Monday, 20 February 2012

Spotted all over the world!!!

I spent the whole of yesterday glued to my rig. Not because there was any major DX or because of any contests, but purely because of the fun I was having. Now this hasnt happened to me in quite a bit.

I had been using a Xmas pressie I got from Tony ( the hubbie). I had been using PSK31 on 40m all along with a dipole antenna, but was getting tired of the variation of stations I was receiving. Tony swapped the antennas, the beam was connected to the Kenwood and the dipole temporarily placed in the Icom. I couldn't believe the increase in activity on the bands!

There were many firsts for me yesterday including using all of the bands 20-6m. I was elated, the amount of calls to be answered, so much so that at one point the waterfall looked like a swimming pool, signals everywhere!

A major first for me was the use of 30m, a band that I had never considered using previously but I was pleasently surprised at the amount of ops on seeking contacts. I had great fun and was like a child at Xmas.

The only drawback for me was having to collect DXCC'S from the beginning all over again as no doubt I shall be looking for a digi award into the future. The biggest surprise to me though was seeing the map on psk reporter highlighted with a rainbow of colors from all parts of the globe !! I was in my element!

In all I made close to 70 contacts yesterday on PSK, my furthest being Brazil and Argentina. It was a really fun radio day, wih my signal being spotted all over the world!

4 comments:

  1. Well done Lisa and welcome back to the bands, its awhile since you were active so maybe this will be a new boost for the GSB! enjoy data and keep collecting that DX :)

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    1. It's been a while since I was this active defo, and guess where I am as I reply to this??? That's right, in the middle of macro ing my life away lolol

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  2. PSK is a great mode and as you said when you see the waterfall all packed it is a great feeling. Good to see the ham bug has bitten again.....

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  3. Yes PSK can be very enjoyable. And welcome to 30 metres Lisa. Now all you need to do is learn the code !!

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