VK9NI Episode 5: Nil nil nil...on 40m

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Par F8AFC

Hi all, Not much to say this morning...No activity yesterday evening nor this morning on 40m SSB. They are now spotted indeed on 7085, but more than 2 hours after our sunrise..By far too late. I'm starting to think this one is not for me for any reasons......

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VK9NI Episode 4: I heard them on 40mSSB this morning

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Par F8AFC

But dawn, they were so weak here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was about 05:00GMT, half an hour after my sunrise, and they could be herd here for 30min... Barely readable, right on my noise level, sometimes above, somtimes below, but they were there (and...

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VK9NI Episode 3: 40m this evening "I'll have it one day, I'll have it"

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Par F8AFC

Hi all, I've been waiting all today for tis evening possible "skip" to Norfolk on 40m. He was spotted by some East-Central Europe around 2 hours before their sunset....I'll have 2 hours to wait hoping for the skip to turn in my direction (which had been...

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VK9NI Episode 2: 40m this morning, 2h after sunrise...:-(

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Par F8AFC

Hi all, Well, they were spotted by S/W european stations (CT/EA) on 40m SSB at 06:29 this morning, exactly 2 hours after my sunrise. With a A factor of 22, needless to say that I didn't hear them... 1 hour earlier would have make it, let's see tomorrow,...

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VK9NI Episode 1: 40m hunting has started

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Par F8AFC

Hi all, Very quiet propagation at this moment on the air..Not so many openings on the high bands, not so many new IOTA's (except next WE maybe for the IOTA contest...), not so many expeditions, except VK9NI. I already have Norfolk on 20/17/15m, so I can...

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QSO in the log: RZ9OO (zone 18) on 10m !

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Par F8AFC

Hi all, There is a contest, sounding like a russian contest, this WE. (Sorry, I'm not that kind on contests....). But it is always a good opportunity to get new ones/zones on some bands. That was the case this morning on 10m...I could get RZ9OO (up to...

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QSL in the mail: ZF2ZB on 40/20m

QSL in the mail

Par F8AFC

Hi all, Today got ZF2ZB QSL cards for our 40/20m QSO's...New one confirmed on 40m, tnx Gary, 73 Ronan, F8AFC

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QSL in the mail: VX8X, VY0A and ZA0/I8LWL

QSL in the mail

Par F8AFC

Hi all, 3 nice IOTA's confirmed today: VY0A from Fox island, NA186 (CQ zone 4) on 20m VX8X from Ellice island, NA192 (CQ zone 2) on 20m ZA0/I8LWL from Sazan island (EU169), new IOTA and new DXCC on 80m ! QSL cards are VERY nice !!!!!!! Thanks Ronan,...

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QSL in the mail: TI7KK (NA191) 40m, KG4CN 20/17m

QSL in the mail

Par F8AFC

Hi all, Today, I received TI7KK (NA191 IOTA ref) for our 40m QSO's, incl full power AND QRP QSO. Tnx for new IOTA and QRP DXCC ! I also got KG4CN on 20/17m QSO, incl 1 QRP QSO on 20m, this is also a new one on 17m ! Thanks to both of you, Ronan, F8AF...

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QSL in the mail: JD1BIE (jd1/o) and 5v7pm

QSL in the mail

Par F8AFC

Hi all, A few minutes during the IARU contest to tell that I received yesterday 2 nice QSL's: 5V7PM on 17/15/12/10m (new one on 17/12/10m !!!!!!!) JD1BIE from Ogasawara isl (Iwoto, IOTA AS030), all Time New one Confirmed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks...

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