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should you need the use of one. It uses your locator, antenna and
height, rig and power and mode of transmission (yes it has FT8) to give
band predictions in the form of charts. Click here for the home page and explanation.
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Metres was up and down again. Some unusual calls, LZ1146SPS (Bulgaria
All Saints Diploma), LY44WFF (Lithuanian Light House), 4U1UN/B in New
York and more.
GJ3RCV was also very popular.
Most popular DX (three or more contacts, any mode)
Monday DX: GJ3RCV, 5E5A, SQ7WOJ,
CA3JBD, 9Z4Y, 5E5R, PA6IOT, MM6PFT, OE/DJ1AA/M, HI8CSS, VE3GHK,
SR5TDM/B, PH2A/P, LW2DQC, 2W1ACM, ZD7BG, SV6DBG/B, PY8JL, OH2B/B,
OE100IIO, M6XBE, GD4SKA, G3RED, EI8EM, EI7HBB, EA5EX/QRP, EA4EUI,
DO1KRT, DL0IGI/B.
Spotters: LU1EEP, PY5OD, YL2GJX,
OE3FVU, MM3NRX, EA3FGO, PP5FMM, W1KDA, OE6VHF, TA2TR, DJ1AA, W9KXQ,
OP4L, OK1IO, F5NLG, DJ4EL, PD0LK, MM0TFU, EI7HBB, WM5H, VE3PV, PD9A,
OE5IIO, GM8LFB, F4CXO, 2W1ACM, PD1LV, N3ADF, HA9AL, EA5EX, EA5/F5TDK,
DO2SMH, CA3JBD .
Tuesday DX: N8II, 4U1UN/B, IS0DCR, F4WBN, WB8REI, SV6DBG/B, SV1LHZ, RA2FL, I5KAP, ED1YCA/B, EA5IFP, DL0IGI/B, 4X6TU/B.
Spotters:
F4FYE, F4CXO, G8APB, OE6VHF, IK6DTB, MM3NRX, EA7JUR, PE2JB, N8II, WR7X,
WB8REI, VE3FGU, MM0ULL, WJ8Y, N3CR, MM0TFU, 9A5O .
Wednesday DX:
CU3AN, SV6DBG/B, OY1OF, K4JEE/B, MM0TFU, IK3LDL, A41ZZ, OE100IIO,
MM5DWW, GI0CWV, F5NBX, EI7HDB, 2E0ERX, YI3WHR, ED4YAK/B, CU2GI, CT2KCK,
CS3B, 9A7JCY, 4X6TU.
Spotters:
HA9AL, WR7X, VE2ZOS, R7RZ, EI7HBB, OE6VHF, OE5IIO, W3ON, F4CXO, TA2TR,
SP1KP, MM3NRX, WB2JGD, K7VQ, GM8LFB, F5PCV, WB2TQE, IK3LDL, F5LRL,
EB5ISR, EA5/F5TDK, DL4CH, DK2CC, DB6LY .
Thursday DX: N8II, OH0Z, LZ2HR,
EA5KV, KL7SB/VP9, S51DX, EB1DJ, TA1D, OY1OF, OY1CT, LY2OU, HZ1TT, 9A1AA,
YL2GN, R25RRC, OH6QU, LZ2DB, K7BV, EA5/F5TDK, AA3B, 9A2018CRO, UA9CES,
SV6DBG/B, LZ1WR, VE3FGU, UA9CGL, SV6/SV2CNE/P, SE3X, R75WKB, R6CW, K3WW,
I5KAP, ZD7BG, WA6APQ/B, UT3IZ, SV9RKU, SV2HNE/B, SV1LHZ, SR5TDM/B,
SQ7WOJ, SA6BET, R1QE, N2MM, MM0KKF, IZ8RVA/B, HA7XC, EC5CR, EA4LI, D1M,
ZB2FK, VY2CAK, VO1AA, VE3GHK, SV6DBG, RW3XZ, RM2D, R3LB, MM3AWD,
K6FRC/B, K4JEE/B, IU0GCB, IK3SCB, IK3LDL, HA9RT, F6ARC, F5NBX, F4ESV,
ES2HV, ED4YAK/B, EA6GP, EA1ABT, DO6EBB/P, C31CT.
Spotters:
F4CXO, PD0LK, N8II, WR7X, MM3NRX, W3ON, XE2JS, F5PCV, HA9AL, F8IJV,
DJ7KG, EA3FGO, YL2GJX, W5QEP, DG5TF, EB5ISR, DL8UD, W3LPL, VE3FGU,
EA5/F5TDK, UR7HN, UA6YH, RA6CF, MM0TFU, LY4MA, F8BCU, TA2TR, SV2BWY,
R5AJ, LZ2HR, LZ2DB, K2CD, GM4ZMK, EW4DW, EA1LC, DO8PH, W4MBD, VA7DP,
RA6LTD, OP4L, NQ0W, KG0YL, K7OOS, K3AXR, IW2NOY, IK1HJQ, IC8CUQ, HB9CXI,
EB1DJ, EA7JUR, DJ2TX, D1INF, W5LMM, UX7IB, UR4GA, UA9CES, UA6J, UA4AQL,
UA4AAC, SV2EVS, SQ6PLE, SQ5AC, SP4Z, RV4HZ, RA9FAM, R9LM, PD5CVK,
N1AEP, K9GWH, K1FFX, IU2IDU, IQ5SK, I3VJW, I1YTO, HA9RT, HA0LG, F1NQP,
EA8RM, EA1FGS, DO1JTS, DL4CH, DL1HQE, DL1DV, DG4HAD .
Friday DX:
HZ1SK, OD5TX, R1BED/M, MM5DWW, ZA1EM, RU1ZC, N8II, KC1XX, EA5/F5TDK,
S57DX, OH2B/B, HS5YLK, OD5KU, MW0YVK, A41NN, TM220BP, SA3CWW, F5RAG,
8P5A, SU9JG, SK0CT/B, NY2PO, LA5TEN/B, K3LU, I5KAP, EA1ABT, SK7GH/B,
OH5TEN/B, LZ2HR, KP4JFR, GW7HDS/B, G3LVP, F4ESV, ED5YAU/B, EC2AG/P,
EA5GJ, CU2DX, 9M2TO, 9A2018CRO, VA3EBM, UA9CES, UA1ORK, UA0CDO, RV4SAH,
RM2D, R6CW, R4FCJ, R2FBK, R1BFF, OZ7IGY/B, OY1CT, OK0EG/B, OH6VDA,
MW0EDX, MM3NRX, MM3AWD, M0NPT, M0IQD, LZ5DB, LY2MM, LA8OKA, K9RX,
K5TLL/B, K1TTT, IZ1PNT, IK5BOH/2, HB9GFJ, FY5KE, EI2HI, EA5KV, DL6CD,
DJ9IE, CT1DVV, AK4AT, 9H4G, 9A9Z, 4U1UN/B, 4U1UN, 3W3B.
Spotters:
HA9AL, F4CXO, F8IJV, MM3NRX, EA5INF, W3ON, PD0LK, OE5IIO, VE2ZOS, R9XM,
F1NQP, EA5/F5TDK, KG0YL, GM8LFB, GM4ZMK, EA3FGO, AA0CW, LY4MA, EA7JUR,
YL2GJX, F5LRL, EW4DW, EA1AT, WR7X, WB7PMP, US1VV, RL2D, PE2JB, PC2F,
K9RX, UA3RLE, UA3QUP, R1BED, LZ2HR, IZ5ILK, I5KAP, F1DSZ, DL7JV, DF1ZN,
9A3CX, YL3EL, WM5H, KD8JDC, IK0NOJ, EI7HBB, DO8PH, DO4BMW, DO2SMH,
DL1REM, W4WNO, W3LPL, ON7PQ, ON4CGB, OH2NT, MM0TFU, LZ3ZZ, K4OCY,
HB9DRW, F1RAF, EB5ISR, EA1FGS, DO1JTS, DL8ZT, DL1HBT, DK7LX, DK5CCA,
DJ7MH, 2E0IQD .
4 or more contacts for the weekend
Saturday DX: LY4A, OH6RM, NC0B,
LY7Z, YL44WFF, YL3CW, N8II, G0UWK, VA2MO, SI3A, SE3X, S51A, OH6ECM,
N0TW, MW0ZZK, EA5SR, WA6APQ/B, W0KIZ/B, SQ3M, SM6UQL, SE5N, RW1F,
MM3AWD, K7PO/B, F5RAG, ES5RR, EC1CT, EA7AKK, CT2KCK, Z39A, YL1ZT,
WD5CSK, S53M, RV4SAH, OG60F, OD5PY, N4SVC, EU1A, YP0C, YL2SM, W5TMC,
VE3FGU, SV6DBG, SM0MPV, S55T, OY1DZ, OH9TEN/B, NT0Y, N7VD, M0HMJ, LY2OU,
LB4FH, LA3VEA, KD5DE, KC1XX, K8DEL, K7EMX/B, GM7TUD, GB3RAL/B, F6BNX,
F5IGF, F4HQZ, F4GWG, EW2A, EV1R, EU1W, ED1YCA/B, CR6K, AA5AT, 4U1UN/B,
2W1ACM.
Spotters: WR7X, WM5H, MM3NRX,
KD4AMP, DL1HBT, F8IJV, HA9AL, UA9BA, F5PCV, F4CXO, RC3C, W4POT, PD0LK,
LA7EIA, LY5W, PD1JN, G3NGD, N4ZCG, W1KDA, 2E0MNG, VA3VW, KQ4PK, YL2GJX,
S53M, PY2PJA, PC2F, MM0TFU, KG2S, KB4FOS, G7ITD, S58Y, S51A, RL4A,
ON3ONX, EA5/F5TDK, DO2SMH, DL4CH, DL3GD, W1LIC, RA1AW, PC9DB, OZ2PJ,
N8II, LY2RJ, KC8WIK, K0GUR, GM8LFB, EI7HBB, EB5ISR, YL2SW, VA7LTX,
VA7DP, UA3QUP, S52ZW, KP4DRB.B, G7BXU, F1YJ, EA1VT, DO4MM, DO1FDD,
PA4CB, PA2Z, OL5Y, LZ2HR, KM4ODS, KD8JDC, HS0ZIV, GM0GMN, EA7CB, EA1AT,
DJ7PRM, DE7WAB, 2W1ACM
Sunday DX: LZ1146SPS, IS0DCR,
TC7YLH, N0TW, N1API, IZ4VYY, YR100R, UT3IZ, 9A5O, K1RCT, 9M2TO, NA9A,
WB5WAJ, WB4WXE, SV2HNE/B, NC0B, N5MT, IZ6BXV, I5KAP, 9M61MR, SV6DBG/B,
OH6RM, N4ANV, KD4BVG, YC9CT, WA2HMM, W1NRG, W1CTN, W0JAY, UA9CES,
SV9RNG, OH9TEN, KQ4PK, KM4ODS, IU4FJI, HB9GFJ, E73DN.
Spotters:
N4ZCG, TA2K, KM4ODS, YL2GJX, HA9AL, EA3FGO, W4POT, N9SES, IU8CEC, DL3GD,
DL7JV, VE2ZT, PD1JN, MM3NRX, IU8DON, IU7GRJ, GM8LFB, F4CXO, DJ7KG,
EA5/F5TDK, W1NRG, RA1AW, ND6M, KC4OK, F8IJV, UT4IXZ, UA3QUP, K4PGM,
DL1DV/P, W1LIC, W1CTN, VE3PV, VA3VW, PD0LK, OZ9QV, OP4L, LZ2YO, KQ4PK,
KG2S, KD8JDC, K7OOS, HS0ZIV, G0YCE, F5LRL, EA5IPM, AC2AA.
Tnx Southgate