2017 VK-TT All SoapBox vk2aoj portable trans tasman 2017.log SOAPBOX: 40MTRS WAS BAD NO ONEON IT vk2atztt log.txt SOAPBOX: 40 METRES A DEAD LOSS. CW AND SSB PRODUCED A HANDFULL OF CONTACTS. SOAPBOX: 80 METRES WAS THE MONEY BAND WITH THE BULK OF OUR CONTACTS FROM THERE SOAPBOX: 160 WAS SPASMODIC BUT PROVIDED GOOD COPY AND GOOD OPPS. SOAPBOX: ALL IN ALL WAS AN ENTERTAINING NIGHT. vk2feng.log SOAPBOX: TRANSMITTER: TS480HX @ 5W PEP OUTPUT SOAPBOX: ANTENNA: 80M OCF DIPOLE (80 & 40M) vk2mb.log SOAPBOX: WE OPERATED THE TRANS TASMAN CONTEST PORTABLE WHILST CAMPING AT THE SOAPBOX: SUGEE BAG CREEK - SCOUT CAMPING GROUND AT CENTRAL MANGROVE. SOAPBOX: - GREAT TIME HAD BY ALL. GREAT RADIO, FOOD AND COMPANY. vk2mt.log SOAPBOX: 6 HOUR COMPETITIONS ARE ALWAYS ENJOYABLE. SOAPBOX: HAD ONLY JUST FLOWN BACK FROM NEW ZEALAND LAST NIGHT, SO A GOOD COINCIDENCE! SOAPBOX: RADIO: ICOM IC-7600 ANTENNA: RANDOM LENGTH LONG WIRE WITH REMOTE ATU. SOAPBOX: ONLY OPERATED ON 80M AS ANTENNA WON'T TUNE FOR 160M & 40M SEEMED RATHER DEAD FOR VK/ZL. SOAPBOX: BAND CONDITIONS WERE REASONABLE, STRENGTH 2-3 OF NOISE. SOAPBOX: STATIC CRASHES INCREASED, THEN HALFWAY THRU STRONG HETRODYNE-TYPE NOISES SPREAD AROUND 3.6MHZ. SOAPBOX: THE BAND NOISE & STATIC CRASHES ABATED FOR THE LAST HOUR. vk2qn.log SOAPBOX: TRANS-TASMAN LOW BANDS CONTEST LOG SOAPBOX: !!! ALL CONTACTS WERE MADE USING SSB !!! vk2ttl-ttlb2017.log SOAPBOX: THANKS FOR THE CONTEST. SOAPBOX: THERE WAS REASONABLE STORM STACTIC THIS EVENING FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS SOAPBOX: TRIED 160M , COULD HEAR SEVERAL STATIONS, BUT THE 80M DIPOLE NOT GOOD SOAPBOX: ENOUGH FOR OTHERS TO HEAR ME OVER THEIR NOISE. SOAPBOX: IC7300 100W ALONG 60M COAX TO A FAN DI-POLE BETWEEN GUMS. 73S SOAPBOX: LOCATOR QG60NR vk2zk.log SOAPBOX: TRANS TASMAN 2017 LOG vk3cab.log SOAPBOX: VERY CHARACTER BUILDING AS THE TEMPERATURE IN THE SHACK WAS AROUND 12C SOAPBOX: I NOTICE THAT THE LOG FILE FOR THIS CONTEST IS SHOWING UP AS 'VKTTRTTY' - IS THA vk3frctranstas log.txt SOAPBOX: HI TRENT & ALAN. THANK YOU FOR A MOST ENJOYABLE CONTEST. THE BANDS SOAPBOX: APPERED TO BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION, UNTIL THE 40 METRE BAND CLOSED, SOAPBOX: THE ACTIVITY THOUGOUT THE EVENING WAS ABOVE AVERAGE AND FEEL SURE SOAPBOX: EVERYONE ENJOYED THE CONTEST. THANKS AGAIN. ROY. SOAPBOX: PS THANKS ALAN FOR BEING THE FIRST IN MY LOG. vk4adc.log SOAPBOX: HINDERED BY POWER LINE NOISE AT S9 ON 80M, PRESENT ONLY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A RA SOAPBOX: SURPRISED AT THE LACK OF STATIONS RETURNING TO 40M IN 2ND AND 3RD BLOCKS DESPITE SOAPBOX: TRIED HARD BUT THE QRN WON. vk4hh.log SOAPBOX: ACTIVITY WAS NOTICEABLY REDUCED IN THE 2ND HALF OF EACH 2HR SESSION. SOAPBOX: 40M ACTIVITY WAS NON-EXISTANT AFTER THE 1ST 2 HR SESSION. vk4na.log SOAPBOX: HOME STATION vk5pas.log SOAPBOX: OPERATED PORTABLE FROM TOTNESS RECREATION PARK. vk6qm.log SOAPBOX: GREAT CONTEST CONDITONS A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE HOPFULY BETTER NEXT YEAR SOAPBOX: THANKS GERARD VK6QM vk6tv.log SOAPBOX: OPERATING FROM YOUNG NSW vk7jgd.log SOAPBOX: THANKS FOR ANOTHER TT CONTEST SOAPBOX: A BIT ON THE NOISY QRN SIDE BUT STILL FUN SOAPBOX: I HEARD A LOT MORE STATIONS THAN COULD HEAR ME SOAPBOX: PARTICULARLY ZLS AND VK6S CHEERS GARRYVK7JGD vk7vh.log SOAPBOX: BAND CONDITIONS WERE VERY POOR, STILL HAD A GOOD TIME. SOAPBOX: GREAT TO WORK SOME OF THE CONTEST STALLWARTS!! SOAPBOX: I WOULD SUGGEST A FORMAT CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR. SOAPBOX: 40M IS ALWAYS DEAD AFTER 7.00PM LOCAL TIME. SOAPBOX: CONSIDER AN 80M ONLY CONTEST, JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS!! vk8hpb.log SOAPBOX: HIGH NOISE LEVEL WITH JA IND YB ONLY STATIONS HEARD. BUT PERCERVERERED SOAPBOX: TO GET THE ULTIMATE HIGH SCORE. BE BACK NEXT YEAR. zl1ye.log SOAPBOX: NOT MUCH TIME AVAILABLE THIS YEAR SO CAME ON WITH PLAN TO HAND OUT POINTS. SOAPBOX: HOPE EVERYONE HAD FUN. RUNNING WITH TS570D AND SEVERAL DIPOLES FOR SOAPBOX: 80 AND 40 METRES zl3vz.log SOAPBOX: OPERATED PORTABLE FROM A PLATEAU AT ST ARNAUD (LAKE ROTOITI), RE68JF. zl4rmf.log SOAPBOX: 40M DISAPEARED EARLY, 80 & 160 PICKED UP AS THE NIGHT CONTINUED. SOAPBOX: GREAT FUN!