[Meteor-Scatter] RK1B/1 KO46di mission freezer

[oh5lid]

Mission freezer is done!

Yep, that was quite interesting expedition to try winter time portable
operating. I drived with Alex RU1AS saturday 3rd Jan to KO69 without idea
where we will be. Area in that part of sqr is flat, so not any hill for us
but big field we found and just stopped car middle of nothing. Wx was sunny
and a bit windy, around -19c hole day & night, just sunday morning was bit
overcost and warm up to -13c when we made set down. Boot of my van is not
isolated so panel of van was good cooler. We made hard decision, because we
taked bottlet gas heater we didn't take any beer with us, so booze operators
don't burn hole setup and themselves. But that heater was too hot and so
much stuff inside so we could't use it. So last way was take wall away
between cab and boot and engine idled there nonstop. Heater is enought for
cab but not for hole car, so that was better be without beer when several -
degrees were hole time inside so less alcohol liquid will be frozened...

Problems...

1st
Just after 1 hour driving my GU-74b start to act up. Output drop down around
100w and terrible noise all time when used, so some bad connections or what,
that we try to hunt but didn't found way to fix. Just in case we had also
150w transistor linear and so we change -6db.

2nd
After fixing period moon was already shining, so I looked from JT44 right
QTF, that was our compass. BUT I DIDN'T RECODNICE THAT PC CLOCK WAS IN
RUSSIAN TIME..... So 18.28-1929utc we beam just 50 degree too much east. I
shame....

3rd
I was really wondering where is ham spirit. It shows that what higher place
is in Bubus toplist that lower is moral standard. When we had qso going on,
more than once, twice... on that expedition I rx few well known dx'ers who
wanted to work with us. If every rx period we had few strong burst, I can't
really beleive that those operators can't hear that we didn't work with him.
Maxim QRM time was even 25 min. If after CQ I start with someone, I tryed to
complete qso also. We lost much time after start qso and wait qso partners
burst when totally 5 DIFFERENT BIG EME GUN enjoyed to show how QRM powerful
they are. If they was too late to answer they just didn't want to stop
transmitting that we can complete qso that we run, so there was really meny
nonsense burst for us what also destroyed same time smaller burst. Really
don't know how meny qso less we made in that limited time expedition due
those egoists, but few that's sure.

 In WJST progam have also monitor possibility. So everyone will thing is it
possible to use that if after CQ u start to answer but u hear that who gived
CQ answer to some other. Just QRX and wait next CQ. Less QRM. U are not
onlyone who want to work new sqr!

Oops, that's enought mumble, let's look our log what is made with IC-706,
Lunar 10-150 and 18el DL2WU.

3rd Jan 2004
  1 1355    DJ9MG     JO52TC 1655
  2 1408    DK1KO    JO53CT 1482
NC           DJ9YE       JO43HV 1564
NC           PA0BAT    JO32JF  1770
  3 1828    SP6GWB   JO80HK 1406
NC           HA5OV     JN97NJ 1587
  4 2204    SP3VSC    JO92DF 1179
  5 1932    DL4DWA  JO61QH 1489
  6 1944    DL9MS      JO54WC 1372
  7 1955    DL7FF       JO62TJ    1394
  8 2001    DL8EBW   JO31NF 1821
  9 2014    DL1RNW  JO62GH 1457
10 2037    PA0JMV    JO21PM  1900
11 2038    OZ1IEP     JO55XU 1271
12 2102    DF7KF      JO30GU  1879
13 2122    DJ9YE       JO43HV 1564
NC           DL5WG     JO52VK 1487
14 2144    DJ3LE       JO44TN 1470
15 2147    OZ2M       JO65CO 1269
16 2151    DL8BDU   JO43AA 1650
17 2202    DG2BCP   JO43DC 1631
18 2213    LA5KO     ???
NC            SM0EJY   JO89SC 841
19 2249    LA0BY      JO59FW 1227
20 2304    OZ1LPR    JO44UW 1444
21 2319    SM7FMX  JO65KN 1234
22 2347    OK1KT     JO70WE 1461
NC            PA3BIY    JO22EB 1915

4th Jan 2004
23 0028    DG6JF/P    JO33QN 1654
NC            HA5CBA  JN97OM 1572
24 0101    OK2MWR JN99HQ 1388
NC            DF2ZC      JO30RN 1851
25 0245    OK2PM     JN99AO 1419
26 0303    SM5CUI    JO89VX 819
27 0324    RX1AS      KO59FX 125 Tropo
28 0329    OK1YA     JN79IO 1565
29 0449    RA3IS       KO76WT 353
30 0455    DL9AN      JO62RE 1418
31 0610    DH7FB      JO62SM 1390
NC            SP2IQW  JO94GM 992


That's it! Where we do go next? Next good shower is Areitids, so we may go
somewhere, but where. Pse update ur missing sqr infot DL8EBW MWS 2004 list.
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73 de Janne OH5LID