Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, FO/F6CTL QSO this morning on 20m LP. He is on Marquesas islands (OC027), starting a FO IOTA tour including this FO/m activity. And this is an All Time New One for me, actually, my last FO DX entity. He was peaking S6-S7 here, and gave me the same...
Hi all, Very expected QSL were received yesterday with TX7M (FO/m) on all bands from 80 up to 10m TX5A (contest), on 20/15/10 TX3T on 10CW TX7M is a super nice one : Marquesas islands (zone 31) is a rare one and getting it on all bands was a real thrill...
I took a day OFF yesterday and decided to actively chase the CY0 expedition. Actually, I've been chasing them from the beggining, but yesterday was just "too much"....Based on what I heard on some bands, I just wanted to share my view (Bold characters...
Hi all, I received a QSL package from the French buro ysterday, with about 100 QSL. Ampng those QSL, a few nice ones helping me to close a few ones 80m : EI and OH now ocnfirmed 40m: YU now confirmed 15m: YO now confirmed 12m : PA I also got 8J1RL QSL,...
Hi all, Few activities those last days, including a new one on 12m with Henri, TJ3AY. This brings me up to 199 DXCC contacted so far on 12m, and therefore, the 200th is not htat far. Who will be my 200th DXCc on 12m ?????? One thing is sure, I started...
Hi all, Here we are, the modified HF2V is now up in the air with a total height of 12m and the loading coils at 3m high. I just plugged 16 radials on the new radial plate and proceeded to some measurements. Basically, 40m was totally un-tuned, somewhere...
This is the summer, but we already have to think about next winter season and low-band activities... I could completed my last year target (150DXCC on 80m, 200 on 40m) and I have to settle new one for the next winter... Of course, needless to repeat that...
All in the title VP6T QSL arrived today for our QSO's from 80m up to 12m (incl 30cw !)....I missed 10m, aouch, it will be for the next one? Also got TX6T/p on 12cw for my very last band for French Polynesia. At last, ZD7XF QSl was received for a GRAND...
Hi all, Nice surprise with those 2 QSL's in the mail : I now have Sudan confirmed on ALL bands from 80 up to 10m, and I just miss Seychelles on 12m....A QSO in 2005 never confirmed...:-( I remember S79K QSO on 80m very well, what a thrill to go down there...
Update 16 Oct : Just got Babs on 12m for my very last band....7 bands, this is for me a grand Chelem. Tnx a lot Babs and Lot !!!!!! Ronan Update: 2 new bands in the log for TO7ZG : 15 and 10m. What a surprise this opening on 10m, Babs was peaking a real...
Hi all, That doesn't happen every day, bu tthis WE, I could work some nice new slots indeed, and some very nice DX's... On 40m, 2 new slors have been added with both BV0J and E51EWP (E51/s) in the log. I was surprised to hear so well BV0J on 40SSB during...
Hi folks, Nice opening on 10m, right at my sunset (just a bit before), with K0VXU (Russ from Kansas, 5/9 rpt) and K9MRD (Wayne, from Nebraska, 5/5 rpt) in the log. A few more guys from the East coast were also worked (Ohio for example), but above all...
Hi all, WE stared very well - Received T30AQ QSL card (all time new one confirmed) - Got DS2GOO/4 on 12m (new one on 12m) - The amp is back home and fully running :-) Let's keep he fingers crossed so that proapagtio opens to JA/HL on 10m too, still miss...
Hi all, First "over-North-atlantic" QSO this season on 10M for me : KP2M in the log after 30min of a hard fight to go over Southern Europeans..... I stayed there because I needed him to get KP2 on ALL bands, that was indeed my last missing band for this...
That was a tough thing to do, but yesterday, I saw a spot saying that Uli ZD9AH, would try again 40m at his sunrise time (05:45tu). I woke-up at 05:00, he was just starting simplex on 7090. Very weak here, but slightly improving. He moved to slit operation,...
Hi folks, Well, those things may happen sometimes, and they always happen when you don't want to (while chasing VU4 on new band slots for example...?) My old friend AL811H made some strange noise a couple of weeks ago, while in STD-BY position, some kind...
Hi all, Well, I've been back on the air with "revised" transceiver and repaired amplifier, as well as with an "improved" HF2V, let's call it 1/4 wave center loaded vertical on 80m. Actually, 4 new bands slots this week, including 1 one 15m (T6LR), 2 on...
Hi all, This summer, it has been very quiet here for me, no new band slots in the log from last June (XT2EME on 40m)... Yesterday, I could get a new band slot with Radek, T6LR, on 15m, despite of my "small" conditions here: TS450SAT, barely 50W output...
Everybody must have noticed the excellent opening these days - To South East Asia on 10/12m in Europe morning time - To Central America / West-Indies before sunset. That made me the opportunity to work a lot of new ones one 12/10m, most of them being...
Update: 2nd of Dec Well, I guess I was lucky. 2 QSO's during the first WE, and now, 1 week without any chance.... 'd like a bit a SSB on 80m at my sunrise time, this is my best chance there. We have 45min of common night in my morning, and this LP QSO...
Hi all, Good opening on 12m, actually, first time ever I hear a JA on 12m. JH6CDI was 5/5 here, and was quite easily worked this morning on 12m. New one on 12m (#188), and new zone (Zone 25, Zone n°31 on 12m). I also worked T88CQ on 17m (I had Palau on...
Hi all, Great Christmas day here : I QSO'd with Laurie, VK7ZE, on 12m with a good report. I asked him a favor to QSY on 10m to try (I was still missing zone 30 on 10m). This would definitely make my day ! Guess what, he agreed (that's pure Ham spirit),...
Hi all, Just a few words on 4A4A expedition from Revilla Gigedo.... Before this expedition, I had XF4 confirmed on 20 and 17m only, so my goal was to add at least a 3rd band, ideally a low-band one. 40m was quite "easy", even if the signal strength was...
H all, An "All Time New One", and confirmed on all bands from 80 up to 10m in one letter, this is rare !!!!!!!!!! But it happened today with PJ4D and PJ4W, Bonaire isl, in the mail today. 10m was the hardest, followed by the 80m QSO. But over-all, that...
Hi all, I was secretly chasing Ivor on 40m for quite a long time, since I'm missing Mozambique there (as well as on 80m). C9 is already confirmed for a long time on te 5 upper bands, but on none of the low bands. I monitored the band and heard John, ZS1A,...
