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An evening of DX portable/mobile contacts
Posted: 13 Sep 2021 03:10 AM PDT
https://vk5pas.org/2021/09/13/an-evening-of-dx-portable-mobile-contacts/
Last night
(Monday 12th September 2021) I burnt the midnight oil a little
and worked a handful of DX portable/mobile stations on 20m on the short
path. The band was alive with European signals due to the Worked All
Europe DX Contest, but I focussed on the portable operators who were
operating outside of the Contest.
First in the log was Joe M1DLS who was activating Northumbrian Coast
SPA-Blyth North Beach GFF-0339. Joe was 5/3 and gave me a 5/3 also. The
map below shows his location.
Map showing the location of GFF-0339
The photos below show GFF-0339
(c/o Google maps).
I found the video below that was put together by Joe of his activation.
Next in the log was Mark M0NOM/p who was activating SOTA peak
Whitbarrow-Lords Seat G/ LD-056 in GFF-0233. Mark was 5/3 and he gave me a 5/7.
Mark M0NOM. c/o QRZ.com
The map below shows the location of G/ LD-056 and GFF-0233.
Above:- The location of G/ LD-056 & GFF-0233
More info on the summit can be found at..
Whitbarrow Lords Seat
This was followed by Balazs HA5GB/p who was activating SOTA peak HA/ KM-028
in Hungary. The signal reports were 5/3 sent and 4/5 received.
Next was Rodolfo I4RHP/p who was activating Natura 2000 Alta Valle Del Torrente Sintria IFF-1888 in Italy. The signals were 5/5 both ways. The photos below are c/o
https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/
I then spoke with Steve G5EPC who was operating portable with 100 watts and
a 5/8th vertical antenna. Steve was 5/5 and he gave a 5/6 signal report.
Steve has a website which can be found at.
https://g5epc.blogspot.com/
Above:- Steves vertical. c/o his blog
And finally I spoke with Fraser MM0JHCD/p who was stationary mobile about
40 miles east of Edinburgh. He was running an Icom IC7100, Heil headset,
and a MFJ telescopic vertical antenna on the roof of his van. Fraser was
5/4 and he gave me a 5/5 signal report.
I did hear a number of other European/UK SOTA and Park activators, but unfortunately they were being drowned out by other European stations taking part in the Worked All Europe DX Contest.
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