I’m on holiday on Mallorca EA6, from May 7 till May 21, 2017.
I’ll try to do as many summits as possible, and under the motto "a summit a day, keeps the doctor away", this is a preliminary list :
The first summit on May 7 will be in the afternoon around 13:00 UTC.
All others I think I’ll do first thing in the morning, then after the summit I can go for some food, do some tourist visit or go to the beach … and relax ! (with exception if I would do a second summit on that day)
Check the alerts page for more details as I will update frequently.
Another exception is May 13, then I would also go in the afternoon, and stay for an extended activation, between 12:00 and 17:00 UTC, for the EU<>NA S2S event.
I will try bands from 40m up to 10m depending on propagation, response from chasers.
Modes will be SSB or CW, all depending on circumstances, ability to self-spot etc …
Spotting help is very welcome and also on-the-air info on possible S2S contacts !
Equipment : KX3 (up to 15W), link dipole or endfed, also 2m FM with 5W from an FT1D and a quarterwave whip.
I have a roll-up Slim Jim, but would like to know if anyone on Mallorca is interested in a 2m contact ?
(otherwise I can save weight and leave the Slim Jim in my car).
I noticed that the datbase has been/is being updated, lots of new summits added to the list … so I may change my plans … keep an eye on the alerts page !
Luc - ON7DQ
Luc
I have to look my timetable because we can try VHF s2s.
Very often maritime tropo between EA6 and Marseille is quite good.
If it is possible i will go to F/CR-254 - Cap Canaille (Cassis), only sea on your direction.
73 QRO
Roger
Ok Roger
remember that I only have 2M FM with 5W, no SSB or CW.
And because of all the new summits in EA6/MA, I am rearranging my schedule, I will update my list soon.
But one change is that I will do EA6/MA-048 (Fumat) on Wednesday May 10, in the morning, that would be the closest summit to France, maybe try then ?
PS : looking on the map, I see that the whole region from Valencia to Barcelona may be in range too … any candidates there ?
Yes 6m is possible, but I will concentrate on the enormous pile-ups (HI) in SSB/CW on 20-17, and maybe 40-30 too (depending on propagation).
I will test MSK144 and JT65 on 6m tonight with a local friend, if succesful, I will take a Windows tablet with me which runs FLDIGI, WSJT-X, etc.
[For those interested, I just found an Android App that can do JT65, but haven’t tested it yet. This would be great to do JT65 from my phone !]
Best shot will be May 13, when I will stay on a summit all afternoon for the EU <> NA event, Maybe I will setup the digital stuff then.
73
Luc ON7DQ
Just a message to tell you that I made an updated list of planned activations, see top of this topic.
Not sure that I will make them all, but I will post or adjust the alerts as days go by …
73
Luc - ON7DQ , coming soon now … EA6/ON7DQ/P !