Propagation rough with a few bright spots. K=3,
A=21, Flux=72
0800z - 0900z Europe-Anzo Net on 14,293 Long
Path.
I did not do very well on this net. Thanks to
Klaus and Henk for the following reports.
Greetings Bill,
After extremely poor conditions over the last month
and more, last Sunday included, the ANZO net on this
Sunday morning was a pleasant surprise.
08:16z VK2GWK, Henk. 56 increasing to steady 59 and
peaking 59+15. Henk did a fine job as net controller
and as far as I could judge, Henk was able to work
all stations calling in, including ZL1MJG who was 11
here.
08:19z VK4ZD, Bill, 56 increasing to 59 then back
to 56 as the net came to a close.
08:22z EA7GSU, Pertti, mostly 58. Pertti had
no trouble working Henk and Bill for a start but
almost faded out in VK-land later.
08:33z G4YZE, Bill. Too close for me. Only 43
here. Got 53 from Henk shortly before closing
time. Today 5C, but had snow yesterday
08:37z EA6/M0BDI, Ralph. Managed to work the VKs
and Gs but only 22 here.
08:43z EA/G4HMG, John. Managed to work
some participants, but unfortunately only 22 here.
08:44z PA0SDZ, Les. 33 improving to 44, but Les got
fine reports from VK2 and VK4.
09:07z OH6SM, Martti. 58 here. Good copy in
VK-land, but this Sunday long path worked best.
Snowing and minus 1C.
09:26z Last participants, OH6SM, VK4ZD and HB9CQS,
closed the net.
73 Klaus, HB9CQS
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Dear Bill,
Conditions were reasonable
today with Europe coming through with weak but readable signals.
I did not make note of the exact times I heard
stations but on frequency were:
We started around 08:10 UTC
VK4ZD – Bill - 57 here consistently on the back
scatter.
HB9CQS – Klaus
- at first a 53 and getting stronger until 08:30
(59+) and then fading out again.
EA7GSU –
Perti – up and down 5.3 average but good copy
ZL1MJG – Ralph – with poor audio (59 but he has got a lot of work to do)
EA/M0BDI – Ralph – pretty constant 5.3 here all the
time
G4YZE – Bill – at first 3.1 but coming up to a 5.4
(08:50) and then going down again
EA/G4HMG – John – at first no copy but gradually
coming through 4.3 peaking at 08:40.
PA0SDZ – Leslie – Pretty good 5.4 all the time
OH6SM – Marti – called only close to 09:00 and was
5.7 with me.
Someone mentioned G0JWE (Don) but I did not hear
him.
Best regards Henk – VK2GWK
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0900z - 1000z UK 80-metre Net on 3,694
G3LUW Brian in charge from Devon.
Eight on the net in fair conditions.
1230z - 1330z International Net on 14,293
1230z - W1QUO Jim from Leominster MA only 5/8 today
1230z - G3LUW Brian from Devon 2/1 here got 5/6 from
Jim
1230z - EA/G4HMG John
from Benissa 5/8 here
1234z - VE2GTI Coos from Montreal up to 5/9 here,
Jim gave 5/4
1237z - G0JWE Don from Derby 1/1, got 5/3 from Jim
1237z - GW4KVJ John
from S.Wales 1/1 got "solid copy" from Jim.
1242z - PA2X Cees from
Bussum 2/1, got 5/8 from Jim
1243z - YO8WW Gabi
from Str Bistriti, Romania 5/9, got 3/5 from Jim
1250z - EA7GSU Pertti
from Genalguacil 5/7
1250z - CT1BJZ Vitor
from Ordivelas 5/7
1310z - I had to leave the net at this time. It was
working fairly well though
Jim was experiencing "tractor noise" towards the
end. He had 0c and a nice day.
Coos reported minus 3 and "tons of snow". Club had a
Swiss G.S.E student.
Pertti reported 16c and cloudy. Building 80-metre
ground plane for ARRL contest.
Vitor reported some "very welcome" rain, then off to
lunch with family.
1900z - 2000z UK evening 80-metre Net on 3,694
I heard nothing but
euro-qrm.
Messages Received.
Nothing this week
so here is one of Pertti's gems : -
A student became lost during a solo
cross-country flight. While
attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC
asked, "What was your
last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."
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That's all for this week
73 de Bill g4yze
