"HAM RADIO only..."
Yesterday afternoon, I decided to re-activate "Salères" SOTA F/SO-003 (very close to my home and only 151m. ASL) in order to test my ICOM 7000 + mini-paddle... SOTA chasers were ready and, even if very short activity (25 minutes), I could log 37 stations...
Hi, with all the previous articles & news already published, I could add during this period : - EW8A Igor (EW8AM) on 17M SSB (new band mode ! )(and our 2nd QSO, 1st was in November 2004...) - OG20YL (OH2YL celebrating 20 years of Ham Radio ) on 17M CW...
Hi all, Nice radio day, mostly chasing IOTAs because can't be QRV this week-end for the contest (going to a wedding). I could work 3 new IOTA (RI1OP from EU-153, UT7UT/P from EU-180 & F5KKD/P from IOTA EU-068), and : - 9A8ZRS IOTA EU-090 on 30M CW, 17M...
Great propagation on high bands since last week, especially on 12 & 10M for South Europe (10 is very sporadic here). I managed to fill some NEW band sloths for my 5B DXCC with : - OM3EY, LY3W (my last missing band for OM !), 5N/LZ1QK (4th band with him...
Hello, the year finishes correctly with no less than 175 incoming QSLs... Some nice ones again and some new confirmed band slots in the package, from Europe, NA, SA, AS & JA. - ET3JA on 20M SSB, 17M & 15M CW (3 new band slots ! ) - HI0C IOTA NA-122 (already...
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...
Yep ! Maybe "nothing" for you, but for me without antenna dedicated to WARC, it is a nice little achievment !! The final rush on 12M CW started on May 6th with 4K9W as DXCC #97, yesterday with ZB2FK as DXCC #98 (Gibraltar now worked on ALL bands ! ) and...
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...
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, Just a little free time in order to post my "results" for the Coupe du REF SSB 2010. One new DDFM on 40M (82 Tarn-et-Garonne, I now only miss Dpts 46 & 90 in SSB !!!), plus many new on 80M. I did it only on Saturday (6h30) & Sunday (1h00), in...
From October 10th to 27th, 2009 a team of 4 Dutch operators (PA8AD, PA3AN, PA3AWW & PD0CAV) will be on air again (5L2MS) from Benin as TY1MS, taking part in the CQWW SSB Contest 2009 from Grand Popo Village. I only worked (and confirmed) Benin on 20M...
Hi all, this week I received my new vertical antenna for low bands : the HF3B by IT9ZMX ! Covering 160-80-40M, I was in hurry to discover how it works... In my QRA location till April, I won't be able to install radials, or maybe 1 or 4 maximum (20 meters...
Hi all, I really love summer time, even if WX is not good as today, the ES propagation is still here !! Activity of the day (very short : 2h30 "in spare time" due to my children humor ) : - ZB2FX (2nd QSO) on 17M CW (new band mode !) at 1st call... Tnx...
Only QRV 30 minutes , just the time to work : - ZB2FX (again !! 3rd QSO !) on 10M CW (new band mode !) - 6W1SE Peter (3rd QSO !) on 17M CW (new band !) - EA7LM José from Huelva on 17M CW (new band mode ?!? Hey, I just miss Spain on 12M CW for all bands...
Voilà, ç'est fini ! Merci aux opérateurs de TX5C qui nous ont offert Clipperton comme new one pour la plupart d'entre nous et/ou sur plusieurs bandes ! Mon objectif premier était simple : les contacter AU MOINS UNE FOIS. Au final, je les aurai donc contacté...
Hi, here's my radio activity on October 12th... a little one but again new band slots filled ! - VE3EJ John (our 3rd QSO !) on 17M CW (new band mode ! )(I really need his QSL for confirming 40, 15 & now 17M bands in CW !!) - CN2DX André on 15M SSB (my...
So, finally S04R is now over, I got them 6 times on 15M CW, 17M CW, 20M CW & SSB, 30M CW and 40M CW... A correct result with my actual working conditions. During the last 2 days, some new bands with following DXs : - OX3XR on 30M CW - VR2XMT on 17M SSB...
Finally ! I decided to jump in digital modes !! I just bought a SIGNALINK-USB interface in Switzerland (cheaper I found on the net HI)... Here's what I received : When you open the box, you find... Here's the small interface on front view : ... and from...
That's it, E4X is now over ! With more than 80.000 QSOs, a lot of THANK YOU to the team and congratulations for a so nice DX-Pedition !! (It would have been my very first "chase" from my new QRA, and, with the same working conditions (100W and little...
Hi all, Well, a very lite activity including some SOTA activations after the IOTA EU-095/SOTA F/CR-268 worked in the morning, and : - S59AA Franc (again, after 12m cw !) on 17M CW... What is funny with this OM is that I worked him when he was in TK, he...
"When your dreams come true"... Hey, what did I say just before this article ?? I waited the online log in order to be sure (some guys saying on cluster it was a pirate just because they couldn't hear them from Paris on a 3 el Quad, etc... etc... HI HI...
Hi, just before leaving in holidays, I could contact Laurent F8BBL as TK8B in Corsica Island, all bands are contacted CW + SSB here, but always a pleasure to add Corsica in the log, even more if I know the operator... Laurent had a good signal and I could...
Finally a new EU IOTA in the log this afternoon with SX9JZ on IOTA EU-187 Gavdos Island ! But bad surprise when looking on QRZ.com for the QSL info : What does it mean ? "Only direct operation" => HAM community have to pay their holidays ?? More and more...
Hi all, On air time to time these 2 days, I could log : - 3V3S on 40M SSB & CW (new band mode ! ) - KP2/K3CT on 30M CW (new band ! ) - 5R8IC (F6ICX) on 20M CW (new band ! ) & 17M CW (new band mode ! )... Merci Eric ! - TF/G0TSM on 30M CW (new band ! )...
Hi all, thanks to Pierre F6CXJ, local Bureau QSL Manager, who went to Marennes Meeting yesterday, I could have some others Bureau QSLs before September (REF is closed in August)... and a lot of new band sloths are again filled ! - LA1K on 80M CW (new...
