Last Direct QSL for 2014?

Just received a QSL from the Falkland Island. It confirm my last band slot for Falkland. Namely 12 m. It was a QSO with Bob using the call VP8LP/100. Special event for the Battle of the Falklands in November 1914.

Now I will be waiting for the remaining VP8:s. And they are South Georgia and South Sandwich. These two I have not worked at all. So hopefully they will be activated by Intrepid DX Group. But it will not happened until Jan 2016.
Next big thing for end of 2015 will be Bouvet using 3Y0F if all go as planned!

Wx here in this part of Sweden has start to change from -18  C ( 0 F ) yesterday to -1 C ( 30 F ) this morning. Forecast for New Years Eve is +5 C!!!

That's all for this year. CU in 2015.

Rare IOTA confirmed!

I just received QSL from the PJ7PK operation from Guana Key of Pelikan, NA-247. This was first time ever to be activated. Put my score Closer to 400!!

Click on it to see it a bit larger!

I've just arrived home and to my surprise I have a temperature of minus 13 C ( 8 F ) and clear sky and 2 inches of the hated White fluff on the ground!

New year is coming up and there are a lot to do on the radio for me in the beginning of 2015. Navassa, K1N and TI9/3Z9DX Cocos Island. Both are new to me and the QRM:er will as usual have a ball!!

Well that's all for now! CUL

QSL from Christmas Island

I worked this Polish DXpedition on a few missing band slots and modes. Call was VK9XSP and I only miss this on 160 m. But next time I will get them on Top Band as well!!??

Looks like the guys have had a ball! They where putting out nice sigs from IOTA OC-002.
Thanks for some fun time at the radio.

Today I've got about 1" (2,5 cm ) of the hated White fluff. But it is getting warmer so it will go away. Temp at the moment is just around freezing.

Marry X-Mas and HNY. CUL

Conds not so good at the moment.

Have been monitoring Tromso Realtime Ionograms to check possibility for low band activity. Today there are no reflections at all! That explains why there are no DX above 60 deg North. Well that's just how it is. And it is almost impossible to get through the wall of Southern EU stations.
But I have been working to get my K9AY operational with all ( 3 ea ) of my transceiver's. And in my junk box I found a Heathkit antenna switch. And this 1 X 4 is just what I need.

This is now fixed behind the rig's and just to select the transceiver in use.

WX in Sweden is dark and dull! Temp is just around freezing and so far no White Fluff.

Happy X-Mas and HNY to all of you readers and CUL.

New IOTA!

WOW!
A QSL arrived today. RI0X, AS-064, Karaginskiy Island near Kamchatka. Worked them on 20 m SSB. And as with all IOTA only one QSO is needed! Thanks to R9XC, RA1ZZ, RA3AW,UA1ZZ and UA3AKO also QSL manager.

So one more Points to my struggling IOTA.

Well, that's all for now. CUL

Sad news!

My daughter's beloved dog, Balder had to be put to sleep today. He had, according to the vet some type of blood cancer. And within 2 weeks he had become very ill. He didn't eat and was sleeping most of the time. He got worse by the time and this afternoon my daughter decided to put him to sleep.
He will be missed by us all.

CQWW CW Contest.

Worked a few stations in the weekend Contest. Just S&P. Had a lot of fun and the conds where just super. Worked a few new ones on 160 m. My goal was to achieve around the same Points as I did on the SSB part. And I did! And even more. When I passed 300 000 Points I was satisfied. I got this score with 403 Q's and the total score was 355 511 points.
Found a peculiar phenomena in the piles. You should call so many times to get the DX that all other that just call one time will be run over!!?? Heard this on several piles and the DX worked several stations during the time some hams was constantly Calling up to 5 to 10 times and no lsn!!
I guess we have to live with this. But it will slow down the rate for the DX and normal callers.
But I had some fun and that was the goal with this weekend.

Regarding weather we now have temperatures around freezing and when the sky gets clear temp drops down to several degrees below freezing. But we knew what we are getting soon. A lot of White fluff!!!

CUL!