Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Well, yesterday night, I came back home at 00:00z and went on the low bands to chase FT5GA. I did hear them on 80m (5/5 in the peaks), but they didn't listen to me. Same on 40m where their report was even lower. But I tried to call and I think...
Hi all, As you have certainly noticed, more and more QSL managers request direct QSL through different ways : IRC / GS / OQRS. The question is to know how do you spend your GS ? Ham radio is becoming business-oriented, involving sometimes huge things...
Hi all, A new oen for me tonight on 40m : 4U1ITU. Clearly not a "DX", less than 1000 km from my QTH. But that was HAAAAAAAAAAARDDDDDDDDD !!!!! So many people calling, all the time. It was almost impossible to listen the guy in Geneva. I was lucky enough...
Hi all, All is in the title, HI ! 2 new ones..One is a new zone confirmed on 17m (still need QSL for Mongolia from zone 23, and my first QSO with zone 1 and 31....). 37 zones confirmed on 17m so far, not that bad... Second is a QSO with HP3AK on 12m....
Hi all, Just coming back from holidays on TK-land (Corsica), and just preparing my business trip to South Korea (departure tomorrow), I made a QSO with Guam on 17m, new one for me...I now have Guam on 40/20/17/15m, not that bad. I'll be in South Korea...
Hi all, Nice day today...I was missing Lebanon on 12/10m, and waiting QSL for 17/15m QSO with OD5NH.. (as many of us !) I heard OD5KU Eiie in QSO with ON7CD, asking him to try a few bands, and I could hear him on all those bands. So I jumped into the...
Hi all, I haven't been that active the last few days...Job, wedding during the WE (not mine...), so very few activities on the air. Just a couple of QSO's, like J79ZG on 15m yesterday evening XV7RRC from AS157 on 17m, and XV3RRC from AS162 on 40m... All...
Hi all, Lucky one, with a skip going rapidely down. But I had QSO with FT5GA on 15m. His signal was up to S7 when I started to call in the 30KHz wide split. But when the QSO was made (@ +25KHz), he was barely S1 to S2 here. I had to repeat a couple of...
Hi all, Well, this morning has been unfruitfull too, as the previous days. VK9NI was spotted on 40m more than 2 hours after my sunrise, meaning this is almost impossible when considering actual propagation condition. They really should have come earlier...
Hi all, Great QSL received today in the ail: I got Don's QSL for our 40 and 80m CW QSO's. Thanks to HS0ZEE Don, I could confirm Zone 26 now on 80m !!!!! Still waiting for zone 31 (TX7M should arrive "soon"), and a QSO with zone 12 to get all zones on...
Hi all, After getting JD1BLY QSL a few days ago, I received yesterday JD1BMH QSl for our 40/20/17m QSO's. This is a new one confirmed on 40m, and with JD1BLY on 80/15/10m (yes, 10m !), I just need Ogasawara isl on....12m !!!! Thank you guys for enabling...
Hi all, This morning, I went to the shack to see what was on the bands (right after my sunrise, @ 05:30AM). Nothing special, a few Na on 80m, and TI7KK calling lonely on 40m. I tried my chance and called him with 5W...He was listening from +5 to +10KHz...
Hi all, What a morning !!!!!!!!!! I was beaming LP to try to get the FW0 that I didn't hear when I saw H40FN spot on the bottom part of 20cw portion. I went there, and turned a bit the antenna in its direction, and heard him with a high flutter distorsion....
Hi all, ALL TIME NEW ONE this morning on 40m...I could QSO with TX5SPA from Austral islands (DXCC I've never heard before !!!!!!!!) Real fight, signal peaking up to S7 on the HF2V, and a HUUUUUGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEE pile-up even 1 hour after my sunrise....
Hi all, My 2 goals I had with this 3DA0 expedition was to get them on QRP (done with 5W yesterday on 17m), as well as on 80m (my very last band for Swaziland). Yesterday evening, 3DA0TB was active on 80m, with realtively good signal but with a lot of...
Hi all Just got TK9X on 12m, after telling him (on 17m) that 12/10 were opened. He agreed to QSY, and we made it (Many thanks for the op's courtesy !). Unforrtunately, I asked him for 10m, but the op said they had no more antenna for 10m..I'm coming too...
Hi all, Sad news on www.vk9ni.com web-site : They took off the 40m 2el beam from the tower. That is not a good sign for what I'm looking for. Once again, nothing heard during the WE, and nothing on 40m LP on morning time: They look still busy trying higher...
Hi all, There is a contest, sounding like a russian contest, this WE. (Sorry, I'm not that kind on contests....). But it is always a good opportunity to get new ones/zones on some bands. That was the case this morning on 10m...I could get RZ9OO (up to...
Hi all, Nice one this morning on 20m long path. I heard VK3MO, Ian, starting to calli CQ with his stack of yagis (5 over 5 over 5 over 5 = 20 elements !). He was peaking 5/9 on my meter here, almost alone in a very quiet band. I took my chance and replied...
Hi all, I've been listening all today for 17 or/and 15m QSO with FT5GA. Unfortunately for me, they sticked on CW all the day..The only SSB they made was on 10/12m (but no skip here, although the usual South-Eastern Europe stns went through), and 20m (but...
Hi all, I've been waiting all today for tis evening possible "skip" to Norfolk on 40m. He was spotted by some East-Central Europe around 2 hours before their sunset....I'll have 2 hours to wait hoping for the skip to turn in my direction (which had been...
Hi all, All of you must know that today will start FT5GA from Glorioso, for a 3 week-long expedition. This is the most wanted entity # 4, and for sure, it will make a lot of noise on the air. - My personal goal is to get them at least once, whatever the...
Hi all, "Full power" QSO's = 80/40/20/17/15 and 12m (500W PEP) QRP QSO's = 20/17/15/12m (5W PEP) New one on 80m, new one in QRP conditions, but still missing on 10m. I added 2 more QSO's yesterday on 20 and 17m with QRP conditions...I was still waiting...
Hi all, Nice QSO today with a new IOTA for me : VX8X active from Ellice Island, NA192 (active only till the 5th of April !) Quite late, but just at my sunset...I heard them earlier, quite well (up to S7 here), but they went QRT for almost an hour. When...
Hi all, Today I confirmed many QSO's completing my DXCC quite well... I got PJ4E on 4 bands (80/40/15/10m, yes, 10m !), I jsut miss PJ4 on 12m now :-) Also 4S7NE for our 80 and 15m QSO's (new zone 22 on 80m !), many thanks Nelson, see you on my missing...
