M0EZP Log highlights on 160m
To some extent DX on the HF bands is to be expected from an antenna that can be small enough to be accomodated in almost any small garden. Topband is another matter of course, where the average UK town house doesn't have 250 feet in a line for a dipole or can erect a 130 foot high quarter wave vertical! For most in the UK, Topband will always be about how to make the most of your 'compromise station conditions'. With a bit of luck and persistance you can still work DX!
Most of my gear for topband is fairly old:- Datong RF Clipper (speech processor), Yaesu FT-747GX transceiver, homebrew base-loaded inverted-L antenna with a vertical section of around 18-20' and sloping/horizontal section of around 38' rising to 33' above the ground - this is tiny for topband!!!
Below are a few selected entries from my log:-
For the last few years I've entered the WPX SSB contest, concentrating on 160m. I have been pleased to win the
1st place certificate (low power SSB England) in
2005,
2006 and
2007(2244 points).
| Date | Time | Worked | Mode | Given | Rec'd | Notes |
| 25Mar2007 | 2110 | CN2R | SSB | WPX | contest | Casablanca, Morocco |
| 25Mar2007 | 2101 | YZ7A | SSB | WPX | contest | Senta, Serbia |
| 26Mar2006 | 2058 | RU1A | SSB | WPX | contest | St.Petersburg |
| 25Mar2006 | 2327 | ES1LBK | SSB | WPX | contest | Tallin, Estonia |
| 27Mar2005 | 2117 | IV3OWC | SSB | WPX | contest | N.E. Italy |
| 27Mar2005 | 2016 | S57M | SSB | WPX | contest | East Slovenia |
| 26Mar2005 | 2310 | DA0CA | SSB | WPX | contest | West Germany |
| 26Mar2005 | 2308 | HA0DU | SSB | WPX | contest | East Hungary |
| 26Mar2005 | 2229 | 9A6DM | SSB | WPX | contest | North Croatia |
| 26Mar2005 | 2219 | YL2KO | SSB | WPX | contest | East Latvia |
| 26Mar2005 | 2029 | OT5A | SSB | WPX | contest | Belgium |
| 26Mar2005 | 2018 | LA9VDA | SSB | WPX | contest | Near Oslo, Norway |
| 26Mar2005 | 2005 | 1840 | SSB | WPX | contest | North Luxembourg |
| 26Mar2005 | 1957 | SN6C | SSB | WPX | contest | S.W. Poland |
| 26Mar2005 | 1856 | OK5DX | SSB | WPX | contest | North Czech Rep |
| 26Mar2005 | 1845 | SO2R | SSB | WPX | contest | Central Poland |
| 08Feb2005 | 2140 | LA1TNA | SSB | 59 | 57 | Per, 350w Trap-dipole |
| 07Feb2005 | 2045 | CT1EEB | SSB | 59+10 | 59 | Joe - Estarreja, N.Portugal |
| 01Feb2005 | 2157 | LY2FY | SSB | 59+10 | 58 | Roli, Mazeikiai, N.Lithuania (after my inverted-L improvements) |
| 29Dec2004 | 0008 | UR4QQF | SSB | 59 | 44 | Harry running 250w S.E. Ukraine (Zaporozh, Pologu) |
| 13Dec2004 | 2055 | SM6DOI | SSB | 59+10 | 55 | Stan, Nr Gothenberg - using TX:vertical@50m and Rx: 6 x Beverage@60m! |
