Propagation very poor. K=3,
A=19, Flux=69.
0800z
- 0900z Europe - Anzo Net on 14,293
Long Path.
Only a few scraps of weak reception
here so many thanks to Klaus for his
report : -
Greetings Bill,
At 08:00z hardly a station was
heard here on the entire band
but the band eventually opened
up somewhat towards VK and ZL
and pleasant surprise:
JA3BSX, Teru san (Teruo), came
in with a booming signal long
path. Teru san lives near Kyoto,
is member of one the Rotary
clubs in Kyoto and also a
ROAR member. We all look forward
very much to meeting you again,
Teru san.
08:14z VK4ZD, Bill. 33,
increasing quickly to a steady
55-56. Bill's daughter Alizah
applying for VK license now.
Congratulations.
08:14z ZL1RD, Rob. Not very
strong this morning. Never more
than 43 and difficult with my
poor hearing. Got R5 from Rob at
one time.
08:14z VK3KCD, Peter. To my
regret again only 11 here. Glad
that Peter had a fine triangle
with Bill and Rob.
08:22z G4YZE, Bill. 44
here. Bill had no copy on VK and
ZL and, as far as I could get,
did not fare much better with
JA.
08:28z JA3BSX, Teru san.
Booming in here, 59 and
never below 57. Got 59 myself.
57 in EA7-land and also good
signal in VK4 and OH.
08:35z EA7GSU, Pertti, 59/59.
Still using ground plane. Worked
Teru san, but handicapped by
lack of beam.
08:44z OH6SM, Martti, for once
only 33 here, but good signal
into Kyoto
09:00z Net closed down
I heard faintly a couple of
other stations, but I was unable
to read the words. I apologize.
73 Klaus, HB9CQS
0900z
- 1000z UK 80-metre Net on 3,693
G3LUW
Brian in charge from Devon.
Ten on
the net in very noisy conditions.
1200z
- 1300z International; Net on
14,293
N.B. This net goes to Summer
Schedule 1130z - 1230z from Sunday
March 9.
The band
never really opened but we had much
contest qrm from Europe.
1212z -
EA7GSU Pertti from Genalguacil up to
5/9 later, got me 5/9
1229z -
EA/G4HMG John from Benissa 3/4, got
me 5/5
1234z -
VE2GTI Coos from Montreal 4/4, gave
me 5/5 in the clear.
I heard
nothing of Jim W1QUO.
Thanks
to all for trying. Better luck next
week !
1900z
- 2000z UK evening 80-metre Net on
3,693
I got
nothing but strong European qrm.
Altogether not our best day !
Messages Received.
From
Coos VE2GTI
You probably know, but I thought
it prudent to tell you that our
clocks are going forward one
hour this coming Saturday/Sunday
night.
I don't know whether Europe does
the same.
73's Coos VE2GTI
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks Coos. I had forgotten
your EST rules changed last
year.
UK clocks (and mainland Western
Europe as far as I know) go
forward on 30th March.
The International net will start
at the earlier hour this Sunday.
At 1130z.
European nets stay on Winter
Schedule until March 30.
That's all for this week,
73 de Bill g4yze
