QSO with Western Sahara (S0S) on QO-100...

 Spyros SV8CS after 2:00 and me the last QSO....

 

AO-100 First ever SV5 QSO...

April 15, with the minimum rig setup.

Thanks Spyros SV8CS and SV5KJO George, for their help...!!!

Video here:. https://www.facebook.com/100006160840092/videos/pcb.595827581142916/2585681974980472/

J45EME FINAL LOG AND REPORT...

50 MHz
WA4NJP W7GJ W6BBS K6MYC KB8RQ ZL3NW K2ZD K7CW ES6RQ G8BCG N6RMJ

432 MHz
OZ4MM OK1DFC DL7APV DK3WG UA3PTW DL9KR OK1KIR G4RGK HB9Q WA4NJP JA6AHB LZ1DX UX0FF G4FUF K2UYH (SV8CS tropo)

144 MHz
4X1DG 9A9T AA4SC AA7A AE3T CX2SC DD0VF DD7KE DF2ZC DF6SM DF7KF DG0OPK DG1VL DJ4TC DJ8MS DK2PH DK3EE DK3WG DK4RC DK4TG DK5EW DK5LA DK9ZY DL1DWI DL1RPL DL1SUN DL2NUD DL4KUG DL8GP DL9MS DM1AC DM1CG EB5EEO EI3KD EI4DQ ER5AA ES3RF ES6RQ F1AFJ F1DUZ F1TE F5AQX F5GHP F6APE F6BEG F6BKI F6CVY F6HVK F8DO F9HS G4EZP G4FUF G4SWX G4YTL G4ZFJ G6PHH HA8CE HA8CL HB9Q HL5QO I2FAK I2RV I3EVK I3LDP I3MEK I8KPV II3VR IK1UWL IK2DDR IS0CAK IW4ARD IZ0FWE IZ1GZA JA5EEU JE1TNL JH2COZ JH8CMZ JM1GSH JR3REX K1OR K2TXB K5DNL K5QE K6MYC K7MAC K9CT K9MRI KB8RQ KG7HF KL7UW LA8KV LU1CGB LZ1DP LZ1DX LZ1FG LZ1ZX LZ2FO N1DPM N3RG N6BBS N6RMJ N7NW N7SC N8PR N9HF N9LR N9XG NT0V NZ5N OE3FVU OH2LHE OH3KLJ OH4LA OH6UW OH7HXH OH7PI OK1CU OK1IL OK1KIR OK1RD OK1TEH OK1UGA ON4AOI ON4KHG ON7EH ON7UC OZ1CT OZ1LPR PA0JMV PA1BVM PA1GYS PA2CHR PA3CMC PA3COB PA3DOL PA3FPQ PA4EME PA5MS PE1DAB PE1L PE1LWT PI9CM R3BM RA6A RA9YDL RK3FG RK3FG RN3A RN6DJ RT4I RU1AA RV9UV RW3WR RX1AS S52LM S56P S57M SK5AA SM0DY SM0EJY SM2A SM2BYC SM4GGC SM5CUI SM5DIC SM7FMX SM7GVF SP2OFW SP4K SP4KM SP4MPB SQ7DQX SV6KRW SV8CS SV9AQI UA3PTW UA4AQL UA4LCF UA9YLU UN9L UR3EE UR3UB UR5NOY UR7GO US8ZAL UT5UAS UT6UG UW7LL/A UX0FF UX5UL UY0LL UY5HF VE1KG VE2JWH VK4CDI VK5APN W3TDF W4RBO W5UN W6BBS W7IUV W8PAT W8WN WA4NJP WB8TFV XE2AT YL2AJ YL2GD YL2OK YO8RHI YU7AA YU7XL ZL2DX ZL3TY ZS6JON ZS6OB

1296 MHz
OK1DFC UA3PTW HB9Q OZ4MM I1NDP OK1KIR DJ9YW PA3CSG PY2BS

Report after thirth moonpass

J45EME is done.

The last moonpass bring us 35 new stations and around 40 QSO at 2m.
We get some new Inits at 6m and 70cm as well

Murphy takes some stuffs with him last vistit that night.

We stopped around 0800 UTC and after 1 1/2 hour sleep we did take down the antennas and dismantle the setup.
All stuff is packed for the parcel service and for the flight home tomorrow.
At 1330 local time we were at the hotel.
This afternoon we will have first time Dinner with 2 or 3 beer of this great DXPed.

If you had made some screenshots or you have rapports for your signal on the bands please send it to us.
We are interested in all Information.
It was i to short trip with new experiences and impressions, goods and many bads.

A very big 'thank you' goes to Mike SV5BYR and his friends of the SV5 Clubstation SZ5RDS .
The Ham Spirit and hospitality is here alive.
Very big thanks also to all supporters at home .

best 73 de Carsten DM1CG & Frank DL8YHR


Report after second moonpass

Last night was horror and terrible.
We stretch the 6m and 2m antenna a little, so be point better to moon. Both Bands starts with good GG over the sea.
After 25 degrees we prepair 23cm. There was a mistake and error in the spare Laptop. Maybe also transport error at the TS2000.
That cost us 3h... bad.
Then lower then 1296.200 we have the radar from the airport... LOS !
So We did go to 1296.250.

From the system only the H antenna runs, V yagi give us full ALc At TS2000, that must be bad SWR.
All 23 cm stations told our V Antenna was more then 3db worst.... so we could not TX Cir....bad
TS2000 looks thayt it has a problem to...doopler sw doesnt run..
We loged 9 Stations in 2h. Signals from HB9Q and OK1DFC where around -20.... DJ9YW and PA3CSG around -28.
After this we did go back to 2m after and 5h run, that was good.

At 0500 we did start again for one hour 23cm but murhy was there.
With the H yagi also full AlC now...and only 1/3 output.
Something must very worst and false, we stopped after 3 periode to check all. No good new...we have to stop. Again bad.

Back to 2m, some stations didnt understand dont tx during other qso.
We lost yesterday 4 QSO and didnt get them....because POL rotated and we didnt see the called station again.
Some guys are not in the log, because contionue TXing.

At the end of the second moonpass we have 170 QSOs on 144 MHz, 10 at 432 MHz, 9 at 1296 MHz and 9 on 6m.

Next moonpass we will be not the full time on air.
We have to go to bed around 3 UTC, get some sleep, go back to the station and disassemble all tomorrow and to send all back.

Tomorrow in daytime we will visit the old city Rhodos city have there dinner and meet some SV5 guys. Thursdaymorning our plane goes back. 

We are very sorry for the second part of 23cm.

J45EME (update 6)

50 MHz

 WA4NJP W7GJ W6BBS K6MYC KB8RQ ZL3NW K2ZD K7CW



144 MHz

 4X1DG AA4SC DD0VF DD7KE DF7KF DG0OPK DG1VL DJ8MS DK2PH DK3EE DK3WG DK4RC DK4TG DK5LA DK9ZY DL1DWI DL1RPL DL2NUD DL9MS DM1CG EB5EEO EI4DQ ES3RF F6BKI F6HVK F8DO F9HS G4EZP G4FUF G4ZFJ G6PHH HA8CE HB9Q I2FAK I2RV I3MEK IK1UWL IW4ARD JA5EEU JE1TNL JR3REX K1OR K5QE K6MYC K9MRI KB8RQ KG7HF LA8KV LU1CGB LZ1DP LZ1DX LZ1ZX LZ2FO N1DPM N3RG N6BBS N7NW N8PR N9XG NZ5N OH2LHE OH4LA OH6UW OH7PI OK1IL OK1RD OK1UGA ON4AOI OZ1LPR PA0JMV PA1BVM PA3CMC PA3DOL PE1L R3BM RK3FG RT4I RU1AA RX1AS SK5AA SM2A SM4GGC SM5CUI SM5DIC SM7FMX SM7GVF SP4K SP4KM SQ7DQX SV6KRW SV8CS UA3PTW UA4AQL UA9YLU UN9L UR3EE UR3UB UR7GO US8ZAL US8ZAL UT5UAS UT6UG UX0FF UY5HF VE1KG VE2JWH VK5APN VK5APN W4RBO W6BBS W7IUV WA4NJP YL2AJ YL2GD YO8RHI YU7XL ZS6JON
 

432 MHz

 OZ4MM OK1DFC DL7APV DK3WG UA3PTW OK1KIR DL9KR OK1KIR G4RGK HB9Q WA4NJP


 1296 MHz

 OK1DFC UA3PTW HB9Q OZ4MM I1NDP OK1KIR DJ9YW PA3CSG PY2BS

This a big part of log. Some calls missing due the fixes needed. Stay tuned.....

My 2m transverter....

Searching the Ebay I show this auction:

Up for sale the 144 to 28 mhz No-Tune transverter board. It had been invented and built by one of our Ukrainean HAMs. The transverter has been tested and it works very good. And I can assure you it does. With this transverter you can operate on the 144-146 mhz band useing any type of HF radio at 28 to 30 mhz. You should apply only 100 mWt (0.1 Watts) to it on 10m band to get 10-12 W output power on 2m band. There is no antenna relay required. This auction is included the completely built and tested transverter board and the schematic diagram of the transverter. I made a translation from Russian to English and printed the text there on the back side of the sheet. There is No-Tune transverter. You should only place the board onto the radiator get necessary connection and it's ready to operate. This transverter so small that you can even place it inside your HF radio! Below the basic information about this transverter: The power voltage is 12 V. The Input RF power on 28mhz is about 100mWt (0.1 Watts). Output power on 144 mhz is 10-12 W LO freq is 116 mhz and the crystal it already installed on the board. TX Output transistor is RD15HVF1 RX Input transistor is BF998 PTT to ground. The size of the board is 7cm x 3.5cm The lot does not include the heatsink , power and RF connectors, wires or cables. To get the transverter worked you have to do some soldering works with a cables , wires and connectors. Probably some instruments would be required. I ship Worldwide from the Ukraine by Airmail with insurance and provide a tracking number that can be easily tracked through the Internet here. Usually shipping takes up to two weeks but it can be more or less delivery time depending on how quickly the package goes through Customs Thanks for watching my auction.

 

Knowing that Spyros SV8CS is looking for something like this for his remote station I call and inform him about the transverter....  Few minutes later Spyros make an order for the last two items. I thought that "is to cheap to be good" but the price (50 $) was too low for a second think. 

After 10 days the transverters arrives and last night (due to bad propagation on 6 and 4m) I decide to put it in a box.

My good friend George SV5KJO find and unusual but finally very ergonomic box from an old B/W CCD camera. I put out the junk and I have a nice box and guess what ...with PWR plug and a BNC for the IF input!!!

A spare hole filled with an RCA plug that is necessary for PPT and a new hole for the antenna PL connector. Before the metal work I make the wire work carefully as you can see on pictures ....

I disconect my ME4T 4m transverter from my FT-2000 and just put the plugs to the new 2m transverter. A short breath and fired up the Yaesu. I tuned directly to SV5VHF/b frequency at 144.850 (well is on 144.847 excactly...) and the keying from beacon comes clear and loud to my headphones with S-4. Unpluging the antenna from transverter and out it to FT-817 a see S-5....  Thats good news...

Tune to local repeater on FM the signal comes +40.   Also good news. The RX part is fine. No birdies no unusual sounds and signals.  And all functions and filters of FT-2000 is available....!!!

I make my tests on transmit also. Starting with CW the crispy clear sound of my keying comes out on my IC-7000 receiver and the frequency is also stable. No drifts so far. 

QSYing to local repeater again and optimizing the FM Mic Gain on FT-2000 menu I meet again on random George SV5KJO going to work.... The first thing that noticed is the " FB Audio" He comment also the clear signal. I explain to him that his box is filled with the small transverter .... "I nedd one of this too"....   

I think this small transverter is a diamond.  The price is too low and I don't know why the guy who make them decide to stop his pruduct.

Again thanks to my good friend Spyros SV8CS and George SV5KJO for their help ...

It's really Magic Band...

Last night between my QSLing and 6m monitoring as I promise to my friends at South America I decide to finish the CW keyer interface for my good friend Markos SV5PFC. It take me about 20 minutes over coffee to finish it so, I call him to pass from my shack to take it.
No big things until that time at 6m except Spyros (SV8CS) incredible DX Cluster spots entries for 6m. !
One hour later Markos came and he ask me to make a demonstration for software settings and macro purposes.  I connect CW keyer  to my FT-2000 and hit the F1 key (CQ) on my keyboard.... Few seconds later I hear at 50.110 PY1RO replying to my call....
We look each other trying to realize what really happened... and of course I give him 599 and locator... at the end of QSO I lost his signal into the noise....

All this takes about 40 seconds. And all people that chasing DX on 6m meters can understand what I'm saying.... Many efforts from other PY and LU stations but nothing.  Only noise....

TEP is still alive and have much fun around 17:00 UTC at my area maybe and less earlier. 

See you on 6m...

TRIATHLON DX Contest

Triathlon DX Contest announcement

It all started in August of 2011. That was about when it occurred to Mike, SV5BYR that a big Greek Contest was missing from international Ham Radio Contest Calendar.  By the end of September this idea became mature and so the  "Triathlon" was born! A triathlon is a multi- sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. And as you have already guessed, it is a Greek word. We had to change a bit the name to Triathlon Dx Contest to match our activity. Actually, trying here to simulate the original Triathlon athletic event, we involved three major ham radio modes, SSB, CW, RTTY. It will be a 24 hour non-stop event divided in three sections, each one devoted to a different mode. There are some tentative rules of the contest that you can take a look. It will take place every Saturday, the 1st full weekend of February, debuting on 02-02-2013.

After all, what makes this particular contest unique is the special gift for the winner! (take a look to the prize page)

In this point we have to mention all the Greek amateurs who are working to make this event alive: SV1DPI, SV1NK, SV2AGW, SV2DCD, SV5BYR, SV7JAR, SV8CS, SV8RX, SV9GPV, SV9DJO…

There is still a lot of work to be done and more details to be announced. Stay tuned!

More here:  http://triathlon-dx-contest.blogspot.com

Είμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουμε τη δημιουργία ενός νέου Ελληνικού contest: το Triathlon  DX  Contest.
Όλα άρχισαν τον Αύγουστο του 2011, όταν ο Μιχάλης SV5BYR, συνέλαβε την ιδέα. Το όραμα άρχισε να παίρνει σάρκα και οστά τον Δεκέμβριο του 2011, όταν μια παρέα Ελλήνων ραδιοερασιτεχνών έγιναν κοινωνοί αυτής της ιδέας και άρχισαν να συζητούν για τις λεπτομέρειες του διαγωνισμού.

Σήμερα ανακοινώνουμε επίσημα τον διαγωνισμό, καλώντας, αφενός τους προγραμματιστές να προσαρμόσουν τα προγράμματά τους αφετέρου όλους εσάς να τον αγκαλιάσετε και να βοηθήσετε στην επιτυχή διεξαγωγή του.

Ο διαγωνισμός θα διεξάγεται το πρώτο Σάββατο του Φεβρουαρίου κάθε τρέχοντος έτους, θα έχει διάρκεια 24 ώρες και θα αναπαριστά πιστά το αγώνισμα Τρίαθλον. Το αγώνισμα Τρίαθλον αποτελείται από 3 διαφορετικά αθλήματα: Κολύμβηση, Ποδηλασία, Τρέξιμο. Τα αθλήματα γίνονται σε διαδοχική σειρά δίχως διακοπή και νικητής είναι αυτός που συγκεντρώνει την υψηλότερη βαθμολογία και στα τρία. Έτσι θα είναι και ο διαγωνισμός μας, με τη διαφορά ότι τα τρία αγωνίσματα θα είναι: RTTY, SSB και CW σε διαδοχική σειρά φυσικά.  Αυτή είναι και η μεγάλη διαφορά αυτού του διαγωνισμού, αφού τα τρία modes ακολουθούν το ένα το άλλο και δεν εναλλάσσονται. Ως αποτέλεσμα αυτού, να μην μπορεί κάποιος να κερδίσει το διαγωνισμό παρά μόνο αν συμμετάσχει και στα τρία modes. Ο πρώτος διαγωνισμός θα γίνει το Σάββατο 2 Φεβρουαρίου 2013. Από την άλλη κι αφού μιλάμε για Ελληνικό contest, δίνεται ιδιαίτερη βαρύτητα στην επικοινωνία με Ελληνικούς σταθμούς 

Σε όλα τα παραπάνω προσθέστε το εξαιρετικό δώρο για το νικητή, που θα είναι 10ήμερη φιλοξενία για 2 άτομα σε ξενοδοχείο της Ελλάδας!!! 

Μάλλον θα είναι το πρώτο contest παγκοσμίως που το έτερον ήμισυ, θα μας παροτρύνει για μεγαλύτερη συμμετοχή αντί να γκρινιάζει όπως συνήθως… 

Περιισότερα εδώ:  http://triathlon-dx-contest.blogspot.com 

Working SV ...LONG PATH..!!!

It happened today with SV2DCD and SV8CS...  here is the video: