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Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 527 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: 70cms contacts Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:16 am
on FT8 yesterday. other stations working some nice DX but not much here.
19:26utc DF5VAE JO64
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Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2634 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: 70cms contacts Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:26 am
Only ever get silence on 70cm same on 2m. Might have a listen more often.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 6269 Times Thanked : 389 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:32 am
Great seeing a UHF contacts posting Mike. Â
Shame I haven't got any 70cm SSB gear!
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Ivy Mike Major contributor
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Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:12 am
Alan Pilot wrote:
Only ever get silence on 70cm same on 2m. Might have a listen more often.
Most of the time it is quite. I always keep an eye on it whenever there is high pressure and keep an eye on the dxcluster.
I look for the Dutch beacon PI7CIS on 432.416, if it's up it's a clue, normally I just hear it with QSB.
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Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 527 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:53 pm
70cms really cooking tonight.
All FT8 QSOs with 2 new countries and 7grids, best DX EW7CC @ 2054kms. Rig IC9700 75Watts to a Create logperiodic.
2057 OZ4VW JO45 Â Â Â Â Â 2032 DD1OPÂ JO42 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2012 LY2WR KO24 Â Â 1942 PA2DXÂ JO23 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1903 SP2JYRÂ JO92 Â Â Â Â Â Â 1900 SP3NYF JO72 1857 SP2FRY JO83 1852 EW7CC KO44
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1316 Times Thanked : 85 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:16 pm
There's been some great DX conditions tonight for 2m and 70cm. Well done Mike for making the most of them! Going by prediction maps, conditions should continue into the night. Hope others catch some action. Excited as I am by what I've received, I'm exhausted and going to bed. Have fun!
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Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 527 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:08 pm
Cold fronts killed it tonight.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1316 Times Thanked : 85 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:15 am
I had one contact last night using SSB that blew me away. Definitely nothing special for any of you 70cm or PMR DXers, but for me with what I was using I was very surprised and extremely happy. Using my homemade 2m j-pole in the loft firing a mostly E/W direction I managed a decent contact with F1BHL/P (just into France) who was directly south of me right in the antenna null. I only called him a bit of joke and he came straight back to me.
Arrow showing the antenna firing directions and the few contacts last night..
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Ivy Mike Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 527 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:07 pm
Well done, it's not an easy band at the best of times.
Ivy Mike Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 527 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Sat Sep 09, 2023 4:51 am
Bit of tropo FT8 4th September.
IC9700 75 watts to 21 element Dual ant. IN79 is a tough one from here as there is 600feet of chalk in the way.
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1316 Times Thanked : 85 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:39 am
Well done Mike. I have G7RAU in the log from February this year on 70cm. Have a similar height lump of granite at Dartmoor in the way. That was with 10 watts into a horizontal 2m wire j-pole in my loft so conditions were definitely with me that day. You got the edge on distance though, it's about 184 miles for me, I estimate another 30 more for you?
Ivy Mike Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 527 Times Thanked : 15 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 69
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:36 am
Bit of 70cms activity, all FT8. Signals Halloween night were very sporadic coming and going very quickly.
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1316 Times Thanked : 85 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 70cms contacts Sun Nov 03, 2024 11:04 am
Both tropo on V/UHF and great conditions on upper HF that last few days, mother nature is really spoiling us. Great 70cm contacts there Mike! I didn't catch anything on that band, but had some good distance on 2m.
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