Hi all, S79SP Polish DX-Pedition is on the bands since several days.
S7 is not a new one for me but only confirmed 15M, 17M, 30M CW & 20M SSB. Some other slots are worked but not yet confirmed, so this activity interests me for new bands & mode :)
At this day, I managed to work them 8 times for 2 new slots & 1 new mode (RTTY)...
I'm looking for them on 10M band (not yet confirmed here) and on 40M-80M-160M? but for this, I don't know if I'll have the time : my vertical broke again at the insulator position !!! I had no other solution that cutting a little part of aluminium element. I now have to drill another hole with convenient material but I don't have here... Then i'll have to put up again the vetical (without breaking it again ^^) and manage to tune it properly. These things always happen when DX season comes... grrr...
Good luck with S79SP !
Chris F8DZY
When I went to my local Bureau QSLs, I had the nice surprise to find others items than cards waiting for me... The Vice-Champion de France REF Award (#2 France) and the 1st place department 47 medal were also there !
Thanks to everyone for calling me and giving me points and/or multipliers in this contest !
Chris F8DZY
Hi, all is in the title !
It's been a long time I didn't go to my local Bureau QSLs... A little package of cards was waiting for me, including 6 new IOTAs :
My total number of confirmed IOTAs is now #422...
Today, I worked YV4KW/1 on IOTA SA-089 for my worked island #494 ;)
Chris F8DZY
Hi all, finally back on air... ^^
The Chesterfield DX-pedition is active since some days but conditions are not very good here right now, well, maybe their timing too ? Calling for "EU ONLY" on 12M SSB when we're still in the night as for an example let me perplex...
The "good" openings with Western Europe are shorts and not used, IMHO.
Well, no problem, it should work in the next days, I hope so.
At the moment, I managed to work them only on 20M CW for an ALL TIME NEW ONE !
This is my worked DXCC #313 (I have 314 with 5A1AL but it is not valid at DXCC so statistics are updated now) and my worked IOTA #493 !
I hope to put up and properly tune my vertical tomorrow or in the next days in order to be 100% operational on HF bands...
Good luck to all !
Chris F8DZY
Hi, I received 7X2JV QSL confirming our 12M SSB QSO in October 2014...
It was strangely my only QSO with Algeria on this band !
7X is now confirmed from 80M to 10M in the 3 modes...
Will have to wait for any activity on 160M or 6M a day to add new band to this entity.
Chris F8DZY
Hi, today I received E27EK/P QSL from IOTA AS-125 Chang Island.
It confirms our 15M CW QSO and my IOTA #416, thanks Tana !
Chris F8DZY
Hey hey...
Just a little post to show you the reason of my "silence" all summer long :
Yes, I also have another hobby : VTT ! Started 2 years ago as running & football, I pratice it especially during summer.
And as this summer was very quiet on DX activity (I missed some interesting IOTAs of course), I decided to have a complete break with radio, in order to be back in some weeks, when some good DX-peditions will be on air !
Actually, the vertical is still down and dismantled, as the beams (only down the pylon as you maybe can see on the photo ^^).
I have previewed a complete clean of the antennas before going up again...
Stay tuned, be right back soon ;)
Chris F8DZY
