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Category Archives: DX
BBQ @DP9A
Sorrily I couldn’t make it to the annual BBQ at DP9A last year so was glad to make it this year. Only drawback was the traffic. đ Was going the 550 km trip with the YL on Friday afternoon but … Continue reading
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SV5 – Dodecanese, DXCC #34 on 4 m and square #652 on 6 m
Not even a handful of QSOs today but all very special! First of all I caught TZ4AM on 6 m! Â It didn’t take long to find out his split listening tactics so I didn’t need more than 2 calls to … Continue reading
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Double hop on 4m, triple hop on 6 m
Good to see 4 m open via double hop today. Unfortunately EA8ACW didn’t know that DLs are only allowed between 70.150 and 70.180 MHz and despite a few hints on the DX cluster he didn’t QSY away from 70.200 MHz. … Continue reading
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Japan on 6 m
Before packing everything this morning (yes, my yearly “ES holiday” is over again, sigh) I took advantage of a quadruple hop ES opening into Japan. CW sigs were all too weak but there was plenty of activity on JT65! Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Two new squares on 6 m …
Not much VHF propagation today in JO73. Although there were a few openings and even 2 m Sporadic-E again it was all too far away from here. Only made a handful of 4 m QSOs in the late morning. But … Continue reading
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ARRL Centennial Points Challenge Award … again
Very astonished to receive a letter from ARRL today. It had another ARRL Centennial Points Challenge Award inside looking a tad differently than the one I had applied for and received over a year ago. Seems ARRL sent out awards … Continue reading
A bit 6 m DX at least
There was a great opening to the Middle East on 6 m this morning. Unfortunately not much activity … —————————————————————— TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PROP. QRB —————————————————————— 07:35 9K2NO LL39XG 599 559 6 m. CW 3813 07:41 … Continue reading
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CQ WPX CW and some Magic Band frustration
Unfortunately I couldn’t make it to the QTH this weekend so only spent some limited time in the CQ WPX CW remotely. Great Sporadic-E conditions all weekend long so kept going on 10 m single band and managed a whopping … Continue reading
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What a great day on VHF today …
Luckily Corpus Christi is a local holiday overhere so I had the day off. đ Waking up at 5:30z I was not sure if I should get up or turn around for some more sleep. Seems it was a good decision … Continue reading
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WIA Awards
Applied for and got a few nice awards issued by WIA (Wireless Institue of Australia). They have a great online system to apply for the awards using ADIF uploads and getting the contacts confirmed through LotW and/or eQSLs. The awards are issued … Continue reading
TY – Benin #138 on 6 m
Had the first 6 m ES opening of the season today. The band opened nicely from here into Southern Europe, i.e. 9H & IT9 around 15:30z with S9+ signals. Saw TY2AC spotting southern Europe stations himself on the cluster. He finally … Continue reading
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VK0h/Heard Island #309 & FR.j/Juan de Nova #310
Besides WPX-SSB almost no radio activity overhere since returning from Aruba. Lots of QRL and not really up for the hobby. So had to force myself to switch on the radio a few times at least not to miss the … Continue reading
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QRV from P4 – Aruba soon!
Finally some holidays! đ Will be travelling to P4, Aruba, later this week to participate in WPX-RTTY and ARRL-DX-CW from the Caribbean. Will be joined by good friends DL5CW, DL5LYM & DL9USA. Rented the P49V rental shack. Should be great fun! … Continue reading
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VP8/South Sandwich #307 & VP8/South Georgia #308
Not much radio activity recently. Just switched on the radio a few times during the last few days to chase & catch Intrepid DX’s VP8STI and VP8SGI activities for two ATNOs. đ The guys are doing a really great job handing out QSO … Continue reading
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QSL of the month? QSL of the year! ;-)
Nice surprise opening the post box this morning: EA8 on 2m terrestrial confirmed. đ Â Â
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HBĂ – Liechtenstein #137 on 6 m … and 2 m ES again
Got a phone call by Sandro’s (DD3SP) wife Yvonne around 15z passing his best regards and telling me to “move my butt out of the office, hurry home and join the Sporadic E fun on 4 & 2 m”. đ Luckily I … Continue reading
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Great fun on four, frustration on 6 m today
Six had been wide open all over Europe the whole morning. Except a weak D4C via double-hop ES who provided a new square (had wkd D4 in HK86 before but HK76 was new) there was nothing interesting at all. So … Continue reading
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EA8 – Canary Islands #65 on 2 m – 3.700 km terrestrial!
During the great 4 m opening tonight I saw the MUF rising slowly. Later first QSOs were reported on 2 m between G/GW/EI and the Mediterranean and when I saw ES geometry should be right I switched over to 2 m. … Continue reading
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Fantastic 4 m opening tonight!
Was a bit late out of QRL again today (19 o’clock) but the first thing to do when arriving home during the summer is to switch on the rig and check for ES conditions. đ Seems the 4 m band … Continue reading
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FW – Wallis & Futuna Islands #305
Well, I finally defeated my “nemesis”! đ I have been chasing Jean-Jaques, FW5JJ, for a few month’ now. Whenever he was QRV we either had no propagation (it’s a difficult path almost directly over the Northpole) or if he was … Continue reading
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