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© 2010 Arctic Diamonds - TF4M
Conditions today have been poor. No trace of TX3A either on 160 meters or on 80 meters.
I did call CQ on 160 meters with only a few JA stations being added to the log.
The band was very noisy which is unusual here, as can be heard in the recording.
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The TX3A Chesterfield Islands DXpedition is QRV.
They were listening for JA below 1825 with a massive JA pile up which I could hear well and above 1825 for everyone else, but I was not hearing the EU and NA stations well.
I heard ON4UN and GM3POI calling in the pileup – those two have some of the strongest signals out of Europe, but I was not really able to find out where TX3A was listening or to discern his pattern of listening.
So I did the smart thing, I joined the JA pile up and I made the QSO in less than 5 minutes !
I can imagine that the JA wall must have been MASSIVE at TX3A.
I could sense that TX3A did not really believe that TF4M was for real !
The Arctic King rules the North !
Of course, the on-line logs will determine whether or not I am in the log.
Update: The TX3A on-line log confirms that I am in the log.
QSO with TF4M in the log
One operating position is fully functional. The shack has 4 operating positions and each position can choose any available transmit antenna through a 100 kW Strip Line Matrix Switch remotely controlled.
The remaining tasks are to install panels at each operating position to plug in bandpass filters, install wiring for remote antenna switches and power combiners, install computers at positions C and D, wire up PTT control to the Strip Line Matrix switch (to prevent the possibility of hot-switching) and build an indicator panel for the switch.
I will now concentrate on the farm work until autumn before continuing with the project.
