Opening of 18-09-2011 - ZS5Y

Opening of 18-09-2011 - ZS5Y - FR5DN 2m qso

The general situation :

1-AIS RX

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2-The Hepburn predictions

3-The radiosounding data (PREDICTED DATA from NOAA Air Resources Laboratory)


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4-The predicted data from NOAA Air Resources Laboratory - GDAS1 Profile

HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 368. 0.003 0.7 591. 0.008 1.9 820. 0.011 2.4 ** 1055. 0.011 2.5 1544. 0.004 1.8 2056. 0.002 0.9 2592. 0.003 1.7 3158. 0.003 1.6 3756. 0.003 1.5 4391. 0.003 2.0 5071. 0.005 3.5 5807. 0.006 4.2 6605. 0.004 2.9 7478. 0.003 2.5 8440. 0.003 2.6 9513. 0.002 2.4 10732. 0.003 3.9 12173. 0.008 11.3 13973. 0.010 18.1 16441. 0.015 36.5 20669. 0.025 26557. 0.032 **	HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 392. 0.000 0.0 613. 0.000 -0.1 838. 0.001 0.1 1067. 0.001 0.2 1541. 0.009 4.1 ** 2046. 0.014 6.9 2579. 0.001 0.8 3141. 0.004 2.2 3736. 0.003 1.6 4368. 0.003 1.7 5043. 0.003 2.0 5767. 0.002 1.5 6551. 0.005 3.5 7414. 0.008 6.7 8376. 0.006 5.3 9459. 0.006 6.0 10709. 0.007 9.1 12194. 0.006 9.4 14018. 0.005 9.9 16470. 0.012 29.3 20666. 0.026 26538. 0.031 **	HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 365. 0.001 0.2 588. 0.002 0.4 816. 0.002 0.5 1049. 0.002 0.4 1530. 0.004 2.1 2035. 0.006 3.2 ** 2569. 0.005 2.8 3132. 0.005 2.6 3733. 0.009 5.2 4377. 0.007 4.8 5070. 0.006 4.3 5821. 0.006 4.8 6640. 0.006 5.2 7539. 0.005 4.2 8533. 0.003 3.3 9646. 0.003 3.6 10912. 0.002 2.5 12387. 0.002 3.6 14183. 0.005 8.1 16552. 0.009 21.7 20657. 0.029 26531. 0.032 **
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HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 266. 0.021 2.7 ** 498. 0.004 0.8 735. 0.002 0.4 977. 0.001 0.2 1477. 0.001 0.3 1998. 0.001 0.7 2546. 0.003 1.9 3122. 0.002 1.4 3733. 0.003 2.1 4382. 0.003 2.2 5076. 0.003 2.2 5822. 0.002 1.8 6626. 0.002 1.5 7503. 0.004 3.1 8473. 0.004 3.8 9559. 0.004 3.8 10798. 0.003 3.4 12249. 0.004 6.0 14038. 0.009 15.4 16461. 0.011 26.5 20635. 0.028 26535. 0.031 **	HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 378. 0.001 0.2 599. 0.001 0.1 824. 0.004 1.0 1056. 0.015 3.5 ** 1541. 0.011 5.4 2051. 0.002 1.1 2587. 0.004 2.2 3153. 0.004 2.2 3753. 0.005 2.9 4395. 0.006 3.8 5084. 0.005 3.5 5827. 0.004 3.0 6632. 0.003 2.7 7511. 0.003 2.7 8481. 0.003 3.1 9565. 0.003 3.2 10802. 0.004 4.5 12262. 0.007 10.2 14070. 0.007 13.4 16499. 0.011 26.5 20657. 0.027 26519. 0.031 **	HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 383. 0.000 -0.1 605. 0.000 0.0 831. 0.001 0.2 1062. 0.008 1.9 1542. 0.008 3.8 ** 2050. 0.008 4.1 2586. 0.006 3.3 3153. 0.005 2.7 3755. 0.004 2.4 4397. 0.006 3.5 5087. 0.007 4.6 5835. 0.006 4.2 6647. 0.004 3.4 7536. 0.005 4.4 8526. 0.007 6.5 9640. 0.004 4.0 10908. 0.002 3.0 12385. 0.002 2.7 14180. 0.005 9.3 16556. 0.010 22.6 20658. 0.028 26490. 0.033 **
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HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 371. 0.001 0.3 591. 0.001 0.2 815. 0.001 0.1 1043. 0.000 0.1 1513. 0.001 0.5 2006. 0.005 2.7 ** 2526. 0.006 3.2 3079. 0.005 2.5 3664. 0.004 2.5 4287. 0.004 2.4 4956. 0.008 5.1 5681. 0.006 4.4 6470. 0.005 4.3 7337. 0.006 4.8 8298. 0.005 4.4 9377. 0.003 3.4 10606. 0.004 4.6 12060. 0.008 12.1 13886. 0.010 18.7 16362. 0.012 29.6 20606. 0.027 26496. 0.029 **	HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 340. 0.013 2.8 ** 567. 0.009 2.0 800. 0.004 1.0 1038. 0.003 0.6 1530. 0.002 1.0 2044. 0.002 0.9 2584. 0.003 1.6 3153. 0.004 2.4 3758. 0.006 3.4 4405. 0.006 3.7 5100. 0.005 3.6 5848. 0.004 2.8 6659. 0.003 2.8 7544. 0.004 3.2 8523. 0.003 3.0 9617. 0.002 2.6 10856. 0.002 2.0 12305. 0.004 6.1 14091. 0.007 13.2 16509. 0.013 31.1 20653. 0.027 26529. 0.030 **	HEIGHT DT/DZ TDIFF CRITICAL INVERSION 391. 0.000 0.0 614. 0.000 0.0 840. 0.001 0.3 1071. 0.005 1.2 1553. 0.011 5.5 ** 2063. 0.008 4.0 2601. 0.005 2.7 3171. 0.006 3.4 3777. 0.007 4.1 4427. 0.006 3.8 5123. 0.004 3.0 5874. 0.004 3.0 6686. 0.003 2.5 7575. 0.004 3.4 8558. 0.005 5.0 9663. 0.004 3.9 10922. 0.003 4.0 12397. 0.003 5.0 14195. 0.004 7.9 16577. 0.010 23.4 20669. 0.028 26517. 0.032 **
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Real data only available :

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5-The surface pressure chart

6-The visible maps

7-The QSO's

Tks to Derek, ZS5Y, who was on immediatly after my email to the ZS list!


Thanks for QSO Phil, here is what I copied.

164400 14  -15 -0.1  135  1 *      CQ FR5DN LG78             1  10 
164500  0  -33  3.2  175 15                                        
164600 14  -11  0.1  145  3 *      CQ FR5DN LG78             1  10 
164800  9  -11  0.2  153  3 #      ZS5Y FR5DN LG78     OOO   1  10 
165000 10  -16       168  3   RRR                                  
165200 10  -20       185  2   73                                   
165400 10  -17       204  3   73

Derek zs5y - 18 september 2011.

8-Some comments

Not very strong opening, but we were on at the right time.
On afternoon 19 september, 1240z, i could again rx 5R8 103Mhz FM inside the car. Perfect copy.
Had not the possibility to check the FM broadcast qrg before that.

Equipment at FR5DN :

On 2m:
In "beacon mode", 70-80w out into 17el F9FT-13dbd yagi at 6.5m above ground.
Old PC dedicated to the 2m station for digital modes and AIS receiver (modified FT-2500M).
For qso, i can use up to 120w out max in shack
Mast mounted LNA with BF981 feed through coax, no measurement on NF.
Coax is a low loss rigid coax LCF12-50, with some ecoflex 10.
I use separate TX and RX lines, which make things much more flexible, RX line is standard RG-213.
RX is Kenwood R-5000.
TRX for beacon and qso is dedicated Kenwood TR-9000.

Again, these qso are in reach of medium to small stations for sure!

On 70cms:

I run a single 21 el yagi at 9.5m above ground.
Low loss coax, mixed length of hardline 7/8 and some length of lcf12-50 and LCF14-50.
Power was 40w in-shack.
Mast mounted LNA 33db gain, 0.3db NF. Loss before LNA is around 0.9db!
RX is separated rx : LT70s converter with FT-990, 28Mhz IF.

The antennas used for the qsos:

Tks to All, and see you next opening !

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67197 FMSD Fort-Dauphin Observations at 12Z 17 Sep 2011