DXpedition to JP51BP (Aug. 08-14, 2005)
Again on DXpedition after a break in 2004! Ulli DL3YEL managed to join
me for the forth time, which enabled us to be on for many days and hours.
LA0BY/p in JP51BP wkd via MS on 144 MHz:
20050808 1930 1945 PA5KM JO11WL 27 26 1192km FSK
20050808 1947 1953 DL6ZAU JO40JF 26 26 1272km FSK
20050808 1956 2008 OZ1IEP JO55XU 27 27 653km FSK
20050808 2010 2022 PE1AHX JO21OS 28 27 1138km FSK
20050808 2025 2028 ES6RQ KO28WA 27 27 965km FSK
20050808 2029 2035 RX1AS KO59FX 28 27 1113km FSK
20050808 2036 2038 RU1AA KP40XD 27 27 1081km FSK
20050808 2040 2046 RU1AC KP50EJ 26 27 1095km FSK
20050808 2144 2147 OK1KF JO60TG 27 27 1283km FSK
20050808 2154 2207 DL6BF JO32QI 26 27 1046km FSK
20050808 2208 2212 DF2ZC JO30RN 28 27 1243km FSK
20050808 2216 2220 OK1CDJ JO70VA 27 27 1339km FSK
20050808 2222 2225 OK2ZW JN89HI 37 27 1425km FSK
20050808 2225 2232 DL5WG JO52VK 27 27 1029km FSK
20050808 2238 2248 DG6JF/p JO33QN 27 27 913km FSK
20050808 2250 2255 DJ8MS JO63CT 27 27 880km FSK
20050808 2255 2306 DL1SUN JO53PN 27 27 901km FSK
20050808 2306 2311 PE1GNP JO31IX 27 27 1094km FSK
20050808 2331 2342 DF6YL JO31WS 27 27 1106km FSK
20050808 2342 2347 OK1UAK JO70MB 27 27 1323km FSK
20050808 2347 2358 PA3BIY JO22EB 27 27 1120km FSK
20050809 0550 0556 LA/OH9TT KP29AE 27 26 1052km FSK
20050809 0607 0615 HA8CE KN06EN 27 26 1800km FSK
20050809 0618 0630 EI5FK IO51RT 27 26 1568km FSK
20050809 0720 0730 SP2MKO JO93CB 27 27 1069km FSK
20050809 0730 0734 SP6GWB JO80JG 27 27 1330km FSK
20050809 0734 0750 LY2MW KO24PQ 27 26 1174km FSK
20050809 0903 0913 G8VHI IO92FM 27 27 1232km FSK
20050809 0917 0922 G4RRA IO80BS 27 27 1481km FSK
20050809 0946 0954 G4DCV JO01QD 28 27 1283km FSK
20050809 1018 1023 ON4AVJ JO11UB 26 27 1240km FSK
20050809 1024 1032 DK5EW JN47NX 27 27 1521km FSK
20050809 1032 1040 DJ9CZ JO31BC 27 27 1197km FSK
20050809 1104 1111 G4DEZ JO03AE 27 26 1115km FSK
20050809 1112 1118 G8VYK JO01FO 26 27 1260km FSK
20050809 1135 1142 SP2JYR JO92JP 26 27 1127km FSK
20050809 2257 2312 SP6OJE JO90CI 27 27 1350km FSK
20050810 0600 0607 PA3CEE JO33JI 27 27 943km FSK
20050810 0644 0651 OH7HXH KP53HG 27 27 1065km FSK
20050810 0921 0928 DF8IK JO30JT 28 37 1222km FSK
20050810 0929 0942 F6HVK JN27LH 37 27 1627km FSK
20050810 0944 0957 DK3WG JO72GI 27 27 1067km FSK
20050810 0959 1002 DK3T JO41GU 28 27 1093km FSK
20050810 1002 1012 OH6MW KP20IM 26 27 792km FSK
20050810 1037 1046 ON6NL JO21UE 26 27 1194km FSK
20050810 1156 1208 DJ8ES JO43SX 28 27 853km FSK
20050810 1218 1227 DH2OAA JO42TU 47 27 978km FSK
20050810 1231 1247 OK2PM JN99AO 26 27 1426km FSK
20050810 2055 2057 OH4LA KP20LG 38 27 813km FSK
20050810 2114 2120 RK3FG KO86HP 27 27 1597km FSK
20050810 2133 2155 RZ3AED KO86PC 26 26 1663km FSK
20050811 0553 0615 DL5ZA JO51HK 27 27 1136km FSK
20050811 0632 0642 DC9YC JO31PJ 27 27 1153km FSK
20050811 0642 0649 SP8RHP KO10FF 27 37 1478km FSK
20050811 0649 0659 HA6NQ JN98WA 26 27 1635km FSK
20050811 0705 0725 OK1KT JO70WE 27 27 1322km FSK
20050811 0731 0744 DL8BDU JO43AA 37 27 967km FSK
20050811 0744 0800 SP7OGP KO01AM 27 27 1276km FSK
20050811 0802 0806 G4HGI IO83PL 26 26 1183km FSK
20050811 0807 0811 PA2CHR JO22XA 27 27 1099km FSK
20050811 0813 0818 G4IGO IO80NW 27 26 1430km FSK
20050811 0821 0840 G8TIC IO82VF 37 38 1282km FSK
20050811 0840 0845 G0GMS IO82XT 27 27 1221km FSK
20050811 0859 0914 OH6QU KP03SD 27 27 610km FSK
20050811 0933 0937 PA1GYS JO22WW 27 27 1001km FSK
20050811 0939 0955 DK2YCT JO32RG 28 27 1055km FSK
20050811 0956 1007 DB8AT JO51CT 27 27 1093km FSK
20050811 1011 1023 DF7OG JO52BN 26 27 1010km FSK
20050811 1027 1033 ON4IMM JO11UB 27 26 1240km FSK
20050811 1034 1053 DL1DAX JO31RM 28 27 1137km FSK
20050811 1057 1106 G3LTF IO91GG 26 26 1351km FSK
20050811 1130 1142 DK7LZ JO30 26 26 1251km FSK
20050811 1229 1249 G4EZP JO01GN 28 26 1262km FSK
20050811 1249 1256 G4AEP IO91NJ 27 27 1321km FSK
20050811 1329 1338 DL1RNW JO62GH 26 27 1048km FSK
20050811 1356 1445 DL8EBW JO31NF 27 27 1173km FSK
20050811 1612 1620 LY2SA KO14LL 27 27 1094km FSK
20050811 1623 1638 RK3WWF KO72QI 27 27 1827km FSK
20050811 1638 1704 RW3PF KO93CD 26 27 1908km FSK
20050811 1704 1715 SP3VSC JO92DF 37 27 1156km FSK
20050811 1830 1858 UA3XAC KO85HC 26 26 1692km FSK
20050811 1903 1912 RA3AQ KO85JE 38 27 1695km FSK
20050811 1938 2000 RA1AY KP50EA 38 27 1107km FSK
20050811 2000 2017 RK3AF KO75WO 26 27 1621km FSK
20050811 2108 2150 UT6UG KO50EI 28 27 1764km FSK
20050812 0553 0558 DK1KO JO53CT 28 27 871km FSK
20050812 0732 DK5YA JN49NX 38 27 1299km SSB
20050812 0732 0752 DL8EBW JO31NF 38 27 1173km SSB
20050812 0800 0832 F1DUZ IN97NJ 27 26 1731km SSB
20050812 0849 0856 DL4DWA JO61QH 27 27 1166km FSK
20050812 0857 0920 IZ4AIK JN63HV 27 26 1981km FSK
20050812 0922 0927 DB5WC JN49EJ 38 37 1366km FSK
20050812 0940 0947 G4ZTR JO01KW 27 37 1215km FSK
20050812 0956 1000 DK3T JO41GU 38 27 1093km FSK
20050812 1006 1018 DC7OH JO62OK 38 27 1040km FSK
20050812 1042 DH0X JN49BD 38 39 1395km SSB
20050812 1107 OK1KT JO70WE 38 38 1322km SSB
20050812 1109 DJ9DL JO31NC 37 39 1186km SSB
20050812 1109 1120 DG2KBC JN58MI 37 27 1479km SSB
20050812 1111 G7RAU IO90IR 39 49 1400km SSB
20050812 1111 G4YTL IO92MB 27 39 1257km SSB
20050812 1123 1133 DJ0VZ JO30GN 39 39 1252km SSB
20050812 1133 DL4OL JO52BC 37 37 1061km SSB
20050812 1133 PE1HWO JO21GV 38 27 1135km SSB
20050812 1135 OO5AEN JO10WV 38 39 1255km SSB
20050812 1135 F6DKW JN18CS 37 39 1515km SSB
20050812 1142 1152 DF5DE JO40CX 37 37 1192km SSB
20050812 1201 DM5T JN38VN 37 37 1462km SSB
20050812 1201 DF1CF JN57FP 37 37 1557km SSB
20050812 1232 DG3XA JO43VI 38 37 922km SSB
20050812 1321 1324 G8XVJ IO83RJ 27 58 1185km SSB
20050812 1537 1545 OH6HFX KP14RA 37 26 725km FSK
20050812 1549 1553 OH6UW KP22WH 28 36 824km FSK
20050812 1800 1805 RX1AX KO59EW 37 27 1110km FSK
20050812 1903 1917 RA3WDK KO81BR 27 27 1912km FSK
20050812 1917 1934 RU3ACE KO85SM 26 27 1712km FSK
20050812 2027 2037 SO5AS KO02JD 37 37 1236km FSK
20050812 2139 2203 OK1TEH JO70FD 36 36 1306km FSK
20050812 2204 2213 SP2IQW JO94GM 27 27 932km FSK
20050812 2214 2228 DL5ROB JN68HG 27 27 1495km FSK
20050812 2229 2242 SP6IWQ JO80HK 36 26 1309km FSK
20050812 2205 2216 IW4ARD JN64FD 27 27 1952km FSK
20050812 2356 0011 YU1EV KN04CN 26 27 2010km FSK
20050813 0013 0027 DG5CST JO60DS 27 27 1216km FSK
20050813 0027 0045 YU1IO KN04IQ 26 27 2007km FSK
20050813 0056 0104 OO7EH JO20FV 27 27 1244km FSK
20050813 0106 0115 OK1VKC JN79OW 27 27 1339km FSK
20050813 0717 0721 DF9QT JO30OR 48 27 1227km FSK
20050813 0721 0745 IV3DXW JN65QQ 37 27 1787km FSK
20050813 0745 0751 DJ9FG JO52TD 27 27 1060km FSK
20050813 0754 0759 PA3FPQ JO22XE 27 27 1081km FSK
20050813 0824 0832 F1MPQ JN09SG 27 28 1476km FSK
20050813 0854 0902 DG0KW JO64MH 27 27 833km FSK
20050813 0930 1040 IK4PMB JN54II 27 27 1923km FSK
20050813 1052 1057 DL1EAP JO31IK 27 27 1154km FSK
20050813 1057 1100 DJ9CZ JO31BC 27 27 1197km FSK
20050813 1102 1107 DG0DG/p JO61SA 27 27 1200km FSK
20050813 1107 1113 OM3WBC JN98VG 27 27 1606km FSK
20050813 1115 1123 IV3DXW JN65QQ 27 27 1787km FSK
20050813 1123 1133 DK4TG JO31LB 37 26 1193km FSK
20050813 1150 1202 DL2JWN JO60IW 27 26 1201km FSK
20050813 1708 1714 OH4GGW KP31PQ 27 26 903km FSK
20050813 1819 1828 OH5HCJ KP41EC 27 27 971km FSK
20050813 1939 2008 RA3DQT KO95HK 28 27 1774km FSK
20050813 2055 2102 UA3ARC KO85SO 28 27 1707km FSK
20050814 0525 0555 DL8YE JO31MH 28 27 1164km CW
20050814 0659 0708 PE1RLF JO32CG 27 28 1069km FSK
20050814 0714 0719 HA8CE KN06EN 27 27 1800km FSK
20050814 0719 0724 OE3JTB JN78QN 27 26 1491km FSK
20050814 0724 0736 PD0RF JO32LT 28 27 1000km FSK
20050814 0736 0740 DD3SP JO72GI 27 37 1067km FSK
20050814 0740 0751 F6HVK JN27LH 27 38 1627km FSK
20050814 0836 0846 DL5FDP JN49LP 27 27 1336km FSK
20050814 0926 0934 PE2SVN JO21WR 27 27 1132km FSK
Only complete contacts are listed. There were a number of NC contacts
because the other station did not send final RRR long enough. Please
be a little more patient next time.
We did not know the location exactly before we arrived. It appeared the
cottage we had rented was at about 900 m asl in a wide valley that
opened to East. It was not hilltop, but fair enough for MS operation.
Mountains in southern directions were up to 1200 m, but at some distance.
The horison was almost flat from UA3 to SP, but somewhat obstructed in
others. We had 3 deg elevation towards HA, 2 deg from OK to PA, and up
to 7 deg towards G. This made it difficult to work long distance contacts.
The shower peak was predicted for 1740 UTC on 12 August, but we could not
identify a distinct maximum. In general the shower seemed rather poor.
That is one reason why I did not find it useful to stick to the announced
SSB operation schedule. We had also already worked many stations before
the predicted peak. So I decided to operate FSK rather than SSB in the
evening of 12. August. Our ODX was then worked with YU1EV and YU1IO, both
slightly exceeding 2000 km.
Thanks to the WSJT program (and the long duration of our stay) we were
able to complete a large number of contacts. High activity and short
reflections were most favourable for FSK. We worked more UA3 stations
than ever before. We count 134 FSK, 21 SSB and only one HSCW contact.
In previous Perseid expeditions most contacts were made in SSB. That was
clearly different this time.
On one afternoon Stefan also worked some Aurora, reaching south to SP2
and DL. We operated with an IC-821H, PA 2 x 4CX250B and 2 x 9-ele-yagis.
DL3YEL went to JP41 during the shower peak while I continued from JP51BP.
Ulli found an excellent location in JP41XK at 1065 m asl. Check his report to see what
he managed to work (also here only complete contacts listed).
© Stefan Heck, last updated 19 August 2005.