Here's an interesting note from Mike UN7AM
that I received last month. Mike has worked quite
a few USA on 160 and has the best signal from
that area since he is on the extreme Western edge
of Kazakhstan.
73, Bill W4ZV
>Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:55:37 +0600
>
>Hello, dr OM Bill,
> I was waiting last week your letter after got Email & received it
> several days ago. Now my turn to write one. Thank you very much for a
> high opinion of my signal & QSLs.
> About EZ & YA. There are some problems too. I had one QSO with YA on
> Top band last March 04y. It was YA/DL2JRM (not be confirmed yet). With
> EZ I have no QSO on 160m at all. From Soviet time I couldn?t hear any
> stns from there ( I don?t include no DX SSB stns time to time they
> appeared on band ). I have QSO with UK8DAN too and was confirmed via
> RW6HS. I can believed that Serge have 70w, because I have always heard
> him not more than 599 and amazed when read about your QSO. The Dxing
> HAMs, that whom I often have listened on 160m, going up 599+ (10-40 db).
>This season was not good to me on Top band. There are may be 5 QSOs, not
>more, with NA, but In 03-04yy I made up several Pile up with American stns.
>I apply to this Email 2 photos. I am swimming in Caspian sea all the round
>last two years.On the photography I was swimming in sea at 9 february
>this year. The temperature of the air was 6 C & temperature of the
>water was -2 C exactly, its not my wrong.
>In short about my amateur biography and my life. My second start in
>Radio was in 1988y at first as SWL and then I got the license, as HAM, in
>1989y with the callsign UL7ACU. From 1994y and till
>this moment UN7AM.
> My first start in Radio was long time ago in 1966y and was lasting till
> 1975y. I was working mode AM as UNLIS on 140-180m. Many present HAMs
> from ex USSR gone through this. The government shut their eyes on this
> activities until UNLIS radiooperators so called ?radiohooligans? didn?t
> hurt to industrial military radiostations or driving radio becons. From
> 1969 till 71y.y., I was servicing for a fixed period in Soviet Army as
> radiooperator at the HQ Ural military district. During my service I took
> part in all-round radio competitions of the Land Forces of Soviet Army
> (speed receiving- transmitting radio telegrams & cross country running
> (10 km) by the azimuth with radiostation (weight 10 kg) behind my
> shoulders. From then I like key & telegraph.
> I was born and grow up in Kherson region (south part of Ukraine) near
> sea of Azov. Ukrainian by nationality, but all my life I am talking on
> Russian language and cannot separate myself from Russian culture. I am
> 54 years old.
> I graduated Kharkov building university in 1976y. and from then working
> as a building engineer. At once in Lithuania on construction nuclear
> power stations, then in Kazakhstan
>took part in construction a huge plastic plant, 14 years working on a
>chemical hydrometallurgical plant enrichment uranium
>(oxide-protoxided), rare earth concentrated product and chemical fertilizers.
> Last 4 years I am working as a leading specialist (guru) building
> designer in a designingresearching firm (oil-gas industry).
> My equipment: from 2002y. IC-718 + amp home made 500-800 watts. Before:
> home made by myself transceiver UW3DI (80watts). Antennas: Inv Vee for
> 80m & 160m bands up 30m, vertical delta loop (41m) for 40m band top up
> 30m (4-storey house building + 18-th meters mast tower), GP for 10m,
> 12m, 21m. And from the very beginning- TRX 38 watts & ant W3DZZ up 12
> m. Aktau is ex Shevchenko by the name of ukrainian poet who was
> exile in this area at the 19-th century by tsar. Aktau is located on sea
> shore of the Caspian sea.
> My house is situated 1,5 km from town beach. The quantity of the
> inhabitants is about 150.000 thousands. The town is located on peninsula
> Mangyshlak in desert south-west part of Kazakhstan. The nearest regional
> town Atyrau (ex Gur,ev) is located 900 km (along the road) from Aktau. I
> repeatedly driving my car by this road (400 km from 900 is earth road)
>One businessman from England said about Kazakhstan the big country with
>a small budget.
>But it is good news in this year will be beginning the construction a
>new up-to-date road between our towns and will be finished it till the end
>of 2007y.
>The letter I was writing during two weeks (HI) some problems with my
>English. 73! I hope meet you again on the bands. De Mike(Mikhail) UN7AM.
>24 April, 2005.
>
>On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:51:38 -0500
> Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>Hi Mike,
>>
>> I received your QSL for several 160 QSO's and
>>will send mine via air mail direct to you tomorrow. I am
>>also enclosing a W0ZV (Colorado) QSL for UL7ACU for
>>our 1989 QSO! I was amazed to learn you were only
>>using 38W to a W3DZZ. Your Topband signal is now
>>much stronger and the best of any stations in your area.
>>I am still looking for EZ and YA (now T6) but was very
>>lucky to finally QSO UK8DAN. I have heard Serge is
>>only running 70W to a low dipole so that was a very
>>exciting QSO for a new one on 160.
>>
>> Best wishes to you and your family and nice to
>>meet again after our first QSO 15 years ago!
>>
>> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
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