Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Nice ones received yesterday, a longly expected one, although it is not that rare...7P8JK QSL arrived yesterday to finally confirm Lesotho on 10m, tnx Arnold ! I now miss Lesotho on low bands only, let's look at this one there during the next...
Lire la suiteHi all, This is my first QSL received in 2012 and what a QSL : KL7RA QSL has been received yesterday for our 40/20/15 and 10m QSO's made in the last CQWW SSB contest. Yes, 10m SSB QSO with Alaska, that was great indeed, and thanks to this QSL, I have...
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Hi all, This is my 1st new "slot" of the year, and it has been made on 80m (!) : I could get HH2/HB9AMO this morning. Skip was good, since he was peaking 579 here using a simple TS-50 (barefoot) and a 32m wire up at 6 meters only with strong local noise....
Lire la suiteHi all, It is time to look at a bit behind and make some stats on 2011 DX activities here. 80m 40m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m Total 2009 140 193 285 255 244 161 139 1417 2010 161 219 291 266 261 199 177 1574 2011 183 247 304 285 281 249 248 1801 DXCC 2009 293...
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Thanks to my XYL who had to go to her office today (wake-up @ 05:00am loc time !), the last evening was very calm for a new year eve and I could even make some contacts to finish 2011. Well, I coud get JD1BMH on 40cw, exactly at my sunset (16:25 GMT)....
Lire la suiteHi all, Well, a new one on 15m (rare !) with EA1CYK/p in SSB mode. This is my 2nd new band with him after our 10m SSB QSO, not bad. I hope he coulg go on 12m where I also need South Shetlands....After, I'd only miss this DXCC on 80m :-) 73 to all, and...
Lire la suiteHi all, What an evening, while waiting for some propagation/activity from JD1/o on 40m, I did a bit of 80m and heard DU1IST on 3.512 MHz. Few guys were calling simplex, which was clearly covering him. Then, heard the hord 1 Kc up and in the clear, DU1IST...
Lire la suiteHi all, A nice "season" present today in the mail. I received - C21UF for our 20m CW QSO (All Time New One confirmed, this is RARE !!!!) - CE0Y/LA5UF for our 10/15/17m CW QSO's (New one on 10/17m !) - UA0SIK/O from Zone 19 on both 24CW and 24SSB ! Thank...
Lire la suiteDecember, 28th Well, that was as unexpected as you could imagine but from my small city lot, I could get my 2nd station from zone 27 on 80m with JD1BLY in the log on 80m CW !!!!!! This is my 2nd new band for Ogasawara this year thanks to CW (1st one being...
Lire la suiteHi, Tnx Babs and Loth for the QSO's from Cocos Keelings, as well as for the nice QSL received yesterday. 3 new bands confirmed (20/17/12m) for VK9/c, which I now need only on 80/40m. Danke ! Ronan
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