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Join in with the fun of the Charlie Tango DX Group Summer 10m Challenge - from April 1st 2024
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
JR4ABB - Japan 1pt (13) nice surprise 5/9 both ways and nothing else at all on the band
HL4SF - South Korea 1pt (14 ) ZD7FT - St Helena Island 1pt (15) VU2XO - India 1pt (16) RW9WJ - Asiatic Russia 1pt (17) A71/RN18 - Qatar 1pt (18) A41DL - Oman 1pt (19) CE5DSQ - Chile 1pt (20) TA2YGT - Turkey 1pt (21) HC5DX - Ecuador 1pt (22) RV6FT - Russia 1pt (23) YB9ELS - Indonesia 1pt (24) 5B4AQE - Cyprus 1pt (25) FR4UB - Reunion Island 1pt (26) SV8QDJ - Greece 1pt (27)
Craig
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
At least my rig seems to be back in operation....I think. (Had an ALC problem too!) Just waiting for those conditions to pop up enough and allow my 10 Watts with bit of lawnmower lead antenna to do its magic!
Honestly, challenges like this are a great incentive to do stuff you might not otherwise.
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Hey cheers John and Vic , I’ve this week off so do have a bit of spare time for radio , bands not great but there are the odd DX stations who are strong , as you say having the beam certainly helps but won’t make much difference when the sporadic E kicks in , will defo switch to the vertical if and when it kicks off
Good luck guys and happy hunting
Craig
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 643 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
Some brilliant contacts already, Gary strong from St Kitts, there for 2 weeks. I'm away Sunday for 6 days so don't let Craig work any! Neal doing a cracking job organising and keeping scores, nice one, jobs yours
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1168 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
15.04 UN7TX - Kazakhstan 1pt (14pts) VU2XO - India 1pt (15pts) 4X75MM - Israel 1pts (16pts)
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
16.04 OD5VB - Lebanon 1pt (17pts) V47FWX - St Kitts and Nevis 1pt (18pts)
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Well done John. I've managed one more for today 16.04, but you've still got the 3rd position pipped by your efforts.
ZP5DBC - Paraguay 1pt (19pts)
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Neal, well done on the ZP! I was looking for both the Paraguayan stations on earlier, but couldn’t hear either. Stateside just popped up briefly about 18:30z
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Nice one John. I was kicked off the radio half hour ago as better half going to bed (shack is in bedroom). Another Chilean station was coming through quite strong just before I turned off, but he wasn't hearing me. I've updated the table. Won't have much time for radio ops for a few days as a lot of work on plus wedding anniversary this week, fingers crossed there'll be some good conditions next weekend.
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Neal, congratulations on the wedding anniversary. We clocked up 45 years last month, what a lucky girl she is!
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John H Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 285 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
Craig, well done with 4W1A, haven’t even heard him, I could only hear the “policemen” continuously shouting “spleet” on his TX frequency! At least that left me able to work the Qatari station on my first call to him!
I was surprised to work K1RX in New Hampshire around 14:30z with 5/7 both ways, but he disappeared as quickly as he appeared.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1168 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Craig, well done with 4W1A, haven’t even heard him, I could only hear the “policemen” continuously shouting “spleet” on his TX frequency! At least that left me able to work the Qatari station on my first call to him!
I was surprised to work K1RX in New Hampshire around 14:30z with 5/7 both ways, but he disappeared as quickly as he appeared.
Cheers John and oh yes the spleet police they cause more qrm than the odd Op who doesn’t know it’s splits , I finished work early around 2pm and couldn’t hear the 4W1A but the split frq was a bit lively , 2hours later he came up to around a 5/7 with not many takers so I cranked the mast up a got him 5/9 , happy days working a new one , a few North America around later on which was good along with a bit of Caribbean All good fun
Today at 10:52 am by GhostRider
Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2023 
