Repair of my FTdx5KMP

After a nice X-Mas down at Varberg at my daughter's Place I'm back home. And I also got some energy to replace the OLED display on my FTdx5000MP. It is quite a lot of screws and flat Cables and connectors to remove. And it is a Heavy piece of radio to move around on my table.
But I managed to get them replaced and here are the proof!

The right one was not so bad. But Mid and Left was not readable. But now they are all back!!!
And I have checked all functions and all is fine.
So back to chasing DX!

CUL

New IOTA confirmed.

First activation of AF-111 arrived in form of a QSL! Nice and Quick as Always when the QSL mgr is MM0NDX. QSO was on the 8:th of November. QSL in my hand 17 December!
Worked them on 20 m SSB and the phone QSO was also a new one for Phone DXCC. And all was confirmed in both Club-Log/IOTA and LoTW. Super!

It is nice with a new IOTA and I also got Liberia on Phone!!!

Well, that's all for now. CUL

New never befor activated IOTA confirmed!

Yesterday I've got the QSL from EI9FBB working from KP4/EI9FBB. And the Island was NA-249P, Vieques Island  from the Puerto Rico's Coastal Island Group. And this is a new Group after the RSGB Convention in 14 October 2018. And here are the proof!

Here are the front and back side of the QSL card. This put my IOTA score up to the fantastic sum of 543 confirmed Islands!!! Just a few to go to the Honor Roll of 556!

Enjoy! CUL

TX0A on 40 m.

Wow! The QRM:ers really have a huge ball! But I can hear him. But my 1 KW and a single vertical with 4 elevated radials want get through the pile on 40 m from 60 deg North. A snowball in hell will have a better chance!!?? The pile is enormous as you can see on my monitor.

Hope he will try 30 where I have a 2 el yagi up 20 m. Hope that will give me a better chance to Catch OC-113.

But I don't understand the QRM.ers goal. Why destroy for all the serious IOTA chasers. And I Think it is getting worse over time. What to do about this problem???? Any idea?

CUL

Sad Sad News!

I've just got information that a very dear Friend and a very skilled ham radio operator/contester has gone SK!
It is Jan Hallenberg SM5DJZ, SM5D.

Ham radio community has lost a real good ham and a great friend of mine.

RIP Janne!

TX0A and some white fluff!

I awoke to this scenario this morning. I had not ordered it. Must be some wrong delivery, or.......? Anyway it is here again. And I guess I have to live with it at this time of the year.

And temp is around freezing (32 F).

TX0A has arrived at OC-113. Hope they will get antennas and equipment ashore safe. Also hope of some better conditions then TX0M. Best of luck to the Team. I will lsn and try to work them.

CUL

New one confirmed on 160 m!

Yesterday I received a new one for 160 m. It was 9Y4/LY2IJ, Arunas. And I also have it on LoTW. So all is just fine as you can see on the card. Looks like a nice Place.

This was one of the QSO's that made my DXCC on 160 m complete. QSO was in March 2018.

And the WX here in Sweden is quite warm fore the season. At the moment it is 6 C ( 43 F ). But later this week some snow is predicted!

CUL