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Hi all, Well, TJ9PF is finally over, I couldn't add a 20th QSO on 12M because of no real antenna for, but anyway thank you very much to the whole team for the great fun during 10 days ! I finish 42nd in the Top 100 France and when looking at the calls...
COUPE DU REF CW 2011 Hi all, The contest is over, another great CONTEST week-end ! My objective to cross 1.000.000 points is finally not reached, I needed only 9-10 QSOs more... But with logging almost 100 QSOs less than past year, I scored almost 100.000...
Hi all, I will be in Corsica Island for my job between March 23rd and April 20th. I will bring my ICOM 7000 and a dipole or vertical antenna. QTH will be Ajaccio (DDFM 2A - Corse du Sud) but in a hostel, so I don't know yet if installing an antenna on...
Hi all, These past days, I extended my HF3B radials configuration, and I am now QRV with 24 x 24M radials, I will be 48 x 24M in the next spring, when I will work the garden of the QRA... With this "new" set-up, I could log : - MU/K3AWR on 80M CW - MJ0ASP...
Hi, today I received WB0VBW (South Dakota) QSL ! It is one of my two last missing State to be confirmed, now done... I am waiting for any WY confirmation : after 7-8 QSOs with Wyoming stations, including some directs and LotW users, I still wait any answer......
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 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, 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, 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, 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, I got my incoming Bureau QSLs of the month, about 100 QSLs still including TK/F8DZY activity (I was inspired to say "QSL not necessary to me" HI HI ). I could find in : - ES90R (30M CW) & ES90J (20M & 17M CW) (3 new band modes ! ) - CT9L on 10M CW...
Hi, today I received a letter from Indonesia : YC9MKF QSL ! Confirming our 15M SSB QSO (new confirmed band ! ) from 2005 The letter was heavier than usually... Effectively : I found a second envelopp with 9 YB9BZ QSLs !! YB9BU (QSL Manager) asking me...
Hi all, Well, if you noticed I don't post too much these times, it's for a simple reason : I was not on air ! I am busy with next QRA garden (undergrowth to be "cleaned") Before : After some hours of "gardening": In the same time, I did receive 100 meters...
*** LAST MINUTE !!! *** Excellent new : I should have been away for my job this week-end but I've just been called by, and I only work on Sunday afternoon now So I WILL BE QRV on Saturday & Sunday morning for the phone part of the Coupe du REF ! This...
Hi all, a beautiful day on 12M here !! I could log : - SV5BYR on 12M SSB (new band mode ! ) - US4EX on 12M SSB (peaking 20dB over S9 !) - TA2ZAF on 12M CW (new band mode ! ) - EY8MM Nodir (our 3rd QSO !) on 12M CW (new band ! ) - 4Z5NX/M Victor (our 2nd...
Hi all, Since some weeks, I am using this reverse beacon tool, in order to see where my signals go and how much strong (or not) different active skimmers receive me. I find this very interesting... Actually, most of online skimmers are located in USA...
Hi all, a good surprise in the mail this morning with confirmation of an old QSO : GJ2A on 15M SSB (new confirmed band ! ). It appears Jersey Islands are a little difficult to be confirmed here... I worked GJ on 15M SSB, 20M SSB, 30M CW & RTTY, 40M CW...
Yes !!! Finally a CW QSO with FT5GA, and it is on 12M band !! I thought it would be the hardest band to catch them with the 10M but no . Only 10 minutes calling them and they heard me in a small split (+ 1.5KHz), so maybe not many takers at this time...
Today I received VR2O/P QSL in my mail box, confirming our 20M SSB QSO (new confirmed band ! ). Unfortunately, their QSO label doesn't mention IOTA AS-006 as wroten on the back so it is not actually valid for IOTA... I sent an e-mail, wait and see ! Add-on...
Hi all, impossible to correctly listen to FT5GA today but it was also a great day with an all time NEW ONE DXCC : 4W6AL Timor-Leste !! (13500 kms so far with my little vertical ! ). A heavy pile-up so it was of course a big strategy to be heard behind...
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I finally managed to log FT5GA on 20M SSB !!! The operator asked for French stations for 10 minutes while I was QRV and calling them on 14.262. He said "the french stations on the department...
REALLY really really busy at home : 5 minutes on air ! HI I switched on my ICOM 7600 which was still on 24.892, and hear a signal 599+20db exactly on !! It is Bob MD0CCE calling CQ ! Booming here ! As I didn't hear the beginning of his CQ (calling DX...
Hi all, I am uploading all my videos also on DailyMotion, I put the YouTube blocked's videos in DailyMotion, and in the VIDEOS section of the blog. It seems ok for now, so... enjoy ! And don't hesitate to add a comment on the videos in the GUESTBOOK ,...
Many of us are looking how to add actual ST0R DX-Pedition with the right new Country name... As the latest update didn't include it yet, here's how to do this : - 1 Select menu Tools> Database Maintenance> Country/Prefix Maintenance - 2 In the "Country...
Hi all, this week-end I came back to F6KOP Radio Club with Franco F4EVR in order to help a little for next TJ3C expedition... Welcome to F6KOP ! (discreet entrance ) Inside, a very nice surprise, Alain F6ENO is present !! We contacted each other for long...
