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PJ4C – Bonaire 2012

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PJ4C – Bonaire 2012 by F6KOP´s  Team  was extremely weak on 160 Meters due to Auroral conditions when I first heard them, and when I managed to get his attention he got my call wrong as TF3M and I was unable to correct him because signals were so weak.   It turns out that both TF3M and TF4M were logged as can be seen from their online log.

I continued calling and on the next QSB peak we had a solid QSO.

The first recording runs about 15 minutes and demonstrates the extremely deep QSB and has our QSO at the end – even with 30 dB of amplificaton from the Beverage antenna,  PJ4C almost  disappeared completely due to the deep fading – the station was mostly inaudible on my transmit antenna – the Arctic King which fires straight into a mountain in this direction :

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The second recording is edited to have only the QSO between PJ4C and TF4M.

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Even when PJ4C was the strongest, this is really only a RST 519 signal – but due to my quiet location, I can cascade two 15dB amplifiers when needed to bring signals up to readable strength.

Bonaire was a part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution on 10-10-10.

The political change resulted in four new DXCC entities (Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire and Saba/Sint Eustatius)

This is entity #177 worked on Top Band.

The operator at PJ4C was Kenneth, OZIKY – I worked him the following day on SSB on17m and he mentioned the contact.

The Arctic King continues to amaze.

I have made a few additional contacts with as shown in their online logs which are updated very quickly – apparently in real-time.

PJ4C continue to churn out the contacts and I have now worked them on all bands more or less…

This is a recording of our 80m QSO:

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This is a recording of our 40m QSO:

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TF4M cuts a Fin whale tail

Old Photos and recordings from my Whaling days

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I found a few photo albums since the Whaling days of my youth.

These photos were taken by a work colleague (Siggi?) around 1978.  I took the liberty of processing the images in HDR.

TF4M cuts a Fin whale tail

TF4M cuts a Fin whale tail

Cutting Sperm Whale Blubber

Sperm Whale Blubber

The following recordings were discovered on an old Reel-to-Reel tape in my possession.

These recordings are possibly the only ones in existence from this period of History.

The first recording takes place around 1980, Hvalfjörður Radíó calls the Whaling Ships and receives their reports.

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The second recording takes place around 1980, Hvalfjörður Radíó (2153 kHz ?) instructs the Whaling Ships to return as the Season is over due to bad weather.

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V5/DK1CE – NAMIBIA

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DK1CE is on a DXpedition to Namibia 26 December – 16 January.

This is a recording of our QSO on 160 Meters.

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Note:  I have discovered that the recording audio leads from my transceiver were in the wrong sockets.   Since I have not touched these for months, since installation at least, it appears that the mischievous Elves of Otradalur may be to blame.   From now on both channels should be present in the recordings.

The Arctic King once again showed his tremendous power.

According to this they are even using Rhombics for their operations!

This is my country #176 Worked on Top Band.

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Nice Conditions 02 January 2012

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I recorded a small pile up on 160 meters.  The recording is in stereo, reception is full diversity with various receive antennas switched into circuit as needed.

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Note: I have discovered a mistake in audio connections…the recording is only the left channel, the diversity effect is therefore lost in the recording.

Booming signals from Europe, Russia and the Middle East and even one QSO with Japan.

The Arctic King showed his power yet again.

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KL7KY – Alaska

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The first DX QSO of the year on Top Band was with KL7KY  near Anchorage, Alaska.

I had been listening to Kevin for a long time and was able to make the QSO with him on a QSB peak.

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Arctic New Year 2012

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I heard Ron, VK3IO with workable signals this morning of the first day of the year.

I have worked VK several times on Top Band, but I believe Ron still needs TF so I made an effort but was not able to raise him.

I listened mainly on my transmit antenna –  The Arctic King since it was very quiet outside…

The recording is for 25 minutes and contains some QSOs around 1100z.

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It is likely that this will be the last time Australia is heard in Iceland on 160 Meters, at least in my life time.

It is tempting to connect the Sound Card of my computer and use some fancy  digimode to make contacts on 160 meters as many are advocating these days.

That way, DX contacts could be made with stations that can not be heard, and possibly with stations that do not exist !

There should really be no need for an operator, the computer could make all the contacts automatically.

How wonderful…

HNY !

 

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Arctic Ecstasy – First Ever QSO DU/TF !!

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I have been monitoring the 160 Meter band closely in preparation for the Stew Perry Long Distance Challenge, and conditions have been steadily improving.

A Historic First Ever QSO between the Philippines and Iceland took place on 160 Meters.

The Arctic King showed his power yet again.

Listen to my QSO with Hiro,  DU1/JJ5GMJ on 160 Meters.

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This was followed by a nice pile up, where the band was open to North America, Japan and Europe at the same time.

My country totals now stand at 174 Countries Worked – 168 Countries Confirmed on Top Band.

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Arctic Frustration

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Conditions on 160 Meters are rather frustrating these days.

My receive ability on 160 Meters outperforms my transmit ability by a large margin, i.e. I can hear more than I can work even though I have the ability to run high power when needed.

I have been trying to work  DU1IST for a long time and I am now hearing him with workable signals, but not even a “?” in return to my calls.

Such a QSO would be a historic first ever between the Philippines and Iceland on 160 Meters.

The reason DU1IST can not hear me, is most likely because of a higher noise level in the Philippines.

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Last night I worked DU1IST easily on 30 Meters:

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I hope conditions  improve, this season may be the last opportunity we have in my life time.

 

Alexey, TF/VE2XAA and TF4X

Alexey, VE2XAA – Silent Key (SK)

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Alexey, VE2XAA became a Silent Key on August 21, 2011 from a heart attack, only a few weeks after his visit to Otradalur, where he operated TF4X in the IARU Contest 2011.

From Hávamál :

Cattle die, and kinsmen die,
And so one dies one’s self;
But a noble name will never die,
If good renown one gets.

It was a pleasure to meet Alexey and we already talked about his next visit to Otradalur.

VE2XAA de TF4M SK ——————————-

Outside of the contest,  Alexey operated from my station using the call sign TF/VE2XAA.

TF VE2XAA
TF VE2XAA 1

Our last QSO was on the 14th of May, 2011 on 20m CW.

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Here is an album of photos I took of Alexey during his visit.

VE2XAA @ TF4X
VE2XAA @ TF4X

Alexey, VE2XAA piloted TF4X in the IARU HF Contest 2011.

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During his stay, Alexey suggested some improvements to my engineering  - I have already begun to implement some of his suggestions.

Alexey had prepared to work the contest on SSB and had recorded his contest exchanges into the voice keyer of the radio.   However, he decided to do a CW only effort.  The recording was discovered by chance recently.

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I believe Alexey was very pleased with his visit.   He wrote in my station Guest Book:

…unic place in the planet, unic landscape with real Elves and unic antenna farm. ….In 10-20 years one more forest will cover the place where it was never before.   And on top of the trees the Arctic King with Arctic Quinne will rule their Otradalur Kingdome!

The result of the contest IARU 2011:

total: 1876 QSO, 770400 points,  beside contest 2200 QSO.  Total for 3 days ~ 4000 QSO.

Main station impression:   usually you do not hear the stations calling you.  This problem does not exist in Otradalur farm.   You hear even 160 m band with full daylight days in July!  ”White nights” – is not a problem for Arctic King!

73! Alexey, VE2XAA

Most of Alexey´s TF4X operation was recorded as follows:

VE2XAA@TF4X recording 01

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 02

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 03

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 04

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 05

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 06

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 07

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 08

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 09

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 12

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VE2XAA@TF4X recording 14

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Top Band conditions improving

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 Yesterday – 9th of December, I heard BU2AQ, in Taipei, Taiwan on 160M.

Despite numerous attempts, I was not able to raise him to give him a quick report, – we have worked twice before on Top Band.

Listen to his contact with SP3DOI 

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Upon checking my records, I found that I have never received a QSL card from BU2AQ, although I have worked and confirmed another station from Taiwan – BU2AI.

My cards for both contacts with BU2AQ will be posted on Monday.

This bodes well for the winter DX season, I am still missing several Asian countries – including China…

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