UN3M/B - First UN beacon on air - soon !

Hi all

Nearly 4 years a go in June 2012 when Poland gained access to 70MHz our friend Gabi HA1YA donated us 4m beacon.
It was first Polish beacon, now operational as SR3FHC/B in JO92AD.

Time to share the help with others and payback to 4m community.

Proudly present - first Kazakhstan beacon donated by RNZ LAB to Nick UN3M.

Simple device based on GM900 MB radio, slightly modified interior for better PA coolling, 3 selectable channels for future usage, 10W output,
can be switched to 5W.
Beacon ( as we agreed with Nick ) will operate on 70.090MHz in part for personal temporary beacons, sending call and locator approx twice in a minute to decrease power consumption.
Marker based on uPC 89C2051 - original idea by SQ2EAP.

Hope we can hear UN3M / B on air soon from LO61MD.


Enjoy !

OZ/SP7VC Bornholm trip #JO75IE

Another fishing activity from Bornholm Island by Mek SP7VC will take place coming Monday and Tuesday.
This time different QTH, probably Hasle, should be better than Nexo with his weather radar :-)

QRG will be given on arrival, planned activity start Monday May 23, around 16-17UTC, and will be continued on Tuesday May 24, around same time.
There's no chance for him to be QRV at morning hours because of early fishing schedule.

Worked stations OZ1BNN, OZ1MFP, SP6MLK,

A survey - What square do You need in SP on 70MHz (still)

Apart of Most Wanted List provided by Bo OZ2M, I want to ask 4m community and interested op's - what are the most wanted SP squares for You on 4m.

NOTE: There is not a piece of SP in either KO21 or KO22 square.

Map credit : SP6NVK HAMatlas, KMZ created in Google Earth

Please look on the map below, check your logs, and let me know, voting non anonymously by comment below the post, or just send me @mail.

Survey will close June 15.2016

Tnx & 73

UN on 4m - path closest UA OIRT stations

Prior to have a real beacon in UN7, Nick UN3M gave me some info about closest to his area OIRT stations.
They do not have OIRT in Kazakhstan, but on the way to UN7 still UA are active.
Hopefully Nick will have real beacon ready for Es season end of May.

Below frequencies and locations:

70.070 QTH Tula # KO84SE

70.190 QTH Moscow # KO85TQ

70.250 QTH Voronezh # KO91OO

70.310 QTH Samara R.Rosji # LO53CF

70.340 QTH Yoshkar-Ola # LO36WO

70.430 QTH Kazan # LO45NT

GL !

HA/SP7VC short holiday in Bekes #KN06NS.

Mek is QRV now from KN06NS Bekes city.

Getting hungry after long MS QSO :-)

Shit happens sometimes. New socket and new power cable. Made in China?

Worked stations : OZ3ZW, SP2JYR, OZ1JXY, G3SHK, OZ8ZS, SP6MLK, OZ2OE, OK1VBN, S52OR, OZ1DJJ, ON4PS, ON7EQ, SP8SN, SP3RNZ, SP2MKO, OZ5AGJ, SP9HWY, OZ1BNN,

Why not? Rare DX on 4m - Kazakhstan UN7 from May.01.2016

According to 70MHz.org and some other sources Kazakhstan gained access to 70MHz!
100W TX and possible full band 70-70.500.

This is great news for coming Es season, because they are in reach of double/triple Es hop. At least from Poland.
Things getting worse heading West Europe, but still possible.
Bearing in mind openings to EA8 and A92 close (or even bit more) to 4000km, Kazakhstan at the distance of ~4000km
to the farest possible active locator makes it quite possible
with massive Es to the East.

No exact information who will be QRV, but there's a list of possible (licenced) operators below.
I did some research and checked how far we can go with some luck - Possible squares on the map below:

AKTOBE region, grid square LO80OG and around ( LO80IH, LO80NH ) - distance 2687km from JO92EF
UN7IB Alexandr, UN7IN Vasilij, UN7IO Yuri, UN7ID Vlad, UN7IT Serge, UN7IZ Alex

ALMATY region, grid MN83KF and around - distance 4375km from JO92EF
UN8GU Andrey, UN8GC Mike, UN2G Gena, UN7GOD Alex, UN5GAV Oksana, UN7QX Andrey, UN9GGH Sergey,
UN6GAP Arthur, UN6QDD Mike, UN8GEQ Anton

Other grids:
AKSAI region, grid LO61MD, UN3M Nick - 2377km from JO92EF
ASTANA region, grid MO51QE, UN7ZZ Nick - 3581km from JO92EF
EKIBASTUZ region, UN1F Anatol, UN7FW Vadim - 3820km from JO92EF
NOVOCHERNOYARKA region, grid MO82JM - 3868km from JO92EF

It will be really miracle to work them. Same feeling before A92IO was logged. Why not UN7 then..

GL!

FT4JA Juan de Nova - rare EME try.

Today was the first day we had opportunity to try non-terrestial approach to FT4JA - Juan de Nova DX pedition.
This was possible thanks to Pat F2DX and the rest of the crew.
Moon was at very good position for my single Yagi, running at 230-255 azimuth, but the overlap window was very short.

Anyway good he is QRV, EU station got many good decodes, so am I. Below is the first part when his moon was at 10deg.

As we are closer to Sporadic E season, and FT4JA was already worked by Olive's I am in hope for another chances coming days. Hopefully weak Es link will do. ;-)

73 !