Thank you OE5 SOTA Friends,
Only one of you is in my S2S log of today but it is always better than nothing
I hope to attend the event next year to see you all again.
73, Jarek SP9MA (today OK8MA)
Thank you OE5 SOTA Friends,
Only one of you is in my S2S log of today but it is always better than nothing
I hope to attend the event next year to see you all again.
73, Jarek SP9MA (today OK8MA)
Sorry, I could not start earlier and so sorry I could not join the event in OE5. Two OE5 stns in my log. OE5JKL on OE/SB-216, 170 km 2 m FM and OE5TSO lumbering in the woods.
wkd 9A, HA, OM, OE all on 2 m FM. Still waiting for a 2 m FM contact with SP… ODX 9A/ZH-002 201 km, well it’s not a contest. my summit: OE/ST-127. Strong an cold winds. I was afraid that my cheeks will fall off my face, hi
Have a nice evening cu, 73 Martin
Dear OE operators, it was great to catch some of you along this marvelous day! Maybe some among you can be encouraged to operate on the newly opened 60 m band, despite the noise on it. 60 can offer great contacts between us neighbors where 40 or 20 fail.
Vy 73 de Markus, HB9DIZ
Hello all.
It was an exciting day today. Many stations were QRV. I also managed to get some s2s QSOs to OE . That made me very happy. See you again next year at the latest
73 Marcel DM3FAM
Hi Everyone,
First of all many thanks to OE Team for running this annual event.
I took part last year, so it was given that I participated this year too. I really enjoy this event and already booked weekend for 2022
I managed only 2 OE S2S stations, let’s hope that next year will be higher number. Had a fantastic day despite poor weather. I was very glad that I decided to take a tent with me.
73 de Marek SP9TKW
This years OE5-SOTA-Day was a lot of fun! The weather was fine and the bands were full of signals. I logged 28 S2S QSOs in about 3 hours of operation, which tells a lot about activity!
Looking forward to next year’s event!
73, Heinz, OE5EEP/P
Just as Heinz said there was a lot going on. 25 out of my 46 QSO were S2S (in about 2,5 hours).
On HF when a pile-up of S2S calls is happening you know activators all over Europe are active.
2m FM was buzzing in the area around Bad Ischl. Later for the dinner a lot of activator, chasers and guests from the local radio club gave a great opportunity to chat and have a good time together.
Activators from OE7 tyrol and Bavaria managed to join the meeting despite the situation.
I am sure we will see the group picture in the next days or hours.
Until next year
73 Joe
It was a great Event. Thanks for all QSO´s
73 Michael
QSO List
10:25 | HB9GUX/P | 40m | SSB | S2S HB/NE-001 |
---|---|---|---|---|
10:27 | OK2GXX | 40m | SSB | |
10:28 | ON3TDZ | 40m | SSB | |
10:29 | SQ9RZA | 40m | SSB | |
10:29 | G0FEX | 40m | SSB | |
10:30 | SQ7CGN | 40m | SSB | |
10:30 | SQ9NOT | 40m | SSB | |
10:30 | EA2DT | 40m | SSB | |
10:30 | 2E0ESY | 40m | SSB | |
10:30 | SQ9MDF | 40m | SSB | |
10:32 | IA5/OE6ADE/P | 40m | SSB | S2S I/TO-080 |
10:34 | OE6GND | 40m | SSB | |
10:34 | MW0JKS | 40m | SSB | S2S GW/NW-012 |
10:35 | IZ1JKH | 40m | SSB | |
10:35 | 2E0WDX/M | 40m | SSB | |
10:36 | SQ9BQW/P | 40m | SSB | S2S SP/BZ-033 |
10:37 | OZ/YO6SM/P | 40m | SSB | S2S OZ/OZ-012 |
10:38 | OE6END/P | 40m | SSB | S2S OE/ST-287 |
10:39 | DK4VF | 40m | SSB | M27 |
10:39 | OE6STD/P | 40m | SSB | S2S OE/ST-230 |
10:41 | M1FHM/P | 40m | SSB | S2S GW/NW-044 |
10:48 | I6DBE | 40m | SSB | |
10:50 | EA2CKX | 40m | SSB | |
10:51 | S56VIX/P | 40m | SSB | S2S S5/TK-035 |
10:51 | HB0/HB9FUE | 40m | SSB | S2S HB0/LI-009 |
10:53 | M0TAV | 40m | SSB | |
10:56 | I1WKN/P | 40m | SSB | S2S I/PM-515 |
10:57 | PE9E | 40m | SSB | |
10:57 | M0WID | 40m | SSB | |
10:59 | DF4SR | 40m | SSB | |
10:59 | G4AFI | 40m | SSB | |
11:00 | OZ8QS | 40m | SSB | |
11:01 | S52CU | 40m | SSB | |
11:02 | DK1DW | 40m | SSB | |
11:14 | G0UXC | 40m | SSB | |
11:14 | DB7LG | 40m | SSB | |
11:16 | 9A3ST/P | 40m | SSB | S2S 9A/ZH-002 |
11:16 | UW8SM | 40m | SSB | |
11:17 | DG1NPM | 40m | SSB | |
11:18 | SQ9PPW/P | 40m | SSB | S2S SP/BZ-002 |
11:19 | OK4KOP | 40m | SSB | |
11:19 | 9A6CW | 40m | SSB | S2S 9A/DH-094 |
11:23 | SA4BLM | 40m | SSB | |
11:24 | F5IET | 40m | SSB | |
11:28 | SP9TKW/P | 40m | SSB | S2S SP/BZ-057 |
11:30 | EA3HP | 40m | SSB | |
11:30 | EA3EBJ | 40m | SSB | |
11:33 | SQ9IUB/P | 40m | SSB | |
11:37 | F4HTV/P | 40m | SSB | FF-2257 |
11:40 | SQ9PPW/P | 40m | SSB | S2S SP/BZ-002 |
11:46 | YO6PIB | 20m | SSB | S2S YO/MC-055 |
11:49 | SV3IEG/P | 20m | SSB | S2S SV/ST-061 |
11:53 | EA7GV | 20m | SSB | |
11:54 | CS7AUC | 20m | SSB | |
11:54 | EA2IF | 20m | SSB | |
11:55 | TF/HB9GKR/P | 20m | SSB | S2S TF/NL-158 |
11:57 | DL6FBK/P | 20m | SSB | S2S DM/HE-499 |
11:58 | EA1DHB | 20m | SSB | |
11:59 | DL2KL/P | 20m | SSB | S2S DM/BM-028 |
12:00 | EC1AIJ | 20m | SSB | |
12:00 | CT2HOV/P | 20m | SSB | S2S CT/BL-004 |
12:11 | HB0/HB9EVF/P | 20m | SSB | S2S HB0/LI-009 |
12:17 | SP9TKW/P | 20m | SSB | S2S SP/BZ-057 |
12:19 | OH3GZ | 20m | SSB | |
12:19 | CT7/HB9BXQ | 20m | SSB | |
12:20 | SVIRVI/P | 20m | SSB | S2S SV/PL-118 |
12:21 | SV1RVJ/P | 20m | SSB | S2S SV/PL-118 |
12:26 | CT2IQK/P | 20m | SSB | S2S CT/MN-019 |
12:41 | OE4ENU/P | 20m | SSB | S2S OE/BL-020 |
12:59 | OE9TKH/P | 40m | SSB | S2S OE/SB-448 |
13:04 | OE5HDN | 40m | SSB | |
13:05 | HB9DIZ/P | 40m | SSB | S2S HB/NW-017 |
13:07 | PA1MLG | 40m | SSB | |
13:08 | HB9PMF/P | 40m | SSB | |
13:09 | OE6BID/P | 40m | SSB | S2S OE/ST-228 |
13:11 | DJ2MX/P | 40m | SSB | S2S DL/CG-094 |
13:12 | OE6PID/P | 40m | SSB | S2S OE/ST-228 |
13:15 | DD0VE | 40m | SSB | |
13:17 | IN2ADF/P | 40m | SSB | S2S I/LO-035 |
13:18 | OE3EDS | 40m | SSB | |
13:23 | MW0JKS/P | 40m | SSB | S2S GW/NW-012 |
Hello everyone,
Martin OE5REO has asked me to share the group picture.
Thanks and congrats to all participants.
Thanks to Sylvia, Martin and everyone contributing to make this event a success
73 Joe
Once again it was a great event!
This time I stayed for nearly 6 hours on HB/SO-005, which was not as long as the last time, but definitely long enough
The resulting number of QSOs using SSB on HF and FM on VHF were 90 of which were 49 unique S2S.
Unfortunately, I worked no OE5 station but only two OE stations, both on 40m made it in my log: OE7AJT/P and OE9TKH/P. Probably both were worked on ground wave, since I could also hear some OE stations on 2m FM. For Austria in general, 60m would have worked much more reliable.
The contacts for the 4th 9A SOTA Activity Day, organized by @9A2GA were three (two on 40m and one on 20m): 9A3GVD/P, 9A3ST/P and 9A6CW/P.
The contacts for the CT SOTA National Day, organized by @CT1HIX, were four (all on 20m): CT2GSN/P, CT2HOV/P, CT2IQK/P and CT2IWW/P.
The weather was foggy, but towards the end of my stay it got sunny …
… and sometimes I could see the Bernese Alp mountains between the clouds on the horizon.
On 2m FM, by using a telescopic EFHW antenna, I had problems with intermittent blocking/QRM, but I could not see any antenna around me, and the closest one seemed more than 2km away, according the official Swiss OFCOM map. But the pager transmitters are missing on this map.
On 17m, I had a very interesting QSO with HB9DRW who was using a 60dB! amplifier (1mW in → 1kW out) from home. On his QRZ.com page you can see his fancy Swiss military Zellweger amplifier.
The furthest station I worked was @HB9GKR/P in Iceland (2500km), but compared to about 10 days ago, the signal was very weak.
In general, I had the impression that the conditions improved towards the later afternoon, from bad to OK, IMHO. For example, I had problems to hear @CT2HOV/P on 20m, until 14:26z, which was my last QSO.
As already mentioned by @HB9DIZ, the only band that worked reliable for close-by stations was 60m. Therefore, if you want to increase the number of S2S contacts, just activate on this very interesting band.
I will definitely try to attend the next event. Thank you very much to the organizers!
73 Stephan
Thanks to the organizers of this nice event.
Jorge EA2LU and I planned for an activation on Saturday to catch many S2S.
Weather forecast was not the best, but we encouraged to do the activation.
On the approach by car it was raining a bit. Anyway we decided to go on.
The climb was mostly under the rain, but we were motivated and kept on, despite the path was bad and muddy.
When we arrived in the summit we had a small break and could set the antenna up.
Jorge started his HF activation and I couldn’t move apart, but kept holding my small umbrella so that he could run and qualify.
He just logged 9 qso in a hurry in 8 minutes, including S2S with SO9TA/P and 9A6CW/P. He had to go QRT when we saw lots of water drops over his KX2 !
I couldn’t install my aerial but grabbed my VHF handheld and called from under the umbrella. I was luccky to log 7 stations this way; unfortunatelly no S2S this time…
We stood with patience under the umbrella, and after 40 minutes of heavy rain there was a brief pause that we used to pack and leave the summit, going back with care to the car trying not to slide and fall on the mud.
Our boots were heavier, surrounded by sticky mud.
A pity we couldn’t meet our target and participate for longer, but this is part of the adventure in the wild, doesn’t it?
Next year hopefully will be better.
73 de Ignacio and Jorge.
I broke my record of the longest time spent on a summit (about 4h30)! Yes, my dog wasn’t impressed… I had to give he short breaks from time to time (she tends to get a bit nervous when people come out of nowhere so has to be kept on a leash).
I chose a summit with a shelter, SP/SS-010 (Stożek Wielki)… that was a great idea as the WX was far from ideal.
I made 79 contacts including 23 S2S (only one OE ) across 60/40/30/20m with my newly acquired KX2 (second activation only) running 10W on both CW and SSB.
The KX2 is a very nice beast, quite an improvement from the FT818 that I was using up until now. I also chased for the first time CW S2S and it was a bit easier that I thought (so far my CW S2Ses had been initiated by the other party).
All in all, it was great fun and I am looking forward to the next one!
Hi Romain,
Great result, chapeau bas !!!
Many tnx S2S
73, Jarek
Hi Romain. Thanks for your report with fine photos. Glad you like the KX2
73 Geoff vk3sq
Ein sehr schönes Gruppenfoto.
Beste Grüße nach OE
Thanks for organizing this great event!
The weather was perfect with pleasant temperatures and sunshine throughout the day. It was amazing to meet so many friends either at their home station or out there on a summit
The facts in a nutshell:
Equipment:
FT3D @ 5 Watts into a 2m-J-Pole antenna on a 6m squid pole (left)
KX3 @ 10 Watts into an end-fed inverted Vee (h ~ 10m; l ~ 30 m; right)
Thanks for all the QSOs, it was lots of fun!
73, Roman
Thanks S2S, Jarek, and sorry I didn’t recognize your call sign (OK8MA) at once
73 and hpe cuagn sn,
Roman
Thanks Joe for posting the picture … meanwhile we started a nice little website with some reports and pictures of this year’s OE5 SOTA DAY:
https://oe5.oevsv.at/2021/sota-tag/
It was a great day with a lot of participants … reading the statements of other activators here on the thread it seems that 2m has been a priority for most of us here in OE5. There were more than 20 different summits “on air” in the Salzkammergut region during our OE5 SOTA DAY 2021.
After the activations some of us visited OE5TPM Reinhard who runs Austrias only Mediumwave Radio Station called Museumsradio 1476.
At the restaurant the turnout was also above my expectations … 28 OM’s, YL’s and SWL’s attended the meeting there. Thanks to everyone for being a part of the event …
73 Martin
SOTA RM for OE5