Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Nice QSL today with Wal's QSL (PY2WC) received for our 30m and 12m CW QSO's. That was my very first Brazilian contacted on 30m, and actually, a new zone at that time. Now, zone 11 is confirmed on all bands from 80 up to 10m, and this is my zone...
FRANCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just QSO with TM0SI from Sein isl (IOTA EU068) on 30m CW.....and realized I've never got my own country on this band. And as a bonus, this is my 200th DXCC worked on 30m, GREAT ! Tnx ! Ronan, F8AFC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Hi guys, That was a HUGE pile-up, but I could get through which brought me a new one and a new zone on 30m. Now, this one is confirmed, I have China and zone 24 on all bands, except 160... Ronan, F8AFC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Hi all, I like those kind of days when the letter box has QSL. Those ones are nice indeed EM20UARL on 80/40/30/15m (new one + new zone confirmed on 30m !) XR0YG on 40/30cw (new one CW + new one on 30m) PT0S : All time new one, confirmed on all bands from...
Hi guys, No major expedition announced in the next weeks (even month), in addition to a summer propagation coming in (although we have a Autumn WX here), makes me say that the DX season has now ended. It is time to chase some band slots, or to try re-getting...
Hi all, Nice new one on 30m this morning with Easter isl logged on 30m (#194 on 30m). Huge pile-up, as yesterday, but I was lucky on this one.... I would have preferred 80m (as this would have been my last zone for 5B-WAZ), but I'll keep on monitoring...
Hi all, Nice QSO (but hard one) on 30m CW today with BA7IO in the log at around 16:25z. New one and NEW ZONE on 30m. His signal was really good, peaking 579 here, but in simplex operation, that was hard to go through the zoo (and hear his answer !). I...
Hi all, What a great day today !!!! All started with K9W logged on 15ssb this morning, followed this midday by XR0ZR, still on 15ssb. Then , I had a sked with Carson, ZS8C, who kindly proposed me to try on 15m first at the beggining of the afternoon,...
Hi all Great show on 30m this evening with P29NI QSO (OC-099) and VE2IM (Zone 2) QSo on 30m. P29NI was not that strong, peaking 559 here, but the guy had great ears and we could make it after a few calls only. Then I saw VE2IM spotted, from zone 2, on...
Hi all, 3 new slots confirmed here thanks to Dr Munzer, JY5HX, on 30mCW and thanks the Swiss team for 3B9SP QSL on 40/30m CW. I now miss JY to be confirmed on 12/17m (I'm sure Vlad, UA4WHX, will send JY9VB QSL soon), and 3B9 to be contacted on....80m....
Hi all, DXCC # 150 on 30m was put into the log this morning with PJ5J. Not hard (he was 599 here), but always nice to climb such a step in the DXCC score, above all with 100w. This was my last band for PJ5, except 160.... 73 Ronan DXCC numéro 150 sur...
VK9/OH1VR from Lord Howe isl !!!!!!!!! Just made the QSO over the LP, quite easily (he was peaking 559). I got scared since he took first F8AFK (he missed the last dot of my suffix), so I repeated it couple of time and he repeated it correctly afterwards....
Hi all, Just a short status of the "modified" HF2V with the 160m kit installed for 2 months now. What to say? Well, nothing magic for sure, this is even truer when working barefoot. As a summary, 9 zones and 46 DXCC in the log so far. Best RX'ing : DU1IST,...
Hi all, After months of investigations, simulations, coil homebuilding etc, I'm now able to say that the new vertical for the low bands is now up and running. Last year, I had a modified HF2V (36 feet high) with a L-C resonator kit (TBR160) for 160m operation....
Hi all, The world famous ham-operator "traveller" is certainly Vlad, UA4WHX, who enabled me to get many band slots (as well as an All Time New One during his operation from Comoros isl during his African tour). Today, I received 6 very nice QSL from him,...
Hi all, All is in the title. I miss 4U1ITU QSL on 160 (QSO already made) to get it on all bands. I also got XX9E on 20/17/15m, new one confirmed on 17m. Tnx for QSL'ing guys ! Ronan Bonjour Tout est dans le titre. Il me manque la QSL de 4U1ITU sur 160...
Hi all, During this typical summer propagation, that was interesting to see this "1A" entity on the air, even for a short 4-days period. So far, I had 1A4A QSO'd and QSL'd on all bands from 6m (yes, 50MHz) down to 80m. So no pressure at all. But having...
Some more precisions V4 is now confirmed on all bands (new one confirmed on 80/30/10m) YV is now confirmed on all bands (new one confirmed on 30cw) + new IOTA ZS7/DL1LLL (Sanae Summer base) and DP0GVN/p (Watzmann observatory) as new bases (super nice...
This may be the biggest news of the WE : I received from a friend (F5OWT) the TBR160 kit to be mounted on the already modified HF2V. Everything went mechanically smoothly, but from tunings point fo view, every bands had to be re-tuned. Although, to get...
Hi all, All is in the title. 9M6XRO enables me to confirm 9M6 on a new band (80m !), MS0INT from Flannan isl is a new IOTA confirmed, and V85/9M8Z enables me to get V85 now confirmed on 15m. Not that bad ! Tnx Tim, M0URX, for your EXCELLENT QSL service,...
Hi all, I got 2 nice QSL cards yesterday including 9L0W (late 2011 operation) now confirmed in SSB+CW from 40 up to 10m (still missing 80/30m). I also got CE7/DJ8QP from Chiloe isl (SA018) for our 30m CW QSO. New 30m DXCC, New Zone on 30m + new IOTA,...
Hi all, All is in th title. I could get CU1CB this morning on 160m, this is my DXCC n° 60 on Top band. I heard him a couple of times, either on my morning or in my evenings, but couldn't get through each time. And this morning, that worked ! Tnx Ronan,...
Hi all, DXCC # 265 has been worked on 12m with VK9XM logeed last Saturday afternoon. I missed the other "Pekka" operator on 10m (needed there too), but I had quite a few things to do last week-end out of the radio. I also worked my DXCC # 120 on 30m with...
Hi all, Nice (and quite easy one) on 30m this evening with 5H1HS logged on 30m CW. New one, always nice to QSO with Zanzibar island (IOTA AF-032) and above all NEW ZONE on 30m (#35)....5 more to go to reach the "40", but that "smells" good as we say,...
All is in the title. Michel had a good signal here, peaking 569-579 on my small vertical. Few people were calling, which is not a good sign for me small station on Top band (100W only). But Michel did hear me despite of some QSB. On 160m, this is a new...
