Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
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Hi all, 3rd QSO with the French antarctica team from a 3rd new base.I could get Mehdi as VP8DLM, but this time from Danco isl, AN012 ! First QSO with the Antarctica continent (although I got him from South Shetlands already). Many thanls Mehdi, see you...
Lire la suiteHi all, This morning is the last day of K5D expedition. Well, that was a great one for men since I got them on 80/40/20/17/15m (my inital goal was at least 1 band, ideally 3 HI !). On 40m this morning, he was peaking 10dB over 9 here, so I decided to...
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Hi all, From last WE, F5PFP is active in Antarctica from several base. I could get him as OA0/FT5YJ from Machu Picchu Peruvian base (Sunday evening, 40m), and as VP8DLM in Deception isl (AN-010), also on 40m. More news here: link (http://www.french-polar-team.fr/Antarcticexpedition2009/Antarcticexpedition2009.html)...
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Hi all, 3 nice QSL arrived today !!!!!!!! ZD8UW on 40 and 80m (new DXCC and new zone confirmed on 80m, just need ZD8 on 10m now, but now I have zone 36 confirmed on all bands !) PJ2LS on 40/17m, new one confirmed on both bands... NX7TT Ed from teh State...
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Hi all, 3 new ones confirmed today !!!!!! CU1CB on 40/80m (I now just miss CU on 10m !) A41MO on 40/17m (need A4 on 80/10m only now) HC2AQ on 17m (ned him on 12/10m now !) Thanks to EA5KB (Excellent QSL manager !) for all those QSL !!!!! Ronan
Lire la suiteThat was yesterday evening, on 20m. He was very strong for that time of the day, so I took my chance, put the RF power button at its minimum position, and decided to call. 30min after, he got my call, amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remembered having spent...
Lire la suiteHi all, I said yesterday that I needed 2 more zones confirmed to reach the mythic level of 150 zones totalized between 80/40/20/15/10m bands. Well, today, I received KL7HBK (John in Alaska, zone 1) QSL for our 80m QSO, as well as KH2JU (Danny, Guam isl,...
Lire la suiteHi all, 2 new bands for OH0 and P3 today in the mail P43A on 12m, and OH0JTU also on 12m. Thanks to this last one, I got confirmed OH0 Aland Isl on all bands fro 80 to 10 incl WARC.... "This is done" Ronan
Lire la suiteYep, my 15m QSO for which I was not 100% sure is updated, with my QSO !!!! Cool !!!!!!!! I'll keep an eye on 12m, but I guess that due to the propagation condition, this is a sweet dream ! Today's signals on both 20 ad 17m were extremely weak compared...
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Hi all, This is definitely a great day : I got VK6LC QSL for our both 80 and 17m QSO, new zone (29) confirmed now on both bands ! I got now 148 zones confirmed totally on 80/40/20/15/10m, 2 more and I'll be able to get my 5-band WAZ !!!!!! Thanks Mal...
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