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In November 2014 XYL and I made a trip to Tenerife. I looked for a hotel with a good radio location and a room with ”sea view”. The choice fell on hotel ”Luabay” in Puerto de la Cruz. There was a free take off across the Atlantic Ocean from the Southwest to the Northeast.<\/p>\n

The equipment was a FT 817nd with a small PS, an ATU, a manipulator of soldered copper laminate pieces and earpieces. The antenna was a wire along a 5 meter long telescopic fishing rod, an equally long counterpoise wire and a short wire with a powerful battery clamp for earthing to the balcony railing. The antenna was fed with 5 meters of RG-58 which was wound on a ferrite core at the antenna. The antenna pointed due west. The tuner managed to adjust the antenna system from 30 m to 15 m.<\/p>\n

Most contacts were made with HAMs on the East Coast of the United States. Some were rag chew QSOs with QRP stations, having between 1 and 10 watts. But also numerous contacts with Europe, South America and the Caribbean. All contacts were made on CW.<\/p>\n

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I only had the antenna on the balcony when it was dark:<\/p>\n

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Below are some Reverse Beacon spots.<\/p>\n

Good signals on 20m late at night at the end of November with 5W and a piece of wire.<\/p>\n

At home in Stockholm the band closed when the sun sets early in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PJ2T<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.5<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n8 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2112z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K3MM<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.7<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n13 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2112z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WZ7I<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.6<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n15 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2111z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K3LR<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.7<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n26 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2110z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KM3T<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.5<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n24 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2110z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K2NNY<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.5<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n17 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2110z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W4KKN<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.6<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n17 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2110z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K8AZ<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.7<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n13 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2110z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DF4UE<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.6<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n11 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2109z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DK0TE<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14022.6<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n6 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2109z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PY1NB<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.1<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n11 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2057z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WZ7I<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.1<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n16 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2057z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K3LR<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.2<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n19 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2057z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K8AZ<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.3<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n14 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2057z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K1TTT<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.2<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n14 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2057z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KM3T<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.0<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n21 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2056z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NZ1U<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0EA8\/SM0BRF<\/a><\/td>\n14058.2<\/td>\nCW CQ<\/td>\n15 dB<\/td>\n17 wpm<\/td>\n2056z 28 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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