Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Today I took,a day off (few staff to do at home), and I did well : I coul QSO with J5C on my last band (17m), and got thme also QRP (still 5W) on 20/17 and 12m !!!!!!!!!!! I can't do better, 'cause I don't have low bands antennas. So I'm VERY...
Lire la suiteYou may have noticed this, but 10 and 12m meters are still open even a couple of hours after sunset... Some stations from Scotland, Germany in the log on 10m, as well as a new one for me on 12m : OK-land ! So thanks to Karel, OK2ZI, for the QSO (and in...
Lire la suiteWell, this WE has been rather good for PZ5YV...I got them on 3 bands (20/17/15m). QSL via buro to IT9DAA. I also QSO with Carlos, WP4U, on 12m...Nothing on 10m, but it is a good sign to hear 12m open to NA/Caribean sometimes... Ronan
Lire la suiteGood morning here, with 2 new ones on 17m : Otto, OY9R and Fedor, UK9AA, in 10 minutes time. resp DXCC n 222 and 223 on 17m.. Thanks to both of you, Ronan PS : Still with the hexbeam and 50W !!!!!
Lire la suiteToday is the last day for Jersey expedition... Even with the low QRB (150km), I could contact them on 20/17/15/12 and 10m (new one on 15 and 12m)... This short distance is a problem on the high bands when the skip is open to EU. But I was lucky enough...
Lire la suiteHey, some of you have noticed that the SFI has increased the last few days up to...94. 30 points more than the minimum of 64 we have seen a couple of month ago. Is it a god sign? Don't know, because the propagation was not that good, even with this rather...
Lire la suiteHi all, I've checked my QSO status on YK9SV online log (www.yk9sv.com/logsearch/logsearch.php. My 17m QSO was missing a few days after the DX expedition finsihed. I'm now happy to see that all my QSO's (20/17/15m) are there, and will send with confidence...
Lire la suiteEven 20m closes just during the sunset here....No signals at all ater that, who powered down the propagation...????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? SFI is around 69/70 these days, better than we have seen recently (64...
Lire la suiteWell, not so bad for those fiurst days of exepdition. QSO with them on 20 and 15m with only my 100W and the HexBeam...But that's amasingly difficult (slow op, italian/greek walls....). I missed them on 17m, and didn't hear them yet on the higher bands...
Lire la suiteHi all, Quite a long time I haven't been updating my blog... Well, as 3VERYBODY must have noticed, there was a huge contest last WE...The kind of contest that totally fills in 20m band with 5/9+ signals almost all day long. As usually, I only worked selectively,...
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