New band slots worked

Wow! Super conds on 80 m yesterday. Worked both YJ0GC and VK9XG within 15 minutes on 80 m. And this morning I had VK9XG confirmed in LoTW ( ! ) and YJ0GC I was in his log. And a few hours earlier I worked 8Q7YC on 30 m. But it was super fun to Catch both Vanuatu and Christmas Islands on 80  m.
So next goal is to see if it is possible to do the same on 160 m. I Think VK9 will be the easy one and a big challenge to get YJ0.

Here are the Vertical Antenna used for transmitting on 80 m. RX antenna is K9AY. But it is hard to see the vertical. It is 24 m (78') high and a variable capacitor of around 800 pf is in series with the feed. Picture was taken in March this year. And yes, it is snow on the ground.

Wx here in this part of Sweden is getting normal. Temp at the moment is -2,5 C ( 27 F ) and clear sky. Winter is around the corner!!

CUL

ATNO received!

An all time new one arrived in my mailbox today. It was KH1/KH7Z from Baker Island.
Worked them on all modes but only on one band slot. And this was 20 CW, SSB and Digi. And I didn't Heard them on any other band slot. But I was quite occupied with steam engines at that time. Any way, here are the prof!

Nice card from a very remote Place on Earth.

Thanks to the team for QSO and QSL!!

CUL

New IOTA cfm.

Yes! Yesterday I received a new IOTA. It was OC-254 Ta Island in Mortlock Group. Call used was V6J and QSL mgr was Mami JP3AYQ.

Here are the proof. Nice card and many thanks to Mami. This pushed my IOTA score up to the fantastic sum of 539 Islands. But still a bit to go to get the into the big guy's league.

WX here in Sweden is very warm for the season. At the moment I have 8 C ( 47 F ) and clear sky. Hope this nice weather will stay a while!

That's all for now. CUL

Antenna work in the sky!

Yesterday I helped a friend to adjust EME antennas. It is EME antennas for 6 m and the upper ones was pointing in some strange directions. This was due to strong winds a few weeks ago. Luckily I'm not afraid of heights so this was not a problem.

But now they (the antennas) is pointing where they should!!

It is quite warm outside for the season. At the moment it is 13 C ( 54 F ) and some overcast. And the prediction for the coming week is even warmer. So I will keep the summer tires on until there are some major Changes in the prediction.

All fire wood in and some new tires for my car!

This morning I managed to work 9X0T on 40 m CW. And this was a new one for me. Miss Rwanda on 160 and 80 m. But I'm not sure about the condition's on the low band's.

I  have loaded all 4 bags of fire Wood into my Wood shed. And together with the remaining fur and pine Wood I think I'm good for the Winter. Temp outside at the moment is 1 C ( 33 F ) so we will have frost tonight. And I have not started any back-up heating yet. I just start a fire in my log stow and that is keeping my house warm through the night.

I also picked up 4 ea new Nokkian Nordman 7 Winter tires with a lot of studs. In this part of Sweden it is best to have tires with studs for safety.

Nice eh.........??

Tomorrow I will roll out my extra radials for the 160/80 m vertical so I will get better performance. Hope I will be able to Catch 9X0T on low band.

Back to radio. CUL