No code ? – No way !

Browsing a bit to look what new equipment was presented in Dayton this year, I found this picture in a forum about the Dayton Hamvention.

How can you be proud of ignorance ?

And the back of this T-shirt looks like this:

Wrong text ... ?

Obviously this text should have read:  ”No code – No way !” …

CW rulez, gentlemen. Try to snatch that weak DX signal in a spotty Es opening on 6m in CB. No way you can do that, there is only one solution: CW. (Unless you are going for those inaudible  screen modes of course, but that’s a different story).

VP2EMR active now on 6m

Andrea, IK1PMR, and Claudia, PA3LEO, are now active as VP2EMR and VP2ECF from Anguilla. They sent me an e-mail today stating that the 4 ele 6m yagi, which I sponsored them, is 2 meters above the wooden terrace. Take-off to Europe is relatively clear. Andrea has a K3 with 100W. Given the fact that he worked into Europe on 6m from St. Maarten with only a vertical, this set-up should certainly make it possible to cross the Atlantic. Check out their exact location at Google Maps.

Meanwhile in the Eskip season .

Life has been good for 6m operators. Although a substantial investment timewise is needed, 6m is currently offering a lot of goodies. A nice opening to Japan occured on June 9th with SSSP propagation and great openings to the Caribbean on June 10, 11 and 12th.

On Thursday June 9 I could log 5 Japanese stations:

JE1BMJ, JL8GFB, JA5AUC, JA6GCE and JA6WFM

The last few days saw nice openings to the Caribbean. E.g. Andrea, FJ7/IK1PMR, who I am sponsoring with a 4 ele 6m yagi, could work into South Europe on June 10. He was only using a vertical and ~80W. Meanwhile Andrea is on Anguilla as VP2EMR and there the yagi will be set up, likely today June 13th or tomorrow.

June 12 yielded an afternoon and evening opening. Countries heard: FG, FS, KP2, KP4, HI, PJ2, 5J0BV (!) and VP2M.

Here are recordings of FS/K9EL (13:13u utc) and NP2B (21:00 utc). Later that night, 21.47utc, I could make a (difficult) QSO with VP2MRT for DXCC #206.

So now I can start looking for VP9GE and V3. If SSSP openings are going to happen again towards the North-East then BY  and HL would be nice new ones. Only time wil tell …

Coax Cat

This is our cat ‘Friemel’ (translates to ‘Fidget’). She loves to sleep and apparently the role of coax on “her” chair is not withholding her from taking a nap.

Friemel loves coax