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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Hey AL matey you bugger you’ve already worked Spain
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Was bound to happen Al, especially the rate you and Craig have been pulling them in at.
Gary - I still haven't got an antenna up yet!
Judging by Neal's loft setup though and him pulling in some great contacts already we do stand some chance. When the 'E' comes in proper this summer we'll be catching up with those countries I'm sure.
Well done everyone with your contacts so far it's all exciting stuff! A big thanks also to you all for the enthusiasm shown so far, especially to each other.
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Awesome thanks to my missus for bravely climbing the loft to hang the antenna and realising the new roofing means no spiders!
No excuses now.....
Haven't heard b*gger all except some FT8 and R8LA Russia in the back of the box at 28.485 but at least it's a start.
(Still can't thank AlanPilot enough for the NanoVNA!)
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Excellent Victor, glad you've got yourself back on, and good luck!
Al and Craig, you're stressing me out with your growing numbers, lol. My better half is not working this weekend and so it's going to be a while before I can put in time to try and catch up... yes, that's a hint that you can slow down Seriously though, well done so far, really impressed with what you've heard and made it back to.
Last couple of nights when I have got home, have turned the radio on and all there has been is faint Brazil stations. I did make it back to one on Mon night PY1XS, but no points for as already on my list. Ordinarily I would be thrilled to make such a contact
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Im knackered trying to catch Craig up lol Glad you sorted something out for 10m Victor Brazil is a cracking contact, if you can reach there youre doing ok The one I struggled with last year was Wales lol The more countries you get, the harder it is to work a new one, have fun
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Call Sign : 2E0VRX Posts : 776 Times Thanked : 46 Join date : 2019-06-26 QTH or Location : Yorkshire dales Equipment Used : Yaesu FTdx 101d, MD200 mic ,Mosley 3ele Yagi Age : 59
And am knackered trying to keep ahead of Al lol am very sure when the sporadic E starts then it will really level up the playing field , atm having the yagi opens up the long DX but during the Eseason it’s actually better using a vertical
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
I’m just not hearing the stations like I was a few weeks ago. Was working the Middle East & Caribbean with relative ease with the T2LT then, but sweet FA here now
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
A41DX Oman 27 5B4KH Cyprus 28 A61QQ UAE 29 YB3KM Indonesia 30 NP2AR Virgin Is 31 ZP5DBC Paraguay 32 CT9ABN Madeira 33 8P6FH Barbados 34
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
If I called 5B4KH George in Cyprus once, I must've called him a hundred times!! (He was hitting me 9+20!)
Didn't bust the pile up he obviously had.
Already got plans afoot to shove the missus back in the attic with an EDZ.
Neal - Always be pleased with every contact you make there mate whether you gain points or not.
Well done everyone with your contacts, it's not as easy as it looks. (Keep double checking my rig in case something's amiss - but all sounds good on the webSDRs.)
Fingers crossed for some decent Sporadic E!
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1281 Times Thanked : 83 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Ha! Even you're making it look easy there Neal, I had Tibor CT9ABN romping in 5-8/9 and couldn't get him either!
Flipping enjoying it though and if I score one single point it'll be a plus on last year. (Really enjoyed last year despite just being SWL in the end.)
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 651 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Yesterday at 8:38 pm by nahall71
Subject: Re: 10m Dxcc summer challenge contacts 2022 
Seriously though, well done so far, really impressed with what you've heard and made it back to.
