To send me a VHF DX Alert:
SMS: +353872388634

QSL info:
David Cawley, Glenisland,
Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland

VHF     50MHz     144MHz         

e-mail: [email protected]

Last Update: 8th September

Hi,

I put together this website to try and encourage EI radio experimenters to become active on the VHF bands. Between May and August 50MHz (6m band) will be open to Europe almost everyday. A lot of the time the signals are worked easily with a small dipole and a few watts. You do not need a beam unless you want to work outside Europe but saying that I know amateurs in Ireland who have worked the USA and South Africa using verticals !!

To give you an idea of type of signals you can expect to hear I made some
recordings of Sporadic E, Aurora, Tropo, F2, TEP and Meteor Scatter DX and saved them as Real Audio files.. Its amazing the DX that can be worked with a single beam. Hungary on 2m or Argentina on 6m - Interested ???

My first Sporadic E opening on 144MHz

My ODX on 144MHz:

Sporadic E:          2559kms     IZ8DWL     (JM88BR)

Meteor Scatter:   1945kms     IZ5EME       (JN52NS)

Aurora:                1234kms     F/G8MBI      (JN04FT)

Tropo:                  1549kms    CT1FOH/P   (IM59RX)

My Equipment:

Transceiver:         Icom IC746     100W

2m Ant:                17 elm 2M5WL (M Squared)

6m Ant:                5 elm F9FT   (Tonna)

Last Ten Stations worked on 50 MHz

8th June       DL1UU
8th June       EH5FB
8th June       EH7AH
8th June       CT1FJC
8th June       IK5RLP
8th June       DL5WG
8th June       IZ5EME
8th June       I1BSN
8th June       I2WTY
8th June       IK5DHL

Last Ten Stations worked on 144 MHz

9th June     DH5HV
9th June     I5WBE
9th June     S57TW
9th June     S51AT
9th June     DJ3HW
8th June     IZ5EME
4th June     DL8GP
4th June     ON4KHG
4th June     ON5NY
4th June     ON4ANT