Sporadic E in Australia and what can be done with a modest antenna. Interesting. Well done, Andrew.
Tuesday 20 December 2016. Operating from my home QTH (QF44MP) 9 km south-west of Canberra GPO, I made several 6m Sporadic E QSOs today plus Matt VK1MA, currently on Norfolk Island 1908 km (1,185 miles) north-east in the South Pacific Ocean, reported hearing me call CQ on 50.110 at 01:15 UTC 🙂
Stations heard: ZL1TAP calling CQ DX on 50.110 and Frank VK5KV in Port Augusta, South Australia.
My equipment: Yaesu FT-857D @ 80 watts. Antenna is a homebrew omnidirectional 1/2 wave vertical mounted 500 mm above a flat corrugated iron garage roof. 🙂
VK1AD 6m QSOs, 20 December 2016:
| Time UTC | Frequency | Callsign | Name | Report | Grid/Location |
| 1:05 | 50.120 | VK4AML | Greg | S58 R59 | QG62LP 963 km (598 miles) |
| 1:18 | 50.165 | VK4AMG | George | S59 R53 | QG62LO 959 km (595 miles) |
| 3:21 | 50.160 | VK5XDX | Oly | S59 R59 | Angle Vale, PF95HI 951 km (590 miles) |
Post update @ 0900 UTC:
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