SOTA NEWS AUGUST 2017 - Part 2
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ON7DQ SOTA Tour : in 9 days to Friedrichshafen and beyond …
Last year was my FIRST EVER visit to the Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen (FH).
I liked it so much, with all the SOTA activities and such, I wanted to be part of it again this year.
Only problem : the friends who drove me there last year didn’t go this time (because of the shift to mid July), and I’m not such a good driver that I could drive all the 770 km to FH in one day. There had to be a better solution.
So I planned to split the drive in three days each way, and do a bunch of SOTA activations. This also meant I had my own car over there to do … even more SOTA activations ! hi
I activated 22 summits in total, in 6 countries, gaining 157 points. This brought me way over the 500 point mark (actually to 604 now), so that makes me “half goat” now … hi.
The start of my trip was no so good though. I went to LX/LX-004 without problems, then on my second summit LX/LX-002 it started already to rain, and it got so bad during the day that I had to cancel the third summit. The next day saw nothing but rain and stormy wind. Still I managed to do the first summit in the rain (FL/VO-089), using my “SOTA Umbrella” :
Step 1 : prepare the whole thing on the ground.
Step 2 : put it upright, and hold it in place with the link dipole
Step 3 : operate happily in the rain … (notice the bungee cord to keep the KX3 safely on the “table”)
This went well on this summit, as there was almost no wind. I did only 40m CW and made 10 QSO’s, after which it was time to go to the next summit, FL/VO-002 (Le Hohneck). But that was something different … strong wind and fog, but it was dry … enjoy the wonderful view.
No way to put up my fishing pole there, but since I drove the whole end up in the fog, I wanted to activate anyway. So I tied my endfed wire to a fence post, about 50cm above ground. The other end was tied to my folding chair (I had to lay the chair on the ground and put my backpack on it while fixing my antenna, or it would have blown off the summit, also no time to take pictures).
The KX3 did tune up, so I could use this crappy antenna.
I checked the spots and saw a chance for S2S with F6FTB/P, so I worked him first. With such a low antenna … it must have been “ground wave” communication, hi.
Then as I wanted to start calling CQ myself, rain started pouring, and together with the gale force wind, it was impossible to stay on that summit. I was dripping wet by the time I got to my car. So activation OK ? YES … 10 points ? NO … too bad …
Not much improvement after that either. I skipped the third summit on my list because it included too much walking, and went directly to the regions highest summit : FL/VO-001, Le Grand Ballon de Guebwiller. It was raining when I arrived, so I waited in the car (lucky that I had a full thermos of coffee …) … and waited … and after 1 hour and 15 minutes it finally stopped raining.
Typical view … everything in the fog. Not visible in the picture : the strong wind
I grabbed my stuff and did the 10 minute walk to the summit … only to be disappointed, wind too strong, impossible to activate there. So that was that for my second day … 10 points instead of the 40 I had hoped for … I’ll keep those summits on my list for next year … and hope for better weather !
The next day the weather cleared up, and I had 7 sunny days after that, and nothing but lovely activations, with lots of S2S contacts (55 S2S QSO’s on this trip).
I wont make this report too long, so for the rest of it, the activations in DL, OE, HB0, F and ON … the Ham Radio fair, the SOTA meetings and dinner, and how I won the SotaBeam WSPRLite prize … I’ll refer you to my blog https://on7dq.blogspot.be/ .
A more detailed report will appear there a s soon as I find the time to write it all out …
73 and cu on the summits !
Luc, ON7DQ
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SOTA NEW ZEALAND REPORT from Warren ZL2AJ
Note from Editor:-
Warren complies a bi-monthly report for the New Zealand national magazine after the end of the month, to allow him to collect all the statistics. This is forwarded along to me during the first few days of a new month but misses our publication deadline on the last day of the month.
The next issue will be included in the September edition – Mark
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SOTA ON TOP BAND - Mark G0VOF
Hello everyone & welcome to this month’s edition of SOTA on Top Band.
Only one activator ventured onto the band this month, & that activation was be no means certain of going ahead.
The weekend of 1st/2nd July was RSGB VHF National field day & those of who you that have been reading this column for some time will now that traditionally John G4YSS uses this weekend as an opportunity for an overnight camp on a Northern Pennine summit. G/NP-008 Great Whernside has been a popular choice over the years & this year was no different, although a last minute reduction to a single day of operation was called for.
Despite not being active on the Saturday John arrived early on Sunday & was QRV on 160m by 0726z. Only 8 minutes later he had 4 stations in his log on CW when he moved slightly up the band & worked another 3 stations on SSB, including a second QSO with G4OBK who is now active on 160m again from his new QTH.
Following Top Band was a good run on 80m then it was on to VHF, with a return to HF on 20m CW later in the afternoon. John made a total of 125 QSO’s over the course of the day, not bad at all!
An excellent report with photos can be found here:
G4YSS: G/NP-008 VHF-NFD on 02-07-17
Thanks & well done John.
At the time of writing, that was the only Top band activations during July that I am aware of, if I have missed any others please let me know.
On 2 July, John GX0OOO/P (G4YSS) Activated G/NP-008 Great Whernside & made 7 QSO’s (4 CW / 3 SSB)
As always, If you do have any suggestions on things that you think should be included, or if you wish to contribute tips, ideas or anything else that you think may help others on the band please email them to me at mark@brownhill.demon.co.uk
Until next month,
Best 73,
Mark G0VOF
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CW REPORT FOR JULY 2017 - Roy G4SSH
Conditions on the HF bands showed a noticeable improvement during July with the higher bands being workable on many days. Activity peaked around the middle of the month with members attending the annual Friedrichshafen Radio Rally taking the opportunity to activate summits on their way to the show and on their route home.
Now that school holidays are here there was a rush of cross border expeditions.
Highlights of the month included:-
Zoltan HA5CQZ as OM/HA5CQZ/P in Slovakia
Roman, OK/OM4WY/p in Czechia
Jarek OK/SP9MA/p in Czechia
Igor OK/OM3CUG/p in Czechia
Maria HA/OH0FM/p in Hungary
Gavin I5/GM0GAV/p in Italy
Fred HB9/DL8DXL/p in Switzerland
Paul, OE/DL6FBK/p in Austria
Stephan OE/DM1LE/p in Austria
Paul HBO/HB9DST/p in Liechtenstein
Frank DL/ON6UU/p in Germany
Jan, OE/OK2PDT/p, in Austria
Harry DF7FX/p and Sigrid DL2FAZ/p continued activating various high-scoring summits in Germany during the month.
Alain was active as TM10SOTA, in France on the 9th.
HB9/OK2PDT/p in Switzerland
Joerg I3/DL3LUM/p, in Italy
Hans, LX/PB2T/p in Luxemburg
Jarek OK/SP0MA/p in Czechia
Jurg OE/HB9BIN/p, in Austria
Paul, OE/DL6FBK/p also in Austria
Andy HB9JOE/p was in Germany
On the 11th Luc, LX/ON7DQ/p commenced a marathon expedition to activate 26 summits in 6 countries in 9 days on his way to Friedrichshafen.
Rien, I/PA0RBA/p in Italy
Eva, DL/HB9FPM/P, in Germany
Fred, OE/DL8DXL in Austria
Andy F/HB9JOE was active in France.
Feri, YO/HA8LLH/p, Attila YO/HA8PI/p, Karcsi YO/HA8BJ/P & Zsolt, YO/HA8PX/p, in Romania.
Frank, HB0/DJ2FR/p & Martin DF3MC/p in Liechtenstein,
Zoran E70AA in Bosnia
Coem, DL/PA5KM/P in Germany.
Hans, DL/PB2T/p in Germany.
Jozef OK/OM6TC/p in Czechia
Igor, SP/OM3CUG/P in Poland
Al, HB9/DJ5AA/p in Switzerland
Petr DL/OK1CZ/p in Germany
Tom, OE/DL1ASA/p in Austria
Cesar EA7/K1TNT in Spain
DL/PK1CZ/p, in Germany
Bernd, EA2/DL2DXA/p in Spain
Peter DL/OK1CZ/p was active from Germany
Dan, I/HB9IIO/P from Italy
Geert, DL/PA7ZEE/P in Germany
There was also brief SOTA CW activity on 3.5 MHz and 50 MHz observed during the month
TM10SOTA was heard on the 23rd
73
Roy G4SSH
g4ssh@tiscali.co.uk
(Submitted on the 24th due to being unavailable until the 31st)
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SOTA ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JULY 2017 by Kevin G0NUP
Mode: CW on 1.8MHz: activity for July
GX0OOO/P
Mode: CW on 3.5MHz: activity for July
G4OOE/P, GX0OOO/P, HB9CZF/P, JF1NDT/1, K2BSA, K2JB,
K7VK, KR7RK, N9XG, OK1MLP/P, OK2PXJ/P, WA2USA/P,
WH6LE
Mode: CW on 5MHz: activity for July
DJ2MX/P, DJ9MH/P, DL6AP/P, DL6FBK/P, GM0EVV/P, HB9AFI/P,
HB9AGO/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9CGA/P, HB9CZF/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9FVF/P,
HB9JOE/P, K2JB, K6HPX/P, KR7RK, N1FJ, N7LP,
NA6MG, NS7P, W0CP, WA2USA/P, WH6LE
Mode: SSB on 5MHz: activity for July
G4IPB/P, G8XYJ/P, GD6PJZ/P, GI0AZA/P, GM0EVV/P, GM0VWP/P,
GW4TQE/P, HB9GKR/P, KI4SVM, M0JLA/P, M0TYM/P, MM0FMF/P,
SP9PND/P, SQ9RZA/P
Mode: CW on 7MHz: activity for July
9A3ST, 9A6CW/P, AA0BV, AA6XA, AC0PR, AC1Z,
AD4IE, AD5A, AI4SV, CT1DBS/P, DF7FX/P, DH7KU/P,
DJ2MX/P, DJ5VY/P, DJ9MH/P, DK2JK/P, DK5RK/P, DL/HA7SBQ/P,
DL/HB9AFI/P, DL/HB9BIN/P, DL/HB9BQB/P, DL/HB9FPM/P, DL/HB9JOE/P, DL/OE5EEP,
DL/OK1CZ/P, DL/ON7DQ/P, DL/PA5KM/P, DL/PA7ZEE/P, DL/PB2T/P, DL2FAZ/P,
DL4CF/P, DL4FDM/P, DL4FO/P, DL6AP/P, DL6FBK/P, DL8DXL/P,
EA1AER/P, EA2BD/P, EA2BSB/P, EA2IF/P, EA2LU/P, EA5FV/P,
EA5GI, EA6AIF, F/HB9FPM/P, F/HB9JOE/P, F/ON6ZQ/P, F/ON7DQ/P,
F/PB2T/P, F5HTR/P, F5IUZ/P, F5LKW/P, F5UBH/P, F5UKL/P,
F6FTB/P, F6HBI/P, G0HIO/P, G4OOE/P, G4ZAO/P, G7KSE/P,
GM0EVV/P, GM4OBK/P, GW0MFR/P, GW0POT/P, HA/OH0FM/P, HA/OK2PDT/P,
HA5AZC/P, HB0/DF3MC/P, HB0/DJ2FR, HB0/HB9DST/P, HB0/ON7DQ/P, HB0/PA7ZEE/P,
HB9/DL1AIW/P, HB9/DL8DXL/P, HB9/PA7MDJ/P, HB9/PA7ZEE/P, HB9AFH/P, HB9AFI/P,
HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P, HB9BAB/P, HB9BCB/P, HB9BHU, HB9BHW/P,
HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9BXE, HB9CBR/P, HB9CEX/P, HB9CGA/P,
HB9CKV/P, HB9CZF/P, HB9DAX/P, HB9DCO, HB9DGV/P, HB9DQM/P,
HB9DST/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9FAB/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IAB/P, HB9IIO/P,
HB9JOE/P, HB9TVK/P, HB9TWM/P, I/DL1AIW/P, I/HB9IIO/P, I/PA0RBA/P,
IN3EBZ/P, IX1IHR/P, JA1KHZ/1, JA3NAP/3, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1,
JF1NDT/2, JF8LPB/2, JG1BOK, JG4LCS/4, JI1IHV/1, JL1NIE/1,
JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1, K0MP, K1ZK, K2BSA,
K2JB, K3JZD, K4QS, K7ODX, K7VK, KE5AKL,
KE7BGM, KG7VAK, KH2TJ, KH7AL, KI4TN, KI7JS,
KR7RK, KX0R, KX6A, LA1EBA/P, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P,
LA3BO/P, LA3NGA/P, LA4CIA/P, LA8BCA/P, LA9PJA/P, LX/ON7DQ/P,
LX/PB2T/P, LZ1GJ/P, MM0CMV/P, MM0FMF/P, N0MTN, N0TA,
N1FJ, N1GVT, N1ZF, N3II/P, N6JZT, N7KRN,
N7LP, N9XG, NA6MG, NJ7V, NK1N, NM5S,
NS0TA, NS7P, NU7A, NU7Y, OE/DJ9MH/P, OE/DK3IT/P,
OE/DL4KCA/P, OE/DL4MHA/P, OE/DL6FBK/P, OE/DL6MST/P, OE/DL8DXL/P, OE/HA4FY/P,
OE/HB9BIN/P, OE/OK2PDT/P, OE3HPU/P, OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P, OE5EIN/P,
OE6FEG/P, OE6KYG/P, OE6LKG/P, OE6PKF/P, OK/OM3CUG/P, OK/OM6AN/P,
OK/OM6TC/P, OK/SP9MA/P, OK1AYU/P, OK1BJH/P, OK1CYC/P, OK1CZ/P,
OK1DJQ/P, OK1FRT/P, OK1HCD/P, OK1MLP/P, OK1NF/P, OK2BDF/P,
OK2BMA/P, OK2BTK/P, OK2HIJ/P, OK2MUF/P, OK2PDT/P, OK2PXJ/P,
OK2PYA/P, OK2TX/P, OK2VWB/P, OM1WS/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4DW/P,
OM4XA/P, ON4KCY/P, ON7DQ/P, OZ/PA7ZEE/P, PA1ALV, S52AU/P,
S52CU/P, S53XX/P, S58R/P, SP/OM3CUG/P, SP6GNK/P, SP9MA/P,
SV2OXS/P, TM10SOTA, VK1CT, VK1DA, VK2MWP, VK2NU/P,
VK3ARH, VK5CZ, W0CP, W1EJ, W4/SQ6GIT, W4PH,
W5/SQ6GIT, W5ODS, W7JET, W7USA, WA2USA/P, WA6MM,
WA7JTM, WA9STI, WB0USI, WB5USB, WC6J, WG0AT,
WH6LE, WS0TA, WU7H, WW7D, WX4TW, WZ4M,
YO/HA8BJ/P, YO/HA8LLH, YO/HA8QW, YO2BP/P
Mode: CW on 10MHz: activity for July
9A/OK2SAM/P, AA0BV, AA6XA, AD5A, AF7OS, AI4SV,
DJ9MH/P, DK2CX/P, DK2JK/P, DL/HB9BQB/P, DL/HB9JOE/P, DL/OE5EEP,
DL/OK1CZ/P, DL/ON6UU/P, DL4CF/P, DL4FDM/P, DL4FO/P, DL6AP/P,
DL6FBK/P, DL8DZL/P, EA2BD/P, EA2IF/P, EA2LU/P, F/HB9FPM/P,
F/HB9JOE/P, F/ON6ZQ/P, F/ON7DQ/P, F/PB2T/P, F5HTR/P, F5IUZ/P,
F5LKW/P, F5UBH/P, F5UKL/P, F6FTB/P, F6HBI/P, F8BBL/P,
G0HIO/P, G4OOE/P, G4TJC/P, G4ZAO/P, GM0EVV/P, GM4OBK/P,
GW0MFR/P, HA5AZC/P, HA7HF/P, HB0/DF3MC/P, HB0/DJ2FR, HB0/HB9DST/P,
HB9/PA7ZEE/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P, HB9BAB/P, HB9BCB/P,
HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CZF/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DQM/P,
HB9DST/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9JOE/P, HB9TVK/P,
I3/DL3LUM/P, I5/GM0GAV, JA3NAP/3, JG1BOK, JP3DGT/3, K1JD,
K2BSA, K3JZD, K4QS, K6HPX/P, K7NEW, K7ODX,
K7PX, K7VK, KE5AKL, KG7VAK, KH2TJ, KR7RK,
KT0A, KW4JM, KX0R, LA1EBA/P, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P,
LA3BO/P, LA3NGA/P, LA9PJA/P, LX/PB2T/P, LZ1GJ/P, M0BLF/P,
MM3BRR/P, MW0VFC/P, N0TA, N1FJ, N1GVT, N1ZF,
N2GDS, N3II/P, N6JZT, N7LP, N7RR, NA6MG,
NF1R, NJ7V, NM5S, NS1TA, NS7P, NU7A,
NU7Y, OE/DJ2FR, OE/DL4MHA/P, OE/DL6FBK/P, OE/DL8DXL/P, OE/DM1LE/P,
OE/HB9BIN/P, OE3HPU/P, OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P, OF3HNY, OH9XX/P,
OK/OM4WY/P, OK/OM6AN/P, OK/OM6TC/P, OK1CYC/P, OK1DJQ/P, OK1MLP/P,
OK2BDF/P, OK2BTK/P, OK2PXJ/P, OK2PYA/P, OK2SAM/P, OK2VWB/P,
OM1WS/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4WY/P, ON4KCY/P, OZ/PA7ZEE/P, S53XX/P,
S58R/P, SO9TA/P, SP/OM3CUG/P, SP9MA/P, SV1COX/P, SV1RHL/P,
SV2OXS/P, TM10SOTA, VK1DA, W0CP, W1EJ, W5ODS,
WA7JTM, WA9STI, WB0USI, WC0Y, WH6LE, WU7H,
WW7D, WX4TW, WZ4M, YO/HA8LLH, YO/HA8PX, YO2BP/P
Mode: CW on 14MHz: activity for July
9A/OK2SAM/P, 9A3ST, 9A6CW/P, AA0BV, AA6XA, AC0PR,
AC1Z, AC7MA, AD4IE, AD5A, AE7AP, AI4SV,
AI6CU, CT1DBS/P, CT8/HB9DPR/P, DH7KU/P, DJ2MX/P, DJ5VY/P,
DK2CX/P, DK2JK/P, DK5RK/P, DL/HB9BQB/P, DL/HB9FPM/P, DL/HB9JOE/P,
DL/OK1CZ/P, DL/ON7DQ/P, DL/PA5KM/P, DL/PA7ZEE/P, DL/PB2T/P, DL4CF/P,
DL4FO/P, DL6AP/P, DL6FBK/P, DL8DXL/P, E70AA/P, EA1/HB9AFH/P,
EA1AER/P, EA2BD/P, EA2BSB/P, EA2IF/P, EA2LU/P, EA5FV/P,
EA6AIF, F/HB9JOE/P, F/ON7DQ/P, F/PB2T/P, F5HTR/P, F5IUZ/P,
F5LKW/P, F5UBH/P, F5UKL/P, F6FTB/P, F6HBI/P, F8BBL/P,
G0HIO/P, G3RDQ/P, G4OOE/P, G4TJC/P, G4ZAO/P, GM4OBK/P,
GX0OOO/P, HA5AZC/P, HB0/DF3MC/P, HB0/DJ2FR, HB0/HB9DST/P, HB0/ON7DQ/P,
HB9/DL1AIW/P, HB9/DL8DXL/P, HB9/PA7ZEE/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P,
HB9BCB/P, HB9BHU, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CKV/P,
HB9CZF/P, HB9DAX/P, HB9DCO, HB9DGV/P, HB9DQM/P, HB9DST/P,
HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9JOE/P, HB9TVK/P, I/DL1AIW/P,
I5/GM0GAV, IN3EBZ/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF8LPB/2, JG1GPY/1,
JH0CJH/3, JL1NIE/1, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1, JS6TMW/6,
JS6TQS, K0MP, K1JD, K1SWL, K1ZK, K2BSA,
K2JB, K3JZD, K4QS, K6CMG, K6TW, K7NEW,
K7ODX, K7PX, K7VK, K9OZ, KB3VVE, KC1APK,
KD7WPJ, KE5AKL, KF7PXT, KF7SEY, KG6CIH, KG7VAK,
KH2TJ, KI4TN, KR7RK, KT0A, KW4JM, KX0R,
KX6A, LA/OH2JXA/P, LA1EBA/P, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P, LA3BO/P,
LA4CIA/P, LA8BCA/P, LA9PJA/P, LB8IG/P, LB9LG/P, LX/ON7DQ/P,
LZ1GJ/P, MM0FMF/P, N0PCL, N0TA, N0UR, N1AW,
N1FJ, N1GVT, N1ZF, N2GDS, N3II/P, N6JZT,
N7KRN, N7LKL, N7LP, N7RR, N9XG, NA6MG,
NF1R, NJ7V, NK1N, NM5S, NS0TA, NS1TA,
NS7P, NU7A, NU7Y, OE/DL4KCA/P, OE/DL6FBK/P, OE/DL8DXL/P,
OE/DM1LE/P, OE/HB9BIN/P, OE/OK2PDT/P, OE/OM1WS/P, OE1MVA/P, OE3HPU/P,
OE5EEP/P, OE5EIN/P, OE6FEG/P, OF3HNY, OH3KRH/P, OH9XX/P,
OK/OM3CUG/P, OK/OM6TC/P, OK1CZ/P, OK1DJQ/P, OK1MLP/P, OK2BMA/P,
OK2PDT/P, OK2PYA/P, OK2SAM/P, OM1WS/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4DW/P,
OM4WY/P, ON5REV/P, ON7DQ/P, S52CU/P, S53XX/P, S58R/P,
SO9TA/P, SP/OM3CUG/P, SP3LRS/P, SP9MA/P, SV1RHL/P, SV2OXS/P,
SV8/F5SFU/P, TF3DX/P, TM10SOTA, VA2VL, VA7CDB, VA7VJ,
VE7OM, VK1DA, VK5CZ, W0CP, W1EJ, W4/SQ6GIT,
W4PH, W5/SQ6GIT, W5ODS, W6BJB, W7GA, W7JET,
W7USA, WA2USA/P, WA6ARA, WA6KYR, WA6MM, WA7FPV,
WA7JTM, WA7NCL, WA9STI, WB0USI, WB5USB, WC0Y,
WC6J, WC9G, WG0AT, WH6LE, WS0TA, WU7H,
WW7D, WX4TW, WZ4M, YO/HA8BJ/P, YO/HA8LLH, YO/HA8PX,
YU1CA/P, YU1JF/P, YU1RK/P, ZL3CC
Mode: CW on 18MHz: activity for July
AA6XA, AC1Z, AD5A, EA2IF/P, F5UKL/P, F6HBI/P,
HB9AGO/P, HB9BCB/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9CBR/P, JA4RQO/3,
JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF8LPB/2, JG1GPY/1, JG4LCS/4, JI1IHV/1,
JL1NIE/1, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1, K1JD, K1ZK,
K2BSA, K4QS, K6HPX/P, K7NEW, K7PX, KR7RK,
KX0R, KX6A, LA3BO/P, LA9PJA/P, N0TA, N1ZF,
N7LP, N9XG, NA6MG, NS1TA, OE/DL6FBK/P, OE/HB9BIN/P,
OE3HPU/P, OH3KRH/P, OK/OM4WY/P, OK/OM6TC/P, OK1CZ/P, OK1MLP/P,
OK2PYA/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4DW/P, OM4WY/P, S52AU/P, S52CU/P,
SO9TA/P, SV2OXS/P, SV8/F5SFU/P, TM10SOTA, W0CP, WG0AT,
WH6LE, WW7D, YO/HA8LLH
Mode: CW on 21MHz: activity for July
AA0BV, AA6XA, DL4CF/P, F/ON7DQ/P, F5UKL/P, HB9CBR/P,
JF1NDT/1, JH0CJH/3, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, K1JD, KR7RK,
KX0R, LA3NGA/P, LA9PJA/P, N9XG, OE/DL6FBK/P, OE3HPU/P,
W1EJ, WC6J, WG0AT
Mode: CW on 24MHz: activity for July
F5UKL/P, JF1NDT/1, JP1QEC/1, KR7RK, LA9PJA/P, NA6MG,
OK1MLP/P
Mode: CW on 28MHz: activity for July
EA2IF/P, F5HTR/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9FVF/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1,
KR7RK, LA9PJA/P, OE/DL8DXL/P, S52AU/P, TM10SOTA, WC0Y
Mode: CW on 50MHz: activity for July
JA4RQO/3, JF1NDT/1, JS1UEH/1, KD7WPJ, LZ1GJ/P, WA7JTM
Mode: CW on 1240MHz: activity for July
Mode: FM on 28MHz: activity for July
JR0GFM/0
Mode: FM on 50MHz: activity for July
JN3PDF, VK1VIC, WX7EMT
Mode: FM on 1240MHz: activity for July
JA1KHZ/1, JN3PDF, JR0GFM/0, JS1GRO/1, JS2VVH/2, K0NR,
OK1DEU/P
Mode: SSB on 28MHz: activity for July
2E0YYY/P, CT2HOV/P, CT2IUV/P, DO1DJJ/P, EB2GKK/1, F/OE5JKL/P,
HB0/OE5REO/P, HB9/IW3AGO/P, HB9BIN/P, IN3ADF/P, IW3AGO/P, IZ1DNQ/P,
K2BSA, K6ABM, KG7VIZ, KR7RK, LA5WNA, OE/IN3ADF/P,
OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P, OE5REO/P, OK2BDF/P, S52Q/P, S56LXN/P,
S57MS/P, SV2OXS/P, VK3YY, WB7ENX, WX4ET/P
Mode: SSB on 50MHz: activity for July
CT2IUV/P, GI4KSO/P, I1WKN, JA1KHZ/1, JF1NDT/1, JF3FGL/3,
JG1GPY/1, JH1EWV/0, JH1EWV/1, JL1BWG/1, JR1NNL/1, JS1JNM/1,
JS1UEH/1, JS2VVH/2, K6CMG, KB1HXO, KD7WPJ, KI4SVM,
KJ6HOT, KM6CEM, KR7RK, N6OQ, S51TX/P, S52AU/P,
S52CU/P, S52Q/P, S56LXN/P, S57MS/P, TF3EK/P, WA7JTM,
WW7D
Mode: SSB on 1240MHz: activity for July
G1ZAR/P, G4AZS/P, VK1AD/2, VK1AD/P, VK1MBE, VK1RX,
VK1VIC, VK2HRX
73 de Kevin G0NUP
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