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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 440 Times Thanked : 11 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 Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:27 am
Happy days, got my 1st DX of the day into France ,
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:56 pm
Good stuff, Glenn.
73s John.
Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Mar 19, 2023 6:59 am
Great conditions yesterday with stateside worked from the mobile,also heard 43 Australia and 44 South Africa but was on the motorway at the time so couldn't pull over. Most of Europe also heard or worked...
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:40 pm
Conditions good approx 3pm while sitting in my car as i managed a quick qso with 91ab08 indonesia and 153tx3 Thailand. Took my chance to qsk and was rewarded with a 3 way chat...
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:47 am
Hello Sam.
Great contact.
73s John.
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 01, 2023 5:35 pm
Hi John,thanks
My lil mobile set up doing ok...
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Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 01, 2023 8:14 pm
Popped out to the local garage and heard Brazil calling on T5 so called back to Victor 3SD150 in Carlinda, Mato Grosso and had a nice 5 min qso then a quick contact with 3AT027...
Loving conditions atm....
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:25 pm
Good stuff, Sam.
I think your set-up is similar to mine. I mainly use an ft450d and a Sirio 4000 or a Yeticom Optima with an Icom sm30 mic. Need to get another amp sorted as my kl405 is kaputsky.
73s John.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 02, 2023 7:08 am
Yes John i use the FT450d and Sirio 4000 and my trusty kl400.....
Often just using the radio 100w and doing just as well but prefer the amp as i would rather blow that than the radios finals..
73
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Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:39 pm
Great combo, Sam.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 02, 2023 6:48 pm
Three hours of free time so i headed off to a high spot to get my fix with 34 Canaries/3 Brazil/32 Chile/2 USA/68 Northern Ireland/108 Scotland all worked. My love of radio has certainly had its ups and downs but i am loving being mobile/static atm.....I even run down one of my leisure batteries with all the rag chewing..
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:58 pm
Glad you are enjoying it, Sam.
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1158 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:53 am
Good range of distances there Sam. As well as some good distance DX it looks you caught a bit of closer E skip too with 68 and 108. Your mobile setup is working well.
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2020-04-12 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : Kenwood ts570dg/Yaesu ft450d/Rm-kl400/Sirio 4000 Age : 54
Good range of distances there Sam. As well as some good distance DX it looks you caught a bit of closer E skip too with 68 and 108. Your mobile setup is working well.
I've always enjoyed working E skip and there are signs the longer dx is ending as spring marches on....but with 11m you can never tell as i was working 108 div back in February....
That is why i am still fascinated with radio..
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 440 Times Thanked : 11 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
Not had much time for radio for 3 weeks, but I have the radio on in the car, Germany and France on Fm, strong during the morning, had a few good long distances contacts with in North Finland, hope to be on the radio in the morning,
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 09, 2023 8:52 pm
A few good contacts over the last couple of days with Reunion island,Madeira island and San Francisco all worked from the mobile..Particularly happy with West coast USA and conditions very good atm. Heard Lebanon and Qatar as well but i was driving at the time.
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:09 pm
Well done with you mobile operations Sam, always good to hear about your contacts.
(Inspirational for those who for whatever reason cannot erect a big antenna at home.)
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:33 pm
Hello Sam,
Mega contacts from the mobile.
73s John.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:19 am
Victor wrote:
Well done with you mobile operations Sam, always good to hear about your contacts.
(Inspirational for those who for whatever reason cannot erect a big antenna at home.)
Thanks,
Heard 43WR111 Queensland on 27.490 just a short time ago but there was no way i was breaking his pile up and with him running 2kw into a 4 ele yagi he was making his own prop. I was static on top of a 7 storey car park for added asl...
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 15, 2023 7:41 pm
Great conditions today with Guadeloupe,Puerto Rico,Barbados,Thailand,Indonesia and Norway worked...
Remember to use the zeros when searching the band as some of the above were worked on .610/.620 and .630.
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Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:51 pm
Same thing Cozzmik,Loads of great activations on the zero’s. I’ve worked so far and am still on the radio.lol Uruguay,Brazil, Barbados,New Zealand, Canary Islands, Indonesia, Thailand, Qatar and Bonaire. She’s gonna kill me when the lecky bill arrives.
Cheers Tom 26CT4029
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4111 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:18 pm
Great contacts, Sam and Tom.
Have you used 26.285 recently, Sam?
73s John.
Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 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 Apr 16, 2023 7:36 am
John123 wrote:
Great contacts, Sam and Tom.
Have you used 26.285 recently, Sam?
73s John.
I always put out some calls down on .285 but only spoke with John in Iceland and a couple of Greek stations recently...
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Tristar Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3771 Posts : 128 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2020-08-10 QTH or Location : Weston-super-Mare Equipment Used : CRT Millennium 3v hand sets, President Barry2 Age : 59
Well the skip has certainly been about this afternoon and early evening. Kentucky USA was blasting through here at a plus thirty! It’s looking good for the summer season!
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Tristar Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3771 Posts : 128 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2020-08-10 QTH or Location : Weston-super-Mare Equipment Used : CRT Millennium 3v hand sets, President Barry2 Age : 59
Hi all. What a cracking day! North Carolina USA at plus thirty, Alabama and Kentucky this afternoon and Canada in on the game tonight! Brilliant! How’s everyone else doing!?!?
Today at 6:08 am by SangueG
Subject: Re: 11m conditions 
was blasting through here at a plus thirty!
in on the game tonight!