Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, New one on 15m this morning at 08:00 : FK1TK, Henri, was logged 5/5 with QSB here. Band was WIDE open to JA/HL, so I decided to chase zone 19 (still zone 19 !) when I heard a JA in QSO in English with a low voice. During this QSO, I could hear...
Hi all, That was fun to chase Easter isl on the bands, despite the difficult propagation conditions. Finally, got them on 3 bands for sure (40/20/17m), and maybe 15m yesterday evening (to be confirmed, reports were WEAAAKKKKKKK !) I'd like to thank my...
Hi all, Great one yesterday in the box : XW1M (Vietnam) on 10m now confirmed. New DXCC, and new CQ zone (Zone 26) for me on this band. I will remember this CQWW SSB contest opening on 10m for a long time (depending on how long the new solar cycle will...
Hi all, A new one yesterday evening on 40m with Z23MS in the log. S5 here, with QSB, into a noisy band. That was quite hard, because there was a russian wall calling him in simplex. But after a few minutes, skip turned and I could hear his signals improving...
Hi all, Yesterday received HP3AK, Jay, for our QSO on 80m. Needless to say this is a new one confirmed there. The manager, W4JS, politely returned me 1 Green stamp (I sent 2...) with a few words "1 US$ is still enough HI". That's pure courtesy and an...
Hi all, About 100 QSL in the mail today, incl some nice EU IOTA's now confirmed. Special thanks for some "band points" to - EA1KY on 80m (my last band for EA --> Now, EA is confirmed on all bands) - DL9RDM on 6m (DL on all bands from 6 down to 80m) -...
Hi all, 2 nice oens today : XV3RRC (AS157) and XV7RRC (AS162) on resp 17 and 40m. VietNam is now confirmed on ALL bands except 80mand 12m....... VP2MDG on 15m (new one there) Thanks for those band-slots ! Ronan, F8AFC PS :Special thanks to RZ3EC (QSL...
Hi all, I've been "studying" the DX spots on the cluster to get Toshi-san on another band than 40m. It appeared that he starts his activity everyday on 17m at 12:45/12:50gmt. I had my afternoon OFF today, so I went there. He was there, not strong, lsn'ing...
Hi all, All is in the title. A longly expected QSL cards (actually, still waiting for NL7Z QSL from last year, sent direct with 2GS, but nothing received so far). I'll receive soon SU1KM on 40m too, which will give me 39 zones confirmed on 40m... Definitely...
Hi all, You may have not noticed, but for several weeks, some annying spots are made at my intention : ON6RZ 10107.0 F8AFC DX cluster not ur LOG ! 0755 28 Feb France ON6RZ 18073.0 F8AFC Cluster not ur LOG ! 1001 25 Feb France ON8RD 18083.0 F8AFC Why write...
Hi all, Today got SU1KM QSl via his new manager for our 40/20/15/10m QSO's (new one on 40/10m, as well as new zone confirmed there). So on 40m, I have 39 zones confirmed, I really need zone 19 !!!!!! I also received a heavy enveloppe from Stan, SQ8X,...
Hi all, 3 nice ones this midday in the box - ET3JA on 12m (need ET3AA to be confirmed on 10m to complete all 5 high bands) - FG5GP on 10m (just need Guadeloupe isl on 80mp to get it on all bands now) - 3D2MJ on both 40 and 20m (All time New One confirmed...
Hi all, Time to come back to reality after the BIG expeditions recently contacted (except TX3A, but I still have 10 days left, HI). I miss Ghana on 80/40/12/10m....I could get them yesterday evening on 40m, and today (midday break, 1 hour time..) on 17/15m....
Hi all, Nice that Alex recovered (this is why it took some time to get it)!!!! I got his QSL today for our QSO's on 80/30m CW, and 12/10m SSB, 4 new bands confirmed in a row for Laos. Thanks to Alex, I now only need XW on 17/15m bands where he has no...
Hi all, Great morning today, thanks to a sunspots number of 31 certainly. I started to get Steve, VK6IR (Zone 29) on 15m at around 09:00z. We tried to go on 12m, but that was too early. We put in place a sked at 10:00z on 24935, time at which propagation...
Hi all, This is my very first DXCC completed on all bands including 30m (remember I started to be QRV on 30m very recently with small conditions, but .....) I could get OX3XR QSL today for our 10/12/30m CW QSO's !!! I also got 5H3CMG on 10ssb, my last...
Hi all A new one yesterday on 80m, quite early (21:30z) in a noisy band : FP/W8TOM from the French island St Pierre & Miquelon. He was actually S5 here, almost buried into the noise and some Russian QRM.This morning, I went back on 80m and heard him S7...
Hi all, We are all chasing for DX, meaning long distance, while looking for DXCC. But there are some EU quite rare on 80m, like Gibraltar that I still miss. Yesterday evening, I could QSO with Ernest, ZB2FK, giving me a new one on 80m (#142). Quite tough...
Hi all, I alreadyhad Christmas isl on 20/15m..SO missing it on 17m. Now this is done with a QSO made this morning. Look for them on 40m (hope so), but SSB is by far not their speciality (less than 10% of the QSO's made are in SSB mode). Anyway, always...
Enjoy ! UTC Time: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 TO/FROM WESTERN EUROPE CARIBBEAN 18 17 16 15 14 14 14 15 14 13 13 15 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA 22 20 19 17 16 15 15 17 15 15 14...
Hi all, Nice new one on 40m tonight : TZ6JA on 40m. Mac-san is used to be there every evening from 21:00z to 22:00z to talk with his home-land in JA. This is hard to make a QSO between 2 JA's, because he only takes 1 or 2 european in his JA list. But...
Hi all, Nice ones today to complete WAZ, WAS and DXCC... W0ZTL on 15m : 92 years old op, on the air from 1937 (!), from North Dakota. Tnx Alex for new state on 15m !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5R8FU on 10m : New one confirmed there, now, just need Madagascar on 80/40m...
Hi all, Great great,I could at last get Mr Choi, HL3IUA,on 80m (New one there) at 21:50z. I first got Kan-san, 7J4AAL, who was "in company" with Choi...I've been looking for Chio for a couple of years, but never was lucky. Tonight, there was a pile-up...
Hi all, New one on 80m, and a VERY nice one : VK0BP, Bob, from Davis base in Antarctica. 5/5 report here, but in a noisy band.....Skip was definitely to France (a few friends also worked him, as F4ENK, F4DCG and F4FJH), so I jumped into and went through....
Hi all, Great morning !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I QSO'd with XE2K Jose on 80m. Peaking 5/9 here, he replied me on the 1st call (this is rare actually). Mexico is a new DXCC for me on 80m, as well as a new zone (n° 6 !!!!!!!!!). I now have completed all Zones from...
