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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 12, 2024 9:34 am
Me again, 11:32:53 I am hearing a few strong stations beaming to the Pacific .
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:22 am
Good morning Skip not looking good so far today 11:21:15 local we have -17 temps for most of the day.
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:53 pm
Today was ok to make contact with the Sunday morning South net. After we moved to ch 29 it was far better conditions.
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Mon Dec 16, 2024 12:24 pm
Hello, Christmas greetings from Finland, Dxing well this afternoon, very low noise level, Scotland Dx is hitting me 30+ on 27 555.
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue Dec 17, 2024 8:18 am
Morning, skip slowly picking up now in to Finland, French speaking skip is the strongest. -18 and we have a deep cover of snow now in the North.
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Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4722 Times Thanked : 174 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 51
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:34 pm
Hello Glenn,
That sounds very chilly!
Hoping for some good prop over the holiday period.
73s John.
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Hello from Finland Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:08 pm
27.555 Skip conditions a bit on the poor side today.
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 19, 2024 4:05 pm
Very queit today on the radio, had it on from 9.00 Finnish time, until now, See what happens tomorrow.
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Call Sign : G1DBS - F4WEY Posts : 297 Times Thanked : 18 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Montreuil sur Mer Equipment Used : XIEGU G90 + XIEGU XPA125B
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:18 am
I find this thread fascinating, and the reports from Glenn give a good indication of conditions on 10/11 mtrs.
I dont have any way to transmit on 11m atm, but heard an Australian station (43?KNK?) calling in to an Italian station on 27.655 usb at 10:00 gmt today.
Deb
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 6483 Times Thanked : 397 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:26 am
Hi Deb,
Glenn's reports are most welcome and he helpfully makes a lot of them assisting us all in our radio interests for CB/11m activity.
We're at a good time of the year for it too as usually around the winter solstice/xmas period there's some great propagation conditions on the go. (Already seen some nice Tropospheric on VHF/UHF too!)
What a great time of the year for the radio enthusiast....time off for those that work and great radio conditions too.
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Call Sign : 13-CT-139 Posts : 70 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2023-12-13 QTH or Location : Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-891, Gainmaster 5/8
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 26, 2024 11:36 am
Due to the current solar activity, the clock hand will break.
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Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4722 Times Thanked : 174 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 51
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 26, 2024 7:54 pm
Hello All,
Good band conditions today. I worked a good few station in 2 and 9 Div. The highlight for me, was a contact into Guatemala (on the first shout, no less) with 172EK011, Ruth. A first for me.
Also hearing plenty of European stations, too.
I had the usual situation of a station in Bolton shouting cq and being answered by a Mexican station. He could not hear the Mexican station because of his noise level, so I relayed the Mexican's details to him. The unusual aspect being, the Mexican station could not hear me, even though he was a good 5/5. It certainly makes this hobby interesting.
Working conditions: Static-mobile 515m asl, Yaesu ft450d and a Sirio 4000.
73s and good dx, John.
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Call Sign : 13-CT-139 Posts : 70 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2023-12-13 QTH or Location : Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-891, Gainmaster 5/8
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Dec 26, 2024 8:26 pm
John123 wrote:
Hello All,
Good band conditions today. I worked a good few station in 2 and 9 Div. The highlight for me, was a contact into Guatemala (on the first shout, no less) with 172EK011, Ruth. A first for me.
Also hearing plenty of European stations, too.
I had the usual situation of a station in Bolton shouting cq and being answered by a Mexican station. He could not hear the Mexican station because of his noise level, so I relayed the Mexican's details to him. The unusual aspect being, the Mexican station could not hear me, even though he was a good 5/5. It certainly makes this hobby interesting.
Working conditions: Static-mobile 515m asl, Yaesu ft450d and a Sirio 4000.
73s and good dx, John.
Hello John, well done. Ruth is popular I also spoke with her some time ago. What annoys me about those countries that are interesting to us Europeans is that nobody takes care of the log. She never logged me, even though she is registered on ClusterDX. It's probably some agreement with the QSL manager so that people order QSL cards through him. The same thing happened to me with Puerto Rico and Venezuela yesterday.
The only QSO I was able to confirm today is with Gilles from French Guiana. A great gentleman. 73s Dejan
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Call Sign : 13-CT-142 Posts : 9 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-12-17 QTH or Location : Driedorf Equipment Used : Radioddity QT80 ; CB-500 PNI HP-82 TEAM TS-6M Tidradio TD-H3 ; TD-H8 Retevis RB669 Age : 46
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri Dec 27, 2024 3:14 am
Yesterday at around 11:00 am was great. First sunny day since weeks. I was talking on 11m from my home base right in the middle of Germany to Greece and Spain with S9R5 on FM.
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Call Sign : 13-CT-139 Posts : 70 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2023-12-13 QTH or Location : Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-891, Gainmaster 5/8
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:59 pm
paramedic78 wrote:
Yesterday at around 11:00 am was great. First sunny day since weeks. I was talking on 11m from my home base right in the middle of Germany to Greece and Spain with S9R5 on FM.
Hello Sven, I'm really glad that one of the members is so close to me. There’s a great chance we can talk once you set up the QT80 and the new antenna. I’m only 145 km below you. I rarely use FM. I mostly stay on 27555 USB.
73s Dejan
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Sun Dec 29, 2024 10:13 am
Good morning, Skip is running well into Finland, I am on the Sunday Morning south Net , 27.285 USB.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU .
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Mon Dec 30, 2024 10:04 am
Hello, Lunch time in Finland now 12:01:53, 27.555 is active for me, in fact it is easy to get a contact on the Channel, French and the Uk are strong.
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue Dec 31, 2024 9:07 am
Good morning, only a Fm midd band Dx report this morning, Germany and France are all over the Band, very strong signal, driving so no USB radio inthe car, Finnish Winter is not good for the radios, long time to warm up, Have a great New Year's eve
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Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4722 Times Thanked : 174 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 51
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Tue Dec 31, 2024 10:10 pm
Hello Glenn,
Firstly, Happy New Year.
Good conditions today. Whilst driving over to Aldi in Macclesfield, I heard: 119, 93 and a lot of 2 and 9 div. Plenty of European stations.
73s John.
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Jan 02, 2025 7:54 am
Hello, this morning i have about two Dx stations on 27.555 USB at 09:51:05 local time in Finland very dead so far,
Thanks John for the New Year greetings.
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Thu Jan 02, 2025 2:31 pm
Hi there, very active afternoon on 27.555, South Eu has been the best signals for me,
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri Jan 03, 2025 8:38 am
Hello, only French spealing skip to me so far, a bit of German in the mix.
-18 here this morning so staying in today.
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glenn dog Major contributor
Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:24 am
One Uk DX A 26AT????, LOSTTHE LAST, but he is beaming long path to Asia area.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 6483 Times Thanked : 397 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:30 am
Is that -18' Celsius there Glenn?
There was me thinking I was chilly today with a smattering of frost!
Some fading Italian and French stations this way on 11m so far but nothing other than a kilo Watt and beam would handle.
Yes, definitely keep yourself warm today!
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Call Sign : 56-CT-004 Posts : 635 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-08-23 QTH or Location : Oulu -Finland Equipment Used : YAESU 450D, PRESIDENTLINCOLN 2 PLUS, PRESIDENT MK KINLEY , SUPERSTAR 360, PRESIDENT RANDY 3, ZODIAK NEO, TTI HAND HELD CB, PRESIDENT GRANT 2, NEW VERSION, PMR RADIOS.
Subject: Re: 11m conditions Fri Jan 03, 2025 10:42 am
Hello Victor. yes -18c not bad for January can be -32c here for first 3 months,
I have had the odd North Uk skip coming over, Birmingham on 27.555 usb were talking about going shopping ,