All 5/9 ++
Submitted by Elmar on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 18:27
Yesterday evening we had a sked on 40 meter with two of our club members who were in F and EA land.
The signals on the band were all very strong. Not a single one was below S9 as you can see in the bandscope above.
Gerrit was working with about 300 Watt from the south of France, Tjakko was working mobile with 100 Watt from Northern Spain, Henk with 100 Watt from Dordrecht and I was running the usual 25 Watt but we could make a nice QSO with the four of us.
That was between 19:00 and 19:30 UTC and a little later I heard some stations from South America on 40 meter. Unfortunately I couldn't log a QSO with them.
Your SKED to Europe
Goedemorgen! Just proves that 25W is fine. I bet your colleagues with 300W and 100W were only one or two "s" points highter than you were. I have worked a 700W station in Europe with my 10W licence and whilst he was 59, he gave me a 58! If propagation is open, it is open, and then the power seems of secondary importance. Have enjoyed reading your blog these past few days from the link on PC4T's blog. It was interesting to read about the novice licences in the Benelux countries. Anyway, 73 and tot ziens! Adam (M6RDP)
Bandscope
Dat is een mooie bandscope, Elmar. Hoe heb je die gemaakt? 73, Paul PC4T
HRD Bandscope
Hi Paul!
The bandscope is made with Ham Radio Deluxe. Scan the band for half a minute and you'll see an image like the one I posted. HRD has become a great piece of software during the past couple of years. I use it allways for normal QSO's, only for contests I'll stick with N1MM Logger for the moment. Check Simons' website for the latest information.
73, Elmar PD3EM
bandscope
Dank je wel , Elmar. Ik zal het nader bestuderen. Wat heb je tegenwoordig toch mooi spul. 73, Paul