Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Yesterday evening, I coninued enjoying excellent conditions on 20m and decided to call /QRP with 5W PEP. Well, my first one was Wally, R1AND, from Antarctica !!!!!!!!!!!! A new one for my DXCC QRP ! Then a few US stations (again Dick, WN3R, who was really...
Lire la suiteHi all, Tonight I decided to transmit only with QRP power : 5 W PEP into my hexbeam... Believe it r not, I made the following QSO HC2FN Ecuador N0AIE Nebraska (new state for me in QRP) V21RW Antigua PJ4/PA3CNX ZF2DF J6/DL7AFS VE3CNX, AK8V and W8CNL All...
Lire la suite"DAGOE" stands for "Dutch Amateurs Going On Expedition". The club members Arie Kleingeld,PA3A (EL2AK), Ad van Ginneken,PA8AD (EL2AG), Arie Noordzij,PA3AN (EL2AN), and Henk van Oosterhout, PA3AWW (EL2AO), are planning a major activity from Liberia from...
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Again a potential "all time new one" for me : San Andres Isl, NA053, made by a group of US hams. Call sign used will be 5J0A. Tom/K3WT, Vlad/N0STL, Bill/W0OR and Ron/N0AT will be active as HK0/homecall from San Andres Island (NA-033) on 19-27 November....
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Coming soon on the air, and geographically close to PZ (see tohers DX news) : Guyana ! Starting the 30th of September and until the 13th of October we will be on the air on the usual frequencies in SSB, CW and RTTY as 8R1XR and 8R1XT from Georgetown....
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A fter a lapse of nearly five years, the call 3D2AG/p will be activated from the small isolated island of Rotuma (OC-060) in December 2007 by Antoine, also known as FO5RK. The expedition is planned to start on December 15, and last until January 20 or...
Lire la suiteWhat a great expedition...Over 125K QSO, !!!!!!!!! I stil miss them on 10m, but what can we do without any propagation ! Special thanks to all the team, and lokking fwd to the next FSDXA trip !!!!
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A multi-national team will go to Paramaribo next January 2008 in order to enable everybody to make a QSO with PZ-land. This is a rare DX, but it may be needed on some bands (I just need it on 12m for example...Still wiating for Ramon, PZ5RA, QSL to come)...
Lire la suiteHi, Godd suprise today, just received Mirko's QSL from DL5EBE for my QSO with DP0GVN (Neumayer Station, AN016). That's a new Antarctica QSL for my collection, my first German base.... Many thanks to Dominik and Mirko !!!!!! More info : See my favourite...
Lire la suiteMade by SV team, AS186 will be on the air next November from Arwad Isl from the 1st to 13th of November 2007. 2 or 3 stations running at the same time, made by experimented SV operators, that will be fun : New IOTA and semi-rare DXCC, pile-up will be...
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