbach
6481 Larch Canyon Rd.
MissoulaMT59803
070 # 354
Number Callsign Date Time Band Mode Grid State
1 VE3UTN 8/1/2011 0:24 20m PSK31 EN93sj
2 NO8R 8/1/2011 0:31 20m PSK31 EN73hg MI
3 K7EMR 8/1/2011 0:48 20m PSK31 DN74fh WY
4 K4KTT 8/1/2011 13:11 20m PSK31 EM84 SC
5 KC8RL 8/1/2011 16:49 20m PSK31 EM60ik FL
6 KG6ASY 8/1/2011 16:49 20m PSK31 DM09cg NV
7 KI4TXA 8/1/2011 17:01 20m PSK31 EM56vi TN
8 WT6X 8/1/2011 17:29 20m PSK31 CM97cp CA
9 KU4AC 8/1/2011 20:55 20m PSK31 EM56 TN
10 W8TTY 8/1/2011 21:27 20m PSK31 EN91 OH
11 WQ9Z 8/1/2011 21:36 20m PSK31 EM58lc IL
12 KD4SH 8/1/2011 21:56 20m PSK31 EM76xb TN
13 KB0MAI 8/1/2011 22:14 20m PSK31 EM29ua MO
14 KB8OIU 8/1/2011 22:31 20m PSK31 EN91dj OH
15 KB8QLG 8/1/2011 23:18 20m PSK31 EM98el WV
16 W8LLY 8/2/2011 0:53 20m PSK31 EM79wp OH
17 K9ZJ 8/2/2011 13:45 20m PSK31 EN53ua WI
18 N8MNI 8/2/2011 14:32 20m PSK31 EM89gv OH
19 AC8IC 8/2/2011 16:32 20m PSK31 EN72dv MI
20 WK9X 8/2/2011 17:19 20m PSK31 EN60rg IN
21 KC9HIY 8/2/2011 18:49 20m PSK31 EN71ib IN
22 KC9KZQ 8/2/2011 18:59 20m PSK31 EN53ss WI
23 KD6SX 8/2/2011 19:49 20m PSK31 CM99gl CA
24 KD6RWF 8/2/2011 20:05 20m PSK31 DM09cc NV
25 W0NBP 8/3/2011 0:51 20m PSK31 EN31ta IA
26 VA3MJR 8/3/2011 19:17 20m PSK31 FN03bf
27 WD8NMV 8/3/2011 19:36 20m PSK31 EM78mk KY
28 GM0SDV 8/3/2011 23:06 20m PSK31 IO75ws
29 VA7DPF 8/3/2011 23:18 20m PSK31 CN89bd
30 AE7CW 8/4/2011 2:42 20m PSK31 DM43oi AZ
31 K5BUD 8/4/2011 13:51 20m PSK31 EM16wa OK
32 W6QE 8/6/2011 16:03 20m PSK31 DM13bx CA
33 KO4PU 8/6/2011 16:52 20m PSK31 EM67 KY
34 N6ERD 8/6/2011 18:37 20m PSK31 DM12kv CA
35 K0WIU 8/6/2011 18:49 20m PSK31 EN12hv SD
36 KE7NVR 8/6/2011 18:55 20m PSK31 DN40an UT
37 KF7F 8/6/2011 18:57 20m PSK31 DM37fb UT
38 K3JT 8/6/2011 21:31 20m PSK31 EM99 WV
39 W1WLH/7 8/6/2011 21:36 20m PSK31 DN40df UT
40 N2EOC 8/6/2011 22:34 20m PSK31 FN20 NJ
41 KA9MF 8/7/2011 13:56 20m PSK31 EN40
42 K5DDM 8/7/2011 14:07 20m PSK31 EM30bp TX
43 N7YT 8/7/2011 16:00 20m PSK31 CN87nn WA
44 N4MAW 8/7/2011 22:44 20m PSK31 EM66ue TN
45 K8EJU 8/7/2011 23:06 20m PSK31 EN81en OH
46 N7CSO 8/9/2011 0:30 20m PSK31 DN71od WY
47 K9AAN 8/9/2011 0:42 20m PSK31 EM78ee KY
48 KB0QC 8/9/2011 16:47 20m PSK31 DN70oc CO
49 K5GTX 8/9/2011 17:28 20m PSK31 EM13qb TX
50 VY1NM 8/10/2011 16:33 20m PSK31 CP20uh
51 KE9PH 8/10/2011 19:02 20m PSK31 EN61fr IL
52 VE7ZTW 8/10/2011 20:46 20m PSK31 CN79uh
53 K7DMB 8/10/2011 20:49 20m PSK31 DM26jd NV
54 W9MO 8/10/2011 20:59 20m PSK31 EM48vk IL
55 KF3AA 8/10/2011 21:10 20m PSK31 FM18 MD
56 KF5IAD 8/11/2011 13:39 20m PSK31 EM14ps OK
57 R9CQ 8/11/2011 13:56 20m PSK31 MO17ua
58 W3IWJ 8/12/2011 1:02 20m PSK31 FN20ft PA
59 N7AEE 8/12/2011 1:11 20m PSK31 DM22sp AZ
60 WA6OWM 8/12/2011 21:14 20m PSK31 DM03tu CA
61 W9CRB 8/13/2011 15:14 20m PSK31 DM26 NV
62 KE7EWI 8/13/2011 15:37 20m PSK31 CN87tf WA
63 W8FLC 8/13/2011 16:08 20m PSK31 EM79uu OH
64 N7QU 8/13/2011 16:37 20m PSK31 CN84 OR
65 KD7ZLF 8/13/2011 16:42 20m PSK31 CN85jk OR
66 VA7GEM 8/13/2011 16:49 20m PSK31 CN89li
67 KB1PSP 8/13/2011 16:54 20m PSK31 EM14am OK
68 K3MAW 8/13/2011 19:20 20m PSK31 FM18qq
69 K3VAT 8/13/2011 19:24 20m PSK31 FM09hp MD
70 NN9K 8/13/2011 20:03 20m PSK31 EN41tl IL
71 W3VPR 8/13/2011 20:52 20m PSK31 FM18qw MD
72 K2MGR 8/13/2011 23:16 20m PSK31 FN22gh NY
KD4QIT/LH, 4 August
On August 4th, with the trailer loaded with what was needed, I set off for New Point Comfort Lighthouse in Matthews County Va!! I had planned a radio activation of the lighthouse and with me were Dan W4DPL, Scott AE4TC and Charles KK4AIO. We got there by 8:30am got everything setup and were operating by 9:30am. We worked stations until 3pm. We had issues that arose - the tide came in so the water levels under vehicles got a little high which made things a little tricky. We had to move the generator a few times to keep it out of the water !!!. It was a muggy day, but the sun was not out in full force, so the fans in the trailer made it bearable. We operated 20 meter PSK31 ,20 meter SSB and 30 meter PSK31. We were not too successful on 15 and 40, but had a blast and we made over 50 contacts during the event !! All QSO's will be uploaded to eQSL and LOTW to cut back on the postage costs. We had a great time, but forgot to take pictures and to install the matching element on the 15 meter beam. So that antenna did not work well. Didn't even think about the element until i got home and was putting everything away. Can't wait until the next portable setup. The trailer worked perfectly for operating and holding the antennas!!
Log: VE3NQK, KD7ZLF, N4MAW, VA3TVW, CO5FB, N8MNI, W8FLC, VA3MJR, AF4GH, KI8E, KD8LLG, KE9PH, K9QY, N08R, WA8KAN, NN9K, KC9HIY, KD8HSV, NO8R, K5BUD, NU4C,W9KVR
WA3WSJ, 4-8 August
Hello all,
Every year I take a trip to Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware.This is a great state park and it’s by the ocean.It’s actually sandwiched between Lewes, Delaware to the north and Rehoboth Beach to the south.I took the trip this year for two reasons. The first was to go APE!The second was to operate as pedestrian mobile or WA3WSJ/pm.
The above picture is WA3WSJ Radio Camp 73 –hi!It’s not a tent, but a screen room with a few tarps over it to keep the rain and sun out.This works great in the summer as it allows air circulation through the room to keep it cool.Cape Henolpen State Park is a great place as it’s at the ocean.You can hear the ocean waves at night and they put you to sleep.I even heard the fog horn from the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse.I didn’t even realize the connection of campsitenumber 73 and ham radio – duh!
I took my Kenwood TS-480 sat with me to use on the HF bands. I also just bought a new LDG Z11 Pro2 Antenna Tuner and installed eight AA battery cells so it has internal power. The tuner feeds my up and out UN-UN Antenna. This antenna is an inverted-L fed with a homebrew UN-UN or 1:1 balun.The antenna wire is just a piece of fifty-foot wire supported by a thirty one-foot collapsible pole.This antenna tuned 80m through 6m at camp!It worked great and I made almost fifty contacts on 20m PSK31. I worked many DX stations and some local stuff.
I usually only operated PSK31 in the mornings and in the evenings as I operated pedestrian mobile as WA3WSJ/pm most days.
Here’s my log for my APE:
1 - 9A9TT, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:21
2 – SQ7SJB, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:26
3 – OM8CD, 20m, 8/4/2011,psk31, 599, 21:28
4 – AG4QX, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:31
5 – OK1VP, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:35
6 – EW6FW, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:38
7 – ON5UN, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:40
8 – EA4GEL, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:44
9 – SQ3QVN, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:49
10- I1CCX, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:54
11- F4CZV, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 21:59
12- W9DTR, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 22:01
13- HI8MU, 20m, 8/4/2011, psk31, 599, 22:07
14- PD1K, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 00:44
15- KC2OUV, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 01:09
16- F8VOR, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 10:47
17- KD8JSP, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 13:35
18- WQ9Z, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 13:46
19- YU1SMS, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 20:52
20- PD0MDA, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:02
21- PD/DO1GMB, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:10
22- F4CZV, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:15
23- PH7Y, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:17
24- OK1VKK, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:26
25- EI1DG, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:29
26- DL7ASL, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:35
27- DG6MM, 20m, 8/5/2011, psk31, 599, 21:39
28- KA9CCH, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 01:47
29- K0WIU, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 01:57
30- W4DDK, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 02:09
31- KB3MIP, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 17:13
32- NP3IR, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 17:23
33- K9DJ, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 17:38
34- VE3NOO, 20m, 8/6/2011, psk31, 599, 21:01
35- DH2PA, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 01:29
36- KP4BZ, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 10:59
37- KB3FF/1, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 11:35
38- VE2KOT, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 16:01
39- W8PAW, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 16:08
40- W1LBC, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 16:14
41- KD2JA, 20m, 8/7/2011, psk31, 599, 16:22
42- K1KEN, 20m, 8/8/2011, psk31, 599, 00:17
43- WU0U, 20m, 8/8/2011, psk31, 599, 00:23
44- W4QO, 20m, 8/8/2011, psk31, 599, 00:32
45- K0ABC, 20m, 8/8/2011, psk31, 599, 00:50
46- KJ4NXD, 20m, 8/8/2011, psk31, 599, 10:19
47- AJ4RW, 20m, 8/8/2011, psk31, 599, 10:27
As you can see by my log, the first afternoon there I ran Europe! I had many more stations calling me so I missed a few –hi!The Up & Out UN-UN Antenna is definitely a keeper!This was the first time I used this antenna, but it won’t be the last.
The above picture is WA3WSJ/pm operating CW on the beach near the Lewes Inner Breakwater Lighthouse. I had many people ask me what are you doing? Some thought I was fishing! I just told them – ham radio!
See my website at: http://www.wa3wsj.homestead.com/
73,
Ed, WA3WSJ
070 # 295
KØH - KØACP, 6 August
On August 6, 2011, K0ACP and several other local hams put together a one-day APE and Special Event. The idea for this was hatched last fall when the head ranger for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library asked the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club, ICARC, to do a special event / remote operation at the library during Hooverfest, the annual event in August that commemorates the hometown of Iowa’s only U.S. President, Herbert Hoover. It is quite the shindig and culminates in the world championship for Hooverball – an Iowa-unique version of volleyball.
A 1x1 callsign, K0H was secured for the special event, and the ranger, a fellow ham, agreed to secure a place for us to operate at the celebration.Unfortunately, the ranger retired and as they say, the details of our site reservation got lost in the sands of time…Well not one to be deterred, K0ACP, worked with a local county park, F.W. Kent Park and secured site for the APE and Special Event station.
This was a multi-multi operation, and setup began at 09:30 local. The main operating station was an icom 7000 feeding a fan dipole (10m, 15m, and 20m) supported by a 40’ aluminum mast. The rig control was through a microHam USB III with a MacBook Pro running FLDigi. The antenna can be erected as a solo operation, but goes much quicker with some help, in this case, KI0JP and KD0JHX provided much welcomed assistance. Here are some pictures of the assembly:
The first picture shows the base tripod holding up 3 sections of mast with a Comet GP1 at the top to support VHF & UHF communications. The second picture shows the final setup. Operations were done under the shelter and power was provided by a rented Honda 2kw generator. After assembly, some hiking, and a lunch, operations commenced at 14:00 local. Around 15:00 local, N0PFT joined the fun and set up his icom 7000 connected to a 20m ¼ wave vertical with two raised radials for phone operations on 20m. The vertical was supported with a collapsible fiberglass mast that was mounted on a plate held in place with his car.
While we were able to successfully work both stations simultaneously, there was a fair bit interference, future multi-op efforts will require greater separation and perhaps use of bandpass filters.
In any case, the special event and APE were a bunch of fun and a success. 34 PSK Q’s were logged K0ACP / K0H, they are:
qso_startcallbandmodesentreceived
2011-08-06 18:50:00N8XMS20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 18:57:00VA3MJR20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:06:00W5FER20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:12:00KJ8O20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:31:00WB6UOL20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:36:00K5TCJ20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:39:00K5PAX20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:44:00KE7NVX20mPSK31599539
2011-08-06 19:47:00KD7ZLF20mPSK31599569
2011-08-06 19:52:00W4/KL7GLL 20mPSK31599579
2011-08-06 19:55:00K5EVR20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 19:59:00W8FDV20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 20:26:00N0GWM20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 20:40:00N3PPH20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 20:44:00N2GXJ20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 20:50:00W1CRO20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 20:54:00KK5ID20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 20:57:00K1DFS20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 21:02:00KE5HTB20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 21:24:00NU4C15mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 21:33:00NN8W15mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 21:41:00N8RGQ/QRP15mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 22:02:00K3JT15mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 22:11:00KD8HSV15mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 22:50:00WX7P20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 22:56:00WO8USA20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 23:08:00KG6UEF20mPSK31599599
2011-08-06 23:15:00W6QE20mPSK31599599
2011-08-07 00:47:00K8GNZ20mPSK31599579
2011-08-07 00:56:00W0GLB20mPSK31599599
2011-08-07 01:02:00AH6JA20mPSK31599599
2011-08-07 01:16:00PY3ED20mPSK31599599
A cookout was planned and KD0JHZ joined the intrepid crowd. Burgers, beans, potato salad, and chips were the fair.As thesun started to fade, operations were halted and by 21:00 local, all was packed and the APE was in the can.The only remaining activity was an ice cream stop at Jon’s in Tiffin.
Once home, all logs were processed and uploaded to LoTW.Paper QSL is available via contact information on QRZ.
My thanks to KD0JHX, KI0JP, N0PFT, and KD0JHZ for their assistance in making this APE Special Event a success.
KD8JSP, 7 August
KD8JSP2011 APE Tall Tale and a little bit more.
The story begins with the annual family camping trip to Harrisville State Park in Alcona Co., MI.This has been going on for 35+ years.We spent 2 weeks there and operated portable from the campsite from August 1st to the 14th.
The Sturgeon Point Lighthouse is about 5 miles north of the campgrounds and has been a favorite place to visit.Our oldest son, Jeremiah, proposed to his wife there 2 years ago.
When I first heard about APE, I knew that activating the lighthouse would be the thing to do.But never having worked a lighthouse I was also clueless.Luckily we spent a week camping up there in June and made contact with the Alcona Historical Society. They operate the museum at the lighthouse.I found out that it was owned by the State of Michigan and they put me on track to get the necessary permits. We received final approval just before we left on July 31st.
The activation was a 2 day event with August 6th being SSB and the 7th PSK.My wife, Barb, dropped me and the gear off at the lighthouse about 6:45 a.m. on Saturday. I was able to get the 40 meter dipole up in the trees and the station setup to begin operation at 8:00.Right on schedule.The day had beautiful weather and we operated till 6:00 p.m. with 208 QSOs.We left the antenna up, but packed up all the rest for tomorrow.
The big day has arrived. APE!Dropped off at 7:30 today, got to sleep in.We had the station setup and ready to go again at 8…. NO POWER.I had left the battery system at home not expecting to need it. My fault.
The power was restored just before 10:30 and we went on-the-air.The 20m band was good and contacts started rolling in.I had many more people come over today and see what was going on. Probably because I was not on the mic and seemed to be just sitting there.Everyone showed quite a lot if interest and were surprised about the digital communications.
Then about 1 in the afternoon the rains began.And rain it did, the only thing missing was lightning which was fine by me.Luckily the awning I picked up for the event lowers to about 4 feet.So I operated in my ‘ham cave’ like that till 6:30 p.m.Yeah, it was still fun and I soon forgot about the rain.Overall there were 100 PSK contacts in 8 hours with 27 APE contacts with 26 members.I think that was an outstanding number and thanks to all of you for finding me on the band.The rain let up just enough to get it all packed in and head back to camp. I’m really looking forward to next August now.
As for camp, during the other 10 days of operation (sorry not APE) we had over 300 more contacts. Running the logs thru the LONP checker found that there were 79 members contacted in total during the 2 weeks. Wow!
That’s all for now, vy73, John KD8JSP, 070# 1320
* PODXS 070 members
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IK1AMC, 14 August
I am very happy to have participated for the first time to the APE Expedition.
From my home in Vado Ligure i went in the Piemonte region near the city of Ceva.
The trip started at 7 AM (local time) and was very fast and quiet and i started the transmissions at 8 AM (local time).
I was the only member of the expedition and the site of the expedition operations was a hill over the Ceva town.
My rig:
Radio: Yaesu FT-857D set on 18 W output
Computer: netbook Packard Bell / Windows 7
DC-DC adapter for netbook
Software: Ham Radio Deluxe
Interface: home made
Antenna: home made Long Wire
Balun: home made
Antenna Tuner: Z-11Pro LDG
Power Supply: 1 Battery 12v/12Ah (radio), 1 Battery 12v/7Ah (PC)
73 to all de IK1AMC Gilio
Stations in the log: US5QO, HA1ZM, R3FO, UR4QX, UT0IV, SQ9JKM, OK2BGA, DL6MGR, SP7SZW/P, YO3HFY, IZ7SIA, 9A2UB, SP2HXY, EU8RZ, PD2WDR, DL8AWK, OT4R, OK1DIB, G3YZZ, PA1MP, EW6FW, OK1FBT, DL6FAX
KJ4IZW, 12-14 August
I worked as KJ4IZW/4 this weekend (thursday evening -> sunday morning ET) from Charleston, SC (EM92xu) -- Just over 2 hour drive (120 miles) from home QTH (west side of state in Aiken, SC; EM93dm). Site was a townhouse -- I doubled this up with a little weekend mini-vacation. Brought the following equipment with me, and ran coax out the back door to the car.
* IC706MKII
* laptop
* edgeport 4-port serial-to-usb convert (for FSK/PTT line and CIV line)
* ISOkit soundcard interface
* Astron power supply
* Sierra Slim 20M mobile antenna
http://www.hamcq.com/hf-antennas/sierra-slim-20-meters/prod_133.html
The antenna was mounted to the hitch of the car (1999 subaru outback legacy) -- I just got this antenna from High Sierra to try out portable/mobile possibilities, and it's worked great so far. Was easy to adjust (whip slips up & down) for a great SWR (using MFJ-259B) -- had pretty close to 1:1 at 14.070, and it's under 2:1 all the way through 14.300 for SSB. Length is about 7.5 ft. On initial test of it on SSB, I had a clear conversation with a Louisiana lighthouse, heard a DL, and broke a minor pile-up to W1AW/5 in NM! The last one did take ~20 tries, but I was impressed the little antenna and 100W got through! And seemed to work just fine on PSK this weekend as well ...
So thursday I packed everything up in a newly purchased SPUD7-35 dry box. I found this great walkthrough: http://www.kr7rk.com/gobox.htm where he has the exact same goals I do .. Basically want to be able to pick up the station as a whole, drop in a box, and walk off. I'm not quite there
yet -- for now just used it as a container. But next project is to built the shelf and mount everything (radio, tuner, rigrunner, ISOkit, edgeport) to it, so it can be dropped in the box, taken out, and just add power & coax.
I had tested everything out thursday afternoon, plugging into laptop (normally have a ham desktop) and using home antennas, and made a psk contact. However, when trying it out thursday night portable, I was getting traces in the waterfall but almost no decodes (using DXLab suite/Winwarbler) ... only the very strongest sigs would decode, and then usually only briefly
(like 1 word). And had this problem friday night, too, so combined thurs/friday Q-count: 5
Thanks to replies on dxlab & 070 listservs, on saturday morning I re-triple-checked my laptop sound settings, and found a "voice recording" filter on the microphone that was on -- was hiding in a non-standard control panel location. Turned that off and instant decodes!!! So now in business!
Was able to put in a few small chunks of time, and ended up with 38 PSK QSO's (and 1 RTTY). Highlights/stats:
* 38 QSOs (all 20M)
* Countries: K, VE, CO, EA, OZ ==> Was excited to get the two EU contacts on the mobile antenna!
* 10 fellow 070 members, including KD8JSP/P working APE, N3PPH working K3CAL for MD-QSP, KF3AA & KC2WTG for new LONP contacts, and KA2HHB & KC2QFR for my 14th & 15th WABOL contacts.
So I definitely accomplished my goals of being able to work portable, and passing the 20-QSO mark. Next major goal is to try mobile -- need to build the go-box, and also work out a power source in the subaru (how to route power, or just get a dedicated battery)... Since the APE was a great motivation to go portable, I had a idea for a similar mobile event .. Will post in a separate email.
I know I was on sporadically, so special thanks to the 070 members that tried (successful or not) to search me out and give me a call. And thanks to Karen for processing the APE submissions, and the 6 months of BINGO/WOTMC I just dumped her way, too!!
Here is my log, all on 20M PSK31:
Call QSO_Begin_Date QSO_Begin_Time
NX2P 8/12/2011 0208Z
CO3GD 8/12/2011 0229Z
VE6EPK 8/13/2011 0125Z
K5GTX 8/13/2011 0145Z
KD8AQ 8/13/2011 0156Z
K1EPT 8/13/2011 1319Z
AB1OC 8/13/2011 1328Z
W4YFJ 8/13/2011 1334Z
WQ9Z 8/13/2011 1338Z
KD8JSP/P 8/13/2011 1348Z
K3MAW 8/13/2011 1639Z
K3CAL 8/13/2011 1650Z
WA4EQW 8/13/2011 1653Z
WA1HFF 8/13/2011 1704Z
KI4EME 8/13/2011 1707Z
KF3AA 8/13/2011 1713Z
CO3JA 8/13/2011 1721Z
N3ES 8/13/2011 1734Z
KC2WTG 8/13/2011 1743Z
KA2HHB 8/13/2011 1916Z
NO8R 8/13/2011 1923Z
EA5GXE 8/13/2011 1944Z
CO2VE 8/13/2011 2226Z
OZ1KBS 8/13/2011 2229Z
CO5FB 8/13/2011 2233Z
W5EPC 8/13/2011 2241Z
W3HF 8/13/2011 2247Z
KC2QFR 8/13/2011 2255Z
VE3PME 8/13/2011 2309Z
WB4PHC 8/14/2011 0100Z
WD8NMV 8/14/2011 0117Z
KC9QQO 8/14/2011 0125Z
KC2OUV 8/14/2011 0317Z
W8FLC 8/14/2011 0320Z
K5DDM 8/14/2011 1304Z
WB8MIW 8/14/2011 1315Z
W2NAF 8/14/2011 1335Z
K9ZJ 8/14/2011 1352Z
thanks!!
--david
KJ4IZW
070 #1041
N2GWK, 19-20 August
N2GWK went APE again this year visiting yet another Kentucky State Park.This year it was Rough River Dam State Resort Park in Falls of Rough Ky.Our APE QTH was Cabin 201 located in Grayson County, EM67ro.
The rig used was my Yaesu FT-857.As for the antenna, I was once again disappointed in the performance of my Buddipole so I switched to the old faithful 31 ft. vertical antenna matched with my LDG Z100 autotuner.Software was HRD 4.0 and DM-780 on an ACER Notepad.
QSO count was 60, consisting of 14 PODXS 070 members, 8 of which were LONP Members.
All PODXS070 Members worked will receive a custom APQ QSL with my gorgeous face on it (hihi).
I'm already planning for next year's APE,sure hope to see you on my waterfall.
73
George de N2GWK
PODXS 070 #619, LONP #077
Date Start End Station Band Mode Sent Recv Name 070 # LONP #
8/19/2011 20:22 20:28 KA2IAJ 20m PSK31 599 599 Dick
8/19/2011 20:44 20:51 KC8WSM 20m PSK31 599 497 Bill 1191 188
8/19/2011 21:45 21:50 EA4FAM 20m PSK31 599 599 Aurelio
8/19/2011 21:52 22:00 K3ML 20m PSK31 599 599 Mel
8/19/2011 23:24 23:31 W8IDW 20m PSK31 599 599 John 1425
8/20/2011 0:00 0:03 YV4GLF 40m PSK31 599 599 Fanco
8/20/2011 0:10 0:18 W7GET 20m PSK31 559 599 Garret
8/20/2011 0:28 0:32 US0MM 20m PSK31 599 599 Igor
8/20/2011 0:36 0:45 KA1VY 20m PSK31 599 599 Ernie
8/20/2011 1:03 1:09 KD9DP 40m PSK31 599 599 Daryl
8/20/2011 1:11 1:16 KA5PNX 40m PSK31 599 599 Mike
8/20/2011 1:17 1:23 W8RCW 40m PSK31 599 599 Rich 1257
8/20/2011 1:26 1:31 W9JMJ 40m PSK31 599 599 Jim 1330
8/20/2011 1:33 1:40 K9VIC 40m PSK31 599 599 Eric 312 42
8/20/2011 2:07 2:12 K0ABC 40m PSK31 599 599 Mark 897 121
8/20/2011 2:16 2:22 AB5Q 40m PSK31 599 599 John
8/20/2011 2:25 2:30 WG5T 40m PSK31 599 599 Bill 491 50
8/20/2011 2:31 2:38 KY5M 40m PSK31 599 599 Steven
8/20/2011 2:42 2:47 K2TOD 40m PSK31 599 599 Todd
8/20/2011 2:49 2:56 KB0VB 40m PSK31 599 599 Christian
8/20/2011 2:58 3:04 W1IPS 40m PSK31 599 599 Ral 646 113
8/20/2011 3:06 3:13 W0PE 40m PSK31 599 599 Fred 975 156
8/20/2011 3:22 3:30 VA3MJR 40m PSK31 599 599 David 1053
8/20/2011 12:38 12:43 N4SGB 20m PSK31 339 599 Don
8/20/2011 13:01 13:02 CO3GD 20m PSK31 599 599 Alberto
8/20/2011 13:24 13:28 N1AGE 20m PSK31 599 599 Dana
8/20/2011 14:03 14:08 W5IPA 20m PSK31 599 599 Jason
8/20/2011 14:28 14:38 W8TTY 20m PSK31 579 599 Al
8/20/2011 15:58 16:04 KDLZLF 20m PSK31 579 579 Howard 1256 174
8/20/2011 16:17 16:23 W2GSB 20m PSK31 599 599 Walter
8/20/2011 16:27 16:35 WA4KBD 20m PSK31 599 599 Bill
8/20/2011 17:13 17:20 K3BFQ 20m PSK31 599 599 Larry
8/20/2011 18:01 18:08 W4JUP 20m PSK31 599 599 Kevin - Lite house
8/20/2011 18:22 18:29 K4PIL 20m PSK31 599 599 Paul - Lite House
8/20/2011 18:36 18:39 KP3RE/LH 20m PSK31 599 599 Light House
8/20/2011 20:43 20:46 HP2TP 20m PSK31 599 599 Light House
8/20/2011 21:07 21:10 CO8FD 20m PSK31 599 599 Freddy
8/20/2011 21:13 21:17 ES5EVO 20m PSK31 599 599 Evo
8/20/2011 21:41 21:47 CO8ZV 20m PSK31 599 599 Yuniel
8/20/2011 21:48 21:54 W7GSH 20m PSK31 599 599 Gary
8/20/2011 22:05 22:08 XE2KVS 20m PSK31 599 599 Light House
8/20/2011 22:22 22:27 HK6DOS 20m PSK31 599 599 Oscar
8/20/2011 23:53 0:05 KE5ZRT 20m PSK31 599 599 Chris
8/21/2011 0:19 0:23 N7CSO 20m PSK31 599 599 Ralph
8/21/2011 0:32 0:38 PY3ED 20m PSK31 599 599 Edenir
8/21/2011 0:50 0:56 CO2VE 20m PSK31 599 599 Marcos
8/21/2011 1:37 1:40 TG9AHM 20m PSK31 599 599 Emmanuel
8/21/2011 1:56 2:14 Z36T 20m PSK31 599 599 Al
8/21/2011 2:21 2:28 K1ING 20m PSK31 599 599 Gerald
8/21/2011 2:31 2:39 W1NDY 20m PSK31 599 599 Alan 945
8/21/2011 2:59 3:07 KG6HUF 20m PSK31 599 599 Tyler
8/21/2011 12:13 12:16 CO2JD 20m PSK31 599 599 Juan
8/21/2011 12:17 12:22 CO3TJ 20m PSK31 599 599 Joel
8/21/2011 12:29 12:35 CO5FB 20m PSK31 599 599 Pablo
8/21/2011 13:45 13:54 W4A/LH 20m PSK31 599 599 Ron
8/21/2011 14:01 14:13 W5FER 20m PSK31 599 599 Jim 1217
8/21/2011 14:21 14:26 K8TOM 20m PSK31 599 599 Tom 815 116
8/21/2011 14:29 14:36 WA4ZKS 20m PSK31 599 599 Bill
8/21/2011 14:53 14:58 CO6YVC 20m PSK31 599 599 Jim
8/21/2011 15:00 15:04 N2MO 20m PSK31 599 599 Henry
K9H, 20-21 August
APE weekend 2011, through no fault of our own, slowly morphed into APE day 2011 and then APE afternoon and evening 2011 but we determined to make the best of it and we DID have fun. Events conspired to keep us from starting on Friday evening as we have done in the past, so we decided that Mitch (K9ZXO) would arrive first since he had the shorter distance to travel and see what he could do about setting up a temporary dipole at the new homestead. The new homestead being a much smaller place than the old one, he ended up with a dipole with one leg (the "hot" side) running north-south and the other leg (the "ground" side) running east-west. Not optimal, but the best he could do. Meanwhile, Chuck (K9PLX) was on his way from the Chicago suburbs (about a 4-hour drive) with a Hustler 4-band vertical in the back of his van.
Mitch got the rig set up: an old steam-powered IC-751, an Acer laptop, a homebrew interface, an MFJ 945E tuner, and a scope; and K9H was on the air. It was already late morning Saturday. The next two hours resulted in only six contacts, all on 20 meters and all in the continental US.
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The station | Scoping things out |
Chuck finally arrived shortly after lunchtime and the vertical antenna was assembled and connected. After that, things started to improve significantly. We found good activity on 15 meters through the afternoon, right up until time to break for dinner. After a long dinner to celebrate our mother's coming 92nd birthday we were back on the air and stayed on, working primarily 20 and 40 meters, until both bands seemed to dry up at about the same time around midnight CDT.
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The Hustler vertical (dipole also visible) | K9PLX at the keyboard |
Sunday was a day of other obligations for both of us, so K9H ended up being a "one day wonder" this year, but even with the short on-air time we were able to make 36 contacts with 14 countries and 14 states, so it wasn't a bad showing by any means. We also had a few interesting moments, such as:
- Contacting Fred, KC2QFR in Wappingers Falls, NY and commenting to ourselves that we'd never heard of that town, then calling CQ and being answered by David, N2JBO—in Wappingers Falls NY!
- Speaking of interesting place names, we worked Dave, WA6TWJ in Rough and Ready, CA.
- We also discovered it was a lighthouse weekend and worked a few of them, including one on Fire Island NY.
All in all, a good 3rd annual showing for the Hopper brothers and K9H. See you next year!
K9H Logbook 2011
CALL | DATE UTC | TIME UTC | BAND | MODE | DXCC | ST/PROV | QTH | NAME | |
1 | KD7ZLF | 8/20/2011 | 18:21 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | OR | Gaston OR | Howard |
2 | W2GSB | 8/20/2011 | 18:41 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | NY | Fire Island, NY | Club Stn |
3 | KE5NTH | 8/20/2011 | 19:25 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | OK | Mustang OK | Randy |
4 | W3SK | 8/20/2011 | 19:50 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | PA | Yardley PA | Andy |
5 | KA1VY/5 | 8/20/2011 | 19:53 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | NM | Portable in NM | Ernie |
6 | N6BO | 8/20/2011 | 20:10 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | CA | Belmont CA | Chuck |
7 | DM8JH | 8/20/2011 | 20:51 | 15 | PSK31 | Germany | Schwendi, Germany | Juergen | |
8 | IZ5RVG | 8/20/2011 | 21:03 | 15 | PSK31 | Italy | Arezzo, Italy | Marco | |
9 | SP6OUQ | 8/20/2011 | 21:14 | 15 | PSK31 | Poland | Nysa, Poland | Ryszard | |
10 | IK8JKU | 8/20/2011 | 21:31 | 15 | PSK31 | Italy | Pontecagnano, Italy | Enzo | |
11 | TG9AHM | 8/20/2011 | 21:42 | 15 | PSK31 | Guatemala | Guatemala City, Guatemala | Emmanuel | |
12 | G0UZP | 8/20/2011 | 21:47 | 15 | PSK31 | England | Stoke on Trent, England | Paul | |
13 | KA1PPV | 8/21/2011 | 0:24 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | CT | Stamford, CT | Joe |
14 | K1PHG | 8/21/2011 | 0:35 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | CT | Brookfield CT | Peter |
15 | KA2HHB | 8/21/2011 | 0:45 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | NJ | Newark NJ | Ruben |
16 | IS0TIP | 8/21/2011 | 0:53 | 20 | PSK31 | Sardinia | |||
17 | Z36T | 8/21/2011 | 0:59 | 20 | PSK31 | Macedonia | Novo Seio Macedonia | Al | |
18 | KF5IHC | 8/21/2011 | 1:18 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | NM | Rio Rancho NM | Marc |
19 | W1LRS | 8/21/2011 | 1:30 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | VT | Barre VT | Russ |
20 | KC2QFR | 8/21/2011 | 1:36 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | NY | Wappingers Falls NY | Fred |
21 | N2JBO | 8/21/2011 | 1:43 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | NY | Wappingers Falls NY | David |
22 | XE2KVS | 8/21/2011 | 1:56 | 20 | PSK31 | Mexico | Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico | Club Stn | |
23 | WA6TWJ | 8/21/2011 | 2:06 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | CA | Rough and Ready CA | Dave |
24 | K8TOM | 8/21/2011 | 2:14 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | WA | Monroe WA | Tom |
25 | W8FDV | 8/21/2011 | 2:19 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | AZ | Apache Junction AZ | Jim |
26 | KN7S | 8/21/2011 | 2:33 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | WA | Snohomish WA | Dave |
27 | CO3LM | 8/21/2011 | 2:57 | 20 | PSK31 | Cuba | Havana Cuba | Luz Marina | |
28 | K7RXC | 8/21/2011 | 3:05 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | WY | Casper WY | Paul |
29 | PY2ROE | 8/21/2011 | 3:15 | 20 | PSK31 | Brazil | Sao Paolo Brazil | Carlos | |
30 | W0PE | 8/21/2011 | 3:48 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | CA | Yorba Linda CA | Fred |
31 | K2IWR | 8/21/2011 | 3:58 | 40 | PSK31 | USA | NY | Myers Point NY | |
32 | F5GPE | 8/21/2011 | 4:08 | 40 | PSK31 | France | Meylan France | Pierre | |
33 | IT9QDS | 8/21/2011 | 4:18 | 40 | PSK31 | Italy | Siracusa Italy | Sebastiano | |
34 | UN1L | 8/21/2011 | 4:44 | 20 | PSK31 | Kazakhstan | Rudny Kazakhstan | Gennadiy | |
35 | VE6VLV | 8/21/2011 | 4:51 | 20 | PSK31 | Canada | AB | Edmonton, AB Canada | Vaclav |
36 | N4NUI | 8/21/2011 | 12:45 | 20 | PSK31 | USA | CA | Santa Clara CA | Jay |
EB5DZC/P, 20-28 August
Hola a todos .
Miviaje empezó el sábado 20, llegando al Paraje las Casícassobre las 13:00. Después de comer con la familia me dispuse a montar equipamiento y antenas en mi Roller Aloha .
Normalmente el dipolo va en un mástil telescópico de 7m , pero le gane 4m mas de altura con un trozo de mástil de fibra de los usados para windsurf,la Diamond/m (para 6m) iva instalada en un trípode de 2.50m.
Tenía pensamiento estar en el aire el 21 (domingo), para las 17:00 estaba la G5RV y Diamond /m montadas.
Después de 30 min. de piscina fresquita decidí probar como pitaban las antenas , primera llamada cq test 17:28 y el amigo Vlad EV1P/2 respondiendo un 599, viendo que todo va perfecto deje la radio para el domingo 21.
Pero,,,,,,,,,,,con tiempo libre y el equipo preparado no pude esperar al domingo yel mismo sábado 20 ya estaba en el aire eb5dzc/p (hi).
La banda de 6m que esperaba trabajar, no se abría y la antena usaba no me convenció, entonces me centre en el resto de bandas, trabajando 10-15-17-20-30-40 m (según propagación).
No he podido estar en el aire el tiempo que hubiera querido, tenía que combinar familia-radio-visitas al hospital y el día solo tiene 24 h (hi).
Mi IC-706 (30w) junto con G5RV(junior) , no es una súper estación perola diversión está asegurada.
Gracias a todos los que mantuvieron un contacto con eb5dzc/p (miembros y no miembros).
Todos los contactos son confirmados por eQSL.cc, si necesitas la confirmación en papel solo vía directa (no soy miembro de buro), mis datos son correctos en qrz.com .
Un saludo a todos y nos vemos en la cascadachau………………….
Start date UTC TX kHz Mode Call RST S RST R Name QTH IOTA Notes
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20-Aug-2011 17:28:57 14072.8 BPSK31 EV1P/2 599 599 Mostische Mostische
20-Aug-2011 18:06:50 14072.3 BPSK31 UT5FMA 599 599 Vladimir ODESSA
20-Aug-2011 18:11:45 14072.3 BPSK31 UT2GA 568 599 SERGEY KHERSON
20-Aug-2011 18:15:49 14072.3 BPSK31 DL4ARJ/P 599 599 Hartmut Gera
20-Aug-2011 18:23:27 14072.3 BPSK31 DK3LJ 599 599 Jan Camberg
20-Aug-2011 21:35:56 14072.2 BPSK31 G4TZX 599 599 GORDON Kent
20-Aug-2011 21:42:10 14072.2 BPSK31 OM8CD 599 599 STEFAN POPRAD
20-Aug-2011 21:52:27 14072.2 BPSK31 EW6FW 568 599 Sergej VITEBSK
20-Aug-2011 22:02:20 14072.2 BPSK31 DL0PBS/LH 599 599 Raphael ISL JUIST EU-047
20-Aug-2011 22:14:06 14072.2 BPSK31 N1AGE 599 599 DANA Somerset
21-Aug-2011 08:20:02 28121.2 BPSK31 F1ILA 599 599 Laurent Labatut
21-Aug-2011 08:34:43 28121.2 BPSK31 EC5BIT 599 599 FELIPE MULA
21-Aug-2011 08:48:33 28121.3 BPSK31 RA4HDT 599 599 Alexandr CHAPAEVSK
21-Aug-2011 09:08:34 28121.1 BPSK31 HA5KN/P 568 599 JANOS NAGYKATA
21-Aug-2011 09:24:24 28121.1 BPSK31 OE4HPC 599 599 HANS SIGLESS
21-Aug-2011 09:31:43 28121.1 BPSK31 9A9D 568 599 ZORAN BJELOVAR
21-Aug-2011 09:50:42 28121.2 BPSK31 SP6LUY 599 599 EDWARD NYSA
21-Aug-2011 10:02:09 28121.2 BPSK31 IZ2KLV 599 599 GENEROSO S. STEFANO OGGIONA
21-Aug-2011 10:10:21 28121.2 BPSK31 D2QR 568 599 Serg LUNDA NORTE
21-Aug-2011 18:02:23 28121.2 BPSK31 F4GOH 599 599 Anthony TELOCHE
21-Aug-2011 18:10:50 28121.2 BPSK31 DO4APB 599 599 ARTUR BORKEN
21-Aug-2011 18:21:00 28121.2 BPSK31 ON3MR 599 599 MARIO La Louviere
21-Aug-2011 18:36:09 21071.1 BPSK31 R7GK 599 599 Yakov ESSENTUKYlU
21-Aug-2011 18:42:23 21071.1 BPSK31 OH3MFQ 568 599
21-Aug-2011 18:45:05 21071.1 BPSK31 ES3RM 568 599 MAIT JARVAKANDI
21-Aug-2011 18:48:41 21071.1 BPSK31 DD7IW 434 599 Johann KAISERSLAUTERN
21-Aug-2011 18:51:25 21071.1 BPSK31 ES3BR 599 599 HEINO JARVAKANDI
21-Aug-2011 18:57:36 21071.1 BPSK31 SA0BMV 557 599 Martin MARSTA
21-Aug-2011 19:08:46 21071.1 BPSK31 DO5UQ 557 599 Rolf Friedrichshafen
21-Aug-2011 19:15:19 21071.1 BPSK31 UT5JCE 599 599 Mike Sevastopol
21-Aug-2011 20:13:25 21071.2 BPSK31 ES6JAN 568 599 JANNO VASTSE-ROOSA
21-Aug-2011 20:18:55 21071.2 BPSK31 IZ2QDC 599 599 GIANPAOLO Rodero
21-Aug-2011 20:32:54 7035.9 BPSK31 TM11NOR 599 599 KARAM SPECIAL CALL
21-Aug-2011 20:35:29 7035.8 BPSK31 YO3IFJ 557 599 BOGDAN BUCHAREST
21-Aug-2011 20:39:46 7036.1 BPSK31 SP3FCO 599 599 ANDRZEJ KONIN
21-Aug-2011 20:43:55 7036.7 BPSK31 SP9ONC 599 599 MIREK KOZY
21-Aug-2011 20:48:56 7036.4 BPSK31 OK1VKK 568 599 Franta Karlovy Vary
21-Aug-2011 20:54:12 7036.4 BPSK31 F6HIQ/P-QRP 434 599
21-Aug-2011 20:56:07 7036.4 BPSK31 OK2VCR 568 599 ZDENEK STRELICE
21-Aug-2011 21:02:37 7036.4 BPSK31 HB9RML 599 599 THOMAS Bennau
21-Aug-2011 21:07:07 7036.4 BPSK31 IZ1BZS/I1 599 599 Marco
21-Aug-2011 21:16:34 7036.2 BPSK31 DB7HH 568 599 Hansi Seesen
23-Aug-2011 20:42:54 10141.8 BPSK31 PA5W 568 599 Arno Emmeloord
23-Aug-2011 20:48:44 10141.8 BPSK31 RA1QX 599 599 Alex CHEREPOVETS
23-Aug-2011 20:52:56 10141.8 BPSK31 DF7NR 599 599 Markus Dippach
23-Aug-2011 20:59:07 10141.8 BPSK31 F6HSJ 599 599 Patrick WATTERLOS
23-Aug-2011 21:06:11 10141.8 BPSK31 UY2VK 557 599 Valentin SEVEROVODSK
23-Aug-2011 21:11:00 10141.8 BPSK31 ON4KEB 568 599 Pierre Fleron
23-Aug-2011 21:24:01 10141.8 BPSK31 SP9CV 599 599 Cezar Czestochowa
23-Aug-2011 21:27:41 10141.8 BPSK31 RZ3BQ 568 599 GENNADY MOSCOW
23-Aug-2011 21:33:50 10141.8 BPSK31 IW6CNM 599 599 DAVIDE PESARO
23-Aug-2011 21:39:19 10141.8 BPSK31 OZ2PJ 599 599 Poul Ballerup
23-Aug-2011 21:41:54 10141.8 BPSK31 IK2GXE/2 557 599 GUIUSEPPE Colere
24-Aug-2011 14:48:19 21071.1 BPSK31 RW6AON 599 599 ALEX Krasnodarskiy
24-Aug-2011 14:55:51 21071.4 BPSK31 UA6ASU 599 599 George Timashevsk
24-Aug-2011 15:06:05 14072.1 BPSK31 IW3ELM 599 599 AUGUSTO VICENZA
24-Aug-2011 18:01:12 14072.0 BPSK31 9A/OE3GKC 557 599 Gerhard Sevid
24-Aug-2011 18:06:42 14072.0 BPSK31 ON3RMD/QRP 568 599 RAYMOND RANSART
24-Aug-2011 18:11:50 14072.0 BPSK31 SP5ZBA 568 599 Seb Plock
24-Aug-2011 18:15:46 14072.0 BPSK31 US6IHO 568 599 YURI DONETSK
24-Aug-2011 18:22:02 14072.0 BPSK31 DL2MHR 599 599 Albert Muensterhausen
24-Aug-2011 18:27:03 14072.0 BPSK31 UY8VO 557 599 Valeryan ZNAMENKA
24-Aug-2011 18:32:20 14072.0 BPSK31 RX6BH 557 599 ALEX KRYMSK
24-Aug-2011 18:35:18 14072.0 BPSK31 UN9LU 568 599 Ivan Kostanay
24-Aug-2011 18:37:35 14072.0 BPSK31 OM7OM 568 599 MILAN KALINOVO
24-Aug-2011 18:42:11 14072.0 BPSK31 M5PLY 599 599 IVOR PLYMOUTH
24-Aug-2011 18:47:11 14072.0 BPSK31 IZ5FSO 568 599 PIETRO San Gimignano
24-Aug-2011 18:52:31 14072.0 BPSK31 DL2MHR 599 599 Albert Muensterhausen
24-Aug-2011 18:58:26 14072.0 BPSK31 IN3RYE 599 599 GIUSEPPE MERANO
24-Aug-2011 18:59:58 14072.0 BPSK31 IK2WAS 599 599 EMILIO VARESE
24-Aug-2011 19:04:09 14072.0 BPSK31 RU3EJ 568 599 Alex Orel
25-Aug-2011 17:06:18 14072.3 BPSK31 RN6LLV 599 599 Alexey BELAYA KALITVA
25-Aug-2011 17:11:08 14072.3 BPSK31 UA3GX 568 599 YURI DANKOV
25-Aug-2011 17:16:20 14072.3 BPSK31 YO2CNH 568 599 REMUS
25-Aug-2011 17:35:08 14072.3 BPSK31 UA9OA 557 599 Alex Novosibirsk
25-Aug-2011 17:39:57 14072.3 BPSK31 OE2LRO 568 599 Robert Salzburg
25-Aug-2011 17:46:35 14072.3 BPSK31 IK1AIL/IN3 599 599 Giovanni TRENTO
25-Aug-2011 17:54:17 14072.3 BPSK31 US7KC 568 599 Alex Kuznetsovsk
25-Aug-2011 18:03:51 14072.3 BPSK31 UX7MX 599 599 IVAN LISICHANSK
25-Aug-2011 18:06:20 14072.3 BPSK31 UR5EUY 599 599 Petro Dnipropetrovsk
25-Aug-2011 18:11:29 14072.3 BPSK31 RA1QLC 568 599 VICTOR Cherepovets
25-Aug-2011 18:15:12 14072.3 BPSK31 RV9JR 568 599 Aleksey Raduzhny
25-Aug-2011 18:20:31 14072.3 BPSK31 R9WE 434 599 MIRGALI ISHIMBAY
25-Aug-2011 18:25:57 10141.8 BPSK31 GM4XAW 599 599 Peter Wigtown
25-Aug-2011 18:37:12 10141.8 BPSK31 MI0GOZ 557 599 VLADAS Magherafelt
25-Aug-2011 18:48:05 10141.8 BPSK31 UT5FMA 557 599 Vladimir ODESSA
25-Aug-2011 18:54:34 10141.8 BPSK31 DL3XKK 599 599 Wolfgang Meiningen
25-Aug-2011 21:17:06 10141.8 BPSK31 EA4GA 599 599 GASPAR MADRID
25-Aug-2011 21:24:36 10141.7 BPSK31 SQ2BNM 599 599 MARIUSZ Torun
25-Aug-2011 21:29:58 10141.7 BPSK31 KB1RXA 568 599 CHRIS RIDGEFIELD
25-Aug-2011 21:35:19 10141.7 BPSK31 F4GOH 568 599 Anthony TELOCHE
25-Aug-2011 21:41:27 10141.5 BPSK31 UR5EPV 599 599 Vasily Dnipropetrovsk
25-Aug-2011 21:47:29 10141.5 BPSK31 SP3UIW 568 599 JUREK NOWA SOL
25-Aug-2011 22:00:18 14072.2 BPSK31 HA5OMM 599 599 LACI BUDAPEST
25-Aug-2011 22:03:48 14072.2 BPSK31 NO8R 599 599 DELOS SAND LAKE
25-Aug-2011 22:10:21 14072.2 BPSK31 LA6XAA 599 599 Eric NEDENES
25-Aug-2011 22:16:43 14072.2 BPSK31 SA5BUM 599 599 Christian Torshal
25-Aug-2011 22:22:23 14072.2 BPSK31 UA6XCW 568 599 LEONID NALCHIK
26-Aug-2011 10:49:41 14072.2 BPSK31 TA4AUL 568 599 ULUKAN MUSTAFA ANTALYA
26-Aug-2011 10:56:37 14072.2 BPSK31 PA3HIZ 599 599 ARIE HARDINXVELD GIESSENDAM
26-Aug-2011 11:02:19 14072.2 BPSK31 DF6EH 599 599 Gerhard MALLERSDORF-PFAFFENBERG
26-Aug-2011 16:16:13 14072.2 BPSK31 ON2OVW 599 599 Oscar Schuiferskapelle
26-Aug-2011 16:20:56 14072.2 BPSK31 EA8CYR 599 599 Rayco Tenerife
26-Aug-2011 16:25:20 14072.2 BPSK31 OM1ZL 599 599 LACO BRATISLAVA
26-Aug-2011 16:33:09 14072.2 BPSK31 G8DCJ 599 599 Pete Moreton
26-Aug-2011 21:59:26 14072.2 BPSK31 LZ1NJS 434 599 Nikolay
26-Aug-2011 22:05:21 14072.2 BPSK31 DF8DF 568 599 Robert LAGEN
26-Aug-2011 22:15:17 14072.2 BPSK31 PD0WH 568 599 Willem Bennekom
26-Aug-2011 22:21:15 14072.2 BPSK31 DK8CX 599 599 Arnim Calau
26-Aug-2011 22:28:42 14072.2 BPSK31 M1CMR 599 599 Bryan Halifax
26-Aug-2011 22:35:06 14072.2 BPSK31 SP5MXW 599 599 Wojtek Wies Stara
26-Aug-2011 22:38:10 14072.2 BPSK31 2E0DCS 568 599 Dave Manchester
26-Aug-2011 22:44:44 14072.2 BPSK31 K2HU 434 599 Paul Lancaster
26-Aug-2011 22:48:36 14072.2 BPSK31 9A1CCB 599 599 Ogi Garesnica
26-Aug-2011 22:52:22 14072.2 BPSK31 PA3YH 434 599 FRED HILVERSUM
27-Aug-2011 11:00:53 14072.2 BPSK31 HA3FTT 599 599 TONI SZEKSZÁRD
27-Aug-2011 11:07:43 14072.2 BPSK31 DL6FAX 599 599 Konrad Korbach
27-Aug-2011 11:15:05 14072.2 BPSK31 RV3WT 599 599 Vlad Kursk
27-Aug-2011 11:21:03 14072.2 BPSK31 PA2RF 599 599 RON ZOETERMEER
27-Aug-2011 11:29:47 14072.2 BPSK31 M0TMK 599 599 Colin Peterborough
27-Aug-2011 11:39:44 14072.2 BPSK31 F4EFZ 599 599 JEAN MICHEL ORMOY
27-Aug-2011 11:44:38 14072.2 BPSK31 DD1UN 599 599 Uwe Hoepfingen
27-Aug-2011 11:47:11 14072.2 BPSK31 M0WNF 568 599 Neil Colchesto
27-Aug-2011 12:04:43 14072.2 BPSK31 DL7ACA 599 599 CHRISTIAN Schmitten
27-Aug-2011 12:09:10 14072.2 BPSK31 PE1HHU 599 599 MARINUS MAASBOMMEL
27-Aug-2011 16:57:45 14072.2 BPSK31 IZ7TZG 568 599 ANGELO CELLINO
27-Aug-2011 17:00:47 14072.2 BPSK31 IZ7QFP 568 599 ANGELO MATERA
27-Aug-2011 17:09:38 14072.2 BPSK31 VU2UNE 599 599 Cochin N.Parur
27-Aug-2011 17:16:29 14072.2 BPSK31 S56IPS 599 599 Samo Mostec
27-Aug-2011 17:22:30 14072.2 BPSK31 UU2JT 599 599 Nickolay Simferopol
27-Aug-2011 17:27:37 14072.2 BPSK31 UT5UQA 599 599 Alex Kiev
27-Aug-2011 17:32:27 14072.2 BPSK31 DL1ZAX 599 599 Dietmar Lohfelden
27-Aug-2011 17:42:35 14072.2 BPSK31 PA1WDP 599 599 Piet Hoorn
27-Aug-2011 17:50:00 14072.2 BPSK31 M0CET 599 599 ANDY ASGESB
27-Aug-2011 17:54:06 14072.2 BPSK31 PE1RZU 599 599 John Kaupen
27-Aug-2011 18:05:01 18102.0 BPSK31 SQ3ODZ 599 599 Zibi Malomice
27-Aug-2011 18:09:30 18101.3 BPSK31 UA6CET 599 599 Gennadiy Sochi
27-Aug-2011 18:14:13 18101.3 BPSK31 HA5OKQ 599 599 JOZSEF Urom
27-Aug-2011 18:20:15 18101.3 BPSK31 OM8CD 599 599 STEFAN POPRAD
27-Aug-2011 18:29:42 18101.3 BPSK31 EO20K 599 599 RIVNE SPECIAL CALL
27-Aug-2011 18:32:00 18101.3 BPSK31 UR5ZBZ 599 599 VITALI Pervomaisk
27-Aug-2011 18:37:06 18101.3 BPSK31 DL6UCK 599 599 Hartmut COTTBUS
27-Aug-2011 18:43:16 18101.3 BPSK31 ON3GDS 599 599 Goan Prague
27-Aug-2011 18:51:40 18101.3 BPSK31 PA0LDZ 599 599 WIM RIJEN
27-Aug-2011 18:58:12 18101.3 BPSK31 IV3TNS 599 599
27-Aug-2011 19:00:59 18101.3 BPSK31 IK6IOQ 599 599 Marco Manoppello
27-Aug-2011 20:55:49 10141.6 BPSK31 2E0ZYF 557 599 Haz Carlisle
27-Aug-2011 20:59:09 10141.6 BPSK31 YL2BK 568 599 VLADIMIR RIGA
27-Aug-2011 21:11:48 10141.8 BPSK31 OM0AST 599 599 TOMAS BARDEJOV
27-Aug-2011 21:18:01 10141.8 BPSK31 UT9LI 599 599 SERGEY KHARKOV
27-Aug-2011 21:21:35 10141.8 BPSK31 RX9ST 599 599 Gennady Novotroitsk
27-Aug-2011 21:26:51 10141.8 BPSK31 UR5MSW 599 599 Sergej Sverdlovsk
27-Aug-2011 21:34:22 10141.8 BPSK31 PA0LDZ 599 599 WIM RIJEN
27-Aug-2011 21:42:12 10141.8 BPSK31 IW5AUD 599 599 GIANCARLO Firenze
27-Aug-2011 21:52:03 10141.8 BPSK31 RA1CK 568 599 Dima Lomonosow
28-Aug-2011 11:56:34 14072.3 BPSK31 F4PCM 599 599 Thierry Cavaillon
28-Aug-2011 11:59:33 14072.3 BPSK31 IK4XQT 599 599 Stefano PIANORO
28-Aug-2011 12:08:22 14072.0 BPSK31 IZ1BLE 599 599 GIANNI TRECATE
28-Aug-2011 12:19:53 14072.0 BPSK31 IZ1MEU 568 599 Roberto Cuneo
28-Aug-2011 14:57:05 14072.3 BPSK31 UD4FD 568 599 Alex Penery
28-Aug-2011 15:00:40 14072.3 BPSK31 RA1CK 557 599 Dima Lomonosow
28-Aug-2011 15:09:23 14072.3 BPSK31 F5DRD 599 599 David Amiens
28-Aug-2011 15:14:29 14072.3 BPSK31 F4DVJ 599 599 JEREMY ARMENTIERES
28-Aug-2011 15:20:37 14072.3 BPSK31 OK1TF 568 599 JOSEF SVRATOUCH
28-Aug-2011 15:27:13 14072.3 BPSK31 IZ5MMH 599 599 Stefano Suvereto
28-Aug-2011 15:30:58 14072.3 BPSK31 ON5KJK 599 599 JACQUES MONS
28-Aug-2011 15:39:43 14072.3 BPSK31 PA1WDP 599 599 Piet Hoorn
W6QE, 28 August
My HF radio in the car is an ICOM IC-7000, & an AH-4 Auto Tuner. I used a Signalink USB interface and a Dell laptop. The weather was quite warm and I had to move the car a few times to stay in the shade. Thanks to all the guys & gals that took the time to work me.
I'll do it again next year!
Milt, W6QE
070 # 650, LONP # 76
Old Man W6QE Himself in the operating position.
This is a 102" stainless steel whip, with 30' of wire alligator clipped to the end, and strung out to a convenient bush.
This was my view to the East. I had clean line of sight to the North, East and South.
View from Elsinore Peak, looking South. This is the point where the local hang gliders jump off the cliff.
28-Aug-2011 1530 Z W4KRN KAREN 070-215 599 599 20m 2
28-Aug-2011 1535 Z KI3F DENNIS 070-1070 599 599 20m 3
28-Aug-2011 1548 Z KD7ZLF HOWARD 070-1256 599 599 20m 4
28-Aug-2011 1552 Z NO8R DELOS 070-777 599 599 20m 5
28-Aug-2011 1555 Z WQ9Z ROY 070-519 599 599 20m 6
28-Aug-2011 1559 Z N7QU GEORGE 070-379 599 599 20m 7
28-Aug-2011 1603 Z N8MNI MARK 070-525 599 479 20m 8
28-Aug-2011 1607 Z WA7HDZ LARRY 070-404 599 599 20m 9
28-Aug-2011 1611 Z AA8VG FRANK 070-1409 599 599 20m 10
28-Aug-2011 1617 Z KB1PSP BETTE 070-698 599 599 20m 11
28-Aug-2011 1620 Z WG5T BILL 070-491 599 599 20m 12
28-Aug-2011 1636 Z N3LI MIKE - 599 599 20m 13
28-Aug-2011 1644 Z KJ8O JOE 070-1224 599 599 20m 14
28-Aug-2011 1650 Z N9APD PETER - 599 599 20m 15
28-Aug-2011 1655 Z K9VIC ERIC 070-312 599 599 20m 16
28-Aug-2011 1725 Z KC0DEB JOHN 070-069 599 599 20m 17
28-Aug-2011 1730 Z AA5VF KEN - 599 599 20m 18
28-Aug-2011 1739 Z W7PM MARC - 599 599 20m 19
28-Aug-2011 1748 Z K0ABC MARK 070-897 599 599 20m 20
28-Aug-2011 1757 Z VE7AJI DWAYNE - 599 599 20m 21
28-Aug-2011 1846 Z KG6MVB TOM - 599 599 20m 22
28-Aug-2011 1851 Z K7TRK TED 070-1028 599 599 20m 23
28-Aug-2011 1906 Z N0A ROB - 599 599 20m 24
28-Aug-2011 1911 Z K5CKE DUANE - 599 599 20m 25
28-Aug-2011 1914 Z NOPNQ ALLEN - 599 599 20m 26
28-Aug-2011 1927 Z N0F BOB - 599 599 20m 27
28-Aug-2011 1937 Z K0A ROBERT - 599 599 20m 28
28-Aug-2011 1942 Z KD0FIP ROBERT 070-1396 599 599 20m 29
28-Aug-2011 1947 Z WA5MS MARTY 070-1401 599 599 20m 30
28-Aug-2011 1952 Z KH7S RUSS 070-1176 599 599 20m 31
28-Aug-2011 2030 Z KH7B KONA C. C. - 599 599 20m 32
28-Aug-2011 2039 Z JH9FNB CHIKA-SAN - 599 599 20m 33
28-Aug-2011 2052 Z W5FER JIM 070-1217 599 599 20m 34
28-Aug-2011 2105 Z VA7RMM ROB - 599 599 20m 35
28-Aug-2011 2113 Z K3JT TERRY 070-776 599 599 20m 36
28-Aug-2011 2130 Z CO8ZV YUNIEL - 599 599 20m 37
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