Birthday celebration!

Well, the TI9/3Z9DX DXpedition come and went away. I did not managed to get a QSO with him. And this is a missing DXCC for me. Hope there will be some other operation from Cocos Island in the future. Have to be honest. I had to go to Varberg city in the South ( 620 Km away ) to celebrate my daughter's son's birthday. I left my home QTH early Thursday and returned late Sunday. He has reach the fantastic age of 2 years old!!

And this is more important than working a DX! And the cake was fine!

I have had some planned cuts in my electrical Power supply due to adjustments after inspection of the new 10 KV line. There where some small remarks from the inspectors and this has to be corrected. There will be two more Power cuts. One tomorrow and one on Thursday. Than I hope the Power line will be fine for a while!!??

Just got all my K1N QSO's confirmed (all 9) on LoTW! THANKS!!!

Worked just 6Y2T on 80 m with just 2 calls!

CUL

K1N almost QRT?

Well, it is now Sunday morning here in Sweden and local time on Navassa might be sometime around midnight. And not a single spot except 80 m SSB (3705) and no hear on any other band so far. And 160 m was not to be for me!!!
Here are my green spots.
                  

2m

6m

10m

12m

15m

17m

20m

30m

40m

60m

80m

160m

FM

PH

CW

RTTY

As you can see the missing one is 160 m. Well, Life goes on. Young Frida Hansdotter skier for the Swedish Alpine team took a Silver Medal in Slalom WC in Beaver Creek CO. Won the race was done by US Skier Mikaela Shiffrin (only 19 years old) Well done Girls. Hat off for Both of you!!!

Well get prepared for the next DX! What ever it might be.

CUL

What I'm I doing wrong??

I have been Calling K1N on 160 for several Days. No QSO! He has worked stations where I have been Calling for minutes. But he don't hear me. I have been tailgating. No QSO. I have stayed ahead of him when he Changes up in frequency. No QSO. I have stayed on one frequency for him to find me. Not a chance!
But, I have noticed one thing. Many of the "constant callers" get QSO?!  I have also noted that a lot of calls have a lot of letters and numbers hidden in them. For an example, K1N was Calling LA2? And I counted 5 SM stations that thought they had LA2 in their call as they where constantly sending their call and made it difficult for K1N to hear the LA2 station. And there are not just SM stations. There where at least a few OH and DL and some more that thought they had LA2 in their call! And to my surprise some of these "constant callers" get a QSO!!!
I try to keep my mouth shut (don't touch the paddle) when the DX ask for letters and numbers that I don't have in my call. But I guess I'm quite alone in this matter. OK, some time you might "get off" in the timing and call when you not supposed to. But not constantly as some do!
Well I have K1N on all bands except 160 m. I can live with that. But I don't Think there will be another operation from KH1 in my Life time. But it's a hobby and I have 8 out of 9 and SSB, CW, RTTY. How many has that achieved with a modest station (antennas) as I have?
Have to show you my tuning unit for my 160/80 vertical.

This is where I have been burning a lot of KWh!!! Capacitor is in series with the vertical for 80 m and the coil is used together with a added linear loading for 160 m. Russian relays for selecting either 160 or 80  m. Nice, or.....................???

Have to stop whining! Otherwise all is OK! It soon time for Biathlon on TV from Norway. Have to check out how the Swedish girls/guys are doing! Have to make some coffee!

CUL

QSL from VK9DXL

In the mailbox I received a QSL from Lord Howe Island. QSL from DJ2MX. Worked them on all bands and modes. Form 160 to 10 m. And there where no problem to work VK9DLX compared to K1N on 160 (Hi Hi Hi Hi).

One good thing with this operation was that when I ordered my QSL via OQRS they where imported to LoTW. So confirmation to DXCC is done! Thanks. And very nice cards!

CUL

Been working hard!!??

I have been working quite hard to get K1N in my log. At the moment I'm missing 17 m and 160 m. Have been Calling on 160 every morning but no QSO so far. I have some limited length on my radials towards Navassa ( 280 deg ). They are few and only about 10 m. There is a gravel road that is the reason for short radials.
But on 17 the pile is still enormous. And I will not give any more comment's about the QRMER's!!!
But there are a few Days left and I will keep on Calling.

Found this trace from a Paw in the new snow a few Days ago! It was quite big about 8-9 cm of length. Have been talking to several hunters and we are all agree it was a wolf! See for your self!

Well, This is wilderness indeed!

Back to 160 and 17 m.

CUL

RTTY, CW and SSB in the log!

I have managed to work K1N form my location on 30 m RTTY and CW. Phone on 20 m and also 10 m CW. So the rest will be bonus! I have been Calling on 40 and 80 m several mornings but I guess a snow ball in h..l will have a better chance??!! But I will keep on trying and you never knew, I might Catch him on some more band slots Before they go QRT.

And I have a lot of the White fluff. If you like some, come and get it!

It is about 1½ feet of the White fluff. Hope it will get warmer so it will melt away. Temp at the moment is -4 C ( 24 F ). It is not so bad. The Winter so far has been mild in this part of Sweden. But it is not over yet!

CUL

QSO with navassa + QSL from S0!

I have managed to get two (2) QSO's with K1N. And I have been Calling and Calling. My QSO's is on 30 m CW and RTTY. But for some reason my RTTY QSO has been logged in Club Log as 10 m. Well; there are some difference between 10 MHz and 10 M!!!. But I hope they will correct it in next update.

Picture of Navassa Island is borrowed from QRZ.com. Hope they don't mind.
The QRM:er is having a ball as usual. Amazing! Still wonder where these guys get the energy from. And why don't they join the pile as the rest of us? Many of them have signal levels above S9+20 db in my location and shame to say they are in an South direction from my location (most of them).

I've also got a QSL today. It was from S01WS and I have worked them on 80 and 30 m CW. Both new for me.

This adds up my Challenge Award a bit! And these hams understand "Direct". Sent request 30 January 2015 via Pay-Pal and QSL arrived today 5 February 2015!!!

OK! Back to my radio and try to Catch K1N on SSB.

CUL

K1N QRV!

Yes! They are on the air! I've Heard them but no QSO so far. There is a big difference between EU and EU (?). Yes that's right! If you live in the South compared to my location it is a different story. Like night and day. I'm at 59 deg and 54 minutes North. This is about the same as Anchorage AK! Not the same as all calls beginning with an "I". And if you have small lot and limited antennas (as I have) want make it easier. But I will keep on trying!

Received a QSL for the VU4KV operation via OQRS. Filled in some band slots. Nice card!

 



I also got it confirmed via LoTW. Thanks!

WX is not so good. The White fluff has been falling now for several Days. And I have about 30 cm ( 1 Feet ) and temp is around freezing. Have not seen the sun for several weeks now. Need some light!!

CUL!