24 September 2000
I have not made any changes to the station since my last report, and everything appears to be in good shape for the ARRL Contest next month.
I checked the calibration of my tracking system with the Sun, and measured Sun noise at 17.5db for a SF = 154
A great weekend with a high level of JA activity, but I was a little disappointed that most of the regular USA stations did not appear.
I made a total of 36 QSO's and added 7 Initials and 1 new country. This makes my totals to date - 121 Initials, 28 Countries, 6 Continents, 19 US States.
This weekend was also the ARI VII Italian
EME contest, my score in the contest was 402 points
23 September
0352 JH5LUZ 549/559, F2TU 579/569 & 56/55 on SSB, ZS6AXT 549/569, JA8IAD 559/549 Initial #115,
JA7BMB 549/559 Initial #116, HA5SHF 549/559, PA3DZL 539/539, IK2MMB 549/559,
G3LTF 559/559, HB9BBD 59/57 SSB, ON5RR 559/549 Initial #117 & Country #28,
DK5MV 539/539, W1QC 559/559 Initial #118, CT1DMK 549/549, W1ZX 559/559,
W7QX 529/549, W7SZ 549/569, W2UHI 559/559, HB9SV 599/569, and HB9Q 559/539.
24 September
0445 OZ4MM 559/569, JA4BLC 539/559, JA8ERE 539/559 Initial #119, OK1DFC 569/569,
JA6CZD 559/559, DF3RU 529/539 Initial #120, I0UGB 559/559 Initial #121, OH2AXH 569/569,
OZ6OL 559/569, HB9BHU 559/549, OE9XXI 599/569, DJ5MN 549/559, W7GBI 569/559, W5LUA 559/559,
WD5AGO 549/559, and KD4LT 569/549
Gotaway's were OE5JFL and OE5EYM again !
Late Late News... 30 September
While testing worked DC6UW 45/55 SSB Initial #122