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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 all, no less than 177 QSLs received again this month via the REF Bureau !!! 132 are for TK/F8DZY and 45 for F8DZY / F4DZY... Telling about old QSOs, here's a very old one : - OK2ZO on June 3rd, 2004 !! 5 years ago... My HF QSO #61 ! Tnx Libor. - 9A/VE3ZIK...
In the bureau mail this month, I finally RX J5UAP QSL, confirming 7 (!) QSOs on 10M (SSB, FM, RTTY), 12M SSB, 17M (SSB, RTTY), 20M (SSB, RTTY)... I didn't know CW at this period (all QSOs on the same day : April 23rd, 2007 !). Many thanks Peter (HA3AUI)...
Hi, again some new bands & band slots this week... I was happy to log : - OH/DK1MAX again on 20M & 30M CW (2nd & 3rd QSO, thanks for Lotw confirmations so fast !) - TF2JB Jonas on 15M CW (new band ! )(I now just miss Iceland on 12M for all bands !) -...
Hi all, A light radio activity after this week-end (it's very HOT here !! ) but as always, there's something to chase, even for the fun of it : - EA9/KH0AM again worked on 40M & 15M CW (2nd & 3rd QSO) (already confirmed but the pleasure to work him again......
Hi all, a nice radio activity in this February beginning, I could log: - Med CN8YR on 17M CW (our 2nd QSO) (new band mode ! ) - 6W/PA3EWP on 40M CW (new band ! )(I now just need Senegal on 12 & 80M for all bands !) - EK6LP Aram (our 4th QSO !) on 40M...
In some months (April ??) I will move to my new QRA (I will have a REAL shack !! ), so I am slowly starting to buy some equipment I will need for the future station... Today I received a command of 18 PL-259 Silver plated from DX Engineering, good prices...
Today in the mail box I found IS0GQX QSL, confirming our 3 QSOs on 40M CW (new confirmed band mode ! ), 30M CW & 17M CW (new confirmed band mode ! )... Waiting for others IS0 QSLs, Sardinia is still needed on 12M SSB, 15M CW & 80M SSB for closing this...
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...
Yes, I am VERY late but 3 weeks in Paris plus the REF Cup this week-end didn't let me time to refresh 'DX Activity"... So, this past month, I could log : - ST2AR on 30M RTTY & 17M SSB (2 new band mode ! ) (QSOs 9 & 10) - XU7KOH on 40M CW from IOTA AS-113...
Hi all, After a Contest Week-end (article to be published later in the day), I came back to the DX chase... Yesterday, a nice opening on 10M CW to South Orkney Islands, some bursts at the beginning, then some pings, nothing... and signal came back up...
Hi, the year starts "slowly" : only 30 QSLs this month... But again, some interesting and/or nice ones in the package : - 3A2LF Claude confirming our 12M RTTY QSO (new confirmed band ! ) - YZ7AA on 17M SSB (new confirmed band ! ). Serbia is worked all...
Hi all, back from Paris after a 3 weeks mission, I was happy to find in my mail box the 3 following PJ's : - PJ2T Curaçao IOTA SA-099 on 15M SSB, my confirmed DXCC # 253 and my confirmed IOTA # 262 !! - PJ7E Sint Maarten IOTA NA-105 on 40M, 17M, 15M &...
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...
Well, as promised, here are my new stats after this E-sporadic summer season ! For DXCC : It is + 2 worked and + 8 confirmed on 10M ! It is + 20 worked (!!) and + 6 confirmed on 12M ! It is + 6 confirmed on 15M ! It is + 12 worked (!!) and + 5 confirmed...
Hi all, a little busy at the moment and not really QRV , I could log : - OK2NA on 12M CW (new mode !!! )(I now just miss Czech Republic on 15M CW for all bands CW + SSB to "close" this DXCC !!) Thanks Pavel... - OK1AHV answering my CQ (again on 12M CW...
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...
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...
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 all, I was on air these days with some interesting QSOs on different bands, as : - CS28MCF (Portugal) on 17M CW (new band mode ! ) I now just miss Portugal on 15M CW & 12M SSB to "close" this DXCC !! - LX1NO on 15M CW (new band mode ! ) I now just...
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...
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...
Three in a row ! Many thanks to DL5ME for sending me 3 IOTA QSLs, this time I got : -SM7/DL5ME from IOTA EU-138 (confirmed IOTA #224 ! ) : - LA/DL5ME from IOTA EU-061 (already confirmed IOTA) : - OH2/DL5ME IOTA EU-097 (confirmed IOTA # 225 ! ) : Mario...
Hi, yesterday afternoon ALL HF bands were open, it was a long long time it didn't happen ! Activity on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 & 10M !! On my little free time, I could log : - ER8C on 40M CW (new band mode ! )(I still miss Moldova on 12 & 30M for all bands)...
That's it ! FT5GA is officially over ! The online log is updated and all my 7 QSOs are ok ! Still surprised about this score with a simple vertical ITA-OTURA (7.60m) on the ground and my 100W... What would have been my band slots number with a beam, vertical...
