Entries from Christoph Petermann

Activity 50 MHz
31 May 2024 HRD S01WS, EA8, CU, KP4, FG8, 9Y4D, PZ5RA, 6+ PY
29 May 2024 WKD RO1M (KO59#), VK8AW (PH57mx#), R3NBI (LO07#), RK4FD (LO22#), 7X2CY (JM26#), PY4JOE (GH91#), PY5CC - hrd UN3G + more UN, PY2XB, PY5FF, CE2SQE (FG40), +20 more PY
28 May 2024 HRD WW1L, K1TOL, K4H (FM25), 9K
27 May 2024 4X, OD5, CU, HZ1, EA8, CE2SX, LU5FF
26 May 2024 HRD OD5, 9K2, 5B4
25 May 2024 HRD K1SIX, KP4EIT, EA8
24 May 2024 HRD/WKD only EU
23 May 2024 WKD 7Q6M (KH67#) - HRD EA8, 4X, OD5
22 May 2024 HRD/WKD only EU
21 May 2024 HRD LT4FW (FF97), LU5FF (FF99), PY5EW
20 May 2024 WKD VK6NH (lost in contact), RK4FD (LO22#) - HRD PY5CC, PP5BK (GG51)
18 May 2024 HRD only Eu
17 May 2024 HRD only EU
16 May 2024 HRD 5A1AL (JM62 - AF), 5B4, 9K2YM
15 May 2024 WKD some EU
14 May 2024 WKD EU stns, ZS6NL (KG44), LU8GMM (GG02#), D4L (HK76), ZP9HTL (GG24#*), PP5AMP (GG52), CE2SV (FF47#*), CE2EP (FF46#), PY2TIM (GG68#), CE3SX (FF46#), PY5AM (GG44#), PU2VLW (GG67#), PY4AQA (GG88#), CE4WJK (FF45#) - HRD 5+ ZS, A2NEW, 80+ PY (!) - This has been a great experience of a combination of Sporadic-E and TEP

13 May 2024 WKD EU stations CW/FT8 - HRD ZS1LS/6, ZS8EYE, S01WS, 5A1AL, EA8, LU8GMM, LU2GPB, 20+ PY
12 May 2024 WKD EU stations - HRD EA8, LU3CQ, 25+ PY,
1 .. 11 May 2024 - out on vacation

Activity 21/28 MHz
30/31 May 2024 WKD rare Glorioso Isl. FT4GL single operator expdition on 21 and 14 MHz

# = mark new worked gridsquare
* = mark new worked country
bold = mark worked station / country
HRD = Heard only / stations outside Europe or very rare
WKD = Stations worked / two way contact.
Modes : CW, SSB, FT4, FT8, JT65A, Q65

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Activity 50 MHz
30 April 2024 HRD ZS6WN, ZS6NK, D4L
29 April 2024 WKD PY5EW (GG46#), PY5HOT (GG46), PY2PPZ (GG66), PU2TXZ (GG57#) - HRD LU1WFU (FE64)
28 April 2024 HRD ZS6NJ, ZS6WN, ZS6OB, ZS6NL, ZS6AF, ZS1!LF/6, V51WW - First strong SporadicE in Europe
20 April 2024 HRD 5A1AL (JM62), 7X, EA9
19 April 2024 WKD a number of stations in a good Aurora
9 April 2024 HRD PY1MHZ
7 April 2024 WKD PY2XB (GG66#) - HRD PY5EW (GG46), LU8GMM (GG02)
5 April 2024 HRD ZS6OB, V51WW
1 April 2024 HRD ZS6OB

Activity 21 MHz
April 2024 WKD 50 new DXCC entities (now150) with 40m dipole since 1 Jan.

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Free Space and Moonbounce (EME) Budget
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Activity 144 MHz
2m Antenna was down for 6 weeks after clamp broken in storm. Now repaired and cleaned and working again. (Feb)

Activity 50 MHz
30 March 2024 HRD ZS6NJ
29 March 2024 HRD ZS6NJ
28 March 2024 HRD V51MA, ZS6NK
15 March 2024 HRD ZS6NJ
27 February 2024 HRD ZS6OB

Activity 21 MHz
January/February/March 2024 WKD 43 new DXCC entities (now142) with 40m dipole since 1 Jan.

Activity 7 MHz
January/February/March 2024 WKD 5 new DXCC entities (now177) since 1 Jan.

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Activity 144 MHz
18 December 2023 WKD EA2XR (IN83) (EA2XR worked me again - for safety?) - hrd F, G, ON
17 December 2023 WKD strong Aurora from LA, DL, SM - followed by big Tropo opening to F and EA (only listening).

Activity 50 MHz
Dead band at all
17 December 2023 WKD some strong Aurora from LA, DL, SM
2 December 2023 HRD 9Y, PZ5RA, YV6IA (FK78)
1 December 2023 WKD HC1DAZ (FI09#), WA4GPM (EM90), N4TB (EL97), W4DXX (EM70) - HRD TI2BSH (EJ79), CO, 9Y, FG, HC, FG, WP4, HI, W3, W4 and many more - first real strong F2 after many years.

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You will find a lot of new images in my Astrophotography section. Have a look: .../astro.htm

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Activity 50 MHz
Although QRV on most days, often nothing heard/seen.
22 November 2023 HRD EA8/DF4UE
13 November 2023 HRD 3B8FA
11 November 2023 HRD V51WW
09 November 2023 HRD A25R, V51MA, ZS6AYE, ZS6NK
07 November 2023 HRD ZS6NK, A25R, V51WW, 3B9FR
06 November 2023 HRD V51WW, HC1MD/2(EI97), HC2FG (FI07)
05 November 2023 WKD VK6ZLX (OG65), VK6KXW (OF87#) - HRD VK6TM (OG65), VK6DW (OF88), VK6NH, VK6DU (OF77), JE6JYT, YE6KYA, JA6TEW, JE6HJT, JA6IMI, YB5QZ (OJ00),3B9FR, 3B8FA, VU2CPL, 9K2GS, TR8CA, V51WW, A25R, ZS6NK, HC2FG, HC1BI, HC1MD/2 (and some Sporadic E strong)
04 November 2023 HRD DU3LA (PK05)
02 November 2023 HRD ZS6AYE, ZS6NJ, 7Q7M, V51WW
01 November 2023 HRD ZS6NK, ZS6NJ, A25R, V51WW, V51JH

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Activity 50 MHz
31 October 2023 WKD RA7A (KN94#) - HRD VU2NKS, 3B9FR
30 October 2023 WKD FR4OO (LG79#) - HRD ZS6NJ, ZS6AYE, ZS4TX/6, ZS3/V51PJ, V51WW (JH81), 9K2GS, A25R, 3B8FA
29 October 2023 WKD UN3GX, A25R (KG36#), ZS6AYE (KG54) - HRD YB5QZ (OJ00), VK4KEE (QH30), VK6NH (OG65 - heard me, but lost), ZS6NK, ZS6UT, V51WW
28 October 2023 HRD VK4WTN, 3B8FA (LG89), FR1GZ, 3B9FR (MH10)
27 October 2023 HRD V51WW (JH81)
26 October 2023 HRD some Es; 9G5AF (IJ95), 7X2RF
22 October 2023 HRD EA, I, CT some Es

Activity 40 MHz (RX)
27 October 2023 HRD some EU, ZR1ADI
26 October 2023 HRD some EU, WM2XEJ

Activity 1296 MHz DL0SHF EME remote
28 October 2023 wkd 27 more stations digital and CW for a total of 55 in ARRL contest.
27 October 2023 wkd 28 stations digital and CW
26 October 2023 wkd 4 stations digital

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Activity 50 MHz
16 August 2023 HRD 9K2YM
14 August 2023 WKD lot of EU - HRD V51JH, V51WW, 4X, D2UY
13 August 2023 HRD TF/SP7VC, EA8TJ
12 August 2023 WKD many EU - HRD V51WW, ZS6WN, 4X
10 August 2023 HRD ~10* NA, 3BA8FA, FR4PJ (LG79)
7 August 2023 WKD 3B8FA (LG89#*), 3B9FR (MH10 in CW) - HRD HZ1SK
6 August 2023 WKD JH7XRG (QN00), JR5JAQ (PM51), JA1MLY (PM96), JA0DET (PM97), UN7JID (NN19) - HRD JA (QN00, PM65), VR2XAN, BA7NQ, D2UY, ZS6NJ-WN-NK
3 August 2023 HRD 4X, UN3M
2 August 2023 WKD 11 Aurora contacts in CW - LA/DK2BJ (JP31ou#) - HRD CN2DX
1 August 2023 HRD EA8, 4X, SU1SK, D2UY

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Activity 144 MHz
1 July 2023 WKD - HRD R7RBE (KN64)

Activity 50 MHz
31 July 2023 HRD V51JH, ZS6NK
30 July 2023 WKD 1A0C (JN61 very rare country) - HRD A71, VE, K1, K0, K3, K4 about 50 stations, XE2OR (nothing new)
29 July 2023 WKD V51JH (JG77#*) - HRD ZS6NJ, 9K, 4X, V51
28 July 2023 WKD DL/PA4VHF (JO34 Helgoland) in CW, big NA opening : WW1L (FN54), W1JR (FN42), VO1HP (GN37), WA3OFR (FN41), W3RJW (FN20), W2XI (FN20), KC3BVL (FM29), N1EVK (FN42), KO4YC (FM17), KB2FCV (FN20), K3JGJ (FM29), K1RZ (FM19), NY3B (FN20), W1WRA (FN42), K3SWZ (FN10), KD3CQ (FM18), W3ATV (FN20), AB4SF (FM17), W2JU (FN31), K1NU (FN42), W3RW (FN20), K2GV (FN30#), K2SN (FN30), AF2F (FN20), K3GP (EN90), AB1OC (FN42) and TF/SP7VC (IP26#) - HRD +100 N.A. stations

27 July 2023 HRD UN, some JA, BG3OJZ, HZ, EA8, 3B9FR
25 July 2023 HRD 4X, N2NL (EL88), WA4GPM (EM90), W5TRL (EM10), HI3T, KP4EIT, V51WW
24 July 2023 WKD LA1UW (JP52#) - HRD FG8OJ (lonely DX)
23 July 2023 WKD JA7OXV (QM07), JA1AGG (QM05), W7EW (CN84#), W7RIS (CN84), N7ZO (CN85#), N7NW (CN87) - HRD 30+ JA (rare # like QN02, QN23), more WestCoast USA (# DM04, CN86), W9, W0 areas (EM19, EN41, EN60, EN61, EM69, EN80), 9K2, 5B4, OD5

22 July 2023 HRD RK9NU (NO35), EA8
20 July 2023 HRD UN9L only DX seen
19 July 2023 HRD 4X, 9K2
18 July 2023 HRD CT3, 4X, 9K2YM, V51WW, V51JH, PY2XJ, PU2MBY - few EU
17 July 2023 HRD 4X, UN - some EU
16 July 2023 WKD EA8DBM (IL18)
15 July 2023 WKD K4WI (EM62# no.900!) - HRD FG8OJ, K1RZ, W3LL, W5ADD and more
14 July 2023 only EU signals
13 July 2023 WKD LA/DK2BJ (JP21hg# FT4), SM4GGC (JO69#)
12 July 2023 HRD UN3G, EA8, several VO1 in FT8 and SSB
11 July 2023 HRD EX8MLE, JA7QVI, JH6VXP, EA8
10 July 2023 HRD JY, 4X, 4L, TA9, BA4SI, BH4SCF (PM01), 9N7AA, XE2CQ (DM12), AG6X (DM12)
9 July 2023 HRD CN, EA8, V51WW, UN3GX
8 July 2023 -
7 July 2023 HRD 9K2GS, 7Z1SJ, 5* 4X, JA1QJI
6 July 2023 WKD K7BV (FM04) - HRD UN, 5* JA, VE, 8* K4, 9Y4D, FG8OJ
5 July 2023 WKD 4X4DK (KM71), WW3S (EN91), W9ILY (EN51), WA8MOA (EN72#), K8KS (EN82), N4BAA (EM58), WA4Q (EM57), AJ4F (EL29), NE8Z (EN82), W5XC (EL29), K8EB (EN73#), N9AKR (EN61), N5TJ (EM10), VA3LX (FN14), N8ECI (EM79), K9XD (EN51), W5TCX (EL29), WB8ART (EM79), K9YY (EM59#), KM0A (EM48), NK1I (FN43), KB9TVR (EM49#), WB9LWO (EM49), KR9U (EN71#), K0KT (EN32), N9ISN (EN44#), AB4IQ (EM57), N5WS (EL09#), VA3LX (FN14), KC0FGX (EN30#), W9WO (EM69), K2DP (EM48), K5JC (EM00#), W0FY (EM48), K9KLD (EM58), K8ROK (EN80), W5TRL (EM10), WB9CIF (EM69), K9NW (EM79), N8DX (EN82) -
- HRD EX8MLE, BG8SRK, XV1K, UK8 stns, 9K, 9Y, PJ4MM, PJ7FM, PV8, YV4DYJ, YV5LMW, HI, KP4, HK6RF, HK4EI, HK3X - what a day with 39 NA stations and 9 new #

4 July 2023 HRD 7X, FG5GH
3 July 2023 HRD EA8, CU, S01WS
2 July 2023 HRD UN7LZ, EA8
1 July 2023 WKD 4L6QL (LN01#), UN7ZZ (MO51), EA8AO (IL18) - HRD EX8MLE, BG7NF (OL62), BG8SRK (?), 6* JA, UN, FG, KP4, HI, K0, K9, VE3, S01WS, 9K, A71, 4X, 5B, D2UY

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Activity 144 MHz
29 June 2023 HRD 9H, EA7, EA4, CT7 (all not strong)

15 June 2023 WKD IK8OFG (JN70), IW8FEN (JN70), IZ8FFA (JM78), IK7EOT (JN80PJ), IZ7DPB (JN80), IK7UXY (JN90DC) - HRD about 40 stations from 9H, I7, I8, IS0, F, EA3, EA5, EA7 - few stations in CW/SSB heard

Activity 50 MHz
30 June 2023 WKD UN7IT, R3TKM (LO15), UN7CFG (MO33#), FM5GB (FK94), FG8OJ (FK96), FM5GB (FK94), FG8OJ (FK96) - HRD UN, UK9AA, BG8PC (OL26), 9Y, EA8, WP4G, S01WS, VP2ETE
29 June 2023 WKD D2UY (JI64#*) - HRD K3, K4, EA8, UK9AA
28 June 2023 HRD K4, K3, FG, FP/KV1J
27 June 2023 WKD K7BV (FM04) - HRD A7, 4X, EA8, XE2OR, Z21ML, K4, ZS6, HC2FG (FI07)
26 June 2023 WKD WB2REM (EL97) - HRD K3, K4, EA8. HZ, 4X - Had 10 TX flags (FT8) in Florida
25 June 2023 HRD 3x JA
24 June 2023 HRD some K3, K0 & EA8
23 June 2023 WKD NP4BM (FK68) - HRD EA8, VO, K3, K4, K9, 9Y, HK3O, YV5NEA, HI8PAP
19 June 2023 HRD 9K, HZ, EA8
18 June 2023 HRD 9K only
17 June 2023 WKD EA5Z in CW - HRD S01, V51JH
16 June 2023 WKD 4Z5LA (KM72) - HRD 4X, S01, TZ4AM in CW, D2UY, EA8
15 June 2023 WKD some SSB in EU (I, IS0) - HRD V51JH, D2UY (TEP with distorted signal)
14 June 2023 WKD UN9L (MO13) - HRD HZ, 9K, A4, more UN, A7 and LU5FF (FF99) for surprise
13 June 2023 WKD EK/RX3DPK (LN20) - HRD 7Z, 9K, A7, OD, 4L, A6, 5B and VK8AW
12 June 2023 WKD UN7LAP (MO13) - HRD more UN, A7, 9K, EA8,FG8OJ, WP4G, 4x W9, W7EW, W7IB, VE7SL (CN88)
11 June 2023 WKD N6CA (DM03#), KG7CW (DN14#), K5RK (EL29), K7MAC (DN13) - HRD ~10x JA, EX8MLE, EX0DX, UK8OM, UN, 9K, 4X, mni W5/6/7 stations

10 June 2023 HRD ~20x JA, HL3GOB, TR8CA, XE1MEX, XE2J (DL96), YV4DYJ, KA2, EA8, 4X, 9Y, FG,
09 June 2023 HRD EA8, 9Y, FG, 8P, HC2FG, PJ4, EA9, 7X, S01, V26OC
08 June 2023 HRD A61, 9K2, EA8, D4L
07 June 2023 HRD EA8, A6
06 June 2023 WKD NP3YL - HRD WP4Gm CT3, CT
05 June 2023 WKD KP4EIT, K0GU (DN70), HH2AA (FK38#) and mni EU in CW - HRD UN, 7X, HI8O, VE, VO, FG, 9Y, 9K, W9RM, WB7CJO (DN17), XE2G, S01
04 June 2023 HRD 4X, UN, A92, OD, A71VV, 9N7AA (NL27)
03 June 2023 WKD 8P2K (GK03), FG5GP (FK96 - in FT4 mode) - HRD FG, KP4, EA8, PJ4, P43A, YV4DYJ (FK60), VP2MKP - most of them strong enough for contact, but I don't call, if I have worked before.
02 June 2023 WKD 4X1UF - HRD SU1SK, 7Z1SJ, 9K2, 5B4
01 June 2023 WKD EA in CW - HRD 7X, CN8, 9Y4D, FG8OJ, FG5GH, PJ4MM, 5B4, S01WS, PY2XB, PU2JOE, PY4AQA

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Activity 50 MHz
30.May 2023 HRD VK8AW (PH57), VU2NKS (MK69), EA8, 9K
29.May 2023 WKD HI3T - HRD EA8, 9K, S01WS, CN8, K1, W4, ZP5DBC ( GG14), LU8GMM (GG23), LU 2GPB, ZP9HTL (GG24), PY4AQA (GG88), PY2DS (GG66), PY2XB - was unable to break the wall of PA and ON stations
25.May 2023 WKD 3B9FR (MH10) - HRD 7X, 3B8FA
24.May 2023 HRD 3B9FR, 5B4, OD5, A9, UN, A6, ZS6NK - Had a TX flag in VK6

23.May 2023 HRD TA9, SU, 9K, 7Z (HZ)
14 May 2023 HRD JN1JFC - 1st Japan heard this year
13 May 2023 HRD ZD7BG good signal over long period
12 May 2023 HRD SU1SK, HZ1CY, FR4OO (LG57), 3B8FA (LG89), 3B9FR (MH10)
11 May 2023 HRD XV1X, PY2XB
08 May 2023 HRD OD5SB, OD5VB, EA8
09 May 2023 WKD Z21ML (KG49#) - HRD ZS6NK, ZS6WN, V51JP, PY2OF, PY2XB, EA8
07 May 2023 WKD TA2YK (KM69)
06 May 2023 HRD 7X, PY2XB (GG66), PY2RC (G67), PY2GM (GG67)
03 May 2023 HRD some EU stations via Es, 9H

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