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The night of 09 December was spectacular. I began the operation with the thought of working on my WAS (Worked All States) award for 160 and as the terminator moved across the US, stations from the western part of the US became audible.
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After a small break, I decided to continue and see if I could get a West Coast US station in the log so I continued on the band.
I think I probably worked all 50 states during this session, I was called by many W6 and W7 stations and several KL7 stations were also logged.
The highlight of the session was being called by KH7C in Hawaii, followed later by KH7XS and KH6AT.
These are the first QSOs in history between Hawaii and Iceland on Top Band and I was really not expecting this to be possible, but the Arctic King and my large Beverage antennas, coupled with a zero-noise location made this possible.
It is also entirely likely that the West Coast USA QSOs made last night are the first in history from TF.
Note: N6ND informs me that some stations in California have worked TF3CW in January 2008.
Note: TF3SG informs me that he worked CA and BC on 160m SSB last January.
I have uploaded the log to LOTW.
I recorded the entire session:
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What an incredible pleasure !
The QSO with KH7C:
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The QSO with KH7XS:
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The QSO with KH6AT:
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All my audio files may be downloaded from my web site.
Cluster spots showed the excitement.
N5GH 1822.0 TF4M GOOD SIGNAL IN MS TONIGHT! 0535 09 Dec Iceland
W6UQZ-@ 1821.9 TF4M call corr – thumbs! 0535 09 Dec Iceland
N5GH 1822.0 TX4M GOOD SIGNAL IN MS TONIGHT! 0535 09 Dec Not Found
W6UQZ-@ 1821.9 TF4A Grt ears! TNX new one! 0531 09 Dec Iceland
K6SRZ 1822.0 TF4M tnx #121 top band 0514 09 Dec Iceland
K7LAY-@ 1822.0 TF4M 3 hrs paid off 0451 09 Dec Iceland
WO1N 1821.9 TF4M Good Ears… 0432 09 Dec Iceland
K5WK 1821.9 TF4M going strong 0411 09 Dec Iceland
NL7Y-@ 1822.0 TF4M S9 in AK – Amazing 0341 09 Dec Iceland
K4SV 1822.0 TF4M Nice sig QRM by caller SPLIT? 0333 09 Dec Iceland
W2WC-@ 1821.3 TF4M 0329 09 Dec Iceland
W2TN 1822.0 TF4M Great sigs 0324 09 Dec Iceland
WM3O 1822.0 TF4M tnx for qrming me 0308 09 Dec Iceland
KS9W 1822.0 TF4M 0258 09 Dec Iceland
N7RT 1820.5 TF4M New #222 on 160 0208 09 Dec Iceland
W0BKR 1820.4 TF4M (UP AND DWN) 0202 09 Dec Iceland
W0FLS 1820.5 TF4M just darn loud 0147 09 Dec Iceland
W1YIF 1820.5 TF4M Tnx new one!!!! 0140 09 Dec Iceland
W0SEI-@ 1820.0 TF4M HUGE SIG…..TNX 0136 09 Dec Iceland
W4QN 1820.5 TF4M 0131 09 Dec Iceland
W4SVO 1820.4 TF4M 0118 09 Dec Iceland
N6ND 1820.5 TF4M QSX 1820.67 Tnx new one on 160 0118 09 Dec Iceland
K9US 1820.7 TF4M very stong tonight 0052 09 Dec Iceland
K0PY 1820.5 TF4M 0044 09 Dec Iceland
ZS1REC-@ 1820.5 TF4M Thanks new one! 0024 09 Dec Iceland
HI3TEJ-@ 1820.5 TF4M Tnxs fer new one 0017 09 Dec Iceland
ZS1REC 1820.5 TF4M 0002 09 Dec Iceland
K0HA 1820.5 TF4M . 2344 08 Dec Iceland
N5GH 1822.0 TF4M GOOD SIGNAL IN MS TONIGHT! 0535 09 Dec Iceland
W6UQZ-@ 1821.9 TF4M call corr – thumbs! 0535 09 Dec Iceland
N5GH 1822.0 TX4M GOOD SIGNAL IN MS TONIGHT! 0535 09 Dec Not Found
W6UQZ-@ 1821.9 TF4A Grt ears! TNX new one! 0531 09 Dec Iceland
K6SRZ 1822.0 TF4M tnx #121 top band 0514 09 Dec Iceland
K7LAY-@ 1822.0 TF4M 3 hrs paid off 0451 09 Dec Iceland
WO1N 1821.9 TF4M Good Ears… 0432 09 Dec Iceland
K5WK 1821.9 TF4M going strong 0411 09 Dec Iceland
NL7Y-@ 1822.0 TF4M S9 in AK – Amazing 0341 09 Dec Iceland
K4SV 1822.0 TF4M Nice sig QRM by caller SPLIT? 0333 09 Dec Iceland
W2WC-@ 1821.3 TF4M 0329 09 Dec Iceland
W2TN 1822.0 TF4M Great sigs 0324 09 Dec Iceland
WM3O 1822.0 TF4M tnx for qrming me 0308 09 Dec Iceland
KS9W 1822.0 TF4M 0258 09 Dec Iceland
N7RT 1820.5 TF4M New #222 on 160 0208 09 Dec Iceland
W0BKR 1820.4 TF4M (UP AND DWN) 0202 09 Dec Iceland
W0FLS 1820.5 TF4M just darn loud 0147 09 Dec Iceland
W1YIF 1820.5 TF4M Tnx new one!!!! 0140 09 Dec Iceland
W0SEI-@ 1820.0 TF4M HUGE SIG…..TNX 0136 09 Dec Iceland
W4QN 1820.5 TF4M 0131 09 Dec Iceland
W4SVO 1820.4 TF4M 0118 09 Dec Iceland
N6ND 1820.5 TF4M QSX 1820.67 Tnx new one on 160 0118 09 Dec Iceland
K9US 1820.7 TF4M very stong tonight 0052 09 Dec Iceland
K0PY 1820.5 TF4M 0044 09 Dec Iceland
ZS1REC-@ 1820.5 TF4M Thanks new one! 0024 09 Dec Iceland
HI3TEJ-@ 1820.5 TF4M Tnxs fer new one 0017 09 Dec Iceland
ZS1REC 1820.5 TF4M 0002 09 Dec Iceland
K0HA 1820.5 TF4M . 2344 08 Dec Iceland
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.
Today there is a light breeze and I took some photos of the King.
I called CQ on 160 meters between 1700 and 1800 local time, still in daylight and was called by 9M2AX and we had the first QSO between West Malaysia and Iceland on Top Band to the best of my knowledge.
I was also called by Jack, VE1ZZ and 24 QSOs were made with Japan during this fine hour.
One or more of the JA stations was QRP.
You may listen to the contacts:
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Kyo, JR9OPJ made a recording of our QSO
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I later called CQ between 1945 and 2051 leading up to JA sunrise with another 54 JA stations being worked for a total of 78 JA stations worked in one day.
Considering that working Japan from Iceland on 160 meters was considered impossible until I built my antennas, I am quite pleased.
The highlight of the evening was when VK6ANC called immediately followed by VK6VY.
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JA3FYC who worked me with only 5 Watts, sent me a recording of the QSO
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I would like stations who call me using QRP to understand that I do not log their calls with /QRP.
I would also prefer they do not indicate QRP with their call signs as this makes things harder than necessary.
It is difficult enough to pull the call signs out of the noise, without the added complexity of /QRP, when stations call with low power.
All recordings on my website may be downloaded if desired from tf4m.com/audio
