Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Update 25th of Sept Update from ARRL : As of this time Z6ØK, and/or any other Z6 station, will not count for any entity for DXCC awards purposes as they do not qualify under the DXCC rules. Any future change in Kosovo’s DXCC status will be announced by...
Hi all, What a GREAT sunday evening here. Propagation was simply amazing on the highest 12m and 10m bands. As you may know, I'm definitely a WAZ hunter. My last zone missing on 12m SSB was Zone 1, that I already confirmed on 12cw, but not SSB. As a matter...
Hi all, VP2MWG on 10/12/17 cw, 10/12m being the last bands now confirmed !!!!!!!!!!!!!! J88DR on 10/12/15/17/20/40 cw, new one confirmed in cw ! ZK2C on 40/20/17 cw (new one confirmed on 40m) T8CC on 12/17/40/80 cw, 4 new/last bands confirmed for Palau...
Hi all, Nice surprise to get those HU2DX from el Salvador on all bands, including 30m ! I sepnt a few days looking for them, as my 2 missing bands were 80 and 30m. But hearing their signal on all bands motivated me to look for them on all bands. This...
Hi all, Zone 1 is now confirmed on my last frequency band, I could get NL7G QSL yesterday for our 12m CW QSO....This si the zone n°39 confirmed on 12m, just waiting now for zone 31 to get them all (I'm actually waiting T32C, KH7Y QSL....). I also got...
Update : F8AFC has worked ZK2C on 1 out of 14 band slots 10m 12m 15m 17m 20m 30m 40m PH CW RTTY That was a good one !!!! DXCC n° 250 on 40m with a simple vertical, cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi all, Following ZK2V super "one-man" expedition recently, I still...
Hi all, Excellent card received today, with JD1BLY in the mail for our 4-band QSO's. New one confirmed on 10m (Ill remember for a long time this Long Path QSO on 10m !), new one confirmed on CW, and NEW ZONE confirmed on 80m (zone 27, hard one !). Tnx...
Hi all, One part of the hobby I do like is to experiment a few things around radio, and this includes antenna trials of course. So far, I was tuning my "modified" HF2V with the transceiver when I wanted to go on 30m. That was working, more or less well,...
Hi all, 2 nice QSL received yesterday - First on eis 8R1EA for our 10m QSO, I now have Guyana confirmed on all bands. - Second one is a VERY expected one : JT5DX on both 10 and 80m This JT5DX QSL enables me to get Zone 23 confirmed on all bands !!!!!!...
Hi all, Long waiting, but that was worth waiting : I could get EZ7V QSL and EX7VI QSL from RW6HS, enabling me to confirm Turkmenistan on my 2nd band as an example. EZ status is not that clear regarding DXCC and ARRL desk. Lots of dicussions are on going...
Hi all, Godd surprise also this morning : I could get CP4BT on 80m CW, he had a very good signal and that was right at my sunrise ! New one on 80m I need Bolivia now on...40m only. DXCC n° 190 on 80m, the "200 score" is approaching, HI ! This is the closest...
Hi all, Well, a new one on 15m (rare !) with EA1CYK/p in SSB mode. This is my 2nd new band with him after our 10m SSB QSO, not bad. I hope he coulg go on 12m where I also need South Shetlands....After, I'd only miss this DXCC on 80m :-) 73 to all, and...
Tnx David, XE1XR, for this QSO on 12cw, hard one, 559 rpt + QSB. This is actually my very last zone on 12cw (I have 39 zones in SSB, still missing zone 1 in SSB mode). But to qualify WAZ, it must be in single mode, either CW or SSB...Since I re-started...
Hi all, Finally, I could get Razi's QSL for our 12/10m QSO's last autumn. I know, I was late in direct QSL'ing, but the answer from the manager IK2DUW was quick, and also including TM1F QSL (IOTA EU095). Those are my 2 last bands on which I needed Irak...
All is in the title. In addition, I'd say that - I miss both of them on 80m only now - T32C enables me to get zone 31 confirmed on 12/10m : I now have the 40 zones confirmed on both bands !!!!!!! That was real DX pleasure to chase both of them on the...
Hi all, What an evening, while waiting for some propagation/activity from JD1/o on 40m, I did a bit of 80m and heard DU1IST on 3.512 MHz. Few guys were calling simplex, which was clearly covering him. Then, heard the hord 1 Kc up and in the clear, DU1IST...
Hi all, All is in the title, I could get Alex, RW0CR, on 80cw 2 days ago. He had a very good signal, and being hunting this zone on 80 for almost years, I couldn't leave this chance going away. Zone 19 from Western EU is VERY hard : This is almost a polar...
Hi all, Nie QSL cards received this WE (all is in the title). Apart from AH0J where I still miss KH0 on 80m, all other QSL enabled me to confirm those DXCC on my very last band !!!!!! Biggest surprise was RI1FJL QSO on 80CW, since Franz Josef is quite...
Hi all, A nice "season" present today in the mail. I received - C21UF for our 20m CW QSO (All Time New One confirmed, this is RARE !!!!) - CE0Y/LA5UF for our 10/15/17m CW QSO's (New one on 10/17m !) - UA0SIK/O from Zone 19 on both 24CW and 24SSB ! Thank...
7th of December Bill ended his operations yesterday evening after a 15m CW session, where he had a good signal. Well, I missed it on 17mCW, but I surely did a QSO with him on 15m (and possibly 40m). In addition to having QSO'd with him frolm South Cook...
Hi all, What a great propagation on 10m !!!!!!!!!!!!! Full of JA, JT's were very strong, KH2 and KH0's too.... As usually, I do participate in the contest to chase some new ones here and there, but I was bluffed by the conditions on 10m....So estonished...
Hi, Very nice one contacted this morning on 12m, despite of a quite low signal (peaking S5 but with a lot of QSB) : I could get Adrian, EA1CYK/p on 12m SSB....This is my 4th band with Adrian, I hope to get him on 17m for "fun", but I now have South Shetlands...
Hi all, I'm on holidays for 2 weeks starting from today. And what I can say is that they started well : I got 3D2R QSL for 20/17/15m (SSB + CW) QSO's, all time new one confirmed. I aslo got YJ0ANR for our...12m CW QSO !!!!!!! I remember the pile-up on...
Hi all, Yesterday evening, I could get for the very first time Zone 3 on 10m (VE7SV) with a real 599 report after sunset ! all started before sunset with K6YRA contacted on 12m with 100w only..Al was bomming in, 59 report on the FT-920, simply impressive....
Hi all, Nice letters arrived yesterday with Renzo's QSL in the mail (P29FR) on 15 and 10m SSB. I also got from Tim, M0URX, a super fast shipping QSL package for MS0INT, OJ0UR (all bands) and VE2CSI (zone 2), zone now confirmed on all bands (new zone confirmed...
