Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
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Hi all, Chris was calling lonely this morning on 20m...I was beaming south to try some LP QSO with South Pacific, and heard him up to S7 here. I almready got him on 40/20/17/15m, so it was time to call him QRP That's waht I did, and after a few calls,...
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Hi all, DEfinitely a nice day today : I at last closed Sardinia island now confirmed on ALL bands thanks to IS0EBO, Antonio, for our 40 and 80m QSO's ! Merci Antoine ! (he speaks well French !!!!) Ronan
Lire la suiteHey, good skip today, and enjoying more and more this transequatorial propagation. I could get Andy, 3DA0TM, on 20m with 5W a few minutes ago. Needless to say this is a new one QRP ! Great ears Andy, 73 Ronan, F8AFC/QRP
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Very interesting chart indeed..... 80% of possibility for each path, the first line being the frequency of interest. Good DX, Ronan
Lire la suiteHi all, Nice one this morning on 20m long path. I heard VK3MO, Ian, starting to calli CQ with his stack of yagis (5 over 5 over 5 over 5 = 20 elements !). He was peaking 5/9 on my meter here, almost alone in a very quiet band. I took my chance and replied...
Lire la suiteHi all, This morning, I went to the shack to see what was on the bands (right after my sunrise, @ 05:30AM). Nothing special, a few Na on 80m, and TI7KK calling lonely on 40m. I tried my chance and called him with 5W...He was listening from +5 to +10KHz...
Lire la suiteHi all, Today, I received Laura's QSL card fro Monaco for our 40/80m QSO's, new one now confirmed on both bands (merci Laura !) I also got W6AA's QSL card for our 80m QSO.Arizona is a new state confirmed on 80m, on the way to 5B-WAS, HI !!!!! Ronan,...
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Hi all, Even after sunrise, it is possible for little pistols like me to work some DX on the low bands.. SR + 30min : W1IA on 80m (Brent, in New Hampshire state...My 30th US state on 80m !) SR + 1 hour : TI7KK on 40m (IOTA NA191), more info on www.ti7.info...
Lire la suiteHi all, "Full power" QSO's = 80/40/20/17/15 and 12m (500W PEP) QRP QSO's = 20/17/15/12m (5W PEP) New one on 80m, new one in QRP conditions, but still missing on 10m. I added 2 more QSO's yesterday on 20 and 17m with QRP conditions...I was still waiting...
Lire la suiteHi again, That was yesterday evening on 20m : KG4CN (Gitmo) was up to S8 on my non-generous meter of the FT-920. He was transmitting on 14197, and spotted as listening on 14208. I listened to him, but clearly heard he was now listening on 14189 (while...
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