I landed two of this month’s three big DXPeditions (on this side of the planet, anyway). K5P and VP8SGI are now both in the log. I just worked VP8SGI (South Georgia Islands) on 17m. Greyline does magic for the compromise antenna (a ZS6BKW) that I’m rocking @ 500W. I literally cannot wait for The Tower Project to …
Managed to work the K5P Palmyra DXPedition on 3 bands (12m, 15m, and 20m), all phone. This was due, in no small part, to horrible illness that Lauren and I picked up. We skipped our vacation to Costa Rica and enjoyed a round of antibiotics and stomach flu, instead… which meant I was in the …
Having posted about the new QSL cards, I thought it was worth a followup on the process I used to burn my first 850+ cards in a year or so. I’ve been “chasing paper” (seeking awards) and keeping my confirmed : worked ratio high has been a constant challenge. LoTW is awesome, but some DX just don’t upload. …
While I was happy with my last QSL cards, \I’d blown through almost 1000 cards needed some new ones. I figured I’d learn from my mistakes and do something a little unique. At the rate I use cards, the risk of doing something that doesn’t quite work is pretty low. My last cards seemed pretty …
Results first. Much better showing than my goofing around, a couple years ago. Single op, assisted, low power: Band QSOs Pts Sec Mt2 3.5 23 23 16 0 7 80 80 33 2 14 81 81 35 1 21 26 26 12 0 28 3 3 3 0 Total 213 213 99 3 Score: 21,726 …