19-TM-001 - Mark

[MrWeetabix]

19-TM-001 - Mark

Managed to work him, JUST, on SSB tonight

Looking for his QSL information if anyone has it....

[19TM001]

Hello Craig, you've got a PM.

73's

[riponair]

Made contact with 19-TM-001 - Mark
this afternoon had a good qso with him, could some one please pm me his details
I said to Mark I would find his details here but not having much luck.
Thankyou

[19TM001]

Hi Ian,

Thank you for the pleasant QSO, I received your PM and sent one back to you!

Good DX!
73's

[19TM001]

Anyone looking for QSL contact information or want it's own to be easily found by others, have a look at:

http://www.qrz11.com

http://www.cluster.dk

73's

[26CAB40]

Is that cluster.dk any good then ?

Trustworthy & accurate ?

[19TM001]

I use cluster.dk mainly to see if there are any special stations (SOTA / IOTA / Mobile) active, so I can tune into their frequency and wait for favorable propagation to come in. More and more stations start to use QRP power to make their contacts, you can easily miss them if you are just quickly browsing the bands.

If I had an interesting QSO I put a "Spot" on cluster for others to see that there is a possible opening for them to also make a succesfull effort in a certain direction.
You can use cluster.dk in many different ways, even as your logbook but this does mean your computer and internet connection always have to be on.

I find the chatbox in cluster pretty useless, always some fanboys swarming around the "Big Guns" like they are some kind of gods, realy pathetic sometimes.

So trustworthy & accurate? It's just what you put into it yourself and how you use it.
I think it's a usefull tool for having a general sense of the current propagation.

On the other hand,....
I find myself more and more enjoying my hobby without even having to turn on my computer.
I just put some headphones on, a pen and a piece of paper in front of me and then it's just me and the transceiver submerging into the airwaves. You can focus so much better without the distractions of a computerscreen even picking up the faintest signals.

Give it a try!

73's

[29LV145]

I find the chatbox in cluster pretty useless, always some fanboys swarming around the "Big Guns" like they are some kind of gods, realy pathetic sometimes.

Or its the French spotting each other

Groetjes van Andy uit Amsterdam

[19TM001]

Hi Andy, long time and good to see you're still active.

Well I think we have to admit that the French are the ones keeping the 11m dx-world very much alive at the moment.
Some of their dx-groups are quite active on the bands, often packing up their gear, transmitting from small islands or from high up in the mountains giving us the chance to obtain some exotic QSL-cards. Besides from some small Scandinavian groups and offcourse some very enthousiastic Tango-Mike members (the exact reason why I joined) I don't see that much outdoor dx-activity compared to our French collegues (correct me if I'm missing something here and tell me where to look).

I often think of setting up some kind of simple dxpedition myself but since I'm a real big fan of QRP the lack of height here in The Netherlands prevents me from doing that succesfully
Maybe I'll have to climb some high building for that and call it BOTA

Anyway, propagation looks to be getting better al the time, hope to hear you all calling this summer.

73's

[29LV145]

Maybe I'll have to climb some high building for that and call it BOTA
73's

Bijmer on the air ??

Catch you on the bands sometime

Andy