S04R Western Sahara, conclusion

Hi all,

"Full power" QSO's = 80/40/20/17/15 and 12m (500W PEP)
QRP QSO's = 20/17/15/12m (5W PEP)

New one on 80m, new one in QRP conditions, but still missing on 10m.

I added 2 more QSO's yesterday on 20 and 17m with QRP conditions...I was still waiting for them to come on 10m like the day before, in order to finish my Western Sahara chasing on all bands here...But they didn't.

I can not complain about all those QSO's, which were not that difficult due to the short distance between Western Sahara and West France....This is by far neither an incredible score, nor a "far" DX, but I just missed them the only day they were on 10m (No skip at all here, so no regrets !)

As far as DX contacts were concerned, I heard them on 40m asking and making QSO with VK/ZL. But once again, south Europe wall was there on all bands...They also made a big JA pile-up yesterday on 20m, but it looks like the propagation conditions were, once again, not good !

I'll have to wait the next expedition to get S0 on 10m (hopefully with a better propagation). But thanks to the team tpo go there and to give us a chance to fill-in a bit ore one's DXCC chart (at least for EU stations).

Hopefully the on-line log will be available soon !

73
Ronan, F8AFC