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| ... z otrzymanej korespondencji... Ciekawa informacja o I turze zawodow ARRL EME... Many thanks to all of the 2m & 70 cm cw EME enthusiasts, who were active, last weekend! On Saturday, I was QRV only on 2m, due to problems with my 70 cm system. On 2m, I logged contacts with OZ1HNE, SP7DCS, DL8UCC, OK1MS, LZ2US, and SV1BTR. SM2CKR was called (QRZ? reply). OK1VVP was also heard, but I had no opportunity to call him. I had recently suffered a cascade type failure, that affected my transmit side, on 70 cm. I was unaware of the extent of the damage, and I underestimated the amount of time that would be required to effect repairs. Thus I was not QRV, on 70, until Sunday. The repair efforts included the removal of a wasp nest, and many dozens of their builders, from my LNA / T/R relay enclosure! Fortunately, they were lethargic, thanks to recent cool temperatures, and I was able to remove the wasps and their nest, without receiving a single sting. My LNA was badly corroded by the excretions of the wasps, and the performance of the LNA was suspect. However, there was no opportunity to do anything about that issue, if I planned to be QRV, on Sunday morning. I overslept, on Sunday, then initially found little activity, and only a very few weak signals, which caused me suspect that the LNA was defunct. Fortunately, however, the signal levels and the activity level soon improved considerably! The activity level was surprisingly good, for several hours, until ~ moon loss time, in Europe. Meanwhile, I was able to enjoy QSOs with SM2CEW, K1JT, SP6JLW, G3LTF, OH2PO, DL9KR, PI9CAM, DL7APV, I2FHW *, SV1BTR, WA6PY (many thanks for hanging in there, Paul!), HB9Q, DF3RU, and K0RZ. Gotaways include SP7DCS, SM6FHZ, F6HLC (all called), OZ4MM, UA3PTW, and W8TXT. The band seemed full of signals, and I undoubtedly missed identifying many of the active stations, that were QRV! I keenly hope that they will be active again, in November! Again, many, many thanks to all, for the very enjoyable random cw EME QSOs, and for taking the effort to dig out my QRP signals! I hope for good condx, and plenty of activity, during the November fun session! 73 de Ron n4gjv 144 Mhz; 4 x 3.1 wl fixed horiz. pol Yagis, & 2 x 4CX250 PA. 432 Mhz; 4 x 6.8 wl fixed horiz. pol Yagis, & 2 x 4CX250 PA |