Entries from Christoph Petermann

50 MHz
28 May 2019 Worked: TA, EK, LZ, EA - Hrd DX: UN3, JA5FFJ (PM63), 9K, EA8, A45, S01WS, TA, TR8CA (SSB)
27 May 2019 Only one station frm SV heard.
26 May 2019 Some European heard
25 May 2019 Strong opening. I worked >50 stations in CW : I, HB9, DL, OM, LZ but OH0Z (JP90) as well. No FT8 contact, but saw DX from BV6CC,UN7, A9, 4X, A4, EA8, and R0BSC (OO22) - is that real?
24 May 2019 Worked several CW stations in YL, SV, YU, LZ E7 and 5B4AMX(KM65). In FT8 I worked TA and 4X. Seen were as DX: BA4SI, TA, OD, 9K, 4X, A9.
23 May 2019 DX seen from EA8 and OD5. Worked in CW and SSB some I7, Z3 and SV with very good signals
17 May 2019 Worked EA and seen in FT8 was 5T5PA very strong
16 May 2019 TR8CA on the screen and 7X worked
14 May 2019 EA8 as only DX and LZ worked in SSB
13 May 2019 Band open to 5B, 7X and A92GS
12 May 2019 SV, TA, 5B and SV9 seen in FT8
8 May 2019 Some Es to TA, EA3 seen
3 .. 7May 2019 Busy with other things ..
2 May 2019 Strong stations from SV, YO, HA and I, but period always lasted a few minutes.
1 May 2019 Seen a short periods of Es to IT9

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# = mark new worked gridsquare
* = mark new worked country
bold = mark worked station or country

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1296 MHz DL0SHF remote operation
11 May 2019 Worked 15 stations in JT65C and CW. Expedition SV9/HB9CRQ was easy with a good signal.

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50 MHz
28 .. 30April 2019 No Es today. Many MS signals from EU because increasing activity.
27 April 2019 EA7 stations worked (FT8)
26 April 2019 Signals seen from Southern EU, but mostly long Meteorscatter bursts.
25 April 2019 Again Es signals from EU seen.
24 April 2019 First strong SporadicE (Es) signals seen this year from EA, CT and EA8 in the evening
Worked a few tropo QSOs in FT8 mode; no CW or SSB heard.

7 MHz
Made contacts via FT8 digital mode. Very hard to get CW stations.

Six meter season is approaching. I am getting ready, The antenna is still working fine.

Remote DL0SHF on 1296 MHz
16 April 2019 Worked 5 more stations including expedition VP2EMB (JT65). Had problems with CW AF receiving.
15 April 2019 Worked two stations (JT65)
09 April 2019 Made a sked, but remote station down.
09 April 2019 Worked two small stations. Activity was quite high in this week.

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7 MHz
I only made a few CW and FT8 contacts. Nothing special.

Remote DL0SHF on 1296 MHz
Please read the K2UYH EME Newsletter March 2019 Edition

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7 MHz
I made only a few CW and FT8 contacts. Nothing special worked

Remote DL0SHF on 1296 MHz
Please read the K2UYH EME Newsletter

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7 MHz
January 2019 I made about 300 contacts in FT8 mode, 10 QSOs in JT65 and about 20 in CW all over the world. I could repair my Shortwave amplifier, which works well now for CW.

1296 MHz EME DL0SHF
18/19 January 2019 Remote control to DL0SHF is installed and working fine. I have been "in-the-air" or better "in-space" for about 3 hours and I have made 14 contacts via the moon with 12 stations. All done in CW or dual-mode SSB/CW. With the big dish antenna I was able to contact stations with rather a small system (i.e. 200w and 2,5m dish).

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Hello friends,
Happy New Year to everyone coming along these pages.

I had no admin access to the files here for some time. This is solved now and all seems fine.

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Not much of activity.

Only a few contacts were made in December 2018

CQWW CW Contest 24/25 November with 125 contacts in 52 countries on 7 MHz
ARRL EME Contest on 24 November from DL0SHF with 36 contacts on 1296 MHz

50 MHz

1..3 September 2018 Only some FT8 signals seen

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After a long absence from anything to do with moonbounce I took the chance to activate the big dish antenna at DL0SHF in Kiel which can operate on 1296 MHz. I had some free time on the 24 November and I drove over to Per DK7LJ. Everything ran perfectly and after 4 hours and some 36 contacts in CW I was tired and I drove home. I had fun with working a lot of guys I met on the radio via the moon years ago last time. Signals were strong and listening to all this was real fun. I only worked CW (morse code) and allthough there was a lot of "digital" activity I stayed with CW.
Years ago - when being younger - I was able to stay up a whole night for this... no not anymore But from time to time I hope to activate this big station a bring some fun to others as well.

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Every year suddenly we have this CQ WorldWide contest on shortwave at the end of November and every year I try do make at least a few contacts. This year I wanted my amplifier with some 400 watts behind my transceiver, but for an unknown reason so far it refused to operate properly and I put it aside. The transceiver ran "barefoot" with 95 watts into my little dipole. From time to time I sat down at the desk and I made a few CW (morse) contacts. I came out with 127 QSOs with 52 countries in five continents. Only South America is missing. Alltogether not bad for my little station ...

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50 MHz

27..31 August 2018 Some FT8 signals seen, mostly via meteors.
27 August 2018 Weak Aurora signals on TV carriers and some weak FT8 stations only.
26 August 2018 Strong Aurora heard early in the morning and in the afternoon AU came back and I could work some stations in CW.
22 August 2018 Worked S01WS in CW, some F and EA2s in SSB and CTs in FT8
19 August 2018 RX running FT8 - only DX were EA8 and S01.
15 August 2018 Lots of EU activity seen. DX season over?
14 August 2018 Opening to Italy
13 August 2018 Inner EU SporadicE lots of stations in FT8 - CW silence
12 August 2018 A number of scatter contacts with Perseid meteors done.
11 August 2018 Antenna is up and running again.
6 August 2018 The first time since 15 months the antenna is down for a number of repairs to be done.
5 August 2018 PreAmp supply line seems to be broken when turning the antenna, which makes a sensitivity loss of about 1 dB. A single JA was seen and A9 and OD5 was open in the morning.
4 August 2018 The morning hours saw some EU with the band open to EA8 and S01. I was out to a ham meeting and when I returned in the evening, band was open to North America. I worked W1, W2 from (FN13, 42, 54) FT8 frequency was overcrowded. I also worked KP2, KP4, HH, HI from FK57, 58, 67, 68 and YV5IUA (FK60). W3CMP (FN10) was worked in CW. Heard were HK3, VE1, VE2, VE3, VO, 9Y, CO8 and K8. This evening made me 4 new gridsquares ...
3 August 2018 Lots of EU seen in FT8. No chance to get a QSO in CW. Around 11 UT band opened and I worked FT8: WP4G and later in CW: NP2J (FK77). Hrd were W1, W4, FG, HI, FM5.
2 August 2018 Several JAs and a DS5 were seen around 7:40UT. All below -15 dB. UN3 and 9K2 were strong. Lots of EU in. In early evening ZF came through in FT8 as only DX here.
1 August 2018 A large opening EU/US, but only two W4 stations from Florida made it into my RX (FT8).

7 MHz

26 August 2018 Worked a few Europe in FT8 and CW

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After 15months of operation I took down the tower for a number of repairs and changes. This did take some days. Now the antenna is up again and everythings looking fine!
Things to be done:
- Cleaning the aluminium tower with high-pressure cleaner from green alga (done)
- Repair the hook of the 40m dipole (done)
- Fixing the coaxial lines where necessary (done)
- Make plugs on unused lines weatherproof (done)
- Install a new power supply line for the 50 MHz antenna preamplifier (done)

Things to come soon
- Eventually insert a longer antenna carrier tube on top (ordered)
- Move the 6m antenna up by 1.2m if a new carrier can be installed
- Install the weather satellite antenna on top incl. preamplifier, if possible
- Re-install the two meter antenna (no preamp available)
- Eventually re-install a 70cm antenna (check preamp before / (done))
- Remove the weather cam from its current position (done) and place it on the tower.
So, there is lot to be done

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50 MHz

31 July 2018 Very hot (35°C) day ... Early afternoon saw low EU activity, but WU1ITU seen in FT8 very strong.
30 July 2018 Not so many stations on, but in the afternoon FG8, KP4 and NP2 was seen. The NP2 was heard in CW as well with good signals.
29 July 2018 Only EU were received. I called some in CW.
28 July 2018 FT8: copied a few W5 stations with good signals; I did not get there.
27 July 2018 Some EU stations in FT8. No DX in my location.
26 July 2018 Hearing ON beacon from 500km in very good tropo conditions.
25 July 2018 Some EU seen in FT8. SV3 and 4X beacons were strong. No CW at all.
24 July 2018 Another single JA in the morning. The daily 9Ks and CU, EA8 were seen.

23 July 2018 FT8 receiver running. Six JAs received in the morning. But in the afternoon band opened to W1,2,3,4,5,7 and XE. More than 50 stations were received, but I was out to town for a short trip. CU, 9K, PZ, HI etc came in as well.
22 July 2018 Receiver running all night with some W2 stations came after 23 UT in FT8.
7..22 July 2018 Holidays in Central Sweden (SM4)
6 July 2018 Fourteen JAs I counted from the file were in around 07:25 for not more than 10 minutes.. Strongest at -15 dB, so not so strong. Northern America open in the afternoon.
5 July 2018 FT8 wkd SU1SK, hrd 9K, A45, A71, PZ5 and CU. Lots of EU from Southeast.
4 July 2018 No real DX, band rather quiet.
3 July 2018 Only a few EU in FT8
2 July 2018 Best DX hrd: D4
1 July 2018 At 0430 some SM2 dropped in. Very silent band all day.

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My Gridsquare (JO54) seems to be very rare - what is not bad at all ... But throughout the past months I received cards for QSOs mainly on 6m that I never made. Those envelopes are often filled with a good count of $$$. So I am very accurate with logging my radio contacts and those who have made a good contact and have sent me a QSL (with or without $$$) will receive one from me by mail for sure.

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50 MHz

30 June 2018 Very quiet day. Only late evening JW came in.
29 June 2018 A few JA were received, but all less then -15 dB
28 June 2018 A single NA station (NN4X) found its way into my receiver. All other were Europe with extremely strong signal sometimes. Some CW was heard as well. No contacts made. Again the OX6M was received.
27 June 2018 At 04:30 some VU stations were seen, and later several BA. No chance, FT8 was more than crowded.
26 June 2018 Worked 25 CW stations within 20 minutes and I had pile-up. Such experiences became rare these days.
25 June 2018 EX was the only DX in the afternoon. Later some Aurora came up and I heard the OX6M beacon again. Both JW beacons were strong and I could work new grid LA9VFA (KQ40). Lots of activity in Northern EU. In the early moring hours the aurora became stronger and XP3A was copied for a while.
24 June 2018 Came home late and only heard the OX6M beacon (and some EU in FT8 of course ...)
22 June 2018 only EU so far
21 June 2018 FT8: a single JA found the way into my RX.
20 June 2018 FT8: several BA (China) were up to -10 dB, D41seen in the morning. In the afternoon some W4, PV8, TF UN, 9K copied. At 21 UT band opened shortly for W4.
19 June 2018 FT8: only A92 of interest
18 June 2018 FT8 hrd: YV5JDT and HI
15 June 2018 Good activity in FT8 within Europe, nothing else outside EU so far.
14 June 2018 Again around 06 UT signals from Japan and BD3BDB (OL69) up to -12 dB. Nothing in other modes - No activity in JT65. Later Band was open to D4 and S01.
13 June 2018 FT8: Several stations from Japan were seen at maximum -16dB around 06 UT. The only other DX seen was S01.
12 June 2018 FT8: Stations from HI, VP2, FM5, 9Y, PJ4 and PV8 were seen with partially strong signals. Did not call because all were worked in CW before.
11 June 2018 DXwise only WP4 was heard
10 June 2018 In FT8: Many EU and WP4 and some W4 from Florida heard. Some CW QSOs.
09 June 2018 Hrd FT8: UN3GX and all of Europe. Worked 7X2KF (JM06) for new grid in CW. This was followed by a number of CW contacts in EU.
08 June 2018 Lots of EU FT8 activity.
07 June 2018 FT8 hrd some stations K1, W3, W4 aereas quite weak only.
06 June 2018 FT8: worked W4SO & N3XX and heard some more from the same aerea
05 June 2018 No DX heard, only EU in FT8.
04 June 2018 FT8 wkd: HI3T (FK49) Hrd FT8: N4, W5 and XE2JS. In CW HI3T was heard strong.
03 June 2018 One CW contact. Hrd CW: TZ4AM Hrd FT8: WP4, 9K2, PZ5, VP2, PV8, 4X, A92 and S01.
02 June 2018 Lots of stations received in FT8. Best were WP4G and UN6T. Called SU1SK in SSB, who was very strong, but others were stronger than me. Some few CW QSOs.
01 June 2018 Some EA and CT received in CW

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50 MHz
(Digital signals will only be reported, when worked or something extraordinary received. The receiver is running constantly now in FT8 or JT65 modes)
30 May 2018 Lots of European (FT8) plus S01, EA8 and D4.
29 May 2018 FT8 receiver running all day. Only lots of Europeans received.
28 May 2018 Worked some F and EA5 in CW. Later caught C31CT in CW as well. Lots of activity in FT8, no QSO.
27 May 2018 FT8 worked a few OH3 and OH4. Long CQ in CW - no result.
26 May 2018 Worked D41CV (FT8) Hrd (FT8) : TA, EA8, S01 and CW TY2AC
25 May 2018 After a CQ JR6FC (PL36) returned - no QSO.
24 May 2018 Worked S01WS in FT8
23 May 2018 Worked LZ (CW) and some stations in FT8 Hrd: 7X, 9K
22 May 2018 First JA station ever seen in FT8. Some CW contacts to LZ, SV ..
5 May 2018 Life in CW worked I8, IT9 and 9H1
3 May 2018 FT8: Italy and Sicily worked
2 May 2018 France and Romania worked via SporadicE. Only FT8 Digital mode seen. Absolutely no CW or SSB signals.

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