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H49A - Solomon Islands

Sep 29
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Updated: Oct 19


H49A Update (Oct 19)


Greetings from the H49A Team!


Our activation is slowly coming to an end. With nearly 56,000 QSOs in the log so far, we can say that we have done a solid job!


Club Log issue: Just to reiterate, our Starlink connection occasionally drops out for a few seconds, meaning that not all QSOs appear immediately on the livestream. The MSHV logs are uploaded to Club Log several times a day, so we kindly ask for your patience. There is no need to flood our team with messages about missing QSOs.


MSHV issue: If you received an RR73 but your QSO is not in the log, please contact us after the DXpedition with the date and time of your QSO. Our team will check the MSHV text files AFTER the end of our adventure.


  • 80m GP: Our 80m GP was damaged again, but we have repaired it. We plan to be QRV on 80m tonight.

  • 160m: Activity on 160m has been excellent! Although we have some minor interference on CW, we will try to work stations around the SM/OH sunrise tonight, followed by another session for Europe a little later.

  • Antennas: Tomorrow afternoon, local time, we will begin taking down some of our antennas.


Health bulletin: Things are looking much better now, so we will do our best to keep the stations running at full capacity until the very end.


Epic battle: Ocean vs. VDA antenna — 3:5! 🙂



H49A Update (Oct 18)


Greetings from Guadalcanal Island!


Our team has passed the 50,000 QSO milestone! A big thank you to everyone who helped us reach this goal ahead of schedule.


Health bulletin: Some team members who have been battling a cold are feeling much better. However, this is still having an impact on our human-mode operations, with the operators who are fit doing their very best to keep CW and SSB well represented.


The 160m antenna is performing excellently, and we have made a large number of QSOs with Europe and the eastern USA. The 80m and 40m bands are also performing very well.


10m is working reasonably well towards the USA, although QSB is very strong.


Unfortunately, we have not yet seen any openings on 50 MHz, despite regularly transmitting and listening for activity.


For the remainder of the DXpedition, we will do our best to be active on bands where we have been less active so far, including 60m.


Thank you all for your continued support and for being part of the H49A adventure!



H49A Update (Oct 16)


Greetings from Guadalcanal Island!


Our team is still in good shape, although fatigue is slowly catching up with us. Propagation during the day, as well as towards the USA/VE, has been quite unusual. We are doing our best to maximize the number of QSOs in that direction.


Last night, we operated on 80m and 160m simultaneously, and both bands performed exceptionally well. During our first night on 160m, we logged more than 500 QSOs, including over 120 stations from Europe. Over the following nights, our location at Dolphin View Beach has continued to prove excellent, with a remarkably quiet noise level. Human mode 160m lovers – more to come.


Our hosts have been incredibly welcoming and helpful. Mr. Alister has given us valuable advice on several occasions, and we really appreciate his support.


We are getting closer to the 40,000 QSO milestone!


Some of the team members also visited the War Museum, located very close to our QTH. It offers a fascinating insight into the history of WWII in the Solomon Islands. The open-air museum, brought to life through one man’s vision to create something truly special on Guadalcanal Island, left a strong impression on everyone who visited.


Our VDA on 20/15m is putting up a great fight against Ocean, narrowing the score to 3:2.


CU in the pileups!


H49A Team



H49A Update (Oct 12)


Greetings from the H49A team!


We have now entered our fourth active operating day. Here are a few updates.


The 15/20m VDA antenna has been put back up, and this morning we operated CW on all three stations simultaneously, as we mentioned that we also wanted to make some human-mode QSOs. The VDA has survived another fall without any problems. The current score is Ocean – VDA 3:0.


Unfortunately, our 80m antenna is causing problems when used with the power amplifier, so we expect to be active on 80m tomorrow.


Today, we operated on 40m SSB towards the East Coast. Propagation to the East Coast is not particularly good, but we will do our best to remain as active as possible.


Club Log issue: Starlink occasionally causes us some problems, and some QSOs are not uploaded directly to Club Log. There is nothing we can do about this. We are simply happy to have access to a fast internet connection at all! All logs are re-uploaded within 24 hours of the QSO at the latest, so we kindly ask you to check your QSOs again after that time.


Other than that, we have no further problems, and the team is in good spirits!



H49A Update (Oct 05)


The team is very excited, and the final preparations are currently underway. The team leader has collected all equipment from the other members, and the final packing into the checked luggage is now in progress.


Bernhard, H44MS, has already arrived in Honiara and is helping us with various logistical matters. Thank you, Bernhard, for your selfless support and assistance!


Our first leg is on Wednesday morning from Zagreb (ZAG) to Istanbul, where we have a 12-hour layover before boarding TK60, our onward flight to Kuala Lumpur.


We are ready for any challenges ahead, and hopefully Murphy’s Law will stay away from us this time.


We would also like to thank Mate, 9A4M, Mirko, 9A6KX, and Robert, S58Y, for their generous donations in support of our DXpedition. Their support is greatly appreciated and helps make this project possible.



H49A


Ops: 9A3MR, 9A2NA, 9A3CJY, 9A4WY, 9A7Y & DK8ZZ


Bands: 6M + HF


Modes: CW, SSB & FT8


Qsl Info: Qsl via DK8ZZ


Start Date - End Date: Oct. 07 - Oct. 21




 
 
 

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