Hi all, all is in the title and it is my "little surprise"... I will soon install my very first OM antenna, an 11 elements VHF F9FT Tonna which was unused since 2004 ! Up 7 meters from my ground, but my QRA is 171 meters ASL, on the top, and clean 360°....
Hi, today I received a letter from Indonesia : YC9MKF QSL ! Confirming our 15M SSB QSO (new confirmed band ! ) from 2005 The letter was heavier than usually... Effectively : I found a second envelopp with 9 YB9BZ QSLs !! YB9BU (QSL Manager) asking me...
Hi all, this month I decided to send a big package to the French Bureau QSL : about 700 QSLs (from 2008 to 2010 including REF contests) ! I have again about 100 QSLs "waiting" for new QSOs over the months and years with usual active OMs all over the world....
Hi all, 2 days ago we finally dug the hole for the iron framework of the pylon ! A very HOT day in SW France, luckily the job was done with an excavator... Previously 20 meters from the house, we moved the hole at 40 meters from the QRA. I lost about...
Hi, this week I received my new QSLs from printer Gennady UX5UO ! See => UX5UO QSL Print. 3000 new both sides full colours QSLs with perfect quality, as usually... Thank you Gennady for nice job ! The new F8DZY QSL v2.0 : Actually working in my next QRA,...
Hi all, Yes, it's done ! I am finally QRV on 144 MHz... I had some problems to install all cables, as you can see it ! But finally all is ok now... I want to thank Adrian F5VLY (in JN04GE) (my neighbour & very first contact on 2M ! ) who gave me new lenghts...
Hi all, On the last days I could make some interesting QSOs, even if SSN numbers is definitively low... When this famous Cycle 24 will REALLY begin ??? I have to advice I could listen for the first time Guam (KH2) DXCC on 20M & 15M, but too weak + huge...
Hi all ! This week, we poured the concrete for the pylon ! About 2,7 m3 were necessary for the hole of my 12M pylon... "Come here, nice truck..." "Yes, there..." Let's go ! Filling the hole... And at the end of the morning : Next step : THE pylon !! In...
Warning : LONG article ! This afternoon, I got my Bureau QSLs of February : 150 QSLs ! 2/3 are again for TK activity, and 1/3 for F4DZY & F8DZY... I rarely had so much new band slots confirmed in the same month package, see : - TI8/DL4MO on 20M CW (new...
Hi, another nice package from Bureau this month, A lot of new (bands, mode) French DDFMs thanks to the REF CW & SSB Cup, and many others from worldwide... - TA1CQ confirming our 15M SSB QSO (new band mode ! ) - FG/F6AUS confirming our 3 QSOs on 20M CW,...
Hi all, Yesterday I could easily log on 40M SSB a new IOTA thanks to TK/F4FGJ from EU-164 Corsica Coastal Islands ! Very happy to finally work this IOTA group, I only miss Sanguinaires Island to finish this IOTAs' area ! Always a pleasure to work Corsica...
I know, I'm very late with this ! But no more internet at home is a good reason why... In one week, it should be ok again I hope. Well, a lot of new band slots again confirmed these 2 months : MAY : - 5B4AHJ on 12M CW (new confirmed band ! ) & 15M CW...
Hi, Actually in the Bask Country region for my job, I went yesterday on my very first SOTA : F/PO-252 Abarratia near Hasparren (DDFM64) in order to activate this nice summit again... A nice one again, with 56 QSOs & 15 DXCC (Europe + Scandinavia) in 1...
Hi all, today it's another new Island in the log, the famous MS0INT expedition to Flannan Isles, IOTA EU-118 ! Very rare on air !! Scotland is not far and I could easily work them on 15M CW... Caling on 21015 and listening up 1, I called 4-5 times on...
Hi all, On September 14th morning, before leaving for my job for 10 days (I am ), I could make some new QSOs on 144MHz... I finally heard my 1st G station but still no QSO, and a lot lot lot of people could hear to CU8/beacon during 2 days while I just...
Hi, please note another "Mercy Ships DAGOE Foundation" Ham Radio activity is planned by a 4 Dutch operators' team (5L2MS, TY1MS) in March 2011 (during +/- 3 weeks)... They hope to get the call : 9L5MS. I hope to be at home at this period AND of course...
Hi all, As promised here are the very firsts photos of my new shack & installation... Starting from 0 : I first have to build the desk for the shack ! You will notice I already put my little vertical at the place of the future pylone... You maybe don't...
Not a day without new IOTA ! Yesterday I contacted my 3rd new IOTA in 3 days !! RZ1OA/1 from IOTA EU-161 on 12M SSB (new band mode too ! )(Russia is now only needed on 80M SSB for closing this DXCC !). Another rare Island group, now in the log, it is...
Hi all, Well a light radio activity lately, as usually, but also interesting for me... as usually ! - EA9PY on 10M CW (our 6th QSO !) - F5ZSR/p from JN03AM (Dpt.65) on 2M SSB (new locator & new DDFM) - CN8YR on 15M CW (our 3rd QSO & new band mode ! )....
Hi all, it's a long long time I wait for this ! I am really happy to have seen my future pylon today : it only remains to solder some plates of aluminium for the motorization... I think it will be done once up because bad days are coming and we have to...
Hi all, ***Still at work for some weeks again, I had the possibility to be back home for 2 days, and to scan some QSLs I received... Some others articles will be published later in the week ! *** Very quickly answered, I was very happy to find MS0INT...
Yesterday, I put up my vertical HF3B with only 4 radials of 48m each just for test. I didn't touch any self, I had a little SWR on 40M (ROS=1.8/2.0) but tuned by the ICOM 7600, 80M was exactly tuned on 3515 (ROS=1.0) and 160M exactly tuned on 1819 (ROS=1.1)......
Hi all, Not many interesting DX-Pedition since some weeks to chase, HF bands are a little boring here these days... so I decided to go on VHF this morning ! Good idea : some activity with new locators, DDFMs and DXCC with Spain. Many thanks to F6DBP Jean-Marie...
Hi all, Since some days, the REF CW & SSB 2010 results are online, and I'm very proud for my very first participation to finish n° 9 in Low Power category in CW part, 16th for general !!! It was a nice challenge without any beam from my previous QRA !...
Hi, back from a short holiday break, I could find in my mail box E4X QSL ! It confirms our 8 QSOs on 4 bands & 3 modes... all new ones of course : E4X is an ALL TIME NEW ONE confirmed DXCC ! My # 249th... (only ? yes, I know... but what will I do after,...
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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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