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Back in the air

Vacation is over and I’m back on the air. Two weeks were spent in the resort town of Druskininkai (Lithuania) and a little travel by car. As usual, I took with me transceiver YAESU FT-817 and screwdriver antenna ATAS-100 with … Continue reading

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1A0C QSL card arrived

Long time waited QSL card for EME QSO with 1A0C arrived. At last! I do not trust to OQRS any more! The QSO was made on 28.12.2014. Few days later I asked OQRS and paid 4 Euro, as 1A0C team … Continue reading

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Activity Days “120 Years of Radio”

On May 7, 1895 a Russian physicist and electrical engineer Alexander Popov presented a device, that received signals from the Hertz spark vibrator at a meeting of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society in St. Petersburg. This experiment demonstrated the … Continue reading

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Antenna rotator replacement

Very strong wind crashed my YAESU G-1000DXC azimuth rotator on 144 mhz antenna (4 x 2M18XXX) one week before VP8DQE expeditions was activated from grid GD18BH (Falkland islands). But nothing happened with elevation rotator. So, it was possible to get … Continue reading

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HB0 (Liechtenstein) confirmed on 70 cm EME

DXCC # 38 is confirmed on 70 cm EME. HB0/DM1CG QSL cards for EME QSOs on 144 and 432 Mhz was arrived on last weekend. HB0 on 2m was confirmed before by PA2CHR.

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Good tropo on 12 Feb. 2015

On this morning, around 07 UTC, I’ve got SMS from my friend Matej, OK1TEH. He suggested to check 2 m band for tropo, as he heard beacon OH2VHF/B in JO70FD. Sure, I turned ON my TS-2000 and found “CQ de … Continue reading

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New QSL-cards arrived

 

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Year 2014 statistic

Looking back, I was very surprised of my activity in the air. Unexpected, many QSOs on HF bands. But this is, because, I participated in a two great sport events in Russia: The Winter Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi and … Continue reading

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Grand Prix Formula One HAM Radio Award, 1st grade.

In honor of carrying out in Russia the 16th stage of the Grand Prix Formula One, during the period from 00:00 Moscow time on September 15, 2014 till 23:59 Moscow time on October 15, 2014 inclusive, for the QSOs are carried … Continue reading

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New QSL-cards arrived

As was mentioned earlier, Chris (PA2CHR) made successful  “Balkan trip”in May, 2014.  It promised to two new DXCC territory on 144 (HB0 and ZA) and two on 70 Mhz (4O and Z3). Today I was happy to receive  QSL cards. … Continue reading

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