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November volume is on-line....

The new volume of the first Web Ham Radio Magazine is on-line....

Just visit the magazine's web page.....

http://www.5-9report.gr


With this volume we celebrate full 9 years of our Ham magazine ....

SW6KRW worked via MS

Just worked SW6KRW  (George) with nice reflections at KM09KP.


TNX George for QSO...!!!

Leonids metteor shower...

SV5BYR will be active on Leonids meteor shower untill the end of the week.From today till Friday from KM46ck  and weekend  as SV5BYR/5  from KM36vc.

Prouposes and sceds via ON4KST chat.

Hope to see you on my screen.

LittleTarheel II installation ....

LittleTarheel II is installed (as must be) on SV5PFY's SUZUKI Grand Vitara veichle....

5-9 Report ham magazine new volume on-line....!!!

New volume of  "5-9 Report" magazine is on-line....!!!


Download it here:
5-9 Report

CQ WW RTTY Contest....

This weekend QRV on CQ WW RTTY Contest from my 2nd QTH at South Rhodes just to give a multiplier to the hams  of the world...

Good Luck to All  guys...!!!

Cushcraft A3S HF antenna 1:1 balun repair....

Last months my 3 el HF antenna increase SWR unexpected ....

Checking the feed point I saw a cuted aluminum conductor ....

Thanks to my good ham friends we repair it today.

Special thanks to SV5KJO Giorgos, SV5PFC Markos, and SV5KJR Grigoris.

Open to USA on 17m R T T Y ...!!!

Over 30 USA stations mostly from area 7 on my log tonight... Also many north Europeans comes 5-9++

That makes the difference is the variable filters  of Icom IC-7000 on FSK mode....

The last two weeks Im testing daily the behavior of IC-7000 on digital modes mostly on RTTY (FSK)

This radio makes me happy....

R T T Y pure FSK transmission with IC-7000 ....

   
After many years I decide to make at last FSK transmission against my obsession of AFSK. So easily found on Internet good ideas for FSK keying....






Put them all in a  connector is not big deal....  hi hi

Here is my screen.... Thats make me exciting was the usage of filters on my IC-7000.... Look how tight is the RX bandwith up-right on screen...






And here is the screen of IC-7000...  Waterfall display downright is cool...    Overheat of rig after 2 hour on-air make me  ...angry...!!!

FINAL VIEW.....

5-9 Report ham magazine new volume on-line....!!!

The new volume is on-line at magazine's site:

http://www.5-9report.gr

Enjoy it...!!

6m worked squares so far..... (Europe)

Holidays are over in KM36vc....

Summer holidays at KM36VC are over...  We go back at Rhodes town at Monday morning.

Radio activity will continue at weekends....

Stay Tuned Here....!!!

HF R T T Y LATEST INFO....

At picture on the left you can see my RTTY QSOs.

Much QRN from PSK CQers  but is OK thanks of TS-2000 filters.

17m R T T Y .....

The band is open but there is not so much traffic for the moment...

Maybe later.

SV9DJO and friends visit on KM36VC...

6m opening .....

Short 6m opening today with only 2 stations in my log 

EA7DUD  and UX1BZ.

Long time CQing without any results after this two  stations....

Holidays News....

Last 8 days Im spend my time with family and friends.Lot of Sun, Sea and ....Beer.

Im still on KM36VC and I will try  some RTTY  or other fuzzy modes the next days at HF.

Hope to see you on my screen...!!!

73s

PERSEIDS update VI

LAST NIGHT's QSOs

S58P

S55AW

IW4ARD

9A1CCY 

Crazy Tropo.... (also today)!!!

Nice Tropospheric also today.

Checking FM repeaters SV3B from Peloponesse comes 5-9+ and I make a short QSO with SV1CII/m who located to Nafplion. Also R-1  from Athens comes on busy.   All repeater from Crete as usual 5-9+60.

At picture you can see the tropo forecast for today.

PERSEIDS update V

"Friday the 13"   Update:

OK1TEH........NIL

S58P............QSO

OK2ZW........NIL

S55AW........QSO

DG5CST........NIL

IK1MTZ.........NIL

PERSEIDS update IV

Peak night LIST:

YO5PLD -------------NIL

S54O  -------------- NIL

9A9PP --------------

S57SU --------------

DK5WL -------------

YO3APJ -------------

YO9HP --------------

OK1TEH ---------------
S55AW ------------ 
OK2ZW ----------- 


MURFY STRIKES AGAIN INTERNET FAIL FROM 21:00 AND LATER !!! I miss peak night and Im qrv again now  (3:30z)

PERSEIDS update III

FIREWORKS THIS AFTERNOON !!!

HERE IS THE SCREEN OF IZ4AIK QSO THAT MADE IN 6 MINUTES...!!!!

GREAT REFLECTIONS.

QSOs   so far:

IZ4AIK

IK4PMB

DL4DWA

6m open to HA, OK, DL, OM, OE, I.

Nice opening this time to 6m but after 30 qso I decide to move on 2m to ....rockin.

Here is the opening map.

PERSEIDS update II

List and results so far:

9A3JH/P   --------------  QSO

LZ3RX      ------------ NO QSO

S54T       --------------- QSO

YT3I        ------------  NO TEST

I4XCC     ---------------  QSO

HA1FF     ------------ NO QSO

DL4DWA

PERSEIDS update...

My morning activity starts good.

At 4:00z  was trying with 9A3JH/p and we complete in 5 minutes !!!

Effort with LZ3RX  gives only 1 ping.  NO QSO.

Now Im trying with S54T  and also YT3I waiting as next station.

The 5  min QSO with 9A3JH/p promises good rocks input but maybe was random...

More later...

Murfy strikes....

Im arrive to 2nd QTH and after wife helping I turn the radio on.  Asking for sced I get a reply from HB9FAP and we start trying.  After 3 minutes a power failure in my area sent my station off air for about 1,5 hours.

Now Im trying again....

HOLIDAYS on KM36vc...

From tomorrow Wednesday 11-8-2010 my holidays at KM36VC starting. My time will be shared between family and radio. During Perseids peak I'll be active on 2m band working as more station are possible. Many people like to work KM36 and sometimes the list is too long. I will keep each list maximum to 5 stations and after tests will update it again.  15 minutes (+/- 5 minutes) will be the maximum time for each station. Also 6m operation is of course in my plans if propagation helps.  Hope to work you.
73s Mike.

6m opening....

Very strange opening this afternoon with strong QSB.

I m also QRV on 4m but nothing so far.

Noisy QTH make my life on high bands very difficult with S-meter to show 5-6 units noise...!!!  Many weak stations are disappeared into the noise.

Hope conditions to be better later and before the band is closed.

73s 

Great Tropo Conditions....

Very nice Tropospheric conditions all-day long...

Due to my MS activity I check only SV3B (R-2) FM repeater that is located 496 Km away from my 2nd QTH. Signals was 59+20 the most of the day and the access to repeater was only with 10 watts on a 2 x 5/8 Diamond antenna.

The forecast given for the week is high....

Sunday morning list and MS QSOs.....

Nice start this morning  (after 2 unexcepted crashes of my PC):

HA4XG      ------QSO   with 9 sec burst!!!!

OK1UGA    ------ NO QSO  (1 BURST)

S51AT      ------QSO   with 1400 msec best burst
YO3APJ    ------ NO QSO  (1 weak burst)
YU7EF      ------QSO   with 800 msec best burst

All QSLs are sent (finally)...!!!

Today the last 286 Qsl cards are finally gone....The last 4 months are spend over 800 Euro for stamps and envelopes . (that for the people that they think DX stations make money thru QSLing.)  

Over 50 hours of paper work and log update are spended...

Over 1000 people now ....are HAPPY.

Tnx for your patient. It takes me a bit longer but always you get it back confirmed.  73s  C U on air.

S V 5 B Y R

6m open after long time in KM46ck.....

Open to LZ, YU, OM, 4X, HA, SP, UR.

Much QRN and lot of QRM....

MS QSOs ...

MS QSOs this weekend on 2m:

IV3DXW

YU7TRI

YO7NE

IV3GTH

Sunday morning list and QSOs....

Here is my list and results:

LZ2PI           -----NIL

YO5PLD        -----NIL

YO7NE          Q S O

IV3GTH         Q S O

YO5PLD        -----NIL

ES6RQ (EME) -----NIL

I5T5WK/8     -----NIL

S57EA          -----

IK1PAG        -----

DK5OX         -----

DK1CO         -----

Suturday morning MS list...

Here is my morning list:

YO5PLD         -----  NIL

HA2VR             ----  NIL

DH6JL              NO TEST

IK1PAG           NO TEST

YO5AVN          NO TEST

OE3FVU           NO TEST

LZ2PI              NO TEST

HA1FV             NO TEST

YU7TRI          Q    S     O

YO7NE            ----  NIL

YO5PLD          NO TEST

IQ3AZ             NO TEST

Weekend MS Activity from KM36VC...

Once will be active on MS this weekend from my 2nd QTH (KM36VC) as SV5BYR/5. No requests for sced via E-mail pse. As long Im qrv on ON4KST chat you can ask me to make a test. I hope that rocks will be more frequent this weekend becuse we are more close to Perseids peak.


 Best 73s and hope to see you on my screen...