F8DZY's blog - "HAM RADIO only..." - Liste des derniers articles parus sur f8dzy.over-blog.com au mois de Décembre 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 !!! (30/12/2011 )

To all of you : a good health first, and many QSOs + DXs during this new year 2012... Chris F8DZY
FO5NL in the mail ! (27/12/2011 publié dans : QSLs received ;-) )

Hi all, today I received FO5NL QSL from IOTA OC-067, confirming our 10M SSB QSO ! (new band ! )... It is my confirmed IOTA # 301 ! French Polynesia is now only needed on 80M for all bands, merci ...
Merry Christmas to all ! (23/12/2011 )

Chris F8DZY
Message from Eduardo CO8LY (23/12/2011 publié dans : Equipment )

This week I received an e-mail from CO8LY, Eduardo is looking for 572 B tubes for his linear amplifier YAESU FL 2100 that he can't use for now... If anyone can help, it would be a very nice ...
Antennas are up again ! (22/12/2011 publié dans : Equipment )

Hi all, all is OK again, I could repair my vertical HF3B with a new insulator... It is now strongly shrouded in the ground... and I also put my 5 elements 6M up the Optibeam... I finished to erect ...
LotW DXCC Status... (20/12/2011 publié dans : Statistics )

Hi all, thanks to E51MAN (North Cook Islands), my confirmed LotW DXCC number is now 270 ! As an ALL TIME NEW ONE, it is also my confirmed DXCC # 272... Thank you very much Bill ! Chris F8DZY
Big winds and damages ! (16/12/2011 publié dans : Equipment )

Hi, today we had strong winds in France, unluckily for me, my HF3B vertical didn't appreciate it very much... It certainly falled on the Optibeam which was down the pylon, and the upper 1/3 of the ...
LotW DXCC Status... (16/12/2011 publié dans : QSLs received ;-) )

Hi all, thanks to T32C who uploaded his log yesterday with my complete 13 QSOs, my LotW DXCC number now reaches 269 ! It is the very first time I have more confirmed LotW QSLs than paper QSLs... ...
UT2FA/P IOTA EU-182 (300th confirmed IOTA !!!) in the mail ! (13/12/2011 publié dans : IOTA - Island On The Air )

Hi, what a nice surprise while looking at my bureau QSLs : I could find UT2FA/P QSL from IOTA EU-182 Andukinov Island ! It is simply my 300th confirmed IOTA !! My goal to reach the 300 before the ...
ZD7FT in the mail ! (13/12/2011 publié dans : QSLs received ;-) )

Hi, another nice interesting one with ZD7FT QSL, confirming our 4 QSOs on 10M SSB (new band mode !), 12M SSB (new band !), 15M SSB & 17M SSB (new band !) Many thanks Peter for QSLing... Chris F8DZY
ST0R in the mail ! (13/12/2011 publié dans : QSLs received ;-) )

Hi all, a nice QSL (well, 3 in fact) in the mail today with ST0R South Sudan, confirming our 14 QSOs on 10M CW + SSB, 12M CW + SSB, 15M-17M-20M CW + SSB + RTTY and 40M CW... This is my confirmed ...
XF1M IOTA NA-075 in the log ! (03/12/2011 publié dans : IOTA - Island On The Air )

Hi, another new IOTA today thanks to XF1M QRV from IOTA NA-075 Santa Margarita Island on 10M SSB... This is my worked IOTA # 350 ! Chris F8DZY
TK/F5RXL IOTA EU-104 in the Bureau QSLs ! (03/12/2011 publié dans : IOTA - Island On The Air )

Hi, my 3rd new IOTA received in Bureau QSLs this month is TK/F5RXL from Sanguinaires Islands IOTA EU-104 ! It was a long time I needed to work & confirm this IOTA I can see almost everytime I go ...
MS0INT/P IOTA EU-111 in the Bureau QSLs ! (03/12/2011 publié dans : IOTA - Island On The Air )

Hi, I also received MS0INT/P QSL from IOTA EU-111 Monach Isles, confirming our 20M SSB QSO, it is my confirmed IOTA # 298 ! Chris F8DZY
F9IE/VK3/P IOTA OC-136 in the Bureau QSLs ! (03/12/2011 publié dans : IOTA - Island On The Air )

Hi, I received 3 new IOTAs in Bureau QSLs, including F9IE/VK3/P QSL, confirming our 20M CW QSO when he was QRV from Philip Island IOTA OC-136... This is my confirmed IOTA # 297 ! Merci Bernard... ...
DXCC # 200 on 10M ! (01/12/2011 publié dans : Statistics )

Hi, thanks to the good propagation of previous weeks/months on high bands, today I reached my 200th worked DXCC on 10M, thanks to 5X1NH from Uganda (our 2nd QSO) ! Last ones on 10M were 8Q7CC, ...
E51MAN North Cook Islands in the log ! (01/12/2011 publié dans : DX activity )

This is my second ALL TIME NEW ONE : E51MAN Bill (N7OU), again providing me another new DXCC ! I could log him on 12 & 15M CW in 20 minutes on November 28th, looking for him on other bands now... ...
XW3DT Laos in the log ! (01/12/2011 publié dans : DX activity )

Hi all, not very active actually, I could even log some interesting ones these past days, including 2 ALL TIME NEW ONES ! The first was XW3DT from Laos, worked on 20M CW, only 449 here but enough ...