LA0BY Perseids activity 2009 from JO59FW/IX
Below is the list of complete contacts made.
LA0BY in JO59FW wkd via MS on 144 MHz:
20090809 1225 1300 RX3AGD/1 KP62JR 27 27 FSK 1224km random
20090810 1012 1037 S57SU JN76BD 47 38 FSK 1552km
20090811 0625 0635 YO/HA5KFV KN26TR 37 26 FSK 1772km random
20090812 0237 0256 S57TW JN75EX 28 27 FSK 1573km random
20090812 0303 0306 LY2WR KO24FO 38 37 FSK 1026km random
20090812 0312 0318 S54T JN75EW 36 26 FSK 1578km
20090812 0327 0335 HE8FAP JN47PH 28 27 FSK 1406km
20090812 0426 0430 HA6VV/p JN97WV 27 26 FSK 1471km random
20090812 0442 DK3EE JO41GU 37 37 SSB 907km random
20090812 0442 DA0Y JN48MB 38 37 SSB 1324km random
20090812 0600 0640 SP6NVN JO81CJ 26 26 FSK 1015km
20090812 0700 0720 PA3ECU JO32CF 28 27 FSK 896km random
20090812 0800 0803 G0KPW JO02RF 38 38 SSB 1021km random
20090812 0855 S56P JN76PO 38 27 SSB 1516km random
20090812 0925 0930 DH8IAT JN49GC 28 26 FSK 1211km random
20090812 0930 1002 IK2CFR/1 JN43BX 26 27 FSK 1781km 50W & 9-ele
20090812 1008 1030 F6BEG JN25JS 28 26 FSK 1619km
20090812 1124 1140 DH4FAJ JN49EX 27 26 FSK 1115km random
20090812 1150 1102 OH6NVQ KP13IP 27 38 FSK 763km random
20090812 1218 1225 OH6KTL KP02OJ 39 27 FSK 637km random
20090812 1225 1230 IK4PMB JN54MM 28 36 FSK 1715km
20090812 1338 1350 OE1ILW/3 JN77XX 27 26 FSK 1376km random
20090813 0826 0841 HA5CRX JN97KP 28 26 FSK 1472km
20090813 1017 1035 S51AT JN75GW 28 26 FSK 1580km
20090813 2027 2041 HA0DU KN07VN 36 27 FSK 1560km 50W & 4x11ele
20090814 0915 0958 YP2U KN05OS 26 26 FSK 1728km 50W & 10 ele
Equipment JO59FW: 500W and 9-ele Yagi (EIRP 13 kW), 100m asl
LA0BY in JO59IX wkd via MS on 144 MHz:
20090812 1735 1742 UA3WM KO72QI 27 27 FSK 1732km random
20090812 1746 1751 RZ3AED KO86RD 27 27 FSK 1618km random
20090812 1757 1834 UA3AVR KO85VS 27 26 FSK 1655km 50W
20090812 1907 1915 RD3YA KO62RW 27 27 FSK 1591km
20090812 1935 2003 UR3EE KN88BB 27 26 FSK 2102km
20090812 2005 2022 RA1OFH LP31HG 37 26 FSK 1939km
20090812 2025 2109 UR4LQ KO80BC 37 37 FSK 1937km
20090812 2109 2126 UR6EC KN88BB 27 26 FSK 2102km
20090812 2130 2158 UT7QF KN77MV 26 26 FSK 2063km
20090812 2305 2317 LZ9X KN32AS 39 27 FSK 2177km random
20090812 2324 2328 UT2UB KO40UO 38 27 FSK 1582km random
20090812 2355 2400 I3VWK JN55VR 27 27 FSK 1586km random
hrd: RA3QTT, UT1EA/p, RA3LE, RA3LBW, UT8AL, RK3AF, RW3PX, UA3PTW, EW2CD/1, IC8TEM
Equipment JO59IX: 200W and 2 x 9-ele Yagi (EIRP 10 kW), 500m asl
It was again great fun to experience the Perseids with good equipment, after my poor setup in JN02SV
last year. My focus was rather on working new squares and long distance than working "everybody". I
operated partly from home (FW), but during the predicted maximum from my hilltop location (IX) which
has much better take-off. From there I was beaming almost exclusively to East as the shower efficiency
should be best according to MS-Soft.
I was very happy with the result, 8 new squares and lots of good contacts. Activity was very good,
particularly from UA/UT. Special thanks to IK2CFR/1 for his 50W operation from a rare square, RA1OFH
for giving me a new field (LP) and square, and of course to all DXpeditions making it more attractive
to work MS in the Perseids.
This year I did not spend much time on SSB, although I still think this mode is good fun and the best
fit for the long Perseids burns. The number of stations operating in FSK is just overwhelmingly larger,
and new squares are almost never to be found in SSB these days. Thanks to Erwin DK5EW my signal as
received by him is now on YouTube, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42EXuIEKAc.
Like many times earlier, I noticed considerable frustration (on the ON4KST chat) about not knowing
if a contact was complete in FSK. For my DXpeditions in previous years I have received several QSL
cards from people who believed they had a valid QSO, but in fact had not. If both parties have Internet
access at QSO time, a confirmation is often given online, but this is not the way it should be.
DXpeditions not always have Internet access, and if may divert attention from the radio. I believe the
IARU R1 requirements for a valid contact are not helpful for FSK (WSJT). Presently an exchange of RRR
on both sides is not required, receiving RRR on one side and R-report on the other is sufficient.
Hence very rarely a station attempts to send RRR on the second side. Perhaps the IARU R1 requirement
should be changed: Why not make reception of RRR on both sides mandatory? The WSJT program is robust
and efficient enough to tolerate this additional step. So this is my suggestion to the MS community.
© Stefan Heck, last updated 16 August 2009.