Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
February, 18th morning Hi all, Not many rest after K1N, here is TI9/3Z9DX reaching the air from the last 2 days till th 23rd of February. The last expedition there for the next 10 years or so...I have Coco island on 20SSB only, many bands to chase !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Hi all, Small note today on the "possible" P5 activation by K6VVA. http://www.dx-world.net/p5-cw-only-iota-as-197-project/ Although this guy knows very well how propagation works and how to handle a fluttery polar pile-up, I must say I do not agree at...
Hi all, More and more DXpeditions tend not to use leaderboard anymore, hoping for a somehow smaller "green slot" race, so for a pile-up decrease. Undirectly, this enables more people to get in the log since those exotic slots generally have a very slow...
Hi all, I missed this one a couple of times but finally succeeded yesterday morning to get S01WS on 30m (#265 on 30m). 8th band for a "close" DXCC, and just missing it on 160m now (but I doubt he has ever come there actually). In this very calm "DX" period,...
Another proof highlighted today. To be short, my vertical was KO on 40m after a strong wind blowing here (beg of November). Others bands (160/80/30m) were OK after a slight re-tuning in the base matching box, and 30m using 40m switch position from the...
Hi all, Great surprise this morning with Jean-Jacques, FW5JJ, in the log on 40m CW. Good signal (S4), but above my S3 noise level, and a quite clear split despite of some endless callers (I, 9A, S5....). n°287 on 40m, 2nd new one on 40m after EP6T in...
Hi all, Sorry to have been so silent the past few weeks, I was SUPER busy with my job (frequent travels in Europe), and SUPER busy chasing Amsterdam isl FT5ZM expedition. Now it is over, here are my "results" : F8AFC has worked FT5ZM on 14 out of 21 band...
Hi all, This is what I call a real focus on low bands !!!!!! Radio Arkala announced their trip to South Sudan with a dedication to low bands activitiy. I was, until this WE, missing Z8 on 160/80/30m, as well as on CW mode. I was lucky enough to work ST0R...
Hi all, I admit I do not update often those days on this log. Reason is simple, I miss spare time !!!!!!! Anyway, I still find some few minutes to be on the air (I prefer this than updating a bog, sorry for the readers !)...And could get 9J2T on 30cw...
Hi all, November was announced as being a very busy month with many expeditions planned, including some potential new ones. In this moment, there is (to my interest) XR0YY to be chased on 12m and above all on 80m (zone 12, my last zone) 5J0R that I was...
Hi all, I finally could get Monk Appolo on 12m this afternoon (# 287 on 12m) after chasing him for years on this band. This is actually my 6th band with him, looking for 30 and 80m now. But his appearances are quite rare there, another "years-long" quest,...
Hi all That was a good evening on 80m SSB yesterday. Actually, I haven't been doing 80m SSB for years, since the previous verticla antenna version was centered on the CW portion; But having added some relays at the base to allow CW/SSB switching was bringing...
Update 26th of Nov Just QSO with VP2EIM on 30m, also a new one on this band (n°263). Great to get my 2 last bands (except 160) for Anguilla !!!!! Ronan Hi all, My very last "easy" one from the West Indies that I was still missing on 80m : I could log...
Hi all, At least some spare time to give some news.... Last weeks have been very busy from job point of view, and I had only a few spare time to make some radio (so even fewer time to update this blog....I'll try to be more frequently updaing from now)....
Hi all, Still travelling a lot in Europe for the job, but e few spare time during the week-end. This WE shows some new activities from South Pacific, with TX6G and ZL7AAA on the air. For TX6G, I could get them on all bands from 20 up to 10m (10m SSB yesterday...
Hi all, That was yesterday evening, at the very end of the opening, with a signal decreasing. But there we go, I could log ZL7AAA on 30m for my 3rd "new band". Looking forward to hearing (orking them ?) on higher bands, although they have a rather weak...
Hi all, New one on 30m yesterday at sunset with N0J logged from Mariana islands (KH0). Good signal up to S5-S6 here, and just 2 calls were necessary to get it in a clear split. I was actually chasing KH0 on 30m for quite a long time, since the JA guys...
Hi all, After a couple of very busy days, I can now enjoy the few remaining days of my holidays to wish you and yours all the very best for this new year !!!!!!!!!! This new year started well here with a new one worked on 17m (DXCC # 308 on 17m) with...
F8AFC-@ i spot a pilleup so u know i made qso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1249 05 Oct CL0STER-@ Who spot a pilleup showing he qso 0507 04 Oct CL0STER-@ F8AFC one of these EGO MANIAC 0507 04 Oct Certainly a jealous guy, frustrated not be able to make QSO's, and whose...
Hi all, All is in the title. Each new "band-slot" is becoming harder and harder, but I succeeded in getting - FO/KH0PR on 17cw from Austral islands (I only have FO/a on...80 and 40m !), DXCC n°304 on 17m - 5W1SA on 12cw (Atsuo-san has great ears), as...
Hi all, I met a problem of "power cut" on my linear amplifier last July, and sent it to a "professional" guy in order to get it repaired. Each time I was powering it ON, fuses blown away....I hate working into High Voltage area, this is why I sent it...
Hi guys, I posted quite a number of direct QSL recently, and I'm starting to receive answers. Today, I got in the post-mail 3V8BB on 160m XT2TT on 30cw, and TO2TT on all bands (except 160...) YI1RZ on 30cw And a very nice QSL + post-card + kind hand-written...
Hi all, It's quite a while since my last update, I've been actually busy on the professional side and at home. I could log some nice ones recently, including TX5D and TO2TT from 80 up to 10 (TO2TT being my 200th on 80m !) 9L1JT/E51NOU on 30m (and C82DX...
My very last band for Galapagos, with classical 160m QSB, but just worked this morning quite easily !!!!!! HC2RMT/8 in the log, S3-S4 here, the guy had great ears !!!! Let's see what this CQWW CW will bring me on Top band, I still need many DXCC there,...
Hi, All is in the title, in addition to which I must say this is my zone # 38 now confirmed on 30cw. I'm still waiting for zone 2 (VE2IM) and 4 (K0IDX and more recently W0WP) to get them all ! That was the 1st and only time I heard Alaska on 30cw, lucky...
