This year in August I was able to operate as 5B/M0DGQ for ten days from 1/08/11. Although it was low power operation ( 4 Watts using a homebrew 20m CW transceiver ) the results were excellent. The antenna used was a end fed half wave length of wire suported from a 10m fishing pole hung over the appartment balcony. Best results were early AM ( before 9am local ) and late evening ( after 1am local ) when all of the plasma TV's are turned off! The antenna was apprximately 7m above ground and surrounded by appartment blocks. A simple matching unit ( shown elsewhere on this site ) was used between the transceiver and the antenna giving a near perfect match. Here is a list of some stations worked :
UM20Y.... HA6NW.... RA4CY
RU4LM.... 9A4MF.... HA3MG
DL1NKS.... UA3KW.... EU6DA
TK5IX.... SP4OIC.... RU4HD.... RU6LOE
UA4NB.... UR5ELN.... IZ2GRG
UY5QJ.... OM5FA.... 4K6FO
Barry Zarucki M0DGQ
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