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DX-Day 11. Sept. 2016

11. Sept. 2016

In one Day 43 QSOs with 23 countries on 15m and 20m Band. It is surprising that one day you can make so many connections in so many countries on different bands. At that time I was using my home-made Inverted-V Antenna with only 6.5m short legs and only 500 Watt power.

DX-Day 3rd of Oct. 2016

3rd of Oct. 2016

In one Day 23 QSOs with 16 Countries on 10m, 15m, 17m, 20m and 40m Band. It is surprising that one day you can make so many connections in so many countries on different bands. At that time I was using my home-made Inverted-V Antenna with only 6.5m short legs and only 500 Watt power.

Some QSOs

Some DX-QSOs

Here are some samples of DX-QSOs. It is always nice to have a QSO over a longer distance especially in time with little sunspots. But frankly speaking - with a little bit of Power such as 1kW (QRO) :-)

Documentation of some DX-QSOs incl. Propagation

  • ZL7G [484 KB] - Chatham Islands 3.11.2016 - 08:47 UTC 20'964 km, 14.250 MHz (20m) SSB
  • VP8LP [327 KB] - Falkland Islands 29.09.2016 - 16:58 UTC 12'688 Km, 28.495 MHz (10m) SSB
  • VK7MD [385 KB] - Tasmania 18.9.2016 - 06:58 UTC Long Path - 23'369 km, 14.250 MHZ (20m) SSB
  • VK7ROY [366 KB] - Tasmania 18.9.2016 - 06:43 UTC Long Path - 23'265 km, 14.195 MHZ (20m) SSB
  • VK4YS [464 KB] - Australia 28.9.2016 - 07:45 UTC Long Path - 23'898 Km, 14.208.5 MHz (20m) SSB
  • VK3NX [363 KB] - Australia Melbourne 18.9.2016 - 06:25 UTC Long Path - 23'643 km, 14.255 MHZ (20m) SSB
  • LW3DG [233 KB] - Argentina 18.9.2016 - 18:19 UTC 11'355 km, 28.345 MHz (10m) SSB
  • LW5DPG [234 KB] - Argentina 18.9.2016 - 18:16 UTC 11'289 km, 28.345 MHz (10m) SSB
  • PU22PSP [313 KB] - Brasil 18.9.2016 - 18:13 UTC 10'063 km, 28.474 MHz (10m) SSB
  • VK2CIA [263 KB] - Australia Sydney 14.9.2016 - 07:00 UTC Long Path 23'399 km, 14.225 MHz (20m) SSB
  • ZD7FT [241 KB] - St. Helena Island 20.9.2016 - 09:28 UTC 7'168 km, 21.260 MHz (15m) SSB
  • ZL3DEN [259 KB] - New Zealand 20.9.2016 - 06:44 UTC Long Path 21'179 km, 14.195 MHz (20m) SSB
  • VK1TK [258 KB] - Australia - Kambah 20.9.2016 - 06:17 UTC Long Path 23'401 km, 14.280 MHz (20m) SSB

FT8

FT8 since June 2017 with WSJT-X Software

With zero sunspots I was able to work DX (10m Band) on FT8 and a SSB QSO with CX2DK Uruguay! Is FT8 creating a “tipping point” for amateur radio at the very bottom of the solar cycle? The FT8 digital mode is the latest in a series of weak signal applications for amateur radio. Conceived originally for enhancing esoteric propagaint modes such as high speed meteor scatter and moonbounce, Joe Taylor (K1JT) developed a series of applications including FSK144, JT6M, JT65, and JT9. When FT8, jointly developed by Joe Taylor and Steve Franke (K9AN), was announced it was described as being designed for, “multi-hop Es where signals may be weak and fading, openings may be short, and you want fast completion of reliable, confirmable QSO’s.

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