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D4VHF on Cape Verde not active on 144 MHz due to antenna damage - May 2021

Posted: 28 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/05/d4vhf-on-cape-verde-not-on-144-mhz-due.html



In response to a recent query, one of the D4VHF team has confirmed that
their 144 MHz VHF station is off air at present.
Andrea, HB9DUR writes... “I am sorry to disappoint you re. D4VHF but the station is not fully operative, especially on 2m.
Monteverde has been suffering from non stop high winds from Christmas last
year till some weeks ago.
So the yagi to west is heavily damaged by strong winds, the towers as well
are not in a good shape. Moreover no power amplifier is available until somebody can travel there….“
The D4VHF station on Cape Verde off the west coast of Africa has in recent years has been responsible for some of the most spectacular contacts on 144
MHz and 432 MHz to Europe and across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.
For the moment (May 2021), they are still active on 50 MHz and the QO-100 satellite.

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First 9A to 9A contact on 40 MHz - 25th May 2021

Posted: 27 May 2021 09:35 PM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/05/first-9a-to-9a-contact-on-40-mhz-25th.html



25th May 2021: A little bit of history was made on the 40 MHz band on the
25th of May when the first contact between two stations in Croatia took
place.
At 06:00 UTC, Patrik, 9A5CW and Zeljko, 9A2EY completed a successful FT8 contact on 40.680 MHz.


The distance was 24.5kms between the two stations over an obstructed path
and both stations were using vertical non-resonant HF antennas.

One of the antennas was a vertical for the 60m HF band without a tuner and
the radio was an ICOM IC706 Mk2.
Hopefully this will encourage more 9A stations to experiment with the band.

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