S55G/p @S5FF-0056 Dolina Vipave

short escape from home due have some extra free time

Nice few hours spent on banks of Vipava river near my qth..

operating time +/-2 h 31min – 190 qso loged

62 QSO on 20m & 128 qso on 40m from 30 DXCC countries

Nice sunny weather ….nice activation…..but unhappy due expect ending before 13.30 gmt – company meeting at 14h…forced to start packing and moving toward ..job.

Gear : ICOM IC-7000

antenna MFJ whip 1979 + 4x5m ground radials on 20m + allthose and combined base load coil +4x10m groud radials

Thanks to all corispondents for all QSOs…

Hope to hear you again on nex reference activation

73 & 44 S55G Mike

New fiirst time activation from SFF Flora Fauna reference S5FF-0088 Štanjel – jedro

also WCA castle award S5-00278 Štanjel / St.Angelo castle at JN65WT was done 11.10.2021

6hours with 2x +/-1 hour od pause -unexpected visits and batery and antenna change… in total 304 QSO in Log -124 on 40m and 169 on 20m nice for FIRST activation of S5FF-0088 Štanjel -jedro .

Windy day with moderate to strong Gale winds from NE ..chilly….. but suuny…. great day on opening…between Karst pine trees…

In 6h and 41 minutes of QRV I managed to make 304 QSO on SSB mode (170 on 20m and 134 on 40m SSB) from 40 different Dxcc countries .

Radio equipment

ICOM IC-7000 with 40-50w on bateries

Antenna MFJ whip 1979 with 2x 5m radials on 20m and on 40m with base load coil combined with aditional 2x10m radials

Logger N1MM

Nice activation..

Regards

S55G/š Mike

A bunch of S5 enthusiast operators proudly annuce that S5FF Slovenia is in full phase of building,peparing and setting up and it’s about to start.News will be folowed with offical START day.

Any help & support is wellcome.

Thanks to all 44 & 73

Mike S55G