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Jan
Gales and rain kept my system tied down over
Christmas and up to 10th Jan - then some excellent
eme conditions on 11-14th resulting in new
initials with VE1JF, KD7YZ, PY1KK and K7XQ plus...
13/01/2012: CE/K2LZQ DXCC # 208
19/01/2012 - amazing 3 hour afternoon/evening Es
opening across EU
Feb
Some excellent
eme conditions on 6th
resulting in new initial with Jack OA4TT at an amazing -16 / -17 as his
moon came up over the Andes:-)
On the 7th I had an easy
eme QSO with Bob ZL3TY just
as my moon rose through 0.5 degrees:-)
Mar
05/03/2012 - "almost" worked KH9/WA2YUN on my
moonrise
06/03/0212 - really loud echoes on my moonrise and an
easy EME QSO with Colin KH9/WA2YUN DXCC # 209
06/03/2012 - good afternoon TEP - heard V51PJ briefly @ 17:00z
Some good TE through the month - ZS and V51 worked
several times but so far missed A2:-(
26/03/2012 - really loud echoes on my moonrise and an EME QSO
with Bob VK9N/ZL1RS DXCC # 210 despite 5.6dB
degradation
Apr
07/04/2012 - an easy EME QSO with
3DA0FC for DXCC # 211
New eme initials with PE1L PC5C and VK4CZ
Some decent F2 and A TEP down to AF but so far managed to miss the ones
I need incl A22 and 3B8 plus of course TJ.
May
Good EME conditions at the start of the month with
new initials LA3EQ, JM1SZY and C5YK.
F2 / TEP to S America on 1st and pretty much every night - but marginal
in UK
6O0CW in on 10 / 11 and beacon heard on other days but no QSO so far -
despite below:-(
13/05/2012 - good opening to FR4 / 3B8 15)00 - 16:00 - worked FR4
mkissed 3B8:-(
15/05/2012 - ZS6WN @ 15:00 (skew path) then 3B8DB
for DXCC # 212 559 CW both 3B8DB and FR4NT peaked 59 - had
a nice ssb qso with Cyril FR4NT. 3B8CF was also a very good signal on CW
but sadly completely deaf - hundreds calling him - cq cq cq cq...
15/05/2012 16:50 ST2AR and J28A both on 101 CW - worked both I
think;-)
15/05/2012 17:00 opened to S America (still open to Indian Ocean) LW3EX,
LU1ECZ worked, many PYs heard.
15/05/2012 18:49 C5YK 59++ 6V7SIX/B 599++ many weak PYs & LUs
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