Tower update and Logbook 2007
Unfortunately, my tower is still not up yet. However, I was able to get an extension on the building permit from the county zoning and planning office. Now I just need to line up a concrete guy and get the foundation in place.
I’m hoping that once the tower is up and I’m on the air from the home QTH my logbook will have something worth mentioning. So far this year it looks like this:
4U1WB - World Bank club station in Washington DC
UN7MMM - Kazakhstan
W2RDX/60 - Special event station in NY
DJ1QQ - Germany
CT3MD - Portugal
YN9H - Nicaragua
HB9RDE - Switzerland
JW5QFA - Svalbard Island
J79XBI - Dominica
LU1DK - Argentina
The rest of my contacts were typical state side QSOs - so, not a lot of DX this year. All QSOs above were 20M SSB from my car (most often to or from work). Conditions have been bad and mobile QSOs are not always easy, so I should be happy with what DX I’ve been able to manage this year.
Propagation has been terrible as we’re at the bottom of the 11 year sunspot cycle - but that just means there’s nowhere to go but up I guess.