Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
This may be the biggest news of the WE : I received from a friend (F5OWT) the TBR160 kit to be mounted on the already modified HF2V. Everything went mechanically smoothly, but from tunings point fo view, every bands had to be re-tuned. Although, to get...
Lire la suiteAll is in the title, and this includes TA1C/2 as a new one/new zone confirmed on 30m EZ7V as a new one on 10m (this one must be rare in CW too !) Tnx to all for QSL'ing Ronan, F8AFC
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Hi all, I well received D2EB QSL card for our 40 and 30m CW QSO's, new one confirmed on both bands. I just need Angola on 80m now. 73 Ronan, F8AFC
Lire la suiteHi all, All is in the title. 9M6XRO enables me to confirm 9M6 on a new band (80m !), MS0INT from Flannan isl is a new IOTA confirmed, and V85/9M8Z enables me to get V85 now confirmed on 15m. Not that bad ! Tnx Tim, M0URX, for your EXCELLENT QSL service,...
Lire la suiteTnx David, XE1XR, for this QSO on 12cw, hard one, 559 rpt + QSB. This is actually my very last zone on 12cw (I have 39 zones in SSB, still missing zone 1 in SSB mode). But to qualify WAZ, it must be in single mode, either CW or SSB...Since I re-started...
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Hi all, There are some nice DX to work apart from the NH8S....Always keeping an ear on 30cw, I could work RD0CD at 17:00z (1.5 hour before my sunset) with a decent 579 report, as well as R0FA a bit later with a real booming 599 report. This is my 3rd...
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Update 15th of Sept Well, the guys went QRT this morning (04:00z) as per their web-site. It looks like conditions there have bene awful, bad WX, injuries, sickness. Clearly a good decision, even if we were still waiting for the last days to get them on...
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Just for everybody's information....all those prices deal with normal letters (< 20g), and take into account today's exchange rate between Euro and USD (1 Euro # 1.26$) France - France : 0.6 Euros ($0.76) France - Europe : 0.77 Euros ($0.97) France -...
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Hi all, all in the title, as usually. JW is a new one confimed on 12m (#243 confirmed on 12m), not thta bad for a simple 2 elements HexBeam.... One tip : Postal rates are very high in Norway. $3 are necessary to cover postal fees. IRC remains the best...
Lire la suiteHi all, All is in the title :-) Just need Guatemala on 80m now....next low band season hopefully ! Tnx for QSO + QSL ! Ronan, F8AFC
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