Perseids

Perseids 2003

I only had 24 hours available this time. As usually during main showers 
I was QRV from JN75DS, 1268m asl.

After 6 tries in last three years finally complete QSO with Clive, GM4VVX. 
We were lucky with 30s burst on SSB as HSCW sked few hours prior was NC 
because of QRM from PA-SV stations using the same frequency. Who said that 
HSCW is dead, hi! NIL in sked with RK3PWJ but found them later on random. 
Nice reflections from LA8G on SSB(2050km) but couldn't get roger through 
pile up. FSK frequency they used was to close to .370. Nice reflections also 
from other expeditions: sk5cr/3, lz1bb/p and ea3bb/2 and, of course, from 
la0by/p. On long distance skeds (sm2ilf, sm2cew and oh8nxe; all over 2100km) 
few pings were heard but all QSOs NC.

Due to non-stop CQ-ing on .370 in 1st period by ha5kdq any QSO towards East 
was impossible for more than 15 hours. This was really disappointing. It is 
evident that only one calling frequency for FSK is not enough (at least 
not in central EU).

In the morning on 13th Aug G7RAU has been worked as s first G station ever 
on tropo from jn75ds.

12082003
13.30-14.10	RA3IS	KO76	26 26	2b2p	S	FSK	C?	
16.00-16.50	EA1YV	IN52	26 26	2b3p	S	FSK	C
19.00-20.00	F0DSJ	JN17	26 - 	1b	S	SSB	NC
22.00-22.17	LZ1BB/p	KN43	27 27	5p	S	FSK	C
22.58 		LA0BY/P	JO39	37 49	1b	R	SSB	C

13082003
00.00-01.00	GM4VVX	IO78	26 -	2b7p5"  S 	HSCW	NC
01.00-01.10	GM6VXB	IO97	27 26 		S	FSK	C
01.20-02.00	LA8G	JP44	27 27		R	SSB	NC
02.00-03.00	SV3CYM	KM08	26 26	2b1p	S	SSB	NC
03.55-04.17	SK5CR/3	JP63	27 36	3b1p	R	FSK	C
05.30-05.41	GM4VVX	IO78	26 26 	1b30"	S	SSB	C
05.50-05.53	EA3BB/2	IN91	27 27		R	FSK	C
06.00-06.45	SM3BIU	JP73	26 26	2b1p28"	S	FSK	C
07.00-08.00	SM3KYH	JP82	26 -	1p	S 	FSK 	NC
08.00-09.00	SM2ILF	KP04	- - 		S	FSK	NC	*1
09.00-10.00	OH8NXE	KP25	26 - 	1p	S	FSK	NC	*2
10.00-10.35	SM2CEW	KP15	- - 		S 	FSK	NC	*3
11.50-12.34	RK3PWJ	KO83	26 27		R	FSK	C
13.00-14.00	RZ3QZ	LO00	- - 		S	FSK	NC

*1 - 2139km
*2 - 2251km
*3 - 2269km

NIL: SM6VTZ

Equipment: FT1000MP + XVRT 14/144 JAVORNIK by S53WW,
HM PA GS35b (1kW), 2x15 el. DJ9BV

Perseids 2002

As usually during main showers I was QRV from our club cottage on the top of the 
mountain Javornik, 1268m asl(loc. JN75DS), which is our contest location.

Average reflections, with exception of ra4aor who had fantastic reflections on
distance 2319km. I have made several new squares.

04082002
21.00-21.25	OH1JCS	KP10	27 26			S	FSK	C
22.00-22.20	OH5IY/4	KP31	26 26	4b15p0.5"	S	HSCW	C

11082002 
17.35-17.45	DH0AAI		27 27			R	FSK	C
19.00-20.00	GW3LEW	IO71	26 26			S	FSK	C
20.00-20.37	SM7EOI	JO86	26 26			S	FSK	C
21.00-22.20	ES6DO	KO27	26 26	2b1p3"		S	HSCW	C	*1

12082001
06.00-06.15	YL3DW	KO26	26 26			S	FSK	C
06.20-06.40	RK3FG	KO86	26 27			R	FSK	C
06.40-06.55	RU1AA	KP40	27 27			R	FSK	C
07.00-08.00	OH7PI	KP42	27 27	3b16"		S	FSK	C	*2
09.08		OH1XT	KP01	37 39	1b		R	SSB	C
09.30-09.35	LA0BY/P	JO49 	37 38	3b10"		R	SSB	C
09.30-09.35	LA2AB	JO59 	39 39	4b7"		R	SSB	C
10.00-11.00	RA3IS	KO76	26 -	2b2p10"		S	HSCW	NC	
12.00-13.00	LZ1KWT	KN21	26 -	2b9p1"		S	HSCW	NC	
13.00-13.35	RA4AOR	LN29	37 27	4b2p20"		S	HSCW	C	*3
14.15-14.35	LZ1KWT	KN21	26 27	4b2p2"		S	HSCW	C	
15.00-16.00	EA1YV	IN52	- -	2p		S	SSB	NC
16.00-16.45	EW6FS	KO35	26 59	5b6p5"		S	SSB	C
17.30-18.00	OZ6ABA	JO57	26 -			S	FSK	NC
18.00-18.30	SK0CC	JO99	26 26			S	FSK	C
19.47		G4DEZ	JO03	59 59	1b15"		S	SSB	C
19.53		F1FLA		37 37	1b		R	SSB	C
19.58		LX1DB		37 37	1b		R	SSB	C
20.30-20.55	LY2BAW	KO25	26 27			S	FSK	C
21.00-21.26	GM3POI	IO88	27 27	11b26p3"	S	SSB	C
21.39		LA3BO		37 27	1b		R	SSB	NC
22.00-22.23	F4CKV	JN16	37 37	5b10p10"	S	SSB	C
23.00-23.17	GM3WOJ	IO77	26 26	5b2p4"		S	SSB	C
23.45-24.00	IT9GSF	JM67	26 26			R	FSK	C

13082001
01.00-02.00	GM4VVX	IO78	26 47	3b7p8"  	S 	HSCW	NC
02.00-03.00	OH7MA	KP52	- 26			R	FSK	NC
08.00-09.00	OH8K	KP45	26 -	1b		S	HSCW	NC	*4
09.15-09.30	SM7FWZ	JO78	26 26			R	FSK	C	
09.30-10.00	RA3IS	KO76	26 -	1b5"		S	HSCW	NC	
11.00-12.00	OH6HFX	KP14	26 26	3b1"  		S 	HSCW	NC	*5
13.20-13.40	OZ1LPR		27 27			R	FSK	C

*1 - had static rain
*2 - 2044km
*3 - 2319km and UFB reflections
*4 - 2305km
*5 - + 1/2 hour in FSK but NC (2105km)

NIL: CT1EPS, EA1SH, SM6VTZ, F0DSJ, OH8NXE (2251km)

Equipment: FT1000MP + XVRT JAVORNIK by S53WW,
HM PA GS35b (1kW), 2x15 el. DL6WU

Perseids 2001

I spent very little time on random SSB this year which result in less QSOs.

I started MS activity on 11th Aug with soldering in the PA, later lost PR
connection on 70cm, had to repair power generator, had several memory fails
on the computer and spent some time trying to make WSJT work but "time
error 6" was to strong although it worked OK week before maximum. 
Portable work really makes differences!

On the 13th Aug there was a great tropo opening towards EA. I managed to
work: EA6VQ (JM19), EB6ADS (JM29), EA7GBG (IM67), EA5YB (IM99), EA5EZJ (IM98)
and EA5AFP (IM98). Unfortunately, I had to leave JN75DS when band was still
open.

Bellow you will find my MS Perseids results.

27072001
23.00-23.25	OH3AWW  	KP11	26 26	4b2p3"		S	CW	C
23.40-00.15	ES2QH/8		KO18	47 37	11b9p75"	S	CW	C

28072001
03.00-03.25	TA1ZK/0		KM39	26 27   mbmp2"		S 	CW	C

04082001
21.00-21.25	LA4YGA		JO48	26 26	3b6p6"		S 	CW	C
22.00-22.20	OZ1IEP		JO55	26 27            	R 	MFSK	C

11082001 
11.00-11.57	RA3LW		KO54	27 26   6b25p9"  	S 	CW	C
12.00-13.00	RU3ACE		KO95	-  -    0b2p     	S 	CW	NC    
13.00-13.30	LY2IC/P	K	O15	27 26   5b7p5"   	S 	CW	C
14.00-15.00	CT1EPS		IM57	26 -    1b1p1"   	S 	CW	NC
15.00-15.50	UT5ER		KN78	27 28   4b15p2"  	S 	CW  	C
16.00-16.30	DJ3LE		JO44	26 26   3b15p1"  	S 	CW 	C
17.00-17.30	ES0SM/3		KO19	26 26   5b13p13" 	S 	CW  	C
19.00-19.30	Z30B		KN01	27 28   5b16p3"  	S 	CW  	C
20.00-20.50	F5FVP		IN95	26 26   6b41p3"  	S 	SSB 	C
21.00-22.00	GM4VVX		IO78	-  -    1b1p     	S 	CW 	NC
22.00-23.00	EI3GE		IO63	26 27   3b2p3"   	S 	SSB 	NC

12082001
00.00-00.40	LA8KV/P		JP62	26 49   5b32p11" 	S 	CW 	C
01.00-01.25	EI4VWY  	IO54	37 27   4b7p8"   	S 	CW	C
09.00-10.05	SM3VAC  	JP83  	26 28   3b1p3"   	S 	CW	C
10.05-10.35	ES6DO   	KO28  	27 28   6b4p8"   	S 	CW	C
10.47     	LA0BY/P 	JP40 	27 47   1b       	R 	SSB	C
10.57      	GM4JJJ  	IO85 	37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
11.00-11.25	RW3PF   	KO93 	27 38   6b6p8"   	S 	CW	C
12.00-12.18	RA3DRC/1	KO55	27 27   4b7p9"   	S 	CW	C
14.21     	F6EAS   	IN98	37 39   1b       	S 	SSB	C
15.00-16.00	EI4IX   	IO53	26 26   5b4p30"  	S 	CW	C
16.00-17.00	F5HGO   	JN05	26 -    2b21p1"  	S 	SSB	NC
17.00-18.00	F4BWJ   	IN93	37 -    2b6p1"   	S 	SSB	NC
18.00-18.10	SP5QWB  	KO02	27 27   1b       	S 	SSB	C
19.00-19.01	F6ETI   	IN87	37 37   1b       	S 	SSB	C
19.13     	F6FHP   	IN94	37 59   1b       	R 	SSB	C
19.29      	PA3FOC		JO21	37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
19.35     	F1AKK     	   	37 28   1b       	R 	SSB	C
19.55    	G0FYD        		37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
19.59      	ON4LN         		37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
20.00-20.35	F4BKV   	IN95 	37 27   6b3"     	S 	SSB	C
20.47      	G4LOH         		37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
20.57      	PA5KM         		37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
22.00-22.20	F5HRY   	JN18 	26 26   4b5p2"   	S 	CW 	C 
23.23     	DL4ABJ       		37 37   1b       	R 	SSB	C
23.53       	G0XDI         		39 39   1b       	R 	SSB	C

13082001
00.00-00.22  	GM0WDF  	IO75	37 27   8b32p4"  	S 	CW 	C
07.00-08.00 	OH1HSC  	KP10	26 -    1b2p1"   	S 	CW 	NC
08.00-09.00  	OH6KTL  	KP02	26 -    2b1p1"   	S 	CW 	NC
11.00-11.20 	LZ2KZ   	KN33	26 27   5b13p10" 	S 	CW	C

NIL: UA4AQL (static rain - SRI), Z32UC, SK5CR/3 (WSJT - several good bursts
on my side but I could not fix the software problem / time error 6/ SRI Ragge),
YL3AD, OH5LID (Lasse got 4b), SM6OPX.

My equipment was: TS-850 + HM XVRT (BF-981) by S53WW, HM PA with
GS35b (1kW), 2x15 el. DL6WU (no elevation) and 9A4GL SW.

Perseids 2000

Less QSOs than previous years but some new squares.
Several stations (ua3aog, ly3ad, f5oih, ra3drc, es6do) reported nice reflections from me, 
unfortunately it was not the same on my side. Probably due to difference in RF PWR. 
I did two 2 QSOs in aurora and lost 2 skeds because of that. 

11 Aug 2000

14.00-14.45	LZ1KJ		KN31	26 26	3b2p1"	S CW	C
16.00-17.00     LZ2HV		KN22    26 26   2b4p1"	S CW	C    
18.00-18.18     PE1GNP 		JO31    37 27  	2b2p10" S SSB	C
20.00-20.25     SM0FFS 		JO99    26 --   1b9p2"  S SSB  	NC
22.00-22.16	SM7THS 		JO76    26 38   4b3p3"	S CW   	C
22.55		OZ8ZS  		JO55    37 59   4b12p2"	R SSB  	C
23.00-23.25	G8TIC/P		IN79	27 37	9b11p4"	S CW	C
23.31		G1BXB			37 57	1b	R SSB	C
23.33		GB4XS?			37 37 	1b	R SSB	C?

12 Aug 2000

00.00-00.28	LA8OW		JP50   	26 27	9b9p20"	S CW	C
01.00-01.10     SV1BTR		KM17   	27 27  	mni 10" S CW   	C	
02.00-02.10     F9IE		IN86   	27 37   6b5p5"	S SSB  	C
02.30-02.32     ON1ALJ		JO10   	37 39   1b1p8"  S SSB  	C
04.28		G0KPW		JO02	37 37	1b	R SSB 	C
06.43     	PA3EAC/P		37 37   1b	R SSB  	C
06.48           F6KSV		IN78   	37 37   1b      R SSB  	C
06.59           F5FLN		JN23   	37 37   1b     	R SSB  	C
08.58		GI6ATZ          IO74 	37 36   1b     	R SSB  	C
09.00-10.00     F5OIH  		JN08   	26 27   2b2p5" 	S SSB  	NC
10.00-10.20     SM2CKR   	KP03   	27 37  	10b5p5"	S CW   	C
10.28		SM5FRH		JO88	37 37	1b	R SSB 	C
10.45-10.48     LA0FX   	JP40   	37 38   1b      R SSB  	C
10.50           LA6MV   	JO59   	37 37   1b      R SSB  	C
10.57		OH0/DL1UU  	KP00   	37 37   1b	R SSB  	C?
11.01           SM7WT     	JO65	37 37   1b      R SSB  	C
12.00-13.00     RA3DQ  		KO85   	26 27   3b2p15" S CW  	C
13.33           G0NFA           	37 38   2b      R SSB  	C
14.00-15.00     CQ1MS   	IM59   	26 27   3b10p5" S CW  	C     

13 Aug 2000

06.00-07.00    	ES6DO   	KO28    26 --  	1b2p    S CW  	NC
07.00-08.00     RK3AF  		KO75    27 27  	5b4p5"	S CW  	C
09.00-10.00     YL3AD     	KO27	26 --  	1b2p    S CW  	NC
11.00-12.00     RA3DRC          KO55 	26 --  	1b0p    S CW  	NC
12.00-13.00     SM3LGO   	JP83    26 --  	1b4p    S CW  	NC    


NIL: LY/DL1ZE, EA1SH/P, SM4DXO, UA4API, SM2CEW, RV3IG, UA3GA, 
       UA4AQL, RW3PF, UA3AOG

EQP: TS-850 + XVRT, GS35b (1kW), 2X15 el. DJ9BV, MSDSP

Perseids 1999

Based on experiences from last years I started activity earlier and with enough skeds. As usually, location was our club's cottage on the top of the mountain Javornik, 1268m a.s.l.(loc. JN75DS), which is our contest location.

Due to bad weather instead of 2x15el only 15el LY was used. In 35 hours I managed to complete 43 MS QSOs (18 HSCW, the rest on SSB) and in addition several DX tropo contacts. Out of 29 skeds, 18 have been completed (which means 62% efficiency), 4 not completed and in 7 skeds not even a ping was heard.

I found solid reflections with the maximum on 12 Aug around 11 p.m. and second maximum around 7 a.m. next morning.

I am a little disappointed that all skeds with distance over 2000km were NC or NIL.

Bellow you will find my MS Perseids results.

11 Aug 1999

16.33-16.58     EA3BB   IN82    26 26   5b20p6s  S CW   C
17.00-18.00     EA1ABZ  IN71    37 26   4b15p10s S CW   C    
18.00-18.18     LY2SA   KO14    26 26   3b7p5s   S CW   C
19.00-19.25     EU6MS   KO45    27 28   3b11p2s  S CW   C
20.00-20.25     LZ7Y    KN41    27 28   6b26p2s  S CW   C
22.00-22.16     SM7SJR  JO87    37 37   6b10p20s S CW   C
23.00-23.26     LY2BIL  KO24    27 27   4b12p2s  S CW   C

12 Aug 1999

00.58-01.19     TA1ZK/1 KM29    27 27   3b5p10s  R CW   C
01.20-02.00     EA3BB   IN83    -- --   mni      S CW   NC      *1
03.00-03.22     LA5KO   JO29    27 26   5b12p5s  S CW   C
09.00-09.30     RX3QFM  KO91    27 27   6b2p15s  S CW   C
09.45-10.25     RV3ZR   KO80    26 27   4b1p13s  S CW   C
12.00-12.45     EA1BFZ  IN81    27 26   3b6p0.5s S CW   C
12.53           LA8KV   KP52    39 39   1b       R SSB  C
13.03           G8TIC/P         39 39   1b       R SSB  C
13.09           LA8AJA  JP50    37 37   1b       R SSB  NC      *2
13.18           DJ9FG           39 37   1b       R SSB  C
13.50-14.08     RZ1AWT  KO48    37 27   4b8p11s  R CW   C
16.00-16.25     RW1AW   KP50    27 27   5b5p2s   S CW   C
20.27           EB4TT   IN70    37 27   1b       R SSB  C
22.13           G1WPF   IO91    37 39   1b       R SSB  C
23.00-23.15     OH2BNH  KP20    37 27   2b8p35s  S CW   C
23.27           SM7BOU  JO66    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
23.41           SM5FRH  JO88    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
23.50           SK4BX   JO79    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
23.58           G0KPW   JO02    37 59   1b       R SSB  C

13 Aug

00.07           LA0BY/P JP61    37 37   2b       R SSB  C
00.08           LA6MV   JO59    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
00.22           SM7FMX  JO65    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
00.28           SP4MPB  KO03    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
00.58           SM3BEI  JP81    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
01.10-01.16     SP2OFW  JO93    37 37   2b4p15s  S SSB  C
01.17           OH6MAZ  KP21    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
01.35           DG3GAG          37 38   1b       R SSB  C
02.00-02.55     OH4EA   KP32    26 --   1b1p     S CW   NC      *3
02.55           SM3UZS  JP92    37 37   1b       R SSB  C?
03.00-03.15     GM0WDD  IO85    26 37   3b5p8s   S CW   C
03.33           DL4ABJ  JO42    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
04.00-04.03     GM4XYI  IO87    37 37   3b1p8s   S SSB  C
04.56           G0KPW   JO02    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
05.52           OH1XT   KP01    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
06.00-06.16     OH3AWW  KP21    37 27   5b1p25s  S CW   C
07.00-07.47     OH5IY   KP31    27 27   3b6p5s   S CW   NC      *4
08.10-08.17     EA3BB   IN62    48 27   8b2p40s  S CW   C?      *5
08.30           DL1ASF          37 37   1b       R SSB  C
08.44           G4FUF   JO01    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
08.44           F6CBH   JN19    37 37   1b       R SSB  C
09.00-10.00     SM3LGO  JP83    27 --   1b1p15s  S CW   NC      *6

*1 - nice reflection but he was calling dk8el all the time
*2 - I have seen on PR that QSO is NC
*3 - vy weak and rarely reflections
*4 - Ilkka did not receive my RRRs
*5 - I was told that he was calling me later / C?
*6 - vy weak

Also NC on random:LY2FE, F6EAS, PE1LWT, Z32UC, ..

NIL: RK3AF, LA4XGA, CT1DMK, RX3PX, RV3AH, YO3DMU, SM2CEW

My equipment was: TS-850 + HM XVRT (BF-981) by S53WW, HM PA with
GS35b (1kW), 15 el. DL6WU (no elevation) and 9A4GL SW.

Z-Perseids 1999

9 Jun 1999

03.40-03.55 TA/DL5MAE KM37 37 38 mnib mnip C

04.00-05.00 OH0LIZ KO09 27 - 7b 13p NC *1

05.30-06.15 PE1HWO JO21 26 28 4b 35p C

11.40-12.22 PA0PVW JO21 37 41 MS/TR C

*1 - nice rfls but broken RX on their side

Perseids 1998

Due to abroad vacation and some healthy problems I left capital not until early in the morning on 12 August and was able to operate from our club cottage on the top of the mountain Javornik, 1268m a.s.l.(loc. JN75DS) around moon. Activity was finished next day in the afternoon. We haven't electricity on location, so abt. 35 liters of petrol were spent during activity.

I came on location with no skeds at all, and have made all QSOs on random with exception of G0KPW. I found him on digital c 14345. I tried to arrange some other skeds on this mode but links toward West and North Europe didn't work well.

I have found solid reflections, with the maximum around 2-3 p.m. on 12 Aug. Reflections were not so long and frequently as last year but still good enough for SSB work. All station with distance near 2000 km I have made QSOs with (OH1XT, OH1AYQ, MS0ACG/p) had excellent signals. I am a little disappointed that I had no long distance skeds.

I have to mention that working on the random frequency on the contest location is not an easy job. So, I would like to apologize to all who called me with no success.

9A4GL software was used for the the first time. I must say that Tihomir really made great job. OK, it took me almost all week to prepare my desk computer to became familiar with SW (after several CMOS crashes, hi) and I didn't succeed with Toshiba notebook. I hope that Tihomir will solve known bags, especially recording without period time change on.

Bellow you will find my MS Presids results.

12/13 Aug 1998

13.35        OH1XT    KP01    37 26 1b         SSB C
13.53        SM3BEI   JP81    37 26 1b         SSB C
14.19        SM4VQP   JO79    37 37 1b         SSB C
14.26        ES2NA    KO29    37 26 1b         SSB C
14.26        DG2LAB   JO54    37 37 1b         SSB C
14.27        OZ1JVX           37 37 1b         SSB C
14.27        DG0KW    JO64    37 37 1b         SSB C
14.41        LA2AB    JO59    37 37 1b         SSB C
15.15        OH1AYQ   KP12    37 37 1b         SSB C
15.18        OZ8ZS    JO55    37 37 1b         SSB C
18.57        LA0BY/P  JP51    27 27 1b         SSB C
19.14        DH8BQA   JO73    37 27 1b         SSB C
21.41-21.57  EW6AL    KO46    27 27 9b 12p 15s CW  C  
23.23        PA0JMV?          37 37 1b         SSB C?
23.23        PA3DOL   IO22    37 37 1b         SSB C
23.44        G8XVJ    IO83    37 37 1b         SSB C

06.22        DL1EJA   JO31    37 38 1b         SSB C
06.45        MS0ACG/P IO68    37 37 1b         SSB C
08.50-09.15  DA0ND    JO34    27 37 7b 10p 10s CW  C
11.45-11.59  G0KPW    JO02    37 26 3b 5p 20s  SSB C
12.03        SM4VQP   JO79    37 37 1b         SSB C

Equipment:
base station TS-440, HM Xvrt (BF-981) by S53WW, HM PA with GS35b (abt. 800W), 15 el. DJ9BV and 9A4GL SW.