Some one heard me!

Some one Heard me. Today I've got the QSL's from UA4WHX's adventure in Africa. I worked him from 7V7V on 80 m CW and 30 m RTTY. Rtty and 30 m was new for me.

And I also worked him from 9H3WHX on 80 m SSB and 160 m CW. Both new to me.

Here are the proof!!

And as usual the QSL cards from Vlad are of super quality. And also artistic!! It is Always a pleasure to work Vlad from all corners of the World.

Enjoy and have a nice weekend!!

A few QSL's via Buro

The arrival of QSL is very slow. Hopefully there will be a few in the mail box this autumn. But the progress of autumn is there for sure.
I've got a QSL from Longyearbyen. For you out there it is from Svalbard (JW). This is a Place I really would like to visit. But I guess it will be in my Dreams only.

Back to the progress of autumn. I use to take a Picture of one of the maple trees over time. And the colours are just beautiful.

The difference between last Picture and this one is not so big. But it is getting more colourful than ever over time.

Temp outside is 10 C ( 50 F ) and the air pressure is staggering 1040 mb. And that is high for this time of year. And as a consequence we have overcast of low Clouds and the sun has not the Power to clear the sky. But there are some chance to get some sun in the afternoon.

CUL

Dark times ahead!

Today we have autumn equinox. And from now on and for 3 months ahead Days will get shorter. And you can see on the first Picture that autumn is here.

There are some haze in the air as well. But the leaf's are getting autumn colours.

And my sunflower's are doing their best.

And this one is big. The height of the plant is about 7' ( approx 2,1 m ). Nice flower and I will save them for the birds to eat the seeds during Winter.

Some good news on the IOTA front. I've got the VE7ACN adventures confirmed via the new RSGB IOTA home page. And I Think the new IOTA page is a real improvement. I like it a lot! I have now 510 IOTA's if I will get the pending ones approved by RSGB.

Well, take care and don't do anything I wouldn't do!!!!????

CUL

New toy and low activity

The sun has been very Active during last week. K-index have been high most of the time and HF propagation have been, least to say, bad! I have struggling to work RDA's, and one call in particular have had my attention. And that is UA0WW working from a lot of ( for moi) rare RDA's.
But the propagation have made it hard to get some QSO's. But I have managed to get a few new ones from RDA TU.

On the toy side I have got my hands on a Semiconductor Component Analyzer from Peak Electronic Design. And it work just fine. I have tested a lot of semiconductors and found a few broken.

This is a Picture of the analyzer.

Easy to use and can test most of the common semiconductors.

Regarding my sun flower there have been some progress. I have now about 6 in full bloom. But this coming night there is a warning about frost. Temp at the moment is 7 C ( 44 F ). The sky is slightly cloudy. But later to night it will clear up and temp will drop below zero. Brrrrrrrr!!

well that's all for now. CUL

Now there are two!

Yes, now I have two sunflowers in more or less full bloom.

Nice eh!

On the radio front not much to speak about. Worked R7AB from several new RDA's. Missed quite a few as I didn't have time to sit at the radio and work him as he passed all these RDA's.

I have also worked UA4WHX as OJ0/UA4WHX from Market Reef.  No new ones but it is Always fun to work Vlad from all of his trips around the World. And he has one of the best QSL's ever!!!

Now I have to go down to the steam Engine stable and take out 2 of the pretty ones and start to preheat them so they are ready for traffic late to night and tomorrow.

CUL