Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
All is in the title. I remember T6JC QSO very well ! Conditiosn were tough, but that was my 1st DX in CW on 40m :-) I also got the good surprise to QSO with EA1CYK/p from a Spanish Antarctica base, on South Shetlands islands, for a new one on 10m. Apart...
Lire la suiteHi all, I'm on holidays for 2 weeks starting from today. And what I can say is that they started well : I got 3D2R QSL for 20/17/15m (SSB + CW) QSO's, all time new one confirmed. I aslo got YJ0ANR for our...12m CW QSO !!!!!!! I remember the pile-up on...
Lire la suiteHi all, I discovered yesterday evening that I could "tune" from my FT-920 the vertical antenna on 30m. OK, I only output 30-40W, but this could be enough to be a bit QRV on 30m band ! I then tried to answer CQ calls from 5N7M (he was 539), but he didn't...
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Hi guys, What a week-end !!!!! Not because there was the ARRL 10m, but because I could "finish" T8 on all bands thanks to - T88NU on 10CW during the contest - T8CC on 80/40/17 and 12m. Yes, you read correctly, T8CC from zone 27 on 80m CW with a very good...
Lire la suiteHi all, nice trio arrived today in the mail: VK0KEV (Macquarie isl !) on 17m...2nd band confirmed after 20m ZL1BYZ, John, on 10cw and 12m CW+SSB : Now I have zone 32 confirmed on ALL bands (tnx John !!!!) VE7SV on 40/10m CW, also new zone (z3) now confirmed...
Lire la suiteHi all, 2 nice QSL in the mail yesterday, with D9A (AS-0.26) now finally confirmed on 40m ! And above all, RW0CR, Alex from zone 19, for our 80m CW QSO !!!!!!!! (This zone 19 is hard to get, as it is an almost polar path !) Tnx to all for QSL'ing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Lire la suiteHi all, Nice QSL received this week-end - 4W6A on all bands from 40 up to 12m - J8/PE1IGM on 12/10m - HP1/IZ6BRN on 10m (last band for Panama) Tnx to all for QSL'ing indeed!!!! Ronan
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Hi all, this is not a new zone, this is even not a new DXCC "slot", but this is simply Rockall isl, EU-189, now confirmed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No need to say more, guys, you did a great job "up there" !!!!! ronan
Lire la suiteAll is in the title, All time New One confirmed (ST0R), an,d a semi-rare one confirmed on all high bands now, that's cool. Note that I also QSO'd with RI1FJL on 80m (last abnd for Franz Josef Land), so this DXCC should be close soon, 73 ! Ronan
Lire la suite7th of December Bill ended his operations yesterday evening after a 15m CW session, where he had a good signal. Well, I missed it on 17mCW, but I surely did a QSO with him on 15m (and possibly 40m). In addition to having QSO'd with him frolm South Cook...
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