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As can easily be seen from the lists below Sunday was a
really good day for the German stations. Well it was their 10m contest
so you’d kind of expect that. But runaway most popular was J5C Bubaque
Island (Guinea) operating from a lighthouse I believe.
 Not
many UK stations about but during the week PZ5YV from
Paramaribo in Suriname was popular. It was operated by the 4M5DX group
and was active on all bands all modes in the first two weeks of January
2008.
The Team consists of : SSB:YV5SSB Alex, YV5TX Jose M. Robaina,
LU8ADX Diego, XE1KK Ramon Santoyo, EA8CAC Juan Hidalgo. RTTY/BPSK:XE1KK
Ramon Santoyo. They didn’t figure in the stats for the weekend because
they packed up and left. They have a really nice logo. I’m not sure
if it will be on their QSL card.
Most popular DX.
Monday: TO5FJ, DF0LS, ZL2SP, WB3AAL, DH3RD.
Tuesday: PZ5YV, KD0ACQ, YY4LUN, AG4EX, LW4EU, SQ9MEE,
W9RPM, IZ5ICH, KC5MNM, KF0TG, LU7DZ, W8VHO, XE2HUM, K5PEW, KB8GFF, KE4WBO,
KQ4PK, N0ZNA, W4ETB, W6VA.
Wednesday: ZL2SP, I4MOW, IK4GRO, KF4GDX, N6OPR, S57S,
VE3ZLN, KQ4PK, S59AA, W4ETB, W8VHO, ZL4PW.
Thursday: PZ5YV, VK2IR, I0KNQ, LW1DBG, VK4CQ, K4GDW,
KE4WBO, PU1CCC, VK8NSB, ZL2SP.
Friday: PZ5YV, IZ5ICH, IZ6GSQ, F4EZJ, EA3EJI, ZL2SP,
YU1FE, SQ9MEE, I5FLN, VK2IR, KC2RDC, KB3MMX, IZ8DEP, DF8AE.
Saturday: DL2ARD, F2IL, ZS1OLI, DJ7EO, ZS6QDW, EA4,
DJ7YP, AH0V, DL1REM, DG1BHA, DF8AE, F6HTJ, EA5GVY, DK0AE, 9M2IDJ.
Sunday: J5C, EB5KB, EA5KV, DP5P, EA3GHZ, EA5GVZ, IZ5ICH,
VK4CQ, CT1CJJ, DF7ZS, DJ5MN, DL1MJF/P, DL4YBZ, DL5WP, DO9OBI, DR1A, DR5L,
EA5ATK, EA5DFV, M0CCQ, BA8AG, BG4CZX, DC2VE, DC2YY, DK5DQ, DK5OS, DL1EJA,
DL40RRDXA, DL5JS, DL9GS, EA1ASC, EA3IM, EA9IB, F5TMJ, JA3JOT, PD3MDM,
VK5MRD, VR2VBV, 9A7P, CN8KD, DB2B, DD3DJ, DK6XZ, DK8EY, DK8NC, DK9TN,
DL0GC, DL1NUX, DL1REM, DL5YM, DL8OAZ, DO1YCL, DO2BAD, F4TTR, KE4WBO, MM0NDX,
ON4ALY, PA1TX, VK2HV, VK2IR, YO9BXC, ZL1TM.
John, VK4TJ worked Jim, VQ9JC (on CW) in the Chagos
Archipelago. He goes on to say,
“Jim & I met on 17 mtrs. On a whim, he asked me to try 10,
as he needed VK on that band. We both had to tune up, and could hear each
other's carriers 57, so knew even before the first dit it would be a go.
Afterwards, I spotted him on packet, and he worked a couple more VK's,
a ZL and a 4Z1. No clue what propagation modes were involved. Well past
sunset here in VK. When it got quiet on 10, we tried 12 mtrs, with even
better sigs.”
Great stuff, if fact stuff I’ve never even heard!!
Richard, 9W2CBL worked BA8AG 3/5 and he heard none
other than Big Dave VK5MRD.
However Dave’s haul of stations worked is impressive.
ZL1LU 5/9+10, JA2NVM 5/9, JF6CHY 5/6, JR1BTG 5/7, JA3JOT 5/9, JA0BES 5/5,
JH0EQN 5/5, BG4CZX 5/6, BG4DGJ 5/6, 9W2IDJ 5/6.
His comments are
“Again still very good Sporadic E conditions around Australia
esp down the eastern seaboard. The VK6 Beacon has been very strong on
28.264MHz for the last two weeks but the only VK6 heard and also worked
by me was Andrew VK6ARA at 5/9+15.
"Although not 10m I did listen to 27.555MHz last night to see
what propagation was around and I did hear a 118 division call CQ. I looked
that one up and it turns out to be “The Gambia”, west coast
of Africa. This is very close to the current J5C activation who are also
operating on 10m. I did try for J5C on 10m but had no luck! Maybe next
time!”
Yes well they are active until 21st January and they also have a
good logo on their site.
Contests: There is the UT (United Teenager, Ukraine)
contest on Saturday from 06:00 to 14:00 and not much else.
Sun: Blank again. I rather like this one from SpaceWeather.com,
“2008 has been a good year for auroras with Northern Lights over
the arctic realm every night so far. Even polar bears have turned into
sky watchers:
 Disclaimer:
These "bears" are made of snow. There are no polar bears in
the village of Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, where Sylvain Serre took the
picture on Jan. 9th. Nevertheless, the principle is sound: Somewhere up
there, polar bears must be watching! (Oh, yes??)
The plot thickens, much like snow or gravy. Richard, G4TUT has purchased
some RG8U feeder. Now I know he could put his washing on it, but in reality
it’s for connecting between an antenna and a rig for the purpose
of transmitting (and receiving). Will RF be spilling out of ‘TUT
towers soon? Wait for the next exciting episode.
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