[TVARC] Australia

[William De Miranda]

I made a QSO to VK4SX, Australia, 100 mi
north of Brisbane, yesterday. I was on 20 M (14.178), SSB, phone,  at 21:11 UTC. He had a huge pile-up, and I managed to get through with my 31 ft. whip and 500W, after trying about 15 min.  He reported hearing me at 5/9, I heard him 5/6. In addition he reported it was long path (15,000 mi), as he had his antenna pointed E for all his US contacts. I wonder how many skips that signal made?

Also today and yesterday I made several QSOs on 10 and 15M with US and Canada. Both were SSB, phone, 500W with the same antenna. Looks like the high bands are opening up.

73, Pim
De K4PIM


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