Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
25th of October 1 week has passed since my last update, and I couldn't get those T32C on 80m cw and 40SSB, although I was monitoring every morning....Propagation didn't help us, but those guys made a tremendous job, bringing us the opportunity to log...
Hi all, Well, I received yesterday the MFJ564 Iambic paddle and made the correct wiring connections to the transceiver (not a big deal, this is a simple 3-wire interface with common wire, dash and dot wire). I immediately started to play with the FT-920...
Hi all, 3 QSL received today (all is in the title). GP0STH was the hardest : Guernsey is hard from here (200km, so backscatter mandatory), but this is my last band !!!!!! SV2ASP/a was a lucky one, but his signal was very good. I miss Monk Apollo on 12...
Hi all, Nice ones received yesterday, a longly expected one, although it is not that rare...7P8JK QSL arrived yesterday to finally confirm Lesotho on 10m, tnx Arnold ! I now miss Lesotho on low bands only, let's look at this one there during the next...
Hi all, At this time of the year (longest days, so shortest nights), making a new one on the low bands is very rare. But that was the case this WE with FS/K9EL in the log on 40m SSB, at around 04:00tu (early here) Yes, I was still missing FS on 40m (!!!!!),...
Hi all Despite of low solar indexes in the moment, I was lucky enough to enjoy the short and weak openings for those C21HA. Those guys definitely have great ears, and even if CW'ing at a rather high speed (>+ 30wpm), they do copy !!!!!! That was true...
Hi all, nice morning on 40m when I could get Pierre from Haïti on my VERY last band (40cw). I now contacted Pierre on all bands where he is QRV, that is to say from 80 up to 10m incl 30m (!) This is what I call a super "grand chelem" Merci Pierre !!!!!...
December, 28th Well, that was as unexpected as you could imagine but from my small city lot, I could get my 2nd station from zone 27 on 80m with JD1BLY in the log on 80m CW !!!!!! This is my 2nd new band for Ogasawara this year thanks to CW (1st one being...
Hi all, A one-man expedition prior to North Cool activation, but a great one for sure...Always in a perfect timing for EU (at elast Western europe), that wasn't that hard to get him on the 3 highest bands so far (I've already confirmed South Cool isl...
Hi all, While beaming roughly to the West to get those 4W on the LP, I saw VK0KEV spotted on 17m SSB from 06:00, and workign by numbers. Monitoring his frequency just exploded my ears, only noise. I kept monitoring his frequency, trying to listen to the...
Hi all, What a crazy pile-up yesterday evening on 80m CW. This pile-up was proportional to John's signal, BIG !!!! I tried during 30 good minutes before hearing my call, that was hard indeed, although he was peaking 579-589 here...All Eu was calling him...
Hi all, Now I almost finished with HK0NA (30m only to be chased) and VP6T (ending this afternoon at 17:00z), it is time to concentrate on other expeditions running from suthern Pacific. I've noticed both FW0NAR and C21HA, this last one having been contacted...
Hi all, It is time to look at a bit behind and make some stats on 2011 DX activities here. 80m 40m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m Total 2009 140 193 285 255 244 161 139 1417 2010 161 219 291 266 261 199 177 1574 2011 183 247 304 285 281 249 248 1801 DXCC 2009 293...
Hi all, Nice QSL arrived yesterday DL - ZK2V for our QSO's from 17 up to 10m ! I need Niue now only on the low bands, hopefully the next expedition will allow me to work at least on 40m - DU3/N0QM for our 12cw QSO - 6Y5/K1XM for 12/10m CW QSO's, allowin...
All is in the title. I remember T6JC QSO very well ! Conditiosn were tough, but that was my 1st DX in CW on 40m :-) I also got the good surprise to QSO with EA1CYK/p from a Spanish Antarctica base, on South Shetlands islands, for a new one on 10m. Apart...
14th Nov This is over now, and with those 3 QSO's, Im indeed very happy. Have a good trip back home ! Ronan 11-Nov A lucky one yesterday evening with a new slot on 15CW....Good signal, but US wall between +1 to +2KHz....I tried to call on +2.5, and it...
Hi all, Nice QSL received yesterday, longly expected. I got H44MS from Solomon isl for our 40 & 12m QSO's, each of which I do remember. 40m QSO was a lucky one, before the zoo, and in simplex ! 12m QSO also (with a cracking signal from him)...He was working...
Hi all, We were getting used to see both SFI and SSN above 100 in the past few months. But in a few days time, those indexes dropped down quickly to...SFI # 82 and SSN # 32. Let's hope this is a shortl sun "nap" before it really wakes-up. This cycle 24...
Hi all, Last bureau package was received end of last week and brought me some new confirmation, among which I got - YT8HQ on the 5 main bands (new one confirmed on 15m, my last band) CX7OV on 40m (new one confirmed on 40) LY2QT on 12m, new one confirmed...
14th of Jan Uffff, I got them on 12SSB yesterday afternoon. I was quite busy all the day, and went back home at 16:00z. Quite late, but they were there, barely readable on 10m (too late I guess), and with a very decent signal on 12m. I decided to go for...
Hi all, This is my first QSL received in 2012 and what a QSL : KL7RA QSL has been received yesterday for our 40/20/15 and 10m QSO's made in the last CQWW SSB contest. Yes, 10m SSB QSO with Alaska, that was great indeed, and thanks to this QSL, I have...
Hi all, Generally, I do NOT react this way, but this "man" bahavior was just too much. This guy is used to call UK only, or any other specific area, which I do respect. And when he does this, I never called him. Today, he was on 15m, 21.260.2, asking...
Just some observations : Their own posts on the cluster (so they have Internet there) CY0-@ 3523.0 N1SNB/CY0 vk7ac/ve7jo good qsos 1000 11 Mar Sable Island CY0-@ 7050.0 N1SNB/CY0 RTTY 0321 11 Mar Sable Island CY0-@ 1842.0 N1SNB/CY0 5 minutes for 160 SSB...
Hi all Rather good sunset yesterday with my very last band for PJ2 now in the log. i could get PJ2/W5ZPA in the log on 12m with an excellent signal !!!!!! I now have finished all the new "PJ's" on all the bands from 80 up to 10m : PJ2/PJ4/PJ5-6/PJ7, no...
Hi all, I discovered yesterday evening that I could "tune" from my FT-920 the vertical antenna on 30m. OK, I only output 30-40W, but this could be enough to be a bit QRV on 30m band ! I then tried to answer CQ calls from 5N7M (he was 539), but he didn't...
