During Perseids 9th-14th Aug I was in KP51at working random MS CW.
So it was like a real holiday, just lying in my van and only sleeping, drinking, eating and smoking. If somebody would pay salary, that is my new profession. In van was not lonely feelings, because there was flies, spiders, mosquitoes and lizards. In some nights temperature was only abt 4 degree, because my linear was too little...
Sometimes I received infos, that I don't have RX... I think that problem and I found some reasons
But I was not only one, who had problem with RX. Sometime during qso I heard some other stations who was calling me. Best was about 40 burst during one qso. I didn't chance qso partner in those cases, so next time You would also listen with whom I have qso going on (nothing personal, but pleasegentleman). That was during maximum, so in any case problem was not, that other stations didn't hear my burst enough well. So it was not good idea to take 2 or more call after cq and start automatically next qso when first was completed. Time to time second station was not anymore QRV when I tried qso, maybe QSYed to sked.
And it log.
0800 (utc) started from home
1100 in KP51at and start to make setup
1 1225-1233 DK3BU MNI +20db 20sec #JO33no - 1625 km
NC 1327-1356 DL5DTA 7b Another qso also in same freq and I hearded R26
but not from DL5DTA JO61sd - 1550 km
2 1400-1415 DL9MS mni s7 30sec JO54wc - 1364 km
3 1420-1443 DL5DTA 11b JO61sd - 1550 km
1506 OH6KSR Tropo KP22vg - 227 km
4 1613-1640 PA3FBN 10b 3sec 300hz too high JO33jf - 1669 km
5 1647-1750 DJ7OF 15b 7sec JO51hq - 1621 km
6 1828-1845 DF8LC 10b 3sec JO53
7 2243-2320 DL2ARD 7b 1sec rx also LY2WR JO60ar - 1648 km
NIL 2320-2355 LY2WR - KO24oq - 840 km
8 0000-0050 SM6KJX 12b s9 30sec, sidescatter, QTF 225' JO67ck-1109 km
abt 0200-0330 CQ T in beacon mode
9 0330-0357 DL1EJA mni s3 30sec. One burst was really loud, I waked up!
Then my TX was still in 144100 2 TX period... but
indeed, we completed JO31DS - 1809 km
NC 0543-0635 S54AA 2b JN76KA - 2005 km
0655-0815 sleep
NC 0852-0925 SM7TUG 3b s5 12sec, nothing after 0859 JO76nj - 1039 km
10 1133-1223 DL6YCY 3b 3sec JO41cu - 1714 km
NC 1233-1315 DL9USA 1b 3sec JO71en - 1480 km
11 1419-1445 DK0OG mni short JN68gi - 1852 km
NC 1904-1954 DL1EAP 2b heard also DL1DUR & PA0J? JO31ik - 1817 km
NIL 1955-2025 DL1DUR - JO70kv - 1523 km
abt 2200-2317 in beacon mode
12 2317-2330 DH3YAK 4 s5 3sec. Winfried is not really gentleman. He called
GSM and waked me up. JO31rs - 1755 km
13 2334-0000 PE1LCH 8 JO23wf - 1713 km
14 0017-0100 SP6GZZ 10b s2 3sec
15 0100-0115 DL9AN mni +20db 5sec JO62sn - 1422 km
NC 0143-0240 OM7JGO 2b s5 9sec I send RRRLZY after 02:20:36 but DL4ABJ was
hole time stronger in my rx period. Was OM7JG, sri
NIL 0240-0315 DL4ABJ - JO42xp - 1569 km
NC 0330-0420 DL4ABJ 10b in 0332-0340, later nothing JO42xp - 1569 km
NC 0423-0540 S54AA 10b short JN76KA - 2005 km
0545-1045 sleep
16 1119-1207 PA3BZL 14b s7 15sec JO22SB - 1821 km
17 1519-1609 OZ1FDJ mni s9 2sec sidescatter QTF 225' JO65fr - 1212 km
1655 OH9SCL tropo KP46bi - 513 km
1700-1900 UHF NAC 8 qso, 5sqr, best QRB OH6QR KP22bn - 319 km
18 1924-2020 DL1DUR mni 2030-2032 I tx one extra rrr, JO70kv - 1523 km
he was so active ;-)
NC 2039-2110 DL1SU mni s7 20sec, rx also 9A1CCY, was DL1SUN, sri
NC 2110-2200 9A1CCY 1b s3 2sec JN85oo - 1981 km
NC 2213-2325 DJ4WF 7b s9 30sec, was DJ4UF, sri
2340-0625 sleep
19 0643-0715 OK1FM 10b 1sec rx also 9A1CCY JN69qq - 1693 km
NC 0718-0808 9A1CCY 3b 2sec after 0740 heard only PA2CHR
20 0808-0815 PA2CHR mni JO22xa - 1804 km
21 0823-0900 DL1EAP mni JO31ik - 1817 km
22 0906-0930 DL5ME mni s9 30sec rx also DK3WG mni, JO52sd - 1542 km
NIL 0930-0950 DK3WG - JO72
23 0953-1020 DL7FF mni rx also DK3WG and 10:12:30 "O55LZY 9AACCY 38r k"
in speed 100 lpm ;-) sri, but my key
was not in connected. JO62tj - 1433 km
NIL 1020-1046 DK3WG - rx PA0JMV. 1044 He call me and tell, that DK3WG is
not on the air anymore. JO72
24 1046-1115 PA0JMV mni s3 1min JO21pm - 1876 km
25 1128-1208 PA3FJY mni rx abt 40 burst from DL1SUZ JO22eh - 1761 km
NIL 1210-1230 DL1SUZ - JO53un - 1415 km
NC 1250-1310 DL5BBN mni s9 30sec, was DL5BBW, sri
26 1310-1345 DL8GP mni s9 12sec rx "DL8EBW RA3LBK" JN39lh - 1988 km
27 1348-1415 DL8EBW 10b s1 27sec JO31nf - 1815 km
28 1433-1500 DL5DQ 11b s5 4sec JO31ph - 1801 km
29 1508-1530 DL1SUZ mni s9 <10sec rx mni b from DF7KF JO53un - 1415 km
30 1530-1545 DF7KF mni s9 <10sec JO30
31 1603-1640 DF5BN 12b s5 6sec Personal style
MMMMDF5BN & RRRDF5BN ;-) JN49gu - 1872 km
NC 1644-1735 DL3YEL 13b +20db 8sec after 1710 nil JO41ev - 1703 km
17:03 rx DJAOJ s7 7sec
Yeah 1710-1837 not even any pings. Black out between 1st and 2nd maximum?
32 1837-1935 ON4AMX 7b rrramx in 1943utc, rx 9A1CCY JO20kv - 1947 km
NC 1935-2025 9A1CCY 4b s9 17sec nil after 1957 JN85oo - 1981 km
33 2103-2210 SP9EWU 12b s7 3sec I sleeped
abt 20-30min during qso, sri JN90
34 2244-2312 YU7MS 3b s3 3sec rx also 9A1CCY KN05ef - 1964 km
35 2315-2330 9A1CCY 4b s9 20sec AT LEAST ;-) rx S54AA JN85oo - 1981 km
NC 2330-0010 S54AA 6b s3 2sec nil after 2350 JN76ka - 2005 km
36 0023-0100 LY2MW 8b s9 5sec sidescatter QTF 225' KO24pq - 839 km
37 0109-0120 LY2WR 4b s5 2sec " " " " "
NC 0120-0205 S54AA 2b nil after 0130 JN76ka - 2005 km
NC 0214-0245 SP2OFW 1b JO93ac - 1201 km
0335-0940 sleep
NC 1023-1055 DL3IAE 1b JN49de - 1942 km
NC 1150-1300 9A1EZA 9b s4 20sec JN86hg - 1928 km
?38 1343-1525 DH9OY mni, after 1410utc DJ3HW was stronger all time, 1438
RX rrroy, but raport was missing, 1505 TXed SSSDHNOY
and 1518 rx r38r. Indeed, wery long qso ;-)))
39 1430-1505 DJ3HW mni s9 5sec JO42lh
1545-1730 cigarett ceased and QRB to nearest kiosk was 4 km. So it was
not bad experience to walk 8 km after 4 days lying.
1730-1825 cq cq cq
1825-1925 looking tropo
40 2008-2038 DD0VF 8b s7 20sec JO61va - 1552 km
41 2122-2225 SP4MPB mni s5 8sec rx also 9A1EZA meny burst. Interest, but
all time burst from SP and 9A game different time, never
duplicate with each other. It was easy to listen, because
9A1EZA was 200 hz higher. KO03gs - 1054 km
42 2225-2232 9A1EZA mni s9 4sec JN86hg - 1928 km
43 2314-2328 DL9USA 5b s5 4sec JO71en - 1480 km
NC 2338-0043 HB9FAP 2b s4 1sec JN47gj - 2097 km
0045-0740 sleep
0740-1245 CQ CQ CQ OHELZY, RX only 1 burst "ohel"
1245-1400 setdown and beamed to home qth with car
1630 again in home qth.
1700 in Sauna. Great experience after 6 days camping.
IC-706 & Lunar 30-160 => abt 120w only, so I was QRP DTR & OH5IY soft ver 4.3
19el yagi 11.34m boom 7m up.
12m aircom+
no pre amp...
Qsl is ok via buro. If you want direct, my address is
Janne Harakka
Laurlahdentie 30
56440 Pohja-Lankila
Finland
OH5YW commander of OH5LIZ to have second DTR with me, just for safe. Kari was also pilot station to Digital VHF net.
OH6KTL Lasse, second pilot station.
OH5BM Tapani, who borrow second linear for safe. BTW, Tapani was also in KP51 1981 or 1982 working MS, we just wondered that KP51 was still vanity sqr ;-))) So a few new station in gamed to MS during last 16 years.
OH5NXO Juha, who made my laptop for 12v use. Now it was not necessary to keep hole time aggregator on. I worked abt 3 hour with batteries (total extra battery capacity 280 AH) when charged again. I had 40 A charger for that use.
And tnx to everybody, who called me via telephone or radio. It was great time to be first time in Perseids. I get 6 new DXCC OK, ON, OM, PA, YU and 9A.
At least 21 new sqr. JN39, JN49, JN68, JN69, JN85, JN86, JO20, JO21, JO22, JO23, JO33, JO41, JO42, JO53, JO65, JO70, JO71, JO81, JO90, KN05, KO03 via MS & KP46 via Tropo.
In Finland we can count sqr what is worked inside 100 km circle, center point don't must be home QTH, and why not also future Dubus list "only one callsing or one qth". I can use my call without any /P or /number from KO19 to KP39 and from KP03 to KP53. Only in OH0 we must use /0 or /OH0.
In future I try to make setup in my home qth. Just only planning, too L(a)ZY for starting repairing here KP41kl...
Pse, update your missing sqrs to Guido, DL8EBW Most Wanted Sqr list. It is nice list when look next expedition place.
I'm not master of small talk, so I wrote a novel with miserable English...
73s de Janne OH5LZY
GSM +358 500 748 960
OH5LID