Propagation
better.
A=0, K=0
Flux=82,
up to 93 by
Wednesday!
:-
0800z -
0900z
Europe -
Anzo Net on
14,293 Long
Path.
I did quite
well working
both VK4ZD
and VK2GWK
towards the
end but
Klaus did
even better.
Thanks to
Klaus for
the
following
report :-
Greetings
Bill
Since
you
probably
did not
hear how
the net
started,
I am
sending
you this
extract
of my
log:
08:05z
JM2HBO,
Teru.
Peaking
55
here. Teru
gave me
57. Teru
was the
first
readable
signal I
heard.
08:07z
VK4ZD,
Bill, in
control
from
Lokyer
Waters.
33 here
for a
start,
improving
to 56
and
staying
there. Got
53 -
57.
08:31z
ZL1BFS,
Doug. 54
here.
Got 53.
08:35z
OH6SM,
Martti.
59 here.
Got 55 -
57.
Martti
worked
Peter,
VK3KDC,
55 both
ways. Peter
had plus
35C,
while
Martti had
minus
35C a
few days
earlier.
08:42z
G4YZE,
Bill
After
the band
had
opened
for
Bill, no
problems
in working
the VKs.
08:46z
VK2GWK,
Henk
from
Nelson
Bay.
Abourt
56 both
ways.
09:16z
EA7GSU,
Pertti.
Signals
varying
a lot.
Mainly
55.
09:24z
QRT
Other
stations
on the
net:
Peter,
VK3KCD, unfortunately
with no
copy
here. IK2KRZ,
Gil, a
guest
from
North
Italy.
Bill
(VK)
worked
him. Mike,
G8LES, about
44 here.
John,
EA/G4HMG, unfortunately
skipped
out
here.
The good
news: This
morning,
Wednesday
January
13, the
solar
flux was
93. Worked
VK2 and
ZL1 and
heard big
signals
from ZL1,
W2 (North
Carolina),
CE, and
PY, all
around
09:00z.
73
Klaus,
HB9CQS
And
thanks to
Peter VK3KCD
for this
interesting
report:-
First of all
may I wish
everybody a
very Happy
New Year and
a solar flux
of 82 was
not a bad
beginning!.
As I suspect
you now know
I have
finally
completed
the 20mx
section of
the spider
beam and it
was up in
the air last
Sunday. I
hope to get
it a bit
higher next
time but I
don’t see me
getting it
up to 10
metres by
myself. It
seems that
this is the
antipodean
antenna
summer as
Bill VK4ZD
has a new
delta loop
up. Weather
has been a
little
extreme in
the
completely
opposite
sense to the
extremes in
the north.
It was
nearly 44
yesterday
and the
temperature
early this
morning is
still 33. We
have had
code red
fire alert
in two
districts in
Victoria.
Fortunately
no fires of
any
consequence
have
occurred in
the Code Red
areas but a
fire in the
far east of
the State
has broken
control
lines in the
heat.. As to
propagation
had a good
contact with
Teru JM2HBO
and Martti
OH6SM. Heard
Klaus HB9CQS
and yourself
at R2-3 ( up
from 1 by 1)
just as the
net was
closing but
probably not
workable
strength.
Bill VK4ZD
was workable
but weak and
Henk VK2GWK
and Doug
ZL1BFS were
good
strength.
YIRS 73
Peter VK3KCD
0900z -
1000z UK
80-metre Net
on 3,694
G4WRU Mike
in charge
from London
in rather
noisy
conditions.
On Parade
:- G0MMO
Norman,
G0SQH
Derek,
G7OAI John,
M0BDI
Ralph,
G8LES Mike,
G3JJR John,
G0JWE Don,
G4MVO Jim,
G0PCF
Bruce,
G2FUU Tommy,
and G4YZE
Bill.
Great to
hear Tommy
back on the
air after
his rather
grim
surgical
experience.
1230z -
1330z
International
Net on
14,293.
1224z -
W1QUO Jim
from
Leominster
MA 5/5 with
100w from
his
half-wave
vertical.
1224z -
EA7GSU
Pertti from
Genalguacil
5/9
1226z - WN5V
Dave from
Welsh
Louisiana
5/9
1230z -
EA5ALK David
from Calpe
5/5
1237z -
G8LES Mike
from Alton
2/1, got 5/6
rom Dave.
1248z -
HB9CQS Klaus
from
Sachseln 5/5
1248z - AF1E
Joe from
Conover NC
5/6
1259z -
G3JJR John
from
Wolverhampton
1/1, but
Pertti got
him.
1300z -
VE3BGG Bert
from
Cambridge
S.Ontario
5/7
1205z -
PA3AHC
Malcolm
from Naarden
1/1, got 5/4
from Pertti.
1314z -
YO9BC Coco
from Ploiest
5/9
1326z -
VO1NP Nate
from
St.John's NF
4/4
1330z - Net
ended. A
very
interesting
net.
Jim W1QUO
hopes to get
some more
power into
the
half-wave
vertical at
his
apartment in
a week or
two.
Bert VE3BGG
had given a
description
of his
experiences
as a medical
doctor. It
required
four
sessions at
his club !
There were
comments at
the end that
we had not
heard from
Coos
VE2GTI in a
while.
(since
September
actually).
I sent
Coos the
following e-mail
:-
Greetings
Coos,
We (Jim
and I
and all)
have not
heard
from you
in a
long
time and
we are
wondering
if you
are OK.
I know
the net
at 1230z
does not
suit
your
church
service
time.
I hope
all is
well
with you
and
yours.
Hope you
still
get my
weekly
e-mails
alright.
Please
drop us
a line
by
e-mail
if you
get a
moment.
73 de
Bill
g4yze.
Herewith
his
fascinating
and
comprehensive
reply :-
Hello
Bill,
Thank
you for
writing
me.
Let me
briefly
answer
some of
your
questions
and
statements
first.
Yes, it
is true;
nobody
has
heard
from me
much.
The
1230Z
net
is
indeed
not
suitable
any
more.
If I
were
to
be
participate, I
would
have
to
rise
say
06.30
am. Frankly,
at
my
age
(83 in
last December)
I
loathe
that!
And,
as
it
is,
I
have
to
pick
up
and drive two
people
with
us
to
church.
Once
there,
I
have
to put
up
the
hymn
numbers
on
two
boards because
I am
the
tallest
to
reach
the
first
hymn
space!
Other
than
that
I
turn
the
tap
of
activities down
a
bit.
That
applies
to
Rotary
also.
However
I
did
arrange
a
special
licence
for
ROAR
for
the
Convention
in
Montreal
which
event
I
shall
not
attend.
I am
too
far
from
the
Palais
de
Congres.
My
Club
('Montreal
Lakeshore' is
VERY
ACTIVE
in
fundraising.
Just
a
month
ago,
through
a
golf
tournament
(I
am
in
that organising
committee in
September, we
were
able
to
give
a
cheque
for
$5,500
for
the
palliative
care
pavilion,
opened
not
so
long
ago.
My
first
wife,
Dona, slept
peacefully
there
until
she
slept
for
ever.
The
same
amount
went
to a
Women's
shelter
here
in
our
neighbourhood;
another
$1,250
to
Chesshire
homes.
The
last
item
pleased
me
also because
my
deceased
son
Mark,
who
was
a
Spitfire
nut
and
was
building
one
himself
(including
the
Merlin
engine!),
was on
the
Committee
for
building
homes
in
South
Africa.
He
had
RAF Group
Captain Chesshire
come
over
from
England for
the
official
opening! The
Spitfire
is
now
on
Vancouver
island
under'K2'
Yes,
I get
your
weekly
e-mails.
Thank
you.
Yes
all
is
well
with
us.
We
both
love
to
live
in
Canada,
a
super
country,
We
make
a
yearly
trip to
the
lovely
State
of
Vermont
(end
May
early
June).
Every
year
we
fly
to
Europe
middle
October
and
return
middle
November.
In
2009
we
flew
non-stop
to
Barcelona
and
spent
most
time
in
lovely
Montserrat,
Catalunya.
We were
entertained
by
people
belonging
to
the
Catalan
Bible
Society.
My
sister Tine
PhD,
Spanish, had
studied
at
Girton
College
of
Cambridge
University.
She
was
fluent
in
Spanish
and
Catalan.
She
wrote
her thesis
about
the
New
Testament
which
an
Englishman
had
translated
into
Catalan
in
1813-1870.
The
Society
wanted
to
print
and
distribute
a
new
(second) edition
of
that
part
of
the
Bible.
They
wrote
to
Cambridge
asking for
a
copy
of
the
thesis,
which,
they
said,
was
of a
most
valuable
work
for
working
on
the
second
edition.
Cambridge
said
'no'
because
Tine
had
died.
Only
a
legal
heir
could
give
the
consent
for
Cambridge
to
release
the
thesis. The
society
found
out
that
I
was
that
heir!
So,
they
came
to
me.
I
told Cambridge
immediately to
send
a
copy,
all
charges
for
the
Society.
The
Society
was
in
clover
and
byond
themselves
with
joy .
Hence
the
invitation
was
to
come
to
Barcelona.
The
Society
gave
me a
copy
of
the
thesis,
beautifully
bound
in
hard
cover
(two
books)
and,
when
the
second
edition
of
the
N.T
arrived,
I
got
a
copy
of
that
also.Tine
and
I
are
mentioned
in
the preface
of
that
N.T.!!!
There
is no
other
book
in
the
world
that
has
my
name
in
it!
Haha.
After
Barcelona,
Paris
(always
super!)
and
then the
HS
High
Speed
train
'(Thalys')
to
Amsterdam
for
4
weeks
in
Holland.(I
am a
train
nut!)
Then...Back
to
Montreal.
I
have
contact
from
time
to
time
with
Chairman
Pertti
and
I
tell
him
what
I do
when
it
concerns
Finland.
For
instance,
shortly
I
shall
present
a
home
concert
of
recorded
music
for
people
who
are
not
up
any
more to
going
the
long
trip
to
town to
listen
to
the
M.S.O.
The
are
two
works
of
Jean
Sibelius
on
the
program.
When
I
told
him
that
FINLANDIA
is
included, Pertti
told
me
that
he
was
instantaneously
homesick!
It
is
likely
that
the
Finnish
Ambassador
will
attend,
coming from
Ottawa.
If
he
comes,
I
shall
present
to
him a
copy
of
LIFE
magazine
dated
September
1939!
It
has
in
it a
long
article
plus
photos
about
the
Russian-Finish
war.
Fun
eh?
I
mean
having
that
copy!
In
1983 I
was
counselor
for
a
Finish
R.I.
Foundation
brilliant
ambassdorial
student
who
studied
at
the
Université
de
Montréal
(is
in
French
only!
She
has
had a
fantastic
career.
I
still
have
contact
with
her.She
lives
in
the
US,
in
Maryland ,
not
too
far
from
us .
Well,
that's
enough.
I hope
I
have
satisfied
your
curiosity
adequately.
I
wish
you
a
happy
and
healthy
New
year.
73's
de
Coos
VE2GTI
PS
If
you
want
to
publish
any
or
all
of
this
in
your
bulletin,
I
don't
mind.
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Many
thanks
Coos
and
best
wishes
from
us
all
in
ROAR.
Call
us
when
you
can.
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