Sunday, August 27, 2017

First QSO on 80m with the G5RV

New "long" G5RV on the roof and first QSO on 80m/JT65: OH5KZ.

Tried to call VK2DX and YB0COU: no luck so far...




Saturday, August 26, 2017

Holiday antenna: G5RV in the vineyards


The usual antenna I use during holidays. This year I "planted" my G5RV around the vineyards of IV3-land.
This year QRO (50-100W) as IV3/OT1V: life is too short for QRP!

QSO with K1JT FT8/20m



My first QSO with a "celebrity", Joe K1JT.
A celebrity as a man (a Nobel Prize) and as a radio amateur (the developer of that marvellous piece of software called WSJT-X)