T30YA, T31A and letter from SM3DMP

Our World Wide Traveller, SM3DMP has been in Visalia, CA and he also went up to OR and spend a day with W7YAQ. And as the kind guy he is, he picked up some QSL cards to us that worked ZK3YA and/or T30YA.
I worked T30YA on 30 m and received this nice card confirming OC-017 Tarawa, West Kiribati.

By the way, I managed to work T31A on 18 MHz today in an enormous pile.

So take care of your heart and work with as many Watts your amps can produce!!!!!
I managed to squize out 1 KW from my TL-922 on 18 MHz plus tax!!??

6W/HA0NAR/P

It is always exciting to run out and check the content of my mailbox when the mailman have been there. Today I received QSL from one of Laci's operations. He was operating from Senigal. And the /P was AF-078, Carabane Isl. Nice QSL card and as usual a well performed operation by Laci (HA0NAR).

QRP? Don't understand wy? Take care of your heart!

FT5GA and T6YA

Some very kind person att SSA put in the same envelope as my WRTC Certificate the following QSL's: FT5GA and T6YA.
I vorked FT5GA on 6 different bands and modes. T6YA was only worked on 20 and 40 m band.
Nice cards!!

Take care. And listen to your heart!

WRTC Certificate

Arrived today from SSA. States that I have worked 50 WRTC stations. But there where only 48 working. But I worked all 48 and also got confirmation in LoTW for all 48.
But that is not a problem. I have the certificate and that is fine.

As Eric (SM1TDE) say in his blogg: "I'v done it again".

Direct QSL from Blaine, WA.

I had a long CW QSO with Frank, WB7NZI on 30 m CW. And he followed up with a direct QSL.
As we where both retired OM's and had a lot to discuss. Some topics sutch as Fly Fishing and the amount of wood I have consumed during this hard winter we have had in Sweden. It is nice with this type of contact.
We where going on until conditions was dropping to very faint sigs. Sigs in the beginning was S9+20 db. I was running just 150 W from my TS-950SDX.

Thanks Frank and I hope to meet you soon again.

Gibraltar confirmed on 28 MHz

To day I received a very nice card from ZB2FK after QSO on 3,5, 7, and 28 MHz.

I have my 5BDXCC in the system. Just have to do the application when I have the time. Then I have to visit SM5DJZ ASAP to make the application and have some QSL cards checked. And pay some money!!

CU in the piles!

Congo!

Received 9Q50ON today. Worked them on 30 m CW. Nice card to go into my file of DXCC countries.

I had the first check in hospital after my adventure the 21:st of March. Everything looks OK. All values for pressure and blood values are within limits. So life goes on as usual. Asked if it was OK to use my motorcyckles. After a short time for consideration I got an OK to go motorbiking!!

QRP??

ZL8X QSL confirmed!

Today the much longed-for QSL for Kermadec Island arrived in my mailbox. Very nice card indeed! Comfirmed on 6 bands.

QRP? Wy?

WPX CW 2010

I entered the CQWPX Contest 2010 as SOLP 15M CW and to my suprice I was No. 1 in Sweden!!??
What can I say? The conditions was not so good from 60 deg North last year. But I managed to run a few DX and ended up as No. 1 in Sweden. Se certificate as proof!!!

As always, Life is to short for QRP!

Bands opening

These last two days have been a lot of fun on the bands 10, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 40 m. What about the following:
K7LFY in WA, FO8RZ, 9N7AN, 9M2TO, XU7ACY, VR2UW, VP5/W5CW, a long chat with W4SCU, 5X1NH, XE2S, A6/DL9WVM, P29CW, A45XR, 8J1RL, 9Q/DK3MO.

We have to hope that the sun will create more days like these last two.

Liffe is still to short for QRP!

S9DX São Tomé & Principe

S9DX fell down in my mailbox today. Confirmed on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 m bands only CW. A well performed DX operation and nice QSL card.

So back to chasing DX!!