Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Quite a long time I haven't been updating my blog... Well, as 3VERYBODY must have noticed, there was a huge contest last WE...The kind of contest that totally fills in 20m band with 5/9+ signals almost all day long. As usually, I only worked selectively,...
Lire la suiteHi all, A potential new one will be on the air soon : VP8DIF from South Georgia Island (AN-007), from 27th of January 2008 to 28th of February. More info here : www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/index.html GL ! ronan
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Slaven, 9A4X and Zdenko, 9A5RR will be active from Easter Island (SA-001) on 23-31 October. Slaven will operate as CE0Y/9A4X on all bands, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as CC0Y on 15 metres. QSL via 9A2AA. Good luck to all !!!!!!!!...
Lire la suiteSome of them with QRP power (5W, all others with barefoot 100W. Skip is very good between EU and Africa, with VERY NICE OPENINGS on 12 and 10...I'm now looking for C91R on 12 and 10m, nothing heard yet. For C52C, 12m QSO today, but in their on-line log,...
Lire la suiteAs you must have been noticing on the air, a new expedition has started from the Gambia until the 30th of October. As for now, QSO with QRP power only (5W) on 20/17/15m. I decided to run this one with only QRP power. I've already got C5 confirmed on all...
Lire la suiteHi guys, Tonight I've been working my nearly last state on 20m for the WAS : North Dakota. Alex, W0ZTL, had tremendous signal here, very often over the not-generous 5/9 of my FT-920. I really fighted to to get in, but he heard me !!!!! It was almost as...
Lire la suiteThat's possible !!!!!!! This afternoon, on 17m, I QSO with both of them using 5 W PEP and of course, the hexbeam ! What a nice surprise to get 3C7Y (which creates huge pile-up with "strange" operators, to stay polite...). 5L2MS was easier, but told me...
Lire la suiteNothing exceptional, except that Everett, N0AIE, from Nebraska. sent me a direct QSL for our QSO. I was working QRP (5W PEP), which gives another dimension to this QSO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So it a new state for me (still looking for North and South Dakota...
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Yep, just a few minutes ago, a QSO with small conditions with ZS7/ZS1FAD from SANAE IV. A new base for me, and a new "base country" also. Special thanks for the Antarctica group, led by Mehdi (F5PFP) tonight !!!!! Ronan Picture of ZS7/ZS1FAD : QSL info...
Lire la suiteHi all, This is becoming more and more rare for me that it's worth a few lines in my blog. I did QSO with a "All time new one" today. That was 3C7Y, equatorial Guinea, on 15m SSB, from Bioko Island AF-010. That is my 272 DXCC.....in 18 months :-) , and...
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