The suitcase vertical was erected on the roof of a rented villa here near the sea in Pafos/Coral Bay…, XYL and son joined me as a BERU holliday!

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I managed 330 Q with 3600 pts from an FT991a ( not the best CW Rx !!) and the suitcase vertical on the roof , with a manually switched loading coil for 80m and 8 radials…plenty of garden and 20 deg C and sunny.

10 was great at the start but 15 and 20 closed early here and never restarted…40 was good but went for a kip at 0130 till 0500 so missed a few

80 was a struggle on the 30 foot vertical, base loaded and managed a few, maybe 15 or so, not bad from here,,to G , but only VE3EJ in VE.on 80m.

10m was very weird sunday morning, echoes and s9+++ from some G s and GM s, then QSB to zero.

Great to work 9J2BO on 2 bands! Anyway great fun as usual and the VK and VE activity must be well up on 2022..

cheers

Mike G3VYI/5B