dinsdag 12 mei 2020

First real DX on 50 Mhz

Trinidad & Tobago is my first real DX contact on 50 Mhz.  Thanks to 9Y4D.

From scratch he appeared with a signal of only -20 dB with a CQ.   I never expected to receive an answer but he came back with -18dB.

7300 km, with 200 W and 4 element yagi.  Happy with it because the steppir is a compromise antenna on 6 meter. 
A new 6 element will arrive soon to start a new carreer on 50 Mhz. 

Only problem with this band :  openings arrive suddenly, so you need to be there.

Other remarkable thing : there is a 50 Mhz policeman on the band who thinks he owns the complete spectrum and gives comment to all others in the neighbourhood. 
The same guy injected my own call on my FT8 CQ in order to try to start a software loop in WSJT.  Not !  I am not a robot, so my instant intervention could avoid it.
His signal strength has given away his identity :-)

Statistics after a couple of weeks on 50 Mhz :

36 countries worked of which 26 confirmed.
66 confirmed grids

To be continued...

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