2012 APE Tall Tales

IK1AMC, 12 August

Also this year I made the APE expedition with fun.

From my home in Vado Ligure (JN44fg) I went in the Piemonte region near the city of Cortemilia (JN44co).

The trip started at 9 AM (local time) and I started the transmissions at 10.36 AM (local time).

I was the only member of the expedition and the site of the expedition operations was on the way to the beginning of the village as shown in the picture.
IK1AMC_2012APE_1

IK1AMC_2012APE_2
My rig was the same as the last year (APE 2011):

Radio: Yaesu FT-857D set on 20 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)

I also brought a 45 Ah extra car battery for greater autonomy but has not been used.

Best 73 de IK1AMC Gilio.

12 Aug 2012 IZ7FSY 14,070 PSK31 8:36

12 Aug 2012 GM4XAW 14,070 PSK31 8:48

12 Aug 2012 LX1ITI 14,070 PSK31 8:56

12 Aug 2012 DD9ZZ 14,070 PSK31 8:58

12 Aug 2012 DK9KW 14,070 PSK31 9:04

12 Aug 2012 OE3FFA 14,070 PSK31 9:10

12 Aug 2012 OK1AW 14,070 PSK31 9:17

12 Aug 2012 9A4KW 21,070 PSK31 9:26

12 Aug 2012 ON4AVT 21,070 PSK31 9:26

12 Aug 2012 DK0ZG 21,070 PSK31 9:30

12 Aug 2012 PC3M 21,070 PSK31 9:33

12 Aug 2012 DG7EKJ 21,070 PSK31 9:39

12 Aug 2012 GO6XOU/P 21,070 PSK31 9.48

12 Aug 2012 DM5HF 21,070 PSK31 9:51

12 Aug 2012 M0YDK 14,070 PSK31 9:59

12 Aug 2012 SP1TJ 14,070 PSK31 10:00

12 Aug 2012 PD2ATG 14,070 PSK31 10:04

12 Aug 2012 HB9ENU 14,070 PSK31 10:09

12 Aug 2012 DR1B 21,070 PSK31 10:18

12 Aug 2012 ON7II 14,070 PSK31 10.26

12 Aug 2012 DO1EWT 21,070 PSK31 10.36

12 Aug 2012 DK7EC 14,070 PSK31 10:41

N6MG & WØPE as W6QP, 13-19 August

Official APE Ground Rod, Interesting, huh?

Official APE Operator N6MG

W6QP_2012APE_W0PE - APE 2012a

W0PE - APE 2012 = Official APE Operator W0PE (Humor)

W6QP_2012APE_DSC00540

Official W6QP APE Eatery - The best food in Running Springs, Ca.

W6QP APE 2012 was a good time. It gave us a chance to add to the W6QP LONP count as well as hand 070-1454 to those that needed it. Although we didnt spend the time we've spent in the past, we wanted to give out APE contacts to as many fellow 070 folks as possible. The conditions experienced were good by day and outstanding after dark.

W6QP Club Station:
Kenwood TS-480 HX at 40 watts into an LDG AT 200 Pro and feeding a G5RV, suspended from existing mega sized pine trees.

Contacts: 167

070 Contacts: 47

Thanks to all that worked us and spotted us on the 070 reflector and Telnet.

73,

Milt, N6MG

W6QP - APE, 2012

CALL	DATE	BAND	MODE	TIME	RST(S)	RST(R)	ENTITY

CE4SFC	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	23:44	599	599	Chile
N2GXJ	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	23:31	599	599	USA
K8GGL	8/13/2012	15	PSK31	22:37	599	469	USA
WQ9Z	8/13/2012	15	PSK31	22:23	599	599	USA
ZL1LC	8/13/2012	15	PSK31	22:12	539	355	New Zealand
KF7PXU	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	21:48	599	599	USA
N0UIL	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	21:25	599	599	USA
VE6AGE	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	21:17	599	599	Canada
EA1AHY	8/13/2012	15	PSK31	20:48	599	599	Spain
WA7HDZ	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	20:02	599	599	USA
KJ4IZW	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	19:50	599	599	USA
W5FER	8/13/2012	20	PSK31	19:34	599	599	USA
W5ZHI	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	21:46	599	599	USA
KD0NZY	8/14/2012	15	PSK31	21:12	599	599	USA
F6GCP	8/14/2012	15	PSK31	21:05	599	599	USA
KE4OOI	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	20:49	599	599	USA
KF7EE	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	20:41	599	599	USA
KF5JXP	8/14/2012	17	PSK31	18:15	599	599	USA
K7TRK	8/14/2012	15	PSK31	17:44	377	599	USA
NU4C	8/14/2012	15	PSK31	16:22	599	599	USA
W5VGR	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	14:43	599	599	USA
N7QU	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	14:32	599	599	USA
ZR6DX	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	14:27	599	599	South Africa
KA8JHD	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	14:17	599	599	USA
K8TOM	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	14:09	599	599	USA
W6QP	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	14:01			USA
N6MG	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	13:58	599	599	USA
WB5NHL	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	13:51	599	599	USA
VA3MJR	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	13:44	599	599	Canada
WQ9Z	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	13:37	599	599	USA
VE6VLV	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	5:57	599	599	Canada
K6BDK	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	5:40	599	599	USA
K6BDK	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	5:27	599	599	USA
AC6YY/6	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	5:19	599	599	USA
ND7W	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:48	599	599	USA
K8TOM	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:40	599	599	USA
K7PWL	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:35	599	599	USA
KJ4IZW	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:29	599	599	USA
N6PCD	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:24	599	599	USA
N2GXT	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:19	599	599	USA
K9PLX	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:10	599	599	USA
K9VIC	8/14/2012	40	PSK31	3:02	599	599	USA
CE1WFM	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	2:49	599	599	Chile
N6PCD	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	2:40	599	599	USA
KR4U	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	2:33	599	599	USA
VA7GEM	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	2:20	599	599	Canada
KG4KRB	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	2:12	599	599	USA
W3HF	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	2:06	599	599	USA
VE6KAD	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	1:58	599	599	Canada
K6FN	8/14/2012	20	PSK31	0:31	599	599	USA
W8TTY	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	23:56	599	599	USA
W8TBX	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	23:52	599	599	USA
KX7DJ	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	21:55	599	599	USA
W7PAQ	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	21:32	599	599	USA
K7TRK	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	21:23	599	599	USA
N0EF	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	21:06	599	599	USA
WD9DUI	8/16/2012	15	PSK31	18:03	599	599	USA
VE6DJT	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	17:09	599	599	Canada
W5FER	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	17:03	599	599	USA
NO8R	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	16:43	599	599	USA
KB3NPH	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	16:34	599	599	USA
WG5T	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	16:26	599	599	USA
KI4EBD	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	16:15	599	599	USA
N9AVY	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	16:05	599	599	USA
CO4SM	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	15:39	599	599	Cuba
KF3AA	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	15:10	599	599	USA
VA7GEM	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	15:06	599	599	Canada
W4KRN	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	14:57	599	599	USA
AG0O	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	14:56	599	599	USA
W4FGA	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	14:29	599	599	USA
N7CQU	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	14:23	599	599	USA
W0PE	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	14:15	599	599	USA
W1YK	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	14:12	599	599	USA
WA8RPQ	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	13:59	599	599	USA
VK7KT	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	13:43	599	599	Australia
JH9FNB	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	5:38	599	599	Japan
YV5MM	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	5:34	599	599	Venezuela
W4RDD	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	5:26	599	599	USA
JA1LZB	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	5:15	599	599	Japan
VK7KT	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	5:05	599	599	Australia
UA1OM	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	5:01	599	599	European Russia
W6ZH	8/16/2012	40	PSK31	4:15	599	599	USA
YV1FPT	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	4:02	599	599	Venezuela
AD7OY/P	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	3:57	599	599	USA
KK4JOW	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	3:40	599	599	USA
FK8GX	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	3:31	599	599	New Caledonia
K7JBS	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	2:37	599	599	USA
K6FN	8/16/2012	20	PSK31	2:25	599	599	USA
WB6YTE	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	18:39	599	599	USA
WB5NHL	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	16:41	599	599	USA
N6PCD	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	16:33	599	599	USA
KA0IBF	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	16:12	599	599	USA
VE3IZZ	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:56	599	599	Canada
N2SI	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:41	599	599	USA
K8GGL	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:37	599	599	USA
K6VIB	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:22	599	599	USA
NU4C	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:17	599	599	USA
W5XZ	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:10	599	599	USA
K8PL	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	15:06	599	599	USA
K4OP	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	14:54	599	599	USA
WQ9Z	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	13:08	599	599	USA
AC0QG	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	12:53	599	599	USA
KD0QYN	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	12:36	599	599	USA
KB3DH	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	12:32	599	599	USA
VK4ALO	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	12:17	599	599	Australia
NU4C	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	12:12	599	599	USA
KD0CA	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	12:11	599	599	USA
K8GGL	8/17/2012	40	PSK31	11:54	599	599	USA
W1WLH/P	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	3:16	599	599	USA
KJ8O	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	0:37	599	599	USA
KB5HG	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	0:24	599	599	USA
W0MJ	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	0:23	599	599	USA
KB5OI	8/17/2012	20	PSK31	0:23	599	599	USA
KK4JSJ	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	18:31	599	599	USA
W6LY	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	18:15	599	599	USA
W7RIV	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	16:44	599	599	USA
K8TOM	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	16:24	555	599	USA
KJ6MQE	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	16:21	599	599	USA
W7JSD	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	15:54	599	599	USA
YY5CWM	8/18/2012	15	PSK31	15:50	599	599	Venezuela
LU8HGI	8/18/2012	15	PSK31	15:47	599	599	Argentina
K8IJ	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	13:44	555	599	USA
VI5CW	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	13:28	599	599	Australia
N8BB	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	13:26	599	599	USA
WQ9Z	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	11:57	599	599	USA
WJ1B	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	10:10	599	599	USA
CO8KP	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	6:12	599	599	Cuba
JA1CLW	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	6:00	599	599	Japan
AG6IF	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	5:21	599	599	USA
HA0ML	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	4:39	599	599	Hungary
CO8WZ	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	4:17	599	599	Cuba
YY4DNN	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	4:15	599	599	Venezuela
K9PLX	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	3:52	599	599	USA
W4KRN	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	3:46	599	599	USA
N1SPX/P	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	3:39	599	599	USA
KB9TYT	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	3:12	599	599	USA
K5TRM	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	3:12	599	599	USA
WM9V	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	2:47	599	599	USA
KI6WJ	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	2:38	599	599	USA
W0PE	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	2:21	599	599	USA
CM2ECO	8/18/2012	40	PSK31	2:09	599	599	Cuba
N7CQU/P	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	1:59	599	599	USA
VE3NOO	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	1:42	599	599	Canada
KC6QHP	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	1:22	599	599	USA
FG4PK	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	1:18	599	599	Guadeloupe
HK3Q	8/18/2012	20	PSK31	1:11	599	599	Colombia
KF4WBJ	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	21:50	599	599	USA
K9GO	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	21:39	599	579	USA
K4BDC	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	21:32	599	599	USA
W1IDL	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	21:19	599	599	USA
LU6EE	8/19/2012	10	PSK31	21:01	599	599	Argentina
XQ7UP/3	8/19/2012	12	PSK31	20:57	599	599	Chile
XE1/AA0AA	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	20:05	599	599	Mexico
WA0JZK	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	19:52	599	599	USA
W7JJL	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	19:45	599	599	USA
WH6AA	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	19:36	599	599	Hawaii
W6PST	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	19:28	599	599	USA
W6QAR	8/19/2012	10	PSK31	19:06	599	599	USA
K4LYJ	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	17:48	599	599	USA
AC7GI	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	17:32	599	599	USA
KD0OYE	8/19/2012	20	PSK31	17:27	599	599	USA
K8GGL	8/19/2012	15	PSK31	17:07	599	579	USA
K0QBW	8/19/2012	15	PSK31	16:58	599	599	USA
WA6HZV	8/19/2012	15	PSK31	16:47	599	599	USA
CM3RPN	8/19/2012	15	PSK31	16:42	599	599	Cuba
KE4URL	8/19/2012	10	PSK31	16:32	599	599	USA
N8YYD	8/19/2012	10	PSK31	16:18	599	599	USA
KD6DWX	8/19/2012	10	PSK31	16:06	599	599	USA

AD7OY, 15-16 August

AD7OY_2012_Ape

After a 13 hour drive from home to Laramie, Wyoming, weather and family matters prevented me from operating until the 15^th. After getting the antenna up and on the air I found the band in decent condition. I began operating qrp with my normal travel rig and all was well for the first few contacts but as the band congestion came up it seem difficult for operators to find me, so I switched trancievers and finished the APE putting out 20 watts.

The initial set up for the station consisted of a Yaesu FT817 @ 5 watts, transmitting through a BuddyStick Antenna mounted to the ladder on the back of the fifth wheel travel trailer. An NUEPSK modem was used direct to the tranciever. To increase power capability due to band conditions I switched off to a Yaesu FT897D @ 20w to complete the APE.

A delay in our departure plans allowed me to operate a short time on the morning of August 16 and that resulted in a few additional contacts. A total of thirty contacts were made including Canada, Cuba and the APE operating at Running Srpings California. This was my first successful APE and I am sure that it will not be my last as we are already planning some trips for next summer when the XYL is off school for the summer.

Sorry for a lack of pictures but I havent seemed to master sending pics with my iPhone to an email yet. Here is a pic of the rig set up with the FT897D.
AD7OY_2012APE_rigphoto
Log Data

Call Date Time Freq 070 Notes

W5FER 08/15 2020 14.070 *

W7NBH 08/15 2030 14.070

W6NEV 08/15 2110 14.071

WG5T 08/15 2315 14.070 *

VA7GEM 08/15 2325 14.070 * British Columbia, Canada

K8TOM 08/15 2327 14.070 *

AF6YO 08/15 2340 14.070

KM5YE 08/15 2352 14.070 Rio Rancho NM (Lost mid contact)

NO8R 08/16 0000 14.071 *

N9NTC 08/16 0012 14.071 * (Lost mid contact)

W7CPG 08/16 0032 14.071

VA3MJR 08/16 0038 14.071 * Hamilton, Ontario

KA8G 08/16 0048 14.071

W9JFB 08/16 0054 14.071 *

N7WU 08/16 0103 14.071

W0PE 08/16 0202 14.071 *

KB5GA 08/16 0208 14.071

K2GT 08/16 0213 14.071

W7ZT 08/16 0219 14.071

N7QU 08/16 0227 14.071 *

NF7D 08/16 0234 14.071 *

CO8QZ 08/16 0236 14.071 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

W6QP 08/16 0247 14.071 * Milt, APE @ Running Springs, CA

N6MG 08/16 0254 14.071 *

N2SI 08/16 0300 14.071 *

K4DCG 08/16 1915 14.071

WA7HDZ 08/16 1928 14.071 *

W5WDY 08/16 2039 14.071

W5WRJ 08/16 2010 14.071

K7TRK 08/16 2018 14.071 *

N7CQU, 17-18 August

A very short story about my APE. I have never been camping before so this was quite a thing for me. The radio set up went well and also the tent and awning. The weather was another thing, we left Eugene with temps at about 85 and got to the coast and the temps were around 60. As the night came it was very much colder. Almost froze to death (lol) and it was also the dogs first time. We were quite a pair of rookies. The next day things were a little better, radio conditions were not as good as I wanted but made my 20. Sunday morning around 3:30 a m I had to go to the bathroom, not good, fell out of tent. Not many folks fall out of tents, but I will be camping again. Lots of fun and laughs. W7JY and wife Dixie were with me on the trip, in their motor home. N7QU was along as well to do the hard work of laughing at my new camping experience.

Some pics attached, I have my head under a towel so I could see the computer it worked real well.
N7CQU_2012APE_019

N7CQU_2012APE_007

N7CQU_2012APE_008

Date Time Call 070# Band

8-17 2010 N6STA 1516 20

8-17 2042 VE6VLV 20

8-17 2052 K3BFQ 20

8-17 2224 VE3NOO 20

8-17 2259 W6QP 1454 20

8-17 2303 N6MG 650 20

8-17 2314 W0PE 975 20

8-17 2317 K5USF 20

8-17 2331 KJ6MQE 20

8-17 2350 NK9N 20

8-18 1313 N7QU 339 20

8-18 1757 W7JSD 20

8-18 2106 KK6BJ 20

8-18 2156 K9ZJ 20

8-18 2256 KE0VCC 20

8-18 2312 AB6ZQ 20

8-19 0237 W8TTY 20

8-19 0249 K8WDX 20

8-19 0326 WV3E 20

8-19 0342 KD8LMM 20

N3PPH & KF3AA as K3CAL, 18-19 August

Bob KF3AA and I, N3PPH, both belong to the same local club: Calvert Amateur Radio Association Inc. and have been trying to expose the rest of our club to the joys of PSK. We as a club were going to activate a lighthouse so we decided to setup a digital station as the location met all APE requirements. We worked with Bob’s Mystery Antenna and were on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Being a club event we were fed well and enjoyed a lot of company. We had a good weekend and hope to find a way to APE again in the future.

K3CAL_APE2012image003
KF3AA on the air.

K3CAL_APE2012image005

This is our antenna collection, when we arrived in the morning there were none, just as we left it.

73,

Bob N3PPH

K3CAL Log:

Date	Time	Callsign
08/18/12	1644	K8GGL
	1647	K8TOM
	1652	V39SLH
	1706	KJ8O
	1712	KC8WPW
	1725	NW8S
	1749	KP3RE
	1837	KP3ER
	1903	N8KMY
	1916	CS5DFG
	2021	W5WF
	2027	NO8R
	2203	K7TRK
	2215	IK5ZUB
	2220	WB5K
	2223	EB3JT
	2231	K5UOR
	2235	WA7HDZ
	2243	KT4NM
	2318	VE4OK
	2344	W3HF
	2347	RA6ASU
	2352	UA6HJT
08/19/12	0014	N4THG
	0015	K9VIC
	0020	VA3MJR
	0024	EW6FW
	0031	KB3DHE
	0046	W1JN
	0059	CO6GU
	0110	N3AIN
	0115	WG5T
	0120	KF2GQ
	0148	CW5X
	1251	W5FER
	1319	WQ9Z
	1350	WB9IXF
	1502	N3PPH
	1537	KF3AA

W7RIV, 17-19 August

I was very excited for APE. This is my first year as a amateur operator and I have been loving digital. I had the opportunity to get up in the mountains with my family and friends. We headed to Heber, Utah and it was beautiful. Except my performance on the radio. I spent a fair amount of time searching and most times I could hear, but I just wasn't getting anyone to respond. There were even some event stations that I tried to get as well. But, in the end I fell very short. I don't get discouraged, I just look forward to next August. I think where I went wrong was the experience of using my vertical loop and maybe the location. I ended up being further back in the mountains putting me a little closer than I had expected. The equipment I was using, Elecraft K3/100 & Samlex 1223 Power Supply going into a DK9SQ Vertical Loop using Signalink USB and Ham Radio Deluxe.

W7RIV_2012APE_Antenna Location
The center post is where I had attached my DK9SQ Vertical Loop

W7RIV_2012APE_Cabin Panorama
This is the overlook of where I was operating

W7RIV_2012APE_Chipmunk
I had many friends hanging out with me, this little guy was one

W7RIV_2012APE_Fans
I had many fans this weekend, these were 3 of the cutest

W7RIV_2012APE_Moose
Not only did I have small friends, but I also had large ones, both mornings the Moose came by the lake

W7RIV_2012APE_Rainbow Trout
The trout were all over in the lake, they happened to be fed by the owners of the cabin and would come to shore with very little effort

W7RIV_2012APE_Station
This is my station and where I was located while operating

N3PPH & KF3AA as K3CAL, 18-19 August

This is our antenna collection, when we arrived in the morning there were none, just as we left it.

73,

Bob N3PPH

K3CAL Log:

Date	Time	Callsign
08/18/12	1644	K8GGL
	1647	K8TOM
	1652	V39SLH
	1706	KJ8O
	1712	KC8WPW
	1725	NW8S
	1749	KP3RE
	1837	KP3ER
	1903	N8KMY
	1916	CS5DFG
	2021	W5WF
	2027	NO8R
	2203	K7TRK
	2215	IK5ZUB
	2220	WB5K
	2223	EB3JT
	2231	K5UOR
	2235	WA7HDZ
	2243	KT4NM
	2318	VE4OK
	2344	W3HF
	2347	RA6ASU
	2352	UA6HJT
08/19/12	0014	N4THG
	0015	K9VIC
	0020	VA3MJR
	0024	EW6FW
	0031	KB3DHE
	0046	W1JN
	0059	CO6GU
	0110	N3AIN
	0115	WG5T
	0120	KF2GQ
	0148	CW5X
	1251	W5FER
	1319	WQ9Z
	1350	WB9IXF
	1502	N3PPH
	1537	KF3AA

N7QU & N7MQ, 23-26 August

After several years of saying we should do an APE, George N7QU and I
went over to a campground on the Oregon coast, near the Oregon Sand
Dunes, at Florence Oregon.

We reserved a park site, which turned out to be a terrific radio site.
Upon arriving on Thursday, August 24th, we used an antenna launcher to
pop some lines into fir and pine trees, and then hauled up a G5RV.  At
the end of the camp site, I put up a two element end fire 20 meter
vertical array.

We took Band Pass Filters, but the antennas were just too close together
for the filters to work ... and almost all contacts were on 20 meters,
so George and I took turns on 20, him on his dipole and me on the array.

Some foggy weather, other times very sunny; but always cool and
occasionally cold at night which prevented operating after dark. Lots of
good eats and a great time.  Hard work mining those Q's. New
appreciation for those who have gone on multiple APEs.

N7MQ_APE_2012_verts and MQ

N7MQ_APE_2012_FOG JETTY

N7MQ_APE_2012_n7mq

N7MQ_APE_2012_SUN PAC

N7MQ_APE_2012_Geo canopy

N7MQ_APE_2012_site and cars

N7MQ_APE_2012_foggy campground

	All reports 599 SENT/599 RECEIVED, unless otherwise shown:

N7QU	8/23/2012	2324	20	PSK31	GEORGEe	070 #339
KO6IZ	8/23/2012	2340	20		MIKE
W7JY	8/24/2012	0213	40		PETE
W2TMT			0220	20		
KF5OIO			0238	20		BRIAN
N0O			0249	20
K0PVW			0250	20		BRYAN
K7AAT			0256	40		ED
AD0BK			0333	20		SANATH  [Note: rest of QSOs all on 20]
VE6KAD			0345	[rest on 20]	KEVIN
W6AMY			0350			PHIL	
WQ6C			0354			CARL
W0LPR			1422			HOUSTON
CO6RD			1432			REY
CO8WZ			1501			RUBEN
KG4JO			1506			
NQ6L			1511			NORM
KG4JOK			1518			WALTER
W6YJE			1547			BOB
KC9KZQ			1600			DON
K8IRC			1820			BART
K4KBL			1828			JERRY
W7RKU			1835			VIC
W8IDW			1925			JOHN .... in OH on his APE
K4DCG			1929			DAVID
W3IY			2341			CARL
N2DP			2348			JERRY
VA6JB	8/25/2012	0001			JOHN
W5JDA			0006			JOSH
K9H			0006			cHUCK K9PXL/#930 and MITCH K9ZO/#967-OPS
WQ9Z			0020			ROY
W4UOR			1345			FRANK
KG4KGL			1352			ROBERT
KK6BJ			1622			BRUCE
K8ARC			1628			BRYAN
K1BHX			1630			EARL
W5WR			1641			CADDO LAKE, TX APE
KH6GRT			1751			PETE
AD7MI			1753
KD0JLE			1758
KC0ZVN			1806			GARY
K0A			1813			ROBERT
KS0KS			1817
KD5ZDU			1920			JEFF
N2TSJ			1932			JIM [AGE 90]
AG0Z			1940			GALEN
KC0DEB			1948			JOHN #069
VE3IZZ			2134			GUY
W3DP			2135			DON
N7PTM			2143			BOB
WS0O			2148			CHAUNCE
KC0DJB			2200			KEITH
KK7RT			2307			BOB
K4GDR			2314			BILL
W8TTY			2322			AL
KE4TH			2342			KEITH 599/459
KB5IRC	8/26/2012	0209			STONY
W3HF			0207			STEVE #025  559/559
KA5VZG			0212			ALAN  #1509  599/559
WB3DLS			0244			BILL  599/579
KE5PYF			0255			DAVE #1081
AI5W			0300			MARIO
KF2GQ			0309			ROBERT #710
WK5X			0316			BOB
KB0QC			1436			RICH
N0F			1443
KB3QHA			1457			BRIAN

APE at OREGON SAND DUNES, FLORENCE, OREGON
MARK PERRIN N7MQ 070 #1098
AUGUST 24-26, 2012

N7QU log:
End date UTC RX kHz Mode Call RST S RST R Name QTH Notes

-------------------- -------- ------ --------- ----- ----- --------------- ----------- ----------------

23-Aug-2012 23:10:08 14071.0 BPSK31 WQ9Z 599 599 roy il 519

23-Aug-2012 23:20:18 14071.8 BPSK31 W1HEN 599 599 rick ct

23-Aug-2012 23:26:12 14071.5 BPSK31 N7MQ 599 599 mark or 1098

23-Aug-2012 23:57:19 14071.7 BPSK31 W7PAQ 599 599 frank mt 354

24-Aug-2012 00:00:33 14071.7 BPSK31 WB2QEF 599 599 elwood nj

24-Aug-2012 00:20:47 14071.1 BPSK31 AD0BK 599 599 sanath sd

24-Aug-2012 00:41:16 14071.3 BPSK31 NO8R 599 599 delos mi 777

24-Aug-2012 02:01:20 7040.0 BPSK31 ND0K 599 599 lee mo

24-Aug-2012 02:09:44 7039.8 BPSK31 W7JY 599 599 pete or

24-Aug-2012 02:15:43 7039.7 BPSK31 N7CQU 599 599 bette or 698

24-Aug-2012 02:59:55 7039.7 BPSK31 K7AAT 599 599 ed or

24-Aug-2012 03:13:32 14070.4 BPSK31 AH6JA 599 599 harvey hi

24-Aug-2012 03:21:04 7040.3 BPSK31 VE3NOO 599 599 michael ontario

24-Aug-2012 13:44:16 14071.0 BPSK31 ZS2CR 599 599 colette pwr failure

24-Aug-2012 14:00:22 14071.3 BPSK31 ZS2CR 599 599 colette

24-Aug-2012 14:09:32 14070.8 BPSK31 AA2MF/4 599 599 rich fl

24-Aug-2012 14:20:42 14069.9 BPSK31 W0LPR 599 599 houston mo

24-Aug-2012 14:42:47 14070.4 BPSK31 ZR2SAP 599 599 shaun

24-Aug-2012 14:54:25 14070.6 BPSK31 W4EFT 599 599 elvis al

24-Aug-2012 15:40:32 14070.2 BPSK31 CO8WZ 599 599 rueben

24-Aug-2012 16:47:16 14069.8 BPSK31 N7MJ 599 599 jack wy 1561

24-Aug-2012 17:53:19 14069.6 BPSK31 VA6JB 599 599 john

24-Aug-2012 18:00:27 14070.4 BPSK31 N1AB 599 599 steve ca

24-Aug-2012 18:04:09 14070.4 BPSK31 AE5BI 599 599 steve ca

24-Aug-2012 18:58:54 14070.4 BPSK31 K4KBL 599 599 jerry ga

24-Aug-2012 19:08:36 14071.3 BPSK31 K2PSD 599 599 ron nj

24-Aug-2012 19:13:52 14069.3 BPSK31 W8IDW 599 599 john oh 1425

24-Aug-2012 19:42:01 14069.7 BPSK31 K4DCG 599 599 david ky

24-Aug-2012 20:48:42 14071.2 BPSK31 W1EMQ 599 599 chuck

24-Aug-2012 21:05:31 14070.9 BPSK31 K9ZJ 599 599 rich wi

24-Aug-2012 22:08:47 14071.4 BPSK31 W5ZHI 599 599 dick nm

24-Aug-2012 22:56:24 14070.8 BPSK31 K9H 599 599 mitch and chuck 930 and 937 not sure of time

25-Aug-2012 14:04:17 14070.8 BPSK31 YW5B 599 599

25-Aug-2012 14:13:45 14071.4 BPSK31 KS0SA/P 599 599 sandy mo

25-Aug-2012 14:32:03 14070.5 BPSK31 KC2WTG 599 599 george nj

25-Aug-2012 17:08:48 14072.2 BPSK31 AD7MI/KH6 599 599 scott hi

25-Aug-2012 17:14:26 14070.5 BPSK31 AH6RR 599 599 roland hi

25-Aug-2012 17:23:50 14072.1 BPSK31 JH2DBQ 599 599 Teo

25-Aug-2012 17:38:26 14071.8 BPSK31 KS0KS 599 599 larry ks

25-Aug-2012 17:41:57 14071.0 BPSK31 KH6DQ 599 599 jack hi

25-Aug-2012 18:32:35 14070.4 BPSK31 VA6DBA 599 599 dave

25-Aug-2012 18:46:10 14070.4 BPSK31 VE3QN 599 599 bryan

25-Aug-2012 19:13:31 14071.9 BPSK31 WQ6C 599 599 carl ca

25-Aug-2012 20:13:40 14071.7 BPSK31 N8KMY 599 599 craig mi

25-Aug-2012 20:33:37 14070.8 BPSK31 W5FER 599 599 jim tx

25-Aug-2012 20:46:51 14070.8 BPSK31 WA6OWM 599 599 ray ca

25-Aug-2012 20:53:41 14070.4 BPSK31 W7SVD 599 599 charles az

25-Aug-2012 21:00:47 14071.3 BPSK31 N0O 599 599 rob ks

25-Aug-2012 21:21:11 14071.2 BPSK31 KD0MTA 599 599 john ks

25-Aug-2012 21:28:20 14070.8 BPSK31 VE3IZZ 599 599 guy

25-Aug-2012 22:35:50 14071.2 BPSK31 KD0NZY 599 599 nils mn

25-Aug-2012 22:55:56 14070.1 BPSK31 N2YVE 599 599 robert ny

25-Aug-2012 23:44:13 14071.2 BPSK31 WA1KBE 599 599 steve ma

26-Aug-2012 00:01:56 14071.3 BPSK31 W7WIA 599 599 oliver ca 658

26-Aug-2012 01:50:57 14070.9 BPSK31 AE7CW 599 599 chuck az

26-Aug-2012 02:23:04 14070.3 BPSK31 AF5FH 599 599 jim nm

26-Aug-2012 02:27:38 14070.3 BPSK31 KD8KFQ 599 599 rob wv

26-Aug-2012 02:36:19 14071.2 BPSK31 W5WRJ 599 599 wayne tx

26-Aug-2012 02:43:15 7040.0 BPSK31 KC7EQL 599 599 mark wa

26-Aug-2012 13:54:11 14071.9 BPSK31 W5JDA 599 599 josh tx 1556

26-Aug-2012 14:16:54 14072.0 BPSK31 AB8O 599 599 john oh

26-Aug-2012 14:27:38 14071.4 BPSK31 W4UOR 599 599 frank nc

26-Aug-2012 15:10:46 14070.1 BPSK31 K0A 599 599 ks

26-Aug-2012 15:15:01 14071.2 BPSK31 W7BOZ 599 599 kevin ut

26-Aug-2012 15:24:27 14070.9 BPSK31 WA8RPK 599 599 tom oh

W8IDW, 24 August

PODXS 070 August Portable Expedition

August 24, 2012

Lake Hope State Park, Ohio – W8IDW Operation

My first 070 A.P.E was a good news / bad news affair.

Bad news – didn’t make 20 contacts.

Good news – exceptional weather, great setup location and valuable antenna experimentation.

Lake Hope State Park is located in the Hocking Hills region of Southeastern Ohio, in the Wayne National Forest. About 20 miles from Athens OH, it is easily reached from the north via Nelsonville and from the south by US Rt 50 and State Rt 278.

Leaving home on the WV side of the Ohio River around 9:30 am put me at the large parking area I planned to use a little after 11 am. A convenient picnic shelter was an alternate operating location, but appeared to be occupied by a rather large group so the completely deserted parking area filled the bill nicely.

The station was setup on the tailgate with my movable ‘shadebrella’ to chase the sun from the computer screen as the day progressed.

My portable setup for digital operation consists of:

·Icom IC-7000

·LDG IT-100 tuner

·HP Netbook / Win7 operating. system

·AirLink Express software (by KR1ST) for PSK31 / digital modes

·Scratch paper, radio manual, quick guide, etc.

A comment regarding the IC-7000.

A set of cables I found from www.xggcomms.com make digital operation a total breeze with this radio. Connect one cable from the radio’s 13 pin DIN acc socket to the computer ‘smart phone’ jack via a ‘Y’ split cable that combines mic and phones into a single 4 conductor plug and you have instant sound card control. Plug the USB connector from the netbook to the radio remote jack to the computer smart phone jack and you have radio control from any computer software program. Set AirLink Express software to recognize the IC-7000 and you are in business for PSK, RTTY, etc.

[Send Steve (G8XGG) an email and he can advise you about cables for a variety of Icom and Yaesu radio models. Completely eliminates the tricky setup of other more complicated interface schemes.]

I have some choices when it comes to portable antenna operation. When initially setting up my portable station, I decided to look for a ‘system’ that would perform over a wide range of conditions, bands and modes. After some research, I settled on a Chameleon V11 multi-band horizontal dipole kit.

As I operated various ‘portable’ events, I added other antenna alternatives.

·OPEK HVT-600 10 band “mobile”.

·DX Engineering NVIS wire.

·Emergency Amateur Radio Club (EARC) end-fed matchbox wire. An excellent END FED 6 – 40 Meter Multiband HF Antenna project that you can build from their plans or buy readymade – see http://www.earchi.org/92011endfedfiles/Endfed6_40.pdf

[I have three random wire lengths – 30, 50 and 70 ft (approx.) depending on setup circumstances]

I decided to leave my Chameleon in the bag this time and go with the NVIS to hopefully get some Ohio and PA contacts and the OPEK mobile. If time permitted, play with the EARC wires. That would mean breaking out my antenna shooter – more on that later.

A little after noon I got everything connected and the station actually on the air. A quick check of the bands for activity (unfortunately I did not have a WIFI or cell signal) and I started ‘running’ on 20 meters. The entire APE was conducted on 20 meters as I never found any prop on the other bands.

Started out on the NVIS antenna (see photo) but not much coming my way so I switched to the OPEK. It was the top performer all day as it turned out. The NVIS is a four wire affair that sits atop a 16 ft painter pole (Lowes) which is anchored via a rooftop aluminum tripod. See their writeup at:

http://static.dxengineering.com/pdf/WP-NVIS-Rev2.pdf

Got a couple 070 members early then kind of a dry spell. Several stations on the waterfall but not many coming my way. After a couple hours and few contacts, I decided to take a break and put up the medium random wire and give the EARC matchbox a try.

In order to use the trees that surrounded the area where I was parked, I broke out my version of the pneumatic PVC antenna launcher that I build from plans by K8BLO.

[ http://www.qsl.net/k8blo/launcher.pdf ]

Plug in the 12volt air compressor, charge the tank, shoot the ‘dumbell’ over a handy limb, pull your antenna rope back over using the mason’s line, clip it to the antenna and haul away.

I modified the matchbox wire project a bit by mounting the matchbox to an ‘L’ bracket which has an eyebolt for one side of the antenna rope, and a strain relief for the coax drop.

This is the first time I had tried the wire antenna in actual operating conditions. Glad I got the chance to deploy it (even though the best “talking” antenna I used all day was the OPEK 600), because I plan to have a wire up for this year’s Ohio State Parks on the Air (OSPOTA) contest I am working in September.

So here is the log of contacts I managed working the APE from noon to 5:30 pm (EDT).

Date	Time	Call	070#	Band	Comment
24-Aug-2012	1649	W5FER	1217	20
24-Aug-2012	1656	N7MJ	1561	20
24-Aug-2012	1914	N7QU/P	339	20	Running an APE
24-Aug-2012	1926	N7MQ	1098	20	Running an APE
24-Aug-2012	1947	CO6RD	---	20
24-Aug-2012	2026	DL8ZBA	---	20
24-Aug-2012	2047	DK7SS	---	20
24-Aug-2012	2115	F1HSY	---	20
24-Aug-2012	2124	K3NSA	---	20

John Pitner – W8IDW

Had the opportunity to exercise my portable station, on a really nice day, play with some new antenna options, and had nice qso’s, just not enough. Thank you to the operators who worked me and maybe we’ll do it again next year.

W5WF, 25-26 August

On Friday the 25th of August, Larry Brown, WB5CXC and I made an uneventful trip of 216 miles to Uncertain, Texas located on Caddo Lake - the only natural lake in Texas. We stayed in small New Orleans style cottages at Lafittes Landing Guest Quarters.
W5WF_2012APE_cabins

Saturday morning after scouting the area we found the best position for our antenna. We set up the portable station inside one of the cottages because the Texas heat, mosquitoes, and humidity outside were more than either one of us wanted to endure. Our portable station consisted of a Kenwood 480 sat with a hamstick dipole at about 15 ft.; our computer was a MacBook Pro running on Windows 7 with a Signalink USB interface. For software we used HRD 5.23 and DM-780. With only minor problems we operated except for a break Saturday due to storm conditions. We were surprised at how well the hamstick dipole worked. Band conditions we felt were very good.
W5WF_2012APE_DSC02169(1)
W5WF_2012APE_DSC02141(1)

Thirteen of our contacts were with PODXS 070 club members. We had two DX contacts one with Scott XE1/AA0AA in Mexico and the other with Sig 5Z4EE in Kenya.

Our complete log is as follows:

Date Callsign Band Time PODXS

8/25/12 K8ARC 20m 1554

8/25/12 N7MQ 20m 1641 1098

8/25/12 W4IJY 20m 1646

8/25/12 KZ2R 20m 1711

8/25/12 NO8R 20m 1842 777

8/25/12 W9JMJ 20m 1848 1330

8/25/12 KD8KFQ 20m 1855

8/25/12 N2GXJ 20m 1902 1424

8/25/12 W4HQF 20m 1911

8/25/12 K8FER 20m 2009

8/25/12 N8ALQ 20m 2025

8/25/12 W3BUG 20m 2308

8/25/12 W3HF 20m 2315 025

8/25/12 W4HIX 20m 2327

8/25/12 K7TRK 20m 2342 1028

8/25/12 W3IY 20m 2347

8/25/12 KE4TH 20m 2354

8/26/12 WT6X 20m 0000 614

8/26/12 K8JMB 20m 0008

8/26/12 WB5NHL 20m 0024 143

8/26/12 XE1/AA0AA 20m 0032 1550

8/26/12 N9YOD 20m 0041

8/26/12 5Z4EE 20m 0048

8/26/12 WA3FRQ 20m 0056

8/26/12 WG8W 20m 0101

8/26/12 WA3WZR 20m 0113 875

8/26/12 KK4FYN 20m 0123

8/26/12 KJ4WEH 20m 0131

8/26/12 W0PE 20m 0142 975

8/26/12 AC0QG 20m 0145 1222

8/26/12 W9HZ 20m 0151

8/26/12 W1IPS 20m 0159 646

8/26/12 N1AB 20m 0226
W5WF_2012APE_APE2012 Color White

The above picture provided by Larry shows that most of our contacts came from the Northeast section of the USA.

W5WF_2012APE_APE2012
Thank all of you for your support of my APE to CaddoLake. We had a great time and look forward to doing it again next year.

73’s

Charlie Webb

W5WF

2013 APE Tall Tales

August	Member	QTH	Time (UTC)	Band(s)	Notes	Official?
3	KJ8O	Bear Creek Nature Park, Rochester, MI	?	?	QRP	.
20-23	WA3WSJ	Cape Henlopen State Park, DE	Various	?	.	.
20-21	KC9UR	Round Lake, IN	Various	40-30-20-17-15-12	View Report

2014 APE Tall Tales

August 8 - 10

2014 BSA Airfest

The Boy Scouts had their Airfest event between Aug 8-10, and this year, Ham radio was a big part in it. The location was Lewis University and the attached Airport. We ran under the BSA’s call of K2BSA/9. There were about 3,500 scouts camped out over the weekend and they put us right in the middle of all the action. There were two different locations set up, each with two radios. The original plan was to have digital and voice at each location, but technical issues compounded and mine ended up being the only digital station.

The digital operators ended up being:

K9DWR and N9HSH

N9HSH had actually never operated PSK before, so I was happy to help him get some experience with it. He really enjoyed it.

The PSK rig was a TS-440SAT + Signalink with Fldigi. I was attached to the 40m dipole, and tuned it to 15m (and a couple 20m contacts). Contacts were split pretty evenly between 15m and 40m.

Halfway through the APE, I had to swap laptops (I brought two) due to some unknown issue, so was able to live up to the BSA motto of “Be Prepared.” There was no shortage of opportunity to test this out.

For the digital station for the APE itself, we used aluminum military masts to raise a 40m dipole about 40ft in the air. The dome in the background is the Chicago area NWS radar for KLOT.

I was actually surprised at the number of Europe and South American stations that we got early on. There was even a Japan contact to round things out. Most of those were on 15m, the majority of the USA contacts were on 40m.

CALL DATE TIME FREQ MODE Country
KE4JB 20140810 044058 7.07100 PSK31 USA
N4EMP 20140810 042902 7.07100 PSK31 USA
KO4GS 20140810 033814 7.07100 PSK31 USA
UA0LOF 20140809 232734 21.07100 PSK31 Asiatic Russia
WB5CXC 20140809 215837 21.07100 PSK31 USA
DK9KW 20140809 054956 14.07149 PSK31 Fed. Rep. of Germany
WX6P 20140809 031335 7.03689 PSK31 USA
AD5VS 20140809 030348 7.03648 PSK31 USA
KC4TNC 20140809 025457 7.03600 PSK31 USA
K3STL 20140809 023256 7.03677 PSK31 USA
WB4FLT 20140809 021253 7.03581 PSK31 USA
K4BLL 20140809 020545 7.03599 PSK31 USA
KK4S 20140809 015749 7.03649 PSK31 USA
KD2FVG 20140809 015043 7.03632 PSK31 USA
KE5PYF 20140809 014320 7.03576 PSK31 USA
KT4USA 20140809 013932 7.03577 PSK31 USA
KB3VCA/2 20140809 013220 7.03577 PSK31 USA
KD2GJG 20140809 012711 7.03578 PSK31 USA
W1AW/2 20140809 012205 7.03712 PSK31 USA
K4MWE 20140809 005927 7.03600 PSK31 USA
KD8JSP/P 20140809 005558 7.03600 PSK31 USA
KG4IJS/0 20140809 003711 14.07088 PSK31 USA
AJ1F 20140808 235949 14.07109 PSK31 USA
W6DAW 20140808 224854 21.07099 PSK31 USA
DO1EWT 20140808 223530 21.07099 PSK31 Fed. Rep. of Germany
W6YJE 20140808 223130 21.07100 PSK31 USA
KK4MIP 20140808 222421 21.07110 PSK31 USA
ON3TA 20140808 221150 21.07110 PSK31 Belgium
DO6LE 20140808 220434 21.07111 PSK31 Fed. Rep. of Germany
DO8ABS 20140808 220118 21.07111 PSK31 Fed. Rep. of Germany
PY2CEL 20140808 215531 21.07111 PSK31 Brasil
WA6DBC 20140808 215101 21.07112 PSK31 USA
LW5ER 20140808 214621 21.07112 PSK31 Argentina
JA0EQL 20140808 214223 21.07113 PSK31 Japan
WG9V 20140808 213620 21.07114 PSK31 USA
IW2NLU 20140808 213222 21.07114 PSK31 Italy
LU4ECN 20140808 212805 21.07115 PSK31 Argentina
KF7F 20140808 212338 21.07116 PSK31 USA
EI9GSB 20140808 210813 21.07141 PSK31 Ireland

August 9 -10

WB5CXC/K5KRB/W5WF - 2014 APE Expedition

On August 8, 2014 Ken (K5KRB), Larry (WB5CXC), and Charles (W5WF) traveled from Montgomery County Texas to Grand Bayou Resort in Coushatta, Louisiana, where we had three cabins next to each other that overlooked Grand Bayou Reservoir.

Upon arrival we began setting up two stations. One station was used for 20 meter operation and the other station was used for 15 meter.

WB5CXC’s station consisted of a Yaesu FT 857D with a MFJ manual tuner. Larry also used a Signalink USB interface. The antenna was a 15 meter ladder line J pole antenna.

Larry’s Go Box:

W5WF’s station consisted of an ICom 7000 with a 31 ft. end fed antenna using a Signalink USB interface. The software was Ham Radio Deluxe on a MacBook Pro running Windows 7.

Charlie’s Go Box

We knew this was going to be a great APE when our first contact was with Ireland. We made a total of 86 contacts, 21 of them were with 070 Club members. Two 070 Club members W3HF and W2DEN contacted all three of us.

WB5CXC’s Log
	Time	BAND	CALL PODXS		COUNTRY	FREQ	MODE
1	2014-08-10-000551	15M	N3WT		USA	21070	PSK31
2	2014-08-09-233228	15M	W3JCB		USA	21070	PSK31
3	2014-08-09-232532	15M	KK4RUT		USA	21070	PSK31
4	2014-08-09-231156	15M	WA2HQL		USA	21070	PSK31
5	2014-08-09-225509	15M	W3HF	25	USA	21070	PSK31
6	2014-08-09-220640	15M	K2BSA/9	1604	Burundi	21070	PSK31
7	2014-08-09-215442	15M	NO1R		USA	21070	PSK31
8	2014-08-09-214054	15M	KP4DQC		Puerto Rico	21070	PSK31
9	2014-08-09-213147	15M	N6KTO		USA	21070	PSK31
10	2014-08-09-205351	15M	CO2GL		Cuba	21070	PSK31
11	2014-08-09-181634	20m	KW6JIM		USA	14070	PSK31
12	2014-08-09-180905	20m	KC3AZX		USA	14070	PSK31
13	2014-08-09-175548	20m	K8OSF	1786	USA	14070	PSK31
14	2014-08-09-174926	20m	KD0JLN		USA	14070	PSK31
15	2014-08-09-173955	20m	KI4B		USA	14070	PSK31
16	2014-08-09-172255	20m	KC4OBB	1609	USA	14070	PSK31
17	2014-08-09-171557	15M	KK9G		USA	21070	PSK31
18	2014-08-09-165816	15M	W3VPR		USA	21070	PSK31
19	2014-08-09-164022	15M	N4WRE		USA	21070	PSK31
20	2014-08-09-160814	15M	E77AW		Bosnia-Herzegovina	21070	PSK31
21	2014-08-09-154229	15M	CO8LY		Cuba	21070	PSK31
22	2014-08-09-153838	15M	HI8CSS	1290	Dominican Republic	21070	PSK31
23	2014-08-09-152749	15M	W2DEN	1725	USA	21070	PSK31
24	2014-08-09-133924	20M	W2DEN	1725	USA	14070	PSK31
25	2014-08-09-122752	15M	KP4ED	693	Puerto Rico	21070	PSK31

K5KRB’s Log

	TIME	Band	CALL PODXS		ADDRESS	FREQ	MODE
1	2014-08-09-164848	20m	W2DEN	1725	United States	14070	PSK31
2	2014-08-09-163207	20m	NS2C		United States	14070	PSK31
3	2014-08-09-162733	20m	KA2RQR		United States	14070	PSK31
4	2014-08-09-161458	20m	K4BLL		United States	14070	PSK31
5	2014-08-09-155012	20m	K3STL		United States	14070	PSK31
6	2014-08-09-153849	20m	WA3O		United States	14070	PSK31
7	2014-08-09-153121	20m	K4MWE		United States	14070	PSK31
8	2014-08-09-152136	20m	NU4C	824	United States	14070	PSK31
9	2014-08-09-151113	20m	AG4QX	398	United States	14070	PSK31
10	2014-08-09-145842	20m	W4WWJ		United States	14070	PSK31
11	2014-08-09-020454	20m	KE4JB		United States	14070	PSK31
12	2014-08-09-015359	20m	KI3F		United States	14070	PSK31
13	2014-08-09-015001	20m	LU4AH		Argentina	14070	PSK31
14	2014-08-09-013900	20m	K8QWY		United States	14070	PSK31
15	2014-08-09-013450	20m	K8TOM	815	United States	14070	PSK31
16	2014-08-09-012124	20m	KC8WCN		United States	14070	PSK31
17	2014-08-09-011532	20m	KK4CPS	1708	United States	14070	PSK31
18	2014-08-08-221826	20m	NO8R	777	United States	14070	PSK31
19	2014-08-08-221347	20m	SV2HZC		Greece	14070	PSK31
20	2014-08-08-214826	20m	KD8JSP/P		United States	14070	PSK31
21	2014-08-08-213942	20m	KC0VCC		United States	14070	PSK31
22	2014-08-08-212541	20m	EI9GLB		Ireland	14070	PSK31
23	2014-08-08-010200	20m	W3HF	25	United States	14070	PSK31

W5WF’S LOG

	TIME	BAND	CALL	PODXS	ADDRESS	FREQ	MODE
1	2014-08-09-005702	20m	W3HF	25	United States	14070	PSK31
2	2014-08-09-024112	20m	KC3AZX		United States	14070	PSK31
3	2014-08-09-024744	20m	WD5CMP		United States	14070	PSK31
4	2014-08-09-025606	20m	N4GBK		United States	14070	PSK31
5	2014-08-09-030207	20m	VA7GEM	1470	Canada	14070	PSK31
6	2014-08-09-030901	20m	W3RL		United States	14070	PSK31
7	2014-08-09-031428	20m	ND2K	1049	United States	14070	PSK31
8	2014-08-09-032937	20m	N6STA	1516	United States	14070	PSK31
9	2014-08-09-033328	20m	F4FZR		France	14070	PSK31
10	2014-08-09-034905	20m	R6AV		Asiatic Russia	14070	PSK31
11	2014-08-09-035727	20m	W7JSD	1513	United States	14070	PSK31
12	2014-08-09-040714	20m	KB1EOF		United States	14070	PSK31
13	2014-08-09-041347	20m	KD1PV		United States	14070	PSK31
14	2014-08-09-041729	20m	IW1FZR		Italy	14070	PSK31
15	2014-08-09-043736	20m	SP3SLO		Poland	14070	PSK31
16	2014-08-09-045248	20m	IT9QDS		Italy	14070	PSK31
17	2014-08-09-050359	20m	YV5LBB		Venezuela	14070	PSK31
18	2014-08-09-051306	20m	SQ9BEJ		Poland	14070	PSK31
19	2014-08-09-051904	20m	I4IOR		Italy	14070	PSK31
20	2014-08-09-052359	20m	UT1PA		Ukraine	14070	PSK31
21	2014-08-09-052756	20m	F6EQZ		France	14070	PSK31
22	2014-08-09-053201	20m	HB9RDD		Switzerland	14070	PSK31
23	2014-08-09-123601	20m	HK1F		Colombia	14070	PSK31
24	2014-08-09-124427	20m	W2DEN	1725	United States	14070	PSK31
25	2014-08-09-165847	20m	WJ0T		United States	14070	PSK31
26	2014-08-09-170501	20m	AE7JP		United States	14070	PSK31
27	2014-08-09-171027	20m	W0LPF		United States	14070	PSK31
28	2014-08-09-171249	20m	KC0JQO	1771	United States	14070	PSK31
29	2014-08-09-172156	20m	KC4OBB	1609	United States	14070	PSK31
30	2014-08-09-211737	20m	W4ED		United States	14070	PSK31
31	2014-08-09-212407	20m	K4ERO		United States	14070	PSK31
32	2014-08-09-213008	20m	AE7WI		United States	14070	PSK31
33	2014-08-09-213753	20m	W7MIN		United States	14070	PSK31
34	2014-08-09-214437	20m	KK4FYV		United States	14070	PSK31
35	2014-08-09-215057	20m	KK4DMS		United States	14070	PSK31
36	2014-08-10-012258	40m	YY5SAC		Venezuela	7040	PSK31
37	2014-08-10-014443	20m	K3STL		United States	14070	PSK31
38	2014-08-10-015448	20m	K8BHK	1754	United States	14070	PSK31
39	2014-08-10-020058	20m	4Z1IG		Israel	14070	PSK31
40	2014-08-10-021008	20m	WA8AJS		United States	14070	PSK31
41	2014-08-10-115302	20m	PJ2LJG		Curacao Is.	14070	PSK31

August 19-20

2014 KC9UR Pontoon Portable APE Tall Tale For 2014

Stan (W9SMR/9) and I (Bob - KC9UR) wanted to build on the success of our 2013 Pontoon Portable APE. New for this year were two directional HF antennas (to hopefully give us stronger signals), a kayak-mounted vertical for 40M - 15M omni-directional coverage, and a 6M antenna to hopefully give out a few contacts for those PODXSers seeking a "6 on 6" endorsement.

Our APE was scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug 19 - 20, so we set up the antennas and equipment on Monday. It took most of the day to get things set up, so we were only able to make a couple of contacts in the evening to check things out. On Tuesday morning we started on 30M and 20M then moved up to 17M and 15M as the day went on and propagation allowed. We called CQ on 6M each hour, but saw nary a trace either day.

Bob (KC9UR - left) and Stan (W9SMR/9) inside the pontoon boat shack. The dark plastic shields the sun from the laptops and to helps protect the equipment in case of rain.

Around 4:30 pm, a classic Indiana summer "thunder boomer" moved through the area, so we had to high-tail it for shelter. It was three hours before we could get back on the air. After the storm we worked the resulting pile-up on 40M and then were chased off the boat again around 11:00 pm by nearby lightning. The forced shut-downs were during "prime time" when hams were getting home from work and turning on their radios. I'm sure the "weather breaks" contributed to our reduced total contact count compared to last year. One of our "lessons-learned" is to start next year's APE in the evening after antenna set-up, giving us two full evenings and days, weather permitting. Wednesday started slow and continued slow, but steady, throughout the day. At the request/encouragement of some 070 members, we tried 12M often, but without seeing a trace - propagation left a lot to be desired. Our offer of a custom certificate for working us on three bands generated quite a bit of enthusiasm that added to the fun.

View during the Tuesday afternoon thunderstorm: 1) "Swamp Monster" kayak-mounted vertical (blue kayak right side rear deployed near lily pads) leans from the wind and rain; 2) hex beam (center); 3)
wind-blown pontoon boat shack (left)

Our final QSO count was 164 (108 CONUS and 56 OCONUS), working 31 states and 22 countries. The rarest DX consisted of Namibia (V51WF) and Australia (VK4EJ). Kudos go to the 11 certificate winners, including K4LEA (40/30/20M), K8TOM (40/30/20/17M), KE4JB (40/30/20M), KK4CPS (40/30/20M), KU8Q (20/17/15M), N5SLY (20/17/15M), N7WE (40/30/20/17), W2DEN (30/20/17/15M), W3GXV (40/30/20M), W3WMU (40/30/20M) and WA4MIT (40/30/20M). Special recognition goes to three certificate winners who worked us on 4 bands (K8TOM, N7WE, and W2DEN)! Two of the winners were repeats from last year (K8TOM and W3WMU) - great job!! Also, honorable mention goes to the following who worked us on 2 bands: DL2OCE (17/15M), KG9DW (40/30M), N4GBK (30/20M), VA7GEM (40/30M), W5FER (40/30M), and WA3WZR (40/30M). The band breakdown by # of contacts and # of PODXS070 members contacted is as follows (Band/# contacts/# 070 members): 15M/15/1; 17M/30/6; 20M/71/21; 30M/28/14; 40M/20/13.

For those interested in a bit of the technical details, here's the info:

Rigs: Two Kenwood TS-590S transceivers Software: Fldigi, Ham Radio Deluxe Antennas:

1) Homebrew multi-band dipole at 25 ft (40/30/20/15M)

2) Traffie Hex Beam at 10 ft (20/17/15/12/10M)

3) Homebrew 6M Double-Bay antenna at 20 ft

4) "Swamp Monster" homebrew kayak-mounted 31 ft vertical (40/30/20/17/15M)

5) Floating Phased Array - homebrew 2 element 20M vertical phased array mounted on an 8' x 8' swim raft; switchable NE or SW

Stan and I would like to thank all who took time from their busy schedules to work us and to thank the PODXS officers/volunteers who create and administer the many fun operating events throughout the year. We thoroughly enjoyed the "APE" experience and would encourage anyone who is considering an "APE" for next year to go for it!

Pontoon boat shack in the lower right (covered in black plastic), one end of the multi-band dipole at the top of the picture, hex beam at 10 feet attached to kayak rack in the center, 6M double bay antenna attached to pole on dock behind hex beam, and 20M floating phased array on swim raft deployed at lower left.

20M Floating "Fazed" Array - Our homebrew 2-element phased array, switchable NE or SW, produced the bulk of the 20M contacts. Plans for next year are to grow it to 4 elements switchable in 4
directions.

2014 KC9UR Pontoon Portable Log:

Call	PODXS#	Date	Band	Time (UTC)	Country	State
F5PSI	No	8/19/2014	20m	1:40:05	France
K7EA	No	8/19/2014	20m	1:49:27	United States	UT
W5TMP	1815	8/19/2014	20m	1:57:34	United States	LA
PD7RF	No	8/19/2014	20m	2:13:43	Netherlands
W1AW/5	No	8/19/2014	30m	12:19:07	United States	O K
WA4MIT	110	8/19/2014	30m	12:28:04	United States	AL
W0SZ	No	8/19/2014	30m	12:34:20	United States	CO
KB0VB	No	8/19/2014	20m	12:37:38	United States	FL
W2SFD	No	8/19/2014	30m	12:49:09	United States	NY
WA4MIT	110	8/19/2014	20m	13:04:45	United States	AL
W2DEN	1725	8/19/2014	30m	13:19:29	United States	FL
W5TTW	No	8/19/2014	20m	13:19:35	United States	TX
K8TOM	815	8/19/2014	30m	13:27:47	United States	WA
KG4YDV	No	8/19/2014	20m	13:28:34	United States	FL
K8TOM	815	8/19/2014	20m	13:33:35	United States	WA
WB9AYD	No	8/19/2014	20m	13:45:19	United States	FL
N7WE	No	8/19/2014	20m	13:49:04	United States	FL
N7WE	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:00:22	United States	FL
F1UMO	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:10:48	France
W3GXV	1753	8/19/2014	20m	14:15:19	United States	FL
DL1TRK	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:21:15	Germany
OK1ZCF	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:27:19	Czech Republic	CZ
K4ARS	1818	8/19/2014	20m	14:27:54	United States	FL
SP1F	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:32:51	Poland
DL5GBP	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:37:28	Germany
W7IWW	No	8/19/2014	20m	14:40:04	United States	MT
LY2OT	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:41:10	Lithuania
DH1AKG	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:44:58	Germany
TF2MSN	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:50:03	Iceland
W1OER	No	8/19/2014	20m	14:59:47	United States	M A
SP6LUP	No	8/19/2014	17m	14:57:26	Poland
SP4XQE	No	8/19/2014	17m	15:00:55	Poland
KP4BC	No	8/19/2014	20m	15:05:37	Puerto Rico	PR
OM2AOA	No	8/19/2014	17m	15:04:26	Slovak Republic
R1AY	No	8/19/2014	17m	15:08:26	Russia
N4DAM	No	8/19/2014	20m	15:08:53	United States	N C
RN1TV	No	8/19/2014	17m	15:12:22	Russia
VE7WAH	No	8/19/2014	20m	15:27:20	Canada	BC
W2DEN	1725	8/19/2014	20m	15:31:57	United States	FL

WP4JCF	No	8/19/2014	20m	15:38:09	Puerto Rico	PR
KU8Q	No	8/19/2014	20m	15:43:56	United States	FL
DL2OCE	No	8/19/2014	15m	15:48:43	Germany
W3WMU	1673	8/19/2014	20m	15:47:31	United States	MS
KU8Q	No	8/19/2014	15m	15:53:15	United States	FL
KD0FIP	1396	8/19/2014	20m	15:55:27	United States	KS
W2DEN	1725	8/19/2014	15m	16:00:35	United States	FL
K4BLL	No	8/19/2014	20m	16:06:36	United States	GA
F5XX	No	8/19/2014	20m	16:11:50	France
DL5CJ	No	8/19/2014	15m	16:13:07	Germany
ON4KEB	No	8/19/2014	15m	16:21:45	Belgium
V51WF	No	8/19/2014	15m	16:32:43	Namibia
LY1CZ	No	8/19/2014	20m	16:40:01	Lithuania
IZ5GXQ	No	8/19/2014	20m	17:24:33	Italy
IK7RVY	No	8/19/2014	15m	17:25:56	Italy
DP4E	No	8/19/2014	20m	17:34:41	Germany
AF4HQ	No	8/19/2014	20m	17:44:42	United States	GA
ON3BRC	No	8/19/2014	17m	17:47:07	Belgium
N5SLY	No	8/19/2014	20m	17:56:37	United States	TX
WA7HDZ	404	8/19/2014	20m	18:00:13	United States	WA
N5SLY	No	8/19/2014	17m	18:10:46	United States	TX
KU8Q	No	8/19/2014	17m	18:24:20	United States	FL
KF2GQ	710	8/19/2014	17m	18:33:03	United States	FL
K8TOM	815	8/19/2014	17m	18:47:01	United States	WA
OM1EI	No	8/19/2014	15m	18:57:35	Slovak Republic
ON6MA	No	8/19/2014	20m	19:03:17	Belgium
AI6AS	No	8/19/2014	20m	19:24:40	United States	CA
EA7AVM	No	8/19/2014	15m	19:43:23	Spain
VE2ADL	No	8/19/2014	20m	19:48:44	Canada
KK4CPS	1708	8/19/2014	20m	19:59:00	United States	GA
WB9AYD	No	8/19/2014	20m	20:09:41	United States	FL
W3WMU	1673	8/19/2014	30m	20:10:09	United States	MS
HI8/KB1KKE	No	8/19/2014	20m	20:15:07	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
KD0OIX	1766	8/19/2014	30m	20:16:51	United States	KS
KK4CPS	1708	8/19/2014	30m	20:21:25	United States	GA
OE9PCJ	No	8/19/2014	20m	20:29:00	Austria
K4LEA	1746	8/19/2014	30m	20:24:04	United States	SC
N7WE	No	8/19/2014	30m	20:28:09	United States	FL
AI4QB	513	8/19/2014	30m	20:31:26	United States	VA
AI4CO	No	8/19/2014	20m	20:35:46	United States	FL
W3HF/0	25	8/19/2014	20m	23:32:50	United States	PA

AL1V	No	8/19/2014	20m	23:37:50	United States		UT
W5LMM	No	8/19/2014	20m	23:48:48	United States		NM
IK2WZM	No	8/19/2014	30m	23:53:38	Italy
WA4ASJ	No	8/19/2014	20m	0:00:46	United States		FL
N4GBK	1688	8/20/2014	30m	0:14:34	United States		NC
CO2XK	No	8/20/2014	30m	0:20:30	Cuba
N7ORY	No	8/20/2014	30m	0:26:07	Un	ted States	ID
N2RGM	No	8/20/2014	30m	0:31:05	Un	ted States	FL
AC0WZ	No	8/20/2014	40m	1:27:04	Un	ted States	MO
W3GXV	1753	8/20/2014	30m	1:30:50	Un	ted States	FL
KE4JB	1701	8/20/2014	40m	1:30:05	Un	ted States	NY
W3WMU	1673	8/20/2014	40m	1:34:01	Un	ted States	MS
KE4JB	1701	8/20/2014	30m	1:37:45	Un	ted States	NY
KG9DW	No	8/20/2014	40m	1:37:47	Un	ted States	IL
KK4CPS	1708	8/20/2014	40m	1:40:52	Un	ted States	GA
WA0GUD	No	8/20/2014	30m	1:45:37	Un	ted States	IA
KA1PPV	1482	8/20/2014	40m	1:46:42	Un	ted States	CT
K1KOB	No	8/20/2014	30m	1:52:59	Un	ted States	AL
K8TOM	815	8/20/2014	40m	1:50:02	Un	ted States	WA
W5FEC	No	8/20/2014	40m	1:53:10	Un	ted States	TX
K0CIE	98	8/20/2014	40m	1:57:30	Un	ted States	OK
KG9DW	No	8/20/2014	30m	1:57:51	Un	ted States	IL
N7WE	No	8/20/2014	40m	2:02:14	Un	ted States	FL
W3GXV	1753	8/20/2014	40m	2:06:47	Un	ted States	FL
W5FER	1217	8/20/2014	40m	2:11:55	Un	ted States	TX
DL1MTG	No	8/20/2014	30m	2:15:13	Germany
WA3WZR	875	8/20/2014	40m	2:16:21	United States		PA
W5FER	1217	8/20/2014	30m	2:23:05	United States		TX
WA4MIT	110	8/20/2014	40m	2:20:51	United States		AL
VE3NOO	No	8/20/2014	40m	2:25:58	Canada		ON
WA3WZR	875	8/20/2014	30m	2:29:33	United States		PA
W4KRN	215	8/20/2014	40m	2:30:49	United States		VA
VA7GEM	1470	8/20/2014	30m	2:33:21	Canada
K4LEA	1746	8/20/2014	40m	2:33:46	United States		SC
KA5QQA	No	8/20/2014	30m	2:43:16	United States		TX
VA7GEM	1470	8/20/2014	40m	2:39:30	Canada		BC
NJ2X	No	8/20/2014	40m	2:43:17	United States		CA
VE2UC	1405	8/20/2014	20m	12:56:00	Canada
W0EJ	No	8/20/2014	40m	12:42:28	United States		SD
VK4EJ	No	8/20/2014	30m	12:52:37	Australia
YV4DHS	No	8/20/2014	20m	13:13:09	Venezuela

W5IFP	No	8/20/2014	20m	13:24:08	United States		TX
IK2JYT	No	8/20/2014	17m	13:23:51	Italy
RT4A	No	8/20/2014	17m	13:29:14	Russia
KE6KNP	No	8/20/2014	20m	13:29:14	United States		CA
N4GBK	1688	8/20/2014	20m	13:35:32	United States		NC
M5PLY	292	8/20/2014	17m	13:49:05	England
WB4IZC	No	8/20/2014	20m	13:50:25	United States		MS
AA5AT	No	8/20/2014	20m	14:34:28	United States		LA
VA3TPS	526	8/20/2014	20m	14:39:11	Canada		ON
N5SLY	No	8/20/2014	20m	14:44:26	United States		TX
N5SLY	No	8/20/2014	15m	14:50:12	United States		TX
KG8JF	176	8/20/2014	20m	14:49:22	United States		AL
K0TAZ	1831	8/20/2014	20m	14:54:57	United States		KS
R6AV	No	8/20/2014	17m	15:02:09	Russia
F5POJ	No	8/20/2014	17m	15:11:19	France
DL2OCE	No	8/20/2014	17m	15:15:15	Germany
N1KPW	No	8/20/2014	20m	15:16:23	Un	ted States	CT
KM4DB	No	8/20/2014	20m	15:21:36	Un	ted States	NH
W7PSK	138	8/20/2014	17m	15:28:26	Un	ted States	WA
W3OFD	990	8/20/2014	17m	15:40:36	Un	ted States	PA
W2DEN	1725	8/20/2014	20m	15:42:27	Un	ted States	FL
W2DEN	1725	8/20/2014	17m	15:53:33	Un	ted States	FL
K4EZD	1666	8/20/2014	20m	16:45:20	Un	ted States	VA
KE4JB	1701	8/20/2014	20m	16:49:48	Un	ted States	NY
IK2ZJP	No	8/20/2014	17m	16:57:05	Italy
W5BGP	No	8/20/2014	20m	31:38:00	Un	ted States	O R
K5YRT	No	8/20/2014	15m	17:14:03	Un	ted States	LA
W9MDB	No	8/20/2014	20m	17:13:56	Un	ted States	IL
AC4R	No	8/20/2014	15m	17:19:02	Un	ted States	AL
KK4SWV	No	8/20/2014	20m	17:19:28	Un	ted States	GA
KR4RO	No	8/20/2014	20m	17:32:14	Un	ted States	NC
K4LEA	1746	8/20/2014	20m	17:35:32	Un	ted States	SC
K4HEB	No	8/20/2014	20m	17:41:45	Un	ted States	FL
F6EQZ	No	8/20/2014	17m	17:43:37	France
N7WS	No	8/20/2014	20m	18:19:25	United States		AZ
SP1MWF	No	8/20/2014	15m	18:28:08	Poland		PL
K4MWE	No	8/20/2014	20m	18:40:23	United States		NC
KF3AA	124	8/20/2014	20m	18:52:29	United States		MD
KF4CQ	1496	8/20/2014	20m	19:24:52	United States		FL
DC1MUC	No	8/20/2014	15m	19:36:22	Germany
N1HNY	No	8/20/2014	20m	19:42:49	United States		ME

SP1MGM	No	8/20/2014	15m	19:50:09	Poland
F4BDG	No	8/20/2014	20m	19:53:15	France

August 23 - 24

K9H Sixth Annual APE

For the sixth year in a row Chuck (K9PLX, 070 #930) and Mitch (K9ZXO, 070 #967) headed for the wilds of Jacksonville IL (EM49ur) for an old homestead reunion and this year also for the celebration of Mother Hopper's 95th birthday. Mitch provided the rig, computer, interface and scope; Chuck provided the 4-band Hustler vertical and its tripod mount (thank you, York Radio Club of Elmhurst, IL!).

Setup went well (except for having to erect the antenna in the 95 degree heat and very high humidity) and we soon were on the air. Band conditions weren't great through late afternoon but they improved as evening came. By the end of the night Saturday we had logged 55 QSOs, including four which were 2nd contacts on different bands. We were glad to work some stations we have worked on previous APEs, including Joe, KA1PPV, for the 4th or 5th year in a row.

We worked 11 different DXCC entities (including the US) and 24 states. Our closest QSO was 249 miles and our farthest was 5,243 miles. Great fun again... look for us again next year!

Note: All QSOs have been uploaded to eqsl.cc; anyone wanting paper should QSL via K9PLX. Please include a SASE.

K9H (K9PLX and K9ZXO) — APE Contacts, 2014
QSO #	DATE (UTC)	TIME (UTC)	Call (* = 2nd QSO, new band)	PODXS-070 #	Name	QTH	Country	Grid	Bnd	Freq.	Mode
1	23 Aug	18:38	AB1J	--	Ken	Waltham MA	USA	FN42jj	20	14.070	PSK31
2	23 Aug	18:41	W4KRN	215	Karen	Nokesville VA	USA	FM18dr	20	14.070	PSK31
3	23 Aug	20:07	KB1EOF	--	Bill	Danville NH	USA	FN42kw	20	14.070	PSK31
4	23 Aug	20:12	KE4JB	1701	John	Cherry Valley NY	USA	FN22pt	20	14.070	PSK31
5	23 Aug	20:34	CO8LY	--	Eduardo	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba	Cuba	FL20la	15	21.071	PSK31
6	23 Aug	20:49	VA7GEM	1470	Barry	North Vancouver BC, Canada	Canada	CN89li	15	21.071	PSK31
7	23 Aug	20:58	KG7AV	1656	Ray	Bend OR	USA	CN94ic	20	14.071	PSK31
8	23 Aug	21:03	KP4JM	--	Jose	Caguas PR	Puerto Rico	FK68xf	20	14.071	PSK31
9	23 Aug	21:08	W8IE	--	Ed	Lakewood OH	USA	EN91cl	20	14.071	PSK31
10	23 Aug	21:12	K5UOR	--	Stan	China Spring TX	USA	EM11hp	20	14.071	PSK31
11	23 Aug	21:16	KG5DSR	--	Skip	Conroe TX	USA	EM20gh	20	14.072	PSK31
12	23 Aug	21:22	N7WE	--	Rick	Leesburg FL	USA	EL98bp	20	14.072	PSK31
13	23 Aug	21:35	K8CPA	--	Chuck	Lincoln Park MI	USA	EN82jf	20	14.071	PSK31
14	23 Aug	21:45	K8TOM	815	Tom	Monroe WA	USA	CN97av	20	14.071	PSK31
15	23 Aug	21:56	WB4DE	--	Denny	Sun City Center FL	USA	EL87tr	20	14.071	PSK31
16	23 Aug	22:27	VA7GEM*	1470*	Barry	North Vancouver BC, Canada	Canada	CN89li	20	14.072	PSK31
17	23 Aug	22:36	W7SVD	--	Dave	Sierra Vista AZ	USA	DM41um	20	14.071	PSK31
18	23 Aug	22:55	N6L	--	Barry	Redding CA	USA	CN90fm	15	21.072	PSK31
19	23 Aug	23:09	DG7EKJ	--	Markus	Moenchengladbach, Germany	Federal Republic of Germany	JO31ff	15	21.07	PSK31
20	23 Aug	23:28	LU7WW	--	Pedro	Puerto Madryn, Argentina	Argentina	FE77lf	15	21.070	PSK31
21	23 Aug	23:33	W7GBB	--	Bob	Renton WA	USA	CN87wm	15	21.070	PSK31
22	23 Aug	23:38	F4UQD	--	Lucette	Mericourt, France	France	JO10kj	15	21.070	PSK31
23	23 Aug	23:47	VE7TMO	--	Bob	Comox BC, Canada	Canada	CN79mq	15	21.070	PSK31
24	24 Aug	00:02	AC7EJ	--	Karl	Vernal UT	USA	DN50fk	20	14.071	PSK31
25	24 Aug	00:05	KC2LM	--	Ed	Albuquerque NM	USA	DM65pd	20	14.071	PSK31
26	24 Aug	00:10	ER5DX	--	Victor	Chadyr-Lunga, Moldova	Moldova	KN46jb	20	14.071	PSK31
27	24 Aug	01:57	PD7AD	--	Ad	Oosterhout, Netherlands	Netherlands	JO21kp	20	14.072	PSK31
28	24 Aug	02:09	NG1J	--	Francis	Belmont NH	USA	FN43gk	20	14.071	PSK31
29	24 Aug	02:21	NU2E	--	Kiran	Wayne NJ	USA	FN20vw	20	14.072	PSK31
30	24 Aug	02:27	W3HF	25	Steve	Collegeville PA	USA	FN20ge	20	14.072	PSK31
31	24 Aug	02:33	W0ZXR	--	Eric	Lakewood CO	USA	DM79lq	20	14.072	PSK31
32	24 Aug	02:37	WB3BDH	1413	Don	Clearwater FL	USA	EL87pv	20	14.072	PSK31
33	24 Aug	02:41	VE3NOO	--	Michael	Bath ON, Canada	Canada	FN14nd	20	14.072	PSK31
34	24 Aug	02:47	W7IWW	--	Dave	Billings MT	USA	DN55qt	20	14.072	PSK31
35	24 Aug	02:51	CO2IZ	--	Jesus	Habana, Cuba	Cuba	EL83tc	20	14.072	PSK31
36	24 Aug	03:09	N4ZUM	178	Ed	Springville AL	USA	EM63qo	40	7.072	PSK31
37	24 Aug	03:13	KD0OIX	1766	Dwight	Quenemo KS	USA	EM28fp	40	7.071	PSK31
38	24 Aug	03:20	N0T	--	Robert	Benton KS	USA	EM17kt	40	7.072	PSK31
39	24 Aug	03:23	K0L	--	John	Kansas City KS	USA	EM29oc	40	7.072	PSK31
40	24 Aug	03:27	KE4JB*	1701*	John	Cherry Valley NY	USA	FN22pt	40	7.072	PSK31
41	24 Aug	03:38	K4LEA	1746	Les	Greer SC	USA	EM84uw	40	7.071	PSK31
42	24 Aug	04:14	HO100CANAL	--	Victor	Panama City, Panama	Panama	FJ08bn	20	14.072	PSK31
43	24 Aug	04:38	WA7RLL	--	Don	Mesa AZ	USA	DM43cl	20	14.071	PSK31
44	24 Aug	04:45	RA4LY	--	Gena	Ulyanovsk, European Russia	European Russia	LO44gi	20	14.071	PSK31
45	24 Aug	04:52	KL7GLL	--	Don	Reston VA	USA	FM18hx	20	14.071	PSK31
46	24 Aug	04:54	W9EXP	--	Ted	Lake Worth FL	USA	EL96vo	20	14.071	PSK31
47	24 Aug	05:08	W4FDT	--	DeWayne	Trion GA	USA	EM74in	20	14.071	PSK31
48	24 Aug	05:15	WA6OVP	--	Tom	Sparks NV	USA	DM09dn	20	14.070	PSK31
49	24 Aug	05:21	ND6S	--	Ray	Sutter Creek CA	USA	CM98oj	20	14.070	PSK31
50	24 Aug	05:25	K4LEA*	1746*	Les	Greer SC	USA	EM84uw	20	14.070	PSK31
51	24 Aug	05:29	WI3L	601	Gary	Collegeville PA	USA	FN20ge	20	14.070	PSK31
52	24 Aug	05:37	WA7HDZ	404	Larry	Richland WA	USA	DN06if	20	14.070	PSK31
53	24 Aug	05:53	KA1PPV	1482	Joe	Stamford CT	USA	FN31fc	40	7.071	PSK31
54	24 Aug	05:58	VE3NOO*	--	Michael	Bath ON, Canada	Canada	FN14nd	40	7.072	PSK31
55	24 Aug	06:06	K2RNO	--	Bill	Belleville NJ	USA	FN20ws	40	7.072	PSK31

August 24, 2014 - IK1AMC

After an one hour trip through the hills of the Piedmont region, I arrived in the small town of Sale Langhe at 480 meters height above sea level .

This small town is located amid the beautiful hills of the Langhe area of Piedmont region in the North West of Italy.

The Langhe area is known for its cuisine, for its wine and truffles.

You can see below in Google Maps and Street View the exact QTH of my APE 2014 Expedition and my Home QTH :

This year has collaborated with me for the APE 2014 performance the SWL station I1-0555-GE Davide.

This is a picture of my QRP Radio Station in Sale Langhe:

My rig :

Radio: Yaesu FT-857D set on 10 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 4:1 : home made

Antenna Tuner: Z-11Pro LDG

Power Supply: 1 Battery 12v/12Ah (radio), 1 Battery 12v/7Ah (PC)

Below there is the Log , many 73 de IK1AMC Gilio.

24 Aug 2014 2E0DDM England BPSK31 14,070 599 09:48

24 Aug 2014 IW9HDT Italia BPSK31 14,070 599 09:56

24 Aug 2014 M0NPT England BPSK31 14,070 599 09:59

24 Aug 2014 SP1TJ Polonia BPSK31 14,070 599 10:04

24 Aug 2014 AN01RJ Spagna BPSK31 14,070 599 10:10 Special Call for the crowned King Felipe

24 Aug 2014 UY9IF Ucraina BPSK31 21,070 599 10:14

24 Aug 2014 G0OJG England BPSK31 14,07 0 599 10:26

24 Aug 2014 GW1IPU/P England BPSK31 14,070 599 10:35

24 Aug 2014 IT9CCB Italia BPSK31 21,070 599 10:41

24 Aug 2014 IK7XTG Italia BPSK31 14,070 599 10:47

24 Aug 2014 YT2AD Serbia BPSK31 14,070 599 11:03

24 Aug 2014 HF2014SMP Polonia BPSK31 14,070 599 11:13 Polish commemorative station

24 Aug 2014 OZ/DL7MST Danimarca BPSK31 14,070 599 11:16

24 Aug 2014 SQ1NDR Polonia BPSK31 14,070 599 11:27

24 Aug 2014 PD1DHT Olanda BPSK31 14,070 599 11:30

24 Aug 2014 SP1MGM Polonia BPSK31 14,070 599 11:36

24 Aug 2014 Z31MM Macedonia BPSK31 14,070 599 11:39

24 Aug 2014 SP4TXI Polonia BPSK31 14,070 599 11:42

24 Aug 2014 G3PGA England BPSK31 14,070 599 11:45

24 Aug 2014 DL2TW Germany BPSK31 14,070 599 11:53

24 Aug 2014 G3ZCH England BPSK31 14,070 599 11:57

24 Aug 2014 2I0LDC Irlanda del Nord BPSK31 14,070 599 12:00

24 Aug 2014 2E0CWE England BPSK31 14,070 599 12:05

24 Aug 2014 OZ1BZJ Danimarca BPSK31 14,07 599 12:08

24 Aug 2014 SV1EAG Grecia BPSK31 14,070 599 12:15

Planned 2024 APE Stations

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Aug	CALL	070#	QTH	TIME UTC	BAND(s)	NOTES	OFFICIAL?
10-20	NY7H	2797	Several Westerm States	TBA	TBA	20 Grids Activation and 42 parks	OFFICIAL
12-26	KC3EF	747	OH, IL, IN, MN, ND, SD	TBA	TBA	files/2024_August_North_Central_Grids.pdf	OFFICIAL
6-12	N7MEB	2774	Newfoundland	TBA	TBA	Using N7MEB and VO1AA from GN36, GN37, and GN38	OFFICIAL
26-28	WA5AMM	2827	NC Mountains	TBA	80-10	Possible POTA activation also. Grids TBD	OFFICIAL

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