[Elecraft] Propagation and further DX News

[Bob Nielsen]

On May 26, 2006, at 1:11 PM, Bekir Kemal Ataman wrote:

> I finally managed to contact a US station (KP4BME) yesterday with  
> 10 Watts
> on 20 meters. The propagation is just beautiful nowadays.
>
> As for the special event stations I'll be running, the callsigns  
> TC150HP
> and TC150DD have been approved. I expect to setup the antenna on  
> Monday and
> start calling CQ on Tuesday as TC150HP from Haydar Pasha train  
> station.
> I'll be on the air between 30 May and 30 June, mainly after 14:00Z  
> until
> the time I get tired or XYL starts shouting on the phone, which  
> ever is
> earlier ;-) However I may not be able te get on the air everyday.  
> So, do
> look out. I intend to call at frequencies around 7.092 and 14.270,  
> if they
> are available, since these are the national calling freq.s I expect  
> to be
> on 20 and 40 m mainly but I might give other bands a try, too, to  
> make good
> use of the propagation.
>
> I'll probably be using a Yaesu FT-857, since my K2 lacks the 100W  
> option.
> However, I am just too fond of the K2, so you never know ;-)
>
> Hope to meet you on the air.
>
> 73!
> deTA2RX
>

If there is any way you could activate one of those callsigns over  
the 27-28 May weekend, you could probably make a large number of  
contacts in the WPX-CW contest:

  <http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WPX%20Contest%20Rules0612705.pdf>

That prefix would be quite popular in this contest.  I operated that  
contest in the QRP category from France two years ago with my K2 and  
a small coil-loaded vertical antenna inside my hotel room.  I had  
limited operating time and didn't make very many contacts (enough to  
receive a certificate however), but it was a lot of fun experiencing  
contesting from a non-US perspective.

73 - Bob, N7XY