[Today’s run: 4 miles]
I’ve been doing some DXing again. This morning I got through to 4w0vb in Timor. He was coming through loudly on the 20 meter band.
Timor is a long way from here. It is just about the opposite side of the globe. The shortest route from here is at 300 degrees (northwest). I was pointing my antenna toward the southeast. So I was on the “long path”.
He was coming in very clearly. I first thought he was a station in the Caribbean. He very rarely transmitted his callsign which made it kind of frustrating. I looked on one of the DX spot websites (where people post recent DX contacts) and was able to figure out who he was. Later he sent his callsign and I confirmed it. I was intently listening and didn’t actually attempt the contact until after he started to fade. But he heard me ok.
DX contacts listed on my current log sheet:
- oh6ct (finland)
- jm7olw (japan)
- pj4c (bonaire)
- kh2/n2nl (guam)
- lu4fd (argentina)
- fm5bh (martinique)
- uw5zo (ukraine)
- vk2dx and vk4wtn (australia)
- ei4kf (ireland)
- hb9ccl (switzerland)
- s52zw (poland)
- 4w0vb (timor – leste)
One reply on “DXing again”
Timor. That brought up some memories of horrific destruction when East went independent not so long ago. I recall East Timor was controlled by Indonesia and struggled for years to be independent. When they finally got their independence the military (and thugs) obliterated physical infrastructure. The West complained but did nothing – just watched. I was taken aback at the time – that the West did not do anything substantive. It made me think.