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2025 50MHz YEAR IN REVIEW - THE FOCUS OF THIS PAGE IS 50MHz DX!

Jan
14th A good start to the year with 27 Countries in the log so far via MS, AUR, Es and F2
Feb
Not been too active but steady progress to 34 countries
Mar
Band beginning to pick up again
13th Nice evening opening to PY LU CX CEs up to +35 on FT8. Tried several CQs on SSB but no sign of life. Total now 37DXCC on 6m
Also on 13/03/2025 QO-100 Satellite DXCC #161 XU7AMO Cambodia on SSB.
24th Band really buzzing to S America with afternoon and evening TEP - with some luck folks in the Olive Belt getting LP QSOs to ZL, 3D2 etc. Goofdskew paths around QTF 230 to Carib and Central America.
QTF 90deg skew path to Asia / Pac not yet booted up:-(
Country count 52.
31st What looked like an early April Fools joke turned out to be real as DP0GVN in Antarctica was worked by the lucky few in EU from around 1200z

Apr
1st Everyone expects a joker. Well, at virtually the same time as yesterday, 11:50z, the chaos started, with seemingly all of Europe being heard by and calling DP0GVN the club station located at the German Antarctic Research Station "Neumayer III" in Antarctica.. Confirmation came quickly that it was real and the station in Antarctica was using an Icom-7300 to 250m of EcoFlex 15 and a wideband dipole!
Here he peaked at +5 for a good few minutes but G8BCG never made it into the log - not my lucky day but for some a very happy day! The image shows signals heard in Antarctica from 12:00 to 14:00z.
2nd Condx seemed poor - no S Africa and a quiet band. As the magic time approached I was out at my weekly lunch with Callington Radio Society - but I took my Ipad for remote. At 12:28z on a dead band DP0GVN appeared on FT8 at +19 !!. Within 2 minutes he was in the log for a new terrestrial DXCC, new Field #147 and new square # 1500. He remained copyable for over 2 1/2 hours. MAGIC BAND!

May - as the Es season kicks in I will not be reporting fully here - just highlights
A fair amount of Es and some good F2 taking my 50MHz annual tally to 78.
24/05/2025 QO-100 Satellite DXCC #162 VU7 (Lakshadweep Is.) SSB and FT8
25/05/2025 QO-100 Satellite DXCC #163 UK/R9LR (Uzbekistan) FT8 and FT4 (200mW!)
29th Delighted to work Bob E6RS on Niue this morning on 50MHz EME Q65.
AND THEN: still beaming at my moonrise I called CQ on FT8 and got 2 spots from VK3!!

June- I will not be reporting fully for June - too much info! - just highlights
1st Nice start to the month - my 50MHz annual DXCC tally just hit 100:-).
Nothing special:-(

July
20th - NEW FIELD VE4CY on 6m EO taking my total to 148! EO10 was my 1516 grid:-)
21st -  good W Coast opening and late night OX3LX for new square # 1518
22nd - 06:30 FK8HA worked GW4FRX and G3WCS on direct path FT8 20deg from here. Nothing in IO70. Just pop corn openings to W Coast late afternoon.

23/7 Summary of 2025 on 50MHz to date:
24 new squares 1518 total
2 new fields 148 total
122 DXCC (0 new DXCC 273 total)
285 50MHz NA QSOs

23rd - calling CQ towards US W Coast and saw a flag from ZL7DX on PSKr - then this on KST:

Seems I was beaming at the moon which was setting at 1deg  here at the time:-)

August
16th What an amazing day! Hosted the Callington and District Amateur Radio Society summer BBQ in my field with “DX” visitors György Szabadkay HA5WA ( George) and his xyl on holiday in Cornwall. Demonstrated 50MHz EME “ moon bounce” by contacting Lance Collister H40GJ in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands, Southwest Pacific DXCC#274. ALL AT ONCE! Great weather, great company, great food and a trip to the moon and back

20th still going strong

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