Napisal/-a S57D » 31 Dec 2008, 16:38
Tudi v najnovejših SOTA novicah je veliko napisano o našem delu na 70cm bandu:
70cms News
After setting the scene last month, I am pleased to see an increase in interest in 70cms for SOTA activations, particularly on FM. While I personally tend to specialise in SSB on the band, it is a simple thing to try FM as there are a large amount of rigs in use for SOTA that cover the band. A simple coaxial colinear or a slim jim attached to the mast should provide reasonable results, though it is always worth a try just with the rubber duck antenna supplied with the rig if homebrew is not your thing. Usually such antennas are less of a compromise at 433MHz than on lower frequencies.
I was encouraged to receive an email from Andy S53MN during the month. He told me that the group of activators that are using 70cms in Slovenia are very proud of what they have achieved on the band. Andy activated Lubnik S5/CP-012 on 14th December making 2 QSOs on the band, Dobrca S5/KA-023 on Christmas Day making an excellent 6 contacts and a further contact from Smledniski hrib S5/CP-035 on 28th.
I can thoroughly recommend a look at the excellent activation reports prepared by Milos S57D. The links for these are listed under the heading of “S57D/P SOTA activations” in the Reflector section of the SOTAwatch website. Milos often operates with Sabina S57BNX and Zvone S57OPZ and together they have made many 70cms FM QSOs, 23 of these being from Malenski vrh S5/CP-009 on 21st December.
Dejan S56WDN/P has been extremely active during the month and has activated no less than 10 summits. The best activation as far as 70cms was concerned was on 18th December from Grmada S5/CP-028 when he made 8 contacts. It is good to see Dejan regularly posting alerts for the band on SOTAwatch. Jure S57XX/P used 70cms from Begunjscica S5/KA-007 on 27th December making 4 contacts and Milan S58MU/P made 5 contacts from Pasjaravan S5/CP-011 the same day. I noted Dejan had alerted for that summit so I assume the operation was a joint activation, though I cannot confirm this at the time of writing, as Dejan has not yet added his log to the database.
73, Miloš S57D
SWL: S5-RS-001 EX: S52DM, YT3DM, YU3TEU, YU3-RS-1088