{"id":1727,"date":"2023-01-03T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:43:17","slug":"a-great-start-to-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"A Great start to 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2023 new year has got off to a great start here at the M0AWS radio shack with my first QSO with New Zealand since setting up the new radio room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been almost a year now since I started putting the radio room together and throughout all this time I’d not been able to secure a complete QSO with New Zealand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well today was the day that I finally achieved what seemed like the impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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M0AWS WSJT-X QSO Map as of 3rd January 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ZL4AS<\/a> was the first New Zealand station that I’d managed to complete a full QSO with, up until now I’d made a few ZL contacts but, never managed to complete the QSO due to conditions on various bands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band of choice today was 17m, a great WARC band that has provided me with much of the DX over the last year. This band really does give full global comms when it’s open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a new longest distance of 11776 Miles to ZL4AS in Balclutha New Zealand, I’m looking forward to see what new countries 2023 brings to the M0AWs radio room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More soon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2023 new year has got off to a great start here at the M0AWS radio shack with my first QSO with New Zealand since setting up the new radio room. It’s been almost a year now since I started putting the radio room together and throughout all this time I’d not been able to … <\/p>\n

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