More 6m new ones last Saturday

  With a screenshot from a FT8 contact it is easy proof I made it to certain DXCC. But how about SSB and CW, that needs some more investigation. And if you want spend some money you can buy a QSL, that's the way it goes these days.

Anyway while working FT8 I noticed CW activity in the lower part of the 6m band. The advantage of a waterfall view across the 6m band. I quickly turned the dail (computerized ;-)). And decoded XU7AKU with at least 579. One call and I was in his log. He has a logsearch on QRZ and it is confirmed. XU7AKU has a website and also wrote about this big 6m opening. Surprisingly he doesn't use a 6m beam, just a homemade simple wire dipole.

  On our local DX chat I noticed that a fellow Dutchman living in Vietnam was calling on SSB. And indeed I was able to hear Eddy XV9T (previously XV1X) calling. A few calls later I was able to make a QSO with him as well. Although I worked 3W9A on FT8 I consider this as the first real new one on 6. I think this was great fun for Eddy because he is 99% blind and of course FT8 is not the way to go for him. Besides that I can imagine it is nice to hear your own language on the bands from Dutch stations.