Hi all, Finally back from work and now on holidays, I find a little time to post some new articles... This summer, I received another nice QSL package from the Bureau, and could find for example : - TX4T on 30M & 17M CW (2 new confirmed bands !! ) - 8J1M/1...
Hi all, Bureau QSLs of November arrived, and as each month, some new band slots and IOTAs ! - 8R1PW on 20M CW (new band mode ! ), 30M CW (new band ! ) & 40M CW (new band ! ) - 9J2FM on 10M CW (new confirmed band ! ) - GB4IPY on 30M & 17M CW (new band...
Hi all, Again listening to the 2 Meters band after my previous try, I was very happy, 2 days ago, to make long & nice QSOs with F4EZL Jean-Claude from JN05OQ 184 KMS, F8BON Patrice from IN96CV 360 KMS, F6ETZ Jacky from IN97CG 396 KMS, F1BHD Georges from...
Hi all, Well, all is in the title ! Yesterday in the late afternoon, I was very surprised by an awesome opening on 10M to South America, and turning my VFO on the CW part, my band scope showed me "activity" in the SSB part... It is Bob VP8LP, beamed in...
Hi all, This week-end it was the MMC on 144MHz CW, I took part with my modest conditions (20W in 11 Elts) during the little free time I could find... On Saturday I thought the propagation was really poor, and so I would log more QSOs the next day. Finally...
Hi, still in the Bask Country region till next Friday, I'll try to activate Peña Plata summit (SOTA F/PO-231) on my free day : next Wednesday, September 22nd... WX permitting of course ! It's a long time I wanted to go there, but long drive & long walk...
Hi all, Back from one week with job, I could find in the mail a direct from VR2O/P IOTA AS-006 (Hong Kong group) again confirmed but with a correct QSL label ! Remember one year ago : VR2O/P in the mail ! Guys, you really did it, thank you very much !!...
Hi all, I wanted to change it since some weeks, finally tonight I started to make some others logos for the blog... Not yet decided, here what I made... (any comment / idea is welcome ! ) : I also have to work on a design which will completely publish...
Hi all, Still listening to 144MHz, I could log some new locators and one new DXCC... Many thanks to F6AFC Michel from JN38CM DDFM 54 (657 kms, my new ODX & new DDFM ! ), F8DHA Fred from IN95RO DDFM 17 (188 kms) for CW QSOs. Also worked F5DJL/P Jean-Louis...
Hi all, A little about my radio activity... On the previous days, I could log : - SV9/YL2VW on 15M CW (new band mode ! ) - MU/F5CWU on 80M SSB (new band mode ! ) & 15M CW (my last missing band for Guernsey Islands !! ) - MU/F5NHJ on 30M CW & 20M SSB -...
Hi all, back from Paris and now at home for some weeks, the pylone installation is unfortunatey delayed for a while... I was very happy to find in the mail box PX8J QSL, from IOTA SA-041, confirming our 10M CW (new band slot !) & 30M CW QSOs (new confirmed...
Back home this afternoon, I switched on the station and heard a nice opening on 12 & 15M, some bursts on 10M too... I could log : - FR/DJ7RJ on 15M CW simplex : he was just starting calling on this freq while I was turning my VFO ! (new band mode !) -...
This week-end, it was a big contest for digi-modes addicts : the CQ WW RTTY ! I am not really QRV on digital modes, so it was an opportunity for me to use my Signalink-USB ! A very very little entry (some minutes here & here because QRL) in the contest,...
Hi all, Yesterday I could log a new IOTA thanks to VK4LDX/P Craig, operating from Fitzroy Island OC-172 (Queensland (North Coast) Centre group) ! Calling on 20M SSB up 5, I could be heard at my very first call ! Wow, 100W and a vertical still do the job......
Hi all, Today I got my Bureau QSLs of October. Another monthly nice package, and since some new confirmed band slots confirmed, thanks to : - HB9CA on 80M CW (I only miss Switzerland on 12M, confirmed on all others bands... ) - 9M2TO Tex on 30M & 17M...
Hi, I stopped my chase for ZL8X on December 1st because I left my home again for my job... Not so bad, and I will remember for sure 3 QSOs, the first on 20M CW when, after one hour calling and calling LP and SP, I found their best signal while beamed...
Hi all, Finally some big expeditions with the PJ's & 5V7TT !!! Everybody want to log everything they listen to, or should I say "read on their cluster window ?" and finally, for most of them, loose their patience and waste their time for a very little...
Hi, A very very good surprise this morning in the mail box, a direct from Salvador C31CT, confirming our 2M CW QSO (new confirmed DXCC on 144MHz ! ) ! Salvador found our QSO Video on the net and was so happy that he sent me his QSL in direct... You make...
Hi, Last Friday I logged OX/DL2VFR (& Co) on 80M CW thanks to my HF3B vertical... Surfing on the net, I just realized they were operating from Greenland Coastal Islands (South East) group, IOTA NA-151 ! It is another new island here, thanks guys ! This...
Hi all, Today I spent my day to put up and down my 3 elements beam in order to tune it correctly on the 3 bands... At 1330UTC, I arrived to something interesting for me, according to my MFJ, external SWR-Meter and ICOM SWR-Meter (better 3 than one ! )...
Hi all, Not very QRV at this moment, I was cleaning my old TH3MKIII : ...and some others tips to finish at the station and at the pylon... My Cubical Quad worked perfectly but YL didn't like it... so I had to put it down after 24h ! (The Quad is f or...
Hi all, A good week of DX activity with all the nice DX-Peditions on air, even if I really focus on 5V7TT... I called CQ on WARC bands (17M, 15M & 12M) and was very pleased to log : SM3EMJ Mats on 15M CW, LA5EAA Per & YO8COQ Traian on 17M CW, and KA1R...
Hi all ! Yes, finally it's done ! My 12m. pylone is up, my HF3B vertical too, and I cutted 48 x 48m. radials for it ! I actually only put 4 radials for test, I will correctly match the vertical tomorrow and maybe start the Cubical Quad... Let's see some...
Hi all, Yesterday evening, I was QRV on Low Bands with my HF3B vertical (and still barefoot 100W), while most of people was chasing ZL8X, I could concentrate my activity on ZA3HA as previewed, C50C, TO3A and others also QRV... 17 QSOs as follows : - ZA/HA1DRR...
Hi all, today I started to chase ZL8X Kermadec Island IOTA OC-039, I could listen to them on 80, 40, 30 & 20M bands since yesterday evening, but only tried to call this morning... I was chasing elsewhere (see article up this one) I could log them on 40M...
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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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