I thought I’d come down to the shack and see if I could scare up a QSO on 40m before watchingn Law and Order: Criminal Intent at 9 pm. After tuning around a bit, I call CQ on 7.035, and get HI8RV, Chikin, to answer my call. I’ve worked him several times on 30m, but never on 40. Then I tuned down a bit, cranked the keyer up to 24 wpm, and call CQ on 7.028. This time I get a call from HB9BCZ near Zurich and swapped 559 reports with him. I’m tempted not to watch the TV show with the band open as it is, but I just shut the rig off for the night.
Overall, it’s been a pretty good weekend for casual DX. Last night on 30m, I worked ED5JAC, a special event station and the TJ3FR DXpedition. I guess they’re over the hump, at least on 30m. There wasn’t a big pileup, and I actually heard him call CQ a couple of times.
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