dx thread

martinedwards

So folks, who you worked recently?

this last week the interesting ones are:

CO8LY Cuba 20m CW
K1TQC, New York 20m CW
KI1U/VE9 Canada 20m CW
CT3AS Madeira 20mCW
N1LI Maine 40m CW
KG9N Illinois 17m CW

plus a load of Europe.

c'mon folks, CB or Ham, whatcha got?

martinsvi

could be a great topic. I'm still waiting for my antenna, rod and tuner, never again shall I buy anything from radiworld.co.uk

martinsvi

my first 5 are all on SSB:
Italy, Bulgaria, Canada (17m), Austria (20m), UK (40m)

on 17 and 20m I can work everyone I hear but on 40 out of 4 attempts only 1 was successful, isn't it odd? have to do some more testing. SWR is below 1.3 on all bands

martinedwards

YAY!! great to hear you're getting out there!

and lets not get all fussy about what defines DX. Some say another continent... some say over 3000 miles..... I say.... long way away!

My latest few were
CN8KD Morocco 17m CW
P43E Aruba 20m SSB
CR2F Azores 20m SSB
WA5GFO Oklahoma 17m CW
K5LG Arkansaw 20m CW

jomoloney

not very active at present time,

20m jt9 6w
w2rxg
iz0mit
ua3tn


15m jt65 10w
k4jjq
m0xdl
wa0jce
ea2bpj
kk4heg
k6sid
kc8gcr
cx8af

rig ft950 ant... hexbeam

CrowdedHouse

EDIT :Perhaps not quite DX but A few unusual for me recently

OY/DL3UB 30m CW Faroe Islands which according to my computer log is a new one

HF80LOT 30m CW Polish Special Event commemorating 2 Lithuanian airmen

SN13I 6m SSB Poland Tall Ship Race

LZ1722SN 20m SSB Bulgarian Saints Award !

martinedwards

Interesting ones in the last week or so....

20m CW unless stated otherwise

K1NN USA VT
TF3JB Iceland
ct3FT Madeira 18m CW
R01DTV Asiatic Russia 18m CW
UP0L Kazakhstan
P3F Cyprus
RC9J Asiatic Russia
W0YR USA VA
RK9UE Asiatic Russia
HV0A Vatican City 18m CW
K1RM USA CT
KB1EFS USA MA
W3FV USA PA
AF4OX USA SC
K4GMH USA VA
K0LUZ USA FL
K1IMI USA NC
W5WMU USA LA
N4PN USA GA
W4IX USA SC
K4BAI USA GA
3V8BB TUNISIA 15M CW
NN3W USA VA

Plus a bunch of Europe.

martinedwards

a good weekend......

all CW, 20m unless specified as different.....
100W into a G5RV jr

V55V Namibia 10m
LU1DZ Argentina 10m
PW1A Brazil 10m
UN9GD Kazakhstan
K3W1 usa md 15m
VY2ZM CANADA PE 15m
VE3AT CANADA ON 15m
KEWI USA MD 15m
EC8AFM Canaries
VE3DZ CANADA ON
UN9L Kazakhstan
K1RX USA NH
W2CDO USA MD
NY4A USA NC
KE9I USA IN
VE3IAE CANADA ON
K2TQ USA NJ
VA3AR CANADA ON
N9AUG USA OH
N4AAI USA TN
NN4T USA TN
W1UJ USA MA
CP6/DF9GR Bolivia
N6AR USA FL
NA8U USA AZ
N8BJQ USA OH
W3KB USA PA
K5TR USA TX
KE3X USA WASHINGTON DC
NA8V USA MI
NE3H USA PA
W5WMU USA LA
K3WW USA PA
VE5MS CANADA SK
KH6MB HAWAII

firsts for Namibia, Colombia, Hawaii, Washington DC, Texas, Louisiana & Seskatchewan

martinsvi

sat down for an hour tonight to check if I will get lucky on 6m. HF bands were quite noisy and useless at around 20.00-21.00

no luck on 6m but managed to work
ER3ZZ, Moldova, 17m
WB2REM, USA FL, 20m
S543EB, Slovenia, 20m

All SSB. I have to resume my morse training, those 9 letters that I recognize won't get me far

Quaderno

martinsvi wrote: »

sat down for an hour tonight to check if I will get lucky on 6m. HF bands were quite noisy and useless at around 20.00-21.00

no luck on 6m but managed to work
ER3ZZ, Moldova, 17m
WB2REM, USA FL, 20m
S543EB, Slovenia, 20m

All SSB. I have to resume my morse training, those 9 letters that I recognize won't get me far

I heard you working ER3ZZ (actually I couldn't hear you, but Valery was 59) and a few minutes later I worked WB2REM right before you did
My setup with an IC-7200 and 20m attic dipole is nowhere near complete so far, but things start to come together by now and I will certainly become more active over the next couple of weeks. Unfortunately I need a better antenna before I will be able to use anything else than 20 and 17m. So I can't work any "local" stations at the moment, but I had to start somewhere and it's already great fun.

martinsvi

yeah, same here... I have a Kenwood Ts590s and Sandpiper MV5+3 antenna. I guess it's ok if I can work US but it's not great and I am considering monoband wire dipoles as well, just need to buy a cable and connector.

what's your call sign?

martinedwards

martinsvi wrote: »

what's your call sign?

I hear a new thread a callin!

martinsvi

no no, we took it in PM, if mods could delete these last couple of posts, that would be appreciated

martinsvi

KZ1H, USA MA, SSB 20m last night. If I had more time I would have bagged a lot of american stations, opening was great. Had a nice chat with this guy.

martinedwards

20m CW unless stated otherwise..... Algeria has been loud these last couple of weeks.....

N2GM USA NJ
7X3WPL Algeria
7X4AN Algeria
XM3B Ontario
FG5R Guadeloupe
AB2ZT USA NJ
AI2C USA VA
RA9AP Asiatic Russia
7x2RD Algeria
LU7HF Argentina 17m
HC2AO Equador
7X2ARA Algeria

I've been playing PSK this week.... I'll post them later.

martinedwards

Latest DX worked since my last post:

20m PSK 31 unless stated otherwise

ZS6NJV South Africa
TG9AHM Guatemala
W8FV USA NC
TF3FIN Iceland
W2EVU USA NY
YV5EPM Venezuela
N1YFI USA PA
W8MLS USA WV
KE4JB USA NY
K4EZD USA VA
KB3AAY USA MD
N2NLP USA NJ
VA3JFN Canada ON
4S7BRG Sri Lanka
VE2ADL Canada QC
WU8R USA OH
W8ARE USA OH
K3PRN USA MD
HK2PMR Colombia
N1KRC USA MA
KC1AAQ USA NH
CU3EM Azores 40m
W9GT USA IN
K8BM USA OH
W8MLS USA WV
WX2U USA NY
KB3EK USA MD
YV5EPM Venezuela (again)
KD1AB USA FL
N4DSP USA NC

martinsvi

looks like we're having a good propagation for 10-15 meters last couple of days, managed to work USA (Nebraska), Algeria, Gibraltar on phone, running 100w, heard Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and other exotic places, but couldn't get through the pileups..

On digi nothing impressive... Russians and Ukrainians are very active, hard to miss them, to be honest, I found their use of high powers very annoying, they keep transmitting over wegak signals coming in from South America, very disappointing ...

martinedwards

Decided to try rtty as there was a contest on this past weekend (though not entering it, just using it as an opportunity to get on there)

10m was banging in

1st RTTY QSO was Brazil!

so over Sat & Sun, on rtty, 50w into a G5RV jr......

as well as a load of Europeans,

10m:
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Texas
Florida
Argentina
Colombia
Canary Is
Madeira
Asiatic Russia

20m
Missouri
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
North Carolina
Quebec
Maryland
Virginia
Rhode Island

40m
Rhode Island
Virginia

not too shabby at all!

martinedwards

10m was banging today!

loads of Eastern Europe all morning....

UN7JZ Kazakhstan
CT3AS Madeira

and then a bunch of US & Canada before the band died as it got dark.

really rather good!