Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
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As you must have noticed, 3B7C on St Brandon isl started today. Signals were not that good, especially on the high bands (nothing here on either 12 and 10m). I succeeded in QSO them on 20, 17 and 15m, with real signals varying between S2 (20m) up to S7...
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Toaday just received HI0C QSL (20m QSO, Isla Cabras, NA122) and 7P8DX QSL (17/15m QSO). Thanks to respectively to ON4IQ and ZS1RA for rather quick response (QSO with HI0C in June, and 7P8DX in April 2007). For info, Cabras Isl has not been on the air...
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Another interesting DXCC coming soon on the air : Lord Howe Isl, from October 19th to October 22nd. by JA1XGI (W8XGI) on 40/30/20 meters and possibly the lower bands CW, SSB and Digital (RTTY, SSTV). QSL via JA1XGI (bureau or direct) or W8XGI (only direct).by...
Lire la suiteHi all, Just a question for those who are reading this blog (I hope there are a few of you that find it interesting...) I've noticed a high level of static noise on most of the HF bands, increasing slightly in the evening time during the sunset, up to...
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A nice expedition will take place to Liberia from October 3rd until the 24th, 2007. Even if Liberia is quite common with active operators such as Ashley (EL2AR) and Dick (EL2DT), this is definitely worth contacting : A DX expedition with humanitary goals...
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A nice chart available here : hfradio.org/fot_7.html, giving the FOT (Optimum frequency, which is in fact a percentage of the famous Maximum Usable Frequency, well-known as MUF) Good luck with Australia on 24 MHz at around 09:00z.... High bands (24/28...
Lire la suiteFor those who missed Vlad (9U0VB) from Burundi on some bands/modes, an new chance with this DL expedition. From September 26th to October 9th, Sigi, DL7DF and his crew will be on tour to his next DXpedition to Burundi with the call 9U0A. The equipment...
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After the success of FX4DL (QSO on 20 and 17m..I missed them on 15m, too light...), a new chance to contact Revilla Gigedo !!! XE1YK/Carlos Levy, chairman of the "Federación Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores (FMRE)", has announced a new dxpedition to...
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Guinea Equatorial on the air from the 5th to the 14th of October 2007., more exactly from Bioko Island (IOTA AF-010). I did QSO with Elmo from 3C0M o 20/17 and 15 meters, let's hope it's gonna be at least the same for this potential "all time new one"...
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More classical, but quite rare on the air, an expedition will be held in 2009 to Sable Isl (NA-063) No more details as for now, but certainly more info to come on : www.sabledx.com/
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