SOTA NEWS JUNE 2017 - Part 2
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EA6/ON7DQ Mallorca SOTA tour May 2017 – Luc ON7DQ
This is a report on my recent SOTA tour on Mallorca (EA6/MA) from 7 – 21 May 2017.
In summary, I spent 15 days on Mallorca, and in 13 of those days, I activated 17 summits. I had planned to do 20, but had to cancel four summits for various reasons : not accessible, too much delay on a first summit, or just too hot … and the beach being more attractive at that point, hi.
I added one summit “on the fly” which was not planned.
In chronological order, these were the summits I activated on this tour :
07/May/2017 EA6/MA-060 (Santa Magdalena)
08/May/2017 EA6/MA-052 (Puig de Maria)
09/May/2017 EA6/MA-017 (Puig d’Alaró)
09/May/2017 EA6/MA-021 (Talaia de Cals Reis)
10/May/2017 EA6/MA-048 (Fumat)
10/May/2017 EA6/MA-077 (Talaia d’Albercutx)
11/May/2017 EA6/MA-066 (Puig se San Marti)
12/May/2017 EA6/MA-034 (Puig de Ferrutx)
13/May/2017 EA6/MA-076 (Puig des Recó)
13/May/2017 EA6/MA-065 (Puig de sa Cova Negra)
15/May/2017 EA6/MA-063 (Jaumell)
16/May/2017 EA6/MA-056 (Puig de Bonany)
17/May/2017 EA6/MA-053 (Puig de son Seguí)
18/May/2017 EA6/MA-080 (Puig de sa Font)
19/May/2017 EA6/MA-035 (Puig de Sant Salvador)
20/May/2017 EA6/MA-032 (Santuari de Cura)
20/May/2017 EA6/MA-042 (Puig de Caldent)
In total, I made 528 QSO’s, an average of 31 per summit. I had a peak of 59 QSO’s on EA6/MA-056 (Puig de Bonany) on May 16.
Propagation was not always at its best, signals were often weak, heavy QSB made it even very hard at some times, but it was never a problem to get the minimum of 4 QSO’s.
Also glad to have logged several ON stations, with Karel, ON4FI my top ON chaser (what did you expect ?).
Also nice … 35 Summit-to-Summit (S2S) contacts, an average of 2 per summit. This brought me to the number 1 place in the S2S ranking for Belgium with 895 points. Not bad, since I will probably never make it to number 1 as activator nor chaser … hi.
One of the highlights of this trip was of course meeting Ricardo, EA6AIF, the new Regional Manager for EA6/MA.
Read the rest of this story on my blog :
More “summit per summit” stories will appear there soon. Subscribe if you want to be noticed of a new post each time.
73 and thanks for all the contacts !
Luc ON7DQ
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SOTA Portugal – Paulo CT2IWW
SOTA Portugal enthusiasts gathered in the northern city of Valença do Minho on Saturday, May 20th to attend the fourth edition of our annual meeting. The day´s scheduled presentations opened with an introduction to the activity by Paulo Teixeira, CT2IWW, followed by a balance of the previous year´s Summits on the Air activity in the country. Filling in for the national Association´s manager, who couldn´t attend the gathering, Paulo pointed out that the SOTA program is growing by leaps and bounds in Portugal thanks to renewed interest, undoubtedly empowered by events like National SOTA Day, annual meetings and gatherings at ham radio events.
CT2IWW SOTA Presentation
Next in order was Pedro Carvalho, CT1DBS/CU3HF, with a very detailed and highly informative presentation on chart reading and basic land orientation skills. Thanks to this true “masterclass” CT activators have now another highly effective tool in their repertoire to aid with preparation and navigation, particularly into unknown territory.
CT1DBS Charts presentation
After the lunch break, Emmanuel Lomba, CT7AFR, indulged the attendees with another detailed and highly informative presentation on batteries for SOTA activations. Battery power is the number one source of energy for activators, who are now better informed on the use and care of this highly important accessory, particularly the kind that uses the more modern lithium ion technologies.
CT7AFR Battery Presentation
The day was rounded out with a guided visit to the fortified city of Valença, a border town of highly important strategic value during the independence movement from de Felipe dynasty of Spain, which ruled Portugal for close to 150 years, and the fight to repel Napoleon´s invasion during the peninsular wars, at the turn of the 18th century. The guided visit was an offer from the municipality of Valença do Minho.
On Sunday, the meeting went literally beyond borders, with a joint activation by about a dozen activators and their families of EA1/PO-019 , a reference located on the neighboring Spanish municipality of Tui. The picturesque locale was the perfect stage to wrap up this year´s meeting with style and elegance.
The two day event was made possible by the radio club ARAM (Associação de Radioamadores do Alto Minho), with collaboration of the municipality of Valença do Minho, who made available the local library´s meeting room and provided a guided tour of the fortified city.
Joint Activation
Paulo Teixeira, CT2IWW
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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 July news – Mark
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France SOTA tour – Paul DL6FBK
At the end of April I went for a short trip near Avignon (F/CR area) and there was a possibility to
activate two summits. On 25th April I activated the Mont Ventoux F/CR-007 It was very cold and windy.
Furthermore I actvated a new one, Carabelle, F/CR-317.
Between 08 of may and 10 of may I activated some summits at the FL/VO aerea.
Le Baerenberg, FL/VO 027, Le Denon FL/VO 027; le Petit Denon, FL/VO 023; FL/VO-092 Le Kohlberg;
FL/VO 092 Kohlberg; FL/VO Le Champ du Feu; FL/VO-069 Le Ungersberg; FL/VO-070 le Mt St Odile
and for a first activation FL/VO - 100 le Heidenkopf.
Below are some photos of these activations
Best 73
Paul DL6FBK
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SOTA ON TOP BAND - Mark G0VOF
Hello everyone & welcome to this month’s edition of SOTA on Top Band.
After the bumper crop of Top Band QSO’s last month only one 160m QSO was logged in the database this month.
John G4YSS enjoyed a break in Northern Scotland & whilst there activatied several summits & also put on several squares for WAB chasers. It was during his activation of GM/NS-065 Creag Mhor, a summit that until a few days before remained un-activated (see Colwyn MM0YCJ’s report earlier in this edition), that Top Band was tried. John managed one QSO using CW on 10th May with relatively local friend Ray GM3PIL.
Whilst Top Band was tried from other summits, their remote nature & a suspected amplifier fault meant this was the only successful 160m contact John made during this trip.
As is usual for John, a superbly detailed report can be found here:
G4YSS: GM/NS-065 - Creag Mhor & WAB NC72, 10-05-17
Thanks & well done John!
At the time of writing, that was the only Top band activation during May that I am aware of, if I have missed any others please let me know.
On 10 May, John GM4YSS/P Activated GM/NS-065 Creag Mhor & made 1 QSO’s (1 CW / 0 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 MAY 2017 - Roy G4SSH
HF Conditions remained pretty poor for most of May, but this was compensated for by the appearance of such rare countries as TF-Iceland and OY-Faroe Islands, with Alerts already posted for a further TF expedition in June. There were also numerous muli-op expeditions active. Propagation did appear to show a slight improvement during the final week.
Highlights of the month included:-
Sigrid DL2FAZ/p with Harry DF7FX/p continued their tour around summits in Germany.
Phil OK/G4OBK/p & Victor OK/G4ONL/p completed a tour of Czechia
David HB0/N3II/p, was active from Liechtenstein
Michael GD0HIO/p heard working summits on the Isle of Man.
George, SV7/SV9DJO/p was active from the Thrase region of Greece.
Tonnie CT7/PA9CW/p was in Spain.
Gerry EA8/PA1AT/p on Gomera Island in the Canaries
Paul DL/HB9AXL/p in Germany
Thomas LX/DL1ASA/p in Luxembourg
Hans DL/HB9BQU/p, in Germany
Jürg DL/HB9BIN/p, in Germany
Zoran, E70AA active at weekends from Bosnia.
Matt, DL/HB9FVF/p in Germany.
Luc, EA6/ON7DQ/p on Mallorca
Jarek OK/SP9MA/p in Czechia
Paul, F/DL6FBK/p in France
Hans EA/PB2T/p in Spain
Kurt F/HB9AFI/p in France
Bernd, OE/DF9GU/p in Austria
Max, 9A/OE5EIN/p, in Croatia.
Fred OK/DL8DXL/p in Czechia
SV/OE6DOE/p in Greece
Jarek OK/SP9MA/p in Czechia
Jarek OM/SP9NA in Slovakia
Mike OM/OK1SAM in Slovakia
Tom, EA7/DL8DBW/p in Cadiz
Martin OY/DF3MC/p on the Faroe Islands
Emil OY/DL8JJ/p on the Faroe Islands
Cris OE/HB9GIN/p in Austria.
Heinz DL/OE5EEP/p in Germany
DL/PA0SKP was active from Germany
F/HB9IIO/p was active from France
9A/S53X/p was active from Croatia
SV/OE6DOE was active from Greece
DL/HB9DIZ/p was active from Germany
PA/YO2BB/p was active from The Netherlands
OK/OM6AC/p was active from Czechia
73
Roy G4SSH
g4ssh@tiscali.co.uk
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SOTA ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MAY 2017 by Kevin G0NUP
Mode: CW on 1.8MHz: activity for May
GM4YSS/P, OK/G4ONL/P
Mode: CW on 3.5MHz: activity for May
F5UBH/P, F8DQY/P, K7VK, K9PM/P, LA1KHA/P, NA6MG,
OK1MLP/P, S53OM/P
Mode: CW on 5MHz: activity for May
DF7FX/P, DG5E/P, DJ2MX/P, DK2RO/P, DK4RW/P, DL/HB9BIN/P,
DL/HB9FVF/P, DL3TU/P, DL4FO/P, DL4TO/P, DL6FBK/P, GM4COX/P,
GW3RDQ/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9BCB/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQB/P,
HB9BQU/P, HB9BSH/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P, HB9DQM/P, HB9FVF/P,
HB9IIO/P, HB9JOE/P, HB9SOTA, HB9TVK/P, K6HPX/P, K9PM/P,
KR7RK, N2GBR, N7CW, N7LP, OM3CUG/P
Mode: SSB on 5MHz: activity for May
DD5LP/P, DL/HB9FVF/P, DL4TO/P, G0AZA/P, G0AZB/P, G4IPB/P,
G4MD/P, GI0AZA/P, GI0AZB/P, GM4COX/P, GW4TQE/P, GW4VPX/P,
GW8TMV/P, M0JCQ/P, MM0FMF/P, MW0JLA/P, MW0WML/P, MW1MAJ/P
Mode: CW on 7MHz: activity for May
9A/OE5EIN/P, 9A6CW/P, AA1MI/P, AC0PR, AC1Z, AI4SV,
CT1DBS/P, CT7/PA9CW/P, DD7II/P, DF7FX/P, DF9GU, DG5E/P,
DJ2MX/P, DJ9MH/P, DK2RO/P, DK4RW/P, DK6YM/P, DK7FH/P,
DL/HB9AXL/P, DL/HB9BHW/P, DL/HB9BIN/P, DL/HB9BQU/P, DL/HB9FPM/P, DL/HB9FVF/P,
DL/HB9JOE/P, DL/OE5EEP, DL/ON6UU/P, DL/PA0SKP/P, DL/PA7ZEE/P, DL2FAZ/P,
DL2XL/P, DL3TU/P, DL4CF/P, DL4TO/P, D Karel, ON4FI my top ON chaser6WT/P, DL8DXL/P, DS1QKF/P, EA/OE6WIG/P, EA/PB2T/P, EA1AER/P,
EA2BD/P, EA5FV, EA6/ON7DQ/P, F/DL6FBK/P, F/HB9AFI/P, F/HB9IIO/P,
F/PB2T/P, F4KJP/P, F5AKL/P, F5HTR/P, F5LKW/P, F5UBH/P,
F5UKL/P, F6FTB/P, F6HBI/P, F8DQY/P, G0HIO/P, G0MFR/P,
G0POT/P, G4WTF/P, GD0HIO/P, GM0GAV/P, GM4COX/P, GM4YSS/P,
GW3RDQ/P, GW4ISJ/P, HA/OK2PDT/P, HA/YO2BP/P, HA4FY/P, HA5CLF/P,
HA8LLH/P, HB9/PB2T/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P, HB9BAB/P,
HB9BCB/P, HB9BHU, HB9BHU/P, HB9BHW/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQB/P,
HB9BQU/P, HB9BRJ/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P, HB9CGL/P, HB9CKV/P,
HB9CLT/P, HB9CPS, HB9CPS/P, HB9CZF/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DPR/P,
HB9DQM/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9SOTA, HB9TVK/P,
HB9TWM/P, HL2OLP/P, I/HB9DQM/P, JA1KHZ/1, JA3NAP/1, JA3NAP/3,
JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JF3KQA/3, JG1BOK, JL1NIE/1,
JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, JR0QWW/0, JS1UEH/0, K1JD, K6HPX/P,
K7MK, K7PX, K9PM/P, KA5PVB, KB1KXL, KC7DM,
KE5AKL, KE7BGM, KK1W, KK4SW, KR7RK, KX0R,
KX6A, LA1EBA/P, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P, LA3BO/P, LA3NGA/P,
LZ1GJ/P, M/PA0HRM/P, M0OAT/P, M1BUU/P, MM0FMF/P, MM0VFC/P,
MM3BRR/P, N0PCL, N0TA, N1FJ, N1GVT, N1OIE,
N2GBR, N4SFR, N6JZT, N7CQR, N7CW, N7LP,
NA6MG, NJ7V, NK6A, NM5S, NR7T, NS0TA,
NS1TA, NS7P, NU7A, OE/DF9GU, OE/HB9EWO/P, OE/N0MX,
OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P, OE6PKF/P, OE6RDD/P, OK/DL2DXA/P, OK/DL8DXL/P,
OK/G4OBK/P, OK/HA4FY/P, OK/HB9FVF/P, OK/OM2JU/P, OK/OM6AN/P, OK/SP3LRS/P,
OK/SP9MA/P, OK/SQ6GIT, OK1AU/P, OK1DO/P, OK1DVM/P, OK1FRT/P,
OK1HCD/P, OK1IF/P, OK1MLP/P, OK1NF/P, OK2BDF/P, OK2BTK/P,
OK2PDT/P, OK2PVX/P, OK2QA/P, OK3EQ/P, OK8DF/P, OM/HA4FY/P,
OM/OK2PDT/P, OM/SP9MA/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4AA/P, OM4DW/P, OM6AN/P,
ON/PA7ZEE/P, ON/YO2BP/P, OY/DF3MC/P, OY/DL8JJ/P, PA/SQ6GIT, PA/YO2BP/P,
PA7MDJ/P, PB2T/P, S5100PAX, S51RU/P, S52AU/P, S52FT/P,
S53OM/P, S53XX/P, SP3LRS/P, SP9MA/P, SQ6GIT/P, SV2OXS/P,
VK2MWP, VK2NU/P, VK3ARH, VK3IL/P, VK5CZ, W1EJ,
W6UB, W7JET, W7USA, WA6ARA, WA7JTM, WA9STI,
WB5USB, WC0Y, WC6J, WC9G, WG0AT, WH6LE,
WS0TA, WW7D, YO/HA8BJ/P
Mode: CW on 10MHz: activity for May
AA0BV, AA1MI/P, AB5ZA/P, AC0PR, AE7AP, AF7OS,
CT1DBS/P, DD7II/P, DG5E/P, DJ2MX/P, DK2RO/P, DK4RW/P,
DK7FH/P, DL/HB9AXL/P, DL/HB9BQU/P, DL/HB9BRJ/P, DL/OE5EEP, DL/ON6UU/P,
DL3TU/P, DL4FO/P, DL4MHA/P, DL4ROB, DL4TO/P, DL5FAB/P,
DL6FBK/P, DL8DXL/P, E70AA/P, EA/PB2T/P, EA2BD/P, EA2BSB/P,
EA2IF/P, EA2WX/P, EA6/ON7DQ/P, EI/WA9STI, EI3KA/P, F/HB9IIO/P,
F/HBIIO/P, F4HOD/P, F5HTR/P, F5LKW/P, F5UKL/P, F6HBI/P,
F8DQY/P, G0HIO/P, G0POT/P, G4TJC/P, G4YTJ/P, GD0HIO/P,
GM0GAV/P, GM4ERO/P, GW3RDQ/P, GW4ISJ/P, GW4TJC/P, GW8TMV/P,
HA/OK2PDT/P, HA/YO2BP/P, HA5CLF/P, HA7HF/P, HA8BJ/P, HA8LLH/P,
HB9/PB2T/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9BAB/P, HB9BCB/P, HB9BIN/P,
HB9BQB/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9BRJ/P, HB9BSH/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P,
HB9CLT/P, HB9CPS, HB9CZF/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DPR/P, HB9DQM/P,
HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9IIOP, HB9JOE/P, HB9SOTA,
HB9TVK/P, HB9TWM/P, JA1KHZ/1, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7,
JF8LPB/2, JG1BOK, JP3DGT/3, JR0QWW/0, JS1UEH/0, K0GUZ,
K0JQZ, K1JD, K6HPX/P, K7MK, K7PX, K7SO,
K7VK, K9PM/P, KA5PVB, KB1KXL, KC7DM, KD7WPJ,
KE5AKL, KG7VAK, KK1W, KR7RK, KT0A, KW4JM,
KX0R, LA1EBA/P, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P, LA3BO/P, LA3NGA/P,
LA8BCA/P, LX/YO2BP/P, LZ1GJ/P, M1BUU/P, MM0BLF/P, MM0VFC/P,
MM3BRR/P, N0MTN, N0TA, N1FJ, N1OIE, N2GBR,
N4SFR, N6JZT, N7CW, N7LP, NA6MG, NJ7V,
NK6A, NM5S, NR7T, NS1TA, NS7P, NU7A,
NX1P/P, OE/DK2CX/P, OE/HB9EWO/P, OE/OM1WS/P, OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P,
OK/DL2DXA/P, OK/DL8DXL/P, OK/G4OBK/P, OK/G4ONL/P, OK/HB9FVF/P, OK/OM6AN/P,
OK/SP9MA/P, OK/YO2BP, OK1DVM/P, OK1MLP/P, OK2BDF/P, OK2BTK/P,
OK2PVX/P, OK2PYA/P, OK2SAM/P, OM/OK2SAM/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4DW/P,
OM4WY/P, ON/HB9JOE/P, OY/DF3MC/P, OY/DL8JJ/P, PA/YO2BP/P, PB2T/P,
S5100PAX, S51RU/P, S52FT/P, S53OM/P, S53XX/P, SP/YO2BP/P,
SP9MA/P, SQ6GIT/P, SV/OE6DOE/P, SV1RHL/P, SV2OXS/P, SV7/SV2CLJ/P,
W0CP, W1EJ, W7GA, WA7JTM, WA9STI, WB5USB,
WC6J, WG0AT, WW7D, YO/HA8BJ/P, YO/HA8LLH
Mode: CW on 14MHz: activity for May
9A/OE5EIN/P, 9A6CW/P, AA1MI/P, AA4Q, AB5ZA/P, AC0PR,
AC1Z, AE5KA, AE7AP, AE9Q, AI4SV, CT1DBS/P,
CT7/PA9CW/P, DD7II/P, DJ2MX/P, DK2RO/P, DK4RW/P, DK6YM/P,
DK7FH/P, DL/HB9AXL/P, DL/HB9BIN/P, DL/HB9BRJ/P, DL/HB9FVF/P, DL/HB9JOE/P,
DL/OE5EEP, DL/ON6UU/P, DL/PA0SKP/P, DL3TU/P, DL4CF/P, DL4TO/P,
DL6FBK/P, DL8DXL/P, E70AA/P, EA/PB2T/P, EA1AER/P, EA2BD/P,
EA2BSB/P, EA2IF/P, EA2WX/P, EA5FV, EA6/ON7DQ/P, EA7/HB9AFH/P,
EA8/PA1AT/P, EI/WA9STI, F/HB9AFI/P, F/HB9IIO/P, F/HBIIO/P, F/PB2T/P,
F5HTR/P, F5LKW/P, F5UKL/P, F6HBI/P, F8DQY/P, G0HIO/P,
G0MFR/P, G0POT/P, G4OIG/P, G4WSB/P, G4WTF/P, GD0HIO/P,
GM0GAV/P, GM4TOE/P, GM4YSS/P, GW4ISJ/P, HA/OK2PDT/P, HA/YO2BP/P,
HA8LLH/P, HB9/PB2T/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P, HB9BAB/P,
HB9BCB/P, HB9BHU/P, HB9BHW/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9CBR/P,
HB9CGA/P, HB9CGL/P, HB9CKV/P, HB9CLT/P, HB9CPS, HB9CPS/P,
HB9CZF/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DPR/P, HB9DQM/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P,
HB9IIO/P, HB9IIOP, HB9JOE/P, HB9SOTA, HB9TVK/P, HB9UAG/P,
HG8PQ/P, IK5QPS/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JG1BOK,
JL1NIE/1, JP1QEC/0, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, JP3PPL/3, JS1UEH/0,
JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, K0GUZ, K6HPX/P, K6TW, K7MK,
K7PX, K7SO, K7VK, K9PM/P, KA5PVB, KB1KXL,
KC7DM, KD0S, KD7WPJ, KE5AKL, KF7SEY, KG7VAK,
KH6/DL3LUM, KK1W, KR7RK, KT0A, KW4JM, KX0R,
KX6A, LA1EBA/P, LA1ENA/P, LA3BO/P, LA3NGA/P, LA8BCA/P,
LZ1GJ/P, M0OAT/P, M1BUU/P, MM3BRR/P, N0PCL, N0TA,
N1FJ, N1GVT, N1OIE, N2GBR, N4SFR, N6JZT,
N6KZ, N7CQR, N7CW, N7LP, N7SRG, NA6MG,
ND9Q, NJ7V, NK6A, NK8Q, NM5S, NR7T,
NS0TA, NS1TA, NS7P, NU7A, NX1P/P, OE/HB9EWO/P,
OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P, OK/DL2DXA/P, OK/DL8DXL/P, OK/G4OBK/P, OK/G4ONL/P,
OK/HB9FVF/P, OK/OM2JU/P, OK/SP3LRS/P, OK/SP9MA/P, OK1AU/P, OK1CZ,
OK1CZ/P, OK1DVM/P, OK1MLP/P, OK2BDF/P, OK2BTK/P, OK2PDT/P,
OK2PYA/P, OK2SAM/P, OM/OK2PDT/P, OM/SP9MA/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4AA/P,
OM4WY/P, OM6AN/P, ON/HB9JOE/P, OY/DF3MC/P, OY/DL8JJ/P, PB2T/P,
S5100PAX, S51RU/P, S52AU/P, S52FT/P, S53OM/P, S53XX/P,
SP3LRS/P, SP9MA/P, SV/OE6DOE/P, SV1RHL/P, SV2OXS/P, SV7/SV9DJO/P,
SV9/OE7PHI/P, VA2VL, VA2VL/W1, VK5CZ, W0CP, W1EJ,
W6UB, W7GA, W7JET, W7USA, WA6ARA, WA6MM,
WA7JTM, WA9STI, WB5USB, WC0Y, WC6J, WC9G,
WG0AT, WH6LE, WS0TA, WW7D, WX, WX4TW,
YO/HA8BJ/P, YO/HA8LLH
Mode: CW on 18MHz: activity for May
CT1DBS/P, DL/HB9BRJ/P, DL/OE5EEP, DL4FO/P, DL4TO/P, EA6/ON7DQ/P,
F4HOD/P, F5UKL/P, F6HBI/P, G4OIG/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9BCB/P,
HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9BSH/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P, HB9DQM/P,
HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9SOTA, JA1KHZ/1, JA4RQO/4,
JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JL1NIE/1, JP1QEC/0, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3,
JR0QWW/0, JS1UEH/0, JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, K1JD, K6HPX/P,
K7ATN, K9PM/P, KB1KXL, KK1W, KR7RK, KT0A,
KX0R, LA3BO/P, M0OAT/P, M1BUU/P, N1FJ, NA6MG,
NM5S, NS0TA, NS1TA, NS7P, NX1P/P, OE5EEP/P,
OK1MLP/P, OM3CUG/P, OY/DF3MC/P, OY/DL8JJ/P, S52FT/P, W0CP,
WA7JTM, YO/HA8LLH, ZL1BYZ
Mode: CW on 21MHz: activity for May
7M4EZB, 9V1/W6BJB, CT1DBS/P, DL/HB9BRJ/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9CBR/P,
JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JF3KQA/3, JF8LPB/2, JL1NIE/1,
JP1QEC/0, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, K1JD, KB1KXL, KE7BGM,
KR7RK, KT0A, LA3BO/P, M1BUU/P, NA6MG, OK1CZ/P,
OK1MLP/P, OK2BDF/P, VK5CZ
Mode: CW on 24MHz: activity for May
JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1, OK1MLP/P
Mode: CW on 28MHz: activity for May
CT1DBS/P, HB9CBR/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JP3DGT/3,
KR7RK, OK1MLP/P
Mode: CW on 50MHz: activity for May
JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JF1NDT/7, JF3KQA/3, JS1UEH/0, JS1UEH/1,
KD7WPJ, KR7RK, OE1WED/3, OE3IPU/P, OK1FRT/P, OM/OK2PDT/P,
W7USA, WA7JTM
Mode: CW on 1240MHz: activity for May
Mode: FM on 28MHz: activity for May
Mode: FM on 50MHz: activity for May
JJ3AMO/3, JS2VVH/2, OE1WED/3
Mode: FM on 1240MHz: activity for May
DG4MIC, GW7HEM/P, JG6CRU/6, JN3IWE, JN3PDF/3, JS1GRO/1,
JS2VVH/2, K0JJW, K0NR, VK7ZMS
Mode: SSB on 28MHz: activity for May
2E0YYY/P, EA3HP/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9TNF/P, KF7SEY, KJ6QDU,
OE/IW3AGO/P, OE5REO/P, S52AU/P, S56LXN/P, S57MS/P, SV2CLJ/P,
VK3YY, WX4ET/P
Mode: SSB on 50MHz: activity for May
7K1BAE, JA1KHZ/1, JF1NDT/1, JF3KLH/3, JF3KQA/3, JG1XRA/1,
JH1EWV/1, JI1IKC/1, JI1TLL/0, JI1TLL/7, JK1NRL/1, JL1BWG/1,
JM3HRC/2, JM3HRC/3, JM3URG/3, JR1NNL/1, JS1JNM/1, JS1UEH/0,
JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, JS2VVH/1, JS2VVH/2, K7VK, KD7WPJ,
NJ7V, OE1WED/3, S52AU/P, S56LXN/P, S57MS/P, SV2CLJ/P,
VE7FAA, VE7GDE, VE7LSE, VK1AD/2, W7USA, WA7JTM
Mode: SSB on 1240MHz: activity for May
M0DDC/P, OE5JKL/P, SV2CLJ/P
73 de Kevin G0NUP
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