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On November 26th, I was listening around on 30M, but I didn't hear too much activity. It was right around my sunset here, so I thought I would give a few cq calls. The first station to answer my call was W1IMA Bob in MA. Right after that, R1ANB Nick from the Mirny base down in Antarctica called in. Nick had quite a nice signal here, but he was struggling with my signal. He had some qrm because of high winds. I checked his call on qrz.com, and found the beautiful qslcard you can see above. It's not every day I work Antarctica. The log shows 22 qso'es over the years.

Soundclips:

• R1ANB 30M CW – Nick, Mirny Base

As it turned out this year, LN8W didn't participate in the CQWW CW contest. I've joined them every year since 2003, so it was a pity, but sometimes Murphy strikes when you least expect it with antenna, rig and amplifier problems. Instead I had some time to listen in and work a few contacts from home. I worked a total of 77 qso'es on 40M, 20M and 15M. I will submit a checklog. I had worked most of the stuff before, but a few new ones were logged with FY5KE 40M CW (#246 40M), ST2AR 15M CW (#222 15M) and 9J3A 15M CW (#223 15M).

Thanks to LA8HGA for bringing it to my attention that my homepage was mentioned in the Swedish monthly hamradio magazine QTC. This was the September 2009 edition. They mention my homepage as a DX page and they also refer to the post about LA8YB's eme array. Click the picture to see the article.

A few days ago I got a pleasant surprise on LoTW. A25/DL7DF had uploaded the log and gave me a new one (#239 LoTW) confirmed on LoTW. It was also one of five I needed confirmed total. Another one confirmed were TX3A on 30M CW. I worked them November 21st for #256 on 30M.

Yesterday I had a day off from work, so I had some time to spend on the air. A25NW was reported on 12M in LA, so I had a look. I could hear him, not too strong, but after a few calls I managed to log him. A few minutes later I worked CE0Y/SM6CUK with a nice signal on 40M CW. A31A showed up on 40 and gave me a new one on 40M (#244) and CW (#311). A few hours later I managed to get A31A on 30M CW (#257 30M). VK9XX was going strong on 30M RTTY and I managed to work him for a new RTTY country (#189). ST2AR popped up on 17M with a big signal and big pile-up. I managed to get him for a new CW country (#312 CW). V88HTL was on 30M and I managed to work him for a new 30M country (#258). 3V3S was going strong on 30M and was logged for a new prefix. 9G5TT was worked a few minutes later on 30M CW. 9L7NS had a good signal on 20M and was worked for a new 20M CW country.

Soundclips:

• ST2AR 17M CW – qsl via S53R
• A31A 40M CW – qsl via PA3LEO

On the 12th, I worked 5H1HS on 30M CW. I did try to work TN5SN also, but the pile-up was too big. He had quite a nice signal in Norway, so I guess most of Europe had that as well. On Friday the 13th, I worked XR0Y on 40M for #243. Signal was quite nice. On the 14th I managed to work them on 30M.

On LoTW I've gotten several confirmations lately. The new ones are D2BB (#237) and FR/F6KDF/T (#238). D2BB gave me several new bandpoints. S04R showed up too with 4 qoes, 5C8M with 5 qsoes and CN8WW with 8 qsoes. T6AG and ZC4VJ were also confirmed on 30M. 

Soundclips:

• XR0Y 40M CW

A few weeks ago I got another diploma in the mail. This time it was for the CQ WW 160M CW contest in January this year. According to the diploma, I won my class in LA.

The last week or so, I've gotten several new bandpoints on LoTW. ER5OK on 6M was a new one confirmed. FM5CD on 160M CW And 20M RTTY gave me a new on 160M and RTTY confirmed. 4U1UN on 30M and 17M CW were two new bandpoints. KV4FZ on 160M was another one on 160M.

I've only worked a few contacts on the air lately. DP1POL was worked October 26th on 30M CW, and confirmed on LoTW a few days ago. P29NI IOTA OC-205 was worked on 30M CW November 5th. XV4D was worked on 30M CW November 5th and 20M CW November 6th. ZC4VJ was worked on 30M November 7th. OH0/DK1MAX was worked on the same day and band, and were confirmed on LoTW today. 5H1HS was worked on 30M RTTY November 7th. YW5A IOTA SA-058 was worked on 30M CW November 8th. C31CT was worked on 30M RTTY November 8th. Later in the evening on the 8th, we had some aurora, but not many stations on 6M. I worked SM2CKR and OH6HFX. I had another caller, but I just couldn't pull the signal out of the noise.