| 27/5/97: RMVI QRV JUNE: My FT-650 is available for
the OH5AB/MVI, R1MVI expedition of this June 1997. I will
personally deliver it at OH5AB for inclusion with the
group. I have not been in contact with the organizers to
find out about the present license, but the rig will be
anyway available. Let's hope that the 50 MHz band is
already included at least in the MVI-license....de OH1ZAA
(source: GJ4ICD) OH1ZAA - Tuesday, May 27, 1997 at 15:26:23 (BST) I took a 3 element beam today to Joe Pater WB8GEX
who is headed to Crooked Island in the Bahamas. His grid
will be FL22 and his call will be C6AJR. He will be using
a Icom 736 and will operate on or near 50.125. QSL info
is to Joe Pater 1894 Old Oxford Road, Hamilton Ohio, USA
45013. For more info send him some e-mail to
jpater@aol.com He will arive on the island on May 30 and
leave on June 2... Today, May 24th at 10:41 GMT I worked yo7sv/p &
yo7vj/p with 4 watts and a dipole at 10 meters high. The
opening was very short though. Another great opening to SU today! Ezzat was weaker
this time at 5/8 at 1700 to 1745z :-)))) Barbados activity. I will activate Barbados (8P6)
during my holiday from July 3rd to July 16th. At this
moment I have a firm commitment at hand from the
Telecommunication unit of the Ministry of International
Trade & Business of Barbados, which says that a guest
license will be issued to me upon arrival. This activity
is not a 100% DXpedition, but a side activity to my
holiday. Emphasis will be given to 50 MHz and WARC bands.
(HF CW only) Equipment consists of an IC-706MKII, 4 el.
50 MHz yagi and wire antennas for HF. Location: near
Holetown on the West coast of Barbados (this might cause
a problem towards Europe as it looks there is a hill in
the way ...). On Internet Six News last jear ther was an
announcement for the modification of the Icom IC-706 to
activate the transmitter in the 70 Mhz band. It was
announced to be published in Ham Radio Today somwere in
1996. I like to know: Is this modification completed? Is
this article published? Has anybody some
information/documentation of this mod? Thanx in advance,
Richard, pe1ouc@dds.nl K D 4 A O Z / B ......5 0 . 0 1 6 M H
z.......Correct QRG? I was under the understanding that
US "unattended" 6m beacons must be placed
between 50.060-50.080MHz., Yes? Does anyone know this
fellow? -Mike Isn't it great when a plan comes together! Ezzat,
SU1ER, worked many stations this evening - including many
Gs (and myself). He was a good siganl so it won't be too
long before he works everyone! 7Z next. 73 chris Well ! even as I write this, the band is still open
.. way past dusk here. Here is a selection of who I have
heard this evening: 4z5ja (599), OE5NN (339)&(59),
YT1AU (57), S52B (449), S59A (59), LZ2FO (59), IK0FTA
(59), IK7UXY (57), DJ3TF (59), 9A7V (55), G3NVO (59),
G3FPQ (59), G3KOX ??, GJ4ICD (599). As well as a huge
pile-up on .109 I hope this is of interest, and as soon
as I can get something to transmit with - I will join
you. Regards Andy. Gentlmen, VK4APG will be operating Portable/mobile
in the U.K. between June 12 and July 20. Keen to
participate in the E's contest June 21 an d am keen to
find a Grid Square with no activity. Is anyone intending
to activate IN69 or IN79 that weekend????????Cu on Six.
Peter (22nd May) For Mike, VE9AA - had Ws on 10m the other evening,
can't remember which (last Friday?). Nothing on 6m yet.
Also, my trip to northern Norway is on from 15th June,
listen for LA/G0HVQ in JP88 - see you in the pile-up. TRANSATLANTIC Es PATH..............Have any
Europeans copied anything on 10m or above yet on this
path? We (here in the NE) are way overdue for hearing
something from eh8,cu1,zb2,ct3,ct0/b,etc. Usually by late
in the second week in May we've heard at least
"something" from across the pond, or close to
all the way across the pond. Very strange~~~~~
-Mike/ve9aa Thanks to the efforts and considerable expense of
Ron Stone (Vine Antennas), I now have a six metre 5/8
vertical. Unfortunately, at the moment my only transmit
option is transverted 2m FM. Until I can get a
multi-mode, I will listen on the band and report who (if
anybody) I hear. Regards to all. The Ft920 hands on review is now at:
http://user.itl.net/~equinox/ft920.html :-) Qsl info please for EU1AA. Is it ok via buro or
does it go direct/manager. Greetings to my UKSMG friends and family! During
the June VHF contest, I will be Rover in grid squares
EN71,EN72, EN81 and EN82. I'm hoping for a little action
with my friends across the pond. I'll be running 100
watts into a squalo. Not a big station on the road, but
adequete, if the band opens nicely. Look for me between
50.125 - 50.150 unless we do get a nice one, in which
case I'll look for you where ever you are. Been a slow
spring E season so far (5/15/97), but perhaps a really
busy summer is ahead. Best 73, and have fun in the
contest, Dave N8NQS EN72 400W -> 6 el @ 40' on the 10th May! Many European came to the 50.110 to QSO SU1ER .. UKSM Member 1625 , I try to listen for G-Land , Have a hope to meet very soon . SU1ER Log for today : TO ALL SPANISH AMATEURS: Who can tell me if the TV
outlets in SPAIN, operating in 48-67 MHz (channels 2, 3
and 4), still are running ? Can someone confirm that the
TVE2 tx in Santiago which should operate on channel 2 VHF
is CLOSED last year already ? Please e-mail me ! Greeting
from Ruud Brand SWL and TV-DX'r The time was 20.30 utc on the 8th May. Sorry that I
forgot it Ari I heard vy weak cw in direction 0 degr on the 8th
May ---->>>>> Maybe JW or somebody who
lives much more North from JW. Tried to call but nil. Did
YOU heard me ? Nil aurora and no heard aurora-E so what
is it ? Now qrv with 5-el yagi and 50 watts UKSMG for all of the hard work that you CU3URA/B QRV? We in North America are eagerly
looking for signs from across the pond yet again this
summer. Is the CU3URA/b still QRV? MIKE Hello dear Chris, dear Nick , dear UKSM 'Friends ..
Hi here I am happy to Hunt the 1st Six m. Bird .. Just
received this mail from Ezzat - great news! This morning
I have nice QSO 59+++ with: IW9DSW 'Maurisio ( RS
Rcvd 59+++ ) Time: 08:40 for more than 5 minutes ,
on 50.150,5 MHz Clear and laud same VHF .. Hi ..
The Young man ( 61 years old , 24 years HAM .. is happy
for the 1st QSO .. ha ha ha - PSE real happiness when
Link the good Friends UKSMG .., Best G.L. et 73's, de
Ezzat 'SU1ER. Hello to all, i am finally on the net, i will check
in from time to time and i hope to see you on 50mhz soon
cheersGRAHAM VK6RO. SU1ER just wkd IT9 this morning for his first 50MHz
QSO CONFIRMATION - DXPDTION TO RATHLIN ISLE (IOTA
EU122) RARE SQUARE IO65 The Westnet DX Group dxpedtion is
going ahead as planned from 12/6/97 to 17/6/97. Rathlin
Isle is off the north coast of GI Operation will be 160m
to 2m For the first time, the group will also be active
on 6m. I am going with the group for the first time and
will try to give the square to as many as possible. Will
have an IC706 100w and 3 ele Yagi for 6m, and this radio
will be dedicated to 6m operation the whole time. We hope
to get links onto the dx cluster and will make
announcements re 6m operation on the HF/LF bands.
Callsign will either be GI/EI7NET OR GI0GEI/p The
monitoring frequency is likely to be 50136.9 and I hope
to be taking my MFJ Voice Keyer with me to set up an auto
cq call on that frequency. I will give another
announcment in the week of departure. I will especially
be looking to the west and north west during our stay on
the island! 73 es good dx this season. DIDN'T DO TOO WELL IN MY MULTI-GRID EXPED THIS MAY
4TH. WAS IN FN56/66/57/67/64 LAST SUNDAY, BUT ONLY WORKED
A GRAND TOTAL OF 8 !!! TNX HOWEVER TO VE9AA FOR BEING OUR
"CONSISTENT" RELAY ONTO THE PACKET CLUSTER. WE
HAD 100W AND A 5 ELE BEAM BUT TROPO WAS HORRIBLE. ONLY
"DX" WAS N4KWX IN VA. ON METEOR BURSTS IN 2
GRIDS. HAVE HILLTOP SITE IN FN57 AND 67 PICKED OUT FOR
NEXT TIME AS WE PPLAN TO RETURN EITHER IN JULY OR AT
LEAST FOR THE SEPT. VHF CONTEST. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW AS
SOON AS PLANS ARE FINALIZED Staking a Claim. The following are proposals for
consideration for the next three years so we dont double
up. DXpeditions to N/W Australia. rare GRid squares will
be visited by aircraft with an expected 48 hours at each
location operating from an aircraft equipped with 6M
station and collapsible 5 el M2 yagi. Power will be
obtained by extension lead from the airport terminal
buildings. VK9X and VK9Y expeditions are proposed for Oct
1998 or feb 1999. Seychelles DXP and FR7 Reunion Island
and possible D68. Melville and bathurst island dxp this
November for Seanet. Ideas??? I received the following e-mail today from Ezzat,
SU1ER: Dear CHRIS, Hi Thanks mail in time .. appreciated
YES, I have copied the Italian Six on 50.150 USB very
week Signal R3 S1 some times R3 S2 .. UTC
time 1043 : 10:57 .. Sure I tried
calling .. and no answer my Signal was too week ..
Will Keep try on Both 50.110 and 50.150 Hi
Priority now for the Six Mt. So there you - LISTEN FOR
EZZAT! He has a problem with the 100w amp (RF switching)
so he is running 10 watts only for the moment. 73 Chris CT0WW Beacon GOOD NEWS The REP-Rede dos Emissores
Portugueses received permission from the ICP(Instituto de
Comunicacoes de Portugal),to maintain the call and the
CT0WW beacon in the same locator as before.The licence
belongs now to REP. Hello VHF FRIENDS: As most of you know I will be in
the Bahamas FL16 from June 5 through June 19, 1997.
Main purpose is to work as many first time stations as
possible to give them the Bahamas. Also to work the VHF
Contest. Last year I had a few complaints about working
below 50.125. My problem is, if I don't, stations in
Europe and the US West Coast will most likely not be able
to find me because of State side QRM. So I would like to
hear from West Coast and European stations on where you
want to work me at. At this time I was planning to be
back on 50.123 or 50.122 so it would leave 50.120 through
50.100 clear for the East coast and others to look for
more rare DX. Its hard to please everybody. I still have
many spots left for skeds on two meters . Please E-Mail
if you would like one. QSL info.. Send a sase to 1930
Meredith Ln. Loveland Ohio. 45140-7216 USA. Out
side US send sae and 1 irc. Thanks C6AIE: John
Walker, 1930 Meredith Dr., Loveland Ohio 45140, WZ8D
EM79, 160m-1296 V E 9 M S / B **new QRG** NOW ON 50.065.2MHz 1
watt, FSK. It has been running about a week now without
problems. (except a power outage) so now efforts are
underway by myself to uncrease the ERP. John/ve6xt has
graciously donated a 50w PA for the unit which is already
enroute from VE6/ALberta. Hopefully this can be made to
work with the 1 watt unit, and we can have a reliable
beacon from here in the NE. For those of you that asked,
VE1PZ is making some headway on the VE1PZ/b unit again
and "hopes" to have it QRV sometime this
summer. -no guarantees-but he'll try. The keyer on the
VE9MS/b has gone back to the old n' reliable one. It
sends "-------- ve9ms b ------------" (long
DASH, not dashes) The 10m is still on 28.299.7MHZ and I
am working in conjunction with ve6xt to revive the 2m
unit, which is usually on or about 144.299.7MHz
+/-...........73 all, and thanks especially to gj4icd
& ve6xt for their efforts in this project! -MIKE THIS SUNDAY ONLY, MAY 4, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF
1400-1800Z, I WILL BE GRID-HOPPING IN NORTHERN MAINE INTO
FN66/56/67/57 THEN GOING TO FN64 AFEW HOURS AFTER @2100Z.
WILL BE USING 100 WATTS TO 5 ELE. BEAM OPERATING ONLY ON
50.200(NEW USA CALLING FREQ.), NOT 50.125 p.s. THIS IS A
SECOND MSG AS I WAS UNSURE IF MY 1ST MSG GOT THRU! ATTN: SHORT NOTICE OF GRID EXPED TO NORTHERN MAINE
ON SUNDAY, MAY 4 TH. WILL BE OPERATING AS K1TOL/P IN THE
"4 CORNERS" GRIDS OF FN56/66/57/67 WITHIN A 3-4
HOUR TIMEFRAME ONLY (BETWEEN 10AM-2PM LOCAL EDST)--OR
1400-1800Z. WILL THEN BE TRAVELING DOWN THE STATE TO
EASTPORT, IN FN64. WILL NOT BE ON AIR WHILE TRAVELING
FROM GRID TO GRID. EQUIPMENT IS FT-650(100 W)+ 5 ELE
BEAM. FREQ. WILL ONLY BE 50.200(THE NEW USA CALLING
FREQ--DON'T LOOK FOR ME THEN ON 50.125!) I WILL BE WITH
JIM, N1HOV AND ANOTHER NON-HAM FRIEND. WE PLAN TO OPERATE
ONLY 15-20 MINUTES IN EACH GRID UNLESS CONDX ARE VY
GOOD--WE ARE ON A TIGHT "TRAVELING" SKED TO
CHECK-OUT POSSIBLE SITES FOR A FUTURE "RETURN"
TRIP TO DO A WEEKEND STINT. HOPE WE CAN WORK STATESIDE/VE
STATIONS VIA "E" OR M.S. AND TROPO. CROSS UR
FINGERS THAT IT DOES NOT RAIN AS WE ARE GOING TO OPERATE
OFF A SMALL GAS GENERATOR OUTSIDE MY CAR. HOPE TO HEAR
MANY OF U ON THIS SUNDAY THEN! 73, LEFTY--K1TOL |
