Other DX and finally 9L5MS
Since my XYL, my little daughter and I were all ill last few days I stayed home for a few days. Due to this I could get on the radio at times I normally never have time for it. So I worked 9L5MS finally on 17m + 12m CW and 15m SSB verified in their online logbook. It took me lot of effort as I didn't feel too well and propagation between Sierra Leone and my QTH seem not to be improving at all. But at least I can apply for a QSL and the certificate now as I worked all their 3 DXpeditions last few years. Although I only receive weak signals from that part of Africa, other parts are very strong. Last couple of days I worked 5M2TT (Liberia) 15m, 5N7M (Nigeria) 12m, TJ3AY (Cameroon) 12m and ZS1NL (RSA) 10m all with SSB. Besides Africa there was some other lucky DX at greyline time: 9M2TO (West Malaysia) 17m, XV2RZ (Vietnam) 20m and 17m and 8R1Z (Guyana) on 12m of course all in SSB and still with my horizontal loop/vertical. It has been a long time I managed to make so many nice DX contacts within a short time. Now, with all the DX luck on he radio we hope to get healthy soon again.
Link: Website 9L5MS Sierra Leone DXpedition 2011
Since my XYL, my little daughter and I were all ill last few days I stayed home for a few days. Due to this I could get on the radio at times I normally never have time for it. So I worked 9L5MS finally on 17m + 12m CW and 15m SSB verified in their online logbook. It took me lot of effort as I didn't feel too well and propagation between Sierra Leone and my QTH seem not to be improving at all. But at least I can apply for a QSL and the certificate now as I worked all their 3 DXpeditions last few years. Although I only receive weak signals from that part of Africa, other parts are very strong. Last couple of days I worked 5M2TT (Liberia) 15m, 5N7M (Nigeria) 12m, TJ3AY (Cameroon) 12m and ZS1NL (RSA) 10m all with SSB. Besides Africa there was some other lucky DX at greyline time: 9M2TO (West Malaysia) 17m, XV2RZ (Vietnam) 20m and 17m and 8R1Z (Guyana) on 12m of course all in SSB and still with my horizontal loop/vertical. It has been a long time I managed to make so many nice DX contacts within a short time. Now, with all the DX luck on he radio we hope to get healthy soon again.
4 comments:
Hallo Bas, dat zijn mooie contacten, jammer dat je daar ziek voor moet zijn. Natuurlijk beterschap voor jullie allen, en misschien een mooi dx-je er achteraan. 73 Paul
Hallo Paul, nou ja ik kies er niet voor om ziek te zijn. Maar goed als ik niet ziek geweest was had ik 9L5MS misschien alleen 15m SSB kunnen doen, dat was 's avonds om 20:00, precies in de gunstigste tijd. Ondertussen zijn mijnXYL en ik nog steeds niet helemaal beter, Anneli heeft blijkbaar het minst last. 73, Bas
Hallo Bas,
Zo zie je maar weer, het maakt niet uit aan welke activiteit je deel neemt, want het lokt altijd weer andere activiteit uit. hi
Gefeliciteerd met de mooie DX.
73, Bert PA1B
Congrats on all the great DX Bas. Looks like the family being sick had its upside!! I still have not got 8R in the log on any band so that's a nice contact. Well done again!
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