Z81D(Republic of South Sudan) on 40m LSB!!!

Z81D(Republic of South Sudan) on 40m LSB!!!

Z81D  South Sudan  Diya Al - Asadi Hay Jebel, Juba South Sudan [+] Mailing label

Lookups:   59119 Ham Member

Email: QSL: OM3JW

20130201 2031UTC 7167kHz Z81D
Date : 01/Feb/2013 2031UTC 
Freq : 7167kHz LSB
Rig  : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT  : Mini-Whip(PAØRDT)
PC recording

Ummm.. no good propagation...  : (

Hello All,

My name Diya,

QTH Juba, South Sudan - Locator: KJ54SU,

My radio:IC-7000, Antenna Tuner LDG AT-7000,

Linear Amp. Ameritron ALS-500 Donated by S57CQ

Antenna switch Delta-2 Donated by S57CQ

Antennas:

-Broadband folded Dipol Antenna160-10Meters,

-Inverted L for 80 & 160m

My another antennas :

HF3 bands new product 2013, and 6m from InnoVAntenna: will install it soon

( http://www.innovantennas.com/latest-news.html )

Thanks to UKSMG for sponsoring 6M antenna from InnoVAntennas

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

The license for this call issued in 13/Sept/2012, first two license in Republic of South Sudan beside Z81A

Please send your QSL card for Z81D

To QSL-Mgr:

STEFAN HORECKY, OM3JW 
MLYNSKA 2

900 31 STUPAVA,
SLOVAK REP

Lookups 59119 (75036) QRZ Admin OM3JW Last Update 2013-01-05 15:37:52 Latitude 4.853333 (4° 51' 11'' N) Longitude 31.540000 (31° 32' 23'' E) Grid Square KJ54su Geo Source User supplied Bearing 281.0° W (from JJ5IZX) Distance 6740.3 mi (10847.5 km) Long Path 18116.5 mi (29155.7 km) Sunrise 04:09:52 UTC Sunset 16:04:43 UTC ITU Zone 48 CQ Zone 34 QSL Info OM3JW QSL by Mail? Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL? No (e.g. Will this ham QSL witheQSL?) Uses LOTW? No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Admin For (0) Other Callsigns Alias Comment YI1DZST2DZ Apply for a new Vanity callsign...

W4DDD(United States) on 20m CW(CQ100)!!!

W4DDD(United States) on 20m CW(CQ100)!!!

W4DDD   USA  JAMES W ROBINSON 1710 WELLS RD APT 1014 ORANGE PARK, FL 32073 USA [+] Mailing label

Lookups:   5167 Premium Subscriber

Email:

20130201 1307UTC 14060kHz W4DDD
Date : 01/Feb/2013 1307UTC 
Freq : 14060kHz CW
Rig  : CQ100(VOIP)
ANT  : Internet
PC recording

Thank you so much 1st QSO and Nice meet you!!

He said to me I am 91 years old.

First ticket 1933 age 12 as W4DDD. Served WW2 & Korean wars as USAF communications officer. Finished service in Fl Air National Guard in Jacksonville, Fl retired USAFR 1964. W4ddd license expired 1956. Back in ham radio 1991 as N5URE. When completed all testing and obtained Extra class Nov 1991. Got my first call back in June 1996 as a vanity call W4ddd. Fists Nr 3820. Member ARRL. Member QCWA. 75 year award in 2008 from QCWA. Member AACS (Airways & Airways Communications Service from USAF service) Alumni Asssociation. Going to San Antonio TX to AACS convention in late Sept 2012. The most important thing about my hamming experience all those years I can attribute to my Dad W4CWG who taught myself and my brother the code and saw that we studied those license manuals they had in the 1930s. I was age 12 and my brother 13. We took the class C exam with a witness in our home in St. Marys, GA. The class B exams were held in Jacksonville FL by a visiting FCC inspector. When it came time to take the Class A exams we had to fly to Atlanta GA to the FCC office up there. My brother, Wesley, was later killed in action over France flying as a bombadier in a B-24 bomber on his 5th mission on Dec 31, 1943. Since I served in the Army Air Corps as an enlisted man in ground communications the first 2 years of service starting June 1942 and the last year of service in WW2 as a ground communications officer I did not have to serve in combat; therefore I am still here now at age 91 in 2012 still doing the same thing. Operating one cw position in a radio station. So now I dont have to do Crypto and radio teletype or supervise a communications unit. Its been a great run and hope I have many more years listening to CW signals and meeting new hams and qsoing often with the friends I have made over the years on the ham bands.

I have only one rig left an ICOM 718 and a Astron RS 35A power supply, MFJ Antenna Tuner, and a MFJ electronic keyer, one PC and 1 Laptop all wifi, work 40-30-20 meter HF cw only, Use the computers for Echolink, and CQ100 using both cw and voice and use the computers to keep contact records and pull up qrz.com records. Have Echolink and Skype on my IPhone 4s. I now live in a one bed room down stairs apartment in a 3 story apt house with ant restrictions. Use a single wire 67  feet long with45  ft of it on outside patio wall & tune with MFJ ant tuner Also have a HB-1B QRP rig 80/40/30/20 from Ten Tec and use the Elecraft T1 small automatic ant tuner.  Each less than the size of your hand. Works great in car with 40 meter 8 ft whip.

FIST # 3820, QCWA # 24782 75 YEAR AWARD, ARRL MEMBER,CWOPS # 806 CALLS HELD W4DDD AND N5URE

My military service was June 1942- Sept 1945. Spent last months in Greenland 1 month and then 8 mos in Iceland in AACS.The USAF "invited" me back in service Aug 1948-March 1953. I was in Japan at Tachakawa AFB from Aug 1948 til Nov 1951 assignment Base communication officer .On return to the States I was reassigned to AACS at MacDill AFB and finished my service with AACS at Patrick AFB Coca Beach FL. (best time of service lived one mile from the Base in Apt directly across the street from the Beach, Atlantic Ocean). Active Reserve in Jacksonville FL from March 1953 until Spring 1954 when joined the Florida Air National Guard Jacksonville FL as a communications officer and retired USAFR at rank of Major in August 1964.  Now live a few miles frm the Jacksonville Naval Air Station. Jax is a big Navy area with one sub base 55 miles north, Mayport Naval Station 40 miles east  (ships there) and the nearby Air Station.

Lookups 5167 (5327) QRZ Admin W4DDD Last Update 2013-01-28 19:42:44 Class Extra Codes: HVIA Effective 2012-03-27 Expires 2016-06-07 Latitude 30.186777 (30° 11' 12'' N) Longitude -81.726086 (81° 43' 33'' W) Grid Square EM90de Geo Source User supplied US State Florida US County Clay Bearing 31.8° NNE (from JJ5IZX) Distance 7460.1 mi (12005.9 km) Long Path 17396.7 mi (27997.3 km) Sunrise 12:17:48 UTC Sunset 23:03:00 UTC Born 1921 GMT Offset -5 hours ULS Record 795767 FCC page... QSL by Mail? No (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL? Yes (e.g. Will this ham QSL witheQSL?) Uses LOTW? No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Admin For (1) W4DDD Other Callsigns Alias Comment N5URE Previous callsign Apply for a new Vanity callsign...

Tea time AFN LOS ANGELES AFN GUAM at 5765kHz USB!!

Tea time AFN LOS ANGELES AFN GUAM at 5765kHz USB!!

20130201 1032UTC 5765kHz AFN GUAM
Date : 01/Feb/2013 1032UTC 
Freq : 5765kHz USB
Rig  : ICOM IC-7200
ANT  : LOOP(for 20m not enough Gain)
PC Recording

This evening ..no jamming Oh nice propagation!!....oh suddenly..too jamming!!


The American Forces Network (AFN) is the brand name used by the United States Armed Forces Radio andTelevision Service^[1] (AFRTS, commonly pronounced "A-farts")^[2][3][4][5] for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide. The AFN worldwide radio and television broadcast network serves American service men and women, Department of Defense and other US government civilians and their families stationed at bases overseas, as well as U.S. Navy ships at sea. AFN broadcasts popular American radio and television programs from the major U.S. networks. It is sometimes referred to as the Armed Forces Network. AFRTS, American Forces Network and AFN are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Shortwave (USB)

• Diego Garcia:
  • 12,579 kHz daytime
  • 4,319 kHz nighttime
• Guam:
  • 13,362 kHz daytime
  • 5,765 kHz nighttime
• Key West, Florida: (decommissioned)
  • 12,133.5 kHz day & night
  • 7,811.0 kHz day & night
  • 5,446.5 kHz day & night
• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (site currently out of service):
  • 10,320 kHz daytime
  • 6,350 kHz nighttime

See: AFN Shortwave Frequencies

ZF2BJ(Cayman Islands) on 30m CW!!!

ZF2BJ(Cayman Islands) on 30m CW!!!

ZF2BJ  Cayman Islands  Bruce Frahm ZF1A club station at Savannah nr. Pedro Castle Home addr: 1553 County Road T Colby KS 67701 USA USA [+] Mailing label

Lookups:   15680

Email: Use mouse to view.. QSL: LoTW or K0BJ buro or direct

20130201 0834UTC 10110kHz ZF2BJ
Date : 01/Feb/2013 0834UTC 
Freq : 10110kHz CW
Rig  : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT  : Mini-Whip(PAØRDT)
PC recording

Ex ZF2CM ZF2NJ

We have timeshare the 3rd and 4th weeks of the year at Plantation Village.

I work primarily cw / WARC bands while here. Hamming shares time with diving and relaxing with the family.

Many thanks to Andrew ZF1EJ - by joining CARS I can use this great station. Shack is on left of photo. 73 Bruce

Lookups 15680 (17748) QRZ Admin K0BJ Last Update 2007-01-25 07:07:52 Latitude 19.271795 (19° 16' 18'' N) Longitude -81.296213 (81° 17' 46'' W) Grid Square EK99ig Geo Source User supplied Bearing 37.7° NE (from JJ5IZX) Distance 8116.2 mi (13061.8 km) Long Path 16740.6 mi (26941.4 km) Sunrise 11:59:50 UTC Sunset 23:17:31 UTC Born 1951 Web Page http://www.carrollsweb.com/bfrahm QSL Info LoTW or K0BJ buro or direct Uses LOTW? Yes (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Other Callsigns Alias Comment K0BJ Previous callsign Apply for a new Vanity callsign...

ZK3T(Tokelau Islands) on 20m RTTY!!!

ZK3T(Tokelau Islands) on 20m RTTY!!! 

ZK3T  Tokelau Islands  Dieter DJ2EH January 2013 DXpedition Tokelau Islands [+] Mailing label

Lookups:   7539

QSL: VIA DJ2EH

20130201 0801UTC 14084.9kHz ZK3T
Date : 01/Feb/2013 0801UTC 
Freq : 14084.9kHz RTTY
Rig  : ICOM IC-7200 + HRD+DM780(USB mode)
ANT  : LOOP
PC recording

06:15-06:47 GETTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!

Wow CW is not QSO..but RTTY is ok ..Tnx fer QSO 73's  1up!!  : )

QSL  DJ2EH

Lookups 7539 (22788) QRZ Admin W3UR Last Update 2013-01-27 17:48:24 Latitude -9.210560 (9° 12' 38'' S) Longitude -171.958008 (171° 57' 28'' W) Grid Square AI40as Geo Source User supplied Bearing 119.5° ESE (from JJ5IZX) Distance 4615.9 mi (7428.5 km) Long Path 20241.0 mi (32574.7 km) Sunrise 17:25:19 UTC Sunset 05:56:28 UTC ITU Zone 62 CQ Zone 31 QSL Info VIA DJ2EH QSL by Mail? No (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL? No (e.g. Will this ham QSL with eQSL?) Uses LOTW? No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Apply for a new Vanity callsign...

ZD7VC(St Helena Island) on 20m BPSK63-2!!!

ZD7VC(St Helena Island) on 20m BPSK63-2!!!

ZD7VC  St Helena Island  BRUCE R. SALT QSL direct - see address below please follow the exact format below for QSLing. St Helena Island [+] Mailing label
Lookups:   95581 Ham Member
Email: Use mouse to view.. QSL: NONE - DIRECT ONLY

20130201 0645UTC 14070kHz ZD7VC
Date : 01/Feb/2013 0645UTC 
Freq : 14070kHz BPSK63
Rig  : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT  : Mini-Whip(PAØRDT)
PC recording


20130201 0651UTC 14070.6kHz ZD7VC
Date : 01/Feb/2013 0651UTC 
Freq : 1407.60kHz BPSK63
Rig  : ICOM IC-7200 (Filter=400Hz)
ANT  : LOOP
PC recording

02:40-03:06 Vy short QSO..but This is very important 2nd QSO TNX  BRUCE san 73's : )

Software is MMVari with ZD7VC

The correct mailing address:

Bruce R. Salt

PO Box 5

Jamestown

St. Helena Island

South Atlantic Ocean

STHL 1ZZ.

My equipment: Rig: FT-920

Antenna: Force 12 C-4E,

I QSL 100%. 2 Green Stamps (or Euro notes/Sterling BUT NOT Euro coins)and a self addressed envelope will be greatly appreciated to defray mailing costs.

PLEASE DO NOT put St. Helena stamps or stamps from the country in which you are mailing on your SAE.

NO eQSL or LoTW.

For fantastic Custom QSL cards have a look at www.printed.it As used by ZD7VC and many other ZD7 Stations as well as DX stations (and noteably Big Dx-peditions) right around the world. If YOU want fantastic looking QSL cards that other Ham Operators would love to have gracing their shacks then you'll need to contact Alfio - IT9EJW and send him the pictures that you want on your card and let him design you a FANTASTIC QSL CARD - Guaranteed you won't be disappointed!!!!

Don't just take my word for it though - see what the reviews on www.eham.net have to say!! Look for IT9EJW QSL's.

If you've also been the recipient of Alfio's beautiful artwork perhaps you too might like to post a review on www.eham.net - thanks.

Islands on the Air (IOTA) - could all stations who live on Islands please consider putting your IOTA reference number on your QSL cards.

To those of us who wish to collect IOTA numbers for awards or otherwise it's annoying to find that this tiny bit of very important information is missing from the QSL card.

On the 16 January 2011 I worked KA5N who said that he'd never worked St. Helena Island (ZD7) in all of his 56 years of hamming. On the 3rd June 2012 I had the good fortune of having a 10 meter contact with I6TJD - Francesco who it turned out was 83 years old and had been hamming for 65 years and this was his first contact with St. Helena Island (ZD7).

I would be very interested to hear from Ham Operators who either have Solar installations to run their shack equipment or live off the grid or who work in the solar industry. I am in the process ofaccumulating equipment for an off grid solar installation. This Island is very remote and knowldge of the correct pieces of equipment needed is non existent except for what I can glean from the internet. I already have four 250w HITSanyo Solar panels with MC3 connectors. I need advice on the correct MPPT charge controller possibly one that won't cause RFI (if they do?).

Description:

Vmpp: 34.9V

Voc: 43.1V

impp 7.18A

I live on the Northern face of the Island on a sloping rock platau 3/4 of a mile inland and 1,000' ASL and have the sunniest location over all of the Island.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated no matter how big or small.

Thank you

Vy 73's Bruce - ZD7VC

IOTA: AF-022