Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
I love those kind of QSO's when, monitoring a band to see what happens you hear a DX just starting to call CQ. That was the case on 30m CW this evening with 9X0NH just starting (certainly after his dinner break). I tried to get him erlier, but the zoo...
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Update 8th of March afternoon : TIME REMAINING TOTAL QSOs F8AFC Please enter... ...a valid callsign 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6 CW SSB DIGI Ronan, F8AFC Update 8th of March morning Well, after missing a extraordinary opening on late evening on 10m,...
Lire la suiteHi all, Jut got KL1V Kent from alaska on 30cw. Tough job (simplex....), but good one with a 559 report with my 100w. New one AND NEW ZONE on 30m (zone n°38). 2 more zones to go :-) Tnx Kent ! Ronan
Lire la suiteAll is in the title. I remember, that was my very 1st QSO on Top Band.... And this is now my 3rd DXCC confirmed everywhere (as well as new "zone" on 160) Tnx Vasek for QSO's and QSL !!!! Ronan, F8AFC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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Hi all all is in the title. I do remember this QSO very well : His signal was BIG, as was the pile-up. Lucky one for sure, enabling me to get Fernando de Noronha on 7 bands now. Still looking for 160/80m Ronan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Lire la suiteAn all Time New One, this is rare. But that happens today with the QSL "booklet" received from ZL9HR. DXCC n° 315......road is still long to Honor Roll, HI ! Ronan
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Hi all, Another GREAT one from the Russian Robinson Club celebrating its 20th anniversary by activating several Cuban IOTA's. 3 potential new IOTA's with great operators, that sounds "easy". I could log them from the 3 of them already (NA218-NA086-NA204),...
Lire la suiteSome more precisions V4 is now confirmed on all bands (new one confirmed on 80/30/10m) YV is now confirmed on all bands (new one confirmed on 30cw) + new IOTA ZS7/DL1LLL (Sanae Summer base) and DP0GVN/p (Watzmann observatory) as new bases (super nice...
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Hi all, After an everyday/evening chase, I finally could log 5X8C on 40m CW as a new one on that band (DXCC n° 267 on 40m). In the past, I had Uganda confirmed on SSB only, and on the 5 upper bands only. I could log 5X1NH recently on 30m, but I was hoping...
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Hi all, This is is kind of QSL that I do appreciate receiving : 5H1S from AF-032 arrived today for our 30m QSO. This is a new one and new zone confirmed on 30m, this is cool. But what is even "more" cool is the little hand-written word that Harald wrote...
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