HF
I have been QRV on the HF bands since the end of 2003. Since
then, the solar cycle has declined, so activity on 15m/10m has decreased.
Hopefully after 2008 conditions, and activity, will improve! Combined with
aerial problems on 160m/80m, my activity has been mainly confined to 40m/20m.
DX Cluster activity
Solar data & HF band conditions
During IOTA 2008 contest
As of the end of May 2009, I dismounted the
HyGain AV-14AVQ and removed the top section vertical and top-hat redials. I
replaced this with a shorter vertical section with longer top-hat radials, and a
coil with long top-hat radials. This is known as the MK-80 modification for the
HyGain AV-14AVQ. This is what it looks like now:
AV-14AVQ + MK80
The up side of this modification is that the
vertical now tunes up on 80m. The down side is that the SWR starts to rise above
7.050MHz and needs to be manually retuned to reduce the SWR below 1.15:1. Not a
problem! I only need to put up the wire when trying to play on 160m.
Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 10
to 160 m.
Type of propagation: All Mode: All
mode
From 01/01/1900 to 24/03/2008
| DXCC |
CALLSIGN |
BAND |
| 1AØ (Sov. Mil. Order of) |
1AØKM |
20 m. |
| 3A (Monaco) |
3A5ØARM |
20 m. |
| 3V (Tunisia) |
3V8BB |
40 m. |
| 4J,4K (Azerbaijan) |
4K5D |
40 m. |
| 4L (Georgia) |
4L8A |
20 m. |
| 4U_ITU (ITU HQ) |
4U1ITU |
40 m. |
| 4X, 4Z (Israel) |
4X4DZ |
10 m. |
| 5B (Cyprus) |
C4M |
10 m. |
| 5Y-5Z (Kenya) |
5Z1A |
20 m. |
| 6V-6W (Senegal) |
6W8CK |
15 m. |
| 7T-7Y (Algeria) |
7X4AW |
40 m. |
| 8P (Barbados) |
8P2K |
20 m. |
| 9A (Croatia) |
9A5KV |
40 m. |
| 9H (Malta) |
9H6A |
40 m. |
| 9K (Kuwait) |
9K9X |
15 m. |
| 9M2, 4 (West Malaysia) |
9M2CNC |
15 m. |
| A4 (Oman) |
A45XR |
20 m. |
| A6 (United Arab Emirates) |
A61AJ |
10 m. |
| CA-CE (Chile) |
XR45TA |
20 m. |
| CN (Morocco) |
CN2R |
20 m. |
| CT (Portugal) |
CT1BOL |
10 m. |
| CT3 (Madeira Is.) |
CT3/DJ6QT |
20 m. |
| CU (Azores) |
CU3AA |
20 m. |
| CV-CX (Uruguay) |
CX7BF |
15 m. |
| D4 (Cape Verde) |
D4B |
20 m. |
| DA-DL (Fed. Rep. of Germany) |
DL2ARD |
20 m. |
| E7 (Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
T98T |
40 m. |
| EA6-EH6 (Balearic Is.) |
EA6TU |
15 m. |
| EA8-EH8 (Canary Is.) |
EA8AJO |
10 m. |
| EA9-EH9 (Ceuta & Melilla) |
EA9IB |
20 m. |
| EA-EH (Spain) |
EA4BT |
10 m. |
| EI-EJ (Ireland) |
EI6JK |
40 m. |
| EK (Armenia) |
EK8WA |
15 m. |
| ER (Moldovia) |
ER5DX |
15 m. |
| ES (Estonia) |
ES8HX |
15 m. |
| ET (Ethiopia) |
ET3TK |
20 m. |
| EU, EV, EW (Belarus) |
EW6AF |
20 m. |
| EX (Kyrgystan) |
EX2T |
10 m. |
| EY (Tajikistan) |
EY8CQ |
40 m. |
| F (France) |
TP6CE |
40 m. |
| FG (Guadeloupe) |
TO5BG |
20 m. |
| FM (Martinique) |
FM5BH |
20 m. |
| FP (St. Pierre & Mique) |
FP/VE7SV |
15 m. |
| FR (Reunion) |
FR1HZ |
20 m. |
| G, GX (England) |
G6INU |
40 m. |
| GD, GT (Isle of Man) |
MD4K |
40 m. |
| GI, GN (Northern Ireland) |
MIØDJX |
40 m. |
| GJ, GH (Jersey) |
GJ1EXC |
20 m. |
| GM, GS (Scotland) |
GMØKET |
40 m. |
| GU, GP (Guernsey) |
GU4EON |
40 m. |
| GW, GC (Wales) |
MWØCRI |
40 m. |
| HA, HG (Hungary) |
HG1ØSVK |
20 m. |
| HB (Switzerland) |
HB9VW |
40 m. |
| HBØ (Liechtenstein) |
HBØ/HB9AON |
20 m. |
| HC8-HD8 (Galapagos Is.) |
HC8N |
40 m. |
| HI (Dominican Republic) |
HI3CCP |
40 m. |
| HJ-HK (Colombia) |
HK1AR |
40 m. |
| HZ (Saudi Arabia) |
HZ1IK |
40 m. |
| I (Italy) |
IR4X |
20 m. |
| IS, IM (Sardinia) |
IMØ/IZØEJQ |
40 m. |
| J6 (St. Lucia) |
J6DX |
40 m. |
|
| DXCC |
CALLSIGN |
BAND |
| JA-JS (Japan) |
JA6ZPR |
20 m. |
| JX (Jan Mayen) |
JX9NOA |
20 m. |
| JY (Jordan) |
JY4NE |
20 m. |
| K,W,N, AA-AK (USA) |
WB4ABW |
10 m. |
| KL7 (Alaska) |
NL7V |
20 m. |
| KP2 (Virgin Is.) |
WP2Z |
15 m. |
| KP4 (Puerto Rico) |
KP4JRS |
40 m. |
| LA-LN (Norway) |
LA9HW |
20 m. |
| LO-LW (Argentina) |
LPØH |
20 m. |
| LX (Luxembourg) |
LX7I |
80 m. |
| LY (Lithuania) |
LY2FY |
20 m. |
| LZ (Bulgaria) |
LZ1MG |
10 m. |
| OD (Lebanon) |
OD5NH |
15 m. |
| OE (Austria) |
OE8YDQ |
40 m. |
| OF-OI (Finland) |
OH3JR |
20 m. |
| OHØ (Aland Is.) |
OHØZ |
20 m. |
| OK-OL (Czech Republic) |
OL5T |
20 m. |
| OM (Slovak Republic) |
OM7M |
40 m. |
| ON-OT (Belgium) |
ON5GY |
40 m. |
| OX (Greenland) |
OX3DB |
20 m. |
| OY (Faroe Is.) |
OY3JE |
20 m. |
| OZ (Denmark) |
OZ/DM1VA/P |
20 m. |
| P4 (Aruba) |
P4ØY |
20 m. |
| PA-PI (Netherlands) |
PH7A |
40 m. |
| PJ2, 4, 9 (Bonaire, Curacao) |
PJ2F |
20 m. |
| PP-PY (Brazil) |
PT7BZ |
40 m. |
| S5 (Slovenia) |
S53EO |
40 m. |
| SA-SM (Sweden) |
SM5INC |
20 m. |
| SN-SR (Poland) |
SO8N |
20 m. |
| SV5 (Dodecanese) |
SV5/DL3DRN |
15 m. |
| SV9 (Crete) |
SV9FBM |
20 m. |
| SV-SZ (Greece) |
SV1BJW |
15 m. |
| T7 (San Marino) |
T77CD |
40 m. |
| TA-TC (Turkey) |
TA2ZF |
15 m. |
| TF (Iceland) |
TF3GC |
20 m. |
| TI, TE (Costa Rica) |
TI2RDI |
40 m. |
| TK (Corsica) |
TK5EP |
40 m. |
| UA2 (Kaliningrad) |
UA2CZ |
20 m. |
| UA-UI1,3,4,6, (European Russia) |
R1ØRRC |
20 m. |
| UA-UI8,9,Ø,RA (Asiatic Russia) |
UA9JDP |
15 m. |
| UN-UQ (Kazakhstan) |
UN9LW |
20 m. |
| UR-UZ, EM-EO (Ukraine) |
UV7D |
10 m. |
| VE, VO, VY (Canada) |
VY2ZM |
15 m. |
| VK (Australia) |
VK4AN |
20 m. |
| VP2E (Anguilla) |
VP2E |
15 m. |
| VP5 (Turks & Caicos Is.) |
VQ5XF |
40 m. |
| VP9 (Bermuda) |
VP9/K9JY |
20 m. |
| VS6, VR2 (Hong Kong) |
VR2XLN |
20 m. |
| XT (Burkina Faso) |
XT2C |
20 m. |
| YB-YH (Indonesia) |
YB5BO |
15 m. |
| YL (Latvia) |
YL85TW |
20 m. |
| YO-YR (Romania) |
YO9WF |
20 m. |
| YT-YU, YZ (Serbia) |
4N25K |
20 m. |
| YU6,4O3 (Montenegro) |
4O3T |
40 m. |
| YV-YY (Venezuela) |
YW4M |
20 m. |
| Z3 (Macedonia) |
Z37M |
20 m. |
| ZA (Albania) |
ZA1UT |
20 m. |
| ZB2 (Gibraltar) |
ZG2FX |
20 m. |
| ZC4 (UK Sov. Base Areas) |
ZC4LI |
40 m. |
| ZD8 (Ascension I.) |
ZD8Z |
15 m. |
| ZL-ZM (New Zealand) |
ZL2AMI |
40 m. |
|
HF station as of March 2009
I have no amplifiers on HF. For most modes I usually run
around 20 watts output, with 5W QRP for contests.
HF gridsquares worked on all bands and modes.
A temporary 20m long inverted L wire antenna, and the HyGain vertical
Poor take-off to the west on HF
And a temporary antenna for the WARC bands, a
trap dipole.
It's not very well positioned
