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: APPEARED TO BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION, UNTIL THE 40 METRE BAND CLOSED,
SOAPBOX: THE ACTIVITY THOUGHOUT 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 HOPEFULLY 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!