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Hi all, some interesting ones these past days with : - ZD8D on 10M CW / SSB & 12M CW (3 new band slots ! ) - FP/K9OT on 40M, 30M, 20M, 17M, 15M & 12M CW (all new band mode and already confirmed via LotW ! ) - LU7HF on 12M CW, OX3XR on 17M CW, OD5PY on...
Hey, yesterday end of afternoon, a very strong opening to West Indies & South America on 10M ! Turning the VFO when coming on 10M, I heard a KP4 calling in SSB while beamed on North... Turning my beam to West , I hear EA8OM booming 599+20dB here, a little...
Hi all, Not very QRV at this moment, I was cleaning my old TH3MKIII : ...and some others tips to finish at the station and at the pylon... My Cubical Quad worked perfectly but YL didn't like it... so I had to put it down after 24h ! (The Quad is f or...
Hi all, since the "Fantastic Four" team is doing some spare time operations, I have been lucky in logging them by 2 times more today ! First was this (early) morning (0330 UTC) on 40M SSB (booming here), I think I was, with F5BZB who worked them just...
Hi, finally the 2011 REF CW & SSB contests' results arrived ! My objective was reached : to finish in the ten firsts in CW => for my second participation in the CW contest, I am 8th General for this year, and I am 3rd in Low Power category ! I was working...
Hi all, this morning I could log an ALL TIME NEW ONE thanks to (AGAIN) Bill (N7OU) operating from West Kiribati IOTA OC-017 Tarawa Island as T30OU ! Weak signal when I could QSO him on 30M CW but came stronger a little later on the band... This is my...
Hi all, yesterday evening 1930UTC, back from job, I switched on the station and could see a big opening on 6M to the north and NA... I couldn't stay a lot (QRL family) so I concentrated on the potential new ones : JW7QIA from Svalbard, TF8GX from Iceland...
Hi all, I started to chase TJ9PF as everybody and could, at this day work them on 14 band slots as follows : 80 & 40M were crazy pile-ups here and with 100W not evident against big guns on frequency ! I called during 3 hours for the 80M CW QSO !! Huge...
Hi all, 0300UTC this morning/night before leaving for job (yes, I have very strange/changing job hours !! ), I logged easily E51M on 40M CW (#202) on my 1st call with 100W ! Coming here 599+10dB, they made my day... North Cook Islands are now worked from...
Hi all, I've not been very active on the blog due to end year season, but I was a little QRV in December, adding some nice ones especially on 40M where the HF3B vertical is really doing a great job ! Were added so far in CW : VP2V/K6TOP (British Virgin...
Wow ! Excellent surprise in the mail today with JD1BMH QSL, confirming our 20M CW QSO, my confirmed DXCC # 264 and my confirmed IOTA # 286 ! Also received W0S Marianas Islands IOTA OC-086, confirming our 15M RTTY QSO : it is my confirmed DXCC # 265 and...
Hi, still having fun in Corsica Island, I wasn't QRV as much as the first week ("sun is hot" ) but still trying to do my best for those of you needing TK in such band/mode... I am actually at more than 2000 QSOs, wich is a correct total, despite of all...
Hi, an expected one as an ALL TIME NEW ONE here, TJ9PF QSL arrived this morning ! Confirming our 19 QSOs on 80M CW, 40M CW-SSB-RTTY, 30M CW-RTTY, 20M CW-SSB-RTTY, 17M CW-SSB-RTTY, 15M CW-SSB-RTTY, 12M RTTY & 10M SSB-CW-RTTY... This is my confirmed DXCC...
Hi all, well after 3 weeks 1/2 QRV on my free time from Corsica Island, tomorrow afternoon I will have to put down my vertical and prepare my station return via ferry, I will personnally leave TK next Wednesday evening and go back home after one month...
Hi all, already third week in Corsica ! Only one more to go... Job is taking me a lot of time and the OM is tired too, but I try to be QRV as much as possible. I am actually at more than 2800 QSOs logged, the QSO rate is still good, but I also regularly...
Hi, I stopped my chase for ZL8X on December 1st because I left my home again for my job... Not so bad, and I will remember for sure 3 QSOs, the first on 20M CW when, after one hour calling and calling LP and SP, I found their best signal while beamed...
Hi all, it's a long long time I wait for this ! I am really happy to have seen my future pylon today : it only remains to solder some plates of aluminium for the motorization... I think it will be done once up because bad days are coming and we have to...
Hi all, I didn't really chased this expedition since today I have a little free time, E51MAN previously gave me the 12M & 15M bands, so I am looking for some new bands of course... On March 30th, I could work E51M on 30M CW for a new band (#161). Today...
This week-end took place the French REF CW Cup... Active during the complete authorized 28h as a Single Op, the high bands were very good (for F to F) compared to precedent years, thanks to all the participants, and don't forget to send your log, even...
Hi, yesterday again, I could enjoy a nice ES opening to Central Europe, beaming NE, I could work IV3KKW, S54X, S51D, S57C, HA8ER, HA8SSG, YU7BL, 9A3SM, E74DO, DL1BUC/QRP, DF3XZ, DD3SP, DK5ZX, OZ4B & YL2JZ... Many thanks to all of you for calling ! Special...
Hi all, A little about my radio activity... On the previous days, I could log : - SV9/YL2VW on 15M CW (new band mode ! ) - MU/F5CWU on 80M SSB (new band mode ! ) & 15M CW (my last missing band for Guernsey Islands !! ) - MU/F5NHJ on 30M CW & 20M SSB -...
Hi all, On September 14th morning, before leaving for my job for 10 days (I am ), I could make some new QSOs on 144MHz... I finally heard my 1st G station but still no QSO, and a lot lot lot of people could hear to CU8/beacon during 2 days while I just...
Hi, as most of actual DX-Peditions are contacted, I decided to give a try on 6M this afternoon, hearing GB3LER beacon 559, I beamed N/NW and called CQ... a big 39dB report on GW8IZR skimmer but nobody answered ! Later, beaming NE/E I have been first spotted...
Hi, my 3rd new IOTA received in Bureau QSLs this month is TK/F5RXL from Sanguinaires Islands IOTA EU-104 ! It was a long time I needed to work & confirm this IOTA I can see almost everytime I go to Ajaccio for my job, now it's done thanks to Evelyne,...
Hi all, a great surprise this evening with an Africa opening on 6M band !! I could work Alain TR8CA on 50.105MHz SSB on my first call, coming here 5/4, so I asked him to QSY in CW, he was 559... Thank you so much Alain for an ALL TIME NEW ONE (#43) on...
