Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Today, I received a very nice package for all the QSO's made with Mehdi when he was in his Antarctica tour....including a special QSL for Port Charcot !!!!!!!!!!!!!! i REALLY HAVE TO SCAN THEM, THEY ARE REALLY BEATIFULLLLLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
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Hi all, New IOTA this morning on 20m : KL7RRC/P on NA233 (Delarof group, in Aleutian achipelago, new IOTA !), my very first QSO with aleutian islands He was not that strong, up to S3-S5 here with some QSB, and listening up 5. Too many people calling him...
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Hi all, I have been chasing ZY0F this week-end (a bit, not that much time behind the radio), since I only have PY0F confirmed on 40/20m. I could get them on 15m quite easily (definitely, calling by numbers is the way to go for small pistols like me)....
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Hi all, I was expecting some openings to the West Indies earmier in the evening, but finally QSO'd with HI3K at 22:30gmt (which is VERY laste for 10m). He was 5/5, which made him fully readable. Thanks for this new one on 10m, I just miss Dominican Republic...
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Hi all, Today received the QSL card of AT2RS from IOTA AS199 (very new IOTA), for our 20 and 40m QSO. Thanks for this new IOTA confirmed !!!!!!!!! Ronan, F8AFC
Lire la suiteHi all, 3 new ones on the high bands yesterday ET3JA and VU2NKS on 12m (DXCC #147 and 148) TJ3SL on 10m (DXCC # 127 on 10m) Signals were not that strong, and there was quite a lot of QRM due to the very strong short skip within EU. But I'm happy to have...
Lire la suiteHi all, Great opening yesterday evening after our sunset on 12m, and 4 new ones in the log - PJ7/K2GSV - TI8II - CO8LY - HP1AVS and HP3AK I now just miss PJ7 and 80/10m, TI and CO on 10m, HP on 80/40/10m Hope to be tonight to see if same opening occurs...
Lire la suiteHi again, Yes Yes Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finally got through and made the QSO with Chris, ZK2V, from Niue isl. An ALL TIME NEW ONE for me (very rare !). I was to take a coffee this morning in my "shack shelter" at around 06:15tu when I turned my VFO, the...
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Hi all, Nice opening yesterday evening just before our sunset on 10m : I QSO'd with CU6AY (IOTA EU175 on 10m)..Nothing special there, except that this was my very last band for Azores isl !!!!!! I also got ZP6DEM in quite good conditions (up to S5 here),...
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Hi all, Nice DX week-end on the high band indeed ET3AA, 5Z4/RW1AU and EY8MM on 10m --> 3 "new ones" on that band (My last new one on 10m happened long time ago, at least a couple of months....) UA9FAR on 12m (new DXCC and new zone, zone 17, there !!!!)....
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