A new page on the right side of the blog... I have to modify some of my videos on YouTube : after 1-2 years, some videos are now blocked or audio cutted because of some copyrights' songs It will take me time to find the videos projects (if I still have...
Hi all, today I received 3 QSLs from K2PF QSL manager, confirming multiple QSOs... - J28OO Darko on 40M CW (new band ! )(this is also DXCC confirmed # 99 on 40M, DXCC 40M is near !! ) - T94CT Senad on 40M & 12M SSB (new confirmed band ! )(I now just wait...
Hi all, little free time and little radio activity... I could even log : - ER650M on 20M CW & 30M CW (new band ! )(I now only miss Moldova on 12M for all bands !!) - 5H1HS Harald on 17M CW (new band ! )(Tanzania is still needed here on 12, 30, 40 & 80M...)...
Hi all, It was a nice Christmas gift : on December 25th, 2009 the number of pages viewed crossed the 10.000 !!! I want to thank you readers for your visit(s) and hope you'll come back again... This blog doesn't give me any $... I want it free of any advertising...
Hi all, and again happy new year ! My very first QSO in 2010 was done this morning with John ZL1BYZ !!! Worked simplex on 17M CW (new band and new mode : 1st ZL in CW ! ) after 2 hours listening to him while doing some interfacing on my computer, and...
Hi, continuing my future station equipment, today I received a big package from DESTOCKABLE.fr : 2100 meters of electric cable, for my future radials of the IT9ZMX HF3B Vertical (160-80-40M) (it should arrive soon too ! ). I ordered last week on the french...
Hi all, This month of Bureau QSLs gave me some new confirmed band slots thanks to : - TK9X on 20M & 30M RTTY (2 new bands mode ! ) + 30M CW... - CU3HQ on 20M CW (new band mode ! ) - HF15KHW on 17M CW (new confirmed band ! FINALLY Poland now confirmed...
Yes !!! This is the almost the "Grand Chelem" for me with 5N0OCH on 12M CW tonight ! My small vertical is really doing a great job here (well, Bodo's antenna too of course !) with our 7th QSO / 7th band ! I miss 80M but my vertical is too small for it,...
From October 10th to 27th, 2009 a team of 4 Dutch operators (PA8AD, PA3AN, PA3AWW & PD0CAV) will be on air again (5L2MS) from Benin as TY1MS, taking part in the CQWW SSB Contest 2009 from Grand Popo Village. I only worked (and confirmed) Benin on 20M...
Hi all, impossible to correctly listen to FT5GA today but it was also a great day with an all time NEW ONE DXCC : 4W6AL Timor-Leste !! (13500 kms so far with my little vertical ! ). A heavy pile-up so it was of course a big strategy to be heard behind...
A little about the visitors statistics... This morning I could list the new DXCC who have visited the blog since the 40 firsts countries listed in late August. 2 months later, I'm glad to see that the following were added : EUROPE : OH Finland, SP Poland,...
Finally ! I decided to jump in digital modes !! I just bought a SIGNALINK-USB interface in Switzerland (cheaper I found on the net HI)... Here's what I received : When you open the box, you find... Here's the small interface on front view : ... and from...
"When your dreams come true"... Hey, what did I say just before this article ?? I waited the online log in order to be sure (some guys saying on cluster it was a pirate just because they couldn't hear them from Paris on a 3 el Quad, etc... etc... HI HI...
Hi, with all the previous articles & news already published, I could add during this period : - EW8A Igor (EW8AM) on 17M SSB (new band mode ! )(and our 2nd QSO, 1st was in November 2004...) - OG20YL (OH2YL celebrating 20 years of Ham Radio ) on 17M CW...
Hi all, I just added a new menu on the right side of the blog, between "DXCC QSls" and "RANDOM QSLs", called "Awards" and, as you guess it, showing my actual Awards, plaques, trophies, since my beginnings in HAM Radio (not a lot but growing up slowly......
Yesterday afternoon, I decided to re-activate "Salères" SOTA F/SO-003 (very close to my home and only 151m. ASL) in order to test my ICOM 7000 + mini-paddle... SOTA chasers were ready and, even if very short activity (25 minutes), I could log 37 stations...
Hi all, a good surprise in the mail this morning with confirmation of an old QSO : GJ2A on 15M SSB (new confirmed band ! ). It appears Jersey Islands are a little difficult to be confirmed here... I worked GJ on 15M SSB, 20M SSB, 30M CW & RTTY, 40M CW...
Hi, here's my radio activity on October 12th... a little one but again new band slots filled ! - VE3EJ John (our 3rd QSO !) on 17M CW (new band mode ! )(I really need his QSL for confirming 40, 15 & now 17M bands in CW !!) - CN2DX André on 15M SSB (my...
Hi all, According to my Geo-Counter, I can affirm this blog is really international : 40 different DXCC have visited it in less than 2 months !! I think it's a good "score" and I'm very happy with this (I should have put one on-line really faster ! )......
Just done !! Woo-ooow ! I have been very lucky with this one because there were very weak in a STRONG QRM on the band : I logged them at 06:58UTC on 18.148 (10 up their QRG), thinking they have for sure a better RX than me, and I wasn't wrong ! After...
Hi all, just back from Paris tonight, I could be heard through HUGE pile-up by Bodo 5N0OCH on very noisy 40M band ! This is my 6th QSO and 6th band with him !! (new band !), I now just miss Nigeria on 80M for all bands ! I also worked through big pile-up...
Coming soon... but when ?? Yaesu addicts will appreciate : a new HF transceiver is on the way ! The FT-DX 5000MP !! Actually I just found these photos on the net, but it seems really advanced ! Spectrum scope, a lot of filters, multimeter on the front...
Hi, I received more than 200 QSLs again this month, including TK/F8DZY activity... I could confirm a lot of new band slots, for example with : - ER3GS on 15M SSB (new band) - HG80MRASZ () on 80M CW (new mode) - YK9G on 30M CW (new band) - OZ/DL3FCG on...
Finally ! After 2 days listening to them on 14260MHz, they were in CW on 14040MHz this afternoon... I should have been on their beginning because no takers (they had a continuous pile-up in SSB with KW stations making my calls really too weak ... But...
Hi all, A little about my radio activity... On the previous days, I could log : - RA1QY/P from RDA VO-29 on 20M CW - V55V/P on 20M SSB (new band mode ! ) during Field Day ! - BD1ISI on 20M CW (new band mode ! ) - IS0GQX Bruno (our 3rd QSO) on 17M CW -...
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Mixed : 309 (307)
CW: 301 / SSB: 288
6M: 82 (69)
10M: 260 (246)
12M: 259 (238)
15M: 288 (273)
17M: 279 (259)
20M: 293 (286)
30M: 212 (202)
40M: 225 (218)
80M: 129 (128)
160M: 39 (35)
(Scores = QSLs + LotW)
IOTA: 447 (390)
(QSLs only)
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