Category: New DXCC

Days 61, 62 and 63 – Data, data everywhere

Three days absolutely stuffed full of data contacts.  Don’t worry though, I do pick up the microphone on day #64 and that will be in the next blog entry. Day #61 was another of my long days out, I left home at around half six in the morning and wasn’t expecting to be home until […]

Days 58, 59 and 60 – Lots more data

I’ve not picked up the microphone at all over the last few days and am really having a good time working the data modes, almost exclusively JT65.  I explained how JT65 works in my last blog post and I’m getting more interested by the mode every time I read about it and operate using it. […]

Days 49, 50 and 51 – Three new DXCC entities

I’d just arrived at work on day #49 when my mobile phone rang, it was Yan, M0YNK with exciting news.  He’d just arrived outside his work QTH and had noticed that 10m was a little lively.  In fact it was more than a little lively as I could hear in the background, it was very […]

Days 13, 14, 15 and 16 – Saudi Arabia!

It’s been a busy few days for me on both the wireless and in ‘real life’ but I’ve been able to keep the project going without too much trouble. On day #13 which was Thursday I was home from work and back out again very quickly with my daughter to visit my mum.  This is […]

Day 9 – Namibia!

I won’t normally blog twice a day and I generally won’t blog on the same day as I had the QSOs but as I’m not going to be on the wireless again today I thought I may as well post. I’ve had three QSOs today, the first was on 7MHz where I worked IK4HLQ, Joe […]