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#floodthezone with 10.1MHz QRO CW.
I made 4500+ QSO so far for the OP0WWA activity. Mostly CW and a few nice SSB runs.
Lots of nice DX calling in.
Next week firing up the shack on a weekday will be useless again. Apart from the FT8 bots, no one seems to care.
No one answers a plain old Belgian CQ.
#WorldWideAward ~ love it or hate it but it keeps the #hamradio #hfbands alive.
I just worked @kb6nu on 30m (CW duh!) 559 both ways.
We did that 18 years ago too:
https://www.kb6nu.com/franki-made-my-day
How time flies... Scary.
TNX for the qso Dan.
BTW I'm very stoked about this weekend's CQ WW CW. It's been a few years since I did an all band all out all in effort.
Look for OQ5M.
Who else is joining us in #cqwwcw ?
A/k/a #radiosport
Today I'm at #hamconbe
I'm attempting to give a presentation on #HamRadioContesting a/k/a #radiosports
Spreading the word of the #greatesthobbyintheworld
I don't know how or why but I just made 130 SSB QSO with EU on 40m as OQ0IARU. In one hour.
Why doesn't that happen when I do #cw?
#morsecode is therapeutical. SSB is plain work.
#hamradio is like fishing. I guess you need good bait.
That said:
#amateurradio is the #greatesthobbyintheworld
Woof woof. 6am local - dog wakes me up.
Might as well hang out on 160m for the #hamradiocontest there. A total bust for USA from here. Which usually is quite simple. No propagation this weekend.
I got as far as TX, the guy picked up my CQ and exchange went smooth.
I tried a W2 but QSB ate him during the exchange.
Just playing for checklog. With a dedicated log this time. Let's see what sunrise propagation brings. First: coffee.
Still #greatesthobbyintheworld that #hamradio thing.
73 y'all.
Home alone today! #hamradioshack time.
- Worked KH0W for possibly a new one on 30m.
- JD1/Ogassawara, weak but logged on 15 CW.
- Chased those Italian SES in CW, SSB and even 2x RTTY.
- On the lookout for #YOTA stations. Drop that phone and get OTA guys!
- I worked VK2GR on 80 CW. He was loud and easy catch. Ten minutes later, again on 40m.
- QSO 'd the biggest lid I know: @DJ5CW
- Many casual CW QSO exchanging name, QTH, station info...
As seen on https://contest.run/#/score/54
Who's the lame operator that has a higher score but does not use the real time online score system? I sure hope there is none.
120 SSB contacts, the rest of course CW. Mandatory mixed mode for single band entries.
Propagation on 10m only so-so.
LZ too close to ON on #28MHz.
Random fact o/t day.
I worked into USA on 10m without amp, only 20W and the yagi only at 8m high (tower not cranked up).
I was delighted to hear quite some CW activity.
Even North Dakota, which is a rare treat.
I wish I hade more time to be in the shack.
Maybe I should prioritize and do away with all non-ham BS, if it doesn't pay bills.
@theavidhorizon @dj3ei
Never too late to join the #greatesthobbyintheworld that is #hamradio.
There are far worse addictions to pick up.
@F4JWJ @darrell73
Argentina has tons of crazy prefixes.
They surface in both CQMM and WPX contests.
I'm a contest addict. Mostly CW.
But I like talking to people a lot too. CW or SSB to USA for 'ragchew QSO'.
Slow going in the CQMM #hamradiocontest .
Big difference with previous years. It's not really propagation... Two years ago there was massive participation.
Yesterday I took down my WARC antenna to deploy the 80m vertical. For only one Brazilian and 4 EU?
Oh well. Let's try to work some more. Especially those juicy SA prefixes.
#hamradio is the #greatesthobbyintheworld
Oh yeah and #cw4ever !
Spraying RF around on 18MHz with 5kW into a 5 element monoband yagi at 42m high.
Or is that 800W into a crooked homemade 12/17m inverted V dipole, apex at 14m high?
Works just as well I guess.
W1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9, KL7, JA, XE, YV, VE, PY, LU, KP4 and PA and DL!
All in CW a/k/a #morsecode of course.
OT23WARD #SpecialEventStation
@Ussjoin
I have no reason not to believe you and I can vividly imagine what it must sound like, but I have yet to encounter such speech on HF.
I mostly do CW and limit SSB to the occasional contest. Might that be a reason?
It's an open question, not a statement!
That said: it's everywhere so why not in the #greatesthobbyintheworld ?
Not talking about the social media cesspool or online commenting proze - just RF wise on the ham bands.
Sunday morning, the wind settled and I hyped myself up to raise tower and 80m antenna. Detached 160m wire for faster setup.
I started in the #arrl contest with about 12h to go.
I landed just short of 1100 sweet DX QSO.
I had two clock hours of sustained 170~180 QSO/hr on 20m.
Later on 40m I got the 'fresh meat treatment' with another rate explosion. I didn't make any contacts there before as I skipped the first nights.
#cw4ever in the #greatesthobbyintheworld that is #hamradio
How's it going with #cqcontest in #rtty you ask? Even if you don't ask, I gonna tell anyway.
Usually I do fast snappy CW contesting. RTTY is soooo slloooowww.
Usually I have a beefy kW amp running. I decided to go barefoot, rig at 90W out. Moohahaaa...
Usually the yagi is between 15m and 21m AGL. I left the tower down so the tribander sits only 8m high.
'nuff said?
And I worked 11 Dutch(wo)men in the #pacc contest on 28MHz.
Support the ham radio contest scene!
#greatesthobbyintheworld
@karanslade
Welcome to the #greatesthobbyintheworld
Knock yourself out with everything it has to offer.
@jordankettner
You're 'thinking'? The ghost of Samuel Morse is practically bending the universe to give you a sign!
Get. That. License.
#greatesthobbyintheworld
@on1arf @dj3ei @taekehf @hamradio
Yes so much to do in the #greatesthobbyintheworld
Tons of frequencies, modes, techniques.
You can re-invent yourself as a ham, do something totally different, and still be a ham.
And age is just a number, even in HEX...
@AC1OF
Rig: anything beats nothing
CW: practice makes perfect. Ten minutes every day. Beware of addiction!
Never give up and enjoy the #greatesthobbyintheworld
BTW https://lcwo.net/ is said to help as well.
@pd5te @alex
ON5ZO is mostly active as OQ5M.
QTH = central Belgium, 30km SW of Brussels.
My favorite mode is CW, and a little SSB. I'm only active on HF bands.
I like contesting, making simple antennas and also the social aspect of the hobby.
I like talking to people in CW, REAL QSO too, especially on 30m.
I call it #greatesthobbyintheworld...
73!