XR0Y expedition

Posted on 28/10/2009 by pa3c

Tomorrow I will leave for Chili > Easter Island.
The expedition will be ‘holiday-style’ so there will be also time to visit the Island (do they rent bicycles there?).
Also I want to do some diving, water temp 22C is fresh but visibility seems to be very good (50m??!!!)
I will not blog here about the expedition. There [...]

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I didn’t know this: 1st place in contest!

Posted on 27/10/2009 by pa3c

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CQWW 2009 SSB

Posted on 26/10/2009 by pa3c

Just back from an assignment from India. When I came home I found out that the 160m inverted-L was destroyed by the cows from the neighbor.  Not sure how they did it. The top-line was across their land but to high for the ladies. Maybe the wind was so heavy (I was not at home, [...]

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New expeditions, new DXCC’s

Posted on 02/10/2009 by pa3c

Wintertime is coming and that’s the time that most expeditions take place.

PG5M Gerben started off in Western Kiribati and Tuvalu. I managed to work him on both Island, on 20m CW. Heard him on a few other bands (30m/15m) but the pile-up was like a wall…
Around the same time FT5GA started on Glorioso Island. I [...]

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