JOTA 2007 log

This was the 50th JOTA. This golden-jubilee JOTA was 2 hours longer so instead of 48 hours its been 50 hours of PC1MH/J. The operators where Hugh PC1H, Paul PC1RBX, Marc PC1MH. Bands where very active and conditions where good. There where 2 shacks with HF and VHF. The main shack was set up with a Kenwood TS-570DG and a vertical GPA about 6 meters long and the ability to 'hot' switch to a diagonal G5RV . The secondary shack was set up with an Icom IC706MK2 and a 42 meter dipole antenna.



19 October 2007 20:35 LZ1YG r5 s9 14.260 MHz USB Bulgaria, Ivan
19 October 2007 20:40 EA5/ON4CAX r4 s8 7.084 MHz LSB Spain, Louis from Belgium on vacation in Spain
19 October 2007 21:49 GB50BC r4 s7 7.091,5 MHz LSB United Kingdom, Max


19 October 2007 22:00 PC1C/J r5 s9+30 3.163 MHz LSB Netherlands, Paul ON5PU is helping the Dutch scouts near the efteling
20 October 2007 10:50 9A2YM r5 s9 18.146 MHz USB Croatia, Steven
20 October 2007 16:58 IK5EKL r4 s7 14.255 MHz USB Italy
20 October 2007 18:13 SV2CXI r5 s8 18.159 MHz USB Greece, Kostas in north Greece
20 October 2007 19:06 EG5MGY r5 s9 7.095 MHz LSB Spain Valencia


20 October 2007 20:53 5Q2J r5 s8 3.698 MHz LSB Danmark, Jorgen
20 October 2007 21:00EG2SDA r5 s8 7.088 MHz LSB Spain Saragosa, Javier
21 October 2007 0:05 DP5G r5 s9 3.641,6 MHz LSB Germany, Roland
21 October 2007 1:10 GB2JAM r5 s9 3.662,13 MHz LSB United Kingdom England
21 October 2007 1:30 PC50JOTA/j r5 s9 3.662,13 MHz LSB Netherlands, Special JOTA call
21 October 2007 13:50 GB50FVS r5 s9 14.286 MHz USB Scotland

5 september 2007

5 september 2007 19:00 AN7EB r5 s9 14.222,50 MHz USB Spain (Special event station Eurobasket 2007)

2 september 2007

For the All Asian DX Contest there is special rule number 6.1 regarding the exchange of data:
" For OM stations: RS(T) report plus operators' age
For example (If operator is 25 years old): Phone........5925 "

2 september 2007 17:30 UTC A52AM r5 s9 14.257,70 MHz USB Bhutan, Akira (age 50) (All Asia contest)


2 september 2007 19:15 UTC 5B4AIF r5 s9 14.265,00 MHz USB Cyprus, Norman (age 46) (All Asia contest)
2 september 2007 19:45 UTC ER1Q r5 s9+20 7.058,90 MHz USB Moldova
2 september 2007 20:40 UTC OE16B r5 s9+20 7.083,60 MHz USB Austria Vienna (Special Event Station Papal Visit to Austria)

New radio equipment

Hi,

New equipment for the 70 cm band has been bought. A Yaesu FT-7800 and a Yaesu FT-8800 have been in use now for a few weeks. The plan is to change the standby frequency from 144 to 430-440 MHz.