Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Good evening on 80m : I made QSO with Rafiq, JY4CI (he was luckely calling by numbers to decrease the zoo....) and Matin, TA1ED. Those are 2 new ones for me, and I'm approaching the psychological 100DXCC on 80m now (94 to be exact). I'm still running...
Lire la suiteHi all, It didn't happen for a VERY long time, but this morning, at around 10::00 UTC, there was a nice opening between Europe and VK on 12m. I QSO with Gerry, VK2APG, with a real 5/7 report, that was impressive. I also heard VK8DP (I still miss Zone...
Lire la suiteHi all, I was giving some CQ DX calls yesterday evening at around 22:30 to 23:00z on 40m when I heard a booming signal from Alberta, Canada. That was Larry, VE5UA, who was arriving up to 5/9 here, really impressive (his 3 elements mono-bander full size...
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Hi all, Good news tonight : After last WE's QSO on 20m, I succeeded in geting them on 40m as well. For once, not so many people were calling, and the guys calling were very respectuous (yes, on 40m !). One proof of that : I passed my call about 10 times...
Lire la suiteHi all, I spent some time yesterday evening on 80m trying to what kind of propagation waw there.... I was hearing VQ9RD quite weak at around 21:00z, calling for NA stations. I couldn't believe I was receiving Diego Garcia so nicely on that band... After...
Lire la suiteYesterday evening, propagation was rather poor just after the sunset. But about 3-4 hours later (at around 22:00z), some nice DX signals were coming here. i managed to QSO with Sergey (EX8KS) and Joey (DU1BP) without too much difficulties on 40m...Those...
Lire la suiteYep, this happened to me this morning. I was beaming short path to Japan at around 07:30 UTC when I heard a small voice with a japanese accent on 14.270 below some North EU QRM. I listened carefully, and noticed a pile-up 5 KHz down. i decided to turn...
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MANY MANY thanks to Kan-san and Masaru-san for our QSO tonight on 80m... Incredible signals, I've never heard such nice signals from JA on 80m !!!!! Kan-san (7J4AAL) was a real peaking 5/9 report here, and Masau-san 5/6. I must have been lucky with my...
Lire la suiteI' actually missing A4 on 80/40/17 and 10m.... Yesterday, I could get them on both 17 and 10m; without much problem (they do have an excellent signal here, although I was playing with QSB on 10m !). This morning, I got them on 12m as well... Next step...
Lire la suiteHi all, Well, as for every contestn I participate in order to contact some new ones on some bands (and of course ideally all time new ones, but this is rare). Priority was given here for the low bands for the 1st contest of the HF2, HI ! Not so bad actually,...
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