T2T on ... 40mCW UFF UFF UFF!

T2T "First major DXpedition organised by Pacyfic DXer`s" gave me one of my BEST QSOs! I was trying for few days to work them on 40mCW / 30mCW. To be honest focus on T2T ONLY I was waiting for them on their frequencies, when they were operating. Signal was too low, or no operation ... or pile-up was massive. Today early in the morning same again. Big pile-up from EU and a lot of NA stations in the same time. But they were active long time on 40m today in the morning (UTC) and condition was good. Not great , their signal was weak but readable. Around 11:00 UTC (it was 23:00 local time in there) when 90% of EU stations "lost their hope" to work them on 40m ... T2T was still on 40mCW. I heard few EU stations still calling them (ON/PA/DL/F) but they didn`t copy them. I was trying few times and .... they`ve got my call on the top of the other EU stations calling them in the same time. My Wimdom dipole managed it very well! Tuvalu logged on 40mCW!!! 17 years on the radio, 17 years chasing Dxing and Tuvalu from Pacyfic Ocean worked with dipole on 40mCW is ONE OF MY BEST QSO! QSO to remember. This blog is about this moments.

North Cook Island on 12m.

E51MAN Bill started operation from Manhiki Island , North Cook Isl on Pacyfic Ocean. Activity on CW ONLY. And today for first time N.Cook Island logged in my log. Brand New DXCC. Never worked before! I was waiting for his sunrise on 10/12m. I was SWL his signal on 30m but pile-up was massive during the day.

Bhutan on eQSL

Last week QSO. A52DL Just from Norway in Bhutan and now nice eQSL confirmation. Many thanks! Appreciate it very much when QSL Managers / Operators are respecting people who collecting eQSL Awards!

250 DXCC by EI9KC

15 months on the bands as EI9KC and I`m glad to have 250 DXCC worked ... Latest is T2T ... Tuvalu. When I left 11m band I had 251 DXCC confirmed in 6 years active time on the radio.

T2T Tuvalu

T2T Dx Pedition by Pacyfic DXers. Not sure 100% if worked .... I was tryning on 20mCW but no luck and then on 15mCW. I think that T2T gave me RST but no sure 100%. It was hard to read them with low signal and QRM from other tunning stations on the same freq. Then when band was quiet and there was no pile-up I was trying again but no luck. No on-line log at the moment ... If I`m in the log it will be Brand New DXCC for me. If not ... I will try another time.

OK OM DX Contest

I had real fun last night working in OK - OM DX Contest. Late at night I was searching bands and on 80m I`ve spotted large activity from OK and OM stations. They all were in contest. I went to their website to know the rules in this competion and I was in! Almost 2h spent and 28 contacts made. 100W and dipole only on 80m and real good fun.Challenge for me was to copy serial number from OK OM stations. It was a 3 digit district abbreviation. Why challenge ? It was CW only competition.

Good DXing

Good DXing today. Bands are wide open and it is a pleasure to work on it. Just few stations from my today`s log:

• A52VM Bhutan - 28MhzCW (1`st CW & 10m )
• JT1KAA Mongolia - 28MhzCW
• ZL1BYZ New Zealand - 24MhzCW (1`st on 12m)
• HI3TEJ Dominican Rep - 24MhzCW (1`st on 12m)
• OX3XR Greenland - 24MhzCW (1`st on 12m)
• E51NOU - S.Cook Isl - 21MhzCW (1`st 15m) 
• K9FD/KH6 - Hawaii - 21MhzCW

I spent few hours with Papa Lima DX & Contest Group EI0PL during JIDX Phone Contest 2011. We had aprox 100 JAs stations on 20mSSB.