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CQ WW 160M CW report


Posted: January 28th, 2009 under Contesting, DX, Hamradio, LoTW.

I participated in this contest mainly to get new countries, so the effort could always have been better. But as I have realized several years ago, I’ll always be a casual contester. I did work 21 new countries on 160M and many new states. The conditions were excellent, but big pile-ups made it very difficult […]


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The callsign is K5D – Desecheo 2009


Posted: January 26th, 2009 under DX, Dxpedition, Hamradio.

This just landed in my mailbox: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   We have reserved the special call sign K5D for our upcoming Desecheo operation. The operation will begin late in the day on Feb 12th.     QSO philosophy…because Desecheo is so very rare ( #6 worldwide, #3 in Europe and # 2 in Asia ) […]


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#200 on LoTW


Posted: January 23rd, 2009 under DX, Hamradio, LoTW.

A few weeks ago I got PZ5RA Ramon confirmed on several bands and modes. That was 198 on LoTW. At the same time I got XV4BM confirmed on 40M as 199. This week I got E44M confirmed on 40M as 200 total on LoTW. Thanks to all LoTW users, keep the confirmations coming!


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Frequency changes in Norway, new bands available


Posted: January 19th, 2009 under Hamradio.

I just got the news yesterday that the frequency allocations in Norway will be changed and extended. Here are the main changes: 490-510KHz, 100W,  A1A 5.260 – 5.410 MHz (60M) – general availability, not only clubstations, 100W 24.740 – 24.890 MHz (12m) – band extended by 150KHz, 1000W 70 – 70,5 MHz (4m) – 100W […]


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Having fun on 40M


Posted: January 13th, 2009 under DX, Hamradio, LoTW.

I worked E44M on Monday on 40M SSB. I haven’t chased them much at all. I have worked E4 on many bands, but still need them on RTTY. I have tried them a few times on 30M, but haven’t been able to work them. One of the times they were too weak to copy, the other time […]


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