Hi guys,
25 Oct
Update after getting them on 10m for my 4th new band !!!!!! Good signal (S5) at sunset, and happy to logged them on all bands from 40 up to 10m, in 2 modes (CW & SSB).
Need 160m only now, for the next one ?
73
Ronan, F8AFC
24 Oct
Great news to hear 4U1UN with special call on the air after 6 years of silence.
I was lucky enough to have it on 80/40/20 and 15m, but clearly missing WARC bands, 10m and 160m....
Today, their activity started on the WARC bands, great.
What was less great : 30KHz of split on 12m CW, and a fixed +2KHz split on 17m SSB, and a rather weak signal on 30m...
I decided to go step by step, starting with the highest band which would logically close the first. So I jumped into the big wall and after 2 hours of hard fight, I could get them logged as a new one on 12m, and on CW ! Tremendous signal actually, peaking S7 here !
I jumped after dinner on 17ssb where the operator was working by numbers....About 10 to 15min by numbers, that was my chance. n°8, my turn, here I go. 5 min later, that was it.
I decided to go on 30m where the DQRM "FBDA" started after 20min of hard fiht in the pile up. 10KHz pile, huge task, JT1CO calling, as well as all Europe actually. That sounded impossible, above all when the operator started to call for RA/UA only. Then I didn't hear him anymore, so I turned a bit my VFO and heard him 0.5KHz down his freq, calling CQ up 3.....2 calls were then necessary to get this 3rd band in the same day, GREAT !
But as a total, I spent about 4 hours. This is becoming usual now for me for each new slot.
I hope to see them tomorrow on 10m, that would be simply great. Let's hope for it !
Good luck to all, quite an "easy one" for Western Europe, so I can not complain !
Ronan, F8AFC
25 Oct
Update after getting them on 10m for my 4th new band !!!!!! Good signal (S5) at sunset, and happy to logged them on all bands from 40 up to 10m, in 2 modes (CW & SSB).
Need 160m only now, for the next one ?
73
Ronan, F8AFC
24 Oct
Great news to hear 4U1UN with special call on the air after 6 years of silence.
I was lucky enough to have it on 80/40/20 and 15m, but clearly missing WARC bands, 10m and 160m....
Today, their activity started on the WARC bands, great.
What was less great : 30KHz of split on 12m CW, and a fixed +2KHz split on 17m SSB, and a rather weak signal on 30m...
I decided to go step by step, starting with the highest band which would logically close the first. So I jumped into the big wall and after 2 hours of hard fight, I could get them logged as a new one on 12m, and on CW ! Tremendous signal actually, peaking S7 here !
I jumped after dinner on 17ssb where the operator was working by numbers....About 10 to 15min by numbers, that was my chance. n°8, my turn, here I go. 5 min later, that was it.
I decided to go on 30m where the DQRM "FBDA" started after 20min of hard fiht in the pile up. 10KHz pile, huge task, JT1CO calling, as well as all Europe actually. That sounded impossible, above all when the operator started to call for RA/UA only. Then I didn't hear him anymore, so I turned a bit my VFO and heard him 0.5KHz down his freq, calling CQ up 3.....2 calls were then necessary to get this 3rd band in the same day, GREAT !
But as a total, I spent about 4 hours. This is becoming usual now for me for each new slot.
I hope to see them tomorrow on 10m, that would be simply great. Let's hope for it !
Good luck to all, quite an "easy one" for Western Europe, so I can not complain !
Ronan, F8AFC