I applied for an
Australian
callsign and now I hold VK4ADF during my staying.
I'm planning to be as active as possible, but unfortunately my
apartment on the 19th floor does not allow me to erect any usable
antenna. I was able to put up a half wave dipole for 20m very close to
the wall
so I have opportunity to receive only.
I was active in the WPX CW
leg. This was the first time on the air from Australia. Big
thanks to Alan, VK4WR
for let me use his great station. It's not easy to operate
from this
part of the world so my high respect goes to the long-suffering
operators here. The interesting is that there are plenty of huge
signals from EU and NA but no one turns his antenna towards down
under. I've spent more or less the whole European sunrise on the bands
it was fun and good experience. There are couple of photos in the pictures section.
You can find here
my log and some details about the
operation. I've recorded the whole 5 hours so if you are interested
about your signal or some comparison purpose to other stations just
drop me a line.