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F1RAD - Yvan

Today I was working from home. I was presenting a meeting via Teams, and during that time, on the radio PC next to me, Asian Turkey (towards Ankara) was coming in on 144 MHz (via Sporadic-E).
When I was finally able to cut the meeting short, only a few I’s and SV’s were left...
I'm furious!

But on the bright side, I did manage to hear for 2 periods UA4ALU in LN29 (about 2900 km), a double-hop Es I think.

#hamradio#144MHz#2m
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Jake Averill

Last week, I activated the #SOTA summit of Moel Gyw. This time I was going to give #23cm a proper go and I could see a few others had similar plans.
Armed with my FT-857, SG-Lab transverter, loads of suncream and no idea on how I was going to connect and mount the gear when I got there, I set off.
Parking was a pain, and it took some trial and error at the top, but I made 9 QSOs on 23cm with the PCB antenna and 2w! After that, I moved to #2m which was good fun as usual. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

A coax cable with crocodile clips is attached to a driven element of a 3 element 2m yagi (SOTABEAM). The braid has almost totally disconnected from the crocodile clip, only holding on by two strands.
A trig point (painted white) has a fibreglass mast tied to it, with a radio sat on the top of the trig point. A messy run of cables runs up the mast to a metal box, with a yellow antenna attached to it. This is the SG-lab transverter with 2 element PCB antenna. The transverter is held to the mast using a velcro strap. This is as dodgy as it sounds.
Alternative view of the trig point with the Yaesu FT-857 clearly in view. The fibreglass mast is behind the radio. The messy cables running up the mast to the SG-Lab transverter probably looks even worse than the other photo. The transverter (silver metal box) and PCB antenna are visible at the top of the photo.
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Jake Averill

Today, a walk to Ruabon Moors trig point, AKA Ruabon Mountain South trig point with my good friend @DafyddJack. It was a long one, and we had to make our own path for the last part up to the trig, but it was worth it. Played a little bit of radio when we got there, and managed a handheld to handheld QSO on #2m with a #SOTA station on Scafell Pike. Video to follow. What a great day! Betty the dog is pictured enjoying the walk. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #VHF

A dirt track through moorland. Betty the dog is in the middle of the photo looking back at the camera. She is on a lead. The track extends into the distance. The location is elevated and so in the background you can see many miles away.
A map showing a line between Scafell Pike and Ruabon Moors Trig Point. The length of the line is 161.56km with a heading of 178.28°
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Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3

@bolderbekah @elmiller0330 @ai6yr
Traveling with my #yaesu #ht #FT5 #HamRadio. bag was pulled off security conveyor belt and opened.
#TSA agent pulls out my #magnetic mount, 1/4 wave, dual band #2m / #70cm #antenna with the #coax wound around the base.
TSA agent: “what’s this?”
Me: “an antenna”
TSA agent to the agent running the X-ray: “it’s an antenna!”
I stuff it back in my bag and head to my gate. This is the first and only time this has happened.

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Richard W4\G7EIX

Looking through some old photos and found this. Otley Chevin around 33 years ago. My Ham Shack on wheels is a Ex-mod LR109. 15ele Cushcraft I think or could have been a Tonna as I had quite a selection to choose from. Would have been using a FT290RII with a microwave modules 30w amp.

My old LandRover 109 - Mobile Radio Shack
#2m#sota#pota
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Arnie the DXman | HF4

Meanwhile, Make More Miles on VHF reports about #sporadicE on #2m!

Some users of the site reported QSOs with stations located as little as 1000km away 😮 Imagine where the MUF was to allow such a short skip on 144 MHz 🤯

The best takeway though is that 2m DXers are coming back to voice contacts, as they notice #FT8 isn't that effective on such decent openings (at least if you use a Yagi of at least 9 elements that is 😆)

mmmonvhf.de/es.php?year=2024&m #hamradio

www.mmmonvhf.deMMMonVHFmmmonvhf vhf 144 dx expedition make more miles
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