It was a bit of a slow start but I am proud and pleased to announce that I managed to get Cy9M in the log. This brings me up to DXCC 137 (uncormfired) and I am pleased. The first entry happened at 2036 UTC on the 28th on 50.105 usb. The second entry happened at 1236 UTC on the 29th on 18.145 usb.
I was able to hear them last nite on 40m and today on 20m but was unable to break the pile up. On 40m last nite I had some issues setting the split (guess I was overtired) so if I messed anyone up… SORRY!!! However the DX Cops did point out the error of my ways…
I would hope to get them in the log a couple more bands as I have worked VY2 (Prince Edward Island), VO1 (Newfoundland) and VE1 (Nova Scotia) in the past on 20m, 40m and 80m and seeing that St Paul Island is right between the three of them if we have any sort of conditions I should get a couple more bands… If not it was a blast anyway…
During the IOTA CONTEST I also hunted for a few new ones but the ones I heard… The competition was just too rough and I could not break the pile ups…
Anyway… I am having fun… and thats what its all about… More on how things turn out later…
73bob
July 31, 2012 at 12:17 am |
Evening Bob,
finally made a contact with CY9M on 30m CW. Funny thing, I sat down at the radio after supper this evening and put the radio on 10.116 and there she was, belting out CW contacts one after another. I off set my TX clarifier on the FT-950 just a bit more than 2 khz, power was set to 5 watts, made one call and BINGO – I was in the log.
I said she because it was Victoria SV2KBS operating and what a competent CW op she is!
Sometimes it just seems too easy!
cheers, Graham
July 31, 2012 at 12:30 am |
Graham…Congrats on the contact Guaranteed I won’t get them in the log on 30m…. The YL you worked is a real CW Buff… check out her QRZ site…
http://www.qrz.com/db/SV2KBS
I’ve had really good luck with the contacts with them with tonight getting them on 40m ssb… Yesterday I got 17m and 20m ssb and I started out with them on 6ssb…
Not QRP levels but 100w into the S9 Vertical on HF and 100w into a homebrewed dipole on 6 so I am pleased…
I wish more of these DXPeditions were like this one but i think having it in Canadian Waters off the east coast helped…
73bob