2m UKAC December 2018
I was active again as 2E1HNK/P from Sudeley Hill (IO91AW) using 10W from my FT-857d and the 8-Element Yagi at 4.5m. I may look at different sites as some post-contest analysis indicates that I have not managed any UKAC contacts in JO02. I suspect there is a hill in that direction!
UKAC
Section: AL
Total QSOs: 51
Total Points: 9,216 (4,216 + 5,000 bonus)
Normalised Points: ?
ODX: G4RUL/P (JO00dr - 207km)
Current Standing:
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2m UKAC November 2018
I was active again as 2E1HNK/P from Sudeley Hill (IO91AW) using 10W from my FT-857d and the 8-Element Yagi for the UKAC section this evening. It also marked the first UKAC activation that I used my Yaesu G450 rotator, which presented some additional challenges.
UKAC
Section: AL
Total QSOs: 41
Total Points: 7,361 (3,361 + 4,000 bonus)
Normalised Points: ?
ODX: M0WGF (JO01kv - 198km)
Current Standing (as of 9/11/18 - entries haven't closed...
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Yaesu FT-857d CAT Settings
Just parking this here because I can never find these settings when I need them...
Baud: 4800, 9600, 38400 (must be 4800 with LDG tuner)
Start Bits: 1
Bits per Byte: 8
Stop Bits: 2
Parity: None
Flow Control: ?
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2m UKAC October 2018
Active as 2E1HNK/P from a new location - Sudeley Hill (IO91AW), using 10W from the FT-857d to the borrowed 8 element yagi on a hand-held mast.
FMAC
Section: 50R (still using 10W but was put in this category for using the yagi)
Total QSOs: 1
Total Points: 11
Normalised Points: 53
ODX: M0RKX/P (IO91BA - 11km)
Position: 19 (of 19) in 50R section
UKAC
Section: AL
Total QSOs: 37
Total Points: 8,653 (3,653 + 5,000...
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2m FMAC August 2018
Active as 2E1HNK/P from a new location - Sudeley Hill (IO91AW), using 10W from the FT-857d to the Diamond X200 for the FMAC section and a borrowed 8 element yagi for UKAC. Generally a good evening however it seemed to be harder work than it should have been, given that I was using a much better antenna than normal.
Sudeley Hill is a good location, possibly not quite as good as Cutsdean Hill RF-wise but there is more space to set up antennas and to actually get the car off the road....
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Active as 2E1HNK/P from a new location - Sudeley Hill (IO91AW), using 10W from the FT-857d to the Diamond X200 for the FMAC section and a borrowed 8 element yagi for UKAC. Generally a good evening however it seemed to be harder work than it should have been, given that I was using a much better antenna than normal.
Sudeley Hill is a good location, possibly not quite as good as Cutsdean Hill RF-wise but there is more space to set up antennas and to actually get the car off the road....
Read MoreFinding Good Hill-Top Portable Sites (2)
This is a quick update to the blog post about Finding Good Hilltop Sites.
The Overpass API code given in the original blog post didn't take into account the presence of points in the vacinity with a higher elevation that the point in question. That is to say that it would find 'good' sites which were elevate and had road access but which might also have other land around which is more elevated than the site itself (think of...
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2m FMAC June 2018
Active as 2E1HNK/P from Cutsdean Hill (IO91BX) again, using 10W from the FT-857d and the Diamond X200 vertical for the last half hour of the FMAC section then the same setup for the UKAC section.
FMAC
Section: 10W
Total QSOs: 2
Total Points: 141
Normalised Points: 111
ODX: M1EYP/P (IO83WE - 136km)
Final Position: 17 (of 19)
UKAC
Section: AL
Total QSOs: 39
Total Points: 7,609 (3,609 + 4,000...
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Active as 2E1HNK/P from Cutsdean Hill (IO91BX) again, using 10W from the FT-857d and the Diamond X200 vertical for the last half hour of the FMAC section then the same setup for the UKAC section.
FMAC
Section: 10W
Total QSOs: 2
Total Points: 141
Normalised Points: 111
ODX: M1EYP/P (IO83WE - 136km)
Final Position: 17 (of 19)
UKAC
Section: AL
Total QSOs: 39
Total Points: 7,609 (3,609 + 4,000...
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I was active as 2E1HNK/P from Cutsdean Hill (IO91BX) using 10W from my FT-857d and a Diamond X200 vertical for the last half hour of the FMAC section then the same setup for the UKAC section.
FMAC
Section: 10W
Total QSOs: 7
Total Points: 398
Normalised Points: 667
ODX: G3ZNU (IO91PQ - 87km)
Final Position: 7 (of 18)
UKAC
Section: AL
Total QSOs: 29
Total Points: 4,920 (1,920 + 3,000 bonus)
Normalised...
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