{"id":3692,"date":"2018-05-06T06:22:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T04:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2018-05-07T05:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T03:50:52","slug":"mozambique-in-the-air-c8t-2-15-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/?p=3692","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique in the air. C8T 2-15 May, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian Lions DX-Team (OT8T) are announced for a DXpedition to Mozambique during 2-15 May 2018. All HF-band and 144 MHz EME with 2X11 el. H-pol antenna and 1,2 Kw SSPA.<br \/>\nI am not so much interesting in HF. Just will look and if hear on some bands, than will try to call. Mozabique is confirmed on 40, 20, 15 and 10 M bands. So, just interest&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp; Another deal on 144 MHz. It&#8217;s a new DXCC for me. And I tried&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c8t_spatial_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3693 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c8t_spatial_-170x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"150\"><\/a><strong>6th of May.<\/strong> QSO was not easy. <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">It lasts for 16 minutes! I think, the reason was in a very special conditions on the Earf-Moon-Earth trace between Estonia and Mozambique on these days.<br \/>\nThe spatial offset and Faraday rotation <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\">did their &#8220;black work&#8221; very amicably<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><\/span>. Look on the table. There we can see, that the spatial offset <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">was changed to the opposite just during our<\/span><\/span> QSO.<br \/>\nAfter 0244 utc I have seen C8T only in vertical polarization.<br \/>\nAnother reason, should be, why Marc hear us so bad &#8211; big QRM from HF station, which antennas situated on a few meters from Marc&#8217;s 2&#215;11 elements stack.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c8t_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3694 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c8t_2-170x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"150\"><\/a><br \/>\nQSO complete. Marc informed me via N0UK chat, that my best signal level was -22 db&#8230; <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">Such a situation often arises when QSO with southern Africa.<br \/>\nAny way, I am happy to get DXCC # 176 and grid # 999.<br \/>\nThanks for the patience, Marc!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>7th o<a href=\"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c8t_es1rf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3699 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c8t_es1rf-170x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"150\"><\/a>f May<\/strong>. Polarity offset -04 deg, Degradation -4.1 (-4.5 yesterday). First call (as ES1RF) to C8T and immediately answer. Just 3 minutes for QSO! So different conditions&#8230;<br \/>\nC8T was heard up to -16 on this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian Lions DX-Team (OT8T) are announced for a DXpedition to Mozambique during 2-15 May 2018. All HF-band and 144 MHz EME with 2X11 el. H-pol antenna and 1,2 Kw SSPA. I am not so much interesting in HF. 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