SOTA NEWS NOVEMBER 2016 - Part 2
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VK News – Allen VK3ARH
Snowy Mountains SOTA Weekend 1st October
Snowy Mountains SOTA weekend was a event planned to present the opportunity for new and experienced activators to activate summits in the Snowy mountain area.
This is a popular area due to the abundance of high scoring summits with good access. Rob VK2QR was key to this event as he lives and works in the area.so did the ground work and arranged for accommodation at the Snowy Mountains Resort and Function Centre in Adaminaby as well as recommending summits to consider.
8 Activators present for the weekend. Warren VK3BYD,Allen VK3ARH, Ken VK3KIM, Rod VK2TWR ,Peter VK3PF,Ron VK3AFW, Crompton VK2HRX & Phil VK3BHR. Rod VK2TWR & Peter VK3PF worked together whilst VK2HRX Crompton, VK3BYD Warren and Allen VK3ARH went off in Compton’s Troop carrier and Ken VK3KIM, Ron VK3AFW and Phil VK3BHR went in in Kens Land Rover.
Band conditions made it difficult and slow to qualify on HF so thanks to all chasers but in particular to two regular chasers who helped us qualify – Rick VK4RF and John ZL1BYZ. We picked up 6 Alpine summits in the bonus period over the weekend. With an additional summit for those with the time on Monday.
Worth the effort.
Details:
https://vk3hra.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/01102016-snowy-mountains-sota-weekend/
VK4 Activation News October from Rob VK4FFAB;
The month of October has produced a good number of activations coming out of VK4. With 18 WWFF references being activated and 3 SOTA references. Fred VK4FE has been very busy in the far north activating a number of new references as well as revisiting some previously activated ones, mostly on 20m.Neil VK4HNS has also been active with a swag of parks including some of the cluster of parks around Crows Nest, Geham, Hampton, Crows Nest, Esk, Ravensborne is a great weekend of activating if anyone is interested HIHI. Sota activity has been rather slow, with only 3 references being activated between our South African visitors Sid and Adelle and Gareth VK4MOB.
A big thanks to everyone who has gone out and activated this month.
VK4 WWFF
Fred VK4FE: Mount Lewis NP, Eubenangee Swamp NP, Russell River NP, Mowbray NP, Barron
Gorge NP, Keatings Lagoon CP, Speewah CP.
Neil VK4HNS: Moggill CP, Ravensbourne NP, Geham NP, Crows Nest NP, Mount Perry CP, Lake
Broadwater CP.
Bill VK4FW: Tarong NP, Cherbourg CP, Ban Ban NP.
Rob VK4FFAB: Samford CP, Deception Bay CP.
Lawrie: VK4SQ Deception Bay CP.
VK4 SOTA
Sid and Adelle ZS4AYC: Mt Mary Smokes.
Gareth VK4MOB: Mount Cotton, Kluvers Lookout.
Rob VK4FFAB
VK <> G <> ZL S2S QSO Party 22nd October
Mike 2E0YYY and Andrew VK1AD have been discussing opportunities for a VK <> G <> ZL S2S QSO Party in a window of 0630 UTC to 0830 UTC.
Promoted using SOTA website and Facebook (Redirecting...) page the idea took off with international commitment to chase. Before the evening there was54 summits across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Finland, Bulgaria, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Greece and Switzerland alerted for activations.
This is not a new event as synchronised SOTA activations known as the VK Spring SOTA QSO and VK Autum SOTA QSO were well attended locally and also by a number of G, GM, GW and DL activators but has to be the largest so far.
There were several cancellations and a couple changes due to weather on both sides but this did not curb the enthusiasm making for a successful evening. Ed - DD5LP reports that there were 73 spots on the evening. VK/ZL <> Europe SOTA S2S Party - 22 Oct 16 0630 - 0830 UTC - #174 by DD5LP.
The success of this event is down to the contribution made by everyone to ignore weather and persist with contacts.
Personally Looking forward to the next one.
SOTA QSO Party Links
http://vk1da.net/blog/2016/10/24/sota-qso-party-22nd-october-2016-at-bobbara-hill/
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/vkzl-and-eu-sota-s2s-qso-party-22-october-2016/
https://vk3hra.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/22012016-vkzl-europe-sota-s2s-party/
Allen
VK3ARH
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SOTA NEW ZEALAND REPORT from Warren ZL2AJ
SOTA Activity Report for September / October 2016
List Summits activated
03-Sep-16 ZL1/BP-237 Mount Maunganui ZL1BYZ
04-Sep-16 ZL1/BP-237 Mount Maunganui ZL1BYZ
11-Sep-16 ZL1/AK-011 Moir Hill ZL2AJ
11-Sep-16 ZL1/AK-013 Atuanui / Mount Auckland ZL2AJ
11-Sep-16 ZL1/WK-157 Hakarimata ZL1BYZ
17-Sep-16 ZL1/HB-128 Kauahei ZL2AJ
24-Sep-16 ZL1/AK-013 Atuanui / Mount Auckland ZL1BYZ
25-Sep-16 ZL1/AK-013 Atuanui / Mount Auckland ZL1BYZ
08-Oct-16 ZL1/WK-158 Puketutu ZL1BYZ
10-Oct-16 ZL1/WL-033 Climie ZL2ATH
10-Oct-16 ZL1/WL-033 Climie ZL2CHV
11-Oct-16 ZL1/AK-023 Maungawhau / Mount Eden ZL/ZS5APT
11-Oct-16 ZL1/AK-023 Maungawhau / Mount Eden ZL/ZS5AYC
11-Oct-16 ZL1/AK-023 Maungawhau / Mount Eden ZL1BBO
14-Oct-16 ZL3/CB-806 Coopers Knob ZL/ZS5APT
14-Oct-16 ZL3/CB-806 Coopers Knob ZL/ZS5AYC
16-Oct-16 ZL1/WL-101 Hawkins Hill ZL2ATH
19-Oct-16 ZL3/CB-822 Tauhinukorokio/Mount Pleasant ZL/ZS5APT
19-Oct-16 ZL3/CB-822 Tauhinukorokio/Mount Pleasant ZL/ZS5AYC
22-Oct-16 ZL1/WK-031 Ranginui ZL2AJ
22-Oct-16 ZL1/WK-039 Rangitoto ZL2AJ
23-Oct-16 ZL1/WK-153 Pukemako ZL4TE
23-Oct-16 ZL1/WK-153 Pukemako ZL4TM
24-Oct-16 ZL3/SL-307 The Bluff/MotupÅhue ZL4TZ
Report for September October 2016
Looking at www.sotadata.org.uk I can see we currently have 23 active chasers and 14 active activators in New Zealand. If you are able and the outdoors is your thing, I recommend taking part in SOTA as a great combination of getting out and seeing the best of New Zealand, a bit of light exercise and mixing it up with playing radio. The views are often spectacular and the walks are as varied as simple to experienced tracks with everything in between. If your partner roles his or her eyes at another radio thing, this is the perfect opportunity to involve them in the hobby as a non-transmitting helper or companion. Emma (my YL) enjoys photography and getting out of the house so we both make the most of our trips around different summits.
ZL4TM Kieran Leng operating from ZL1/WK-153 Pukemako (Sanatorium Hill)
If activating isn’t for you, for whatever reason – become a chaser. Most activators are also chasers and without chasers activating is a pointless exercise. Keep in touch with your local activators, with the facebook group or with www.sotawatch.org and join in the fun collecting chased summits to your log.
This month the first update for ZL1 was presented to SOTA. Several summit names have been updated, 2 new summits have been added, and one summit has been moved (yes we can move mountains). I am also pleased to announce that Wynne ZL2ATH will be taking up the role as regional manager for Wellington area, and Kyle ZL2KGF will be picking up the role for regional manager for Taranaki area. Regional managers are local contacts that are there to promote SOTA locally. Wynne and Kyle have already been doing this so it is pleasing that they are able to support the area (and help me out) by becoming regional managers.
It is pleasing to see locals acting as agents for ZL by taking touring hams to nearby SOTA summits. ZL1BBO and ZL3CC have hosted Syd ZS5AYC and Adele ZS5APT to local summits. This will add to their mountain explorer award, where by activating summits in different associations it increases the award category. From www.sota.org.uk
Mountain Explorer
The essence of the award is to recognise the activation and qualification of Summits, in accordance with SOTA General Rules and the local association’s rules, in a number of different associations.
- Bronze Award - confirmed activation of at least one summit in each of 5 Associations
- Silver Award - confirmed activation of at least one summit in each of 10 Associations
- Gold Award - confirmed activation of at least one summit in each of 15 Associations
- Platinum Award - confirmed activation of at least one summit in each of 20 Associations
- Globetrotter Award - confirmed activation of at least one summit in every participating association
During this reporting period, Andrew ZL3CC whilst on holiday has activated KH6/KU-011 Nonou Mountain in Hawaii. Well done Andrew. You have proven that the SOTA bug can come on holiday too.
On Saturday the 22nd, Andrew VK1AD and Mike 2E0YYY had organized a VK/ZL<>EU SOTA S2S QSO Party. What this was in effect was an organized time for activators to find a summit and activate at the same time as others, to maximize the odds of summit to summit (S2S) contacts. In the 2 weeks leading up to this event, 51 activators posted alerts up on www.sotawatch.org. It was becoming the largest organized event in the history of SOTA. It turns out on the day there were 73 activators on the air during the 2-hour event. I was activating Ranginui ZL1/WK-031 but due to site noise and a few technical issues I was unable to make any S2S contacts (although I had reports of being heard from summits in VK). Tim ZL4TZ attempted to activate ZL3/FL-819 but failed to activate the summit due to a fault in his radio. Many other activators were on from around the world including England, Wales, Germany, France, Japan, Poland, Austria, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Czech Republic. Results of the party have been included in the AR newsline broadcast. Another similar event is being considered to time with North America in the near future.
I have available for those that want it, KML files (for google earth) for SOTA summits for ZL and VK, as well as DOC tracks in ZL. Email me warren@zl2aj.com for a copy.
Total Summits Activated for Period – 24
Total number of ZL summits - 5172
Total number of ZL summits activated – 71
Percentage of ZL summits activated – 1.37%
Total ZL Chaser contacts logged for period 262
Warren ZL2AJ
warren@zl2aj.com
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A.R.V.M Radio Exhibition Portugal November 27th 2016
The A.R.V.M. is organizing an Exposition for Radio Amateurs in Lisbon, which promises to be one of the biggest events of Ham radio in Portugal. It is intended that in addition to good shopping and amateur material exchanges will be a day of conviviality with all OM’s welcome. (YL’s & XYL’s too I hope. Ed)
For more info visit A.R.V.M.
email: f.radio@arvm.org
A.R.V.M.
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It’s Raining Again
or
How to stay dry during an activation by Geert PA7ZEE
It was at the beginning of October that my friend Frank PC7C and I went to Luxembourg to activate some summits there. This trip was planned earlier but due to persistent rain postponed. That morning when we left very early my home near Amsterdam, it was not completely dry but the weather forecast was promising for Luxembourg.
When we approached Diekirch where our first summit was, it was almost dry but becoming higher it was wet because we were in the clouds. On the summit LX/LX-003 Kiirchbësch, it was very wet and we had only one big umbrella. I decided that Frank could take the umbrella since the FT-817 he used, is very vulnerable for water with the speaker on top. I found within the Activation Zone a trailer that belongs to a farmer. The Rules exclude making use of a car but this was in my opinion acceptable without violating the Rules.
Geert PA7ZEE on LX/LX-003 Kiirchbësch
I had a folding chair in the car and after throwing my W3EDP wire in a tree, I fitted just under the trailer. A plastic bag over my knees kept my knees and the KX1 dry. With one hand manipulating the paddle and holding a pencil and the other hand holding the plastic bag at its place, it was working. I even had a S2S with Kurt F/HB9AFI/P !
When I went QRT my cap and my shoulders were covered with dirt and rust but my KX1 was dry.
On the other summits it was dry but Frank did not trust the weather and used all the times the big umbrella.
Frank PC7C on DM/RP-003 Schwarzer Mann
On DM/RP-003 Schwarzer Mann, he even had the luxury of a real operating table.
73, Geert PA7ZEE
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SOTA Portugal at A.R.A.M´s hamfest in Viana do Castelo
Portugal´s SOTA program was one of the highlights of this years hamfest organized by A.R.A.M., in northern city of Viana do Castelo.
On October 8th, many amateur radio and communications enthusiasts stopped by the Summits on the Air Portugal exhibition manned by Emmanuel Lomba, CT7AFR, and João Cunha, CT2GSN.
Emmanuel Lomba, CT7AFR, and João Cunha, CT2GSN, manning the SOTA Portugal booth at ARAM´s Ham Fest
On display where two complete SOTA stations and multimedia presentations highlighting SOTA activity in Portugal; which has experienced an increase in recent months. João and Emmanuel were very busy describing the activities of both chasers and activators, distributing SOTA “swag” to visitors from Portugal, Spain and even Venezuela.
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers throughout the country, and the cooperation of amateur clubs, the Summits on the Air Portugal program have made its existence known in gatherings and hamfests throughout the country.
Next November 27th, SOTA Portugal will have a booth in ARVM´s Amateur Radio Exhibit, the largest amateur radio event in the country. Like in previous editions, many communications and electronics enthusiasts are expected to attend the one day ham fest in the Portuguese capital.
Paulo Teixeira, CT2IWW
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SOTA ON TOP BAND - Mark G0VOF
Hello everyone & welcome to this month’s edition of SOTA on Top Band.
October was very quiet on Top band with no activations or chases logged in the database. As we move into winter in the Northern hemisphere conditions on the band tend to improve so that situation may well change over the next few months.
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 OCTOBER 2016 - Roy G4SSH
This will be a shortened report due to the fact that I was away from home during the first half of the month, with limited access to SOTA Watch.
Propagation varied widely during October, with the higher bands being almost dead at times, and this, combined with the sudden end of the favourable summer weather throughout Europe, resulted in a rapid reduction in the number of CW activations posted. In effect SOTA went into Autumn mode (weekends excepted) with limited EU activations and regular cancellations of expeditions due to bad weather. The weather does not affect chasers so any activation produced a heavy pile-up of chaser stations desperate for a few points.
On the 25th at 1000z SOTA Watch showed that there had been just 3 spots in the last 12 hours, after which the weather returned to summer-like temperatures for the last few days with many cross-border expeditions.
Stations heard active from multi-summits were Dan FHB9IIO, Reinhard EA5/DK1IO, Chris LX/ON6UU, DL/ON6UU, Andre EA5/F5UKL, Hans DL/HB9AGO, Hugo EA/HB9AFH, Frans MM/PA0INA, Hugo EA5/HB9AFH, Bob HB9/F5HTR, Andy M0FMF operating from DL/ OK/ and SP/.
Ferec was active as /OK/SP9MA,
Juerg HB9BIN and Kurt HB9AFI were active almost daily from summits in Germany and Antonio CT1MH was heard from a Scout Jamboree in Portugal.
A trio of French stations:-
F6HBI Gerald
F8FEO Alain, and
F5LKW Roger
were very active on the 19th, whilst Gavin CT7/GM0GAV was in the Algarve, Paul MD/HB9DST was heard from the summit of Snaefell, the highest summit on the Isle of Man and Rob GM3YTS was active from the SS region of Scotland.
On the 20th of the month Hans was activating summits in France as F/PB2T, whilst Tonnie was operating from summits in Germany as DL/PA9CW, Marko was active as OK/OH9XX and Paul was heard activating from Ireland as EI/HB9DST.
The VK/ZL-EU s2s party on the 22nd was well represented, with dozens of SOTA stations from VK, ZL, JA and EU active, especially on 20 metres, in spite of poor weather in many of the participating countries and less than ideal propagation.
S5100SF operated by Jurij S57X, and S09TA - operator Sergiy, were active on the 23rd, and Sergiy crossed the border into Romania, to operate as YO/HS8LLH. Vlad was making one of his rare but welcome appearances as Z53M. Fred was active as OK/DL8DXL from Czechia.
During the last week of the month Markus DL/HB9BRJ was active from Germany, Hans I/OE7PHI was heard active from Italy, Geert was activating summits from Belgium as ON/PA7ZEE, Guido was active from Germany as DL/HB9BQB Sorin was operating from Bulgaria as LZ/YO2MSB, Andy was in Austria, signing OE/DK7MG and Pedro CU3HF was active from the Azores. Ferec was active as /OK/SP9MA, Sorin was active from Bulgaria as LZ/YO2MSB, Jarek was operating as OK/SP9MA from Czechia.
73 Roy G4SSH
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SOTA ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2016 by Kevin G0NUP
Mode: CW on 3.5MHz: activity for October
K7VK, OK8WW/P, VK3BYD/2, VK3PF/2, VK3PF/P
Mode: CW on 7MHz: activity for October
AA6FD, AC0PR, AC1Z, AD5A, AE5KA, AE7AP, AE9Q,
AI0Q, CT7AGR/P, CT7AGT/P, DF3MC/P, DF7FX/P, DJ2MX/P, DJ3AX/P,
DJ9MH/P, DK1WI/P, DK2JK/P, DK7MG/P, DL/HB9AGO/P, DL/HB9BHW/P, DL/HB9BIN/P,
DL/HB9BQB/P, DL/PA0HRM/P, DL/PA0SKP/P, DL/PA7ZEE/P, DL/PA9CW/P, DL/PB2T/P, DL1DXA/P,
DL2FAZ/P, DL2HWI/P, DL3TU/P, DL4MHA/P, DL4ROB, DL5FAB/P, DL6AP/P,
DL6FBK/P, DL6WT/P, DL8DZL/P, DL8JJ/P, DL9TX/P, EA1/HB9AFH/P, EA1/HB9IIO/P,
EA1AER/P, EA2WX/P, EA5FV/P, EI/HB9DST/P, EI5CA/P, F/HB9AFI/P, F/HB9IIO/P,
F5LKW/P, F5UBH/P, F6HBI/P, F8BBL/P, F8FEO/P, G0EVV/P, G0HIO/P,
G0MFR/P, G3TJE/P, G4CFS/P, G4RQJ/P, G4ZAO/P, GM0GAV/P, GM3YTS/P,
GW4TJC/P, HA5CLF/P, HA5LV/P, HA5MA/P, HB0/HB9IAB/P, HB9/DJ5AV/P, HB9/F5HTR/P,
HB9/PB2T/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P, HB9BAB/P, HB9BCB/P, HB9BHW/P,
HB9BIN, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9BSH/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P, HB9CLN/P,
HB9DAX/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DPR/P, HB9DQM/P, HB9DST/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P,
HL2OLP/P, IX1IHR/P, JA1KHZ/1, JG5JXW/5, JO3ALU/3, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1,
JS1UEH/7, K1LB, K2JB, K3JZD, K4QS, K6HPX/P, K7JFD,
K7MK, K7ODX, K7PX, K7WYV, K9IR, K9ZMD, KB9ILT,
KC1APK, KD5KC, KE5AKL, KE7BGM, KH7AL, KI4SVM, KK1W,
KR7RK, KW4JM, KX0R, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P, LA3BO/P, LX/ON6UU/P,
LX/PA7ZEE/P, LZ1GJ/P, M/HB9DST/P, M/OK1CZ/P, M0OAT/P, M0VFC/P, MD/HB9DST/P,
MI/HB9DST/P, MM/HB9DST/P, MM/PA0INA/P, MM0FMF/P, MM0OAT/P, MW/HB9DST/P, MW/OK1CZ/P,
N0DET, N0PCL, N0TA, N1FJ, N1GVT, N1ZF, N4DA,
N4SFR, N6JZT, N7CW, NA6MG, NJ7V, NM5S, NM5SW,
NO6E, NS0TA, NS7P, OE/DK7MG/P, OE/HB9AGO/P, OE/HB9FVF/P, OE/HB9IAB/P,
OE/PA0SKP/P, OE5EEP/P, OE5EIN/P, OE6KYG/P, OK/DF3MC/P, OK/DL8DXL/P, OK/OM4DW/P,
OK/OM6TC/P, OK/SP9MA/P, OK1AYU/P, OK1CF/P, OK1DDQ/P, OK1DVM/P, OK1FRT/P,
OK1KT/P, OK1MLP/P, OK1TGI/P, OK1XGL/P, OK2BDF/P, OK2BTK/P, OK2HIJ/P,
OK2PDT, OK2PDT/P, OK2PIM/P, OK2PXJ/P, OK2PYA/P, OK2VWB/P, OK3EQ/P,
OK8WW/P, OM/OK2VWB/P, OM/SP9MA/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4AA/P, OM6AN/P, OM6TC/P,
ON/PA0HRM/P, ON/PA7ZEE/P, ON/PA9CW/P, ON/PB2T/P, PA0SKP/P, PA7ZEE/P, S5100SF,
S51RU/P, S51WX/P, S52CU/P, S52FT/P, S53OM/P, S58R/P, SO9TA/P,
SP9AMH/P, SP9MA/P, VA2VL/W2, VE2DDZ, VK1DA, VK2AOH, VK2IO/P,
VK3AFW/P, VK3ARH, VK3ARR, VK3BYD/2, VK3BYD/P, VK3KAI/2, VK3PF/2,
VK3ZLP/P, VK7CW/1, W1/DF8KY/P, W1EJ, W3/DF8KY/P, W4/DF8KY/P, W4AMW,
W4EON, W4KRN, W5ODS, W6/HB9DQM, W7/HB9DQM, W7USA, WA2USA/P,
WA6ARA, WA6MM, WA7JTM, WB0USI, WB5USB, WB8OGK, WC0Y,
WG0AT, WG3K, WH6LE, WS0TA, YO/HA8BJ/P, YO/HA8LLH, YO/HA8QW,
YO2BP/P
Mode: CW on 10MHz: activity for October
9H4RH/P, AA6FD, AC1Z, AD5A, AE7AP, AI0Q, CT1DBS/P,
CT7ABE/P, CT7AGR/P, DF3MC/P, DJ2FR, DJ9MH/P, DK1WI/P, DK3RED,
DK7MG/P, DL/HB9BIN/P, DL/HB9BRJ/P, DL/M0FMF/P, DL/ON6UU/P, DL/PA7ZEE/P, DL/PA9CW/P,
DL2HWI/P, DL3TU/P, DL4MHA/P, DL4ROB, DL5FAB/P, DL6FBK/P, DL8DZL/P,
DL9NBC/P, DL9TX/P, EA/F5UKL/P, EA1/HB9IIO/P, EA2WX/P, EA5FV/P, EI/HB9DST/P,
F/HB9AFI/P, F/HB9IIO/P, F/PB2T/P, F5LKW/P, F5PLR/QRP/P, F6HBI/P, F8FEO/P,
G0HIO/P, G0MFR/P, G4RQJ/P, G4ZAO/P, GM0GAV/P, GW4TJC/P, HA5BV/P,
HA5CQZ/P, HA5LV/P, HA5MA/P, HA7HF/P, HB9/F5HTR/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P,
HB9BCB/P, HB9BHW/P, HB9BIN/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9BSH/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P,
HB9DAX/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DPR/P, HB9DST/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9JOE/P,
IX1IHR/P, JA1KHZ/1, JA4RQO/4, JO4GMS/4, JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, K1JD,
K1LB, K2JB, K4KPK, K4QS, K6HPX/P, K7ATN, K7JFD,
K7ODX, K7VK, K9ZMD, KB1KXL, KB9ILT, KD5KC, KE5AKL,
KH7AL, KR7RK, KT0A, KX0R, LA1ENA/P, LA1KHA/P, LA3BO/P,
LX/ON6UU/P, LX/PA7ZEE/P, LZ/YO2BP/P, MD/HB9DST/P, MM/HB9DST/P, MM0FMF/P, MW/HB9DST/P,
N0DET, N0TA, N1GVT, N1ZF, N6JZT, N7CW, NA6MG,
NG7A, NK6A, NM5S, NO6E, NS1TA, NS7P, OE/DK7MG/P,
OE/HB9FVF/P, OE1MVA/P, OE5AUL/P, OE5EEP/P, OH2NOS/P, OK/DL8DXL/P, OK/M0FMF/P,
OK/OM6TC/P, OK/SP9MA/P, OK1DVM/P, OK1MLP/P, OK2BDF/P, OK2BTK/P, OK2PVX/P,
OK2PXJ/P, OK2PYA/P, OK8WW/P, OM/OK2VWB/P, OM/SP9MA/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4AA/P,
OM6TC/P, ON/PA9CW/P, PA7N/P, PA7ZEE/P, S5100SF, S51RU/P, S52CU/P,
S52FT/P, SO9TA/P, SP9AMH/P, SP9MA/P, SP9PND/P, SQ8JMZ/P, VA2VL/W2,
VE2DDZ, VK2AOH, W0CP, W4EON, W4KRN, W5ODS, WA2USA/P,
WA6MM, WA7JTM, WB0USI, WB5USB, WC0Y, WG0AT, YO/HA8BJ/P,
YO/HA8LLH, YO/HG8PQ, YO2BP/P, YO9CB/P, YU1WC/P
Mode: CW on 14MHz: activity for October
AA6FD, AC0PR, AC0SR, AC1Z, AC7MA, AD5A, AE5KA,
AE7AP, CT1BWW/P, CT1DBS/P, CT7/GM0GAV, CT7ABE/P, CT7AGR/P, CT7AGT/P,
CU3HF/P, DF3MC/P, DJ2FR, DJ2MX/P, DK1WI/P, DK7MG/P, DL/HB9AGO/P,
DL/HB9BIN/P, DL/HB9BRJ/P, DL/M0FMF/P, DL/PA7ZEE/P, DL/PB2T/P, DL3TU/P, DL4ROB,
DL5FAB/P, DL6AP/P, DL6FBK/P, EA/F5UKL/P, EA1/HB9AFH/P, EA1/HB9IIO/P, EA1AER/P,
EA2IF/P, EA2WX/P, EA4/DK1IO/P, EA5/DK1IO/P, EA5FV/P, EA7/OK1CZ/P, EA8AA/P,
EI/HB9DST/P, EI5CA/P, F/HB9AFI/P, F/HB9IIO/P, F/ON7DQ/P, F/PB2T/P, F5LKW/P,
F5PLR/QRP/P, F6ENO/P, F6HBI/P, F8FEO/P, G0MFR/P, G0POT/P, G4RQJ/P,
G4ZAO/P, GM0GAV/P, GM3YTS/P, GS3PYU/P, HA5LV/P, HA5MA/P, HB9/F5HTR/P,
HB9/PB2T/P, HB9AFI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9AXL/P, HB9BCB/P, HB9BIN, HB9BIN/P,
HB9BQU/P, HB9BSH/P, HB9CBR/P, HB9CGA/P, HB9DAX/P, HB9DGV/P, HB9DPR/P,
HB9DQM/P, HB9DST/P, HB9EWO/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, HB9JOE/P, IK5QPS/P,
IX1IHR/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JG1GPY/1, JH0CJH/1, JH0CJH/3, JL1NIE/1,
JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, K0JQZ, K1JD, K2JB,
K3JZD, K4KPK, K4QS, K4SV, K6CMG, K6HPX/P, K7ATN,
K7JFD, K7MK, K7ODX, K7PX, K7VK, K7WYV, K9IR,
K9ZMD, KB1KXL, KB9ILT, KC1APK, KD5KC, KD7WPJ, KE5AKL,
KK1W, KQ6UP, KR7RK, KT0A, KW4JM, KX0R, LA1ENA/P,
LA3BO/P, LX/ON6UU/P, LZ1GJ/P, LZ1WF/P, M/OK1CZ/P, M0SET/P, MD/HB9DST/P,
MM0FMF/P, N0DET, N0PCL, N0TA, N1FJ, N1GVT, N1ZF,
N3SW, N4DA, N4SFR, N4WDC, N6IZ, N6JZT, N7CW,
NA6MG, ND7PA, NJ7V, NK6A, NM5S, NM5SW, NO6E,
NS0TA, NS1TA, NS7P, OE/DK7MG/P, OE/HB9AGO/P, OE/HB9FVF/P, OE/HB9IAB/P,
OE/PA0SKP/P, OE1MVA/P, OE5EEP/P, OE5EIN/P, OE6FEG/P, OE7PHI/P, OH2NOS/P,
OH3KRH/P, OK/DL8DXL/P, OK/M0FMF/P, OK/OM6TC/P, OK1DVM/P, OK1MLP/P, OK2PDT/P,
OK2PXJ/P, OK2PYA/P, OK8WW/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4AA/P, OM6AN/P, OM6TC/P,
PA0SKP/P, S5100SF, S51RU/P, S52AU/P, S52CU/P, S52FT/P, S53OM/P,
S58R/P, SO9TA/P, SP/M0FMF/P, SP9AMH/P, SQ8JMZ/P, SV1RHL/P, SV2OXS/P,
VA2VL/W2, VE2DDZ, VK1DA, VK2AOH, VK2IO/P, VK3ARH, VK3ARR,
VK3BYD/2, VK3BYD/P, VK3JBL/P, VK6NU, W0CP, W1/DF8KY/P, W1DAN,
W1EJ, W3/DF8KY/P, W4/DF8KY/P, W4AMW, W4EON, W4KRN, W5ODS,
W6/HB9DQM, W6STR, W7/HB9DQM, W7USA, WA2USA/P, WA6ARA, WA6KYR,
WA7JTM, WA7NCL, WA9STI, WB0USI, WB5USB, WB8OGK, WC0Y,
WG0AT, WG3K, WH6LE, WS0TA, WX4TW, YO/HA8BJ/P, YO/HG8PQ,
YO2BP/P, YO8AZQ/P, YO9CB/P, YU1WC/P, Z35M/P, ZL1BYZ
Mode: CW on 18MHz: activity for October
9H4RH/P, AD5A, CT1DBS/P, CT7AGR/P, DL4ROB, DL5FAB/P, EA/F5UKL/P,
EA2WX/P, F/HB9IIO/P, F5PLR/QRP/P, F6HBI/P, HB9AGO/P, HB9BQU/P, HB9CBR/P,
HB9CGA/P, HB9DQM/P, HB9FVF/P, HB9IIO/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1, JG1GPY/1,
JG5JXW/5, JH0CJH/1, JH0CJH/3, JL1NIE/1, JO3ALU/3, JP1QEC/0, JP1QEC/1,
JP1QEC/2, JP3DGT/3, JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, K1JD, KT0A, KX0R,
LA3BO/P, M0VFC/P, N0TA, N1ZF, N7LKL, NS7P, OE/HB9AGO/P,
OE1MVA/P, OE5EEP/P, OK/OM6TC/P, OK1MLP/P, OK2PXJ/P, OM3CUG/P, OM4AA/P,
OM6TC/P, S52FT/P, SO9TA/P, W0CP, WA7JTM, WG0AT, WH6LE,
WS0TA, WX4TW, YO/HA8LLH, YO9CB/P, ZL1BYZ
Mode: CW on 21MHz: activity for October
AC0PR, AE5KA, F6HBI/P, GW4TJC/P, HB9CBR/P, JA4RQO/4, JF1NDT/1,
JG5JXW/5, JH0CJH/1, JL1NIE/1, JO3ALU/3, JP1QEC/0, JP1QEC/1, JP3DGT/3,
JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, K0JQZ, K1JD, K7JFD, KB9ILT, KT0A,
KX0R, OK8WW/P, OM4AA/P, OM6TC/P, SO9TA/P, VK1DA, VK5CZ,
W0CP, WA7JTM, WG0AT
Mode: CW on 24MHz: activity for October
F6HBI/P, HB9CGA/P, JF1NDT/1, JH0CJH/1
Mode: CW on 28MHz: activity for October
DL5FAB/P, DL6FBK/P, F6HBI/P, HB9CBR/P, JF1NDT/1, KR7RK
Mode: CW on 50MHz: activity for October
JH0CJH/1, JH0CJH/3, JR1NNL/1, JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7
Mode: FM on 28MHz: activity for October
JR0GFM/0
Mode: FM on 1240MHz: activity for October
DL1DSR/P, JA1KHZ/1, JN3PDF, JN3PDF/3, JR0GFM/0, JS1GRO/1, K7ATN/R,
M0HCU/P, SQ9KCP, SV2CLJ/P, VK2HRX, VK3HRA, VK3KAI/2, VK3PF/2
Mode: SSB on 28MHz: activity for October
DL6FBK/P, KK6ZLY, KR7RK, MW0IBF/P, OE5EEP/P, OE9TKH/P, S56LXN/P,
SV2CLJ/P, SV2OXS/P, SV3IEG/P
Mode: SSB on 50MHz: activity for October
9A/S57MS/P, I1WKN/1, JA1KHZ/1, JG1GPY/1, JH0CJH/1, JH0CJH/3, JH1EWV/1,
JI1IKC/1, JI1TLL/1, JI1TLL/2, JK1NRL/1, JL1BWG/1, JP3DGT/3, JR1NNL/1,
JS1UEH/1, JS1UEH/7, S56LXN/P, S57MS/P, SV2CLJ/P, SV3IEG/P, VK1DA
Mode: SSB on 1240MHz: activity for October
ON4TA/P, SV2CLJ/P
Regards
Kevin J Prince G0NUP
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