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That's over !! NH8S finally go QRT earlier due to physical (tired OMs, mosquitos, sunburns) & technical (salt walter & connections) problems. I was right yesterday thinking my 15M RTTY QSO should be the last one !! So 11 QSOs for this ATNO (All Time New...
Hi all, still chasing these NH8S... 2 days ago I could log them on 20M RTTY for a new slot, missed them again in the morning many times on 30M CW these last days (too many callers for my tuned vertical) but who knows ? 2 days ago again, I monitored all...
Hi, today I received R1AND QSL confirming our 17M CW QSO (new confirmed band for Antarctica ! )... ...and YV5ZV QSL confirming our 12M SSB QSO (new confirmed band for Venezuela ! ) ! Venezuela is still needed on 80M for all bands... Maybe during next...
Hi, yesterday evening big signal on 12M CW as I hoped it the day before when I heard them on 12M SSB ! 15 minutes and in the log ! My 4th band, thanks ! This morning I heard them on 30M CW (335) and in 40M SSB (but veeeery weak), but it was school time...
Hi, this night I finally could add the 40M CW slot for a new band !! Awake again very early (0100UTC) because (thanks to) of my son, I could work them up 1 (!) on their beginning on this band... Yesterday evening, I missed them again on 6M : still no...
Hi all, the D64K chase continues... I managed to add the 17M (CW + SSB), 20M (CW + SSB) band & 17M RTTY + 15M RTTY for a new mode, I heard them many times on 40M & 80M but their signal is very weak here (while most EU announce nice reports... ) and they...
Hi all, another great Summer DX thanks to Dale CE2/VE7SV (our 3rd QSO), worked this morning on 80M CW at my sunrise, but I was listening to him since 1 hour (waiting for Grey line effect ). It is a new zone and my worked DXCC #117 on 80M band... ...already...
Hi, here we go ! D64K Comoros Islands IOTA AF-007 is on the air ! Today I worked them for an ALL TIME NEW ONE on 12M CW & SSB, ths is my worked DXCC #294 and my worked IOTA #395 ! Actually listening to them on 10M CW (1330UTC), but veeeery weak at the...
Hi all, This early morning 0330UTC, back from job, I was in hurry to work CY9M on 40M CW, but just when at home, no more signal or skimmer report of them ! I decided to wait a little, maybe they are in QRX ? During this time, I listen to them on the others...
HI, the CY9M chase continues successfully here... Yesterday evening I added 10M SSB & 15M CW slots quite easily. This early morning before job, I spent 30 minutes fighting in the 30M CW split before being logged... It was time to go to job, but I decided...
Hi all, last Friday night (0100UTC), before going to job, I switched on the 7600, and went on 30M CW where was spotted FG5FR... 1 call and in the log (#165), as he was looking for DX, not a lot of EU at this time... He was 559 with QRN/QSB and it was...
Hi all, I really didn't have luck with 9M0L & 7O6T DX-peditions : I was always away from home for job missions during their dates !! One day QRV for 9M0L, and the last 2 days for 7O6T... Well, it was again sufficient for me to work another ALL TIME NEW...
Hi, yesterday was a RTTY day for me with 10M, 12M, 15M & 17M RTTY added !! I worked them on 12M SSB too... The good new is that my 160M CW QSO finally appeared (#21) so I didn't have to chase 7O6T again on the Top Band ! The bad new is that they didn't...
Hi all, during all the 9M0L activity, I wasn't at home because of another job mission, but did manage to work them on a free day on 15M, 17M & 20M CW for an ALL TIME NEW ONE ! My worked DXCC #291 ! The deliberate QRM on low bands was a shame again......
Hi, the DX-pedition E51M should be QRT today, so no more QSO will be added here... Thanks guys for all new bands, I could add the 17M CW slot & the 12M CW (already confirmed here by E51MAN), so a total of 7 QSOs. North Cook Islands are worked from 10M...
Hi, thanks to Peter 7P8PB who uploaded his log on Logbook of the World, my confirmed LotW DXCC now reaches #274 ! Lesotho is an ALL TIME NEW ONE confirmed, as I still never received any paper QSL from this DXCC (4 QSOs & 3 bands at this day...), so it...
Hi all, all is OK again, I could repair my vertical HF3B with a new insulator... It is now strongly shrouded in the ground... and I also put my 5 elements 6M up the Optibeam... I finished to erect correctly the vertical just before the night... rocking...
Hi, this was a long time I talked about a new antenna for HF... it is done since this week beginning with the arrival of the Optibeam OB9-5 model (9 elements 5 bands 20-17-15-12-10M) ! Last Tuesday, I disassembled my TH3MKIII from the pylon... ...and...
Hi, again focus on 6M band and ES propagation, 2 days ago I could work EA8/DL3GCS from IL07XS... ...and yesterday a nice opening to Great Britain (G, GW, GD, GM, EI) : thanks to G3LUW, G8ZDS, GW4ROV/A, GW3XRM, GW0IRW, GW0VWD, GW3LNR, GD6ICR, EI9JS & GM3NKG......
Hi all, Yesterday I was QRV on 6M, starting with a nice opening around 1200UTC to Greece... ...I could notice propagation moved more and more to the North (OK, SP...). Around 1330UTC, the E-Sporadic came stronger and I beamed to Scandinavia area : OZ,...
Hi all, back home after a 15 days mission, I was happy to find a lot of QSLs in the mail box ! Starting with an ALL TIME NEW ONE confirmed thanks to KH2/N2NL (IOTA OC-026) QSL, confirming our 20M CW QSO ! Guam Island is my confirmed DXCC # 260 and my...
Hi all, good news for all of you who sent me a direct for TK/F8DZY activity of this year : the QSLs are here ! I spent my last free afternoon to answer direct QSLs (and enjoying 50MHz ES too ! ), the QSLs will leave tomorrow for those of you who put sufficient...
Hi all, today I also received a nice QSL from Mathieu MJ0ASP, confirming our 2 QSOs on 12 & 80M CW (2 new bands ! ). Jersey is now only needed on 10M for all bands ! Mathieu also put me a little word saying he's a reader of the blog () and announcing...
Hi, a nice activity on Feb. 25th ! I could log so far (after FK8IL) : - J79AN (op. Jan DL7JAN) on 40M SSB - 17M CW - 15M SSB - 15M CW - 20M CW... All new band/new band slots ! - ZL50VK on 20M CW & 15M SSB (2 new band slots ! ) - KH7Y from Hawaii on 15M...
Hi all, FINALLY a QSO with New-Caledonia !! This morning on 20M CW long pass, thanks to Bruno FK8IL from Nouméa IOTA OC-032 working simplex... One call and in the log, he gave me 579, he was the same ! Another ALL TIME NEW ONE, thanks cycle 24 beginnings......
