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| C37AC qth looking North |
Last friday, April18th, members of ARDAM activated several stations in Andorra with its call C37AC. One of the efforts they did was installing one station 2000 mtrs asl to work HF and 6 meters.
Operation on 6 meters from Andorra is nearly impossible from fixed stations due to very high mountains around, and any serious operation in this band requires to go portable to a place with better takeoff.
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| C31CT calling on 6 and another C3 on HF inside the shack |
My good friend Salvador, C31CT, proposed me to visit them and give some advice about working dx on 6 meters. So i phoned my father EA3LL and we went to Andorra. After few hours driving we arrived at 11 am and we help them to put up the antenna. At 12 am Salva, C31CT, started calling CQ on 6 meters beaming to ZS, beacon mode, while working HF.
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| 5 elements beaming ZS |
Station was a TS2000 and a 5 elements yagi we had to install 40 meters away in order to avoid some big trees to south west.
We explained them how works this magic band. Most important, to be patient and be qrv. And they learned it as, after many hours of calling and calling, some DX appeared. First DX was V51YJ, who was very strong, s9+. His beacon on 50028 was heard for three hours. Later Salva worked ZS6NK, ZS6AYE, ZS4TX/6, ZS6WN. And just before leaving the mountain Salva worked PY1RO. C37AC worked a dozen
of nearby stations ( F, EA3 and EA6) too.
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| beaming to V5 |
At 10 pm they had to qrt and we returned home, where we arrived at 2 am, a bit tired and very happy some good friends had added a new country on 6 meters and with the promise from our C3 friends that they will be more often qrv on 6 meters.
73 EA3AKY
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| EA3AKY looking for WiFi signals... |
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| EA3LL still young at his 79 years |
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| 6 m antenna site |
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| C31CT as C37AC on 6 m |
OK1BIL, OK1DBS, OK1DOL, OK1FIK, OK1NP and OK1XC will be active as
MJ0ICD from Jersey (EU-013) on 21-27 July, IOTA Contest
included.
They will be QRV with two stations on 160-10 metres
SSB, CW and
digital modes, possibly with some activity on 6 meters and 2 meters.
QSL via
OK1BIL, direct or bureau.
Kei, HL2UVH, informs 6M6M will be qrv again this summer on 6 meters. They will be qrv from 1st of June to the 31st July, and main operation will be 20 to 23 June from JEJU Island AS-026. They worked several EU stations last 2013 (UR4LRG, HA0DU, HA5PT, HA8CE, HA8IB and EA3AKY) and they hope to work more stations this 2014. I worked them on June 29th at 06.50 gmt and i was hearing them for 30 minutes.
Each year on 18 April, radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day. On that day in 1925 the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded. Activities on the occasion of World Amateur Radio Day can be a great opportunity to reinforce the friendship between them and spread the word about what the "hams" are doing in the 21st Century. This day ARDAM Ass. with his call C37AC will be active on HF bands mountain top at 2000 Mtrs asl with special attention to 6 meters direction W and S.
T6DD is the callsign issued for Dragan, 4O4A to use through 15 September. He will be QRV from Mazar in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan on 80 - 6 metres mainly CW. QSL via home call
(direct), LoTW and eQSL; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. The
operation has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX The Daily DX/425 DX News #1194]