A92IO new one on 6m band

The dx season on 6m band started very well here with a new one for me.Yesterday evening i was able to copy weak on 50.107 cw A92IO Dave.RST was 519 deep qsb.After a long try Dave heard me with rst 449.Very hard qso.Tnx Dave for his patience !
Gl all on 6m band !
P.S My setup on 6m band is YAESU FT2000,8el 2WL dk7zb homemade @ 15m

73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

KP4AO Puerto Rico new one on 432mhz EME

This setup 4x19el DK7ZB homemade by SV2RM and 50w output from the KENWOOD TS2000X was enough to work KP4AO via EME on 432mhz last night.Joe K1JT during the last hour operation gave me the opportunity to work the station on JT65B.
Thank you guys !!! Great Job !!
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

First e sporadic for 2010 on 6m band

Yesterday we had the first e sporadic for 2010 on 6m band.
Started around 17:00z between SV9 -9A and I

9A5CW     50045.7 SV9GPV      sporadic E !! 559 1651 09 Apr Crete

Then my good friend Fotis SV2JL worked IS0 station and heard F

SV2JL     50098.0 IS0GQX        599 tnx 1848 09 Apr Sardinia

Also my good friend George SV8RX had qso with I

SV8RX-@ 50098.0 IK2HDF via [L]direct, eqsl, lotw. Massimo 1818 09 Apr Italy

And of course the "magic" beacon.It is always there when the e sporadic is on !!!
I am talking about SV3BSF/B.I had written for this beacon and the impressive number of dx spots here http://sv2dcd.blogspot.com/2009/08/impressive-number-of-dx-spots-for.html
What a great location must be for a 6m enthousiast !!
Anyway it is very promising that the first e sporadic on 6m band came early !
Isn't it ???
Good luck all on magic band !!
de Leo SV2DCD

The ORBITRON 12' EME dish installation project

The ORBITRON 12' EME dish installation project has began today.If the weather will be good during this weekend we will be ready to test the dish during the KP4AO 432Mhz EME project.
Wish as luck..
de SV2DCD,SV2RM

48.250mhz TVE analog switch off

I remember myself as a kid trying to receive the TVE (TV ESPANIA) on VHF ch E2
48.250 mhz during the E sporadic seasons.Then i was running to the radio !
How many years of activity for this transmitter ??? Must me many decades !
Well as from yesterday the 48.250 mhz TVE1 Navacerrada is switched off due to
analog switch off and upgrade to DTT.
It was a great e sporadic indicator for years.
Well,memories.......
Happy Easter to all !
de SV2DCD Leo

Happy Easter

Happy Easter de SV2DCD Leo

4m band beacon in VR2 Hong Kong

From http://www.harts-web.org/

The Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (HARTS) is operating a 4m band beacon with temporary permit from the local telecommunication authority.
Callsign: VR2FOUR
Frequency: 71.575MHz (CW)
Power: 3W
Location: Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong (OL42AL)
Operating Hour: 1500 - 0300 UTC
Message in CW: VR2FOUR QTH OL42AL
Expiry of the temporary permit: 31.8.2010
Thank you very much for your kind attention.

25 March Independence day

I shall always recognize you

by the dreadful sword you hold

as the Earth with searching vision

you survey with spirit bold.


From the Greeks of old whose dying

brought to life and spirit free

now with ancient valour rising

let us hail you, oh Liberty!

10m band scatter qso's with stateside this evening

This evening had my first stateside qso's on 10m band ssb after many years.The strange thing was that when my antenna was pointed 315deg to stateside i was not able to copy anything.The qso's were made while my antenna was pointed 275deg to caribbean.The signals were not so strong but enough to complete on ssb.Cu again tomorrow.
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

TEP propagation is back on 6m band

Great number of TEP DX spots on 6m band for this month !
Take a look here

CE3SX          50082.0 TI2NA/B      FF46RNEJ89 Still 539          0233 19 Mar   Costa Rica
CE3SX          50110.0 TI2ALF       FF46RNEJ79XV 53               0217 19 Mar   Costa Rica
CE3SX          50110.0 TI5KD        FF46RNEK70RC 53               0212 19 Mar   Costa Rica
EA8AK-@        50110.0 EA8AK        CQ TEP                             1749 18 Mar   Not Found
CE3SX          50110.0 9Z4CT        FF46RNFK90FR 53               0206 18 Mar   Trinidad & T
CE3SX          50036.0 OA4B/B       FF46RNFH17MW 519              0133 18 Mar   Peru
CE3SX          50082.0 TI2NA/B      FF46RNEJ89 539                0125 18 Mar   Costa Rica
CE3SX          50105.0 HP3TA        FF46RNEJ88SP 1st sig 2day     0123 18 Mar   Panama
PP5XX          50110.0 KP4N         59 also CT3 + EA8 TEP              2334 17 Mar   Puerto Rico
PY2SRB         50130.0 EA8YT        IM18gg48 55                   2308 17 Mar   Canary Islands
PP5XX          50110.1 EA8BPX       cq cq 59++ TEP                     2300 17 Mar   Canary Islands
PP5XX          50110.0 EA8YT        59++ listem 50.130 TEP             2245 17 Mar   Canary Islands
PP5XX          50115.0 EA8BPX       59+ tep                            2236 17 Mar   Canary Islands
EA6SX          50032.8 ZD8VHF/B     II22jm19 529 stedy            2120 17 Mar   Ascension Island
CT1FFU         50032.0 ZD8VHF       519 TEP                            2058 17 Mar   Ascension Island
EA6SX          50021.2 9Q1D         JI75IQJM19IK 419 Buildin      1916 17 Mar   Rep. of Congo
EA6VQ          50021.0 9Q1D/B       JM19MPJI75 529                1915 17 Mar   Rep. of Congo
EA6SX          50021.2 9Q1D/B       319 tep also                       1913 17 Mar   Rep. of Congo
CT1FFU         50002.0 Z21SIX/B     519 TEP                            1910 17 Mar   Zimbabwe
EA5EF-@        50001.9 Z21SIX       IM99KH52  529 deep QSB        1740 17 Mar   Zimbabwe
EA6VQ          50001.8 Z21SIX/B     JM19MPKH52ND 539              1658 17 Mar   Zimbabwe
EA6VQ          50001.9 Z21SIX/B     JM19MPKH52ND 529              1650 17 Mar   Zimbabwe
EA6VQ          50002.0 Z21SIX/B     JM19MPKH52ND 519              1640 17 Mar   Zimbabwe
EA6VQ          50048.3 TR0A/B       JM19MPJJ40 319                1621 16 Mar   Gabon
VK6KXW         50001.0 C1TV         OF87JROM44 scatter bursts     1034 16 Mar   Not Found
E51CG          50068.0 K6FV/B       BG08CTCM87UL                  0905 16 Mar   United States
HP3TA-@        50110.0 PY5HOT       57-58 nice sigs via TEP            0121 16 Mar   Brazil
PY2MTV         50110.0 9Y4D         FK90GG66 57 INTO GG66         0013 16 Mar   Trinidad & T
CT1FFU         50110.0 PY/LU        Anyone QRV test TEP ?              2059 15 Mar   Brazil
VK3OT          50017.0 JA6YBR       QF12AG>PM51RT TEP                  0612 15 Mar   Japan
VK3OT          50000.9 UA0TV        QF12AGPN53 Just in buildi     0608 15 Mar   Asiatic Russia
IT9CJC-@       50021.0 9Q1D/B       JM76 <TEP> JI75 529 steady   2027 14 Mar   Rep. of Congo
EA5EF          50021.0 9Q1D/B       IM99-TEP-JI75 steady529            1952 14 Mar   Rep. of Congo
EA6VQ          50021.0 9Q1D/B       JM19MPJI75                    1918 14 Mar   Rep. of Congo
KG6DX          50310.0 VK8VF/B      QK23PH57                      1328 13 Mar   Australia
KG6DX          50075.0 VR2SIX/B     QK23OL72                      1219 13 Mar   Hong Kong
KG6DX          50001.0 BV2YA/B      QK23PL05                      1219 13 Mar   Taiwan
VK3OT          50109.8 JE6AZU       QF12AGPM51 CQ PACIFIC         0656 13 Mar   Japan
VK3OT          50109.7 JO6CVP       QF12AG QSB out                0654 13 Mar   Japan
VK3AKK         50175.0 JR6EXN       PM53PM53 CQ 5x9               0554 13 Mar   Japan
VK3AKK         50017.0 JA6YBR       QF21PM51RT                    0551 13 Mar   Japan
VK3AKK         50110.7 JR2HCB       QF21PM85NC                    0530 13 Mar   Japan
CT1FFU         50048.0 TR0A         in 519 QSB, weak TEP               1814 12 Mar   Gabon
CE3SX          50082.0 TI2NA/B      FF46RNEJ89 419                0217 12 Mar   Costa Rica
CE3SX          50081.0 TI2NA/B      FF46RNEJ89 419                0146 10 Mar   Costa Rica
XE3ARV         50067.0 LU5FB/B      ff97ek59 559                  2237 09 Mar   Argentina
CE3SX          50082.0 TI2NA/B      FF46RNEJ89 519                0117 09 Mar   Costa Rica
CE3SX          50025.0 YV4AB/B      FF46RNFK50 529                0056 09 Mar   Venezuela
PY4AQA-@       50110.0 TI7/N5BEK    53 / 57 qsb tnx GG88<>EK70    0019 07 Mar   Costa Rica
PY4AQA-@       50110.0 TI5XP        56/57 qsb tnx GG88EK70        0002 07 Mar   Costa Rica
XE3ARV         50110.0 CX8DS        GF15EK59 TNX OSCAR            2247 06 Mar   Uruguay
XE3ARV         50110.0 LU6DLB       GF05EK59 5/9                  2243 06 Mar   Argentina
XE3ARV         50063.0 LU8EML/B     GF15EK59                      2222 06 Mar   Argentina
XE3ARV         50063.5 LU8EML/B     GFEK59 559                    2216 06 Mar   Argentina
XE3ARV         50038.0 LU5EGY/B     GF05EK59 559                  2212 06 Mar   Argentina
CE3SX          50025.0 YV4AB/B      FF46RNFK50 529                0136 06 Mar   Venezuela
XE3ARV         50037.0 LU5EGY/B     GF05(TEP)EK50 579                  2236 05 Mar   Argentina
CT1FFU         50110.0 CQ6M         cq Africa/SA  TEP                  1806 04 Mar   Portugal
ZS6NK-@        50499.0 5B4CY        TEP cq 110 cw                      1239 04 Mar   Cyprus
ZS6NK-@        50077.0 OD5SIX       TEP cq 50110                       1238 04 Mar   Lebanon
CT1FFU         50033.0 ZD8VHF       yes, 519  TEP                      2317 01 Mar   Ascension Island
VK3ZAZ         50000.1 UA0TV        QF13PN53 Afternoon TEP st     0536 01 Mar   Asiatic Russia

What a great day for ski !!!

I wonder how lucky are we here in Kastoria.
Only 25 minutes drive and there you are ! Vitsi ski center !
Surely this is a small ski center.But here you can ski as many times as you want, and that ever since the wait is no more than 3-4 minutes.
The distance from the town of Kastoria is only 22 km and most of the route is through a dense beech forest.
In Ski Resort you will find:
3 ski slopes (1000-1400-1850 m)
Track Snowboard (1000 m.)
Track Beginners by Baby-Lift
Routes specifically Snowboard
Ski School
Ski-Snowboard Rentals
In the area of the ski centers are:
Restaurant Grill and Taverna
Snow-Bar for coffee and drinks overlooking the slopes

DXrobot now also supports 70 MHz band

PE1WNL reports

Dear DXrobot user,

Please be informed that from now on the DXrobot also supports the 4M band
(70 MHz).

In addition to the 6M and 2M daily listings of DXspots, daily overviews of
4M DXspots are now also available via the mailinglist 'dailydx-70'. See
the example below.

Go to http://gooddx.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/dailydx-70 to subscribe.

73,
Allard -PE1NWL

After a long time a new one in the log !! T32BJ Christmas Isl,Eastern Kiribati

Don G3BJ is active from Christmas Island (OC-024) Eastern Kiribati as T32BJ.
I worked him this morning around 06:30z on 40m cw for a new one !!
Don will be qrv until 26 January
Tnx for the new one sir !!
Good luck all de SV2DCD Leo

A great visit before new year's coming !

Two days before the new year's coming i had a great visit in my qth.One of best and famous dxers of the world Hrane YT1AD visited Kastoria for some hours.It was a great pleasure for me to meet this big dxer.More info about Hrane at http://www.yt1ad.info/

HNY 2010 to all de SV2DCD Leonidas

A9 Kingdom of Bahrain qrv on 4m band !!

Dave EI3IO reports

In a major spectrum consultation exercise launched by the Bahraini telecommunications regulator, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), seeks comments inter alia on whether all or parts of the band 69.95 - 70.5 MHz should be offered to the amateur service in Bahrain for propagation experiments. The consultation document (which also seeks comments on 500 kHz and 5 MHz) can be downloaded from http://www.tra.org.bh.

A new National Frequency Plan has also been published which allocates the band 50-50.5 MHz to the amateur service on a national primary basis and 50.5 - 52 MHz to the amateur service on a national secondary basis. New arrangements are also included for 136 kHz, 1.8 MHz 7 MHz and 430 MHz.

CQ WW CW MONITORING !!!!!

Denis SV8RV just send me a very interesting email

His station works with a powerful PC as a monitoring station in cw CQWW CONTEST. It uses the latest technology QS1R receiver who is scheduled to act as receiver to 7 bands of HF Simultaneously and decodes 96 KHZ in each band the same time. Everything emits CQ recorded and passed on the petition and the www.reversebeacon.net www.pskrporter.info

Statistical reports you can see here. http://www.pskreporter.info/cgi-bin/pskstats.pl

In the attached picture you can see that the system enough to use both at around 1400 decoders ie as if we were 1400 operators and looking for us.

Take the statistics very carefully. The statistical analysis of the reports should be made at the end of the contest. It all of course they are made thanks to the innovative software VE3NEA (skimmer server)

73 de SV8RV


NO COMMENTS........ !!!!!

ON Belgium on 4m band

From www.70mhz.org

The Council of the BIPT decided in accordance with Article 13 of the Act of June 13, 2005 on electronic communications, to authorize all holders of a Avergunning Radio amateurs (HAREC) to the frequency 69.950 MHz on a secondary basis Using a power of 10 W EIRP and a maximum bandwidth of 10 kHz. Radio Amateurs who wish to perform experiments at this frequency, are required for this first the Institute to report by letter or by e-mail address ram-nl@bipt.be. This Decision shall enter into force on the day it is published (Ed. 19 Nov. 2009).

LA Norway now qrv on 4m band !!

Bo 0Z2M reports @ www.70mhz.org

As of 5 November 2009 Norway has added 70 MHz to the radio amateur bands in Norway, Svalbard, Bear Island, Jan Mayen, Bouvet Island, Peter I Island and the Norwegian land areas on Antarctica.

Frequency spans: 70,0625-70,0875 MHz, 70,1375-70,1875 MHz, 70,2625-70,3125 MHz, 70,3625-70,3875 MHz and 70,4125-70,4625 MHz. Power limit is 100 W.


Great news !!!!

The youngest radio amateurs in Greece !!

12 years old Anna and 13 years old Nick are the youngest radio amateurs in Greece.

Great news and well done Spiros (SV8CS) and George (SV8RX) !!!

I wish both many great qso !!

New one # 321 ! TX3A in the log !

Just worked on 30m cw TX3A.
A new one for me.
Nice to see my worked dxcc countries at number 321
Good luck all
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

OH Finland now qrv on 4m band !!

Great news from http://www.70mhz.org/

Bo,OZ2M writes

As of today Ficora, the Finnish regulator, has granted access to the 4 m band in Finland

Frequency slots: 70,000-70,175 MHz and 70,225 - 70,300 MHz. Maximum power is 25 W, 30 W or 100 W depending on location and license class.

Transmission is not permitted:

- within Lieksa, lomants, Joensuu, Kontiolahti, Polvijärvi, Juuka, Nurmes, Valtimo, Kuhmo, Hyrynsalmi, Suomussalmi, Ristijärvi och Sotkamo municipalities

- transmission less than 50 km from the boarder to Russia is only permitted with the antenna main loop pointing away from 0°-180°

- maximum transmission power is limited to 25 W when distance to the Norwegian and Swedish boarders are less than 50 km

Only locators KP53 & KP54 can't be QRV.

Great news for the 70mhz band operators !!!

Good luck with this challenge

73 de SV2DCD Leo

The Dawn of a New Era.YAESU FTDX5000MP

Analog switch-off for Digital switchover TV and what this means for an amateur radio station !!

Good friend Bo,OZ2M reports today

Hello

Then came the final night when the analog TV transmitters were closed. I was very
wonder what it would mean for me since I live only 3 km in a direct line
from Gladsaxe transmitter on channel 4th

It meant something then? YES it did!

Before I had the intermodulation between P3 at 93.9 MHz and the sideband noise of
K4. It has now disappeared. Overall, 6-10 dB improvement and dust the floor is now
almost fell. Directly at the transmitter is improving even better though
I do not have any measurements of it.

So the transition from analog TV to digital TV appears to be an unconditional
success here in Herlev.

XR0Y on the air and in the log

The XR0Y team is on the air.Victoria SV2KBS and the other members of the team started this morning on 40m ssb.Good 59 copy here in NW Greece.Worked on 7.083 8kcs up from their tx qrg 7.075

Now waiting badly for TX3A Chesterfield Islands.This would be a new one for me !

Good luck all

73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

CQWW SSB CONTEST 2009

The CQWW DX SSB contest is over.I was active for about 16 hours on category
SINGLE OPERATOR 40M/(A) HP.My result is 1334 qso's 36 cq zones and 133 dxcc countries with
a total score of 376,701.
The wx conditions during the weekend were very bad.Sometimes the rain static was s9
making a lot of trouble to copy any weak station.The propagation was in good shape.
Some good dx stations in the log from central and south america,africa,hawai (KH7XS)
and pacific (3D2KJ).
I lost zone 1 KL7RA.Very hard to copy due qrm.Also zones 36,37 and 39.
My working conditions
Antenna OPTIBEAM OB12-4 (2EL on 40m)
Antenna RX 4
Rig Yaesu FT2000

CU all in the next one

Some maintenance before winter

Some DX in the log after a long time

In the last two weeks my logbook seems to get some DX again after a long time.
FT5GA,TX5SPA,3D20CR,XV3RRC are some good ones and there are more to come (i hope) like TX5SPM,K4M,XR0Y,TX3A.
10m band seems to give as the oportunity to work some dx during the afternoon with Africa and South America.I have heard a couple of times the Z21ANB,3B8MS beacons,worked FT5GA and TL0A and of course many PY's and LU's.
Yesterday conditions on 40m band was very good.3D20CR during the afternoon was 59+ on cw and on rtty also.Really impressive signal from Conway Reff !!
Let's hope for such good conditions during the CQ WW DX SSB contest.
Good luck all de SV2DCD Leo

Summer 2009

SV2AGW & SV2DCD at St.Nicholas Zakynthos
No comments.......

The time has come !

The time for vacations has come.Tomorrow i am leaving for Zakynthos island as i do every year.My good friend SV2AGW is already on the island.Also my local good friends waiting for me SV8CS,SV8RX,SV8RV,SV8YM,SV8AXZ.This year another ham party will take place with lots of traditional food and of course the local Verdea wine ! More pictures to come .
73 de SV2DCD Leo

The impressive number of dx spots for SV3BSF/B 6m beacon

It is really impressive!!! There is no day since April 2009 whith out a dx spot for SV3BSF/B 6m beacon copied via es !! The beacon is located in KM08UF grid square qrg 50.0759 Mhz 5Watt Homebrew (SV3BSF) TX and the antenna is a 2el DK7ZB design looking @ 320 deg
Go to http://www.dxsummit.fi/Search.aspx and enter SV3BSF/B into the search string checking the maximun number of spots
Really impressive!And we are not yet finished with the es !