Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, A new French antenna manufacturer was born recently and he's just starting his activity. No doubt, when looking at the quality of the materials, the result obtained and the super low prices, he will have a great success. This is all I hope for...
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Hi all Slowly but surely, I can add from times to times new ones on the Top band. Tonight, I could contact 4L5O on 160, with a very decent signal despite of the QSB. I was lucky enough that he could hear me, making this QSO my 50th DXCC on 160m. Few minutes...
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Great greyline effect at my sunrise here : I could get K7ZV Rich on 160cw, a miracle. He was 559 but without any callers. I took my chance, despite of the QSB, and heard most of my call sign (actually, I got my full call thanks to his repetition). Zone...
Lire la suiteHi all, The world famous ham-operator "traveller" is certainly Vlad, UA4WHX, who enabled me to get many band slots (as well as an All Time New One during his operation from Comoros isl during his African tour). Today, I received 6 very nice QSL from him,...
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Hi all, Here are my statistics for 2012. It looks obvious that 2011 propagation helped a LOT for improving 12m and 10m scores, so 2012 didn't bring that much improvement there. 160m : From 0 up to 49 DXCC (+49) --> next target = 100 DXCC (+51 to be wkd...
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Hi all, And Happy New Year to all. Sorry to have been so silent, but this Christmas period is generally very calm from Radio point of view, but very busy from holidays/family/kid side, HI ! I just got 7O6T QSL for our QRP QSO on 20/17/15m, all time new...
Lire la suiteAll is in the title. Michel had a good signal here, peaking 569-579 on my small vertical. Few people were calling, which is not a good sign for me small station on Top band (100W only). But Michel did hear me despite of some QSB. On 160m, this is a new...
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Hi guys, I very recently succeeded in reaching the 2100 slots for the DXCC challenge, mostly thanks to my last 30m (Sept 2012) and even more recently 160m (Oct 2012) addition, and regardless of the mode used. DXCC challenge was, untill now, not something...
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Bonjour à tous, Comme vous le savez peut-être, je suis l'intermédiaire français d'Emil, LZ3HI, imprimeur de QSL de son état (Je fais office de "boite de traduction", ça le désengorge de pas mal de requêtes et c'est plus facile pour les opérateurs francophones...
Lire la suiteHi all, 3 new slots confirmed here thanks to Dr Munzer, JY5HX, on 30mCW and thanks the Swiss team for 3B9SP QSL on 40/30m CW. I now miss JY to be confirmed on 12/17m (I'm sure Vlad, UA4WHX, will send JY9VB QSL soon), and 3B9 to be contacted on....80m....
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