You-houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!!!!!! Fantastic (last for me) day with 2 QSOs in 30 minutes with FT5GA on 15M CW (finally I worked them on 15 !! Even if very weak... New band of course ) and on 17M through a mixed pile-up of EU & NA, I noticed most EU were...
Good new ! I received an e-mail from RSGB HQ telling me my applications for IOTA 100, IOTA 200 & IOTA Europe were accepted ! All my QSLs excepted one (K7RL which doesn't count for NA-065 as printed on it... ), well 204 on 205 is not so bad, huh ? It also...
Hi all, A little activity these days but new band/mode again, a lot of fun on 12M and also on 30, 17 & 10M... but the E-Sporadic were quite better on 12 than on 10M here ! I decided to try a few CQ on 24,898MHz CW, many thanks for calling to : - S59AA...
Hi all, after moving my vertical antenna in the garden, and putting it completely on the ground, results seem to be quite better : Here's a view of my log : traffic is axed on 12M E Sporadic propagation with Europe in order to complete band sloths (band...
Hello, I was on air this evening / night (till 2:30 AM local), listening to DX on 30M (HP, CO, many W and others from SA) but no chance for EU through NA pile-up... I could even log earlier : - TF3Y on 30M CW (new band !! Our 2nd QSO ! )(I now just miss...
Done ! It is a little fastidious but it's ok now : 205 differents IOTA QSLs are just posted to Jean-Michel F6AJA (french IOTA checkpoint) in order to claim my IOTA 100, IOTA 200 & IOTA Europe certificates ! It is really most expensive to post than to...
Hi all, Just before going back to work tomorrow, I switched on my 7600 sporadicly in the afternoon, just the time to work : - LY2PX (4th QSO !) on 17M CW (new band mode !) (I now just miss Lithuania on 15M CW and 12M SSB to "close" this DXCC !!). - 4O3A...
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I finally managed to log FT5GA on 20M SSB !!! The operator asked for French stations for 10 minutes while I was QRV and calling them on 14.262. He said "the french stations on the department...
INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Early QRV this morning, still looking for FT5GA (well, not so early ), I was listening to KH7XS on 30M with usual big pile-up, so I decided to change band and look at 40M. Starting my "scan", I saw a spot from Serge F6AML on...
After a very short activity yesterday, I could be QRV (tnx YL) this afternoon, enjoying again ES propagation on 12M band : - RV6HA Konstantin (RDA ST-12) - E73M (3rd QSO !) in CW + SSB (my last missing band for Bosnia-Herzegovina !! I now just miss E7...
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...
Hi all, I was QRV only some minutes here and here this week-end, in order to work some new band slots, and new band countries. Only 37 QSOs with : - YO3FRI Maria on 10M CW (new band mode) - YL2KO on 15M CW (new band mode) - A45XR (our 2nd QSO) on 20M...
Hi all, These past days, I extended my HF3B radials configuration, and I am now QRV with 24 x 24M radials, I will be 48 x 24M in the next spring, when I will work the garden of the QRA... With this "new" set-up, I could log : - MU/K3AWR on 80M CW - MJ0ASP...
Hi all, I will be in Corsica Island for my job between March 23rd and April 20th. I will bring my ICOM 7000 and a dipole or vertical antenna. QTH will be Ajaccio (DDFM 2A - Corse du Sud) but in a hostel, so I don't know yet if installing an antenna on...
Hi all, Yesterday evening, again, I was QRV for a while, and decided to try the Top Band with my vertical HF3B, even if I don't have a good ground system at the moment (I have only 4 radials of 48m each), I could log 3 new DXCCs last night, thanks to...
Hi all, the VP8ORK chase continued this week, as previewed, worked on 80M & 30M CW 2 days ago in 5 minutes at 0430UTC just before going to work (30M band at this time is incredible !! ), and 40M CW yesterday morning at 0440UTC when back from job this...
Hi all, Back home 24h, I could log this morning another ALL TIME NEW ONE !! Thanks to VK9NN Norfolk Island IOTA OC-005 ! I missed them on Niue ZK2A, but this time I could be heard on 30M CW still with 100W and the HF3B vertical (tuned on 30M). A nice...
COUPE DU REF CW 2011 Hi all, The contest is over, another great CONTEST week-end ! My objective to cross 1.000.000 points is finally not reached, I needed only 9-10 QSOs more... But with logging almost 100 QSOs less than past year, I scored almost 100.000...
Hi all, Another confirmed DXCC via LotW (well 2, but apparently a bug on the site ?) thanks to E4X (# 204). There is also 5X1NH from Uganda which would be # 205 but not added on my current DXCC total... why, I don't know... Maybe I'll try an e-mail to...
Hi all, FINALLY a QSO with New-Caledonia !! This morning on 20M CW long pass, thanks to Bruno FK8IL from Nouméa IOTA OC-032 working simplex... One call and in the log, he gave me 579, he was the same ! Another ALL TIME NEW ONE, thanks cycle 24 beginnings......
Hi all, WOW another ALL TIME NEW ONE today thanks to VK9C/G6AY operating from Cocos Keeling Islands IOTA OC-003 ! Spotted on 20M CW, I first tried to listen if long pass would be better, no, short pass gave me a better signal so I jumped into the pile-up,...
Hi all, (I am in Paris till January 19th, so sorry if not much new articles during this period... ) Here are some photos of my actual radials' system, 24 x 24M in >< configuration... I could notice a perfect SWR of 1.0 and a very low X, with R=50 on 3.500MHz,...
Hi all, Yesterday I was QRV on 6M, starting with a nice opening around 1200UTC to Greece... ...I could notice propagation moved more and more to the North (OK, SP...). Around 1330UTC, the E-Sporadic came stronger and I beamed to Scandinavia area : OZ,...
Hey, yesterday end of afternoon, a very strong opening to West Indies & South America on 10M ! Turning the VFO when coming on 10M, I heard a KP4 calling in SSB while beamed on North... Turning my beam to West , I hear EA8OM booming 599+20dB here, a little...
Hi all, Not QRV all the week-end, I could work almost 18h in the SSB contest... Here's my modest SSB score for this year : I could work all but one (still my neighbour department 46 ! ) of my missing DDFMs on 40M SSB ! The 2B - 09 - 48 - 69 - 70 - 82...
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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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