Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, Most of you must have noticed it : The 20m band was open very laterly yesterday (I QRT'd at around 23:00z), and very well !!!!!!!!! Few QSo's in the log - VK2GWK on the long path (very rare at that time of the day !!!!!) - N0ARI/m (mobile station...
Hi all, 2 new ones today in the mail: YB3ASD on 17m (new one there, now need YB on 12/10m only) KP2/AA1BU on 40/20/12m (new one on 40m), now I just miss KP2 on 10m only ! I hope the high bands will open a bit more, very soon....I got quite a lot of DXCC...
Hi all, Today, I QSO with Chris from Niger on 17/15m (2 new bands for 5U by the way). For memory, I already QSO him on 10m, quite a whule ago.... I heard him weak on 12m, and he was nil on 10m (also spotted by a lot of South european stations). In any...
Last December/January operation from Scott Admundsen Antarctic US base : Are you in the log...(around 300 call-signs...)? Thanks to Adam, VP8DKF - KC4/K2ARB, for this log. QSL to be addressed to Larry, K1IED (http://www.qrz.com/callsign/k1ied) 4Z1UF 7Z1SJ...
Hi all, Nice sporadic E today on both 12/10m....Lots of south Europe (as well as a bit of Central EU, but not strong), with F/B reports, despite of the QSB. 2 new ones on 12m today: CN8NK, and SV9CVY. I now have CN and SV9 contacted on ALL bands, just...
You may have noticed this, but 10 and 12m meters are still open even a couple of hours after sunset... Some stations from Scotland, Germany in the log on 10m, as well as a new one for me on 12m : OK-land ! So thanks to Karel, OK2ZI, for the QSO (and in...
Hi all, Today I took,a day off (few staff to do at home), and I did well : I coul QSO with J5C on my last band (17m), and got thme also QRP (still 5W) on 20/17 and 12m !!!!!!!!!!! I can't do better, 'cause I don't have low bands antennas. So I'm VERY...
Hi all, I had the chance to QSO with Chris 5U5U yesterday late afternoon on 10m. (Very good skip to Africa with also ST100S from Sudan) He's equipped with dipoles, but will put up a 7 elements 6 band beam in the next couple of weeks. As he was already...
Didier, F5OGL, is reporting that the peration will take place between May 6th and June 6th. The team currently s: (operators and Staff in Metropolitan France) F5OGL - DXpedition team leader and QSL Manager F5CQ - Webmaster F5CW - Sponsors, and technical...
Hi all, Most of you must be already aware of this info, but Petrus will a new "most wanted" soon as ZS8T (MArion isl). He will have a nice set-up, thanks to international donations: Spiderbeam for 20 to 10m SteppIr vertical for 48/80m Ameritron AL80b...
25-03-2008 Ukrainian DXpeditioners Team (UDXT) members namely: Sergey/UX0HX (HC8/UX0HX), Max/UZ1HZ (HC8/UZ1HZ), Len/UR3HR (HC8/UR3HR) and Alex/UT5UY (HC8/UT5UY), will be active from Galapagos Islands IOTA SA-004 between 24 and 29 April 2008. They plan...
Hi all, A nice QSL card for a nice new one on 17m : R1FJT (EU 019, Franz Josef Land), QSL was received today for the QSO of the 5th of May, 2007. Actually, this is a very new DXCC confirmed (I also QSO with R1FJ/russian station on 20m, but still waiting...
Hey, some of you have noticed that the SFI has increased the last few days up to...94. 30 points more than the minimum of 64 we have seen a couple of month ago. Is it a god sign? Don't know, because the propagation was not that good, even with this rather...
Hi all, I'haven't very kind on my blog this week, because I was chasing as MANY of us TX5C, so all my spare time was dedicated to try to pull them out of my noise... To make a short story, I was introduced to ham radio by my dad, F5CKM, who became SK...
Thanks Babs, DL7AFS for our 3 QSO on 20/17/15m (new one for me on 17/15m) !!!! Always a pleasure to contact you ! Tonight, band was still opened to J7 rather late (at least until 20:15z), and her report was a true 5/7 here....But no other signal on the...
Today is the last day for Jersey expedition... Even with the low QRB (150km), I could contact them on 20/17/15/12 and 10m (new one on 15 and 12m)... This short distance is a problem on the high bands when the skip is open to EU. But I was lucky enough...
Even 20m closes just during the sunset here....No signals at all ater that, who powered down the propagation...????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? SFI is around 69/70 these days, better than we have seen recently (64...
Yesterday evening, I coninued enjoying excellent conditions on 20m and decided to call /QRP with 5W PEP. Well, my first one was Wally, R1AND, from Antarctica !!!!!!!!!!!! A new one for my DXCC QRP ! Then a few US stations (again Dick, WN3R, who was really...
Hi all, I've checked my QSO status on YK9SV online log (www.yk9sv.com/logsearch/logsearch.php. My 17m QSO was missing a few days after the DX expedition finsihed. I'm now happy to see that all my QSO's (20/17/15m) are there, and will send with confidence...
Hi all, What a surprise !!!!!!! Excellent opening on the high bands here after the sunset. Lots of SA on 12/10m, and as a bonus, QSO with Ulli (CE0Z/DL2AH on 12m. Incredibely sharp propagation, fading rapidely, ut peaking nicelu up to a real 5/7 here.....
Hi all, Today, just received OJ0B QSL cards for my 20/17/15/10m QSO's !!! I've aready got them on 40 and 80m, so just need OJ0 on 12m now !!!! (160m is still a dream with my very small city lot here !) I remember the 10m QSO....Skip was open nicely on...
Hi all, Quite a long time since I haven't been writing a few words here. Well, this WE has been good so far : An "all tie new one" with my QSO with E4/OM2DX on 17m SSB this morning. Quite wek signal hear, in average 5/2-5/3. But with QSB peaks up to 5/7,...
Hi all, Well, today has been dedicated to "hunting" 3B7C on the high bands. Cool, a good opening on 12m enabled me to QSO them (S5 max here, but enough, even with my 100W !) So as for now, I'm exactly in the same status as for 3B7SP : 20/17/15 and 12m.......
Hi all, Good surprise yesterday, 3 new QSLs were arrived in the mail. HP2/CX4CR from NA-170 "San Blas island"...My first island from Panama ! And new DXCC confirmed on 15m. ZF2DF (Cayman isl, NA016), which is now confirmed on a new band (20m) At last,...
Hi all, Just a few lines to say that even if the propagation is very weak, I did QSO with VK2GND near Sidney on 20m SSB, with only 5 Watts PEP !!!!!! He gave me a 3/3 report (he was actually 5/7 here). This is the longest distance I've covered from the...
