I had the luxury of a full 15 Watts, Phil 
No doubt Andrew will be running a lot more from the summit today.
73, Gerard - VK2IO
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Hi all,
Andrew you had nice sigs on 40m and 20m on my single windom FD4 antenna !
Thanks new summit 
73 Ăric
I heard you go through Eric, well done. Heard an occasional word from Andrew when he was on 14320 at around 0700z, called him once, then he faded. Now Andrew on 14.315 good freq no sigs whatsoever on Hexbeam - time 0715z. He might come again, plenty time yetâŚ
73 Phil
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Phil still on 14.315 55 56 working EA2DT
No propagation Eric to support a QSO with VK1AD to NE England this morning Eric. I did call Andrew just the once when I heard a CQ SOTA coming through clearly on 20m. On 40m I gave up listening when an Italian station came on working stations which eradicated any possibility of hearing Andrew there.
73 Phil
Hi Phil,took the hex beam down before it fell down.Always found the A3S better
on rx but of course lesser bands.Pleased to say after putting the trusty A3S back up after a refurbishment made it with Andrew this Morning,tnx Andrew.73 Don G0RQL.
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That Italian station was so annoying Phil as he never even asked if the frequency was in use then continued whistling for his dogâŚ
I heard Andrew coming through for about ten mins but a german station 2 kc up made it difficult
No joy from G/TW-002. Heard you (Andrew) once when you were working a German station on 20m, but too faint to work. Also heard a ZL3, but didnât try and work him. 40m was just too noisy to stand a chance
Waiting for my bacon butty now 
. Thanks for trying!
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Very good Don, I reckon it was the 250-300 mile distance north rather than the antenna that made the difference. I wonât forsake the 17m and 12m WARC bands for a trapped tribander as I still need a few DXCC countries on those bands (17m 327 / 12m 315 confirmed). Iâd prefer an Optibeam full size like a 9-5 or 11-5 even to the Hexbeam but my neighbour reaction would be immediately dramatic! Youâll read an interesting article about how I got planning permission on appeal initially and a second planning application for the Hexbeam in next months CDXC Digest.
My Hexbeam has been up 2.5 years now without a problem, although where we live now is more sheltered than where we lived in open country one mile away until late 2016, so it doesnât get much of a battering here from the wind.
Well done on the QSO with Andrew, not possible here.
73 Phil
Hi Eric,
Yes, thatâs certainly the callsign, I think conditions tonight were even better. I called in at Mt Ainslie to see Andrew VK1AD as he was finishing his activation. He can provide the stats but the smile on his face told the story!
And Herbert emailed him a recording of his signal as received in Austria. Pretty special!
73 Andrew VK1DA/VK2UH
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Hi Andy, I listened for you on 14.310 numerous times but no joy. Donât give up, I will try again soon.
Enjoy the bacon butty 
73 Andrew VK1AD
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Hi all itâs 8:15 pm here in Canberra, just arrived home. I will write up an activation report tomorrow. Thanks all for the QSOs, no points for me but loads of bragging rights.
Amazing long path propagation on 20m, 40m was very noisy at my end. I did hear Mike 2E0YYY on 7.181 MHz, I called S2S but no luck.
73 Andrew VK1AD
Whatâs the situation with adding a 6 Mb video to this site? Video is not permitted?
Iâd like to share the video from Herbert.
Andrew VK1AD
It may be as simple as adding the file extensions and upping the limit on post sizes, but before I go trying that out, itâs going to be quicker to upload to YouTube (unlisted if you just want to link to it), and post the link here
Just for documentation. Cond also better then the past days/weeks
SFI is slightly increased versus the recent 69 +/- 1
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Hi all
I have uploaded the activator log from last evening.
Stats from Mt Ainslie VK1/AC-040:
20m DX Window (long path)
0645 UTC to 0745 UTC
DX QSOs (SSB mode)
20m (14.320 and 14.315 MHz): 15
40m (7.130 and 7.150 MHz): 7
VK QSOs
20m: Nil
40m: 6
Countries worked
Russia, Japan, Italy, France, Austria, New Zealand, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Croatia and Columbia, yes Columbia!
VK States
VK2, VK4, VK5 and VK7. With the exception of Mark VK1EM/2 located in NSW, I didnât receive a call from local VK1 chasers.
QRN on 40m 
Nearby storms (1000 km away) were generating S9 QRN. Conditions on 40m made weak signal reception very difficult. I spent too long on 40m, I should have dedicated that time to 20m CQs.
For those interested, I maintain a VK1 SOTA DX stats page.
The purpose of the page is to share knowledge with budding SOTA DX activators/chasers. I have clearly demonstrated the ability to take advantage of the DX propagation grey line during a 90 minute window before VK east coast sunset. Activators in Europe who would like to work VK chasers or VK S2S can take advantage of the same UTC window, 90 minutes before VK sunset. As VK approaches the middle of summer, the 90 minute window will be later each day.
Thank you to the successful chasers and others who listened or called. When the weather permits, I plan to activate more VK1 SOTA peaks during the DX grey line.
73 Andrew VK1AD
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Great to work you Eric on both 40 and 20m, thanks for sticking with me 
Conditions on 20m were excellent for long path. Mt Ainslie 20m noise floor is low however I did get the occasional blast of S9 over horizon radar.
I look forward to offering more VK1 summits for EU chasers to pursue.
73 Andrew VK1AD
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Excellent effort in a sunspot minima.
73
Ron
VK3AFW
Thank you Andrew for this activation ⌠I was surprised to make the contact on 20m with my FD3 and 50W ⌠first time I contact Australia. So I have just sent an email to an Australian student who spent 6 months in my lab this year and now come back to her home. She is ready to follow you on your next activation to speak with me 
! !!
73, Nicolas
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