Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Here it is, XR0YY QSL arrived following our 80m QSO last November. Easter island on 80m is very nice for sure. But this one is even more special for me since it is my 200th zone to complete 5-band WAZ !!!!!!!!! I do need to get motivated for 160m...
Lire la suiteHi all, Sorry to have been so silent the past few weeks, I was SUPER busy with my job (frequent travels in Europe), and SUPER busy chasing Amsterdam isl FT5ZM expedition. Now it is over, here are my "results" : F8AFC has worked FT5ZM on 14 out of 21 band...
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Hi all, 2 nice QSL arrived yesterday with S21ZBC on 10/12/30m : 3 new bands confirmed for Bangladesh, missing 80/160 only now T33A on 30/20/17m : 3 new band for this All Time New One !!!!! DXCC #320 confirmed, waiting K9W to get 321 / 321 here.... Tnx...
Lire la suiteHi guys, I posted quite a number of direct QSL recently, and I'm starting to receive answers. Today, I got in the post-mail 3V8BB on 160m XT2TT on 30cw, and TO2TT on all bands (except 160...) YI1RZ on 30cw And a very nice QSL + post-card + kind hand-written...
Lire la suiteHi all, 2 new slots confirmed today as indicated in the title. 8th band for Monaco (miss 160m now), and 7th band for Peru (miss 160/80m now). Tnx guys for QSO / QSL ! Ronan, F8AFC
Lire la suiteAnother proof highlighted today. To be short, my vertical was KO on 40m after a strong wind blowing here (beg of November). Others bands (160/80/30m) were OK after a slight re-tuning in the base matching box, and 30m using 40m switch position from the...
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Hi all, Nice "All Time New One" confirmed today with XZ1Z QSL arrived, on 4 bands. DXCC n°319 confirmed, 12 more to go...:-) Ronan
Lire la suiteHi all, Here is a summary of my 2013 "DX" statistics F8AFC 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 Total 2013 score 70 206 276 240 318 307 302 276 272 2267 New slots in 2013 21 10 11 78 8 7 12 9 10 166 2014 target 100 215 285 275 325 315 310 285 280 2390 Good points...
Lire la suiteHi all, After a couple of very busy days, I can now enjoy the few remaining days of my holidays to wish you and yours all the very best for this new year !!!!!!!!!! This new year started well here with a new one worked on 17m (DXCC # 308 on 17m) with...
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Hi all, Nice X-mas present with a new one logged on 30m : H40TA. Fair signal (559 in the peaks here), but hard to work until propagation closes in Central/East Europe. Then it was "easier" but it took me one good hour to make it. n°240 on 30m, the 250's...
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