Hi all, That was fun to chase Easter isl on the bands, despite the difficult propagation conditions. Finally, got them on 3 bands for sure (40/20/17m), and maybe 15m yesterday evening (to be ...
Hi all A new one yesterday on 80m, quite early (21:30z) in a noisy band : FP/W8TOM from the French island St Pierre & Miquelon. He was actually S5 here, almost buried into the noise and some ...
Hi all, New one on 80m, and a VERY nice one : VK0BP, Bob, from Davis base in Antarctica. 5/5 report here, but in a noisy band.....Skip was definitely to France (a few friends also worked him, as ...
Hi all, Nice new one on 40m tonight : TZ6JA on 40m. Mac-san is used to be there every evening from 21:00z to 22:00z to talk with his home-land in JA. This is hard to make a QSO between 2 JA's, ...
Hi all, I really can not complain about XR0Y for many reasons, and here are the "pros": - My friend Stan is there ! - I got them on already 2 bands (40/17m). No sked, just pure fun in the pile-ups ...
Hi all, Interesting QSL in the mail today: KP4S for our 17m QSO. This was my last band missing to get Puerto Rico ocnfirmed on ALL bands, YES ! No more need to jump into NP4A pile-up on 80m like ...
Hi all, At last, I could confirm Bolivia on 20m. Not a rare one (but not heard every day neithger), contacted many times long time ago n other bands incl 20m, but never confirmed there. Now this ...
Hi all, I got XR0Y on 40m too !!!!!!!!! Actually, my youngest son woke up at 03:00am and logically woke his parents up too....After putting him back to bed, I quickly looked on the cluster and saw ...
Hi all, I've been waiting this moment for years actually, and one of my DX dream came true with this 17mQSO with Easter Island. Needless to say this is an All Time New One, but most of all, one ...
Hi all, Here is a short summary of my WAZ "score" on different bands 80m: 32 zones 40m: 39 Zones (I miss only zone 19 there !!!!!!!) 20m: 40 Zones 17m: 38 zones (I miss zone 31 and 1) 15m: 37 ...
Hi all, A short summary about the QSO's made during this CQWW SSB 2009. One thing to note before : I was not chasing "points", I was just chasing zones and DXCC's. Over-all feeling is a GREAT ...
Hi all, I do like the week before big contests like the CQWW this week-end. Expeditions are warming-up, and this is in general a good opportunity to get some nice ones in the log. That was the ...
Hi all, This time, I'm very sure about it: I could log succesfully 4U1UN on 20m, ALL TIME NEW ONE. I had 2 attempts in the past, in vain. This time was the good one. There will be one week ...
Hi all This is BIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got Trinidade (PY0T) on 20/15/10m (All Time New One, on 3 bands) 20m before the pile-up 15m 15min later with a S2 signal ! 10m 1 hour ...
Hi all, Good opening on 15m this afternoon, with OX3KQ Jesper in the log with a real 5/9 report. This is a rare one on 15m, and this QSO complete our 80/40/20/17m QSO's already done. Thanks Jesper ...
Hi all, Well, that was the evening. The skip was shorter in distance, and longer in time. Instead of peaking to S4 at 18:30z, he peaked up to S7 at 19:00z. And his signal stayed at S5 until my QSO ...
Hi all, Things are sometimes simple, but not always good. Openings from here (NW of France) are short and weak. Openings to Southern Europe are longer and stronger. That being said, we have to ...
Hi all, Nice opening on 12m today, with 3B8DB and J79ZG (new DXCC there) and YB0NFL (new DXCC and NEW ZONE). YB0NFL was really peaking 5/7 here at 13:00z with slight QSB. 3B8DB had a steady 5/8 ...
Hi all, Nice package of QSL received this morning: 5B4MF on 80 and 10m, I needed Cypruson 10m to get this entitiy confimed on ALL bands. Now this is done Also got YS1MAE on 40m (new one confirmed ...
Taken from F6AOJ's blog, this s the team that made more than 50000 QSO from this most wanted #4. Merci les gars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ronan, F8AFC Top left: F5LPY, F5PRU, F4EGS Down left: ...
Hi all, What a nice day in my letter box: 4 QSL have arrived !!!!!!!!! 3DA0TB on 80/17m, now, I have Swaziland confirmed on ALL bands from 80 up to 10m incl WARC !!!!!!! EA9IB on 15/12/6m, now I ...
Hi all, A new oen for me tonight on 40m : 4U1ITU. Clearly not a "DX", less than 1000 km from my QTH. But that was HAAAAAAAAAAARDDDDDDDDD !!!!! So many people calling, all the time. It was almost ...
Hi all, All is in the title, HI ! 2 new ones..One is a new zone confirmed on 17m (still need QSL for Mongolia from zone 23, and my first QSO with zone 1 and 31....). 37 zones confirmed on 17m so ...
Hi all, This is what we call a long path opening on 80m, and also a short one (1 hour of possible opening from here). But this morning, I QSO'd with TX5SPA on 80m. They were coming in with a real ...
Hi all, This is a GREAT week-end !!! Just got the FT5GA on 12m SSB for my 5th band (40/20/17/15 and now 12m !). This is purely great Sunday, after 3D20CR on 20m..... Wish they'll go on 10m ...
Hi all, GREAT GREAT GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been working yesterday morning 3D2MJ from Fidji on 20m (short path). Readable signal (S3 here), and a lot of QRM, but I'm almost sure ...
Hi all, Also yesterdya, I got TO3R (Reunion isl) for our 40m QSO, new one confirmed on 40m. I also got Isle of Man (GD0EMG, MD4K etc) QSL for 80/40/20/15/10m QSO's. I contacted GD on all bands, ...
Hi all, ALL TIME NEW ONE this morning on 40m...I could QSO with TX5SPA from Austral islands (DXCC I've never heard before !!!!!!!!) Real fight, signal peaking up to S7 on the HF2V, and a ...
Hi all, I haven't been that active the last few days...Job, wedding during the WE (not mine...), so very few activities on the air. Just a couple of QSO's, like J79ZG on 15m yesterday evening ...
Hi all, Lucky one, with a skip going rapidely down. But I had QSO with FT5GA on 15m. His signal was up to S7 when I started to call in the 30KHz wide split. But when the QSO was made (@ +25KHz), ...
Hi all, As I told, I've been on the low bands yesterday night after some friend's party. I did call FT5GA on 40m even if he was VERY weak, but not sure he got my call 100%. I put a remark in my ...
Hi all, Well, as a French, the operator gave us 10 minutes on a different frequency(generally a french department) for "F" stns only. Remember, Glorioso IS a French island. I decided to try in QRP ...
Hi all, Well, yesterday night, I came back home at 00:00z and went on the low bands to chase FT5GA. I did hear them on 80m (5/5 in the peaks), but they didn't listen to me. Same on 40m where their ...
Hi all, I've been listening all today for 17 or/and 15m QSO with FT5GA. Unfortunately for me, they sticked on CW all the day..The only SSB they made was on 10/12m (but no skip here, although the ...
Hi all, I had the privilege to QSO with Felix from Neumayer III german Antarctica base. This brand new base (from Feb '09) has been rarely heard so far, and it makes a new one for me of course ! ...
Hi all, I must have been VERYYYYYYYYYYYYY lucky tonight, but I got FT5GA (Glorioso) on 20m SSB during a HUGE split...(very wide split). Everybody was TX'ing from +5KHz up to +25KHz, the operator ...
Hi all, 2 very nice QSL in the mail today: E44M on 80/40/20/17/15m form Palestine (I remember the 80m pile-up...!!!!!) FT5YI from French Antarctica base Dumond D'Urville (new base + new base ...