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AMATEUR-RADIO DX on 144MHz
OE/DDØVF JN47VN QRPP EME June 22 - July 4 2014
 
QTF to EA8 was about 1° shielded, but good enough to work AM08TJ via tropo assisted MS
elevation about 50°
nice distant view of the black forest up to 137km !
take off to WSW
port of Lindau in the evening
after sunset
port of Lindau in the morning
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antenna with airship in the background
Lindau and HB9 after sunset with moon
sunset
Lindau and HB9 during the night
EME LOG
RTX:        FT897D
antenna:  a bit modified 7el UA9TC 2,675m boom 10.2dBd (with rotatable polarity)
amp:       homebuild with an single Harris module @320W and inbuild psu
preamp:   HA8ET with additional CBT filter
coax:      8m Ecoflex10 plus 3m Aircell7 wich gives an erp of about 2,8kW
PC:         netbook samsung NC10 with homebuild interface
RIG
small interface wich fits to the netbook connectors
amp and preamp
INFO
- no groundgain
- no way to east (mountains and the owners house)
- 6...10dB noise QTF 115-145
- often noise 3...6 dB in any direction from time to time
- wkd tropo SSB on flatband F8GGD 797km and G4SWX 790km
WKD AM08TJ (OP EA8TJ) RANDOM 3114km via TRAMS (TROPO ASSISTED MS) WITH 14 BURSTS. LONGEST 10sec 1DB AND STRONGEST 320/18. BEST RCVD BURST AT AM08TJ WAS 1500/12
SHORT TRIP TO JN57AL DD0VF/P