Hi George (W8UVZ) and all other subscribers
In February 1998 VP8CTR was QRV from Antarctica - see the very useful
Clublog website (do register and join - its free!).
Here's the link:-
https://secure.clublog.org/index.php - under Club Log Tools in the left
hand column click on Call Tester, fill in the date and there's your
answer.
Best 73 de
Cris GM4FAM
You can On 07.06.2012 02:36, George wrote:
> Antarctic Continent is a bit difficult these days. I have a few
> contacts in
> the 80s - 90's, but pretty skimpy from year 2K.
>
> I did work VP8CTR in Feb 1998 but didn't note the QTH. I never sent
> for the
> card. Any ideas on the QTH?
>
> 73 George W8UVZ
>
> I'm pretty sure DP1POL was active on TB in 2010. I worked him on 80,
> 40 and
> 30m and seem to remember he had 100w on TB?
> Jeff W7JW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herb Schoenbohm
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:55 PM
> To: Gary@ka1j.com
> Cc: Topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: RI1ANF
>
> You have me excited for a moment as I need Antarctica on 160. I have
> already worked South Orkney, South Shetland, Falklands, Bouvet and
> Peter
> I on TB but for some reason Antarctica has just not been there for me
> even though there are always active hams there. Maybe I worked some
> other operation there years ago but never entered the call as a new
> one....but there must be some operation on TB from Antarctica....like
> I
> mean just tie some insulated wire on a snow cat and lay it on the
> snow.
> Drive north for a half a mile.....and put in a 600 ohm non inductive
> resistor and drive another 135 feet for a Beverage self termination
> without a ground connection and you should be able to hear everything
> that comes on the band from NA during the long periods of darkness
> when
> they go into real winter.
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>
>
>
>
> 5/31/2012 12:18 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>> Thanks to some off list replies My logging program (which means me
>> as
>> well) is apparently incorrect and this is a south shetland Q. Though
>> I liked the idea of it being Antarctica as my father as a young ham
>> made contact with Byrds expedition. However, I also need South
>> Shetlands on TB so I'm still most happy.
>>
>> Thank you for the correction!
>>
>> Gary
>> KA1J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> What a surprise to hear Antarctica last night. Apparently the band
>>> has some nice unexpected gems to be found on it here in
>>> Connecticut.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>> KA1J
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