Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
I had the opportunity to work at night time on 80m in the last couple of weeks, and I noted that my noise level was constantly over S5 here, sometimes peaking to S9 when I have some electrical crashes. It is quite difficult to output from this noise "small"...
Lire la suiteThanks Rafiq for the QSO on 40/20m, and the QSL. I'm now looking forward to receiving the QSL for our 80m QSO, HI ! 73 Ronan
Lire la suiteJust before the zoo yesterday evening, after only a few calls, I QSO'd with Pedro !!!!!!!! It was just his sunset there, and his real signals were 5/5, almost incredible ! This morning, he was back on 80m with a steady 5/7 report, ad with only a few callers...
Lire la suiteNicolas succeeds in placing his QSO's on line on his web-site. Here : link Thanks Nicolas for the report (3/1, HI !), but this is a good QSO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ronan, F8AFC
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What a fast shipping following the last CQWW SSB. I got VP5T and 6Y1V QSL cards for 40/80m QSO's !! I also received YK9SV QSL cards for my 20/17/15m QSO's last year. After sending an email to the manager SV1JG Cliff), this last one told me he didn't receive...
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Many thanks to Mohammed, A92GR for the QSO this early morning on 80m (04:30loc). A9 is my 100th DXCC on 80m from the date I installed the HF2V, that is to say from last June, not so bad isn't it ! I know ! need margin above those 100 DX to get effectively...
Lire la suiteI was running a couple of years after Andorra on 12m, and I could QSO C31JM last summer to complete my high bands QSL collection. Well, today, I RX the QSL card, THANKS !!!!!!!!! I now have C3 on all bands from 20 to 6m, hae QSO with C3 on 40/80m and...
Lire la suiteWhat a great opening this morning at 07:30 GMT on 80m : I could QSO K6MYC (thans to my fried Arnaud, F4DPT, for telling Mike I was there !)...With a good 5/9 report from California !!!!!! New State for me (My long-term 5B-WAS !), new zone for me (yes,...
Lire la suiteHi all, I could get Pedro yesterday evening, after our sunset (which means nowadays that 20m should be close...). I was lucky for sure. I'm now waiting HK0 on the low bands.....HI ! Ronan, F8AFC
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Not so bad here with the hexbeam... I could QSO with HK0/HK3JJH on 17m before the zoo (sorry, the pile-up) from NA133 (Serrana bank)... I must have been VERY lucky, hearing afterwards the pile-up going on.... More info here : http://www.5k0t.com/index.html...
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