Heard Island - QSL

VK0EK - front page QSL

Received today QSL from Heard Island VK0EK DXpedition 2016

Beautiful designed 4 pages card and kiss printed by Max ON5UR

VK0EK - back page QSL

Great QSL Manager service by Tim M0URX - as usual - this is outstanding job.

VK0EK - inside pages

All QSOs confirmed already on LoTW but card is for collection to be kept in special box

for RARE DXpeditions. Nobody knows when we will hear Heard Island again ....

Mount Athos by SV2RSG

SV2RSG Monk Iakovos

Warm welcome to new permanent Radio Operator SV2RSG Monk Iakovos from 16`th most wanted DXCC - Mount Athos

Had pleasure to make 2-way QSO with him today on 21Mhz CW. Which is nice surprise for my 2`nd ever QSO in CW with this entity. Location is "easy" from EU so the only thing to avoid big EU pile-up is to wait for best opening from his location and this is what I did today. To be honest Greece is always strong on higher bands and to make QSO is not difficult. 

On DX Cluster his call-sign can look like Greece but is Mount Athos! So keep an eye for SV2RSG.

His CW was slow at about 16 wpm but I hope Monk Iakovos will only get better. It was good to see him operating in split mode when it was necessary. 

Did not expected ATNO !!!!

4U70UN

4U1UN is a separate DXCC entity and to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, the headquarters Amateur Radio club station 4U1UN was operating as 4U70UN !!!

Never had chances to have 2-way contact with this entity but could SWL almost everyday .... thanks to radio beacon 4U1UN on CW

This time I had to find spare time during CQWW SSB Contest and get just one QSO for ATNO!

Privilege of EI in Europe when working US is ... we are at the first line with CT and EA ...

And it was working very well with 4U70UN for me!

I was dreaming about 1 QSO ... got 7 bands !!!

4 QSOs on first day (12M CW / 17M SSB/CW / 40M CW)

and

4 QSOs last day (10M CW / 15M CW / 20M CW / 30M CW)

Last QSO on 30M CW was very tricky ... logged thanks to a hint from another KC in EI , well known blogger and DX-man EI2KC ... Tony worked before me and gave me an info "how it works".

I think it was Dima , RA9USU on the other side and he had "Secret QRG for his Russian friends!"

Thanks again Tony! Last band sorted.

4U70UN operation was very limited.
Expected hours of operation 14 :00 to 22:00 UTC (10:00 - 18:00 local time) on those two days. No overnight operation allowed.

4U1UN is 44`th on Most Wanted list by Club Log at the moment!
Thanks for event and new DXCC!

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

1A0C is QRV on the bands from today for 4 days. One of the most wanted DXCC from Europe. EI9KC needs them on few bands as a new one (10/12/15/160). Last acticvation from Order of Malta was last year in January 2011 callsign was 1A0KM. Today I am happy to log them on 12/15 and 17m. Log online here.

200 countries worked on HF

TO2FH DX Pedition to Mayotte Island is my 200 DXCC worked on HF. Today on 14Mhz SSB.
8 months as HAM radio licensed operator in Ireland.

10m - 63 dxcc (+27 since February 22nd)
12m - 55 dxcc (+27)
15m - 83 dxcc (+26)
17m - 55 dxcc (+20)
20m - 148 dxcc (+43)
30m - 49 dxcc (+28)
40m - 103 dxcc (+3)
80m - 30 dxcc (+3)
160m - 39 dxcc

200 dxcc worked in total (MIXED)

159 dxcc CW
157 dxcc SSB
16 dxcc RTTY

2867 QSOs
7 continents / 34 CQ Zones / 44 ITU Zones
Max QRG: 15901 km (R1ANP) (40m 100W dipole)

124 DXCC confirmed on LoTW / 88 on eQSL

HF happenings ....

March is always busy with family life here and I don`t have much time for radio. During some spare moments last weekend 3 new DXCC logged , 2 Brand NEW!

UK8FF Anvar from Uzbekistan (30m CW)

S21YZ DX pedition from Bangladesh (20m CW)

 V85SS  AMBRAN from BRUNEI (20m CW)

Bangladesh and Brunei are Brand New Ones!

This weekend I didn`t take a part in WPX_SSB Contest. I will try it with CW in May. To be honest I don`t like calling in SSB (too much noise hi hi :) CW this is the thing!  And I will be busy contesting next weekend for SPDX Contest.

Last minute news! Just worked (21:45 local time) S21YZ 2`nd time on 30m with dipole and 100W !!! Great signal, great Team, great propagation, good FUN!