These compressed MP3 sound files have been recorded at VE6WZ directly from the FT-1000d or IC-756ProII to the sound board on the PC. 

File names: Call, Band, YR/MO/DD.  LP= Long path (usually my morning) SP= Short Path (usually my evening)

Click the file and your sound player should be able to play them.

If possible use headphones to improve the copy....these recordings are mostly of difficult, lowband QSO's which are often just at the edge of readability.....some signals are very light, but  mostly all Q-5.....afterall...nobody works 80 or 160 without headphones...do they?

 

2004-2005 Winter 2003-2004 Winter 2002-2003 Winter 2001-2002 Winter 2000-2001 Winter

 

160m sound files.....2001/2002 winter season
KH6CC-160m-02-01-08 25 Kb Well....ok...not really DX, but the band has been soooo bad this year I wanted to put something in here !! Jack was just booming in...listen to the slow QSB.
ZF2NT-160m-02-01-26 37 Kb CQWW 160m test.Listen to the usual 160m QSB. Again....not real DX but.....
JH7XGN-160m-02-02-17 86 Kb ARRL cw DX contest....3 cq's spliced together.
T48K-ve6wz_160m-02-02-17 124 Kb Cuba during ARRL cw contest.
VK5GN-160m-02-02-17 133 Kb A cw QSO during ARRL dx contest.
H7DX-160m-02-02-22 47 Kb Nicaragua....the N-S path on 160 often seems to show the deepest QSB...his signal would go from no copi to s-7 within seconds.
VP2MDY-160m-02-02-22 100 Kb Another example of the fast, deep QSB.  Art doing a great job from Montserrat.
TG9NX-160m-02-02-23 31 Kb ARRL 160m SSB contest CQ.
TI9M-ve6wz_160m-02-02-28 49 Kb Cocos Is. on SSB.
TI9M-SSB_160m-02-02-28 115 Kb Even more solid signals from Cocos.
K1B-160m2-02-05-03 75 Kb Baker Island...an easy shot for us out west, but signals not great this morning.

 

80m sound files.....2001/2002 winter season
HO1A-80m_ssb-Wil_01-10-01 634 Kb (STEREO) Large stereo file of Wil  DJ7AA working EU from HO1A.  Listen with stereo speakers or headphones to hear the selective fading between the TX ant. (dp at 105') and the rx Beverage antenna.  I use both receivers in the FT-1000d.
JT1CO-80m-01-12-17 72 Kb Chak from Mongolia just bubbling above the noise....coming in at about 240 deg at my sunrise. 3 cq's spliced together.
OM5ZW-80MLP-01-12-17  20 Kb Very solid long path opening into EU this morning....signals coming in at 240 deg.
GM3POI-80M-01-12-17 34 Kb Clive sending CQ.....my morning.
5B4AGC-80mlp-01-12-21 25 Kb George with a tremendous LP CW signal on 3770 at my morning
SP8BRQ-80msp-01-12-28 47  Kb Andy with a solid signal...he was only Q-5 for about 5 minutes, then went back into the noise. (SP my nighttime)
EI6S-G4AMN-80m-01-12-28 42 Kb George and the gang....G4AMN not strong but readable. (SP my nighttime)
EI6S-G4PEL-80m-01-12-28 28 Kb Ross...not strong, but with the quiet band readable (SP my nighttime)
G4OFY-80m-01-12-28 30 Kb Les....just above the noise, but copyable (SP my nighttime)
OM8NY-80msp-01-12-28 30 Kb Ivan had the strongest EU signal this evening. (SP my nighttime)
EA6SX-80m-01-12-30 37 Kb Condx not good this night but Mike was readable for about 10 minutes. This recording is 2 CQ's spliced together.
G0NVD-80m-01-12-31 61 Kb Jon just booming in....not quite "tuned in right" but fantastic signals this evening.
EA1ALE-80m-01-12-31 40 Kb Carlos SSB SP at my evening.
A35VK-80m-02-01-08 26 Kb The pacific is an easy shot for us in the west.
V73GT-80m-02-01-08 16 Kb More loud, solid pacific.
OH1XX-80m-lp-02-01-10 45 Kb Hannu with a good solid LP signal at my sunrise.
LY2BW-80m-02-01-10 18 Kb More long path EU this morning.
US4IXQ-80mLP-02-01-15 27 Kb Long path. The signal was drifting a bit.
LA9IAA-80m-02-01-18 52 Kb Long path at my morning...Bjorn is just above the noise but Q-5.
SM6MCW-80mlp-02-01-18 47 Kb Peter from Sweden at my morning.
G0NVD-SM3LBN_80mlp-02-01-19  173 Kb Jon and Hakan on SSB coming in very well this evening SP.
G4IIA-80mlp-02-01-19 46 Kb Mike on SSB.
G4AMN-80mlp-02-01-19 181 Kb Chris and Jon G0NVD on SSB the same evening as above...just great conditions this evening.
G0NVD-G4AMN-loud-80-02-01-19 59 Kb Another SSB clip of Jon and Chris...almost sounds like 20m !!
EI9HW-80msp-02-01-19 49 Kb John on SSB.
9A1CCY-80msp-02-01-19 34 Kb Croatia coming in from the NE at my evening.
SP8BRQ-80msp-02-01-19 152 Kb Andy from Poland very solid on the short path.
UA6LV-80msp-01-01-19 89 Kb More short path EU...this evening was the best opening so far this year.
LA5HE-cq-80mlp-02-01-21 39 Kb Rag sending a long path CQ into western Canada.
LY2ZZ-80mlp-02-01-21 17 Kb My sun was up during this recording.
SM6GZ-80mlp-02-01-21 31 Kb A LP SSB QSO with Bert....he gets my call as VE7 at first.
SM7EHU-80mlp-02-01-21 24 Kb A very short clip of a long path SSB CQ.
YL2SM-80mlp-02-01-23 43 Kb Not a great LP opening this morning but Tur from Latvia was Q-5.
YB1A-YC1GEG-80mssb-02-01-24 132 Kb Halim and Beni from Indonesia just thundering in on 80m SSB.  The sun was up at this time. Sounds like 20m !!
VP8GEO-80m-02-01-30 53 Kb Very steady signal from this great DX-pedition to South Georgia Island.
OH3XR-ve6wz-80mlp-02-02-01 66 Kb Finland coming in Long path.
OH6UC-ve6wz-80mlp-02-02-01 93 Kb More Finland....signals somewhat thin this morning, but still good copy.
RV6FT-ve6wz-80mlp-02-02-01 146 Kb An SSB QSO with Vlad from Russia coming in Long Path...my sun was up and shinning at the time of this QSO.
SM4CJM-ve6wz-80mlp-02-02-01 178 Kb Hans from Sweden on SSB long path...my sun was well up and shinning.
RZ6LG-ve6wz-80mlp-02-02-05 71 Kb Long path from Russia...my morning.
EX8F-80mlp-02-02-05 90 Kb Kyrygyzstan LP on 80 m !! Vlad was VERY solid this morning....unfortunately no QSO for VE6WZ, but a pleasure to copy !! Two CQ's spliced together
EX8F-N7FU-80mlp-02-02-05 122 Kb Dar works Kyrygystan with his 4 square.
LA6WEA-LA1NG-80mlp-02-02-05 586 Kb A big file.  SSB. Very poor copy because of QRM, but we make the long path QSO with Ken and LA1NG.  I have the  filters very narrow to kill the QRM so copy is difficult in parts.
OH5BR-OH6nuw-80mlp-02-02-05 153 Kb Great conditions this morning..Finland booming in on SSB. 
US4IXQ_80mlp-02-02-11 16 Kb The long path opening this morning only seemed to last about 20 min. but some signals were very good.
OH6UC_80mlp-02-02-13 45 Kb Eki from Finland coming in long path with a great signal.
SM5RQ_80mlp-02-02-13 102 Kb Sweden on SSB coming in LP with a very clear signal.
RV6FT-ve6wz-80mlp-02-02-17 47 Kb Vlad had a very solid LP  SSB signal this morning.
UA6LV_80mlp-02-02-17 84 Kb Russia coming in LP during the ARRL cw DX contest.
T99W_80msp-02-02-14 26 Kb Bosnia short path at my nighttime
G0NVD-EI6S-80msp-02-02-19 129 Kb Jon and George SSB short path
IK4WMA_80msp-02-02-19 44 Kb Italy.....direct path at nighttime
G0NVD-EI6S-80m-02-02-20 120 Kb Another clip of Jon and George holding fort on 3798.
S50C-G0NVD-80m-02-02-20 247 Kb Boris on SSB....just bubbling above the noise.
IK1MNJ-G0NVD-80msp-02-02-21 127 Kb Enrico and Jon working the west coast on 3799 SSB short path.
IK1MNJ-ve6wz-80m-02-02-21 56 Kb Another clip of Enrico
G3SED-80msp-02-02-21 22 Kb Mike sending a short path CQ.
9L1BTB-80msp-02-02-22 38 Kb Vic from Sierra Leone west Africa. SSB
F6DZU-80msp-02-02-22 64 Kb An SSB QSO with Bert.
G3PCG-80m-02-02-22 52 Kb Dave coming through the QRN in SSB at his morning.
G4AMN-G0NVD-80msp-02-02-22 184 Kb Signals were going down at this point and neither Jon or Chris were as solid as usual.
S50C-b80m-02-02-23 188 Kb Boris sending a CQ through the QRN.
EA3AKP-80m-02-02-23 95 Kb John in SSB just booming in this evening
TI9M-80m-02-02-25 117 Kb Cocos island SSB.
EI6S-etal-80m-02-02-27 665 Kb George-EI6S, Jon-G0NVD, Chris-G4AMN and Martti-EA8BH all together on 80m SSB.
CT9M-80m-02-03-03 11 Kb Very short clip during ARRL SSB DX contest.
G0NVD-etal_02-03-05 538 Kb Big file of Jon-G0NVD, George-EI6S and Bert-SM6GZ short path my evening. K index was 3 and the path was skewed to the E-SE.
EA8BH-80mcw-02-03-05 25 Kb Martti on CW announcing his QSY to 160m.  great sigs.
ON4AEK-80m-02-03-11 275 Kb SSB-A nice QSO with Theo...conditions where good this evening.
EI6S-ve6wz-80m-02-03-11 218 Kb SSB-Very quiet conditions this evening with good Q-5 copy on George.
MW0AQD-ve6wz-80m-02-03-11 194 Kb SSB-Jack from Wales this evening coming in with good copy.
F6DZU-ve6wz-80m-02-03-11 108 Kb SSB-Bert was very solid this same evening.
F6DZU-80m-02-03-19 130 Kb SSB-Bert again on March 19....this was just at Bert's sunrise.
LA6WEA-80msp-02-04-06 253 Kb SSB-Ken very late in the season.  How good are your ears ?? Copy very light but possible copy on our reports and calls.
K1B-80m-02-05-07 78 Kb Baker Island dx-pedition

 

40m sound files.....2001/2002 winter season
V51AS-40m-01-10-17 209Kb (STEREO) Stereo recording of Frank on 40m.  Listen to the selective fading between the Beverage rx antenna on the right channel and the 2 el yagi on the Left channel.
GM4PPY-QRP-40mssb-01-10-30 24 Kb Ted had an amazing SSB signal from his homebrew 15 W radio and vertical !!
VQ9X-40mlp-01-11-25 49 Kb Great sigs from the Indian Ocean during CQWW DX...see also FR5FD and 5R8HD
FR5FD-VE6WZ-40m-01-11-25 29 Kb Pat had a nice signal...some QSB but mostly good copy.
YB1A-40mLP-01-12-10 28 Kb Long path.....YB at my sunset....beaming SE across mainland US...what strong signals considering how far they have traveled!
VU2ELJ-40msp-01-12-14 68 Kb Sabu coming in "short path" at my sunset.  Actually his signal was equally strong pointing north over the pole or south over the USA
EX8F-40m-sunrise-01-12-13 40 Kb Vlad at my sunrise over the north pole...nice solid signals from Kyrgystan
EX8F-40m-sunset-01-12-14 23 Kb Vlad again (10 hrs later) at my sunset....this time he was good copy pointing both north or south.
VU2AJ-40M-01-12-17  75 Kb Dutt from Bombay was just booming in this morning !! Signals coming in at 240 deg.
FR5FD-40m-01-12-18 25 Kb Pat with a very solid and steady signal.
XU7ACB-40M-01-12-17 25 Kb Dick, N6FF from Cambodia....his signal was not strong, but best pointing around 250 deg.
EY8MM-40msp-01-12-19 75 Kb Nodir from Tajikistan coming in at my evening.  A messy pile-up with lots of QRM, but I make the QSO...I was QSX up a few Hz's to avoid the "out-of turn" callers. Visit Nodir's webpage here: http://www.qsl.net/ey8mm/
4K8F-40m-01-12-19 56 Kb Leon from Azerbaijan....at my evening from the NE.
A45XR-40mlp-01-12-19 18 Kb Solid LP signal from Oman.
JT1CO-40m-01-12-19 20 Kb Chak booming in direct path over the pole at my morning.
JT1CO-VE6LB-01-12-19 87 Kb Gerry VE6LB works Chak from Mongolia.
GW3YDX-echo40-01-12-19 41 Kb Listen to the very strong MULTI-PATH ECHO on Ron's signal....in this recording, at first you hear Ron with my beam pointing to the SW LP....his signal is impossible to copy because of the delay between the LP and SP signals coming from the back of the beam (NO..it is not QRM ).....near the end you hear his SP signal dominate as I rotate my beam to the NE as he sends his call. Recorded at my sunrise
PA3EVY-echo-40m-01-12-19 46 Kb Another example of Multi-path echo....The first CQ is short path, the second CQ the beam is rotated to point SW-longpath. My sunrise.  These recordings seem to confirm the existence of multiple propagation paths....in these cases, a "direct" NE path along the Grey line, and a more true "long-path" SW over the Pacific ocean.
EX8O-40m-01-12-21 20 Kb Short path...over the pole at my morning.
T77C-40m-01-12-20 23 Kb This is recorded at my late afternoon...the sun was still up.  You can almost copy BA4RF the T77 is working.
JY9NX-40msp-01-12-28 46 Kb Not great band conditions but a fair opening to Jordan. NE short path.
7X4AN-40m-02-01-07 33 Kb Med with a very strong signal from Algeria.  Recorded at my late afternoon.
A45WD-40mlp-02-01-10 35 Kb Alex coming in LP at my sunrise.
5B4AGN-40mlp-02-01-11 25 Kb Bob just booming in at my morning....it's amazing how solid and loud long path signals can be...this sounds like 20m !!!
EW3CW-40m-02-01-10 24 Kb Sandy on the long path.
VU2AJ-ve6wz_40mlp-02-01-16 78 Kb Another QSO with VU2AJ...the band seemed poor this morning with very few LP EU signals, but Dutt had a very solid signal coming in SW over the Pacific ocean.
JT1BV-40mLP-02-01-27 15 Kb Is this really Naran from Mongolia or a pirate??  His signal was 59 + 5 db !! His signal was so loud and solid it sounded like a local station....beaming long path at 240 deg.
A52OM-40mlp-02-01-17 42 Kb Bhutan...very light signals....he is working EU...you can just copy his call in the middle of the recording. Best signal coming in SW at 240 deg.
5B4AGU-40mlp-02-01-17 52 Kb Rumen from Cyprus coming in long path at my morning.
A92ZE-40mlp-02-01-18 76 Kb Gus in Bahrain. LP signals not strong but Q-5 just above the noise.
VP8THU-40m-02-01-19 190 Kb South Sandwich island Dx pedition....SSB working USA split. Listen carefully to the quick QSX change to "216" announcement....Those who listen carefully can work a dx-pedtion easily this way and avoid the crowd.
4J4K-ve6wz-40mlp-02-01-22 132 Kb Bor from Azerbaijan coming in LP at my morning around 240 deg.
XW0X-40mLP-02-01-23 47 Kb This was recorded at my late afternoon of Hiro, coming in long path from Laos on a SE path over the USA !!! WOW. We did not QSO.  It was at 2330Z, my sun was still up and it was sunrise in Laos.  It seemed that Hiro was not hearing well since the "Q" rate was low. I was listening on my SE beverage..not the Yagi.
VU2ELJ-40msp-02-01-24 42 Kb WOW !!  Sabu from India just pounding in at my evening....south path..very loud signals!!!
EX8F-w7lr-40mlp-02-01-25s 130 Kb Bob W7LR from MT works Vlad LP.  Signals coming in at 240 deg.
9K2HN-ve6wz-40mlp-02-01-25s 18 Kb Kuwait at my morning long path. Very solid signal.
S92JHF-ve6wz-40m-02-01-27 50 Kb This QSO was at around 4:15 pm local...the sun was still well above the horizon and he was peaking very nicely.  He just finished working JA, and I was even able to copy some JA long path !!! see next file.
S92JHF-JA-40m-02-01-27 547 Kb (stereo) JA long path !!?? ***BIG file...long download*** This large stereo file is of the JA pile working S92JHF. On the left channel is the JA pile, S92 on the right channel.  I did my best to "pick out" the JA's calling on the QSX frequency. (In order that I can hear: JI6ODS, JR1IS, JA0FU, 8J5FHJ, JA0WRP, JA0FRJ, JA5IU, JK6RDM) This was recorded at my late afternoon (2315Z) with the yagi pointed to the SE over mainland USA. I wonder if these are true long path signals or a skewed NW short path skirting the gray line? I did not rotate the beam NW to check that : ((
FR5FD-CQ-40m-02-01-30 70 Kb Pat sending 3 CQ's LP at my morning.
VQ9X-ve6wz-lb-40mlp-02-01-31 131 Kb "Calgary works Chagos"...Fantastic signals this morning...at one point he was 5 over 9 !!!  Gerry VE6LB, and myself make the QSO.
YB1A-9A2DS-40mlp-02-01-31 146 Kb Halim working Asa.  Halim was just thundering in, and Asa, 9A2DS was not as loud as his usual LP signal, but still good copi.
UN7AB-40msp-02-02-04 28 Kb Kazakhstan coming in on the north path at my evening.
VQ9M-40m_02-02-05 22 Kb Another short clip from Chagos in the Indian Ocean coming through LP.
EY8MM-40msp-02-02-05  26 Kb Nodir coming in LP at 240 deg at my morning. Visit Nodir's webpage here: http://www.qsl.net/ey8mm/
9Q1A-40mssb-02-02-17 41 Kb Pat from Congo on SSB
PW0T-ve6wz-40m-02-02-19 29 Kb
VK6VZ-40mLP-02-02-22 61 Kb WOW..This  is a long path recording of Steve VK6VZ working Bill W4AN recorded at my late afternoon.  The sun was still two hrs from setting and Steve was well past his sunrise in VK6.  My beam was pointed East across mainland USA.  We made an easy QSO a few minutes later.
PA3GVI-40m-02-02-25 67 Kb Rob from near Amsterdam, running 150w and a vertical...a great SSB signal.
A92ZE-40mlp-02-03-01 68 Kb Gus coming in long path at my morning...we were both exactly at our gray-line during this QSO.
TT8DX-40m-02-03-06 98 Kb Chad coming in on 40m SSB. His signal was very lite, with many EU callers.....no QSO for VE6WZ, maybe next time.
VP6DI-W4-40m-02-03-20 320 Kb (stereo) A big stereo file of VP6DI working the W4 pile.
XW1HS-40m-02-04-16 59 Kb Laos short path. Condition to SE Asia were very good this morning.
P5-4l4fn-15m-02-04-08 286 Kb (stereo) NO...not P5 on 40m. A short stereo clip of my QSO with Ed on 15m.

 

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