Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, That was fun to chase Easter isl on the bands, despite the difficult propagation conditions. Finally, got them on 3 bands for sure (40/20/17m), and maybe 15m yesterday evening (to be confirmed, reports were WEAAAKKKKKKK !) I'd like to thank my...
Lire la suiteHi all, I really can not complain about XR0Y for many reasons, and here are the "pros": - My friend Stan is there ! - I got them on already 2 bands (40/17m). No sked, just pure fun in the pile-ups and great ears from them ! - They are facing difficult...
Lire la suiteHi all, I got XR0Y on 40m too !!!!!!!!! Actually, my youngest son woke up at 03:00am and logically woke his parents up too....After putting him back to bed, I quickly looked on the cluster and saw the first spots for XR0Y on 40m. There I was, in the middle...
Lire la suiteHi all, I've been waiting this moment for years actually, and one of my DX dream came true with this 17mQSO with Easter Island. Needless to say this is an All Time New One, but most of all, one the DX entity I was dreaming to QSO with. A rare magic place...
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Hi all, Here is a short summary of my WAZ "score" on different bands 80m: 32 zones 40m: 39 Zones (I miss only zone 19 there !!!!!!!) 20m: 40 Zones 17m: 38 zones (I miss zone 31 and 1) 15m: 37 zones (I miss zone 1, 19, 31) 12/10m: 27 zones on each... This...
Lire la suiteHi all, A short summary about the QSO's made during this CQWW SSB 2009. One thing to note before : I was not chasing "points", I was just chasing zones and DXCC's. Over-all feeling is a GREAT opening to Asia and Far-East on 10m !!!!!! Exceptional opening...
Lire la suiteHi all, I do like the week before big contests like the CQWW this week-end. Expeditions are warming-up, and this is in general a good opportunity to get some nice ones in the log. That was the case this early morning (04:30 local time) on both 40 and...
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Hi all, This time, I'm very sure about it: I could log succesfully 4U1UN on 20m, ALL TIME NEW ONE. I had 2 attempts in the past, in vain. This time was the good one. There will be one week activity from there, incl CQWW SSB. Hope to work them on other...
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Hi all This is BIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got Trinidade (PY0T) on 20/15/10m (All Time New One, on 3 bands) 20m before the pile-up 15m 15min later with a S2 signal ! 10m 1 hour later after 2 calls (he is peaking S7 here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)...
Lire la suiteHi all, Good opening on 15m this afternoon, with OX3KQ Jesper in the log with a real 5/9 report. This is a rare one on 15m, and this QSO complete our 80/40/20/17m QSO's already done. Thanks Jesper for this new one on 15m, 73 Ronan, F8AFC
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