Some new Band Slots.

Yesterday I received a QSL from G3TXF's operation from Austral Island (FO) with the call TX6G.
Nigel understand the Word "Direct". I requested the QSL via OQRS in beginning of April. And the card landed in my mailbox as of yesterday: Super fine from the team at Raivavae, OC-114.

We have got a backslash in the weather. There are warnings out that we will get some snow tonight!!?? Well, we have to wait to see what will happen. At the moment there are warm and nice and sunny. Sitting outside drinking coffee and just enjoy Life as it is.

So all of you readers out there, take care and beware of the wolf!

Found a rare flower in my garden!

Look what I've found in my garden. It was growing among a big lot of Wood Anemones. I don't knew the name of it in English. But in Latin it is Fritillaria meleagris. In Swedish we call it Kungsängslilja. Figure that out!!!!
Click on the Picture and enjoy!

It is rare in Sweden as well. Wonder how I  have got it into my garden.

On the radio I have worked 3D2RH and TZ6BB and as usual a few W1AW in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party.

Sun is shining like never before and temperature is around 18 C.

Well, that's all for now, CUL

QSL and more Band Slots

Yesterday I received QSL from XZ1J, Zorro, working from Myanmar. Got SSB and 12 and 15 m. Nice card!

I also got the card from the Italian Dxpedition Team with I2YSB at the helm. Call was 9J2T, Zambia. Worked them on all modes and filled my missing band slots. Thanks Silvano for Quick QSL response.

As usual from the Italian DX Team the QSL is one of the finest. Always high quality.

I'm continue to work ARRL QSO Party. This morning I worked NH and NJ on both SSB and CW. As usual good operators and fine sigs. Bands was 30 and 20 this morning.

WX still fine. Sunny and no rain in sight yet! I will take a tour on my Off-Road Bike to the store and get some food! Bike is a Suzuki DR-650SE more than 10 years old but still it runs fine.

Take care and CUL!

Spring is here!

This week I've got Mellish Reef confirmed in LoTW. NICE! I also filled a few band slots for Juan Fernandez Island as I got XR0ZR confirmed via LoTW.

The Spring is here for good. Easter have been warm and sunny.

Here are some Daffodil as proof. In Sweden we call them Easter Lily as they normally bloom around Easter.

Been working ARRL QSO Party most of the time and I'm slowly getting some Points.

That's all for now. CUL

Low activity from my side at the moment.

I have been chasing ARRL Centennial QSO party for most of the time. But not so massive effort as I would like. But I'm getting a few Points now and then!

I was gone as a member of ARRL for some reason. I told you Before that I Count as 1 ( one ) Point. But I was gone??!!
Sent an e-mail to ARRL and asked why?. Got an answer from NN1N and all fixed. I'm again have a value of one Point in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party! Yahoooooo!!!

Have  a look at this small 3 element yagi. But actually it is not small. It is a yagi for 80 m!!

The owner of this antenna is SM5AQD Hawk. And he put's out a fantastic signal from this site. The Tower is 44 m high (145 ft). Click on it and you are allowed to get jealous!

About the WX here in this part of Sweden I can tell you that it is getting warmer. During Easter the prediction is temp around 15 - 20 C ( 59 - 68 F ) and sunny.

Well that's all for now. CUL

Worked a few band slots of VK9MT.

I have managed to work VK9MT on a few band slots. But when they asked for only unique calls due to weather getting worse and early QRT. And I understand that there are hams out there that need Mellish Reef as new one. And they should have a better chance if we with High Power stand down a bit. I stopped chasing them on 30 and 80 m. But I have them confirmed in Club Log on all modes that I worked Before the they plead for unique calls only and no band fills. So I'm very pleased as this was a new one for me.

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The 40 m QSO was nice. I was listening on 7,023 on the evening of the 2 April when a station started calling CQ and ending VK9MT UP. I switched on my ACOM 1000 ( take 2,5 minutes to get ready) so I called him once with 45 W. To my surprise he returned to me and we had a QSO!!!! Then the band exploded and there was a huge pile.


WX here in Sweden is typically April weather. Nights are Cold and Days is, if sunny, warm and nice. The lawn is growing like h..l. Soon time to cut it.


CUL

Been off for a while!

I have been ground crew for a bunch of youngsters working WPX SSB from Contest station SK3W.
It was youngsters from Poland, Holland, Belgum, Finland and Sweden. And they all did a fantastic job. Last year we had the same and we broke the Swedish WPX SSB M/M record and they scored over 10 000 000 Points. This year the conds was just Amazing and the claimed score is over 28 000 000 points. And this year we had live streaming of Picture to you-tube. Lots of nice comments on the cluster.
My Job was to keep them alive by supplying food and soft drinks and water in due time. Worked out just fine.


So I'm back and I have worked a few QSO's with VK9MT. And this is a new one for me. I have just 25 to go!!??


Well, that's all for now. CUL!