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ON7YK - (ex)ON1ABO - (ex)ON7CB
C5YK - C5S - (ex)C56YK

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Belgian / Gambian Radioamateur Station

6 M DX from The Gambia 2014 .

March .

Started on March, 20, 2014 .
Already on the evening there was a gud TEP opening to Europe.
- 18:30 utc first signal where coming up . Worked : HB9, F , just a small opening.
Later on the evening propagation moved East and I work : - at 21:57 utc 5B4MF my first Cyprus and also SV5BYR my first with Dodecanese . Following by some 9H and on the back of the antenna . -At 22:44 utc ZP5SNA and TR8KPJ.
21ste Started -at 21:26 utc to 9H wkd again SV5 also CN8LI , from South Amercia gud signal arived so I worked : CE3SX , PY2OC , LU9HW , CX8DS and ZP5YW + lot of PY stations .
22nd A big opening to Europe started on 16:53 utc I worked a lot of stations all on CW like : 9A , F , ON , G , PA , I , EA6. later to Asia with 4X4DK booming in. - At 21:00 Utc it started again I worked on CW : CT1 ,CN , FM , EA ,EA8 , IT ,CU , PY.
23rd again a very big opening to Europe started - at 15:43 utc all in CW : I , IT9 , SV8 ,9A ,TK ,SV, F , YO , -at 22:09 utc 9Y.
24th I put a second antenna on the roof , my home brew 8 elem. LFA (12.5M long) but not rotated , just beaming 45 degrees .Tempory as a test antenna to see the differents between my 6 Elem and my 8 LFA .
25th Very suprising night ! -at 22:12 just small contact with IT9 , On 22:47 utc there a path open between Africa and Oceania over North America . I worked FK8CP ( SSB ) heading 330 LP ( over North America) , DX : 21098 km ! - at 23:59 utc I worked VK4MA ( CW /SSB ) heading 330 LP ( over North America) dx = 21826km !!My first with Australia !! Direct after VK4WTN , next was VK4BG , DX : 23120 km !! on SSB , VK4WM , VK4HJ ( CW/SSB) signal strenght between 55 and 589. On 26th - at 00:25 utc , band closed. Amazing DX that day waw !!!
27th Started -At 16:23 -- 18:56 with FG , later turn to Europe. From now on I can switch between my old 6 elem yagi and my new 8 LFA antenna and yes this antenna give me immediately a better noise level and signals are much stronger . Worked all in CW : IH , 9A ,F , DL , I, S5 ,OE , EA6 , EA, E7 , and -at 18:44 utc 3A2MW ( CW ) My first with Monaco !!
28th K1TOL spot the 6W beacon in Senegal. So I turn my antenna to US ( old 6 elem ), and yes after a long try , with lot of QRM from EU the qso was in the log at 17:41 utc signals are not strong 529/519 . This is the first contact in 2014 into NA.
29th Just a smal opening to the West . Worked - at 23:17 utc : FG , D44CF ( CW ), My first with Cape Verde !! and 6W1SR in Senegal.

April .

2nd A smal opening to Europe again , started - at 13:50 utc worked : 9A ,EA ,F ,I, PA al in CW .
3rd Started - at 20:05 worked : 9H, 4X4 all in CW .
4th
5th A major big opening started on the East of Europe to central and the West and back -at 14:59 utc -- 17:25 worked : HA ,OK , Dl ,HB9 ,I ,YT ,F ,OE ,G ,GW ,EI ,SV ,ON ,EA ,PA ,S5 ,LZ ,9A , CT ,LX ,EA6 , more than 150 stations in CW and SSB .
6th Smal opening to 4X4 and I , IT9 also worked F5MYK/MM in the the Mediterranean (Sea)

14th Again a very gud opening started -at 17:43 utc -- 18:58 utc to Europe worked : EA6 ,F ,I ,IS0 ,EA , CT , EA9 ( AF) ,CN and C31MO my first withy Andorra ! Almost 70 stations. mixed mode CW and SSB .
15th Started -at 17:21 utc only with EA ,EA6 .
16th Started -at 16:30 utc worked : EA ,HB9 ,9A ,SV , I .

20th Started -at 18:09 utc with I ,F , SV ,EA ,LZ .
22th A major opening to Europe Started -at 17:27 -- 18:30 utc utc worked : F ,I ,9A ,EA ,SV ,HB9 ,G ,C31 .
24th Just EA and I -at 16:27 utc .
25th From 17:19 -- 18:46 worked : I ,EA ,F ,EA6 .
26th Again a big opening to central and East Europe and Ukraine started om 15:54 -- 18:52 worked : I ,EA ,F ,EA6 ,SV ,CT ,G ,UT9FJ with 57 in SSB and other UT stations , DX = 6400km. Mixed mode CW / SSB .
27th Small opening started on 19:09 -- 19:27 with HB9, F ,EA, I .
29th Nice contact with two stations from Israel 4X1RF and 4x4DK both on CW started -at 17:30 utc.

May .

1st Very gud opening started -at 16:45 utc -- 18:45 utc worked all in CW : SV5, 4X ,IT9, 9H , PA , DL , SM7GVF with 559 , my first contact with Sweden in 2014 , FG on the back of the beam . Next suprise was SP5CFD also first time in 2014 .
3rd Short opening -at 16:38 worked : I ,SV ,S5 .
4th A gud opening to the East started -at 17:43 utc -- 19:22 utc worked all in CW : UT ,LZ ,YO ,YU ,IT9 ,ER ,E7 ,HA ,EA , CT . Best DX : 6200km
10th Smal opening started -at 18:06 utc worked all in CW : IT9 ,SP , 4O7CC with 559 first contact with Montenegro in 2014 , Z32ZM with 559 first contact with Macedonia in 2014 .
18th A late opening started -at 18:52 -- 19:28 a big pile up from East Europe worked all on CW : YO ,LZ ,SP ,OK ,9A ,S5 ,SV ,Z3 also hrd several HA stations like HA5JI but not contact because to much QRM . A lot of stations calling and calling nonstop or sending QRZ several times, Unfortunately, that reduces the number of successful contacts
19th Just a small contact -at 17:53 utc with : ON.
22th A good opening -at 18:55 utc -- 19:31 utc worked : Z3 ,SV ,YO ,YT ,YU ,DL ,ON, PA ,S5 .


August .

August , 22, 2014 started -at 17:02 utc -- 17:57 utc worked all in CW : OK, I, HA ,9A ,S5 ,UW . Hrd T77. Best DX : 6017km
August , 26, 2014, started -at : 16:49 utc -- 17:22 utc wkd all in CW : DL , EA ,IT , OM , ER , UT .
August , 28, 2014 started -at : 17:37 utc -- 18:29 utc wkd mixed mode : LZ ,UY ,ER ,YO ,YU ,HA .


September .

September , 10 , 2014 started -at : 18:45 utc -- 19:30 utc Beacons from CT very strong , worked only CT1FFU in CW
September , 11 , 2014 Started -at : 17:30 utc -- 18:00 utc Beacons from F very strong , worked all on CW : F , I .
September ,13 , 2014 Started -at : 17:10 utc -- 17:47 utc Just a smal opening to EA , I , CT , F .
September ,14 , 2014 Started -at : 16:35 utc -- 17:25 utc worked : F , SV , IT , ISO , G , EA , EA9 , DL .
September ,16 , 2014 Started -at : 15:37 utc -- 15:40 utc worked : S5 , SV .
September ,18 , 2014 Started -at : 16:23 utc -- 16:40 utc worked : 9A , SV .
September ,19 , 2014 Started -at : 16:30 utc -- 17:50 utc good opening worked : EA , I , DL, G , HA , EA6 , TK , T77C new Dxcc , F , CT , HB , CU , 9A , SV .
September ,20 , 2014 Started -at : 16:50 utc -- 18:10 utc very good opening worked : LY2BAW new Dxcc , DL , OK , SP , SM , F , EA , G , GM .
September ,25 , 2014 Started -at : 17:35utc -- 17:55 utc worked : I , 9H , EA , IG9 .

October .

October , 2 , 2014 started -at : 16:31 utc -- 17:35 utc nice opening worked : I , F , UY , EA , G , CT , S5 , all in CW .
October , 4 , 2014 started -at : 15:11 utc -- 16:04 utc It seems that propagation start early everyday now , worked : I , 9A , SV9 , EA6 , and specialy 4U1ITU new Dxcc all in CW .
October , 8 , 2014 started -at : 15:20 utc -- 16:10 utc worked : HA , 9A , I , S5 , LZ , F , EA , G , DL all in CW .
October , 10 , 2014 started -at : 14:39 utc -- 15:10 utc worked : EA , F , TK , I , 9H all in CW .
October , 12 , 2014 Started worked in the afternoon some EU stations on the evening started -at : 21:30 -- 22:30 worked on CW SO1WS new Dxcc and some PY stations .
October , 13 , 2014 started -at : 14:57 utc -- 16:15 utc worked : I, F , DL , S5 .
October , 25 , 2014 started -at : 16:00 utc -- 16:15 utc worked : YU, VE , I , YO , YT , EA8 .
October , 13 , 2014 started -at : 14:57 utc -- 16:15 utc worked : I, F , DL , S5 .
October , 25 , 2014 started -at : 16:00 utc -- 17:00 utc worked : YU, VE ( just a small openening to Canada ), I , YO , YT , and late in the evening to EA8 all in CW .
October , 26 , 2014 started -at : 14:50 utc -- 17:00 utc worked : I , F , W ( a very nice ES skip into FN and FM sq. , but missing other US stations because of Italy qrm , non stop calling and calling ) , VE ( in CW ), GM , S5 , EI , G , HB , GJ , DL , PE , 9A in mixed mode CW and SSB .
October , 29, 2014 started -at : 13:00 utc -- 17:00 utc SFI index is still on 188 so I worked all in CW : IS0 , I , HB9 , G , LZ , ON , F , EI , 4U , K-W-N ( US) , VE , DL , NP4 .
October , 29 , 2014 started -at : 13:30 utc -- 16:00 utc worked all in CW : IS0 , I , HB9 , G , LZ , ON , F , EI , 4U1 , K , VE , DL , WP4 , S5 , EA . This was nice and long ES opening direction of EU and USA .
October , 30 , 2014 started -at : 15:30 utc -- 16:30 utc worked all in CW : EA , I ,F , IS0 ,DL ,F , HB9 .


November .

November , 4 , 2014 started -at : 14:00 utc -- 14:45 utc worked all in CW : just a small Es to I ,F , HB9 . On the evening I worked : CX , PY .
November , 7 ,2014 started -at : 15:00 utc -- 16:45 utc worked all in CW : HB9 ,OE ,I ,SV ,EA , F .
November , 8 ,2014 started -at : 13:00 utc -- 14:40 utc worked all in CW : just a small ES tot Europe.
November , 9 ,2014 started -at : 16:00 utc -- 17:50 utc worked all in CW : Major F2 to the USA but I had a power cut off from 17:50 till almost 18:20 so bad luck because the opening was going in to the USA till DN, DO squares . On the evening I worked : EA8, PY, FY , 9Y , HC , V44KAI new DXCC for me .
From November , 13, 2014 till November , 22, 2014 : Just small activity direction of EU and on the evening direction of South America .
Since November 22, till 27, 6 Meter is dead , no one single signal .
November , 28 , 2014 -at : 22:00 utc - 23:45 utc a small opening to Brazil and suprise the beacon ZD7VC was very stong during more than 3 hours . So I start to call on 50.110 and ZD8S answer me . I work him with 57 signal so a new DXCC for me .

December .

December, 6 ,2014 just a few contacts on the evening with : S0 , CT and EA8 .
No progation since December , 6 ,2014

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