Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi al, What a day !!!!!!!! I could get them on both 20 and 17m in 15min time...1 hour before my sunset. Fighting against QSB on 17m (peaking S6, then nil etc), he was working by #, slowly, but with enough time between each number to reah a propagation...
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!! That was a lucky morning here, I coud get through the HUUUUUUGE pile-u p of K5D on both 40 and 80m QSO. 40m was VERY lucky : He listened during a VERY short while below 7.1 MHz, which was a first inconvenient. But...
Lire la suiteToday has started my holiday week, synchronized with K5D expedition ! I decided to wake up early (4:30AM loc time), and see what's happening on the bands.... WHAT A NOISE !!!!!!!!!!!!! K5D is VERY strong on 40 and 80m but - On 40m, he is above 7.1 MHz,...
Lire la suite2 new ones on the low bands today : This morning, fighting with deliberate QRM, I could QSO with LU1DK on 80m, my very last band for Argentina !!!!!!!! And this evening, I came through HV0A pile-up on 40m ! I now just miss Vatican city on 80m to close...
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Hi all, Thanks for having visited my QRZ.com address, this figure is quite incredible, but this is somehow a psychological step for me. Hope that many more will see me there, HI !!!! Ronan
Lire la suiteHi all, Today's a great day : I could finalize my WAS on 20m thanks to my QSO with W7CA from Wyoming. Propagation was very good the last few days for W0's and W7's, and I was looking for Wyoming for quite some time now. After a QSO with Ed, NX7TT, in...
Lire la suiteHi all, Nice but short opening quite early this morning on 17m (at 09:00GMT) : I QSO with Razi, YI1RAZ..This is a missing one on 17m (DXCC n°232 on this band), and my 3rd QSO with him (already contacted on 80 and 40m). I'll send a QSL to his manager,...
Lire la suiteHi all, I'm quite happy about what happened during Naz's pile up (VO2NS, Zone 2), on 20m today. I heard Valery, UN7MMM, calling him in vain, because of all EU wall between them. I decided to jump into the "wall", succesfully, in order to help them makig...
Lire la suiteSlowly by slowly, I'm adding new DXCC on 80m..This morning, I could get hrough HI3AB pile-up, giving me my 123th DXCC on this band from last June. On 40m, I'm oer 160 DXCC now, also from last June !!!!! I'm really looking fwd to KP5 expedition there..It...
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Hi all, Always keeping in mind to improve the reception on the noisy low bands, I wanted to acquire some external DSP treatments. The internal DSP of the FT920 is not that good (in my mind, or at least, not good enough ...), so I started to search on...
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