One more Award!

Here is one more Award. This time an X-Mas Greating from Miller DX Club in Russia. All stations used NY in the suffix. A lot of fun working these hams. And here is the Award!

All operators are quite good and have fine ears!! So to you all. Get  on the radio and start chasing stations with 17NY and as you can see in the lower left corner of the Award the different calls used. Good Luck!!

Spent X-Mas down in Varberg. Since Varberg is on 57 deg North it is some differens in Daylight compared to my home location at 60 deg North. But it has turned now. Day's are getting longer and longer for every day we distance us away from December 21 as this was the turning point.

So, now we start to prepare for the New Years Celebration 2017!!!

Take care! And a Happy New Year to you all!!

Award from UP25 operations.

Kazakhstan is celebrating 25 years of Independence. So it is a lot of activity from a number of UP25 stations. To get the Award you needed to have confirmed QSO with 25 stations. Dupes allowed on same band but different mode. But it was a challenge to get them. And on the 18 of December I had 25 confirmed. And I was awarded this Award. NICE!

So, to all of you out there. Work as many UP25 stations you can. And you will have this in your hand. Operations will end 31-Dec-2016.

X-Mas is approaching fast. And still no more snow outside. I like that. I do not need to start my snow blower and temperature is around 0 C ( 32 F ).

Marry X-Mas and HNY to all you readers out there. CUL

Wow! QSL from ZL7G

Nigel, G3TXF and his fellows understand the Word "Direct". ZL7G operation was on in mid November. And today I received the QSL. Amazing!!

And they have already uploaded to LoTW. So all is confirmed. The new slots for me this time was CW on 80 m and SSB on 20 m and RTTY was done on 30 m.

So now I'm missing Chatham Island only on 160 and 10 m. I have written about the happenings on 160 m in some earlier post in this blogg. So I have no more comments on use of SDR's in other countries. Wonder if DXCC Rule 9.b is still valid? And when we will have openings on 10 m towards New Zeland next time that is a different story.

Time for coffee!! CUL

PA Interface again.

I have received a few questions on how I build the small transistor switch and how it was installed.
Well, it is installed in the Cable between TRX and PA. But Close to the TRX. About 2" from the 7 pin DIN connector. And I put some heat shrink tubing over it.
This is a Picture of the Components.

The Shadow in the bottom of Picture is from the Lens Hood that I forget to remove.
Next Picture show the finished switch. It is small. It measures 23 X 8 mm (0,9" X 0,3 ").
Observe that I have removed the Lens Hood!!!

So now it is just to install Cable. In the Remote connector the GND is soldered to the connector shield, and in the other end there is a RCA Phono plug that connects to ACOM1000. Next start chasing DX!!??

Hope this will help someone out there!

CUL

New Band Slot

QSL from CY9C turned up today. I made a few QSO's with these guys. But unfortunately the only new one was 40 m. Still miss St. Paul Isl on 80 and 160 m. Guess that in August it was a bit to early to work them on low bands, I Think??

But I'm happy with the one I've got. Challenge is now up to 1917. I'm closing in to 2000!!!

Has just come home after a visit to the Dentist. Always fun (!!!!!). But all Went just fine and now I can bite almost anything!!??

Well, that's all for now. CUL

Two (2) new IOTA QSL's in my hand.

Today it was almost X-Mas. I  received QSL from Russian Robinson Club operations from August this year.
First was UE23RRC operating from AS-142, Kambalniy Isl (Toporkov). New one for moi!!

Next one was R23RRC operating from AS-091, Ptichiy Isl. Also a new one for moi!!

As Always from RRC the QSL cards are in super quality. Both was from manager Vasily, R7AL. Both cards are 4 pages. but you will only see 1!!!
I now have a total sum of 468 confirmed Isl!!?? But I still miss a few. What about qsl from TF/M0VFE? Wonder when it will show up. Worked a new one this morning. It was 5T5TI from AF-050, Tidra Isl. But this is not on order yet as it was worked this morning.

Well, about the strange weather. Saturday night temp was -14 C ( 6,8 F ). But this morning temp was up to +7 C ( 44 F )??!! You can't say it is a stable situation. Far from.

CUL