160 m Ham Radio DX: K6AAX-VY2 Prince Edward Island received in Germany

Amateur radio station K6AAX-VY2 from Prince Edward Island (Canada) on the 160 meter band working DJ4PT (Germany) and UY5MU (Ukraine). Received in Germany during a DXpedition to the fields on 28 December 2011 at 0135 UTC.

Receiver: Lowe HF-225 Europa with 100 m longwire antenna pointing Northwest

Distance: about 5042 km

Addendum: Information and photos of the impressive antenna array of the VY2ZM station at Eastern Kings County used by K6AAX-VY2 are available at http://www.k1zm.com/.

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[SanttuDX]

Great! I had a very big surpise last weekend when I heard Brasilian ham talking with ham from Argentina. I got even qsl-card from that guy from Argentina. Usually I have hard time to catch any calls from north or south america.

[senderjaeger]

@SanttuDX Thanks! Listening on the ham bands always needs a bit of patience to get the precious ones. According to a radio amateurs' proverb, the careful listener is the champion.

[MARKGM20877]

Excellent Dxing Matthias..cracking signal from across the pond on 160m..I have seen the VY2ZM photos before and i agree the antennas are awesome...the only way I could have something like that is after I win the Lottery ! :)...once again great dxing I look forward to more with your antenna pointing NW cheers Mark

[senderjaeger]

@MARKGM20877 Thanks Mark... The VY2ZM antenna park could even make some broadcasting stations jealous... I also tried some Canadian MW stations that night but heard none. However, WGIT and Rebelde (no video of the latter because the camera battery died) came in on the X-Band, so stay tuned. ;-) Cheers Matthias

[amdxing]

Congratulations Matthias, super signals on 160m..Cheers Les

[senderjaeger]

@amdxing Thanks Les... A quiet environment and a capable antenna made these signals possible. Cheers Matthias

[senderjaeger]

@tvdxrools Thanks David... DXing in the fields makes the difference, it's fantastic without annoying man-made noise. I was quite surprised about the huge signal from Canada while even the standard TA MW stations like WBBR and WWZN were poor at best. Stay tuned! Cheers Matthias

[tvdxrools]

great low noise reception ... look forward to more .. cheers david

[senderjaeger]

@bocotawanta Thank you! I was quite happy to get such a strong signal on 160 m.

[bocotawanta]

Great signal!