September 24, 2009
Transatlantic Experiment
During the Persieds shower my antenna was pointing to Newfoundland the entire time listening for VO1/DM8MM. Although several times the computer decoded letters and letter groups from callsigns i wasn't able to find anything that I can confidently say was a real burst :-(
I look forward to hearing the full story from Fred but meanwhile I would like to express my sincere thanks for his enormous effort to travel to Canada and set up the station.
Fred posted this video on YouTube recently
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=IDk1fNSc9t0
September 13, 2009
G-OY Tropo Ducting
The take-off to the North from IO70jc is quite poor with a high granite hill just a few km from here. I saw OY4TN working EI on tropo and thought I'll try beaming that way just to maybe get some pings, I didn't hear any any but asked him for a sked on KST chat. I called for a minute and was amazed when he came straight back to me.
14:45 144.300MHz OY4TN 519 519 IP62nb 1335km CW Tropo
Hmm....can't get the thumbnail to work but one click above shows a map of the path, just neatly skimming between the coasts for a near perfect sea path from IO70jc to IP62nb
I am sure this will be one of the most memorable QSO's ever from this location, completely unexpected.
A nice new DXCC #56 from here.