Hi Rick
Another awesome opening on 20m from Mt Stromlo Observatory VK1/AC-043 in Australia’s Capital City Canberra. Long path propagation was open to Sweden at 0527 UTC and later closed around 0705 UTC.
Equipment: FT-857D at 25 watts, 20m 1/4 wave GP, 10m of RG58AU Mil Spec, homebrew 1:1 current choke, and 8Ah LIFEPO4 battery.
Below is a copy of my log. Two UK stations in the log, Terry G0VWP and Don G0RQL. I first worked Don on 23/11/2013 from Mt Taylor VK1/AC-037. I have worked Don 42 times, the most recent before today was on 15/10/2020 from Mt Ainslie VK1/AC-040.
49 QSOs on 20m and 8 on 40m.
Countries worked (16): Sweden, New Zealand, France, UK, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Austria, Lithuania and Poland.
Summit to Summit QSOs: F/DL6GCA/P at FL/VO-017 and VK2HRX/7 at VK7/SC-052, both of which are new summits chased.
Time |
Callsign |
Band |
Mode |
Notes |
05:24 |
VK2HRX/P |
14MHz |
SSB |
Compton s59 r58 S2S VK7/SC-052 |
05:27 |
SA4BLM |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r52 |
05:28 |
SM4CJM |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r55 |
05:30 |
ZL3JD |
14MHz |
SSB |
Phil s59 r59 |
05:31 |
VK5AYL |
14MHz |
SSB |
Sue s59 r57 |
05:35 |
ZL1BQD |
14MHz |
SSB |
Roly s58 r58 |
05:36 |
VK7QP |
14MHz |
SSB |
Linda s59 r59 |
05:37 |
F5JKK |
14MHz |
SSB |
s55 r55 |
05:39 |
G0VWP |
14MHz |
SSB |
s55 r44 |
05:40 |
ZL1TM |
14MHz |
SSB |
Andri s58 r55 |
05:42 |
F/DL6GCA/P |
14MHz |
SSB |
s55 r44 S2S FL/VO-017 |
05:44 |
DL6MST |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r53 |
05:47 |
DJ5AV |
14MHz |
SSB |
Michael s59 r56 |
05:48 |
F5JKK |
14MHz |
SSB |
s55 r55 |
05:50 |
ZL1SKL |
14MHz |
SSB |
Soren s58 r55 |
05:51 |
VK5MK |
14MHz |
SSB |
Mark s58 r58 |
05:52 |
VK4KLA |
14MHz |
SSB |
Llew s58 r54 |
05:54 |
DJ2MX |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r32 |
05:56 |
ON5SWA |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r44 |
06:00 |
VK4EMP |
14MHz |
SSB |
Mark s58 r44 |
06:08 |
S56RPJ |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r43 |
06:10 |
G0RQL |
14MHz |
SSB |
Don s58 r33 |
06:14 |
EA7GV |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r51 |
06:16 |
SP1JQJ |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r52 |
06:18 |
VK4KD |
14MHz |
SSB |
Phil s58 r59 |
06:20 |
CT1DIZ |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r57 |
06:21 |
DJ1SD |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r55 |
06:24 |
OH6GAZ |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r54 |
06:25 |
ON7ZM |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r44 |
06:26 |
F4CIM |
14MHz |
SSB |
s59 r56 |
06:27 |
VK6EA |
14MHz |
SSB |
Ian s59 r55 |
06:30 |
VK4HRE |
14MHz |
SSB |
Bob s58 r55 |
06:31 |
S58AL |
14MHz |
SSB |
s55 r57 |
06:33 |
OK2TS |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r56 |
06:34 |
DL8UP |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r55 |
06:36 |
ZL3RIK |
14MHz |
SSB |
Rik s59 r43 |
06:37 |
IK0ZMK |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r33 |
06:42 |
SV3SFJ |
14MHz |
SSB |
s55 r41 |
06:43 |
ON3MK |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r22 |
06:45 |
OE6RCD |
14MHz |
SSB |
s57 r32 |
06:46 |
VK6NU |
14MHz |
SSB |
John s58 r55 |
06:47 |
VK4BXX |
14MHz |
SSB |
Greg s59 r57 |
06:50 |
LY3AB |
14MHz |
SSB |
s56 r57 |
06:52 |
VK5DDD |
14MHz |
SSB |
Owen s59 r59 |
06:55 |
SP8AWL |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r55 |
06:59 |
VK8GM |
14MHz |
SSB |
Greg s57 r53 |
07:00 |
DL9USA |
14MHz |
SSB |
Andi s58 r55 |
07:02 |
EA7BO |
14MHz |
SSB |
s58 r55 |
07:03 |
ZL4NVW |
14MHz |
SSB |
Matt s57 r56 |
07:06 |
VK2IO |
7MHz |
SSB |
Gerard s59 r56 |
07:11 |
VK3GTV |
7MHz |
SSB |
Col s58 r57 |
07:12 |
VK3PF |
7MHz |
SSB |
Peter s58 r57 |
07:14 |
VK3TB |
7MHz |
SSB |
Ian s58 r59 |
07:16 |
VK3BQ/M |
7MHz |
SSB |
Andrew s58 r57 |
07:19 |
VK3TOS |
7MHz |
SSB |
s58 r57 |
07:19 |
VK3DNS |
7MHz |
SSB |
Nathan s58 r57 |
07:20 |
VK4KC |
7MHz |
SSB |
Marty s58 r55 |
Mt Stromlo Observatory
20m 1/4 wave ground plane antenna with three elevated radials
A huge thanks to all chasers across Europe, New Zealand and here in Australia. Great to work the French summit and a new summit in Tasmania (VK7), both S2S
73, Andrew VK1AD