20140725 2050UTC 14042kHz GA14GC Date : 25/Jul/2014 2050UTC Freq : 14042kHz CW Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S ANT : LOOP PC Recording
GA14CG - Golf Alpha One Four Commonwealth Games
Special Event Station to Celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland
July 21st - August 3rd 2014
"The Commonwealth Games is an International, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years. The Games are described as the third largest multi-sport event in the world, after the Olympic Games and the Asian Games"
To celebrate the Commonwealth Games this summer, the Stirling & District Amateur Radio Society (GM6NX) are hosting a special event station at their club premises, approximately 25 miles north-east of the city of Glasgow Loc: IO86bc IOTA: EU-005 (Great Britain) WAB: NS89 The Station will be run by members of the Stirling & DARS along with the support of other clubs and individuals. Visitors are most welcome to the station There will be 3 HF stations and 2 VHF stations operational We will be active from 1.8MHz to 144MHz; using CW, SSB and Data For more information about the station, check us out at: www.ga14cg.com You can also follow us on Twitter (@GA14CG)and "like" us on Facebook
Real time log. Data QSO's will be delayed by 24 hours If you are not in the log within 24 hours, please work us again!
QSL Information: Electronic: LoTW and e-QSL Paper: Direct and Bureau (Clublog OQRS only) We prefer to QSL via LoTW and e-QSL to save money, time and to protect the environment If you want a paper card, please request a card direct or via the bureau using Clublog OQRS When using OQRS, you DO NOT send your card to us, which is unnecessary and slows down the QSL process. You simply request a card (if you are in our log) and we send it to you! OQRS Request:
Uploads to Clublog are instantaneous. Uploads to LoTW and e-QSL are made at the end of each day SWL reports welcome. If you would like a card, please e-mail us for further instructions In summary: 1. LoTW and e-QSL (Uploads are made at the end of each day) 2. Direct and via the Bureau using Clublog OQRS If you are not a member of Clublog, visit www.clublog.org to create a free account. Upload your log and once your log matches with ours, you can request a card direct or via the bureau using OQRS If you are a SWL and would like a card, please e-mail us for further instructions If you send your card via the bureau or direct, you WILL NOT receive a reply! Thank you for your understanding! Any questions or issues, please e-mail us at: info@ga14cg.com
Photos: Our antennas at the GM6NX club HQ in use for GA14CG Inside the shack
We do not represent Glasgow 2014 Ltd or any of their partners. This special event station is run solely by members of the Stirling & DARS for non-commercial gain and to support and celebrate the Games. All copyrights reserved to their respective owners.
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KARI LEHTIMAKI
KAUNISHARJU 18
FIN-01230 VANTAA
Finland
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Ham MemberLookups: 54691
20140725 2031UTC 14026.3kHz OH2XX Date : 25/Jul/2014 2031UTC Freq : 14026.3kHz CW Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S ANT : LOOP PC Recording
OK KW and 5EL Yagi..Loud Loud sig in JA : )
This is my number one hobby. I received my first license at the age of 12 in 1979. I was happy to find a DIA photo taken back then - quite amazing picture quality after 30+ years. Here I am right out of sauna with my first radio (Yaesu FT-7B) a straight key and a self made paddle. The antenna was a 40m dipole.
I have been quite active working different contests and chasing DX all these years. Not so serious about contesting any more, but rather enjoyng the activity on the bands. All my more succesfull CQWW contest efforts were in multiop categories like EA8AGD (world #1 M/S '88), OH2U (three time EU #1 multi/multi '97,'99, '00) and EA8ZS (world #1 multi/multi '02). I have also had the fun of being part of some DX/contest peditions like C56B, 4J1FM, OJ0/OH8AA and OH0Z. As my kids are growing up and moving out I may find myself doing more of such activities again. Anyway I have found out that CW is the mode I enjoy operating the most and short QSOs are my cup of tea there.
You might be able to spot the tip of the 40m Yagi element in the picture above. My house happens to be on top of a small ridge so I was not able to fit the tower in the same picture. The self supporting tower is 16 meters high and the surrounding terrain is about 18 meters below providing an effective height for the setup. Below is a better shot of the antennas:
The latest addition to my setup is a remote station @OH2U with Elecraft K3 twin, OM2500A and remoterig RRC-1258MkII. I have managed to improve my DXCC count on 160/80 thanks to the low noise conditions there. At home I am currently running with the following equipment: Elecraft K3 , ACOM1000 Amp, 3-el SteppIr, 2-el for 40m (JP7-2 Shorty by Finnish Antenna Ltd.) and OCF Dipole for 80/160m. The tower used to be loaded as vertical for 80 meters using a half sloper mounted at 22 feet to get 50 ohm resistance. I have replaced that setup with a 40m long Inverted L antenna that I can run on multiple bands - most often on 160, 80 and 30 meters.
Station automation is realised with microHAM's StationMaster (it is really a gem!). I am also using the LP-PAN adapter to have a band scope alongside with the K3. After having one (I had a IC-756Pro3) it is very hard to live without - I like to see what is going on on the bands. CW skimmer adds even more fun to the setup and with WinTelnetX it is easy to combine skimmer and DXtelnet spots into one stream.
My favourite softwares are Win-test for contesting, DX4WIN for LoTW updates and DXing, DX Atlas for Grayline, ViewProp (beta) to monitor band conditions and VOACAP online to make propagation predictions.
Good DX and fun contests to you all!
73 de Kari, OH2XX
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ERIK W ANDERSEN
215 PEMBROKE RD
NAPERVILLE, IL 60540
USA
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20140725 1349UTC 14020.4kHz K9EU Date : 25/Jul/2014 1349UTC Freq : 14020.4kHz CW Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S ANT : LOOP PC Recording
I was first licensed (age 13) as KN9ZXG in the summer of 1960, a few months before starting high school in an area west of Chicago. We had a little radio club (W9BXU) in the school of which K9KDI (N9SW) was our top DX'er. I am currently a member of the N.I.D.X.A., the A-1 Operator Club, the FISTS CW Club, and the CW Operators' Club. My four passions (hobbies in order of preference/obsession) are music, collecting butterflies, ham radio, and collecting agates. I have actually maintained a real connection between chasing DX/collecting QSLs and chasing butterflies/collecting specimens worldwide. I would like to hear from anyone out there that chases DX and lepidoptera (especially Speyeria).
My current setup includes an FTDX5000MP/TS-940S/TS-950SDX and an Alpha 87A (Omega)/TL-922A to a Steppir 18E Dream Beam up only 50 feet. A sloper for 160/80m and a large tropical butterfly net with a 30 foot extension are also used on occasion. I have achieved 9B-DXCC, DXCC HR (ssb and cw), and WAZ on 7 bands. Finally, after 47 years, I managed to work all current entities. My current projects are extending the DXCC Challenge and attempting to get close to a 5-Band WAZ ( I'll never get it, needing 3 on 80m). Being of Eastern European descent (9A/SP), for years I have enjoyed calling CQ Europe and meeting many European operators on cw.
I have become a serious collector of vintage/current DX QSL's, having put together a collection of 280,000 strong and am the trustee of the Vintage QSL Radio Club, K9ZXG. Before my passing, my intentions are to donate the card collection to the Austrian QSL Museum that houses over 9 million cards (with all the French related cards to be donated to the F6GOX French collection). In the meantime, several of the duplicates will be sold/traded - not for profit, rather for the improvement of the collection.
On a personal level, I am a retired high school math teacher, living with wife, Marisia (a nurse), and daughter, Beth. (Our only child was born with Down Syndrome and has been an absolute joy to raise these 26 years. Although we never expected her to leave the nest, she however has other plans and now is preparing to wed.)
My DXCC totals from the "W9 black hole": Mixed 356 ssb 353 cw 348 (right handed 348 left handed 123) 20m 354 15m 348 40m 342 10m 332 17m 328 12m 314 30m 313 80m 269 160m 174 6m 034 QRP 282 Challenge 2743. Just kidding- I can't use an iambic keyer left handed although it sounds like it at times. "Good Hunting".
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My home calls are HB9CRV and CT3FN. Thanks to the open mind policy of the ANACOM – Açores (Communications Authority) I got the beautiful call sign CU8FN. I will be active as CU8FN between 21th July and 2nd August, 2014 including participation in the IOTA Contest - CR2V team. QSL goes via my home call HB9CRV; lotw and bureau are OK.
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ITU Geneva
