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Villi, TF3DX the designer of the Arctic King antenna worked JA7FUJ last night on 160 meters from his car.
This is the first time such a QSO takes place between Iceland and Japan.
To put this in perspective, with 100 W feeding the mobile whip – even perfectly tuned, only 1 W is radiated.
To compensate for the low efficiency of a mobile antenna, Villi drove to the sea shore where he was able to take advantage of the excellent conductivity of salt water. The noise from the city was also reduced considerably at this location.
Congratulations OM !
TF3DX/M
I finished building two new single wire Beverage antennas today which fill in some gaps in the coverage.
The Beverage Antennas at TF4M are as follows:
1: 0° = 320m
2: 14° = 170m
3: 60° = 225m
4: 100° = 300m
5: 132° = 380m
6: 143° = 350m
7: 194° = 170m
8: 280° = 300m
9: 312° = 380m
10: 323° = 350m
8 of these are fed into the K9AY RAS 8×2 Matrix antenna switch, which then feeds the receive antennas to two radios in any combination. Works extremely well.
Yesterday morning I heard XR0Y faintly on 160 meters.
Signals from the Center of the World being heard on Top of the World…. 
Several attempts at raising the station were unsuccessful and I believe they will now have left Easter Island.
Nevertheless, this is some of the greatest DX to ever have been heard in TF.
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Last evening – the 13th of November was interesting. VK6GX called me and we managed a QSO although signals were weak. Phil´s signals did not come in on the JA Beverage (14°) as VK signals usually do, but I could hear him on the EU Beverage (100°).
This gave me the push I needed to finish two extra Beverage antennas today – 0° (due North) (VK0M, VK9L) and 60° (VK6).
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This morning the Aurora Index is at 7 out of 10 but even so, I was greeted by KH2L in Guam, who came out of the noise for a few seconds with quite good signals, to disappear again.
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I am confident, that I will work KH2L as soon as conditions improve again. Exciting stuff.
