{"id":13049,"date":"2025-02-06T05:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2025-02-06T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:36:07","slug":"spotted-for-the-first-time-on-rbn-on-80m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/spotted-for-the-first-time-on-rbn-on-80m\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted for the first time on RBN on 80m"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A41ELFP7XA8?si=nyFblJGQSZmfAd3-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spotted for the first time on RBN on 80m. I am there, my 80m friends! Signals are going out on 80m from my <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/at-last-tunable-swr-on-80m-band\/\">highly compromised 80m antenna<\/a>. Main aim for latest revision was <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/au2v-sacrifice-rock-dxpedition-7th-to-10th-february-2025\/\">AU2V Sacrifice Rock DXpedition<\/a> starting tomorrow in my region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elevated the 80m dipole antenna as much as possible, that is by about one to two feet. I used additional lift up ties with nylon ropes. Yesterday I could have a partial contact with VU3WEW at 9.9 km. VU2XPZ could hear me at 127.7 km, though I could not hear him because of high band noise. He suggested that I should use a voltage balun to reduce noise level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today morning I am quite happy as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reversebeacon.net\/\">Reverse Beacon Network<\/a> picked up my CQ call at around 5 am. RBN skimmer at VU2PTT picked up my CQ call in CW with a signal to noise ratio of 8 dB. That is the first ever time my CQ call is getting picked up by an RBN skimmer on 3510 kHz. Distance covered was 275km. So I can very well hope for a contact with AU2V at 39.3km. Sacrifice Rock is one of the most difficult to activate <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/islands-on-the-air-iota-in-amateur-radio\/\">Island on the Air<\/a>. Hence we have every reason to be proud of it and looking forward to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotted for the first time on RBN on 80m. I am there, my 80m friends! Signals are going out on 80m from my highly compromised 80m antenna. Main aim for latest revision was AU2V Sacrifice Rock DXpedition starting tomorrow in my region. 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