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Hi all, 2 days ago, I started to chase 3D2R as most of us, I could easily log them on 17M CW (split about up 1) after 2-3 calls only, and yesterday morning on 15M CW which was harder : about 1 hour and split up 9kHz (no logic in split operation made the...
Hi, I was looking at a lot of 5N7M spots on 6M CW these past days, but never heard any ping from Nigeria on the Magic Band until today, Ivan came here 569 during 15 minutes then disappeared again in the noise... He answered me at my first call (still...
Hi all, Well, all is in the title ! Yesterday in the late afternoon, I was very surprised by an awesome opening on 10M to South America, and turning my VFO on the CW part, my band scope showed me "activity" in the SSB part... It is Bob VP8LP, beamed in...
Hi all, Yesterday I could easily log on 40M SSB a new IOTA thanks to TK/F4FGJ from EU-164 Corsica Coastal Islands ! Very happy to finally work this IOTA group, I only miss Sanguinaires Island to finish this IOTAs' area ! Always a pleasure to work Corsica...
Hi all, This month in Bureau QSLs, again some interesting ones for me, slowly filling new band slots : - V5/DJ4SO on 15M CW (still waiting QSL for 12M CW...) - EW8OM on 20M CW (new confirmed band mode ! ) - UT7UT/P from Kosa Tuzla Island IOTA EU-180 (my...
Hi, A very very good surprise this morning in the mail box, a direct from Salvador C31CT, confirming our 2M CW QSO (new confirmed DXCC on 144MHz ! ) ! Salvador found our QSO Video on the net and was so happy that he sent me his QSL in direct... You make...
Hi all, ***Still at work for some weeks again, I had the possibility to be back home for 2 days, and to scan some QSLs I received... Some others articles will be published later in the week ! *** Very quickly answered, I was very happy to find MS0INT...
Hi, one of my last target was done yesterday evening with 10M SSB ! I wasn't on air all over the week-end, when yesterday evening I had a look on my phone cluster : a G station spotted T32C on 10M SSB but 10 minutes ago... nothing more then... hmm, don't...
Hi all, QRV sporadically from Corsica since 5 days, I am actually at about 1300 QSOs... The propagation is very good to Asia and West Coast USA. Today on 12M a very nice opening to Japan ! Short skip propagation (to France, Italy or Spain for example)...
Hi all, back from Paris and now at home for some weeks, the pylone installation is unfortunatey delayed for a while... I was very happy to find in the mail box PX8J QSL, from IOTA SA-041, confirming our 10M CW (new band slot !) & 30M CW QSOs (new confirmed...
Hi all, 2 days ago we finally dug the hole for the iron framework of the pylon ! A very HOT day in SW France, luckily the job was done with an excavator... Previously 20 meters from the house, we moved the hole at 40 meters from the QRA. I lost about...
Hi, yesterday I finally worked T32C on 20M SSB into a still very large pile-up , bringing my total QSO number with them to 11... Not so bad for a barefoot station ! Last target would be 10M SSB and 80M CW, but on this band, when they're not operating...
Hi all, I was QRV only some minutes here and here this week-end, in order to work some new band slots, and new band countries. Only 37 QSOs with : - YO3FRI Maria on 10M CW (new band mode) - YL2KO on 15M CW (new band mode) - A45XR (our 2nd QSO) on 20M...
Back home this afternoon, I switched on the station and heard a nice opening on 12 & 15M, some bursts on 10M too... I could log : - FR/DJ7RJ on 15M CW simplex : he was just starting calling on this freq while I was turning my VFO ! (new band mode !) -...
Not a day without new IOTA ! Yesterday I contacted my 3rd new IOTA in 3 days !! RZ1OA/1 from IOTA EU-161 on 12M SSB (new band mode too ! )(Russia is now only needed on 80M SSB for closing this DXCC !). Another rare Island group, now in the log, it is...
Hi all, this month I decided to send a big package to the French Bureau QSL : about 700 QSLs (from 2008 to 2010 including REF contests) ! I have again about 100 QSLs "waiting" for new QSOs over the months and years with usual active OMs all over the world....
Hi all, another great opening to Africa today, with ZS6NK Paul from South Africa !! With 8124 kms, this is my new ODX on the Magic band ! Starting 225 with 1-2 sec. bursts, then he grew up to 335-445 when we made the QSO, and finished here to 559 really...
Hi, please note another "Mercy Ships DAGOE Foundation" Ham Radio activity is planned by a 4 Dutch operators' team (5L2MS, TY1MS) in March 2011 (during +/- 3 weeks)... They hope to get the call : 9L5MS. I hope to be at home at this period AND of course...
Hi, today I got my Bureau QSLs of the month, another nice package and some new confirmed band slots... - 9M6/F4BKV from IOTA OC-088 on 20M SSB - J20MM from IOTA AF-053 on 17M SSB (new confirmed band, and my confirmed IOTA # 236 !! ) - J8/DL7AFS Babs on...
Hi all, I wanted to change it since some weeks, finally tonight I started to make some others logos for the blog... Not yet decided, here what I made... (any comment / idea is welcome ! ) : I also have to work on a design which will completely publish...
The last log update of VP6T is complete : all my QSOs at the upload time are OK ! This morning, I worked them on 40M CW, for my last missing band... Will have to wait the next update to confirm this. Today I will look at them on 12M & 17M SSB, or some...
From February 11th to 13th, DX Coffee celebrates its 1st birthday from San Marino Republic, operating a special callsign : "T70DXC" - QRV all bands HF + 6M (w/ beacon)... If you need T7 in your log or want to operate from this DXCC, please read the full...
Hi all, just the time for me to build the new shack + set up the station and my little vertical, and jumped into E4X pile-ups ! In 2 days and a few time QRV, I could log them on 20M SSB, 20M CW, 30M CW & 17M CW !! I tried this night on 40M & 80M but too...
Hi all, October 1st, 23:37UTC on 40M SSB after 1h30 calling (waiting after NA-SA asked by operator), I can finally log MM0RAI/p QRV from the rarest IOTA in Europe : Rockall Island ! This is an excellent Birthday gift by the way !!! They should have been...
Hi all, Bureau QSLs of November arrived, and as each month, some new band slots and IOTAs ! - 8R1PW on 20M CW (new band mode ! ), 30M CW (new band ! ) & 40M CW (new band ! ) - 9J2FM on 10M CW (new confirmed band ! ) - GB4IPY on 30M & 17M CW (new band...
