GW4VXE's Station Diary

Got on for the last 20 mins or so of the Commonwealth Contest - nice to work the usual VK suspects as well as Tony ZL2AGY. Conditions quite fluttery, although VL6T (VK6VZ) was strong with little flutter.

Bands seemed quite poor after we got back from a Mother's Day lunch up at Tafarn Sinc (car park very muddy and we got stuck and had to be pulled out!). 18MHz was interesting though and made a few nice QSOs including FG/F5HRY and then a nice chat with Peter W0SA in Minnesota. Peter's a retired doc from the Mayo Clinic and was running about 500W to a 43ft vertical.

Evening tune around was mostly on 20m. FH/UR9IDX was a bit weak and watery, but completed. Nice to work WB0RLJ from another POTA activation and Cathy W4CMG operating for the WWA-YL award.