Last QSL received for 2013.

Today I received the last QSL for 2013. It was TX5D worked on 30 and 20 m band CW. They (Rob N7QT and Grant KZ1W) was on Raivavae Island OC-114 in Austral Islands. This looks like a nice place.

The only risk you are facing is to get a coconut in the head!!??? I wish I where there!

Keep on dreaming!

Hope next year will bring some of the missing IOTA's and some more new ones. I'm over 300 confirmed and there are about 30 that I'm waiting for. So there are a lot to do in this field.
I also have a few new ones from the IOTA Contest.

CU next year. HNY!!!

RAEM Award

Well, better late than never!!?? I have managed to get the RAEM 110 Award in Mixed version. I'm also qualified for a CW but I will stay with the Mixed one. I just started to collect all the 110RAEM stations a few Days ago. And look what I achieved!!

Nice!!! Not bad at all. but I must say that the 110RAEM stations was (is still) very Active. it was very easy to get them into my log. I also managed a QSO with R110RAEM. And this station Counts as 10 Points as the rest is just 5. And to get the Award you must have more than 110 Points.
So good luck to all of you out there and keep on chasing RAEM stations. One more day to go!!!

Tomorrow is the last day of 2013. So, Best New Years Greetings to all of you readers of this blogg.

CU next year!

New IOTA worked.

Today I worked A63RI from Dibba Rock AS-124 (Sirat Al Khawr) on 15 m CW. They had a lots of problem to get to the island. But finally they made it.

I also got a QSL today. It was from YB3MM/4 worked from Sebesi Isl OC-262.

So my IOTA score is still improving slowly.

Wx here in Sweden is bad. If it is not blowing it is raining. and temperature is just above freezing.

That's all for now. CUL

Wrong statement.

DX4WIN and also DX-cluster stated that CE9/UA4WHX was on VP8/H. But according to further information (SM5DJZ) he is just an ordinary CE. But he is on SA-050 Navarino Island in the Antartica Chilena Province group. And this was a new IOTA for me. So not so bad any way.

Have to show U a Picture where my sigs was feed from.

 

Works just fine. And normally I can work what I hear.

Wx here in this part of Sweden is windy. Temperature is between 5 and 8 C and wind is gusting up to almost 35 kt. But all my aluminium is still in the air.

So! Marry X-Mas and HNY to all of you readers out there. Hope 2014 will be a good radio year with lots of new ones.

CUL

Some band slots competed.

Today I received two QSL cards. First one was from HK0, San Andres Isl using the call 5J0R. I managed to work them on all missing slots including also RY and Phone. 8 QSO's did the work.

Nice card!

Next one was from Mayotte using the call TO2TT where I also managed to fill all missing slots (guarantee no dupe).

Also a nice card from I2YSB and Always very prompt reply. Thanks!!

Has not been so Active. But I worked CE9/UA4WHX working from South Shetland Isl (VP8).

Well, that's all for now, CUL

3 New IOTA's received.

Yoshitake, JJ8DEN made a fantastic tour around the Island of French Polynesia. I Think he visited around 4 different IOTA. But I'm not sure. I worked him from the 3 IOTA's I was missing. He visited OC-094, OC-131, OC-238, and OC-114. But the last one I had in my IOTA listing as CFMD.

So this will push my IOTA score up a bit (3 bits!).

But I still miss a lot of IOTAS that I have responded direct to. Either by SAE or Pay-Pal. But the respond is very slow. So I hope I will get a bunch of QSL in due time for the annual update to RSGB.

Have to tell you all about the weather. Last night it was 10 C ( 50 F ) warm outside and all of the White fluff has gone. So far this Winter have been very mild. But that can change in a blink.

CUL

Another new on 80 m and a storm on it's way!

Got V25A confirmed on 80 CW today. Thanks Kei for a Quick replay. Managed to Catch him in a rather big pile. But with a TS-590S and ACOM1000 and a full size GP for 80, it was not a big deal to break the pile!!??

So this is a ham that understand the Word "direct". QSO was 29-Nov-2013. Got the QSL in my hand 12 of DEC same year!!!

Weather is nasty. And it will get worse. Arlanda Airport predict sustained wind around 22 kt and gusts up to 35 kt. Hope all antennas will survive. I will go out and lower my Tower to about 9 m instead of now 20 m just as a precaution.

Well that's all for now.

CUL

New on 80 M CW.

I received a QSL from ZD8JR, Henri (OH3JR) operating from Ascension Island. And this was a new one for me on 80 CW.

A very nice card indeed.

Winter is closing in. We have about 2 inches of snow (White fluff) and a temperature at the moment of minus 6 C ( 21 F ). But the weather prediction says it will be warmer in the middle of this week.

Well, this will be a short blog.

CUL