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    AU2S - Sagar

    Cezar, VE3LYC with Team will be active as AU2S from Sagar Island, IOTA AS - 153, India, 9 - 13 December 2024.
    They will operate on HF Bands.
    QSL via VE3LYC, ClubLog OQRS.


    AU2S Sagar Island

    Sagar Island, India. Author - Sandeep Gangadharan.
    73 Al 4L5A
    Tags: au2s, india, iota as - 153, sagar island, ve3lyc
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    AU2S Sagar Island News
    10 Dec 2024, 1:00 UTC

    We arrived on Sagar after a very long voyage, despite the only 120 km that separate the island from Kolkata. It was a 4.5 hours drive, then moving the equipment to the pier, boarding the boat and landing on the island, after which we had to find transportation to the accommodation, which is at the south end of the island. We left Kolkata at 9:30 am and arrived at the island hotel at 7 pm local time.

    After installing one antenna, we realized that the noise level is high very, about S7. There are lots of large LED street lamp posts, plus a few transformers around, so we couldn't copy but only the strongest signals. However, in the morning, when we started to operate again, just before sunrise, when the LED lamp posts were no longer lit up, we were surprised that we didn't notice any chance in the noise floor. Meanwhile, we noticed that the planetary index K was between 3 and 4 over the last 9 hours. We plan to look for a different accommodation site, at least to test if may result in some improvement. This being said, we will continue to operate to see how the noise level affects other bands during the day.
    73 Al 4L5A
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      AU2S Sagar Island News
      10 Dec 2024, 15:30 UTC

      This morning we went to check various other possible places to stay in. After visiting four such guesthouses, we concluded that the one we picked up last night was actually the best all around, and it was highly unlikely that the noise level coming from the power lines, transformers, and LED lights would be significantly lower that what witnessed last night.
      As such, we decided to stay put.

      Then, we decided to operate on 10 m CW and 15 m FT8. After dark, both bands kept running nicely for a while, and we stayed with them. Since operating 20 CW was virtually impossible under the consideration noise level, we chose to run FT8 on 20 m for a little while, to offer a few more NA stations a chance at logging us on AS-153.

      Tomorrow we plan to operate SSB on 10 and maybe 15 m too. Operating either CW or SSB won't be possible after dark, once the noise level will increase considerably.

      73 Al 4L5A

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        AU2S from Sagar Island on 28460 now.
        73 Al 4L5A

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          #5
          AU2S from Sagar Island, India on 28091 now FT8.
          73 Al 4L5A

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            Cezar, VE3LYC (AU2S CW op) advises that he plans to be on 18.070 tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 1100 UTC. He had a nice signal on 18.070 this morning at 1145z via LP but could not hear due to very high man-made noise on the island. He told me that noise comes up at around 1145 each day so hopes to get in a good 45 minutes of CW for NA ahead of the noise.

            Swing your antenna LP and look for Cezar tomorrow around 1100 UTC on 18.070.

            GL
            Dan, W4DKS
            73 Al 4L5A

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              AU2S from Sagar Island, India on 18070 now.
              73 Al 4L5A

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