2025-11-07

1296 Tropo.

 I am reorganising my station, so the activity level is not so high.

Yesterday, however, 1296MHz was open up to a few hundred km.

I didn't make QSOs, but with my omnidirectional vertical monoband antenna I could hear 9 beacons during the day and evening:

OZ7IGY (of course, it's local at 26km, and always audible) - Everyting else is over about 200km

SR1KOL at about 270km

OZ1UHF at 222km

DB0XY at 438km

SK6MHJ at 229km

SK6UHG at 261km

SK1UHG at 416km

LB2SHF at 369km

LA3SHF at 372km

I am pretty sure I would have heard more beacons with a horizontal antenna, but this tells me that propagation was very good.

Yes, a horizontal antenna system is in the planning, probably for spring next year.

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