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Keith Marriott G6NHY <g6nhy@innotts.co.uk>
- Sunday, July 27, 1997 at 17:41:27 (BST)

Dear Om/YL, The last storm , which we had here in kp25gr, destroed my six meter yagi. Repairing needs the time and I think i am qrt at least next three weeks on six... but my two meters yagi still works ..... 73 es good openings to everyone from kp25gr ari/oh9nyw
Ari Kekki OH9NYW <oh9nyw@sampo.tokem.fi>
- Friday, July 25, 1997 at 17:57:17 (BST)

Hello, I've just seen the film Contact and I've dug out the 6m radio. I'm in Virginia, USA. Anyone want to DX betweeen 7-11PM EST?
Tal KF4KHD <web_studio_7@compuserve.com>
- Monday, July 21, 1997 at 03:16:58 (BST)

I WILL BE IN THE BAHAMAS (FL16) TREASURE CAY, ABACO, FROM 8/1 - 8/18 AND QRV ON SIX AS USUAL. RIG WILL BE THE TS-690S/AT WITH THREE ELEMENT CUSHCRAFT YAGI. I LEAVE THE RIG ON CONTINUALLY, USUALLY ON 50,125 WHEN I'M NOT CALLING. I AM ALWAYS LISTENING FOR EUROPE BUT I'M NOT HOPEFUL THIS SUMMER. ANYWAY, I HOPE TO WORK SOMEONE!!!!!! 73, STEVE
STEVE, N4JQQ/C6AFP <STRUTLEDGE@AOL.COM>
- Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 21:37:28 (BST)

Today the YM7PA team phoned me and gave me the latest results: Over 1000 QSO's and 4 new DXCC countries (status 20-Jul-97 at 07:30 UT) Country First station Date UTC ------------------------------------------- Cyprus 5B4/G3KOX 19-Jul-97 06:54 Lithuania LY2BI 19-Jul-97 07:59 Sardinia IM0/I2ADN 19-Jul-97 10:34 Melilla EH9IB 19-Jul-97 16:10 This brings the total at 44 DXCC countries so far. Some European countries are still not worked by YM7PA: CT, GU, LA, EI, OY, TF. During a long opening to PA this morning, I managed to work YM7PA from my home station (at last) with strong signals (txs PA3DOL who called me to wake me up). Just by coincidence (REALLY) it was QS0 #1000. The bottle of champagne that the crew reserved for this occasion will be opened tonight (07:22 is a bit early, even for hard core expeditioners). Cheers boys, I will have a beer in my own shack. YM7PA will remain QRV until Monday July 21st 14:00 UTC approx. 73 de Allard PE1NWL
Allard PE1NWL <amunters@xs4all.nl>
- Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 10:59:27 (BST)

After a very quiet morning the band opened to EU around 1820 with G3HBA the first worked. The opening ended at 2007 with S53VV. DX worked: G, GJ, F, OZ, ON, PA, DL, SP, YU1, S5, SM. Most signals were weak so please excuse my QRZ or confusion at times. The best QSO was probably SP6ASD who said I was his first North America. Still looking for OH, LY ,YL or ES on these mostly northern EU openings. Rig hr is 1100W to either 8el yagi at 21M or a 16el collinear fixed on EU on another tower. The collinear is 10M tall and is sidemounted on the tower between the 20 and 30M levels. RX is via a DEM xvtr into a modified TS-940S. System MDS on CW is -152dBM but band noise and QRN is often the limiting factor. 73...Carl  KM1H   FN42HR New Hampshire
Carl, KM1H <km1h@juno.com>
- Friday, July 18, 1997 at 19:43:49 (BST)

Any sign of OX in Europe last night? Bo called me early on in the evening saying he was hearing video. Unfortunately I was out at a business dinner until midnight. 73 Chris
Chris, G3WOS <g3wos(at)uksmg.org>
- Friday, July 18, 1997 at 14:34:37 (BST)

OH5LIZ/OH0LIZ www-pages moved to: http://galileo.ksp.fi/liz/ there you will find info all peditions including OH0LIZ 1997. Now 50MHz log is also OK. QSL's are printed so you will receive cards soon. Watch this page also for future expeditions....
Kari, OH5YW <oh5yw@qsl.net>
- Friday, July 18, 1997 at 06:03:39 (BST)

During a short opening on the 16th, W5VY EL09 was hrd for 2min in JN58 on 50.110MHz. His signal was 539, but he couldn't read my CW. Distance is abt. 8900km! Further worked were W4's in EM85,FM07,17 and N2 in EM84. 73, Max.
Max Wild, DL4MDQ <Max.Wild@T-Online.de>
- Thursday, July 17, 1997 at 06:23:34 (BST)

Thanks to tf/pa3dwd & 8p9ds(pa0era) for their efforts on the 6m band. Maybe next year we'll have a little propagation? 73, Mike
ve9aa Mike <ve9aa@brunnet.net>
- Thursday, July 17, 1997 at 05:54:00 (BST)

I thought FOR SURE tonight would be the night for tf/pa3dwd but nothing heard from him unfortunately. WE had many many hours of XATL Es to ve8- ve4- gi- gm- g -f -, All EU video carriers, etc. but did not hear tf/pa3dwd. I (and others) were calling all day/night. Guess it will wait until next year :-(((( also Enno/pa0era had a vfb signal on 10m cw today at 2130z, but he did not copy me on 6m :-((( de ve9aa / Mike
ve9aa - Mike <ve9aa@brunnet.net>
- Wednesday, July 16, 1997 at 03:43:21 (BST)

News from the YM7PA expedition I just returned from TA after two weeks. Our first day in Turkey was used for finding a good QTH. Well, we found one: Carsibasi, a small village on the black sea coast about 40 km west of Trabzon. The exact locator is KN91QC. The house from where YM7PA operates is a 4 storey high building with a flat roof. The antenna is at 25 meters ASL. The house is more or less built on the beach, just 3 meters away from the water. So absolutely no obstacles and little QRM from the direction of Europe, North America. Also Japan is free. YM7PA made so far 655 QSO's into 37 countries: S5, PA, DL, OK, I, 9A, OE, ON, G, SP, YO, F, OZ, SM, HB9, EH6, CT3, YU, LZ, EH, SV, Z3, UR, ES, ZA, RA, GW, 4X, GD, GM, VE, EU, YL, OM, GI, GJ, T9. We do not have any information if any of these countries are 'firsts'. Is there anyone who can help us? As you can see we are still missing GU, OH, IS0, EH9, CT, EI. YM7PA will remain QRV until next July 21st. The operating frequency is changed to 50.118 MHZ due to QRM. The team will turn the beam to NE every now and then. Could we work Japan again this year? Good luck, best 73 de Allard PE1NWL
Allard PE1NWL <amunters@xs4all.nl>
- Tuesday, July 15, 1997 at 20:30:25 (BST)

Hello to all, on 11 july at 0413 utc, i had 57.250 TV from PORT PIRIE in VK% at s9 on winter Es, called on CW but no qso, at least i heard something!!. Temp in perth this week down to 0.@ degrees celsius and ice on the car in the morning. cheers Graham vk6ro in icy Perth.
GRAHAM VK6RO <grogers@perthpcug.org.au>
- Saturday, July 12, 1997 at 08:22:45 (BST)

Re the reports of EME QSO's with VK, please note the following licencing situation. Power levels 400 watts pep SSB, 120 watts CW o/p or 150 watts CW input. If you can work EMRE with that good luck. There are no high power permits in force and non are being granted. The last high power permit expired in Dec 1995. The Australian Broadcast Authority and the National Transmissions agencies administer the 50 to 52 Mhz spectrum. It is a secondary amateur band allocated to the broadcast service and strict power leves are in force. Although the EME QSO took place froma location remote from TV stations the laws apply there just like everywhere. The general feeling is that is these QSO's are not checked we will suffer irrepairable harm and could lose the use of 50 Mhz. If anyone wishes to confirm these feelings, please contact the WIA Federal Technical Advisory Committee in Melbourne Australia. In the mean time amateurs are requested not to attempt to work VK on EME. Until such time as High Power permits again become legal.
Steve VK3OT/SIX <ca126207@h140.aone.net.au>
- Saturday, July 12, 1997 at 00:15:58 (BST)

Has anyone heard or worked 7Q7's RM, JL or LA lately?
Colin, GW3RYR/7Q7CM <c.morgan@wlv.ac.uk>
- Friday, July 11, 1997 at 13:20:30 (BST)

Will be qrv fm KP09JQ during this weekend 12/7 - 14/7.... qrg 50.115 see u there best 73's de LA5TFA Birger
Birger LA5TFA <birger@icenet.no>
- Thursday, July 10, 1997 at 23:44:01 (BST)

from VE9AA: By now you are all well aware that the 6m band has come alive during the last 24hours. It all started last night around 0153z when I was working on the recent cy9aa logs. I checked the Internet to take a short break and saw that ve2th was spotted by ve6xt. "What was this" I said? I turned the rig on to find ve5uf/Doug calling CQ ! I worked him for my last province, needing only vy1 to finish all of Mainland USA/Canada. As the hours wore by, I went on to hear and/or work ve1,2,3,4,5,6, & 7. There was a short time around 0230z or so that I was copying them all simultaneously ! What a rare treat! (Also worked were a few north western w7 ops.) I found out just at the start of the opening that our regional director for RAC NB section, VE9IW/John had just passed away. What a better send off than to open up 6m Canadawide? RIP John. Just a few hours later, I was jump-started awake by the sound of Doug/ve1pz (of recent cy9aa 'fame') working a few SP's in Poland on 6m. From about 1015Z until 1431z I had in-band prop to EU. (ve1pz had it a lot lot longer) I had video in the 49Mhz range for hours, and weaker 48Mhz stuff from time to time. Total QSO count for the day was dismal, but no less exciting as it was my first Transatlantic propagation of the whole summer, (had a partial with eh8acw on June 8th @ 1335, but not counting that one) Most signals I heard working ve1pz or that I worked were literally of EME/ESP quality, with only dl2gbt actually nudging the s-meter at one point. Log for the day: sr6six/b - a lot louder than all the SP's and in for a lot longer-(details on this unit?) pa3fbn, dl3dxx, dl2dxa, pa3gml, pa3fym, pa0cor, pa0jmh, dl2gbt, dl9?y, eh7ah, on4ant, eh7kw, cs1asp/b, fp5xab/b...... Equipment here: ic736, sb200@ 325watts (took a beating on cy9), hardline, 5 el/k6sti design on a 24' boom, @ 66', I am at 30' ASL in a swamp land, loc. fn65rr I think Doug ended up with a couple of new ones and around 92 Q's but I will let him tell HIS story, as it's bound to be a lot more exciting. I noted many calling tf/pa3dwd and/or ym7pa, on 50.123MHz and heard one or the other quite briefly, but no QSO, and I couldn't swear which Dxpedition it was other than I know they gave a report to a DL, then QRZ?-and the pileup ensued. This all happened in about a 15 second "burst". Such is life on the mysterious and fickle 6m band....... MIKE ve9aa
ve9aa Mike <ve9aa@brunnet.net>
- Thursday, July 10, 1997 at 20:58:15 (BST)

OH0LIZ-pedition WWW-pages are now published. They are still under construction and buggy but be patient. Take a look! Address is: http://ns1.qsl.net/oh0liz/
Kari, OH5YW <oh5yw@qsl.net>
- Monday, July 07, 1997 at 07:53:23 (BST)

I have received several complaints over the last few weeks regarding a couple of G stations operating in Spain this year, specifically a G operator who took part in the UKSMG competition last month from EA6. Spain is not party to 6m CEPT agreements and Spanish operators themselves are only allowed to operate on the band with hard fought for permits. Operation in Spanish territories using the calls such as EAx/Gy on 6m is seen as clearly illegal by Spanish operators who have complained loudly and persistantly to anyone who will listen. They see such operations as a major hinderence in getting less onerous licencing conditions in their countries. I still hear stories of 'notorious' operations from ten years ago; certainly callsigns and reputations are remembered for a long time in the 6m world! It is clear that QSL cards from such operations will not be accepted by the RSGB or ARRL for award purposes. I would advise anyone thinking of going on holiday to Spain or France (where a similar situation exists) and thinking of taking their 6m equipment to think carefully about the consequences of their actions before doing so.
Chris, G3WOS <g3wos(at)uksmg.org>
- Sunday, July 06, 1997 at 12:06:08 (BST)

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john g6yin <g6yin@blacksheep.org>
leeds, yorks uk - Friday, July 04, 1997 at 01:16:40 (BST)

Hello, I can today say more about the reasons that prohibit the use of the (broadcasting!) 50MHz band for ham purposes on this french isle: There are still 2 TV transmitters, in the two main towns of the island: - Ajaccio (JN41JS), Channel L4, video 63,.5MHz (+ 20/12 line offset), sound 57.25MHz (AM - its the plague, but...), 8kW EIRP. - Bastia (JN42QQ), Channel L2, video 55.75MHz, sound 49.25MHz (AM), 17kW EIRP. They are both transmitting ideo-encripted commercial 'Canal +' programme. The use of the Band 1 for TV transmission is the low-cost choice in this mountaineous area...  If you want to activate this isle, maybe the only way is to give every corsican home a Sat equipment, HI. Or wait till enough UHF repeaters are operational there. 73 de Gerard F1FSH
Gerard, F1FSH <F1FSH@aol.com>
- Thursday, July 03, 1997 at 16:27:40 (BST)

JO64GX will be activated by OZ9EDR/P July 5-6th 14-14UTC. Same 1kw and beams on 50.160 as our other call OZ5W. Skeds in realtime via GSM +45 40 71 77 67 or internet mail to SMS: 40717767@note.sonofon.dk
Palle, OZ1RH <pph@csc.dk>
- Thursday, July 03, 1997 at 15:19:56 (BST)

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- Thursday, August 15, 1996 at 12:57:19 (BST)

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