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Call Sign : 19-CT-024 / PD0GOL Posts : 169 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-05-21 QTH or Location : Steenwijk, JO32bs Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-897D, Quansheng UV-K5 porto, CB silver rod as mutiband HF antenna, OSJ-pole for 2m/70cm, MFJ-925 tuner Age : 66
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Mon May 24, 2021 3:09 pm
It's busy! Heard english, french and spanish stations when connecting the magnum 257. Recently bought a Lincoln 1 and was trying it out. This one got me about S5-7 of interference. The Magnum gets about S0-1. Anything above that is a real signal!
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Mon May 24, 2021 3:30 pm
27.555 is not active here in Finland now, just got home, check the radio, all quiet.
Markone Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3433 Posts : 160 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-04-06 QTH or Location : Hull Equipment Used : Midland Alan 88s + crt 9900+5/8 gain master Age : 56
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Mon May 24, 2021 3:34 pm
hi Glenn, not missing much, all i hear at the moment is an alarm going off on .555 regards mark
karelgol Senior contributor
Call Sign : 19-CT-024 / PD0GOL Posts : 169 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-05-21 QTH or Location : Steenwijk, JO32bs Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-897D, Quansheng UV-K5 porto, CB silver rod as mutiband HF antenna, OSJ-pole for 2m/70cm, MFJ-925 tuner Age : 66
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue May 25, 2021 8:04 am
glenn dog wrote:
27.555 is not active here in Finland  now,  just got home, check the radio, all quiet.
Got this app message from my son: [17:53, 24-05-2021] Henk Gol: Net contact gehad met 56LR007 even kijken waar hij weg komt [17:58, 24-05-2021] Henk Gol: Finland
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Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue May 25, 2021 9:10 am
Heard somebody shouting "Aloa Coco Cola" on 555 this morning it sounded like Europe!!! somethings never change. But it has been busy over the weekend things are looking up for a good summer. even the midband block has been busy with DX too.
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Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue May 25, 2021 10:50 pm
Skip is still coming in loud and clear,Mostly 13 and 161 divisions. Amazing for nearly 11pm…
CT-4029
Razz229 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26 CT 2290 & 26 CI 2290 Posts : 845 Times Thanked : 30 Join date : 2019-07-01 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : On 11m a Anytone 6666, Solarcon A99 vertical antenna or a Sirio 4000. On PMR a CRT Space U, a 1/4 wave GPA, homemade mag mount & sometimes a 8 element beam. Age : 57
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Wed May 26, 2021 12:10 am
Evening/Morning all
Can hear 14, 329 and maybe 1 division at the moment Â
glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Wed May 26, 2021 3:16 am
Mid band has been very active here in Finland, good Dx and Germany on 4 watts☆☆☆☆ on a Superstar Lord basic cb radio.
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4635 Times Thanked : 166 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 51
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Wed May 26, 2021 11:24 pm
Good stuff, Glenn.
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stephen Gunrunner Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT526/MR021/M6XXX. Posts : 277 Times Thanked : 11 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : wooler north northumberland or some were near it Equipment Used : mobile 4000hp base A99 radio base magnum257hp mobile magnum 257 standed power Age : 67
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu May 27, 2021 6:40 pm
i had a contact with the coka cola man, i was shouting back whisky and he would vodka, and i got talking and he was great to chat to, and all about his family and what he was using and antenna, me the same back and at the end i made a good friend, and i said hope to hear you soon and the good by, then 73s i never took or asked for any details
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Hotel Zulu 253 Contributor
Posts : 87 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2021-04-25 QTH or Location : South Australia Equipment Used : Galaxy 959, GE 3-5826A, 1/2 wave Station Master
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri May 28, 2021 11:07 am
It was hectic today on 27.355 (35 LSB) listing from Aust Everyone frantically trying to make contact with a distant station, unfortunately I was mobile and couldn't hear enough but I thought I heard an American... lots of people calling out the same call sign, lots of unfamiliar voices, lots of in depth conversations on the call channel, people being called mud ducks and people quacking like ducks. Good to hear the chicken band making some noise.
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat May 29, 2021 10:18 am
France and Germany on 27.555 and Russian stations all over the midds on Fm here in South Finland.
Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2020-04-12 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : Kenwood ts570dg/Yaesu ft450d/Rm-kl400/Sirio 4000 Age : 54
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat May 29, 2021 6:09 pm
Russia,italy,france all heard today for a couple of hours and scotland booming through for a hour solid then gone...great while it lasted.
Brazil low but caling t5 about 30 mins ago..
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat May 29, 2021 6:22 pm
France was very strong in to Finland today, Germany all so on t5, Fm minds was full of Russian station's,
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Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat May 29, 2021 11:23 pm
Bands still up and down with DX,13 Divisions this morning and 30 Division’s now which is a nice change and on the Fm mids too. #glenn dog I’ll give you a shout on the fm mids I’m sure your hear me.
26 - CT - 4029
glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 4:04 am
Hello Mr Chickenfoot, way back in 2001 Spring time i could get Uk on FM every day for about 4 mths , SE Uk was the area i got the most contacts from, my radio was a Lincoln and only 20 watts , even a Cobra and a old York home base rig made the trip, A 99 on the roof. So we might one day have a copy on Fm or Am ON THE Midds. think it went on for 3 years every Spring time.
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Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 8:25 am
Hi Glenn dog,That’s great you were able to contact all the way to the UK for such a long time,When the bands open up it amazes me how far we can reach.At the moment here in London the mid block is almost full on every channel with Germany division station’s and their that strong I sometimes struggle to hear uk stations 10 miles away because they get wiped out..lol This week I’ve made contacts with Sweden and Norway so I see no problem with reaching Finland,It’s just picking the right time when the 13 divisions are a little quieter.I’ll keep a listen out for CT stations 56 divisions. Thanks Tom 26-CT-4029
Hotel Zulu 253 Contributor
Posts : 87 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2021-04-25 QTH or Location : South Australia Equipment Used : Galaxy 959, GE 3-5826A, 1/2 wave Station Master
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 9:19 am
Good conditions today, I made solid contacts almost 3000 km to the West and the East. ~Adelaide to Perth, Sydney, SE Queensland and the Blue Mountains.
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4635 Times Thanked : 166 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 51
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 12:38 pm
Nice work.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2657 Times Thanked : 70 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7610,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 16
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 2:40 pm
I had Melbourne around 8.30am but not on 11m lol. A guy mobile as well lol. Sorry just thought i would chip in as i don't seem to get anywhere on 11
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2020-04-12 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : Kenwood ts570dg/Yaesu ft450d/Rm-kl400/Sirio 4000 Age : 54
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 3:18 pm
30/31 divs strong atm.......
hopeing for some more short skip while i have a spare hour or two in the shack..
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun May 30, 2021 3:41 pm
Not very good 11m conditions in Finland today, was mobile for most of the day, Fm midds had skip for a wile T5, was very faint reception.
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1340 Times Thanked : 86 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:34 pm
The last couple of days haven't been so great, not a lot of skip falling on my antenna, plus constant S8 of QRM from neighbours drowning out any weak ones that might be out there. Only really big guns heard my way, mostly from Germany and Italy. Did make it back to 1SD040 and 13AT018 yesterday though, the later who was running 200W into a 5 element yagi.. it must be his magnificent antenna that pulled the signal of my little station in
The day before was much better conditions. Had some longer QSOs, one of which was on FM with 13TW666, long enough to exchange details for QSL confirmation. That caught me out as no one has asked me since coming back to CB. Still, conditions were so good he easily managed to give me his email and exchange was made.
Hopefully conditions pick back up again soon here. I've heard a few 3 div stations recently, but not one from 2 yet.
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 589 Times Thanked : 13 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : ft-450d-mc kinley - cobra 19dxeu- lincoln+2 - superstar lord - grant 2 - tti hand held- alan42- crt mike cb - zodiac 68 hunting radio hand held- and few PMR 2
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:44 am
Not very good in South Finland so far this week, but I am lucky not to ever get Qrm over, 2/3 signal bars, 0 if in the Forest location,
Hotel Zulu 253 Contributor
Posts : 87 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2021-04-25 QTH or Location : South Australia Equipment Used : Galaxy 959, GE 3-5826A, 1/2 wave Station Master
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:18 am
SangueG wrote:
The day before was much better conditions. Had some longer QSOs, one of which was on FM with 13TW666, long enough to exchange details for QSL confirmation. That caught me out as no one has asked me since coming back to CB. Still, conditions were so good he easily managed to give me his email and exchange was made.
QSL via email ... is that how it's done these days? There I was designing my card and preparing some self addressed return envelopes.
Do you send a printable QSL card via email or just exchange details of the contact?