11m conditions

Alan Pilot wrote:

Chickenfoot@1987 wrote:

*God my spelling is terrible..lol

Not on your own my smelling is bad to and dyslexic too lol.

try typing for years now with one finger its not easy just a little slow

Hello all Charlie Tango’s,
What a difference 24 hours can make,Yesterday I couldn’t make a contact no matter where and how I tried.So with eager anticipation and white noise still ringing in my ears I switched the radio on.
59AT/DX Dodecanese and a nice breakfast QSO.
177LR010 Sri Lanka and definitely another new dxcc Thanks Ranjith.
153AW02 Carl in Bangkok Thailand.
50KCB291/CH  Thanks Dima.
3SD150 Victor São Paulo Brazil.
Radio before work,Home for lunch and quick go after work.
Job done and well happy.
Cheers Tom
26CT4029

Well done, Tom. Some great contacts.

Hopefully the conditions will last into the weekend and the weather will play ball. My drive-on mount has arrived, so hopefully I will beable to press my two-element Super Yagi into action.

73s John.

Thanks John,That sounds a great bit of DX kit.
73s Tom

Got to echo John's message there, flipping well done Tom!  

That's a cracking set of contacts and see's me hankering for a beam myself.


John, you'll have to let us know how you get on with your two element affair....I might be able to just about squeeze such a device into a space somewhere.

I've never ever had a 177 div before, you're rocking with that mighty twig Tom!

Thanks Victor and SangueG,I’m still checking my boots to see what I stepped in.

Victor wrote:

Got to echo John's message there, flipping well done Tom!  

That's a cracking set of contacts and see's me hankering for a beam myself.


John, you'll have to let us know how you get on with your two element affair....I might be able to just about squeeze such a device into a space somewhere.

Will do, Victor.

Good evening Charlie Tango’s and finally the weekend is upon us if your lucky enough to not have to work on it.
Conditions on 11m today seem to have returned back to the norm with EU Mornings and Stateside mid afternoon/early evenings.But no South America heard as of yet.
Today’s contacts were -

1AT915 - Thanks Paolo in Rome.
93SD002 - Malta. Cheers Chris.
35DR001/P - Austria and sorry Gus for talking over your 2 div,I’m blaming the antenna direction lol.
2WR730 - Pittsburg and Blowing smoke Wayne.
2OP94 - Cheers Win and also the dozen other stations.2/255 Andy Georgia,2/594 New York New York (So good you say it twice),2/501 Boston and 2/63 South Carolina.
Hopefully the weekend will be just as good if not better.
Cheers and take care Tom.
26CT4029

Good stuff, Tom.

Well done on all the contacts so far..
It has taken sometime to consider this but as my interest in radio has come and gone over the years making way for other hobbies i have decided it is time to move on once again,so i started taking down my shack today so one half can be dedicated to my hobby of photography and the other for my granddaughter as a play den.
Being 33ft in length it has room for both but not for radio,funny i have waited for cycle 25 to come along only to "go down".

It's been a while since I've had the buzz of radio so feel it is time to move on so gentlemen enjoy your radio and i am sure i will pop in from time to time.

Sorry if this should be in another section but i didn't want it to look rude not liking posts so thought I'd explain....catchya later 73

i know the feeling Sam, I've also lost some interest 73's.

That's a shame to hear Sam but also fully understandable if it's not fulfilling desires.
(I had a darkroom, then a woodturning shop, now it's junk storage!)

Don't be a stranger if you can.

I hope you enjoy your photography and that your granddaughter enjoys her new den.


Best 73's.
 
Victor

No worries, Sam. As Victor says keep popping in to say hello.

Take it easy.

John.

I had a mixed day. Tried using the yagi, but could not get the swr below 3:1. Dug the Antron out, only to find I have lost the u-clamps. Lol. Non the less I stuck my trusty Sirio 4000 on the roof of the motor and managed to make a few contacts into 2 and 9 div and a few into the West Indies and German operator on his holidays in a Greece.

seen a few leave the hobby and sell everything, then after a year or two, came back then try to buy whats needed and then its all gone up so take a break but hang on to the radios antennas every thing you will come back

Another cracking day with the band wide open. I found the missing bits for the Antron and I think I have solved the swr problems with the beam. Unfortunately it was far too windy to put the beam up, so I gave the Antron a whirl.

 A few contacts I wrote down: 91AT121 Tom, 2WT101 Jim Cleveland Ohio, 2WR730 Wayne Pittsburgh, 9WR000 Jim and 1KPI115 Luigi. I had nice long QSOs with them, so very enjoyable.

I heard some activity from a 2WR? on 26.285, but too much QRM from OTH radar.

73s John.

Hey up Sam matey and really sorry to hear that your closing down just when things are coming good 


You are one of our longest serving members and your input has always been greatly appreciated , fingers crossed you can stay around or even better change your mind and enjoy cycle 25 


Craig 26AT126

Set up t the new home location in the North of Finland, Siro Gainmaster gone up and yesterday got a call in to Spain, so was happy with that, GainMaster is now 3 years old, still doing well, today its not so good so far.

Great to hear that you're all set up Glenn and I hope you've settled well into your new home.

Sounds like your old Sirio and new location is doing great!


Bit quiet on the CB front so far today but have heard calls on the 555 already, let's hope it all picks back up like it did yesterday.

Hello Glenn,

Glad you have got set-up. Conditions have been very good of late.

73s John.

Hello, today i have Southern area of the EU on 27.555, blasting in all morning, as of yet, no DIV 26 into my new location.

glenn dog wrote:

Hello, today i have Southern area of the EU on 27.555, blasting in all morning, as of yet, no DIV 26 into my new location.

Good afternoon glenn dog,couid hear you on the Thames estuary net uk.
But by the time I was next on the list the QRM was too bad,Another time mate.
Tom 26CT4029

Thanks for the information, was very good conditions on 27.285 usb for about 40mins but then some FM Germany stations came in to me at sig 9, will try next Sunday,
Was my 1st UK contact from the new Location,
Take care and happy DX.

Sydthecat wrote:

Hey up Sam matey and really sorry to hear that your closing down just when things are coming good 


You are one of our longest serving members and your input has always been greatly appreciated , fingers crossed you can stay around or even better change your mind and enjoy cycle 25 


Craig 26AT126

Hi Craig,John,Victor etc thanks for the replies..

I recently bought a new works vehicle and the ft450d looks great sitting up on the dash when in use so ive ordered a new Sirio 4000 and decent magmount and decided to stick around static mobile only.
I got a large leisure battery to run the kl400 so i should do ok..

Conditions permitting...