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. 

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.