Category Archives: Conditions

Solar eclips in Hulshout

Posted on 20/03/2015 by ON4VT Danny

Here some photos of the solar eclips today … taken from out of the window of my shack. Very cloudy WX here, only a few short moments to take this photo’s (between 09:05 and 09:30 UTC). The HF bands turned … Continue reading →

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ONFF-213 Pommelsven Keerbergen activated

Posted on 17/03/2015 by ON4VT Danny

Not having my best day (physically) but as my Norwegian buddy LA9XGA always says : “Keep fighting !“. We are both suffering from chronical pain. So my activations are always depending on first how I feel and second the WX … Continue reading →

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UBA PSK63 PFX Contest 2015

Posted on 11/01/2015 by ON4VT Danny

I decided to participate in the UBA PSK63 PFX Contest just before it started. Worked 210 stations and 117 multipliers. Major activity was from Ukraine and Russia. Not much DX stations, only a few Japan and USA contacts in the … Continue reading →

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Back in SSTV

Posted on 21/12/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Almost 15 years after I sent my last SSTV picture I’m back in this mode ! (see my SSTV HISTORY) Been trying the HRD SSTV option but this one seems to have a bug inside. Installed MMSSTV 1.13A and digged … Continue reading →

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Greyline DX

Posted on 01/12/2014 by ON4VT Danny

This morning my signal was following the greyline like a dog his boss … see the way ZL3ACU picked me up :

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40m ups and downs

Posted on 27/11/2014 by ON4VT Danny

I have been daily on 40 meters JT65 from about 1 hour before my sunrise untill about 1 hour after … nice to see the band going up and down … one day good, the other day poor, one moment … Continue reading →

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Yes we can !

Posted on 13/11/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Have been doing some nice experiments on 40m lately. With the nice group of friends we have on FB (K0TAZ Kansas, N7ORY Idaho, NV6R Nevada, W5TMP Louisiana) we’ve been trying to make a 2 way JT65 QSO. With the 6 … Continue reading →

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VK ZL via longpath

Posted on 30/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Nice longpath conditions on 20 meters to VK-ZL this morning … worked a bunch of stations in my favourite JT65 mode … ©2014 ON4VT

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CQ WW RTTY contest and more

Posted on 28/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny

RTTY all around … worked some nice DX with PJ5/OL8R as an all time new one … This evening (sunday) 10m band opened als very well to the USA and Central America. Calling CQ in JT65 on 12 meter gave … Continue reading →

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The first “HEX” QSO’s

Posted on 21/09/2014 by ON4VT Danny

Of course the best way to test an antenna is making QSO’s … And the first test was a big success … DV1VHK has the honnor of being my first “HEX-QSO“. Followed by YD4IRS and VU3DJQ All 3 stations  no … Continue reading →

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