Ham radio, HF propagation, DXCC/WAZ/IOTA, Antarctica
Hi all, I received yesterday a # 200 QSL package from the French buro, thanks to all for QSL'ing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Among those around 200 QSL, I'd like to especially thank the following stns for new band slots / zones now confirmed ! RA0QD, NEW WONE on...
Hi all, Already 3 QSO's with the DL team on Christmas island, incl 2 new bands, that's cool ! Got them so far on 40/17m (new bands) and 15m. 40m was by far the most difficult, after 2 hours waiting his signal to come up with their SunRise. He peaked to...
Hi all, Well, that was the evening. The skip was shorter in distance, and longer in time. Instead of peaking to S4 at 18:30z, he peaked up to S7 at 19:00z. And his signal stayed at S5 until my QSO at 19:50z !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was LUCKY 'cause I fighted...
Hi all, I was a bit scared because the last week (or so), almost no QSO in the log, despite of good solar indexes. Being on holidays, I thought this could be good, but nothing "interesting" heard the last couple of days. Until today, with this QSO with...
Hi all, What a nice day in my letter box: 4 QSL have arrived !!!!!!!!! 3DA0TB on 80/17m, now, I have Swaziland confirmed on ALL bands from 80 up to 10m incl WARC !!!!!!! EA9IB on 15/12/6m, now I have EA9 on ALL bands from 80 up to 6m incl WARC !!!!!!!...
Hi all, Summer propagation is a good manner to fullfill one's DXCC with close-countries. This was the case for me with EA9IB on 15m (QSO's also on 12 and 6m, I'll send Pedro my direct QSL to finalize EA9 on all bands !) I also got Jouko, OH3GBS, on 12m,...
Hi all, I'm finishing my winter season DX'ing with a nice one on 40m... I was chasing zone 23 for quite a long time without any success (missed a few times this zone, last one being during the last russian contest with UA0YAY....). 2 days ago, I saw JT1CO...
Hi all, I ogt 2 nice QSL cards yesterday, helping me to fill in the blanks in my DXCC chart DX1J on 40m (I remember his incredible signal in EU, as well as the pile-up size !) 9H1SP on 80/10/6m (just need to confirm Malta on 17m to get it on all bands)...
Hi all, Even if I'm not very active during the week time, I got 2 nice QSO's today in the log. 1st one was this morning on 40m (05:20z) with Chris, TL0A. I already got him on 20/17/15m (new one on 17/15m). So this QSO brought me a new one also on 40m,...
Hi all, That was a nice late opening yesterday.... Just coming back from the office, he was spotted on 15m, with a real 5.9 report here. Only a few calls were necessary to get through Shortly after, he was spotted on 12m at around 18:00 z, but nothing...
Hi all, Hey, this is a great day for sure. I was calling VK9LA on 40m SSB this morning, starting at about 06:30z....His signal was not that strong here (about S4-S5 max), and with a split up 2 to 5, he was very often overwhelmed by splatters !!!!!!! That...
Hi all, From last WE, F5PFP is active in Antarctica from several base. I could get him as OA0/FT5YJ from Machu Picchu Peruvian base (Sunday evening, 40m), and as VP8DLM in Deception isl (AN-010), also on 40m. More news here: link (http://www.french-polar-team.fr/Antarcticexpedition2009/Antarcticexpedition2009.html)...
Mount Athos is not very far from France, but each time Monk Appolo is on the air, what a great pile-up !!!! I QSO with Norfolk Isl more often than with Mount Athos !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I succeeded in QSO him about 1/2 hour ago on 17m (new band, I already got...
Jouko/OH1RX, Pertti/OH2PM, Veijo/OH6KN and Juha/OH8NC will be active from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 9-22 January. They plan to have up to three stations running and to concentrate on 160-30 metres. Suggested frequencies are: 1822, 3502,...
Hi all, 3 nice QSL arrived today !!!!!!!! ZD8UW on 40 and 80m (new DXCC and new zone confirmed on 80m, just need ZD8 on 10m now, but now I have zone 36 confirmed on all bands !) PJ2LS on 40/17m, new one confirmed on both bands... NX7TT Ed from teh State...
Hi all, I received yesterday about 100QSl from the French buro, including a few DXCC's (UK8AZ on 20m, A61TX on 17m, VK7AC on 40m, etc), as well as quite a lot of EU. They enabled me to confirm new DXCC on soem band slots, such as OM-land on 20/17/15/12/10/6m,...
Hi all, YES YES YES, I could get Roger, WL7LU, on 17m last WE., which is a new one, and above all, my very last CQ zone on 17m !!!! I was lucky, running barefoot here (the ampm is still KO...) and he had a good S5 report on 18.125 with his 100W and his...
Hi all, Update 23rd of April I added a new mode this morning with 20m SSB logged quite easily : The operator was calling Europe Only +5...but was taking guys up to +20KHz. I camped on +17.5KHz and went through a slight pile-up there. Ronan Update 21st...
Hi all, After an everyday/evening chase, I finally could log 5X8C on 40m CW as a new one on that band (DXCC n° 267 on 40m). In the past, I had Uganda confirmed on SSB only, and on the 5 upper bands only. I could log 5X1NH recently on 30m, but I was hoping...
Hi all, This s the worst period for DX'ing (at least for DX's for which I'm interested in), but I'm still receiving a few QSL from times to times. Yesterday, ZK3N was confirmed, this is my DXCC # 317 confirmed... Enjoy the summer (working here on new...
Update 21st of February A week has passed since the end of the expedition and their log has just been updated : F8AFC has worked K1N on 8 out of 25 band slots 6m 10m 12m 15m 17m 20m 30m 40m 60m 80m 160m PH CW YES, the 30m CW QSO is well in the log, this...
Hi all, After receiving a few demands on why I've been so silent on this blog, I must confess I had few spare time, and the few I have was dedicated to be on the air.... Anyway, I'll find 5min from times to time to update here.....being at the office...
Hi all, Another GREAT one from the Russian Robinson Club celebrating its 20th anniversary by activating several Cuban IOTA's. 3 potential new IOTA's with great operators, that sounds "easy". I could log them from the 3 of them already (NA218-NA086-NA204),...
25th January 19:00z Log updated : F8AFC has worked EP6T on 7 out of 24 band slots 10m 12m 15m 17m 20m 30m 40m 80m 160m PH CW Cool, 40cw has well be logged, that was a HARRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDd one believe me, almost 1 week of everyday crazy pile-up, HI...
Hi guys, Almost a week and so much job to do (at the office) and also with those E30FB..... I had E3 on 10m and 20m SSB for both, only. Huge task in front of me ! I was quite lucky to get them on 17/15/12m quite "easily", but the low bands are...HARD...
