First photos from AEGEAN VHF CONTEST

SV2DCD/ back ON AIR

SV2DCD/B is back on air from KN00LI 1.800m asl
QRG:144.440
OUTPUT POWER : 5W
ANT:2X6el DK7ZB @ 330dgr + 2X5el F9FT @ 180dgr
PSE REPORT

73 de SV2DCD

EA1DDU Spain new one on 4m band

Yesterday afternoon around 18:00 z as i was listening on 70.200 ssb i heard Domi EA1DDU calling "cq es 4m". Bingo ! The report was 55 both sides and the qso done.This is a "new one" for me on 4m band and 1st ever qso between Spain and Greece on 70mhz.When i finished the qso with Domi he passed the mic to another station.I think she was a yl but the qsb was fast and lost them. 10 min later i had also qso with EA6VQ ssb and cw with booming signals.
My setup on 4m band is 9el 10m boom DK7ZB homemade and YAESU FT-847.
EA, EA6, EA8, EA9 stations have, as of 22 June, been allowed back onto 70 MHz until June 2010.
70.150 MHz +/- 6 kHz and 70.200 MHz +/- 6 kHz using 10W

Tnx Domi for the nice qso !

Summer !! Where ??

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D44TD Cape Verde New one on 4m band

Yesterday i had qso on 4m band 70.200mhz SSB at with Xara D44TD.
His locator is HK86NO and the qrb is 4970 km a new DX world record for multi hop es on 4m band.Xara was very strong on 6m band 50.120 peaking over s9.
I asked him to qsy on 70.200 ssb first at around 17:50z.No copy at that time.
Second try was after 10min while his signal on 6m was building more.No copy also.
Then at 18:09 third try i had him on 70.200 SSB rst 44 !!!!!
Tnx Xara for the nice qso and new one for me!!!

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Screens from SV5BYR 6m JT6M qso

Tnx Mike !!!

D44TD Cape Verde now qrv on 4m band

CTIHZE Joe reports that D44TD is now qrv on 4m band with FT847 and 4el yagi.
Great news from Joe and a big challenge for me to work D44TD on 4m band with a distance > 5000km which is at least 3 hops es.
Good luck all with this nice dx on 4m band

First multi-hop e sporadic on 6m for the season

Yesterday afternoon @ 18:05z on 6m band i had qso with Pedro NP4A.His signal was 52.After 2 minutes i had another qso with WP3UX Willem.This was the first multi-hop e sporadic on 6m band for the season.I was able to copy both inband for more that 45 min.Happy that the "magic band" is starting to give us DX stations.Hope for more in the next days.
Here is an mp3 file to listen how i heard NP4A yesterday http://users.otenet.gr/~macsat/np4a.mp3

My antenna is 8el 2WL homemade and rig YAESU FT2000

73 all good luck on 6m band
de SV2DCD Leo

New 50mhz homemade antenna

This is my new 6m band homemade antenna which replaced the old 5el DK7ZB homemade also.
It is 8el 12,3m boom DK7ZB style.
Info about this antenna here http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/6m/828.htm
Tnx for the help SV2RM Steve and SV2FNH Theo
See you all on magic band !!!
73 de SV2DCD Leo

Approximate Sensivity Comparisons for CW,JT65B and WSPR

Happy easter

Help to keep GB3MCB on air

G3ZYY reports

Hi All, I have just posted the following on the UKSMG site and thought you guys would also be interested:

Many of you will be unaware that the GB3MCB beacons comprising beacons for 2m 4m 6m and 70cms are due to be switched off on April 2nd due to lack of funding. Full details of the background to this will appear in
a forthcoming 'Six News' but in brief, the Mid Cornwall Beacon and
Repeater Group, which has a relatively small contributory user base, has insufficient funds to run all of the transmitters associated with the group. The groups main function until recently has been the upkeep of their 2m and 70cm Repeaters but they have now become responsible for the beacon system also.

From a 6m point of view, the good news is that UKSMG have stepped in to
ensure funds are available to allow the 6m beacon to continue. The
other beacons are expected to shut down in about two weeks time. It is
not within our (UKSMG) remit to directly help fund the remaining beacons however, it would not take a great deal of funding to keep all of these beacons running for the coming year at least, and probably into the forseeable future.

Details of contacts for the group for anyone wishing to help with funding are available here:
http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.francks/GB3NC.htm
However, it seems to me that a co-ordinated approach by groups with a
vested interest in individual beacons (as we UKSMG have done) would be
the best approach to ensure the beacons remained active although please
note the short timescales involved. As a rough guide, it costs
approximately £2 per week per beacon to provide electricity or about
£120 per year. A small cost when the benefits are considered

2m EME antenna almost ready

More info and photos to come..

Austrian 4 m beacon QRV in summer

Peter OE5MPL have good news about a new 4m beacon
Reports :

I am happy to announce, that we have received a license to operate a beacon on the 4 m band.

We did not get the vanity call OE5FOUR. Instead we got OE5QL. This is no Amateur Radio Call the Austrian PTT said. It is an Experimental Operation Radio Call.

Well, there are some restrictions. Time limit is 1 June and until 31 August 2009. Transmission is only 2 minutes per sequence between 04:00 and 19:47 UTC. Each sequence begins at full hour +00 min., +15 min., +30 min. and +45 min, e.g. 04:00-04:02, 04:15-04:17, 04:30-03:32 and 04:45-04:47. Transmission power is 1 W ERP the first minute of each sequence and 5 W ERP the second minute of each sequence.

If the beacon does not interfere with services outside of Austria, an extension is possible after August 2009 the Austrian PTT said.

Anyway after August 2009 we will try to negotiations for 24/7 duration period for the beacon.

This is just the first step, following the offered directives of our PTT in Vienna.

The beacon frequency is 70,045 MHz, location for the beacon JN78CJ, 860 mASL and the antenna a Half-Wave Vertical with Collins Filter design DK7ZB/OZ2M will be used.

73
Peter, OE5MPL

EA6SX 4m and FJ5DX 6m qsl cards received

80m λ/4 vertical up again !!

After a long time the vertical for 80m band is up again !
Local amateur radio friends helped me and the antenna is up with nice results.Wkd FW5RE and some other dx with a couple of calls.
The antenna tuned great on cw 1.2vswr and ssb 1.6vswr.
There are almost 100 radials in the ground 20m length each.
The big test for the antenna will be KP5.
Are you ready??
Good luck de SV2DCD Leo

Satellite internet instalation in Gjirokastër,Albania

Yesterday i had the opportunity to travel in Gjirokaster (or Argyrokastro in Greek) Albania for the installation of a satellite system providing broadband connection 1Mbps via HELLASSAT 2 at 39deg east.
It is not possible to have a broadband connection through a local provider in Gjirokaster so this solution was the only way.
The system receives and also transmits through the LNB with a maximum power 0,5w on 12ghz
Two cables are ending in the modem and through an ethernet port you can connect your pc to the internet.
I think that this could be a nice idea for some dx peditions in places that there is no local broadband connection.
More info about the satellite provider at http://broadband.hellas-sat.net/

New satellite meter with spectrum analyzer

This is my new satellite meter with spectrum analyzer for my work TRIMAX SM-2500 made in USA.
I bought it brand new and costed 510 euro.
Some features :

• Shows strength and quality readings
• Shows channel picture
• Shows both S/N and C/N
• Show numerical reading and bar reading
• Completely programmable by the user
• Signal Lock Light
• Audio tone
• 3.5 inch TFT LCD Screen
• DiSEqC Control
• 22KHz Control
• Indicator Lights for 13/18 volts
• Indicator lights for 22 KHz
• Calculates Azimuth and Elevation
• USB port for software upgrades
• Global AC power charger included
• 12VDC power car charger included
• Carrying case included
• Neck strap included
• USB software upgrade cable included

4m ba(n)d news...No authorization for Italian stations this year

IK4PMB reports :

Hi all
Today I read that Italian Ministry of communications didn't renew 4m licence due to opposite judgment from defence ministry.
I don't know if something will change in the future...

Here a copy of the document:

http://www.cisar.it/images/stories/ministero/com_min_70_rinnovo_2009.pdf


73 de Anto IK4PMB

Snow again

fb signals from FW5RE Wallis Island

It's been a couple of days that FW5RE team is on air from Wallis Island.The signals coming through during our sunrise and sunset are great.Always 599 copy on 80m,40m,30m and 20m as well.The team updates a website with news,photos and online logbook at

http://www.ha0du.com/index.php

Good luck all
de SV2DCD Leo

Norway gets 4 m allocation !

LB9VE reports


We will get access to 70,0-70.5 MHz, in the same way as Denmark. Some of the "channels" are in use by PMR, and we will get acces to them, when they become available.

Link (in Norwegian): http://www.nrrl.no/NewsArticle.asp?id=296
Google translated: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrrl.no%2FNewsArticle.asp%3Fid%3D296&sl=no&tl=en&ie=UTF-8

CN3A & 5D5A Log Online Search

http://www.cn3a.tk/

CN3A - 5D5A qso`s are also in the LoTW from ARRL, thanks to Spiros SV8CS

4m band news.Denmark increases allocation again.

Bo,OZ2M reports

As of 1 January 2009 Danish radio amateurs can also use the 70,225 MHz channel, i.e. the segment 70,2125-70,2375 MHz. This also means that two smaller segments are now joined into one segment 100 kHz wide.

For more details see the Danish bandplan: www.70mhz.org/bandplan_oz.htm

QSL.net & QTH.net Announcement

Al,K3TKJ reports


December 31, 2008

Dear fellow hams,

After 13 years of providing hams with no cost web space, e-mail forwarding and mailing list services through QSL.net and QTH.net, I have decided to retire. All QSL.net and QTH.net servers and Internet connections at my home QTH are being turned down.

Scott KA9FOX has graciously decided to pick up where I left off, and he is in the process of migrating all services to new hardware. See below for an update on the status of the migration.

I want to thank all of you for all of your support over the years, and I hope that you will support Scott as he takes over the reigns.

See you on the air!

73 - Al Waller, K3TKJ

E44M on the air

Nice signals coming through from the E44M team.
The team is active since this afternoon.I worked them on 40m and 20m cw and ssb.
More info about the dxpedition here http://www.dxcoffee.com/e44m/
Good luck all

Christmas holidays in Zagora, Phlio !!

One month ago I decided to book a room at ANASA HOTEL in Zagora of Pilio.

The owner, Alekos is a good friend of mine and a radio amateur of course, SV4ZQ who is active since the early 80’s.

Wednesday afternoon I was there. It was the first time,

I was visiting his hotel and the truth is I was thrilled. It is a combination of mountain and sea.

Zagora is the biggest village of Pilio. You can find many cafeterias, restaurants with great food and shops with the local products in the two main squares of the village.

Zagora is definitely one of the places to be during Christmas holidays.

It couldn't be better!

HNY de SV2DCD Leonidas

New 40m bandplan effective 29 March 2009

This is the new 40m bandplan effective 29 March 2009.
So no more split operation during big contests and the CQWW WPX CONTEST 2009 will be my first contest for testing my antenna in the new band section 7.100 - 7.200.
73 all and HAPPY NEW YEAR
de SV2DCD Leonidas

Merry Christmas !!

Merry Christmas
Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Joyeux Noël
Frohe Weihnachten
Buon Natale
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Natal
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
C Pождеством Xристовом
Sretan Božić
весела коледа
Срећан Божић
Veselé Vánoce
Glædelig jul
Hyvää joulua
Boldog Karácsonyt
Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus
God jul
Wesołych Świąt
Un Crăciun fericit
Vesel božič
Z Rizdvom Hrystovym

73 de SV2DCD Leo