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The first DX I got in the log yesterday morning, was KH7XS on 40M. This was a new state and country on 40M. I have seen him spotted several times on 40M earlier this week, but never had the chance to work him. He was quite strong, and I worked him quickly. I checked the qrz.com listing, and no wonder why he was strong. He runs a 4 element monobander on 40M!

Later that day, I worked 4 new countries on RTTY with 4K9W, HQ9R, 3V8BB and 4O3A. It’s been a very long time since I did any RTTY DX’ing. It was quite fun as soon as I got everything set up.

I also had a go at 30M. I worked 2 US stations, 7 JA stations, 3 UA9/0 and a few europeans. Signals were mostly good with some qsb. And to top it all off, I got A25/DL7DF for a new country later in the evening.

As I was setting up N1MMLogger to try to catch some new countries on RTTY, I noticed that another update of MMTTY was issued. The official site now has info about the update AA6YQ released. Get the new version here: http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/mmtty/

Thanks to JE3HHT and AA6YQ for making this new version possible!
Makoto (Mako) has made the source code available to Dave and given him
permission to make program updates. Dave is the author of the DXLab suite
of programs and has taken time from his busy schedule to do programming on MMTTY. Please check out his programs at http://www.dxlabsuite.com

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Revision history Ver1.66F -> Ver1.66G
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1. Changes to the Main window’s Options menu

– Soundcard Output Level works on Vista (tnx to Ken VE5KC)

– Soundcard Input Level works on Vista (tnx to Ken VE5KC)

I had some time before work today, so I turned on the radio and checked the cluster. A25/DL7DF was active. A2 is pretty rare for me. After a few calls, I managed to work them on 20M (for a new one) and 17M. I also made some CQ’s on 30M today as well. I worked VK4AT Trevor, ZL2IFB Gary (homepage) and ZL1BYZ John (homepage). Signals were a bit up and down with some flutter, with John being the strongest.

I haven’t been much active or eager lately for radio, but when I have the opportunity to call CQ and get answers from DX, I start to remember the fun I had with this hobby when I started out. It makes me want to be more active again.

A few updates here and there today:

• LA9DFA has regained interest in hamradio after a while of absence. He improved his Morserunner score 3 times in a short period. The table on my page is updated.
• Logsearch has been updated with the latest LA8AJA qso’es.
• LoTW has been updated with the latest LA8AJA qso’es.
• Several tweaks of the theme has been done. WP-Pagenavi has been added to the search resultpage and categoripage. The look has also been edited for the same pages. They now match the other pages.

Yesterday I thought that I would try some CQ’s on 30M to see if I could attract any dx. I noticed this weekend that OJ0J was spotted by the US at around 12z, so I thought why not try myself. The band was pretty quiet, but after a few CQ’s, the first JA was in the log with JA1QVR. 7 more followed after that with JH2GZY, JA2DXD, JH7JVJ (best signal), JA8JC, JA1MZL, JA0EME (wonder if he is active on EME) and JH6JMM. Signals were mostly good, but with some qsb. I also worked three UA0’s with UA0BBA, RU0AK and RU0SU. K0BLT from Nebraska was the last QSO in the log. It was nice to see that one of my favourite bands was open for some DX in broad daylight.