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PJ4C in the mail !

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Hi all, today I received PJ4C QSL, confirming our 24 QSOs from 10 to 160M ! My best result in a DX-pedition... Thanks to the team for great fun and to F9IE Bernard QSL manager !! Chris F8DZY

A35YZ in the log !

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Hi all, just back from 15 days in Paris, this morning I could work A35YZ Tonga (IOTA OC-049) on 30M CW at my very first call ! It is an ALL TIME NEW ONE : my worked DXCC #288 and my worked IOTA #371 ! Actually listening to them on 12M CW, I will try to...

DXCC Status on LotW...

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Hi all, Thanks to T88ZO Palau who uploaded his log on LotW, my confirmed LotW DXCC number now reaches 273 (on 276 worked with the recent deletion of Malyj Vysotskij Island (RI1MV) ). And this is an ALL TIME NEW ONE confirmed, my confirmed DXCC #278......

NH7O Hawaii on 80M CW !

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Hi, last Tuesday morning, I also could log Al NH7O from Hawaii on 80M CW (#112) !! It is a new band DXCC + a new zone on 80M ! Thanks a lot Al for very fast LotW confirmation (#101)... Chris F8DZY

J38A on 80M CW !

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Hi all, yesterday morning I could log Bill J38A (K4LTA) on 80M CW (#111), it is our 6th QSO (10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M & 80M CW) and most of all my last missing band for Grenada ! Thanks Bill ! Chris F8DZY

3C0E : the chase ! #3

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Hi all, two days ago, I just could add the 12M CW slot before leaving home. They were also on 40M CW but it was an incredible zoo... I will really never understand what kind of people can be so stupid to make deliberate QRM on DX QRG ! So I went QRT,...

3C0E : the chase ! #2

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Hi, this morning, I could add 10M CW (#215), this was really difficult this time because 3C0E was weak + big QSB + 10kHz pile-up !!! 45 minutes to be logged ! But it's done ! I hope any activity from 17M to low bands now until tomorrow morning, because...

ZD7FT vs ZD7XF

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3C0E : the chase !

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Hi all, this morning I could log in 15 minutes 3C0E on 15M CW & 12M SSB (#205) ! Quite easier than from Equatorial Guinea ! (thanks week-end Contests ?). Annobon Island is not a new one here, but only confirmed in October 2006 (3C0M) on 15M SSB... Good...

ZD7XF : 100th confirmed DXCC on 80M !

Par F8DZY

Hi all, it's finally done : my 100th confirmed DXCC on 80M is ZD7XF ! I received both confirmation via LotW of our 80M CW & 30M CW (#134) QSOs... Thanks Nigel ! Chris F8DZY