Radio station SM7LCB in JO86GH

2010-07-25: I have written a page about my 3.4 GHz station.

2010-07-23: Yesterday I worked two OK stations on 3cm rain scatter and also listen on the 9cm beacon of OH3SHF during at least one hour with nice signal. For more information go here.

2010-07-22: I have now uploaded the audio clips from the nice NAC 23cm contest last Tuseday evening. I now noted that I got two new squares during the contest OH6QR in KP22 and also OH3MCK in KP11, thanks to both. I need to update my square list soon and also the map!

2010-07-21: Nice NAC 23cm contest last evening. Late start because of a bath in Baltic Sea before contest. Got busy 3 hour of contest with at least two nice happenings. First was a random QSO with OH6QR in KP22 (816km) which gave me a new square on 23cm, thanks!. Second was that I got three OH station in the log this evening (no OH0) and that have not happened before. Hope that record will be broken soon. I we try to upload audio as soon as possible on this page from then contest.

2010-07-14: Added som more audio clips from QSO after the IARU Reg 1 July contest. Nice QSO with OH6KTL and SM0ERR on 23cm with very nice 59+ signals. Hope I soon will manage to upload some audio from the IARU Reg 1 July contest also.

2010-07-13: During the last days I have been happy to get some nice QSO in the logbook. The 11 of July I works some nice rain scatter QSO and my first 9cm RS QSO with DL3YEE. During 12 of July I works some tropo and one RS QSO and now this morning the 13 of July I works some tropo QSO. You will find them all in this link, and hope see you soon again on band.

2010-07-01: There were very nice conds towards OH during 28 to 29 Junie. I copy many beacons on the microwave band in OH but not a singel QSO with OH. I got only one station in logbook when I worked SM0DFP/Per on SSB on 23/13/3cm.

2010-06-28: Some text and photos of my 3.4 GHz installation on the back of my 1.9 meter dish.

2010-06-27: Installed my 3.4 GHz station back on my 1.9 meter dish today. First station in log with the new setup for 3.4 GHz was OZ2LD. Very nice and easy QSO but no recording on my side. Hope to have some photos of the new setup soon on the web.

2010-06-23: Last time I visit the remote site I updated the 10 GHz station with the old antenna. Thanks to Mart/SM0ERR for the loan of a waveguide adapter during the summer. Next step is to build the new 10 GHz antenna this summer.

2010-06-22: My SM0LCB server have crashed. I have now finally got a new up running and I hope this server will run nice now. Still the SM7LCB server is down for some reason. I can't  run my remote radio operation either. I will hopefully solve this  problem when I go down to the site the coming weekend.

2010-05-23: Now I have uploaded the sound clips from last NAC 23cm contest if anyone is interested to listen on the signals at SM7LCB receiver.

2010-05-23: This weekend the DUBUS 23cm EME contest was  activating our band. I was QRV at moon raise on Saturday the  22 of May 2010. I only heard one station calling CQ on 1296.018 MHz but I didn't during the moon raise copy the callsign. Maybe I'm bad in CW or havening bad filter during my real time operation. I have uploaded a sample of the received signals here for you to listen to it.

2010-05-19: Nice NAC 23cm contest last evening. Highlights this evening were hearing calls from LA2Z but no QSO. Also the testing with OH6NVQ with a distance of 888 km. During first test I heard him answering my CQ but that was all. I will maybe be difficult the get right time and right position of the airplane for completing a QSO with him. But hopefully we will be able to achieve this in coming contest. Hopefully I will later upload sound files from this contest.

2010-05-17:Back from a long weekend at the Öland QTH.  I have now installed the second antenna rotor with a small 144 MHz antenna (picture/page). I also installed my 10 GHz station again but only with a small horn antenna (22 dB). I didn't have time to complete the new 90 cm dish for 6/3 cm. Hope to get that up running in the beginning of the summer.  I also worked some QSO during the SM-OH contest on the 23 cm CW part.

2010-04-28: Back to more or less normal air traffic and a NAC microwave contest without any tropo conds. So again depending on nice timing with airplanes and the possible AS QSO. I was very happy to get OH2AXH in log with a very nice AS QSO. Listen on all QSO.

2010-04-23: The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull and the following ash cloud has more or less closed the air traffic in northern Europe.We how are active on the microwave bands know that many of the long distance QSO:s during normal conds are depending on aircraft scatter (AS). So can  this large air traffic stop have any big impact on a NAC 23 cm microwave contest? I was active during the contest and I have summarize some of my feeling of this one of the kind events. Last time there were so few flight in air over Europe we didn't us these bands as today and likely such event will not return(?).

2010-03-23: This evening I worked some QSO during the NAC microwave contest. I then tested Kjeld/OZ1FF announced the overlaying program during a contest and it worked fine. Maybe it help a bit. If you want to see my remote setup during this contest take a look here. There is some photos and also a sceen shot of the map together with the flight map. Contest result is here.

2010-03-19: When Kjeld/OZ1FF announced the overlaying program Grindvista I found it necessary to update my path and scatter map. So now there is a version 2 of it with the possibility to add several scatter areas. This new page together with the program give nice overview see this example. Thanks Kjeld  for the nice research regarding an overlay program!

2010-02-23: February NAC mw contest done with all stations in  log except for SM6AFV. More stations QRV but conds were to bad to get more in the logbook this evening. All snow seems to take down the conds completely!

2010-02-16: February NAC 23 cm contest done. Nearly on hour testing with SP5QAT but no QSO. Heard him several times but that's not a QSO. Hope to get him soon in the logbook.

2010-02-12: Updated my path map tool with antenna sector lines for both home and dx qth, see MAP TOOL.

2010-02-08: I think that LOGGER shall work nice under Windows 7 but if you have problem you can run LOGGER with DOSBOX (maybe only 64-bit system).

2010-02-06: New MAP TOOL again. I wanted a easy tool to the the path of the QSO with indication where the possible scatter area is located on the path. So therefore I now have build this little path and scatter map.

2010-02-03: Add a new MAP TOOL to my previous tools. With this new map tool you can find your locator easy either by search on an address or pan/zoom/click on the map.

2010-02-02: Worked 144 MHz NAC contest as SM0LCB with my development remote station. With the station in the basement  and also the antenna (e.g. -1 meter AGL)  I worked SK0CT and SL0CB on mixed mode there I worked CW. Not a good contest station but it seems that the new software is working as it shall.

2010-01-28: Working on my new server software but have a problem which seems to be related to the USB-serial converter. These works nice together with my old server at SM7LCB but not with the new SM0LCB server. Hope I will find the problem soon...

2010-01-27: Worked some QSO during NAC microwave contest.  But not so active this evening because of all nice snow here in Stockholm. No recording this evening.

2010-01-24: For some days I have been working with my development system here in Solna/Stockholm. With this system I hope to finaly finish my software development on lcbSerial for controlling ICOM IC706 and CW transfer together with needed hardware. I'm working on the Linux software first and will hopefully give Windows XP a try later. Hope to get back here soon when I have more news.

2010-01-20: My first QSO for 2010 was worked during the 23 cm NAC contest. Nice signals from many stations but else? Low activity or bad conds? Well there are many days left on 2010. 

2010-01-15: Today I have added a new Google Map Tool with which you can display worked locator squares. You find my Google Map Tools under the MAP TOOLS in above header or  via this link.

2010-01-13: I have update my QSO MAP page so you can copy and past complete EDI file. The page will then retrieve the home locator from the EDI file.

2010-01-11: Have build my own QSO map web page using javascript and Google map API. If you want to try it you will find the page here.

2010-01-06: Find my remote artical from DUBUS now in the hamradio internet magazin Ham-Mag N.12 (january 2010). Very  nice magazin Vincent/F5SLD.

2009-12-16: Last NAC 23cm contest for 2009 (audio) went good but bad conds that evening. Seem there will not be any good tropo opening for me during the autumn of 2009. Will take Christmas holiday now and hope for a good and interesting radio year 2010.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year de ULF.

2009-11-19: Last NAC 23cm contest was a short story on this side. QRV less then 2 hours but worked many QSO's during  this short time. Good start towards SM0 at start and later nice signals from LY. You can listen on audio here and see the result here.
But were are the nice autumn tropo?

2009-11-07: Update my web with information from last NAC MW contest. You can listen on audio here and see the result here. But still waiting for some good autumn tropo opening.

2009-10-21: Nice information from Estonia today. It is seems that I got the first place in the ES Open VUSHF Field day contest class SOSB (again also 1:st in SOSB 2008). It has been very nice conds during the last two years (audio 2009). I hope there will be similar conds next year and hopefully with even more stations QRV!  

2009-10-20: I'm happy! I got DXCC #20 and square #116 when  I during this evenings 23cm NAC contest worked LA2Z in JO59, thanks. Surprisingly good result in the contest and many QSO went quick and nice. More information here and audio will come.

2009-10-15: Updated the "UHF and up contest" with audio clips. Very nice signals from the OL/OK-stations see this page. There are also some unknown signals via the moon.

2009-10-04: Worked some QSO during the big contest this weekend. Only QRV some few hours but still some nice QSO to the south. Seem my 1.9m dish is working nice. Thanks for QSO and sorry if I haven't time for you all others. Audio will come.
DK6AS   1.3G CW 573km
SM0ERR  1.3G CW 352km
LY2R    1.3G CW 455km
DK0ZB   1.3G CW 688km
OL9W    1.3G CW 768km
OK2KKW  1.3G CW 704km
OL3Z    1.3G CW 718km

2009-10-03: Tried to hear some EME-stations during moon rise this evening at 1600z. I did hear someone calling at about 1296.045 MHz but I couldn't copy the signal. Will try to listen on the recording again and see if there is any callsign. Else nothing heard and low activity on HB9Q chat page. Maybe I will try EME other time and then hopefully with some better luck.

2009-09-23: Low activity during NAC microwave contest. Best was a nice and easy QSO with SM3BEI without any airplane oat the right position on the "radar map". You find my log here if you want to read/see my results and comments.

2009-09-16: Thanks for NAC 1296 MHz. Not so active this contest but I got square #115 when I find and worked SM5LE/P in JO98. Audio clip here.

2009-08-25: Thanks for nice NAC MW contest this evening. I got many QSO on 13cm. Because of the new antenna or some good conds? Got new square #23 when work DB6NT in JO50. If you want to listen in to the QSO go here.

2009-08-22: I have updated audio clips from:
- OH6NVQ and several other QSO during 2009.
- ES VUSHF FD contest 1296 MHz.
- LY VUSHF contest.

2009-08-20: I have written one page of information regarding my new 1.9 m dish and also one page regarding the new antenna platform.

2009-08-18: Nice NAC 1296 MHz contest this evening and I got square #114 when I worked SM6MNH in JO68RD, thanks for QSO!

2009-08-17: Bad microwave conds during the LY VUSHF CONTEST 2009. But still some nice QSO this evening. I worked LY3V/P in KO05 and then got #113 on 23cm and #22 on 13cm, thanks. Hope better conds next year. Soon I hope there will be audio clips from some of these QSO on my web.

2009-08-09: Nice conds during ES FD contest. Worked my first ES-stn on 13cm (DXCC #6). It was ES2U in KO29NK which also gave me square #21. During 1296 MHz part I got my square #112 by working YL2GD in KO37ML. Thanks to all!

2009-08-07: Installed new antenna for 23/13/9cm. It´s a 1.9 m dish. First signal received was OH2SHF beacon with 599+ signal on 23cm, maybe not only a good antenna! Late in the evening I worked OH6NVQ in KP13IQ 888 km on both 23 cm (#111) and 13 cm (#20), very nice! Photo of antenna and audio clip from QSO will come later on this page.
Now only QRV on 23/13cm. Need additional rotor for 3cm and want to rebuild 9cm with preamp, X-tal control and fix it for close antenna mounting.

2009-07-29: Bad conds on microwaves band this summer so no QSO in log. Luckily we have the NAC contest so we get some QSO in log and also actives our bands. During last NAC contest on microwave bands I got new # on 13 cm  by working SM7DTE in JO75 and SM0DFP in JP90. Hope that better conds will come soon (also during NAC contest).

2009-07-08: New beacon SK1UHG QRV on 1296.950 MHz in JO97CJ (Gotland). Hope all around baltic sea will monitor this new beacon and report it on DX-cluster. Thanks to all how have been working on this beacon!

2009-07-05: Now I got square #110 on 23cm. Many thanks to DM7A/P in JO74AA (map).

2009-06-29: Nice seadut to OH6SHF this morning between 03.05 and 03.35z on 23cm (868 km).

2009-06-22: Nice seaduct to OH this evening. Hear OH2SHF on three band 23/13/3cm.

2009-06-15: Today computer don't have COM-ports, so to connect to ICOM bus you need an USB to COM-port adapter and also the ICOM-bus interface. But here I show how to build a simple USB to ICOM bus interface which only needs
3 components, can it be more easy to build?

2009-06-14: Thank's to the staff of  the VHF-meeting in Knottebo last weekend and thank's to all visitors for a nice meeting. Also good luck to Mart/SM0ERR how now will be QRV on 24 GHz with OH2AXH's transverter. 

2009-06-01: Thanks OH2PU for my first OH QSO on 13cm and then also a new # on 13cm. I also noted today that I got two new # on 23cm last NAC 1.3 GHz contest. It was #108 SM4DXO in JP71 and #109 LY2R in KO15.

2009-05-23: New antenna for 3400 MHz. Thanks to Niklas/SM7UFW I'm now using a 60cm dish on this band. Hopefully much better then the previous ringfeeder.

2009-05-22: Mounted down the 24 Ghz station. Only one QSO during 2 year. Now it will go back to OH2AXH, thanks for the loan of during this time. First QSO on 10 GHz RS this year, hope for more good rain scatter QSO during the summer. Last year I only have one RS QSO in log!

2009-05-20: Thanks for nice NAC 1296 MHz contest. Now I have lift to east direction and happy for the nice activity in YL, LY and SP. Hope that more stations will find there way to the microwave bands there. Else normal conds. Go here for more information.

2009-05-16: Rewritten my first web page with this news text window. Hope I during the upcoming summer will write a lot here about all nice QSO on microwaves.

2009-05-09: Updated my maps for 2008. But is conds going up or down? See changes for each year on 1296 MHz and 10368 MHz.

2009-05-03: New DXCC LY on 13 cm during the SSA Nordic contest. It's also the first SM-LY QSO on 13cm. Read more and listen in here. See also LY2WR page.