Per-Einar Dahlen LA7DFA
I got my license in May 1986.  The first year I operated frequently from my clubstation LA6K.   I also operated from home with an old FT-277 and a nearly invisible dipole made of extremely thin transformerwire and fishingline (no antenna permit).   DX'ing using MORSE CODE on HF and VHF has been my favorite part of the hobby ever since.   In 1995 I was very active on 144MHz using 4 stacked 18 ele. yagis with full az/el.

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Current activity from LA7DFA

 

2011: Had some nice openings to Europe 28 May and 10 June. 18 June I heard Z30A or Z31A, but did not manage to work him due to contest QRM ^^. VY2ZM suddenly came trough with a 579 CW signal at 21Z for a new DXCC.

 

 

 

 

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2010 ES season started a bit late, but at the end of May we had a minor storm on the sun. It created some nice propagation even here. Israel 4Z4KZ worked 27 May on 6M CW, and surprised to suddenly copy NP2X on May 31st at 2210Z (over local midnight). We exchanged 579 reports and was my DXCC-entity number 51 on 6M.

8. June EY8MM was worked on 6M CW. I heard Nodir for 30 minutes. In 2002 I worked Nodir from JX7DFA on 6M as well :-)

11. June K1TOL & K2ZD were worked on 6M CW at 2127Z. I was a bit late discovering the condx but managed to work USA for the first time from home. During daytime I had short skip to SM6 and OZ, and that probably helped the MUF to stay high during the evening.

19 June Donating 25€ to ON4KST chat for server costs. This chat is the perfect tool for the serious 6M DXer. After some quiet days, the band seem to get more alive today.

 

 

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June 2009 were great on 6M at times.

11 June C37NL CW, 14 June SV5BYR CW, 21 June E7DX CW, 9H6A CW, 8R1DB CW and finally NP4A on SSB.

Here is my recording of 8R1DB working OZ9CQ. RX bandwith=100Hz.

 

I made a preamp for 6M and was ready to tune the output when my young son found and molested it. Picture to the left... lol.

Time to wind some new coils... Am in the process of building QRO PA containing a common powersupply and RF-decks with GS35b for 2M and 6M.

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In May 2008 I decided to try a little harder on SIX and made a 4 ele yagi with 10.3dBi gain on a 4.05M long boom. The antenna seems to perform well and will definately work better than my previous dipoles and GPs on 6M :)

Worked EA6SX and JX/G7VJR as new ones on 6M in July 2008. It is still a joy to work new ones! I am especially happy with JX on 6M CW as I have worked over 3K 6M QSOs from there myself - Thanks for your great effort Michael:)

 

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22/May-2007 100 DXCCs confirmed on 160M CW, QSLs for 9BDXCC pure A1A finally confirmed!

 

 

Propagation map #2574 EU-036 I use LOTW

4 * 18 ele 144MHz 1995

6M yagi 2008

6M preamp 2009