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Mardi 7 juillet 2009

See you in 15 days ! And maybe later from EA3... ;-)

Gone again today to Paris for my job, I will be in holidays in "L'Escala" on the Costa Brava (Mediterranean Coast) for one week.
If I can, I will bring my ICOM 7000 + mini-G5RV for a CW "holiday-activity". More info soon...

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Mardi 7 juillet 2009

DX activity on July 6th...

Hi all, last day of a short week at home before going back in mission to PARIS during 15 days...
I could log :
- ON6SA (2nd QSO) booming here 599 +20dB !!! on 17M CW (new band mode ! I now just miss Belgium on 15M CW to close this DXCC !). A long & FB QRQ QSO (about 35-40 wpm) on a clear frequency... Thank you Arno !

- YT09AU (YU7AU) on 17M CW (my last missing band sloth !! ) : Yugoslavia is now closed (worked on 80 to 10M CW + SSB) ! I even have it in RTTY !! HI (my next goal will be to seriously QRV in digital modes but not really interested at the moment... soon... soon... promised ).

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Dimanche 5 juillet 2009

DX activity on July 4th...

After RA1QY/1 on IOTA EU-147, I could log :
- ES5QD Vello (ES1QD) on 12M CW (new band !) I now just miss Estonia on 10M & 80M for all bands...

- CT1JOP Nelson boooooming on 28.045 Mhz CW (new band for me & also for him !! )

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Samedi 4 juillet 2009

RA1QY/1 IOTA EU-147 !

Hi all,
Very happy to log my IOTA #252 (White Sea Coast group) with this new activity of RA1QY on 20M CW (big pile-up !)...

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Samedi 4 juillet 2009

DX activity on July 3rd...

REALLY really really busy at home : 5 minutes on air ! HI
I switched on my ICOM 7600 which was still on 24.892, and hear a signal 599+20db exactly on !! It is Bob MD0CCE calling CQ ! Booming here ! As I didn't hear the beginning of his CQ (calling DX / outside EU or other...) I don't reply instantly. Bob answers a german station I don't hear so it will be ok for me on next CQ ...
One call and that's it : my last missing band 12M is in the log !! Thank you very much dear Bob, I now miss Isle of Man on 15M CW, 12M & 80M SSB in order to "close" this DXCC !

Looking at my 7600's scope, there is another big signal 1 kHz up... let's see what's going on !
It's EA8TT Juan calling CQ with an excellent signal too. Juan is QRQ, I increase my key speed to its... One call and hear my partial indicative (8DZY ??) because of lids, 2nd is ok and in the log !
This is my 3rd QSO with Juan and you know what ? It was my very last missing band sloth for Canary Islands ! EA8 is now closed !! Just have to wait to receive QSLs now...

Not so bad in 5 minutes...
Chris F8DZY.

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Samedi 4 juillet 2009

DX activity on July 1st...

Hi all,
Only QRV 30 minutes... the time for me to add in the log 5B4AHJ Alan on 12M CW (I miss Cyprus only on 12M SSB to "close" this DXCC)...

... and RK3PWJ/9 from RDA BA-47 !! (only issued by 22,12% of RDA owners) on 20M CW :

There's ALWAYS something to chase on air !
Chris F8DZY.

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Jeudi 2 juillet 2009

ER4DX in the mail !

Finally !!! After many $ wasted sending direct to Vasily without any return, I tried the new QSL manager way (RA4LW) in order to confirm 2 QSOs (one from 2004 !) on 20M & 10M (new band !) SSB... and it worked ! 3 weeks after my postage, I got the return today...

Chris F8DZY.

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Mercredi 1 juillet 2009

TA4ZA (TC4X) in the mail !

Yes ! I got today TA4ZA (OH2BH) / TC4X QSL for our QSO on 80M CW ! New confirmed band !!
I now miss Turkey on 80M SSB, 12M CW & 10 CW to "close" this DXCC. All other band sloths are contacted... just waiting QSLs' return !

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Mardi 30 juin 2009

OJ0B 80M in the mail !

Hi all,
I also received today my missing OJ0B QSL confirming our 80M CW QSO (new band !)... Thanks Martti OH2BH !
The special notice with Market Reef here is that I worked this DXCC only down 17M to 80M ! Never got them on 15, 12 or 10M !!
Well, the next step for me with this "arctic entity""...

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Mardi 30 juin 2009

EA9PY in the mail !

Good surprise in the mail : 3 QSLs from EA9PY confirming 5 QSOs (10M CW, 12M CW + SSB, 15M CW & 40M CW) !
All new confirmed band sloths !! I now wait for 10M SSB and 17M CW QSLs from other EA9 activations via bureau to "close" this DXCC : Ceuta & Melilla is worked on all bands 80 to 10M in CW + SSB !