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Posted: 7/10/2021 1:49:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clown_Gun: Not hearing those at my QTH in WA. But I just made my first contact with Florida on 14.200 so maybe conditions will improve before I have to head out to work. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clown_Gun: Originally Posted By Emoto: 9A0HQ Croatia 14.220 OF2HQ Finland 14.282 Not hearing those at my QTH in WA. But I just made my first contact with Florida on 14.200 so maybe conditions will improve before I have to head out to work. I didn't realize you are out west. Yeah, although the Croat had a decent signal here in MA, the Fin was not strong, so I am not surprised you couldn't get them. I routinely pick up european stations without much trouble and Florida is always strong here (maybe because they are all retired with big linear amps?), so I get excited when I can reach anyone out your way. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 2:41:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Clown_Gun]
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: I didn't realize you are out west. Yeah, although the Croat had a decent signal here in MA, the Fin was not strong, so I am not surprised you couldn't get them. I routinely pick up european stations without much trouble and Florida is always strong here (maybe because they are all retired with big linear amps?), so I get excited when I can reach anyone out your way. Conditions are funny today, as in "amusing." I keep hearing all these stations getting cut off in mid-transmission, one after another... It's like the plot of a really bad horror story. Or a Nicolas Cage movie. eta: Worked 15-meters for the first time. Also heard activity on 12-meters but my antenna doesn't tune there. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 3:00:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Brundoggie]
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clown_Gun: Thanks. I had to smile when he called me by name and added -san to the end.  There was another JA station I wanted to try but he was fading so badly I didn't bother.Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clown_Gun: Originally Posted By M4Madness: Congratulations! I've never even heard a Japanese station before. Sorry to hear about your other issues. There was another JA station I wanted to try but he was fading so badly I didn't bother.I know JA's are a treat for you mainland guys but they are so easy out here they are a pain in the ass when I call CQ. Had this conversation one time after exchanging signa strengths and names: JA- "OK what island are you on?" ME- "Hawaii" (I live on the Big Island) JA- "Yeah, yeah, I know Hawaii...what island?" ME- "I live on the island of Hawaii" JA- "Not Hawaii, what island in Hawaii" ME- "Hawaii, the island's name is Hawaii island" JA- (getting frustrated) "I know, I know...what island?" ME - "Oahu" JA- "OK, thank you, 73" |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 3:03:20 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: ME - "Oahu" JA- "OK, thank you, 73" Should have said Cuba. 
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Posted: 7/10/2021 6:06:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: I know JA's are a treat for you mainland guys but they are so easy out here they are a pain in the ass when I call CQ. Had this conversation one time after exchanging signa strengths and names: JA- "OK what island are you on?" ME- "Hawaii" (I live on the Big Island) JA- "Yeah, yeah, I know Hawaii...what island?" ME- "I live on the island of Hawaii" JA- "Not Hawaii, what island in Hawaii" ME- "Hawaii, the island's name is Hawaii island" JA- (getting frustrated) "I know, I know...what island?" ME - "Oahu" JA- "OK, thank you, 73" Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: Originally Posted By Clown_Gun: Originally Posted By M4Madness: Congratulations! I've never even heard a Japanese station before. Sorry to hear about your other issues. There was another JA station I wanted to try but he was fading so badly I didn't bother.I know JA's are a treat for you mainland guys but they are so easy out here they are a pain in the ass when I call CQ. Had this conversation one time after exchanging signa strengths and names: JA- "OK what island are you on?" ME- "Hawaii" (I live on the Big Island) JA- "Yeah, yeah, I know Hawaii...what island?" ME- "I live on the island of Hawaii" JA- "Not Hawaii, what island in Hawaii" ME- "Hawaii, the island's name is Hawaii island" JA- (getting frustrated) "I know, I know...what island?" ME - "Oahu" JA- "OK, thank you, 73" some people |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 6:25:26 PM EDT
[#6]
some just don't know, so say "the big island"
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Posted: 7/10/2021 6:50:17 PM EDT
[#7]
Interesting side-effect of this IARU contest is that there are so many stations calling, that I am not running into pile-ups and have added 5 countries I didn't have before, without a lot of effort. Perhaps they will even confirm, who knows.
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Posted: 7/10/2021 7:33:53 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: Interesting side-effect of this IARU contest is that there are so many stations calling, that I am not running into pile-ups and have added 5 countries I didn't have before, without a lot of effort. Perhaps they will even confirm, who knows. ahh, is that what's going on, on 20m? it's wall to wall callsigns on FT8 |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 7:47:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Emoto]
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: ahh, is that what's going on, on 20m? it's wall to wall callsigns on FT8 Yes, it is on all(?) frequencies: http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-world-championship I am not participating in the contest, and I don't do FT8, but I have made phone QSOs on 10M, 20M, and 40M today pretty easily. Added 7 countries that I did not have, over a couple of sessions today. As long as you can tell the contest participants which ITU Zone you're in, they're happy. ETA: ITU Zone map: https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/ituzone.php |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 8:44:13 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: Interesting side-effect of this IARU contest is that there are so many stations calling, that I am not running into pile-ups and have added 5 countries I didn't have before, without a lot of effort. Perhaps they will even confirm, who knows. Awesome! I've added the following new countries today: Turkey Martinique Latvia Bolivia Denmark Moldova |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:04:11 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Awesome! I've added the following new countries today: Turkey Martinique Latvia Bolivia Denmark Moldova Awesome, the only one of those I have is Denmark. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:11:24 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Awesome! I've added the following new countries today: Turkey Martinique Latvia Bolivia Denmark Moldova I want a Moldova QSL card that looks like this   |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:29:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clown_Gun: I want a Moldova QSL card that looks like this http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fXYzotyV_7w/TbXdaG3WvJI/AAAAAAAAAKk/dby18-QDghI/s1600/moldova_sucks.bmp Good one!
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:34:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brundoggie: Awesome, the only one of those I have is Denmark. Thanks. I'm at 96 countries, with today being the 10-week mark of my HF career. Sadly, only about 3/4 of those have been confirmed so far. I was on vacation in the Smokies for 5 days earlier in the week and missed my radio time -- during some of the best solar measurements since I started.
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:43:00 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RED_5: ahh, is that what's going on, on 20m? it's wall to wall callsigns on FT8 I think it's CW and phone only, no digital modes. I said "I Think" because the rules only discuss CW and SSB. They didn't make any mention of data modes at all so I could be wrong. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:44:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#16]
Just got UN1HQ in Kazakhstan on 14.286 within about a minute!
EDIT: Just in time, too! Lightning and heavy rain just hit and I had to disconnect everything. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 10:27:46 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Just got UN1HQ in Kazakhstan on 14.286 within about a minute! EDIT: Just in time, too! Lightning and heavy rain just hit and I had to disconnect everything. That station is part of the IARU contest. The "HQ" denotes it's a national radio club facility, such as W1AW would be in the USA. You're lucky, they will likely confirm the QSO. I have a lot more contacts there than I do confirmations. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 10:34:15 PM EDT
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I ran into an unusual station this morning. 8N0OLP is a special event station for the Tokyo Olympics and their QRZ page states:
All the QSL cards will be sent to you via the Bureau automatically. You don't need to send us your QSL card. However, if you would like to receive our QSL card directly, please send us your QSL card directly with SASE. I've never run across an SES that sends EVERY contact a QSL through the bureau. They are going to be sending a BUNCH of cards! There is also an implied question there. It states that if you want to receive a card via direct to send them an SASE. How can we, in the USA, send an SASE with postage that will be accepted by the Japanese postal service? I ask because I worked a Canadian SES a while back whose QRZ page said the same thing. I sent him an email asking for clarification but never got an answer. |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 10:39:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SACraig: That station is part of the IARU contest. The "HQ" denotes it's a national radio club facility, such as W1AW would be in the USA. You're lucky, they will likely confirm the QSO. I have a lot more contacts there than I do confirmations. Pretty much all the stations I got tonight had "HQ" suffixes, as I specifically targeted them even if I already had confirmations from those countries. As for the Tokyo station that will send every QSO a card via the bureau, I saw at least on HQ station's page say the same tonight (EM5HQ). |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 11:56:32 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Pretty much all the stations I got tonight had "HQ" suffixes, as I specifically targeted them even if I already had confirmations from those countries. As for the Tokyo station that will send every QSO a card via the bureau, I saw at least on HQ station's page say the same tonight (EM5HQ). Figures. I worked 9 of them but not that one. |
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Posted: 7/11/2021 12:31:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RED_5]
[#21]
on 20m FT8
8N0OLP Japan Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Commemorative station eta in addition to lots of russian, bulgarian stations |
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Posted: 7/11/2021 3:18:29 AM EDT
[#22]
I love the IARU contest! Tonight I got France, Germany, Czech, and Philippines!
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Posted: 7/11/2021 6:16:56 AM EDT
[#23]
Finally got another DX contact. DY1T in the Philippines (sexy voice
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Posted: 7/11/2021 12:59:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#24]
You guys getting the Philippines have got it going on. I saw a couple of stations spotted last night and couldn't hear either one. I was up until around midnight and got up at 5:30 AM this morning to try for a Japanese station. I had to go out with a flashlight to turn my inverted-V (which involved climbing a woven wire fence twice), yet I still never heard a single one. I got V31HQ and SI9YL and went back to bed at 7:30 AM.
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Posted: 7/11/2021 2:32:28 PM EDT
[#25]
Yeah, a QSO with the far east would be REALLY cool.
Turns out that my QSOs with Lebanon count as asia.
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Posted: 7/13/2021 4:11:22 PM EDT
[#26]
OH0SCA is working split listening on 14.255 and responding on 14.250.
He is on an island between Sweden and Finland. Activation from Brando Island (part of the Aland Islands group IOTA EU-002) starting July 11, 2021 by Adrian KO8SCA |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 4:44:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cjk: OH0SCA is working split listening on 14.255 and responding on 14.250. He is on an island between Sweden and Finland. Activation from Brando Island (part of the Aland Islands group IOTA EU-002) starting July 11, 2021 by Adrian KO8SCA Got him on the first try as soon as I walked in from work just now. Thanks! I love split mode and don't know why more of the in-demand DX don't use it. |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 6:10:39 PM EDT
[#28]
How do you log/confirm a QSO when it was in split mode?
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Posted: 7/13/2021 6:21:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: How do you log/confirm a QSO when it was in split mode? Right or wrong, I log the frequency I'm listening on. Confirmations only need the band, not the exact frequency. |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 6:33:22 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: How do you log/confirm a QSO when it was in split mode? There is no requirement to keep a log these days but I still do. That said, the reason for a log originally was to keep track of every emission your radio made. For that reason I've always logged the transmit frequency and noted it as a split transmission in the comments. |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 6:57:10 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: You guys getting the Philippines have got it going on. I saw a couple of stations spotted last night and couldn't hear either one. I was up until around midnight and got up at 5:30 AM this morning to try for a Japanese station. I had to go out with a flashlight to turn my inverted-V (which involved climbing a woven wire fence twice), yet I still never heard a single one. I got V31HQ and SI9YL and went back to bed at 7:30 AM. I worked the Philippines during the contest, but forgot to log it :( |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 8:26:51 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tyrex13: I worked the Philippines during the contest, but forgot to log it :( Check eQSL. If he happens to send an unsolicited QSL to your call eQSL will ask you to confirm it and you can get all the QSO information from there. If you don't have one you'll have to set up an account there, of course. |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 10:57:49 PM EDT
[#33]
Not DX however K9R is on 14.316 at 07/14/21 02:56Z and he is strong into Middle Tennessee. It's a Special Event Station for the Red Skelton Museum.
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Posted: 7/14/2021 1:03:21 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cjk: OH0SCA is working split listening on 14.255 and responding on 14.250. He is on an island between Sweden and Finland. Activation from Brando Island (part of the Aland Islands group IOTA EU-002) starting July 11, 2021 by Adrian KO8SCA |
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Posted: 7/14/2021 7:37:55 PM EDT
[#35]
14.190 EA6/EA#HSO Balearic Islands (Spain) is on. Mallorca.
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Posted: 7/14/2021 7:49:09 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SACraig: How can we, in the USA, send an SASE with postage that will be accepted by the Japanese postal service? They are callled Green Stamps and they go INSIDE the envelope when you mail it to Japan. |
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Posted: 7/14/2021 8:16:04 PM EDT
[#37]
HZ1TT in Saudi Arabia on 14.193
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Posted: 7/14/2021 8:22:32 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: HZ1TT in Saudi Arabia on 14.193 MEGA pile up! |
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Posted: 7/16/2021 5:55:01 PM EDT
[#39]
14.262 LA1B Norway. No pile up yet.
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Posted: 7/16/2021 6:03:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: 14.262 LA1B Norway. No pile up yet. Got him during the IARU championship last weekend. It must be nice to be on the radio. We are in the middle of a thunderstorm with the heaviest rain I've seen in quite a while. I'm having withdrawals waiting for it to pass. The band has been horrible for me the last few days, with an enormous noise floor.
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Posted: 7/16/2021 6:20:17 PM EDT
[#41]
HZ1SK from Saudi Arabia on 14.155
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Posted: 7/16/2021 10:09:42 PM EDT
[#42]
OH0SCA/8 Finland 14.200 No pile up.
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Posted: 7/17/2021 12:21:04 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: OH0SCA/8 Finland 14.200 No pile up. Take the "/8" off and you have the callsign of the DXpedition to the Aland Islands. |
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Posted: 7/17/2021 2:33:22 AM EDT
[#44]
DK8DV, Bremen Germany
Already have the QSL card made out. |
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Posted: 7/17/2021 7:27:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Emoto]
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Take the "/8" off and you have the callsign of the DXpedition to the Aland Islands. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Originally Posted By Emoto: OH0SCA/8 Finland 14.200 No pile up. Take the "/8" off and you have the callsign of the DXpedition to the Aland Islands. I am not sure how the slash call signs work. When I plug it into QRZ I get a guy out of NY, but then he has a link to this arctic circle Finland thing. ETA: Tooling around 20M after that, I tried to respond to someone far off (I forget where) who couldn't hear me and faded away, then a very strong signal came in and said they could hear me fine, so we started talking and had a fairly long QSO. Turns out he is only EIGHT MILES away from me and the VP of the amateur radio club in the town next to mine. Emailed me a bunch of info. Nice guy. |
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Posted: 7/17/2021 3:37:48 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Take the "/8" off and you have the callsign of the DXpedition to the Aland Islands. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4Madness: Originally Posted By Emoto: OH0SCA/8 Finland 14.200 No pile up. Take the "/8" off and you have the callsign of the DXpedition to the Aland Islands. Correct. the /8 means he is operating in Northern Finland, though. Bet your QSL cad is Finland. |
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Posted: 7/17/2021 3:52:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: M4Madness]
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By piccolo: Correct. the /8 means he is operating in Northern Finland, though. Bet your QSL card is Finland. Yeah, if he got him as /8. I got him the other day without the /8, so hopefully I get an Aland Islands card. I've been trying for two days to get my 100th DX country. The band has been pretty noisy for me and I called a Qatar station this afternoon for probably an hour until he went QRT.  And I can't hear the Albania station because he is dead nuts on 14.230 -- right on the SSTV frequency.
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Posted: 7/17/2021 4:09:56 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By piccolo: Correct. the /8 means he is operating in Northern Finland, though. Bet your QSL cad is Finland. I sent him an email asking. Will see what he says. |
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Posted: 7/17/2021 6:10:10 PM EDT
[#49]
EA3JE Spain on 14.228 rn.
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Posted: 7/17/2021 6:13:57 PM EDT
[#50]
EA9ACD in Ceuta & Melilla on 14.238
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