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