2021-06-29 Opening

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes): 

DL95 => 44

DL96 => 11

HM58 => 22

HM68 => 123

HM77 => 32

IK92 => 85

IL10 => 224

IL18 => 59

IL28 => 36

IL46 => 123

IM12 => 3

IM13 => 34

IM63 => 8

IM66 => 3

IM79 => 8

IN51 => 1

IN52 => 3

IN78 => 5

IN80 => 1

IN88 => 4

JN45 => 2

JN52 => 3

JN53 => 59

JN54 => 3

JN61 => 1

JN62 => 1

JN65 => 16

JN72 => 4

JN92 => 13

JN97 => 1

KM27 => 4

KM72 => 2

KN07 => 7

KN32 => 1

KN34 => 2

MN83 => 1

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

EA8WU   IL28    Spain   29      Lotw: (no)

XT2AW   IK92    Burkina Faso    480     Lotw: (no)

2021-06-29 Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs): EA8(1),XT(1)

2021-06-29 Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): CM(3),DL(55),DM(3),EL(2597),EM(4024),EN(1355),FM(461),FN(4527),GN(36),HM(177),IK(85),IL(442),IM(56),IN(14),JN(103),KM(6),KN(10),MN(1)

2021-06-29 Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 4X(2),5T(87),9A(5),CT3(7),CU(50),E7(12),EA(4),EA8(29),F(8),HA(8),I(25),IT9(17),K(5176),S0(24),S5(11),SV(4),UN(1),VE(294),XE(8),XT(85),YO(2)

Total Decodes: 13958

Total Worked: 2

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (13422)

50.323 (536)

XT2AW - IK92 - Burkina Faso - Worked #166

 

Update: confirmed via LotW today 6/29/2021 - THANK YOU 

UN3GX - Kazakhstan - MN83 - Heard

 

2021-06-25

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes):

GK03 => 2

IM86 => 1

IN88 => 2

JN53 => 2

JN61 => 9

JN62 => 13

JN71 => 35

JN83 => 1

JN92 => 22

JN94 => 3

KM25 => 2

KN01 => 6

KN32 => 3

KO50 => 1

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs):

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): EM(123),EN(285),FM(93),FN(3390),GK(2),GN(16),IM(1),IN(2),JN(85),KM(2),KN(9),KO(1)

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 4O(21),8P(2),E7(3),F(2),I(5),IG9(10),IT9(37),K(2712),LZ(1),UR(1),VE(215)

Total Decodes: 4009

Total Worked: 0

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (3401)

50.323 (608)

2021-06-24 Opening

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes):

FK68 => 5

IO75 => 1

JN03 => 58

JN37 => 2

JN47 => 1

JN53 => 2

JN61 => 1

JN92 => 6

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs):

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): DM(3),DN(30),EL(53),EM(370),EN(382),FK(5),FM(89),FN(1748),GN(14),IO(1),JN(70)

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 4O(6),F(30),GM/S(1),IT9(3),K(1653),KP4(1),VE(94)

Total Decodes: 2765

Total Worked: 0

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (2342)

50.323 (423)

2021-06-23 Opening (NA Only)

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes): 

DL74 => 5

DL98 => 1

EK53 => 7

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

VE2NRG  FN25    Canada  1       Lotw: (no)

VE3SCP  EN94    Canada  1       Lotw: (yes)

WB8LYJ/R        EM73    United States   291     Lotw: (yes)

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs): K(1),VE(2)

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): DL(6),EK(7),EL(48),EM(113),EN(58),FM(51),FN(1814),GN(2)

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): K(1451),VE(50),XE(3),YS(7)

Total Decodes: 2099

Total Worked: 3

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (1880)

50.323 (219)

HZ1SK - KL91 - Saudi Arabia - Heard

 

2021-06-22 Opening

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes): 

DL68 => 12

DL89 => 48

DL98 => 55

EK09 => 72

FK68 => 8

GK03 => 11

GP38 => 8

GP60 => 35

HM58 => 8

HM68 => 30

IL10 => 22

IL18 => 95

IL28 => 9

IM58 => 35

IM59 => 35

IM66 => 5

IM67 => 117

IM77 => 30

IM86 => 62

IM98 => 48

IM99 => 22

IN50 => 31

IN51 => 10

IN52 => 14

IN73 => 25

IN78 => 131

IN79 => 23

IN80 => 7

IN88 => 39

IN93 => 1

IN94 => 20

IN95 => 19

IN97 => 59

IO51 => 203

IO63 => 21

IO70 => 114

IO74 => 2

IO91 => 3

IO92 => 7

IO93 => 7

IO94 => 3

JM19 => 1

JM78 => 3

JN01 => 10

JN03 => 30

JN16 => 1

JN18 => 11

JN25 => 9

JN47 => 17

JN49 => 9

JN58 => 72

JN59 => 7

JN63 => 2

JN69 => 12

JN79 => 17

JO02 => 14

JO10 => 3

JO11 => 7

JO20 => 3

JO21 => 100

JO23 => 6

JO30 => 26

JO31 => 4

JO32 => 12

JO41 => 21

JO42 => 5

JO50 => 39

JO51 => 2

JO60 => 4

JO61 => 2

JO80 => 8

KL91 => 5

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

8P6ET   GK03    Barbados        62      Lotw: (no)

G4FVP   IO94    England 223     Lotw: (no)

IK6FWJ  JN63    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

OK1ADT                          Lotw: (no)

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs): (1),8P(1),G(1),I(1)

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): DL(115),DM(215),DN(148),EK(72),EL(912),EM(3468),EN(4266),FK(8),FM(1734),FN(6629),GK(11),GN(63),GP(43),HM(38),IL(126),IM(354),IN(379),IO(360),JM(4),JN(197),JO(256),KL(5)

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 5T(12),8P(6),CT(39),CU(14),DL(120),EA(108),EA6(1),EA8(78),EI(96),F(103),G(63),GD(1),HZ(5),IG9(2),K(6168),KP4(8),OK(10),ON(22),OX(11),PA(33),VE(340),VP9(10),XE(102)

Total Decodes: 19412

Total Worked: 4

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (18944)

If you dont like my cluster spots - filter them!

Some people don't like my dx cluster spots.  If you are one of them, I respectfully suggest that you learn how to 'filter' them out on your home cluster (or whatever you are using to receive spots from dxclusters).

If your dxcluster provider of choice does not provide you with the ability to filter out my spots, then I respectfully suggest that you locate and make use of a dxcluster (or software) that supports your needs.

Check out THIS or something like it.  A simple command like: reject/spots 0 call ww1l might solve YOUR PROBLEM. 

I don't see your dislike of my spots as my problem.

2021-06-21 Opening

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes): 

DL80 => 9

DL92 => 24

DL95 => 1

DL98 => 3

EJ79 => 1

EK08 => 9

EK09 => 297

EK70 => 3

FK58 => 7

FK68 => 3

FK90 => 5

GK03 => 38

GP60 => 187

HM68 => 4

HP94 => 6

IL10 => 13

IL18 => 13

IL28 => 10

IM13 => 46

IM58 => 60

IM59 => 1

IM66 => 25

IM67 => 46

IM68 => 3

IM76 => 10

IM77 => 7

IM78 => 11

IM86 => 40

IM87 => 4

IN50 => 2

IN51 => 6

IN52 => 74

IN63 => 17

IN70 => 30

IN72 => 12

IN73 => 22

IN78 => 159

IN80 => 21

IN83 => 208

IN86 => 96

IN87 => 7

IN88 => 196

IN89 => 84

IN94 => 68

IN95 => 152

IN96 => 24

IN98 => 30

IO51 => 446

IO53 => 5

IO54 => 185

IO62 => 41

IO63 => 300

IO64 => 105

IO65 => 31

IO67 => 121

IO70 => 603

IO71 => 2

IO72 => 10

IO74 => 348

IO75 => 270

IO76 => 5

IO78 => 263

IO80 => 212

IO81 => 218

IO82 => 134

IO83 => 180

IO84 => 8

IO85 => 64

IO86 => 73

IO87 => 40

IO88 => 163

IO89 => 43

IO90 => 144

IO91 => 444

IO92 => 157

IO93 => 189

IO94 => 122

IP62 => 51

JM19 => 52

JM49 => 11

JN01 => 12

JN03 => 195

JN05 => 1

JN07 => 51

JN08 => 26

JN11 => 2

JN15 => 28

JN17 => 46

JN18 => 46

JN24 => 18

JN25 => 106

JN26 => 2

JN33 => 3

JN34 => 102

JN35 => 6

JN36 => 62

JN37 => 80

JN38 => 92

JN39 => 83

JN44 => 17

JN45 => 104

JN47 => 286

JN48 => 18

JN49 => 83

JN52 => 40

JN53 => 192

JN54 => 66

JN55 => 5

JN58 => 205

JN59 => 70

JN61 => 46

JN62 => 22

JN63 => 1

JN64 => 14

JN65 => 65

JN68 => 6

JN69 => 124

JN71 => 1

JN72 => 3

JN75 => 10

JN76 => 42

JN87 => 4

JN88 => 6

JN89 => 1

JN95 => 22

JN97 => 40

JN99 => 1

JO00 => 2

JO01 => 64

JO02 => 349

JO11 => 2

JO20 => 268

JO21 => 440

JO22 => 298

JO23 => 13

JO30 => 104

JO31 => 63

JO32 => 344

JO33 => 183

JO40 => 88

JO41 => 22

JO43 => 1

JO45 => 59

JO46 => 70

JO47 => 7

JO50 => 75

JO51 => 24

JO52 => 77

JO53 => 2

JO54 => 45

JO55 => 30

JO56 => 51

JO58 => 32

JO60 => 23

JO62 => 2

JO64 => 81

JO65 => 35

JO67 => 6

JO70 => 35

JO75 => 1

JO80 => 10

KM71 => 47

KN02 => 1

KN04 => 2

KN06 => 57

KN13 => 3

KN18 => 19

KN22 => 7

KN28 => 21

KN37 => 5

KN85 => 2

KO14 => 16

LL75 => 7

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

DB5FP   JO40    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

DF4WC   JN49    Germany 230     Lotw: (yes)

DG0KW   JO64    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

DG5YIL  JO32    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

DJ1MT   JO54    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

DL1DV   JN39    Germany 230     Lotw: (yes)

DL1NEO  JN59    Germany 230     Lotw: (yes)

DL3NDX  JN59    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

DL6AMI  JO50    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

DL8MBN  JN58    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

EA1RT   IN73    Spain   281     Lotw: (yes)

EC1AP   IN73    Spain   281     Lotw: (yes)

EI2GLB  IO63    Ireland 245     Lotw: (yes)

F5IAE   JN17    France  227     Lotw: (yes)

G4CXT   JO02    England 223     Lotw: (yes)

IK1EGC  JN35    Italy   248     Lotw: (no)

IK2UCK  JN45    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

IK4CIE  JN54    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

IK4IYC  JN54    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

IZ2AMW  JN45    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

IZ5EME  JN52    Italy   248     Lotw: (no)

MI1ERL  IO74    Northern Ireland        265     Lotw: (no)

MM5DWW  IO89    Scotland        279     Lotw: (yes)

OE3GCU  JN88    Austria 206     Lotw: (yes)

OK1HMP  JO70    Czech Republic  503     Lotw: (no)

OZ1ADL  JO46    Denmark 221     Lotw: (yes)

OZ1AXG  JO65    Denmark 221     Lotw: (yes)

OZ5AGJ  JO47    Denmark 221     Lotw: (yes)

PA7MM   JO23    Netherlands     263     Lotw: (no)

PC7M    JO32    Netherlands     263     Lotw: (no)

PE2HHN  JO32    Netherlands     263     Lotw: (no)

PE2JMR  JO33    Netherlands     263     Lotw: (no)

PE4A    JO22    Netherlands     263     Lotw: (yes)

SM6LJU  JO58    Sweden  284     Lotw: (yes)

SM6YNO  JO67    Sweden  284     Lotw: (no)

UR7DWW  KN18    Ukraine 288     Lotw: (yes)

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs): DL(10),EA(2),EI(1),F(1),G(1),GI(1),GM(1),I(5),IT9(1),OE(1),OK(1),OZ(3),PA(5),SM(2),UR(1)

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): CM(5),DL(37),DM(10),EJ(1),EK(309),EL(390),EM(2422),EN(440),FK(15),FM(261),FN(9453),FO(18),GK(38),GN(74),GP(187),HM(4),HP(6),IL(36),IM(253),IN(1208),IO(4926),IP(51),JJ?(2),JM(63),JN(2455),JO(2906),KM(47),KN(117),KO(16),LL(7),NP(1)  

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 4X(44),5T(13),8P(24),9A(30),9Y(5),A6(7),CM(1),CT(36),CT3(3),CU(3),DL(354),EA(191),EA6(11),EA8(18),EI(427),F(390),G(911),GD(94),GI(96),GM(509),GM/S(52),GU(21),GW(19),HA(49),HB(214),HI(2),I(100),IG9(7),IS(6),IT9(101),K(5390),KP4(2),LZ(7),OE(4),OK(84),OM(4),ON(80),OX(50),OY(46),OZ(100),PA(363),S5(51),SM(5),TF(1),UR(20),VE(243),XE(188),YO(4),Z3(1),ZB(8)

Total Decodes: 25758

Total Worked: 36

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (24315)

50.323 (1443)

2021-06-20 Opening

 

FK90 => 18

FK96 => 42

HM77 => 27

IM58 => 24

IM59 => 161

IM63 => 2

IM66 => 57

IM67 => 136

IM68 => 6

IM69 => 63

IM76 => 28

IM77 => 77

IM78 => 13

IM87 => 17

IM88 => 3

IM97 => 12

IM98 => 5

IM99 => 28

IN50 => 47

IN51 => 2

IN52 => 41

IN62 => 12

IN73 => 22

IN80 => 7

IN83 => 19

IN86 => 2

IN94 => 17

IN95 => 20

IO74 => 3

IO81 => 11

IO82 => 1

IO91 => 1

IO94 => 1

JM08 => 1

JM19 => 75

JM49 => 107

JM67 => 10

JM75 => 9

JM76 => 12

JM78 => 45

JM89 => 2

JN00 => 9

JN01 => 11

JN11 => 1

JN34 => 66

JN35 => 81

JN36 => 2

JN41 => 6

JN44 => 9

JN45 => 290

JN48 => 1

JN52 => 135

JN53 => 479

JN54 => 249

JN55 => 19

JN58 => 27

JN59 => 3

JN61 => 236

JN62 => 17

JN63 => 16

JN64 => 63

JN65 => 143

JN68 => 1

JN70 => 28

JN71 => 122

JN72 => 77

JN80 => 1

JN92 => 59

JO01 => 3

JO10 => 16

JO20 => 3

JO21 => 10

JO30 => 1

JO46 => 7

JO50 => 1

JO64 => 1

KI88 => 2

KM25 => 62

KM71 => 2

KO16 => 1

KO40 => 1

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

EA7Z    IM67    Spain   281     Lotw: (yes)

IW5DHN  JN53    Italy   248     Lotw: (no)

N4EME   FM13    United States   291     Lotw: (yes)

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs): EA(1),IT9(1),K(1)

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): DN(7),EL(7),EM(1552),EN(168),FK(60),FM(439),FN(3291),GN(11),HM(27),IM(632),IN(189),IO(17),JJ?(6),JM(261),JN(2151),JO(42),KI(2),KM(64),KO(2)

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 4O(42),4X(2),9H(1),9Y(10),CT(65),CU(8),DL(23),E7(1),EA(234),EA6(24),F(1),FG(19),G(12),GM/S(1),HB(2),I(41),IG9(211),IS(50),IT9(198),K(3027),ON(4),OZ(4),PA(3),S5(66),SV9(18),T7(7),TK(2),UR(1),VE(180),VP9(36),ZB(16)

Total Decodes: 8928

Total Worked: 3

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (8055)

50.323 (873)

2021-06-19 Opening + 49.750 Video

The big 'balloons' are who heard my 170 watts, the small ones are who I heard.

Also heard 49.750 Mhz Video (first in this direction for 2021)

This is possibly Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.  Other likely candidates are:

Aktobe, Kazakhstan - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Charjew, Turkmenistan

This would be good to ID for us because it might be a good indicator for VU path openings.  It's past the UR and into unknown territory for us on 6m.

Arrow points to a yellow DOT which is Ashgabat.  The red line going to the right is the path from UB7K to JA while I was hearing Video.  From UB7K to JA where the two lines cross (me to video source) is about 900km to the line crossing from UB7K.  That MIGHT be his peak of his first hop to JA. Guessing!

DX Grids Heard (Num. of Decodes): 

DL95 => 12

DL96 => 42

DL98 => 15

FK42 => 5

FK49 => 26

FK52 => 8

FK58 => 45

FK68 => 76

FK78 => 8

FK90 => 4

FK94 => 5

FK96 => 2

IL18 => 146

IL28 => 9

IM98 => 5

IN51 => 1

IN73 => 13

IN78 => 31

IN80 => 1

IN82 => 12

IN83 => 23

IN86 => 2

IN87 => 33

IN88 => 74

IN89 => 28

IN93 => 8

IN95 => 41

IN96 => 30

IN97 => 60

IO51 => 338

IO54 => 160

IO62 => 43

IO63 => 113

IO64 => 32

IO65 => 12

IO66 => 48

IO67 => 97

IO70 => 219

IO71 => 4

IO72 => 40

IO73 => 6

IO74 => 142

IO75 => 152

IO76 => 71

IO77 => 184

IO78 => 268

IO80 => 70

IO81 => 82

IO82 => 22

IO83 => 87

IO85 => 122

IO86 => 157

IO87 => 31

IO88 => 75

IO90 => 11

IO91 => 72

IO92 => 19

IO93 => 108

IO94 => 25

IO97 => 1

JM09 => 1

JM19 => 4

JM49 => 198

JM75 => 28

JM76 => 48

JM78 => 4

JN00 => 4

JN01 => 13

JN03 => 45

JN05 => 70

JN07 => 6

JN09 => 13

JN11 => 12

JN13 => 13

JN14 => 21

JN17 => 1

JN18 => 8

JN23 => 11

JN24 => 39

JN33 => 1

JN34 => 99

JN35 => 31

JN36 => 13

JN37 => 2

JN38 => 6

JN40 => 43

JN41 => 40

JN44 => 45

JN45 => 19

JN46 => 2

JN47 => 24

JN48 => 34

JN53 => 76

JN54 => 28

JN58 => 12

JN59 => 10

JN61 => 11

JN62 => 2

JN63 => 1

JN65 => 174

JN66 => 8

JN71 => 1

JN75 => 65

JN76 => 60

JN77 => 2

JN84 => 11

JN86 => 11

JN93 => 16

JN94 => 24

JN95 => 48

JN97 => 33

JN99 => 96

JO00 => 12

JO01 => 31

JO02 => 27

JO10 => 39

JO11 => 2

JO20 => 10

JO21 => 13

JO22 => 2

JO31 => 1

JO33 => 7

JO45 => 15

JO46 => 34

JO47 => 12

JO48 => 6

JO49 => 1

JO54 => 1

JO55 => 47

JO56 => 43

JO57 => 58

JO63 => 4

JO64 => 101

JO65 => 65

JO67 => 21

JO71 => 12

JO72 => 12

JO73 => 50

JO74 => 24

JO75 => 61

JO76 => 24

JO77 => 75

JO78 => 4

JO79 => 12

JO80 => 50

JO81 => 14

JO82 => 6

JO83 => 28

JO84 => 22

JO90 => 42

JO91 => 64

JO92 => 8

JO94 => 189

JO99 => 29

JP20 => 19

JP50 => 3

JP80 => 2

JP82 => 6

JP90 => 15

KM08 => 21

KM09 => 4

KM17 => 1

KM18 => 11

KM25 => 86

KM64 => 13

KM71 => 2

KM72 => 3

KM73 => 3

KN01 => 9

KN02 => 7

KN06 => 64

KN07 => 21

KN09 => 2

KN10 => 30

KN11 => 7

KN12 => 36

KN18 => 106

KN19 => 9

KN21 => 1

KN22 => 5

KN23 => 1

KN24 => 4

KN28 => 8

KN29 => 64

KN37 => 12

KN56 => 2

KN59 => 49

KN68 => 23

KN75 => 62

KN77 => 71

KN78 => 118

KN85 => 13

KN87 => 153

KN88 => 38

KN89 => 84

KN98 => 57

KN99 => 244

KO00 => 31

KO02 => 111

KO03 => 198

KO05 => 13

KO11 => 17

KO15 => 1

KO16 => 1

KO25 => 22

KO28 => 4

KO29 => 5

KO30 => 17

KO38 => 2

KO40 => 55

KO50 => 210

KO60 => 91

KO80 => 19

KP00 => 23

KP01 => 44

KP11 => 2

KP20 => 1

KP21 => 3

Callsign Detail Worked (Num. of QSOs):

G4AYU   IO83    England 223     Lotw: (yes)

G7KHF   IO94    England 223     Lotw: (yes)

GI4FUE  IO74    Northern Ireland        265     Lotw: (yes)

GM0UDL  IO77    Scotland        279     Lotw: (yes)

GM1DSK  IO86    Scotland        279     Lotw: (no)

GM3PPE  IO85    Scotland        279     Lotw: (yes)

GM4PMK  IO66    Scotland        279     Lotw: (no)

KX4YO   EM74    United States   291     Lotw: (no)

MM0ULL  IO77    Scotland        279     Lotw: (no)

OZ6FH   JO47    Denmark 221     Lotw: (no)

SM7CAD  JO77    Sweden  284     Lotw: (yes)

SM7GXR  JO76    Sweden  284     Lotw: (yes)

SP1FJZ  JO84    Poland  269     Lotw: (yes)

SP7AWG  JO91    Poland  269     Lotw: (yes)

UR0MC   KN99    Ukraine 288     Lotw: (yes)

UR1HR   KO60    Ukraine 288     Lotw: (yes)

UR5LAK  KN89    Ukraine 288     Lotw: (yes)

UT8IO   KN87    Ukraine 288     Lotw: (yes)

UX5UO   KO50    Ukraine 288     Lotw: (yes)

WW5M    EM55    United States   291     Lotw: (no)

Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (Num. of QSOs): G(2),GI(1),GM(3),GM/S(2),K(2),OZ(1),SM(2),SP(2),UR(5)

Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (Num. of Decodes): (2),DL(69),DM(27),EL(375),EM(2944),EN(1410),FK(179),FL(13),FM(592),FN(4740),FO(1),GN(12),IL(155),IM(5),IN(357),IO(2811),JJ?(3),JM(283),JN(1304),JO(1278),JP(45),KM(144),KN(1300),KO(797),KP(73)

Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (Num. of Decodes): 4X(1),5B(9),9A(36),9H(8),9Y(2),CM(12),DL(129),EA(34),EA8(71),EI(337),ES(6),F(167),FG(1),G(348),GD(7),GI(47),GM(354),GM/S(172),GU(7),GW(17),HA(74),HB(2),HI(40),I(35),IG9(57),IS(81),IT9(64),J6(5),K(3960),KP4(50),LA(9),LY(10),LZ(25),OE(20),OH(29),OK(9),OM(6),ON(4),OZ(91),P4(8),PA(6),S5(80),SM(123),SP(233),SV(24),SV9(27),TK(14),UA(16),UR(493),VE(179),XE(48),YL(1),YO(3),Z3(9)

Total Decodes: 18919

Total Worked: 20

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (17001)

50.323 (1918)

 

OJ0C - JP90 - Market Reef - Worked #165

Worked with only 170 watts.  Amp was 'down' today.

 

Lunar Link LA-62 Amp - Fail - Repair

I've been using a Lunar Link LA-62 now for about 3+ years on 6m (50 Mhz).  It's worked Almost flawlessly.  There have been a few minor repairs needed in that time.  A single $0.99 cent diode in the power supply.  Several #85 lamps for the meters went last year spent about $5.00 to get 20, and it only needed 3.

Yesterday I started to notice that from time to time my output power would be only equal to my input power.  So no amplification.  33w in, was about the same out.  I tried retuning, and no change really.  The one tell-tale sign was that this would happen sporadically.  I'd key up and get no amplification on the output, or I'd key up and get full power out.  All the indicators on the amp looked normal, including Plate, and Grid for the most part.  I just wanted getting full power out reliably.

The LA-62 uses external TX/RX relays.  And this one is equipped with the "VR-2" (vacuum relay - 2) which is meant for QSK.  

So to debug what was happening...I removed the VR-2 assembly.

I opened it up by unscrewing 6 screws and looked inside.  To my utter amazement...all that exists inside is two GigaVac GH-1 vacuum relays, and a micro coax with ground strapping, and some jumpers.  There is absolutely NOTHING special about the VR-2, nothing fancy or exotic.  It's just two relays configured for TX/RX normally. (if your familiar with such things, and thankfully I've created them like this myself on another amp of mine)

I connected the power leads of the VR-2 to a 26.5vdc supply I have, and tested for RF through it.  I found that I could get continuity from XCVR IN/OUT PORT to AMP IN.  But I couldn't get continuity from AMP OUT to ANTENNA PORT like 95% of the time.  Of about 50 attempts I saw continuity from AMP OUT to ANTENNA about 4-5 times.  The rest of the time the really was failing to function.

Thankfully, the grid of the tubes acts like a dummy-load in the case where the RF OUT has nowhere to go.  Which to me...just seems like Black Magic.  But thankfully this saves things from getting ugly!

But anyway...I continued the tare down and removed the failing GH-1 relay, and then I removed it's coil pack and inspected that, it tested OK for resistance about 346 ohm instead of it's spec of 335 Ohm.  Close enough I think.  I put it back together and testing continuity from COM (common) to NO (normally out) and found that I could feel the relay energizing, but it was failing to make contact from COM <> NO.  This was the issue, and why I wasn't getting RF out.  

These relays are spec'd at about 2 million relay cycles, which in normal FT8 operation for me would be about 50k to 100k cycles per year.  So that's a LONG life time when you break it down like that.  I can't speak to why the hardware armature has failed in this vacuum relay.  But it has...so I ordered one from Max Gain Systems, Inc. overnight FedEx today and I hope it'll be here before tomorrow or Sunday. (it's Friday now) This is the season for 6m, and every single day matters BIG TIME.  We're just getting into the peak.

So I'm very confident that once the new GH-1 arrives it'll only take about 25 minutes to get thing back together and running again.  But for now I'm relegated to 170w max.  Which does get me some flags in EU, but it's a struggle when the band is marginal.

I'll post any updates to this status as they occur :-)  I hope to report good things sooner than later!

RW5C - KO85 - European Russia

 

HZ1SK - KL91 - Saudi Arabia - Heard

 

TZ4AM - IK52 - Mali - Heard (again)

 

EO50FF - KN59 - Ukraine - Heard

 

2021-06-11 - Good Opening

I woke up at about 3a ET (local time) and I had EU in almost immediately with G4RRA, and DK1MAX rolling in.  So that's how the day started.  Even tho this was a decent opening, it didn't move around much.  The highlights where working 7X3WPL for a new Grid, and hearing TZ4AM at +2.  I wasn't able to work TZ once again, since he still couldn't hear me.   This was the past 12 hours and it's almost 4p ET (local time) now.

DX Grids Heard

DL92 => 21

DL96 => 14

DL98 => 43

FK49 => 7

FK58 => 4

FK68 => 26

FK77 => 7

FK88 => 10

GG38 => 1

HE53 => 1

HM58 => 100

HM68 => 2

HM76 => 12

HM77 => 162

IK14 => 133

IK52 => 26

IL18 => 593

IL28 => 588

IL38 => 93

IL39 => 2

IL46 => 49

IM58 => 125

IM59 => 107

IM63 => 37

IM66 => 352

IM67 => 638

IM68 => 38

IM69 => 5

IM76 => 118

IM77 => 11

IM78 => 41

IM85 => 13

IM86 => 262

IM87 => 56

IM88 => 9

IM97 => 32

IM98 => 153

IM99 => 2

IN50 => 235

IN51 => 1

IN52 => 64

IN70 => 125

IN71 => 6

IN73 => 7

IN80 => 44

IN83 => 1

IO80 => 2

JM08 => 39

JM13 => 50

JM16 => 1

JM19 => 105

JM49 => 60

JM75 => 28

JM76 => 7

JM78 => 8

JN00 => 3

JN01 => 71

JN03 => 8

JN05 => 3

JN11 => 3

JN25 => 5

JN33 => 1

JN34 => 1

JN41 => 1

JN44 => 12

JN45 => 8

JN52 => 4

JN53 => 9

JN58 => 2

JN61 => 16

JN62 => 5

JN70 => 2

JN71 => 5

JN72 => 13

JN80 => 25

JN81 => 11

JN83 => 4

Callsign Detail Worked

6W1TA   IK14    Senegal 456     Lotw: (yes)

7X3WPL  JM13    Algeria 400     Lotw: (yes)

EA3KE   JN00    Spain   281     Lotw: (no)

EA5UB   JM08    Spain   281     Lotw: (yes)

EA6ZS   JM19    Spain   21      Lotw: (yes)

EA7ALL  IN80    Spain   281     Lotw: (no)

EA7BHO  IM87    Spain   281     Lotw: (yes)

EA7HPI  IM66    Spain   281     Lotw: (no)

EB5AG   IM98    Spain   281     Lotw: (yes)

I5SDG   JN53    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

2021-06-11 Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked: 6W(1),7X(1),EA(6),EA6(1),IT9(1)

2021-06-11 Sum-Totals By Fields Heard: CN(7),DD(1),DL(78),DM(19),DN(4),EH(1),EL(4202),EM(8722),EN(6965),FK(54),FM(4773),FN(6852),GG(1),GN(55),HE(1),HM(276),IK(159),IL(1325),IM(1999),IN(483),IO(2),JM(298),JN(212)

2021-06-11 Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard: 6W(59),7X(2),9H(12),CT(183),CU(4),DL(1),EA(593),EA6(40),EA8(189),EA9(3),F(12),G(2),HI(6),I(4),IG9(2),IS(11),IT9(28),K(8531),KP4(25),S0(38),TZ(12),VE(303),VP2E(7),VP9(5),XE(33),ZB(12)

Total Decodes: 36489

Total Worked: 10

Frequency Activity Heard

50.313 (33254)

50.323 (3235)

ZB2SIX/b - IM76 - Gibraltar

 

TZ4AM - IK52 - Mali - Heard (again)

A little later on 50.323

 

2021-06-07 Opening (Good One)

This was a HUGE Middle East Opening which lasted some hours with really decent signals. It was the also the first time I've copied Iraq on 6m (YI1SAL)

DX Grids Heard (number of decodes):

IL18 => 43    

IN78 => 6     

IN82 => 5     

IN89 => 52

IN95 => 1

IN96 => 9

IN98 => 13

IO51 => 26

IO53 => 3

IO54 => 25

IO63 => 37

IO65 => 3

IO70 => 11

IO71 => 3

IO72 => 9

IO74 => 68

IO80 => 8

IO81 => 148

IO82 => 84

IO83 => 53

IO85 => 6

IO86 => 8

IO90 => 69

IO91 => 312

IO92 => 39

IO93 => 19

JM19 => 2

JM49 => 205

JM76 => 52

JM77 => 3

JM78 => 17

JM79 => 2

JM88 => 19

JM89 => 34

JN00 => 3

JN01 => 10

JN03 => 43

JN04 => 12

JN05 => 24

JN06 => 3

JN08 => 1

JN09 => 14

JN11 => 32

JN13 => 30

JN16 => 23

JN18 => 1

JN19 => 3

JN23 => 37

JN24 => 12

JN25 => 1

JN26 => 4

JN28 => 3

JN33 => 1

JN34 => 101

JN35 => 60

JN36 => 79

JN37 => 82

JN38 => 25

JN39 => 28

JN40 => 30

JN41 => 144

JN43 => 2

JN44 => 168

JN45 => 263

JN46 => 58

JN47 => 123

JN48 => 67

JN49 => 143

JN52 => 74

JN53 => 376

JN54 => 209

JN55 => 41

JN57 => 26

JN58 => 285

JN59 => 90

JN61 => 373

JN62 => 142

JN63 => 164

JN64 => 19

JN65 => 510

JN66 => 21

JN68 => 30

JN69 => 65

JN70 => 136

JN71 => 185

JN72 => 162

JN75 => 123

JN76 => 86

JN79 => 5

JN80 => 95

JN81 => 33

JN83 => 23

JN85 => 3

JN86 => 80

JN92 => 234

JN94 => 3

JN97 => 23

JO01 => 5

JO02 => 29

JO10 => 16

JO11 => 3

JO20 => 104

JO21 => 124

JO22 => 12

JO30 => 74

JO31 => 52

JO32 => 52

JO40 => 19

JO41 => 3

JO42 => 3

JO43 => 27

JO50 => 118

JO52 => 6

JO60 => 9

JO61 => 6

JO62 => 4

JO71 => 14

JO80 => 15

JO82 => 9

KL91 => 14

KM06 => 1

KM07 => 10

KM08 => 79

KM09 => 43

KM17 => 79

KM18 => 8

KM19 => 10

KM25 => 148

KM27 => 43

KM56 => 2

KM71 => 111

KM72 => 1

KN00 => 129

KN01 => 29

KN02 => 217

KN04 => 3

KN07 => 4

KN10 => 216

KN11 => 14

KN12 => 102

KN22 => 30

KN30 => 24

KN33 => 6

KN41 => 57

LL25 => 42

LL39 => 13

LL48 => 75

LL49 => 34

LL55 => 37

LL56 => 37

LM23 => 1

Callsign Detail Worked

9A3K    JN65    Croatia 497     Lotw: (yes)

9A4BL   JN75    Croatia 497     Lotw: (yes)

9K2OW   LL39    Kuwait  348     Lotw: (yes)

DO2YJN  JO31    Germany 230     Lotw: (no)

EI6FR   IO63    Ireland 245     Lotw: (yes)

F4ARU   JN03    France  227     Lotw: (no)

G0JHC   IO83    England 223     Lotw: (yes)

G4LPP   JO02    England 223     Lotw: (no)

HB9KAG                          Lotw: (no)

HZ1SK   KL91    Saudi Arabia    378     Lotw: (yes)

IS0FWY  JM49    Italy   225     Lotw: (no)

IS0ZOD  JN40    Sardinia        225     Lotw: (no)

IV3BLQ  JN65    Italy   248     Lotw: (no)

IW1QN   JN44    Italy   248     Lotw: (yes)

K7BG    DN94    United States   291     Lotw: (yes)

KC7UBS  DN74    United States   291     Lotw: (yes)

KC9RF   EN56    United States   291     Lotw: (yes)

M0NVJ   IO83    England 223     Lotw: (yes)

MI0IHH  IO74    Northern Ireland        265     Lotw: (no)

MM0OKG  IO86    Scotland        279     Lotw: (no)

ON4LG   JO20    Belgium 209     Lotw: (no)

PA1AW   JO21    Netherlands     263     Lotw: (yes)

SV3DCX  KM08    Greece  236     Lotw: (yes)

VE3KRP  EN58    Canada  1       Lotw: (no)

VO1AW   GN28    Canada  1       Lotw: (no)

2021-06-07 Sum-Totals By Callsign Prefix Worked (number of QSO): (1),9A(2),9K(1),DL(1),EI(1),F(1),G(3),GI(1),GM/S(1),HZ(1),IG9(1),IS(2),IT9(1),K(3),ON(1),PA(1),SV(1),VE(2)

2021-06-07 Sum-Totals By Fields Heard (number of decodes): DM(7),DN(98),EL(363),EM(602),EN(603),FM(51),FN(3082),GN(12),IL(43),IN(86),IO(931),JJ?(5),JM(334),JN(5246),JO(704),KL(14),KM(535),KN(831),LL(238),LM(1)

2021-06-07 Sum-Totals By DXCC Prefix Heard (number of decodes): 4O(101),4X(60),9A(100),9K(55),A7(33),A9(30),DL(393),E7(2),EA(8),EA6(2),EA8(34),EI(54),F(128),G(481),GD(40),GI(10),GM(1),GM/S(1),GU(33),GW(11),HA(84),HB(112),HZ(48),I(65),IG9(544),IS(80),IT9(192),K(1709),LZ(82),OE(5),OK(43),ON(87),PA(48),S5(165),SP(1),SV(270),SV9(45),T7(2),TA(17),TA1(8),TK(107),VE(86),VP9(2),XE(1),YU(2),Z3(137)

Total Decodes: 13786

Total Worked: 25

Frequency Activity Heard (number of decodes)

50.323 (1882)

50.313 (11904)